March 13, 2010
SCHEDULE FOR CANADA’S NATIONAL SLEDGE TEAM – MARCH 14-16
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.) scored two goals and Marc Dorion (Bourget, Ont.) and Jean Labonté (Hull, Que.) added singles as Canada’s National Sledge Team defeated Italy 4-0 on Saturday to start the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.
Canada will face Sweden on Sunday.
Media availability will be held at UBC following each of Canada’s games and practices. See below for the team schedule for the upcoming days. Note that the schedule for March 17-20 won’t be available until the conclusion of the preliminary round of games at the Paralympics.
NATIONAL SLEDGE TEAM SCHEDULE (MARCH 14-16)
March 14: Canada vs. Sweden, 1:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. ET (live on all Sportsnet stations)
March 15: Practice from 1:30-2:45 p.m. PT (UBC Rink B)
March 16: Canada vs. Norway, 8:30 p.m. PT/11:30 p.m. ET (live on TSN)
All media requests for Canada’s National Sledge Team can be directed to Chris Jurewicz at cjurewicz@hockeycanada.ca or (403) 880-5819.
For more information on Canada’s National Sledge Team, including the full Paralympic sledge hockey schedule, visit www.hockeycanada.ca.
For ticket information for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, check out www.vancouver2010.com.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Chris Jurewicz
Coord., Media Relations
Hockey Canada
(403) 777-4552
cjurewicz@hockeycanada.ca
André Brin
Sr. Manager, Communications/Broadcast
Hockey Canaday
(403) 777-4557
abrin@hockeycanada.ca
Kristen Lipscombe
Coord., Media
Hockey Canada
(403) 284-6427
klipscombe@hockeycanada.ca
Jason La Rose
Coord., Communications/Content Dev.
Hockey Canada
(403) 777-4553
jlarose@hockeycanada.ca
