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Tarmo Eerma

Defenseman Tarmo Eerma will lead Estonia in two major competitions prior to the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool in Nagano.

Great Britain's ice sledge hockey team

Estonia and Great Britain’s ice sledge hockey teams begin a three-game series on the ice on Friday (22 February).

Taylor Chace

Defending Paralympic and world champions USA won two of their three games against Canada’s ice sledge hockey team.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon

Despite being surrounded by several new teammates, Morten Vaernes looks to lead Norway back to the podium at the World Championships and Paralympic Games.

USA ice sledge hockey team

Arch rivals Canada and USA will face off in a three-game sledge series on Ontario, their last major competition before the World Championships.

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Italy’s Greg Leperdi can be credited for much of ice sledge hockey’s growth in Italy, as he helped organise this week’s tournament in Torino.

A picture of a man in a sledge practising Ice Sledge Hockey.

Italy will host the Czech Republic, Japan and Russia for an international exhibition ice sledge hockey tournament this week.

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Those wishing to be a Sochi 2014 Games volunteer have until 1 March to apply.

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Here’s a brief run-down of the top Paralympic sporting events around the world to keep your eyes on in February.

Anti-Doping London image

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Polish Ice Sledge Hockey player Piotr Truszkowski has been suspended for one year for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.

Pavel Kubes

Czech defenseman Pavel Kubes will limit himself on social media this season so he can focus purely on the upcoming ice sledge hockey World Championships.

Sylwester Flis

Poland’s player-coach Sylwester Flis, who was MVP at the Salt Lake 2002 Games, will leave the sport to have surgery.

A picture of 2 mens in sledges during an ice sledge hockey match

USA defeated Korea, 5-2, to claim the title at the inaugural USA Hockey Sled Cup in Indian Trail, North Carolina.

A picture of men sitting in a sledge celebrating their victory in a hockey match.

On the first day of the USA Hockey Sled Cup, Korea beat Russia and USA’s national team beat the country’s development team.

Alexi Salamone and Taylor Chace

USA’s national team and development team, as well as national teams from Korea and Russia will compete in the USA Hockey Sled Cup this week.

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Canadian ice sledge hockey forward Brad Bowden is trying to return to his younger self from a decade ago to get into the right mindset for this season’s World Championships in Korea.

Ozzie Sawicki

Accomplished coach and sport leader Ozzie Sawicki will be Canada’s Chef de Mission for the Sochi 2014 Games.

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Greg Westlake and Karl Ludwig both recorded hat trick’s in Canada’s 7-1 win against Norway in the final game of their exhibition series.

A picture of a man in a sledge skiing

Thomas Jacobsen, former captain of Norway’s ice sledge hockey team, is now trying to qualify for Sochi 2014 in alpine skiing.

Canada ice sledge hockey

Billy Bridges netted a hat trick in Canada’s 10-0 victory against Norway in the first of their three-game exhibition series.