Oatway competes in Super G
Competing in his second event, Para alpine skier Kurt Oatway, who has connections to Regina, recorded a Did Not Finish (DNF) after he missed a gate in the men’s sitting super-G event, which is counted as an automatic end of run.
He’ll get another shot at it when he competes in Alpine Combined on Tuesday morning. The combined event has athletes race twice, once on the Super-G course and once on the slalom course, with results based on the aggregate time between the two.
Canada turns up the heat on the sheet
Kipling’s Gil Dash and the Canadian wheelchair curling team, sit with a perfect 4-0 record in preliminary play after dominating Latvia 11-1 this morning.
Canada stole all their points in the game, starting with a triple in the opening end, back-to-back singles in the second and third, four points in the fourth, as well as a double to wrap up their scoring in the fifth end. Latvia scored their sole point of the game in sixth end, which was followed by them conceding.
Another dominating win for the red and white
Saskatoon’s Dean Seymour joined the Canadian Para ice hockey team as video coach and saw them achieve their second consecutive shutout after dominating Japan 14-0.
It was back-to-back action in the first period, with Canada’s team captain Tyler McGregor scoring thirty-nine seconds in, before doing so again three minutes later.
Canadian teammate, Dominic Cozzolino mirrored McGregor by scoring at 7:25 and again four minutes later, before Adam Dixon closed the period on a power play goal with just over a minute remaining.
The second period saw Vincent Boily pick up a power play goal at 8:44 and Auren Halbert adding another not even a minute later.
With six seconds left on the board, Cozzolino scored a hat trick to bring Canada 9-0 into the final period.
Canada’s scoring in the third period all happened within a seven-minute frame starting at 5:44 with Halbert scoring twice to record another hat trick for the red and white, James Dunn adding two and Liam Hickey picking up a single.
Adam Kingsmill stopped both of the shots he faced in net for Canada, while his Japanese counterpart Wataru Horie went 42-for-56.
Upcoming Saskatchewan competition
Three Saskatchewan connections will be starting the day bright and early for Day Four in Milano Cortina.
Para alpine skier Kurt Oatway, who started his career in Regina, will be competing in the men’s alpine combined in the super-G sitting event at 4:10 a.m. SK time and the men’s slalom sitting later in the morning at 7:40 a.m. SK time.
The Canadian mixed wheelchair curling team, which includes Gil Dash, will look to continue their perfect record with back-to-back action as they play China at 2:35 a.m. SK time and Sweden at 11:35 a.m. SK time.
Meanwhile, the Canadian Para ice hockey team will face off with Czechia at 10:05 a.m. SK time, with Saskatoon’s Dean Seymour joining as video coach.
Paralympic Notes: Another bronze was added to Canada’s total tally thanks to Para alpine skier Kalle Eriksson securing his second medal of the Games. Canada’s medal count: 7 (1 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze). A full recap of Canadian action to this point is available at Paralympic.ca