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2019 CANADIAN NATIONAL BLIND HOCKEY TOURNAMENT - MARCH 22 - 24 TORONTO, ON
2019 CANADIAN NATIONAL
BLIND HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
       MARCH 22 - 24
        TORONTO, ON
2019 CANADIAN NATIONAL BLIND HOCKEY TOURNAMENT - MARCH 22 - 24 TORONTO, ON
GAME SCHEDULE                                                     WELCOMEDONOR  WALL OF BLIND
                                                                          FROM CANADIAN FAME HOCKEY
Friday, March 22                                                  Welcome to the 2019 Canadian National Blind Hockey Tournament presented

 THANK YOU TO ALL                                                                              PLATINUM:
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM   Opening Ceremonies                          by AMI – Accessible Media       Inc. and brought to$1000+ you by the CNIB Foundation.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM    Select Series: Canada East vs USA           This year’s tournament features a record 136 participants competing in five
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM     Open Division Game 1 / 3                    different divisions including Children, Youth, Open, Low Vision, and Select

 OF OUR SPONSORS,
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM     Low Vision Division Game 1 / 3              Divisions. Thank   you for supporting       the Canadian      Blind Hockey
                                                                               Paul Rolston    Foundation              Glen Village     Family community
                                                                                                                                                 Dental     and
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM     Children’s Division Game 1 / 4
                                                                  joining us in celebration   of the
                                                                                   Francois Beauregardgrowth     of this great  para-sport!
                                                                                                                       Raymond and Deniese MacEachen
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM     Youth Division Game 1 / 4
                                                                                  Gord and Bev Manion                  Pro Ali Goalie Training
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM     Select Series: Canada East vs Canada West

   DONORS, AND
                                                                  This past year has been monumental for Blind Hockey. We launched our
Saturday, March 23                                                new Children and Youth Programs and Divisions to ensure that Blind Hockey
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM    Children’s Division 2 / 4                                                       GOLD:who
                                                                  programming is available for all Canadians           $500+
                                                                                                                           are blind or partially sighted, we’ve

    VOLUNTEERS!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM   Youth Division 2 / 4                        held dozens of try-it sessions, camps, tournaments, and special events across
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM   Select Series: USA vs Canada West           the country, and we’ve
                                                                                     Nickhad     our first
                                                                                            & Betty    SerbuEuropeanDavidplayers
                                                                                                                               J. from
                                                                                                                                   BlackEngland and Finland.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM    Open Division Game 2 / 3                    However, by far the biggest
                                                                                           Davedevelopment
                                                                                                  Cornelius of the     Neilpast twelve months is that Canada
                                                                                                                             MacQuarrie
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM     Low Vision Division Game 2 / 3              and USA   competed    in the world’s
                                                                          Margaret Florence Demeule      first International  Blind
                                                                                                                       Danielle Main  Hockey Series with Team
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM     Children’s Division 3 / 4                   Canada defeating USA 2 games          to 0 this past
                                                                                               Don Barber                October
                                                                                                                       Arthur       in Pittsburgh!
                                                                                                                                Pressick
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM     Youth Division 3 / 4
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM     Select Series: USA vs Canada East (2)       We hope that you enjoy all the action this weekend. Whether you are witnessing
                                                                                                  SILVER: $250+
                                                                  the kids as young as three who are just starting their Blind Hockey journey, or the
Sunday, March 24
                                                                  All-Stars representing Canada-East, Canada-West, and USA Blind Hockey in the
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM     Children’s Division 4 / 4
                                                                  Select Division, you willMorrow  Family
                                                                                            leave with no doubt Eileen  Stewart
                                                                                                                that Blind Hockey is for Everyone!
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM    Select Series: Canada West vs TBD
                                                                              John & Marion MacLean             David Burnett
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM   Youth Division 4 / 4
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM    Low Vision Division Game 3 / 3              Thank you to all of our organizational partners AMI, CNIB, Daniel Family
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM     Open Division 3 / 3                         Foundation, Electra Health, and Manion for supporting our charity and
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM     Select Series: Canada West vs TBD
                                                                                                 BRONZE:
                                                                  allowing us to offer life-changing              $100+
                                                                                                       Blind Hockey programs year-round! Thank
                                                                  you to all of our tournament sponsors and donors whose logos are proudly
                                                                  displayed on the back of Gord
                                                                                              this program
                                                                                                     Lewis andNatasha
                                                                                                                signage Ali
                                                                                                                        throughout the venue:
                                                                  your support has ensured     that the
                                                                                            William     seventhLisette
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                                                                                                                       Canadian Blind Hockey
                                                                  Tournament will be the best     Blind Hockey
                                                                                              John Quilty      Tournament
                                                                                                               Donna Drake  to date.
