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A hockey game where hearing is believing

Unusual sounds and communication make this an entirely different version of Canada’s national sport, in which blind players learn camaraderie and skills The first thing you notice are the sounds, unlike noises at any hockey game anywhere. As an oversized hollow metal puck glides across the ice, the ball bearings inside jangle, making a cowbell-like […]

Carnegie entering Hockey Hall of Fame after being denied NHL dream

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Herb Carnegie was a fixture at a monthly NHL old-timers luncheon in Toronto even though ne never played a minute in the League. “We all had a chance to join in and Herbie had the same chance as the rest of us to be part of it,” said Pete Conacher, an NHL forward from 1951-58. […]

Hockey trailblazers hold summit in attempt to make game more inclusive

The Carnegie Initiative held its inaugural summit in Boston this week, a conference for industry leaders and people working to make hockey more inclusive of all people. I was unable to attend the conference in-person but the Carnegie Initiative made all six of its panels — targeted at specific issues that people from racialized communities […]

ON THE ROLL AGAIN: Blind hockey players to blade across Ontario

The #Courage21 Windsor to Ottawa Inline Skate Fundraiser to support Blind Hockey Canada takes place September 1. (Pictured L-R) Blind players Matt Shaw and Mark DeMontis pose with Mark Morrow Executive Director of Canadian Blind Hockey PHOTO BY JACK BOLAND, TORONTO SUN PHOTOGRAPHER/SUN MEDIA /Postmedia Network Full disclosure – this is the story of my […]

Cross-Canada trip on rollerblades helps visually impaired kids

Finally, a home-cooked meal and the comfort of his own bed. Mark DeMontis deserves as much after his accomplishment. Back in June, he strapped on a pair of rollerblades and headed west. Some 5,000 kilometres – and four pairs of blades – later, he reached the finish in Vancouver on Oct. 16. More importantly, he […]

Vision beyond sight

Driven to help others, a blind hockey player inline skates across Canada For being legally blind, Mark DeMontis has incredible vision. Five years ago at the age of 17, DeMontis was entering his final year of high school in his hometown of Toronto, Ont. The strapping scholar was the envy of many, being athletically gifted […]

Prime Minister to honour blind hockey player

A Toronto-area blind hockey player is finishing his stop in Ottawa as he rollerblades across Canada’s east coast raising money for his charity. Mark DeMontis, 24, is the founder and president of Courage Canada, a national non-profit organization he created in 2008. The charity tries to raise money to give Canadians who are blind and visually-impaired […]

Organization gets vision-impaired children and adults back on the ice

It wasn’t on a hockey rink, but a golf course, that Mark DeMontis first noticed something was wrong with his vision. It was the summer before his senior year of high school and DeMontis and his father were out on the course during a family vacation in Ontario’s cottage country. “All of a sudden I […]

COURAGE CANADA FOUNDER DEMONTIS INSPIRES WITH BLIND HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

The AMI and CNIB sponsored Courage Canada Blind Hockey Tournament kicks off on Feb. 13, and it will be a celebration of the incredible growth of blind hockey. Courage Canada founder Mark DeMontis says the tournament is sure to inspire those who watch. When the AMI 2015 Courage Canada Blind Hockey Tournament kicks off on Feb. 13, […]