Kamloops Storm, Canadian Blind Hockey team up to teach kids about sport
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KAMLOOPS — Canadian Blind Hockey, in partnership with the Kamloops Storm, hosted a Try Skating and Blind Hockey event on Tuesday (Feb. 17) at the McArthur Island Sports Centre Olympic Arena. This comes in part with Canadian Blind Hockey’s field trip program, where the organization invites local youth around the region who are blind or partially sighted to learn about the sport. The organization has hosted more than 300 Try Skating and Blind Hockey events; however, this is the first one ever in Kamloops.
“We’ve got a great turnout today. We’ve got about ten kids from the region. They’ve learned all about the para-sport of blind hockey. They’ve had the chance to do a sensory tour of the arena, learn about the Zamboni and the adaptations of blind hockey,” said Matt Morrow, executive director of Canadian Blind Hockey. “They’re taking the ice with members of the Storm and they’re getting to try skating and many of them are trying blind hockey for the very first time.”
The sport is very similar to ice hockey. The biggest adaptation is the puck, which is bigger and makes noise when moved around the ice. The vast majority of players do have a degree of functional vision.