                                                                                           Jessie Geddes       Middy Hsiao Tzu Liao
                                                                   Welcome to all Candice
                                                                                   of our athletes,  coaches,
                                                                                              MacEachen       sponsors,
                                                                                                               RBC I&TS donors, volunteers,
                                                                   spectators,
                                                                  Thames  Valleyand
                                                                                DSBespecially   our guests
                                                                                    - Vision Resource Team whoSheila
                                                                                                                have travelled
                                                                                                                      and Kevinform England and
                                                                                                                                  Gordon
                                                                   the United States Jaqueline
                                                                                      to competeSehmer         Melanie Magnusson
                                                                                                    this weekend.
                                                                                     John Paul Clinging        Jacques Hérivault
                                                                   From the board and staff Jenof Yewchuk
                                                                                                  Canadian Blind Hockey, we wish you all a
                                                                   fantastic weekend.

                                                                  Gary Steeves, President                         Greg Manion, Secretary
                                                                  Mark Bentz, VP                                  Matt Morrow, Executive Director
                                                                      THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
                                                                  Francois Beauregard, Treasurer                  Luca DeMontis, Program Director
2019 CANADIAN NATIONAL BLIND HOCKEY TOURNAMENT - MARCH 22 - 24 TORONTO, ON
ABOUT CANADIAN
          TEAMBLIND HOCKEY
               ROSTERS                                                              THE ADAPTEDTEAM
                                                                                                RULES OF BLIND HOCKEY
                                                                                                    ROSTERS
        SELECT DIVISION:                          SELECT DIVISION:
Canadian CANADA
             Blind Hockey    is a national registered charity
                           EAST                           CANADA (CRAWEST
                                                                      # 834195224              SELECT
                                                                                    Adapted Blind HockeyDIVISION:
                                                                                                         Puck     USA BLIND HOCKEY
RR0001) that runs children’s try it sessions, learn to skate programs,
                       B3                                          B3                                  B3 Blind Hockey puck measures 5.5”
                                                                                    The official adapted                                      B1across and
development camps,         eastern and western regional tournaments, as well
   10 - Julien Blais                           64 - Anthony Ciulla                   19  - Anthony Chesrow                   5 - Kevin Brown
                                                                                    nearly 2” high. It’s made of thin, 22 gauge steel, is hollow, and contains
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         flagship   Canadian National Blind Hockey
                 Harvey                        12 - Shawn Tournament.
                                                              Dale                                                           10 - Kevin Shanley
Blind                                                                               921ball
                                                                                         - John Guzik
                                                                                            bearings designed to make noise.
   97 -Hockey     programming
         Alex Angus     MacEachencontributes to44the   physical,
                                                    - Martin      mental, and
                                                              Dufour                 15 - Keith Haley
   71  - Rick  Oriold                          71   - Sean   Heaslip
emotional well-being of Canadians who are blind or partially sighted                 7 - Tim Kane                                         GOALIES
   19 - Simon     Richard                      89 -ofKiefer  Jones                  Adapted     NetMcDermott
                                                                                     23 - Victoria                           1 - Doug Goist
across    Canada,     and has impacted the lives       well over  1000 different
   22 - Kelly Serbu                            16 - Wade Shepherd                    11 - Luke Miller                        35 - Mike Straub
boys
   12 -and
         Garygirls through our youth programs
                St-Denis                       91coast-to-coast.
                                                    - Jason Yuha Canadian Blind     Blind   HockeyMiller
                                                                                     4 - Matthew    goalies are totally blind or extremely low vision, and the
Hockey works in partnership with the nine Blind Hockey Teams across                 adapted    Blind Hockey puck does not make noise in
                                                                                     8 - Dirk Morgan                                          the air. For both
                                                                                                                                            STAFF
Canada and with USA    B2 Hockey in the United States. Programs    B2 include:      these   reasons,
                                                                                     24 - Blake       the adapted goal in Blind
                                                                                                 Steinecke                        Hockey
                                                                                                                             Michael  Svac,isHead
                                                                                                                                             only three
                                                                                                                                                   Coachfeet
                                                                                                                                                           andhigh
   17 - Francois Beauregard                    87 - Mark Bentz                      instead of the traditional four feet. GM - Hockey Operations
   5 - Joseph Del Grande                       17 - Brian Cowie                                        B2                    Nick Albicocco, Assistant Coach
   9 - Mark DeMontis                           10 - Gilles   Ouellet                 22 - Daniel Belding                     David Svac, Assistant Coach
                 CANADA                                  UNITED    STATES           One    PassDeFlorio
                                                                                                 Rule
   93 - Joe Fornasier                          87 - Scott Roberts                    17 - Mark                               Kline Donley, Goalie Coach
Toronto    Ice Owls
   16 - Wayne      St. Denis                 NY3 Nightshade
                                                  - Paul Schmold                     2 - Christine Vanturini                 Kevin Allison, Skating Coach
                                                                                    In order to give the low vision and completely    blind players the best
                                                                                                                             Doris Donley, General Manager -
Hiboux de Montreal                           Washington Blind Hockey                chance to track the puck, teams mustTeam  complete   one pass after crossing
                 B1 - GOALIE                                 B1 - GOALIE                                                           Operations
Vancouver
   30 - Joey Eclipse
               Cabral                        Pittsburgh
                                               1 - Lorne Penguins
                                                           Webber Blind Hockey      the offensive blue line prior to being eligible to score. The referee signals
Calgary Seeing Ice Dogs                      Chicago Blackhawks Blind Hockey        that the pass has been completed by blowing a distinct high pitched
ASRAB Calgary  HEAD     COACH
                     Youth  Blind Hockey Hartford Braillers HEAD COACH              electronic whistle, which alerts the offence that they are now eligible to
   Paul   Kerins
Edmonton SeeHawks                              Jeff   Street
                                             NY Metro Blind Hockey                  score, and the defence and goalie that a shot may be coming.
