We would like to introduce you to a fairly new and expanding sport for the disabled. Most people are aware of wheelchair sport such as Track & Field and Basketball. What most people don't know is that the disabled can also play ice hockey. The format name for it is Sled Hockey (Sledge Hockey in Canada and Europe). Sled Hockey was first developed in Norway in 1971 in order to meet the special recreational, emotional and physical needs of disabled children and adults.

Sled hockey is an exciting alternative sport that uses the rules of hockey. However, instead of skating, the players sit on a specially designed sled and use two short ice picks to propel themselves across the ice. Standard hockey rules apply. Legal body contact and raised puck shooting are as much a part of sled hockey as they are in traditional hockey.