Steve Arsenault

Stephen Arsenault (born 6 September 1988) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.

Steve Arsenault
Arsenault in 2013
Born (1988-09-06) 6 September 1988
Hamilton, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 167 lb (76 kg; 11 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Playing career 2004–present
Medal record
Men's para ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
2018 Pyeongchang Team
2014 Sochi Team
World Championships
2013 Goyang Team
2017 Gangneung Team
2015 Buffalo Team

Arsenault was born in Hamilton, Ontario to Joe and Jill Arsenault. He has avascular necrosis of the femoral head.[1]

He began his sledge hockey career in 2004 in Edmonton with the Paralympic Sports Association Dogs. He also played for the Edmonton Impact sledge hockey team. He took a hiatus from sledge hockey from 2007 to 2010, a timespan in which his mother died and his father was seriously injured in a workplace accident which resulted in amputation of a leg.[1][2]

With the Canada men's national ice sledge hockey team, He won a gold medal at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in 2011, 2013, 2017 and a silver in 2012.[1][3] He also competed in the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics with the Canadian national team, winning a bronze in the sledge hockey tournament.[4]

He resides in Stony Plain, Alberta.[1][5] He is also a personal trainer.[6]

References
  1. "Steve Arsenault". paralympic.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  2. "Arsenault skates back onto Team Canada". stonyplainreporter.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  3. "Arsenault, Team Canada start season with Four Nations gold". sprucegroveexaminer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  4. "Hockey Canada names Paralympic sledge hockey team". olympics.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  5. "Steve Arsenault : sledge hockey star". albertaprimetime.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  6. "Steve Arsenault". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
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