Nova Scotia  See-Kings
       ASSISTANT COACHES
                                         St LouisASSISTANT
                                                  Blues BlindCOACHES
                                                               Hockey
Newfoundland   Eye-Landers
  Wade Del Grande                        Colorado
                                           Joey Ali Visionaries                     Freezing the Puck
Canadian  Blind Hockey - GTA
  Joe McCallion                            Sean Cowie
                                         Minnesota   Wild Blind Hockey
                                                                                    Blind Hockey goalies are totally blind or extremely low vision, and the
Youth Blind Hockey                       Indiana Blind Hockey
                                                                                    adapted Blind Hockey puck does not make any noise when still. For both
                                         Seattle Blind Hockey
                                                                                    these reasons, after a goalie makes a save the puck stops completely in
  UPCOMING EVENTS                                                                   the blue paint of the crease, the play is blown dead. In other words, the
                                                                                    goalie does not have to cover the puck in order to freeze it.
  2019 USA Hockey Disabled Hockey Festival. Tampa, Florida. March 28 - 31
  2019 Canadian Blind Hockey Summer Development Camp. Toronto, ON. July 21 - 28     Player Safety
  2019 USA Hockey – Blind Hockey Summit. St Paul, Minnesota. August 23 - 25
                                                                                    The game is played with standard IIHF safety protocols including no-
  2019 Canadian Blind Hockey Eastern Regional Tournament. Ottawa, ON. Fall 2019
                                                                                    touch icing and strictly enforced crease violations. All players must
             For more info about the sport and the organization, visit              wear full protective gear including face mask, there are no slap shots
                          canadianblindhockey.com                                   with the stick raised above the waist, and the play is blown dead any
                                                                                    time a goalie is hit in the mask with a puck.
A TRIBUTE TOTEAM
             HOCKEY IN TORONTO
                 ROSTERS                                                        TOURNAMENT DIVISIONS
                                                                                        TEAM   ROSTERS
     CHILDREN’S DIVISION:            CHILDREN’S DIVISON:                                OPEN DIVISION:                            OPEN DIVISON:
                                                                                SelectLEAFS
                                                                                         Division(YELLOW)
       MARLIES
The teams           in the Open, LowROADRUNNERS
                (YELLOW)
          competing                                    (BLACK)
                                    Vision, Youth, and Children’s                                                                    ST PATS (RED)
                                                                                The 2019 Select Division features USA Blind Hockey, Canada-East,
Divisions are named in honour of Toronto’s rich hockey
              SKATERS                                  history.
                                                 SKATERS                                      SKATERS                                    SKATERS
                                                                                and Canada-West        competing in a three-team double         round-robin, and
  Gabriel Alves                          Cinzia Antonellis                      Randy    Banks                            Ashlie   Andrews
                                                                                includes more than 40 of the best Blind Hockey players in the world.
The  Toronto
  Kaiden BenoitArenas  and  St Pats were   local Geertsema
                                         Koen    NHL clubs before the           Normand Blais                             Pierre BriseBois
  WilliamMaple
           Cheang                        Keaton Hamilton                        The Select
                                                                                Dylan         Division is played under Steve
                                                                                       Bradbury                           International    Blind Ice Hockey
                                                                                                                                   Galarneau
Toronto          Leafs, the Toronto Roadrunners       were the former local
  Axel  Davis                            Lily Hughes                            Federation
                                                                                Dustin        (IBIHF) rules, which includes
                                                                                        Butterfield                               a point system to ensure that
                                                                                                                          Yan Gobeil
AHL team prior to the arrival of the current Toronto Marlies AHL team,
  Daniel Eustace                         Mary Ellen MacEachen                   Craig
                                                                                while Fitzpatrick                         Brandon
                                                                                       each player’s individual level of vision may   Joy vary, the overall level
and the Markham Thunder and Toronto          Furies
                                         Joshua      currently play in the
                                                   Ntwari
  Easton Alexander Kitto                                                        Jamie      for each team on the ice is Samuel
                                                                                        Fotak
                                                                                of vision                                            Lamontagne the same.
