Milano Cortina 2026 Para ice hockey roster announced

- 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

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