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The U.S. Para hockey group exacted revenge, beating rival Canada 6-1 to reclaim the world title going into the 2026 Milan Cortina Paralympics.
Jack Wallace had a hat trick, whereas Declan Farmer, Josh Pauls and Josh Misiewicz added objectives in Saturday’s ultimate in Buffalo.
Wallace, a defenseman who almost made the 2024 Paralympic group in canoe, grew to become the second American to attain three objectives in a Para hockey world ultimate. Taylor Lipsett additionally did so in 2012.
Goalie Griffin LaMarre had 10 saves after beforehand serving because the backup to Jen Lee at previous main championships.
The U.S., the four-time reigning Paralympic champion, earned its seventh world title within the final 10 editions. No nation has gained 5 consecutive hockey titles on the Paralympics or Olympics.
Canada beat the U.S. for the world title in 2024, plus gained the groups’ most up-to-date assembly going into worlds.
Overall, the U.S. grew to become the primary nation to comb the IIHF males’s, IIHF ladies’s and Para hockey world titles in a single 12 months.
The Milan Cortina Paralympics open on March 6, 2026.
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