2025 Media Summit: Sled Hockey

Season-long tryout process:

• August tryout camp (Player pool narrowed down from 30 to 22)
• Para Hockey Cup in Ostrava, Czechia in October (Roster cut from 22 to 18 following tournament)
• Training camp in Boulder, Colo., in November
• Para Hockey Cup in Canada in December (Roster cut down to final 17 players following this event, announced in early January)

The U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team will be competing for a record seventh gold medal in Para Ice Hockey at the 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. Team USA has won four-consecutive gold medals in the event, dating back to 2010, as well as the 2004 Paralympic gold medal. The U.S. is enters the 2025-26 sled hockey season as the top-ranked team in the world, most recently winning gold at the 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championship in Buffalo, N.Y., in May.

Leading the way for Team USA is captain Josh Pauls, the most decorated Paralympian in sled hockey history, with four gold medals to his name. Also headlining the roster is three-time gold medalist Declan Farmer, who holds the Paralympic record for most single-tournament goals (11, 2018), assists (11, 2022), and points (18, 2022), as well as the Paralympic career records

in goals (21), assists (19), and points (40). Team USA's top competition in Milan includes Canada, the 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Champions and 2025 world championship silver medalists, as well as Czechia, who took home the Bronze medal at the 2024 and 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championships.

Press officer contact: Seamus Kelley - seamus.kelley@usahockey.org