Changing the face of hockey at tourney featuring countries new to game - Montreal

Changing the face of hockey at tourney featuring countries new to game - Montreal

Most, if not all the players on these teams live in Canada and the US, so this exercise is also about inclusion and proving that the game is theirs too.

Changing the face of hockey at tourney featuring countries new to game

Don Anderson, president of the Jamaica Olympic Ice Hockey Federation, is under no illusions about the depth of hockey culture and history in Montreal. “I know,” he said. “They say if you cut a Canadian you’ll find hockey blood running out of him.” He’s in Montreal with members of Jamaica’s senior men’s ice hockey team, as well as three others representing non-traditional hockey nations for the 2025 Challenger Series, to prove that they too are c…