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PAGE 8THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, MARCH 6,2002 Sports CANADIAN STATESMAN MARCH 2 0 0 2 HOCKEY SUNDAY, MARCH 10 VS OTTAWA @ 6:35 pm Box Office Info: 905-728-5163 Captain Clemens leads Canada to gold medal Amputee team makes it a hat trick for Canadian hockey BY BRAD KELLY Staff Writer LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Canada scored a liai trick of global hockey championships in February. While the Canadian men's and women's Olympic teams received most of the acclaim for their gold medal-winning performances, another national team flexed its superiority as well. The Canadian men's amputee hockey hockey team completed the golden hat trick with a 14-0 lambasting of the United States in the final game of the Amputee Amputee International Championships held in Lake Placid, NY. Brent Clemens, captain of the Canadian men's hockey team (middle of front row), won a gold medal at the Amputee International Championships. Championships. which team is best. "A lot of the guys have played at my level or even higher," says Clemens, who won an Ontario championship championship with the Bowmanvillc Eagles Jr. C team during the 1980-81 season. The championship also included a European entry combining players from Russia and Finland. The next big step in the process is getting amputee hockey recognized as a full medal sport in the Paralympics, says Clemens. An opportunity will come later this month in Salt Lake City, Utah, when Canada and the U.S. play a showcase game for the International International Paralympic Committee during closing ceremonies of the Winter Paralympics Paralympics on Saturday, March 16. "That will be the biggest step for promoting amputee hockey worldwide," worldwide," says Wade of the significance of the game. Clemens hopes to have amputee hockey accepted as a full medal spoil for the Paralympics in Italy in 2006. "We were very strong," understated Brent Clemens, of Courlice, who serves as the Chairman of the Canadian Canadian Amputee Hockey Committee and captain of the men's team. In defence of the U.S., the team's No. 1 goalie was unable to play in the final game that contributed to the lopsided lopsided score, says Clemens. But regardless, regardless, Canada left little doubt about Sir' MEAT SHOPS Inline hockey league rolls into Clarington BY BRAD KELLY StaffWriter CLARINGTON - The number of recreational sports offered for youths and adults in Clarington will grow again this summer. The Clarington Inline Hockey League will offer something "entirely different" to those who register, promises promises organizer Paul Mintha. Operating out of the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex in Bow- manville and the Darlington Sports Centre in Hampton from late April to July, the league will have some unique concepts. Divisions will be open for players aged five to adult, with games each Tuesday night restricted to four-on- four, non-contact play. "It's a little different," says Mintha of the four-on-four concept. "It's a lot less pressure and a lot more fun. The open space helps to improve skills." The season will consist of 14 games, with a tournament thrown in as well. Players wear the same equipment as ice hockey, and sweaters will resemble minor pro teams that operate in the United States. , "My kids arc almost of age to play, and I want somewhere for them to play and myself as well," he says of the motivation motivation behind the undertaking of starling a new league. Hoping to attract 200 players, registrations registrations will be held Thursday, March 7 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 30 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Recreation OLYMPIC DREAMS START AT Complex, corner of Hwy. 2 and Regional Regional Road 57 in Bowmanvillc. The cost is $185.70, and players get to keep their sweater. 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