                                                                                                                           always approximately
Canadian    Women’s Hockey League. Cassandra Ruttle
  Juliet Pinter                                                                 Graham Foxcroft                           Hugues Leduc
  Owen Sansom                            Francis Rankin                         Dominic Lareau                            Chaz Misuraca
                                         Murathan                               Players   classified  as B3  (10%   vision  or less)   wear black helmets,
  Dylan
The  OpenWood
            Division will feature the Leafs   vs the Tekin
                                                      St Pats, the Low Vision   Brian Mackie                              Randy     Nelson
  Mason Yoken                                                                   players
                                                                                Laura     classified as B2 (5% vision or
                                                                                       Mark                               Amanda      Provan
                                                                                                                              less) wear   white helmets, and
Division will feature the Arenas vs the Toros, the Youth Division will be
                                                                                Geoff  Martin                             Ian   Rankin
                                                                                players classified as B1 (no vision) wear red helmets. Goaltenders
the Thunder vsGOALIE
                  the Furies, and finally in the Children’s  Division, the
                                                        GOALIES                 Emily Molchan                             James Ruttle
                                                                                must be classified as B1 – completely blind. Each team may have a
Marlies  will compete against the Roadrunners.
  TJ Stewart                             Rory McDonald                          Mathieu Poirier                           Caleb Smith
                                                                                maximum
                                                                                Vince Ryan   of 14 points  on  the ice at any
                                                                                                                          Nathantime,  including the goaltender.
                                                                                                                                     Tree
                                         Andrew Meade-Colgrove
                                                                                John Tee                                  Nathan Tunis
                                                                                Low Vision Division
              COACHES                                COACHES                                    GOALIE                                    GOALIES
                                                                                The Low Vision     Division includes players who are         extremely low vision
2019   CANADIAN BLIND Jason
 Vince D’Andrea        HOCKEYMcDonaugh                                          Mario Ros                                 Oliver   Pye
 Joe McCallion        Jeff Street                                               or completely blind. This division features modified rules including
TOURNAMENT      EVENT TEAM                                                                                                Justin Wack
                                                                                4 on 4 play, plus a sighted player-coach who is there to direct their
Tournament Director                     Communication Director                  teams and aid in locating the puck, which is similar to the role of the
                                                                                              COACHES                                    COACHES
Matt Morrow                             Nick Beatty                             goaltender in Blind Soccer. Players in this division do not have to make
                                                                                Sylvain Audet                             Greg Manion
                                                                                the “one-pass”
                                                                                Ryan   Banks      prior to scoring, and instead     the pass whistle will blow
                                                                                                                          Denis Maybury
Assistant Tournament Directors          Web Broadcast Announcers
                                                                                each time theDel
                                                                                Joel-Anthony     puck   crosses the blueMahesh
                                                                                                    Grande                  line. 2019   will be the first time we
                                                                                                                                      Sood
Luca DeMontis                           Nicco Cardarelli
Dylan Brown                             Mike Ross                               Tyler McGuffin
                                                                                try this                                  Jordan    Watts
                                                                                         adaptation of the sport, and are excited to create a new division
Gaelen Kells                            Ed Parenteau                            that will allow all of our participants toBrock
                                                                                                                              fullyQuarrington
                                                                                                                                    enjoy Blind Hockey.

Broadcast Production                    In-House Announcer                      Children Open, Adult Open, and Youth Divisions
Nicco Cardarelli                        Bryan Floyd
Julian Victor
                                                                                In addition to the Select and Low Vision Divisions, Canadian Blind
                                                                                Hockey is pleased to offer Children Open, Adult Open, as well as
                                                                                Youth Divisions. These divisions are divided based on age, size,
                                                                                and skill to ensure that everyone competes with and against the
                                                                                appropriate level of competition.
