Para ice hockey Paralympic rosters for Milano Cortina 2026 announced

The 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. 

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 

Note: Athlete participation requires confirmation by their respective NPC