Following the completion of the successful #COURAGE21 Inline Skate Fundraiser, Canadian Blind Hockey used the opportunity to ask the inline skaters what #COURAGE21 meant to them. Click here to watch the #COURAGE21 Inline Skate Team Testimonial
A massive THANK YOU to our #COURAGE21 presenting partner Mackenzie Investments. Thanks for the primary assist on the project! A huge you to our power-play partners Tim Hortons, CCM Hockey, MJMA, TD Bank, Preszler Injury Lawyers, and First Republic Capital. Thank you to our penalty-kill sponsors Silver Tiger Metals Inc., Logs End Inc, Sport Durham,…
Blind Hockey Team to Inline Skate 1000 kms from Windsor to Ottawa #COURAGE21 Relay Skate Celebrates 10-year Anniversary with $100,000 Fundraising Goal (TORONTO, ON. August 26, 2021.) A team of Blind Hockey players will have their courage on full display this September as they relay-skate 1000 kilometers on a trip between Windsor and Ottawa for…
From September 1 to 11 a team of Blind Hockey players will have their courage on full display as they inline skate 1000 km’s in cities between Windsor and Ottawa, with the ambitious goal of raising $100,000 in support of life-changing Blind Hockey programming. Now is your chance to help them by joining…
Get your very own #COURAGE21 Inline Skate Fundraiser Team T-Shirt. Show your support to the #COURAGE21 Team by wearing this tee. All proceeds from this tee will go directly to the #COURAGE21 Inline Skate Fundraiser. Click the t-shirt in the above photo to order yours today!
Hi, my name is Laura Mark, and I am Canadian Blind Hockey’s Girls and Women’s Coordinator. I was diagnosed with eye conditions at birth including Bi-lateral Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. I played hockey for 15 years until my vision had deteriorated to the point where I could no longer play. In 2013 everything changed when I…
Canadian Blind Hockey Executive Director Matt Morrow stopped by NOW with Dave Brown on AMI-TV last week to discuss the impact of the pandemic on Canadian Blind Hockey, the upcoming COURAGE21 Inline Skate Fundraiser, and the 2021 – 2022 Canadian Blind Hockey season. Check out this 15-minute interview with our presenting partner Accessible Media Inc.…
Thank you to everyone who has donated to the #COURAGE21 Inline Skate Fundraiser to date. We have officially reached 10% of our goal! However, we still have a long way to go. We need everyone’s help to reach our goal! Join the team by donating today! Click here to help grow the sport of #Blind…
#COURAGE21 Windsor to Ottawa $100,000 Inline Skate Fundraiser Ten days of skating, to celebrate ten years of achievements. A one-thousand-kilometer challenge, with a one-hundred-thousand-dollar fundraising goal. From September 1 through 10, 2021 a team of Blind Hockey players will have their courage on full display as they inline skate 1000 kilometers from Windsor…
Hi. I’m Mark DeMontis, a two-time gold medalist with Canada’s National Blind Hockey Team and proud to be an honoured member of the Canadian Blind Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builders Category. Like many young Canadians, I dreamed of playing in the NHL. At age 17 when I was playing in the GTHL,…
Hi, My name is Kelly Serbu and I am the President of Canadian Blind Hockey and Captain of the Canadian National Blind Hockey Team. This fall I will be participating with some teammates in the #Courage21 1000 km relay inline skate from Windsor to Ottawa from September 1 to the 10. We have set…
My name is François Beauregard. I am a hockey player and visually impaired. From September 1 – 10, with my teammates, I will skate 1,000 kilometers, going from Windsor to Ottawa as part of the #COURAGE21 Fundraiser for Canadian Blind Hockey. I played hockey when I was a kid and young adult. Unfortunately, at the…
My life changed forever when I was diagnosed with Usher Syndrome, a rare, genetic deafblind condition that includes lifelong hearing loss and the progressive onset of retinitis pigmentosa, a blinding disease for which there is no cure. I will never forget arriving home with the news of my diagnosis and how I lingered outside…
Hello , My name is Marc Lafortune. I will be a guide for my friend François Beauregard during the #COURAGE21 Fundraiser. We will be inline skating 1,000 km from Windsor to Ottawa to fundraise for Canadian Blind Hockey. As a career educator who has worked in the field of physical activity in Canada, Morocco and…
Hey all, My name is Patrick Power (PJ). I am a founding team member of the original inline skating campaigns beginning back in 2009 in which we journeyed from Toronto to Vancouver, and then two years later in 2011 from Halifax to Toronto all in support of Blind Hockey! To state that these were incredible…
Hi, my name is Luca DeMontis and I love Blind Hockey! I am the Program Manager of Canadian Blind Hockey and the General Manager of the Canadian National Blind Hockey Team. These roles have allowed me to meet so many amazing individuals from across this country, and it is something I am truly grateful for.…
Hi. My name is Matt Morrow and I am the Executive Director of Canadian Blind Hockey. I have worked full-time as the primary staff person for Blind Hockey in Canada since 2012 and have witnessed this sport grow from a niche Canadian pastime to a worldwide Para sport. I hope you will consider supporting the…