TEAM ROSTERS                                   TEAM ROSTERS
     YOUTH DIVISION             YOUTH DIVISION      LOW VISION DIVISION:      LOW VISION DIVISON:
    THUNDER (YELLOW)            FURIES (BLACK)         ARENAS (RED)             TOROS (YELLOW)
            SKATERS                     SKATERS               SKATERS                  SKATERS
Anthony Ashbaugh          Greg Beckett            Amos Ackerman            Guy Carriere
Oliver Gonneau            Eli Bomers              David Brown              Salmaan Chaudhri
Tommy Guy                 Zackary Harris          Randy Cameron            Don Cruise
Liam Howell               Brock Kitterman         Shawn Creelman           Ryan Kucy
Edward Laba               Adison Lemmon           Danielle Main            Christopher Meyer
Logan Lariviere           Tiago Martin            Brian McLean             Dave Poidevin
Braedan Lyons             Curtis Ruttle           Ted Moritsugu            Zac Robinson
Brianah Miskosky          Ashton Sinclair         Shannon Murphy           Drex Sison
                          Jillian Stewart         Ben Ho Lung              John Tee
Anthony Pamplin
Emma Paparilla            Aidan Quilty
                                                              GOALIE                   GOALIE
Joseph Robinson
                                                  Francis Mainella         Blaine Deutscher
           GOALIES                   GOALIE
Andrew Meade-Colgrove                               SIGHTED PLAYER COACH     SIGHTED PLAYER COACH
                          Rory McDonald
TJ Stewart                                        Paul Kerins              Matt Morrow
                                                             COACHES                 COACHES
           COACHES                     COACHES                             Devin Wing
                                                  Robert Gignac
Blake Finne               Michael Alexander       Fred Angers              Rory Kucy
Eric Gonneau              Rick Ashbaugh           Jacques Herivault        Nick Castaneda
Jacques Herivault         Jason McDonaugh
Grant Kitterman           Jeff Stewart
                          MikeQuilty
                          Jason McDonough
A TRIBUTE TO HOCKEY
           TEAM     IN TORONTO
                ROSTERS                                                          TOURNAMENT DIVISIONS
                                                                                          TEAM   ROSTERS
   CHILDREN’S DIVISION:             CHILDREN’S DIVISON:                                   OPEN DIVISION:                            OPEN DIVISON:
                                   ROADRUNNERS                                   Select Division
     MARLIES
The teams     (YELLOW)
          competing in the Open, Low Vision, Youth, and(BLACK)
                                                        Children’s                          LEAFS (YELLOW)                             ST PATS (RED)
                                                                                 The 2019 Select Division features USA Blind Hockey, Canada-East,
Divisions areSKATERS
              named in honour of Toronto’s rich SKATERS
                                                hockey history.                                    SKATERS                                  SKATERS
                                                                                 and Canada-West         competing in a three-team double         round-robin, and
 Gabriel Alves                           Cinzia Antonellis                        Randy     Banks                            Ashlie  Andrews
                                                                                 includes more than 40 of the best Blind Hockey players in the world.
The   Toronto
 Kaiden Benoit  Arenas  and  St Pats were   local
                                         Koen     NHL clubs before the
                                                Geertsema                         Normand Blais                              Pierre BriseBois
 William Cheang                          Keaton Hamilton                         The
                                                                                  Dylan Select   Division is played under International
                                                                                           Bradbury                          Steve Galarneau Blind Ice Hockey
Toronto   Maple Leafs, the Toronto Roadrunners         were the former local
 Axel  Davis                             Lily Hughes                             Federation      (IBIHF) rules, which includes
                                                                                  Dustin Butterfield                               a point system to ensure that
                                                                                                                             Yan Gobeil
AHL team prior to the arrival of the current Toronto Marlies AHL team,
 Daniel Eustace                          Mary Ellen MacEachen                     Craigeach
                                                                                 while     Fitzpatrick                       Brandon
                                                                                                 player’s individual level of vision mayJoy vary, the overall level
and the Markham Thunder and Toronto           Furies
                                         Joshua       currently play in the
                                                  Ntwari                                                                     Samuelapproximately
                                                                                                                                       Lamontagne the same.
 Easton Alexander Kitto                                                          ofJamie
                                                                                     visionFotak
                                                                                              for each team on the ice is always
Canadian     Women’s Hockey League.Cassandra Ruttle
 Juliet Pinter                                                                    Graham Foxcroft                            Hugues Leduc
 Owen Sansom                             Francis Rankin                           Dominic Lareau                             Chaz Misuraca
                                         Murathan                                Players     classified as  B3 (10%   vision  or less)Nelson
                                                                                                                                        wear black helmets,
 Dylan
The     Wood
      Open   Division will feature the Leafs   vs theTekin
                                                       St Pats, the Low Vision    Brian Mackie                               Randy
 Mason Yoken                                                                     players
                                                                                  Laura Mark classified as B2 (5% vision orAmanda       Provan
                                                                                                                               less) wear    white helmets, and
Division will feature the Arenas vs the Toros, the Youth Division will be
                                                                                  Geoff    Martin                            Ian  Rankin
                                                                                 players classified as B1 (no vision) wear red helmets. Goaltenders
the Thunder vs     the Furies, and finally in the Children’s
                GOALIE                                 GOALIESDivision, the       Emily Molchan                              James Ruttle
                                                                                 must    be classified as B1 – completely blind. Each team may have a
Marlies   will compete against the Roadrunners.
