Oatway competes in men’s alpine combined event
Kurt Oatway, who started his Para alpine career in Regina, competed in the men’s alpine combined event this morning and started his day in the super-G sitting event, where he recorded a Did Not Finish (DNF) due to running off the course, which disqualified him from competing in the second event, men’s slalom sitting.
Oatway will look ahead to his fourth event, the men’s giant slalom sitting event on March 13, with the first run taking place at 3:05 a.m. SK time and will be followed by the second run at 6:05 a.m. SK time.
Canada turns up the heat on the sheet
Canada continued their winning streak, as Kipling’s Gil Dash joined the mixed wheelchair curling team for another day of victories at the Paralympics.
The morning started with Canada taking a 9-4 victory over China, with Canada first on the board after securing two points in the first end.
After a blank second, Canada added a single in the third and China answered back in the fourth by claiming a triple and evened the score 3-3. From there, the score remained close with Canada earning a double in the fifth and China a single in the sixth.
The game defining points were claimed by Canada in the seventh, when they secured four points and left China unable to close the gap, so they conceded the game.
Continuing the winning streak later in the day, Canada claimed their sixth consecutive win over Sweden after going 6-5.
It was a close match that saw Canada secure singles in the first and second end, before a blank third led them into claiming another single in the fourth.
Sweden made their way onto the board with back-to-back singles in the fifth and sixth, before taking the lead 5-3 after adding a triple in the seventh end.
Canada was able to make up the difference in the final by securing their own triple to wrap the game.
Canada wraps preliminary play 3-0
For the third consecutive game, the Canadian Para ice hockey team, which features Saskatoon’s Dean Seymour as video coach, claimed another win after defeating Czechia 4-1.
The game had a slow start that didn’t see Canada score until four minutes and forty-six seconds into the second period, thanks to James Dunn securing a power play goal. They followed that up by taking the advantage of Czechia’s penalty once again with Vincent Boily scoring to bring things to 2-0.
Keeping with the power play trend into third period, Canadian team captain Tyler McGregor used one to score one minute and fifty-seven seconds in, before Czechia’s Zdenek Habl added his team’s lone score with a power play goal of their own.
With thirty seconds remaining in the game, Czechia pulled their goaltender for the one-player advantage, which Liam Hickey took advantage of, scoring Canada’s final goal on an empty net.
Canada’s Corbin Watson saved 11 of the 12 shots faced in the net, while Czechia’s Patrik Sedlacek saved 22 of the 25.
Upcoming Saskatchewan competition
The fifth day of Milano Cortina will see one Saskatchewan athlete return and another look to continue their streak of wins.
After a two-day break between events, Prince Albert’s Brittany Hudak will be competing in the Para cross-country skiing women’s 10-kilometre interval start standing event at 4:05 a.m. SK time.
On the ice, Kipling’s Gil Dash and the Canadian mixed wheelchair curling team will look to continue their perfect run for their game against Slovakia at 1:05 p.m. SK time.
Paralympic Notes: Bronze is the colour of Canada for Day Four in Italy, as Para nordic skier Natalie Wilkie raced to her third medal of the Games in the women’s sprint standing event. Canada’s medal count: 8 (1 Gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze). A full recap of Canadian action to this point is available at Paralympic.ca