- All eight teams competing in the Para ice hockey open team tournament at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games have officially announced their full Paralympic rosters "VAN" (Sports Desk - 26.02.2026) :: Canada, China, Czechia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Slovakia and the United States will take to the ice from 7 to 15 March at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan. This will mark the ninth edition of the Winter Games to feature Para ice hockey since the sport made its debut on the Paralympic programme in 1994. Rosters are listed in alphabetical order by last name and gender (M for male, F for female):- CANADA Goaltenders 54 – Adam Kingsmill - M 30 – Corbin Watson - M Defenders 61 – Rob Armstrong - M 17 – Shawn Burnett - M 92 – Auren Halbert - M 5 – Tyrone Henry - M 98 – Mathieu Lelievre - M Forwards 13 – Vincent Boily - M 19 – Dominic Cozzolino - M 11 – Adam Dixon - M 4 – James Dunn - M 23 – Liam Hickey - M 26 – Anton Jacobs-Webb - M 29 – Micah Kovacevich - M 7 – Zach Lavin - M 8 – Tyler McGregor - M 12 – Greg Westlake - M Team Officials Head Coach – Boris Rybalka Assistant Coach – Steve Arsenault Assistant Coach – Dean Seymour Equipment Manager – Grant Boswall Equipment Manager – Ashton Murley Physiotherapist – Mike Lenart CHINA Goaltenders 20 – Yanzhao Ji - M 1 – Wei Wang - M Defenders 12 – Hang Che - M 37 – Haoran He - M 3 – Zhi Lyu - M 18 – Jujiang Wang - M 19 – Zheng Zhang - M 24 – Zhanfu Zhu - M Forwards 33 – Hongyu Chen - M 23 – Yutao Cui - M 32 – Hongguan Li - M 39 – Wenxu Liu - M 30 – Dianpeng Qiu - M 17 – Yifeng Shen - M 15 – Xiaodong Song - M 28 – Jintao Tian - M 8 – Zhidong Wang - M Team Officials Head Coach – Nikolay Sharshukov Assistant Coach – Xianxiu Jin Assistant Coach – Jiwu Yin Assistant Coach – Xiangchong Su Assistant Coach – Xin Xue Doctor – Xiaohan Hu CZECHIA Goaltenders 2 – Petr Bocek - M 1 – Martin Kudela - M 92 – Patrik Sedlacek - M Defenders 67 – Pavel Dolezal - M 80 – Lukas Kapko - M 29 – Pavel Kubes - M 27 – David Vrubel - M 15 – Radek Zelinka - M Forwards 74 – Michal Geier - M 82 – Zdenek Habl - M 33 – Vaclav Hecko - M 19 – Alex Ohar - M 47 – David Ondrak - M 17 – Theodor Patek - M 55 – Filip Vesely - M 12 – Martin Zizlavsky - M Team Officials Head Coach – Jakub Novotny Assistant Coach – Jiri Briza Equipment Manager – Petr Stransky Team Staff – Jan Szturc Physiotherapist – Marek Cerovsky Doctor – Libor Musil GERMANY Goaltenders 22 – Simon Kunst - M 47 – Veit Muehlhans - M Defenders 21 – Steven Betz - M 44 – Jan Malte Brelage - M 33 – Ingo Kuhli-Lauenstein - M 83 – Christian Pilz - M 6 – Hugo Raedler - M 55 – Sven Stumpe - M Forwards 14 – Jano Bussmann - M 3 – Bas Disveld - M 43 – Bernhard Hering - M 12 – Christian Jaster - M 27 – Marcel Nicolas Malchin - M 7 – Leopold Reimann - M 8 – Frank Rennhack - M 97 – Felix Schrader - M 77 – Joerg Wedde - M Team Officials Head Coach – Peter Willmann Assistant Coach – Robert Pabst Physiotherapist – Mehdi Nourivaziri Equipment Manager – Jacob Wolff Team Leader – Michael Freitag Doctor – Senoussi Kaba ITALY Goaltenders 74 – Gabriele Araudo - M 82 – Julian Kasslatter - M 1 – Santino Stillitano - M Defenders 26 – Eusebiu Antochi - M 6 – Gian Luca Cavaliere - M 2 – Alex Enderle - M 15 – Nikko Landeros - M 18 – Andrea Macri - M 3 – Gianluigi Rosa - M Forwards 27 – Alessandro Andreoni - M 62 – Christoph Depaoli - M 10 – Stephan Kafmann - M 9 – Sandro Kalegaris - M 11 – Nils Larch - M 8 – Roberto Radice - M 4 – Matteo Remotti Marnini - M 25 – Francesco Torella - M Team Officials Head Coach – Mirko Bianchi Assistant Coach – Andrea Fraschia Equipment Manager – Daniele Toppan Equipment Manager – Gianluca Napoli Physiotherapist – Chiara Saiani Doctor – Antonio Pastrone JAPAN Goaltenders 19 – Wataru Horie - M 38 – Manabu Okabe - M Defenders 3 – Akari Fukunishi - F 8 – Yudai Ishikawa - M 7 – Masahiro Matsushita - M 11 – Norihiko Nasu - M 40 – Yoshihiro Shioya - M 24 – Satoru Sudo - M Forwards 10 – Itsuki Ito - M 1 – Mikio Kaneko - M 95 – Yusei Kawahara - M 96 – Masaharu Kumagai - M 25 – Eiji Misawa - M 17 – Amu Morisaki - M 58 – Shunsuke Nakamura - M 5 – Kazuyoshi Niitsu - M 23 – Shosei Ukai - M 13 – Mamoru Yoshikawa - M Team Officials Head Coach – Kojin Nakakita Assistant Coach – Ryo Miyazaki Assistant Coach – Goshi Kumagai Equipment Manager – Tetsuji Hashimoto Strength & Conditioning Coach – Keishi Fujita Physiotherapist – Takuro Nakazawa SLOVAKIA Goaltenders 18 – Eduard Lepacek - M 21 – Miroslav Pastucha - M Defenders 66 – Slavomir Ferencik - M 30 – Erik Fojtik - M 33 – Michal Hlinka - M 85 – Miroslav Kardos - M 4 – Jan Puchein - M 30 – Richard Varga - M Forwards 15 – Jozef Garbiar - M 5 – Michaela Hozakova - F 25 – Martin Joppa - M 98 – David Korman - M 11 – Marian Ligda - M 7 – Miroslav Stasak - M 44 – Robert Turic - M 45 – Milos Vecerek - M Team Officials Head Coach – Ivan Hricko Equipment Manager – Andrej Granatier Physiotherapist – Dominika Duhova Strength & Conditioning Coach – Veronika Ondeckova Assistant Coach – David Poburini General Manager – Miroslav Drab USA Goaltenders 29 – Griffin Lamarre - M 32 – Jen Lee - M Defenders 23 – Liam Cunningham - M 22 – Noah Grove - M 27 – Josh Pauls - M 11 – Landon Uthke - M 8 – Jack Wallace - M Forwards 7 – Kayden Beasley - M 10 – Brett Bolton - M 9 – Travis Dodson - M 37 – David Eustace - M 16 – Declan Farmer - M 19 – Malik Jones - M 88 – Kevin McKee - M 24 – Joshua Misiewicz - M 18 – Evan Nichols - M 4 – Brody Roybal - M Team Officials Head Coach – David Hoff Team Leader – Daniel Brennan Equipment Manager – James Healy Equipment Manager – Scott Addison Aldrich Team Staff – Corey Gorder Strength & Conditioning Coach – Michael Cortese
On Thu, Feb 26, 2026