 TJ Stewart                              Rory McDonald                            Mathieu Poirier                            Caleb Smith
                                                                                 maximum
                                                                                  Vince Ryan    of 14 points on  the ice at any   time,Tree
                                                                                                                             Nathan      including the goaltender.
                                         Andrew Meade-Colgrove
                                                                                  John Tee                                   Nathan Tunis
                                                                                 Low Vision Division
            COACHES                                 COACHES                                         GOALIE                                  GOALIES
                                                                                 The Low Vision       Division includes players who are        extremely low vision
2019    CANADIAN BLINDJason
Vince D’Andrea          HOCKEY
                            McDonaugh                                             Mario Ros                                  Oliver  Pye
                                                                                 or completely blind. This division features modified rules including
Joe McCallion
TOURNAMENT     EVENTJeff  Street
                       TEAM                                                                                                  Justin Wack
                                                                                 4 on 4 play, plus a sighted player-coach who is there to direct their
Tournament Director                     Communication Director                   teams and aid in locating the puck, which is similar to the role of the
                                                                                                  COACHES                                  COACHES
Matt Morrow                             Nick Beatty                              goaltender in Blind Soccer. Players in this division do not have to make
                                                                                  Sylvain Audet                              Greg Manion
                                                                                 the
                                                                                  Ryan “one-pass”
                                                                                           Banks prior to scoring, and instead       the pass whistle will blow
                                                                                                                             Denis Maybury
Assistant Tournament Directors          Web Broadcast Announcers
                                                                                 each    time the Del
                                                                                  Joel-Anthony      puckGrande
                                                                                                          crosses the blue Mahesh
                                                                                                                             line. 2019    will be the first time we
                                                                                                                                        Sood
Luca DeMontis                           Nicco Cardarelli
Dylan Brown                             Mike Ross                                 Tyler
                                                                                 try  thisMcGuffin                           Jordan   Watts
                                                                                            adaptation of the sport, and are excited to create a new division
Gaelen Kells                            Ed Parenteau                             that will allow all of our participants toBrock
                                                                                                                               fully Quarrington
                                                                                                                                     enjoy Blind Hockey.

Broadcast Production                    In-House Announcer                       Children Open, Adult Open, and Youth Divisions
Nicco Cardarelli                        Bryan Floyd
Julian Victor
                                                                                 In addition to the Select and Low Vision Divisions, Canadian Blind
                                                                                 Hockey is pleased to offer Children Open, Adult Open, as well as
                                                                                 Youth Divisions. These divisions are divided based on age, size,
                                                                                 and skill to ensure that everyone competes with and against the
                                                                                 appropriate level of competition.
ABOUT CANADIAN BLIND HOCKEY
         TEAM ROSTERS                                                           THE ADAPTEDTEAM
                                                                                            RULES OF BLIND HOCKEY
                                                                                                ROSTERS
      SELECT DIVISION:                         SELECT DIVISION:
Canadian    Blind Hockey
          CANADA      EASTis a national registered CANADA
                                                     charity (CRA # 834195224
                                                                 WEST                      SELECT
                                                                                Adapted Blind HockeyDIVISION:
                                                                                                     Puck     USA BLIND HOCKEY
RR0001) that runs children’s try it sessions, learn to skate programs,
                   B3                                         B3                                   B3 Blind Hockey puck measures 5.5”
                                                                                The official adapted                                       B1 across and
development camps,      eastern and western regional tournaments, as well
10 - Julien Blais                          64 - Anthony Ciulla                   19  - Anthony  Chesrow                   5 - Kevin Brown
                                                                                nearly 2” high. It’s made of thin, 22 gauge steel, is hollow, and contains
as our
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    - Wyatt       Canadian National Blind12
             Harvey                         Hockey
                                               - ShawnTournament.
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                                                                                  ball  bearings designed to make noise.
97  - Alex Angus   MacEachencontributes 44 to the  physical,
                                               - Martin       mental, and
                                                         Dufour                  15 - Keith Haley
71  - Rick Oriold                          71  - Sean   Heaslip
emotional well-being of Canadians who are blind or partially sighted             7 - Tim Kane                                          GOALIES
                                           89 - Kiefer                          Adapted     NetMcDermott
19  - Simon
across        Richard
         Canada,   and has impacted the lives    of wellJones
                                                         over 1000 different     23 - Victoria                            1 - Doug Goist
22 - Kelly Serbu                           16 - Wade Shepherd                    11 - Luke Miller                         35 - Mike Straub
boys
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    - Gary       through our youth programs
            St-Denis                       91 - coast-to-coast.
