Jamaican Ice Hockey Group Dominate LATAM in Florida

Jamaica’s Minister of Sport, Olivia Grange, has congratulated Jamaica’s Senior males’s Ice Hockey workforce for successful all matches performed as an Exhibition workforce within the LATAM Cup on the Panthers Ice Hockey Den in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, two weekends in the past.

The workforce received all matches performed in opposition to Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Lebanon, Venezuela and Argentina. It was the primary time that the workforce had performed collectively since 2019 attributable to COVID-19.

“I’m notably happy that the entire gamers are of Jamaican roots which is a pre-requisite for participation. The gamers spoke with ardour of their life-long want to play for Jamaica as they’ve displayed this ardour and dedication to the Black, Inexperienced and Gold on and off the ice.

“I need to reiterate that Jamaicans within the diaspora play an necessary position within the improvement of Jamaica and we should all the time allow them to know the way a lot we recognize them.

“I want to commend the Jamaica Ice Hockey Federation which has been doing an important job in selling the game and is already seeing the fruits of their labour with the exceptional efficiency of the workforce,” mentioned Minister Grange in a press release.

Federation President Don Anderson has mentioned that the workforce has attracted vital curiosity from the Worldwide Federation and from the Nationwide Hockey League by advantage of the feeling it created within the competitors.

He mentioned that gives of help to maneuver our recreation ahead have been obtained from numerous key non-public sector pursuits in North America.

“Plans are actually being drafted for this workforce to proceed to play collectively in competitions throughout 2022 and issues are being given to Jamaica internet hosting a event maybe in Florida with groups drawn from throughout North America, Mr Anderson added.

The Jamaica Ice Hockey workforce is co-coached by Chris Stewart who has just lately retired from the NHL after enjoying near 700 regular-season video games and 39 play-off video games and whose father is a Jamaican. He’s additionally on the board of the Worldwide Federation’s Hockey Range Program, charged with the accountability of spreading the sport globally. Along with this, he owns two Ice Hockey services within the US and has indicated a eager curiosity in additional advancing the reason for Jamaica’s Ice Hockey program by means of his services.

The opposite co-coach is Jamie Huscroft, himself a former skilled hockey participant of word.