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Kelsey DiClaudio's unhinged opening goal for the USA in the gold medal game against Canada, August 31st, 2025 :)
the stickhandling under the sled followed by the casual puck lift and flick. Unreal
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Kelsey DiClaudio's unhinged opening goal for the USA in the gold medal game against Canada, August 31st, 2025 :)
the stickhandling under the sled followed by the casual puck lift and flick. Unreal
WOMEN'S PARA ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Less than a week to go until the inaugural season takes off!
WHAT: official website, para hockey primer
WHEN: August 26-31, 2025 -> schedule
WHO: AUS 🇦🇺, GBR 🇬🇧, NOR 🇳🇴, CAN 🇨🇦, USA 🇺🇸 & Team World* 🌍
WHERE TO WATCH: available on Youtube for free
*featuring athletes from 🇩🇪 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 🇱🇻 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 🇰🇷
-> SO-CALLED "RADFEMS" / TRANSPHOBES FUCK OFF!
PSA from World Para Ice Hockey calling for interest in the sport! Their goal is to get enough players/teams from enough countries to develop a women's para ice hockey division for the 2030 Winter Paralympics! From what I've heard from the broadcasts, the game has really grown in the last couple of years, and a lot of the players playing in this tournament started playing pretty recently. Blows my mind because of how much skill and endurance in needed in para ice hockey, especially because the player minimum for a country to have a team is only 7 players and 2 goalies, and newer teams like Norway and Australia are about as small as that!
After the way she played yesterday in the Australia vs USA game I'd be vibing pretty hard too :)
From the Australia vs Norway Women's Worlds Para International Ice Hockey Championships game on August 27th, 2025.
As always, the vibes are impeccable over at the Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Big ol' Post About the Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championships!
Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championships standings as of today! No games tomorrow, so the semifinals will be airing on Saturday, and the finals on Sunday. The tournament is fully staffed by volunteers (including an all-women ref team!) and the broadcasts listed here all of the commentating done in English.
Schedule and YouTube Links:
Saturday @6:30am EST: Team World vs. Team Australia
Saturday @10:00am EST: Canada vs Norway
Saturday @1:30pm EST: USA vs Great Britain
Sunday @9:30am EST: Bronze medal game! Looking like it's gonna be Great Britain vs Norway.
Sunday @1:00pm EST: Gold medal game! Looking like it's gonna be the classic USA vs Canada :)
Other Links n' Stuff:
The World Para Ice Hockey Page on paralympic.org, has information about the inaugural 6 teams such as schedules, news articles, rosters, and players to watch out for.
Link to the Paralympic Games Youtube Live page if you wanna check what times the games are in ur own timezone!
Team Info and Rosters:
Team Australia is a brand-new national team in the para ice hockey league! Goaltender Erika Gosney has been Australia's break-out star with some crazy saves! It's one of the smaller teams, so they're constantly cycling through players throughout the game
Team Canada is pretty well-established in the league (although they are in no way affiliated with Hockey Canada) and they're one of the larger teams alongside Team World and Team USA. Their second line is definitely one to watch out for, the combination of speed between Tousignant and Darnley, making it easy for them to cycle the puck and get shots on net
Team Great Britain is another smaller and relatively newer team, although GB is a very high-contact team, I think they're racked up the most penalties so far lol. Their first line features forward Kristy Van Der Poll and defender Shannon Couch, both very strong skaters and stickhandlers
Team Norway is also brand-new as of this tournament! A few players for Norway graduated from Team World before their own team got started - defender Lena Schroeder (notice how they only have 2 defenders??) is out on the ice and on top of the puck literally constantly, racking up a hat trick within the first period in their game against Australia
By all accounts, Team USA is the one to beat! Backed by USA Hockey, the para Ice Hockey league in the US is the most developed in the world - forwards Kelsey DiClaudio and Lera Doederlein have really made a name for themselves, DiClaudio racking up like 6 goals in the last 2 games
Team World is made up of players whose home countries don't (yet) have a full team! Despite having only started playing para ice hockey this year, defender Akari Fukunishi is an absolute menace on the ice - she and her d-pairing, Soyoun Kim, are really good at supporting their goalie and also taking those breakaway and shooting opportunities when they arise
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Akari Fukunishi's goal for Team World against Team Great Britain at the Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championships, August 27th, 2025