                                                 Jason Yuha Canadian Blind      Blind  HockeyMiller
                                                                                 4 - Matthew     goalies are totally blind or extremely low vision, and the
Hockey works in partnership with the nine Blind Hockey Teams across             adapted    Blind Hockey puck does not make noise in
                                                                                 8 - Dirk Morgan                                           the air. For both
                                                                                                                                         STAFF
Canada and withB2    USA Hockey in the United States. ProgramsB2     include:   these   reasons,
                                                                                 24 - Blake       the adapted goal in Blind
                                                                                              Steinecke                        Hockey
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17 - Francois Beauregard                   87 - Mark Bentz                      instead of the traditional four feet. GM - Hockey Operations
5 - Joseph Del Grande                      17 - Brian Cowie                                        B2                     Nick Albicocco, Assistant Coach
9 - Mark DeMontis                          10 - Gilles  OuelletSTATES            22 - Daniel Belding                      David Svac, Assistant Coach
               CANADA                                UNITED                     One
93 - Joe Fornasier                         87 - Scott Roberts                    17 - Pass   Rule
                                                                                       Mark DeFlorio                      Kline Donley, Goalie Coach
Toronto
16        Ice St.
    - Wayne    Owls
                  Denis                   NY
                                           3 - Nightshade
                                               Paul Schmold                      2 - Christine Vanturini                  Kevin Allison, Skating Coach
                                                                                In order to give the low vision and completely     blind players the best
                                                                                                                          Doris Donley, General Manager -
Hiboux de Montreal                        Washington Blind Hockey               chance to track the puck, teams mustTeam   complete   one pass after crossing
             B1 - GOALIE                                B1 - GOALIE                                                             Operations
Vancouver
30            Eclipse
    - Joey Cabral                         Pittsburgh    Penguins Blind Hockey
                                           1 - Lorne Webber                     the offensive blue line prior to being eligible to score. The referee signals
Calgary Seeing Ice Dogs                   Chicago Blackhawks Blind Hockey       that the pass has been completed by blowing a distinct high pitched
            HEAD Youth
ASRAB Calgary       COACH                             HEAD COACH
                         Blind Hockey Hartford Braillers                        electronic whistle, which alerts the offence that they are now eligible to
Paul   Kerins
Edmonton SeeHawks                          Jeff  Street
                                          NY Metro Blind Hockey                 score, and the defence and goalie that a shot may be coming.
NovaASSISTANT
     Scotia See-Kings
                 COACHES
                                        St Louis Blues Blind
                                              ASSISTANT       Hockey
                                                            COACHES
Newfoundland
Wade           Eye-Landers
      Del Grande                        Colorado
                                         Joey Ali Visionaries                   Freezing the Puck
Canadian
Joe       Blind Hockey - GTA
    McCallion                            Sean Cowie
                                        Minnesota   Wild Blind Hockey
                                                                                Blind Hockey goalies are totally blind or extremely low vision, and the
Youth Blind Hockey                      Indiana Blind Hockey
                                                                                adapted Blind Hockey puck does not make any noise when still. For both
                                        Seattle Blind Hockey
                                                                                these reasons, after a goalie makes a save the puck stops completely in
UPCOMING EVENTS                                                                 the blue paint of the crease, the play is blown dead. In other words, the
                                                                                goalie does not have to cover the puck in order to freeze it.
2019 USA Hockey Disabled Hockey Festival. Tampa, Florida. March 28 - 31
2019 Canadian Blind Hockey Summer Development Camp. Toronto, ON. July 21 - 28   Player Safety
2019 USA Hockey – Blind Hockey Summit. St Paul, Minnesota. August 23 - 25
                                                                                The game is played with standard IIHF safety protocols including no-
2019 Canadian Blind Hockey Eastern Regional Tournament. Ottawa, ON. Fall 2019
                                                                                touch icing and strictly enforced crease violations. All players must
          For more info about the sport and the organization, visit             wear full protective gear including face mask, there are no slap shots
                       canadianblindhockey.com                                  with the stick raised above the waist, and the play is blown dead any
                                                                                time a goalie is hit in the mask with a puck.
GAME SCHEDULE                                                     WELCOMEDONOR  WALL OF BLIND
                                                                          FROM CANADIAN FAME HOCKEY
Friday, March 22                                                  Welcome to the 2019 Canadian National Blind Hockey Tournament presented

 THANK YOU TO ALL                                                                              PLATINUM:
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM   Opening Ceremonies                          by AMI – Accessible Media       Inc. and brought to$1000+ you by the CNIB Foundation.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM    Select Series: Canada East vs USA           This year’s tournament features a record 136 participants competing in five
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM     Open Division Game 1 / 3                    different divisions including Children, Youth, Open, Low Vision, and Select

 OF OUR SPONSORS,
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM     Low Vision Division Game 1 / 3              Divisions. Thank   you for supporting       the Canadian      Blind Hockey
                                                                               Paul Rolston    Foundation              Glen Village     Family community
                                                                                                                                                 Dental     and
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM     Children’s Division Game 1 / 4
                                                                  joining us in celebration   of the
                                                                                   Francois Beauregardgrowth     of this great  para-sport!
