March 18, 2010
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CANADA’S NATIONAL SLEDGE TEAM TO PLAY FOR BRONZE
AT 2010 PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Canada’s National Sledge Team will play for the bronze medal at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, following a 3-1 loss in semifinal action to Japan on Thursday afternoon at UBC.

Marc Dorion (Bourget, Ont.) scored Canada’s lone goal on Thursday in the first period. Canada outshot Japan 20-11.

Canada will now face the loser of tonight’s semifinal between Norway and the United States. The bronze medal game will be held on Friday at 7 p.m. PT at UBC. Japan moves on to Saturday’s gold medal game (12 p.m. PT) against the Norway-United States winner.

André Brin
Director, Communications
Hockey Canada
403-777-4557
abrin@hockeycanada.ca

Francis Dupont
Manager, Media Relations/Communications
Hockey Canada
403-777-4564
fdupont@hockeycanada.ca

Jason LaRose
Coordinator, Content Services
Hockey Canada
403-777-4553
jlarose@hockeycanada.ca

Kristen Lipscombe
Coordinator, Communications
Hockey Canada
403-284-6427
klipscombe@hockeycanada.ca