                                                                                                                       Raymond and Deniese MacEachen
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM     Youth Division Game 1 / 4
                                                                                  Gord and Bev Manion                  Pro Ali Goalie Training
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM     Select Series: Canada East vs Canada West

   DONORS, AND
                                                                  This past year has been monumental for Blind Hockey. We launched our
Saturday, March 23                                                new Children and Youth Programs and Divisions to ensure that Blind Hockey
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM    Children’s Division 2 / 4                                                       GOLD:who
                                                                  programming is available for all Canadians           $500+
                                                                                                                           are blind or partially sighted, we’ve

    VOLUNTEERS!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM   Youth Division 2 / 4                        held dozens of try-it sessions, camps, tournaments, and special events across
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM   Select Series: USA vs Canada West           the country, and we’ve
                                                                                     Nickhad     our first
                                                                                            & Betty    SerbuEuropeanDavidplayers
                                                                                                                               J. from
                                                                                                                                   BlackEngland and Finland.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM    Open Division Game 2 / 3                    However, by far the biggest
                                                                                           Davedevelopment
                                                                                                  Cornelius of the     Neilpast twelve months is that Canada
                                                                                                                             MacQuarrie
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM     Low Vision Division Game 2 / 3              and USA   competed    in the world’s
                                                                          Margaret Florence Demeule      first International  Blind
                                                                                                                       Danielle Main  Hockey Series with Team
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM     Children’s Division 3 / 4                   Canada defeating USA 2 games          to 0 this past
                                                                                               Don Barber                October
                                                                                                                       Arthur       in Pittsburgh!
                                                                                                                                Pressick
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM     Youth Division 3 / 4
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM     Select Series: USA vs Canada East (2)       We hope that you enjoy all the action this weekend. Whether you are witnessing
                                                                                                  SILVER: $250+
                                                                  the kids as young as three who are just starting their Blind Hockey journey, or the
Sunday, March 24
                                                                  All-Stars representing Canada-East, Canada-West, and USA Blind Hockey in the
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM     Children’s Division 4 / 4
                                                                  Select Division, you willMorrow  Family
                                                                                            leave with no doubt Eileen  Stewart
                                                                                                                that Blind Hockey is for Everyone!
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM    Select Series: Canada West vs TBD
                                                                              John & Marion MacLean             David Burnett
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM   Youth Division 4 / 4
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM    Low Vision Division Game 3 / 3              Thank you to all of our organizational partners AMI, CNIB, Daniel Family
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM     Open Division 3 / 3                         Foundation, Electra Health, and Manion for supporting our charity and
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM     Select Series: Canada West vs TBD
                                                                                                 BRONZE:
                                                                  allowing us to offer life-changing              $100+
                                                                                                       Blind Hockey programs year-round! Thank
                                                                  you to all of our tournament sponsors and donors whose logos are proudly
                                                                  displayed on the back of Gord
                                                                                              this program
                                                                                                     Lewis andNatasha
                                                                                                                signage Ali
                                                                                                                        throughout the venue:
                                                                  your support has ensured     that the
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                                                                                                      Rusk      annualMelantie
                                                                                                                       Canadian Blind Hockey
                                                                  Tournament will be the best     Blind Hockey
                                                                                              John Quilty      Tournament
                                                                                                               Donna Drake  to date.
                                                                                           Jessie Geddes       Middy Hsiao Tzu Liao
                                                                   Welcome to all Candice
                                                                                   of our athletes,  coaches,
                                                                                              MacEachen       sponsors,
                                                                                                               RBC I&TS donors, volunteers,
                                                                   spectators,
                                                                  Thames  Valleyand
                                                                                DSBespecially   our guests
                                                                                    - Vision Resource Team whoSheila
                                                                                                                have travelled
                                                                                                                      and Kevinform England and
                                                                                                                                  Gordon
                                                                   the United States Jaqueline
                                                                                      to competeSehmer         Melanie Magnusson
                                                                                                    this weekend.
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                                                                   From the board and staff Jenof Yewchuk
                                                                                                  Canadian Blind Hockey, we wish you all a
                                                                   fantastic weekend.

                                                                  Gary Steeves, President                         Greg Manion, Secretary
                                                                  Mark Bentz, VP                                  Matt Morrow, Executive Director
                                                                      THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
                                                                  Francois Beauregard, Treasurer                  Luca DeMontis, Program Director
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
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