The para hockey giant and the team that has been setting the sport’s pace for many years – team USA – is heading to Ostrava. The American para hockey players are arriving a week before the beginning of the International Para Hockey Cup tournament to train together with the Czech national team. They want to participate in the transfer of their knowledge and experience for the global development of para hockey.<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n The five-time world champions and Paralympic winners from the USA have been returning to the Czech Republic regularly in the past years. Not solely thanks to the fact that Ostrava has become the world center of para hockey and has repeatedly hosted the World Championships, but also thanks to the city’s excellent facilities used for this sport. “Our team is very much looking forward to returning to Ostrava for the IPH Cup tournament. We are bringing twenty players to Ostrava and we will use this opportunity to test the team’s ability not only in training but also in terms of match load,”<\/em> said the manager of the American para hockey national team, Dan Brennan<\/strong>, saying that four newcomers that have been added to the team are also heading to the tournament. The week before the start of the IPH Cup itself, in which the US para hockey players will compete with Team Canada, the Czech Republic and a united world team named the IPH Team, the American players and coaches will cooperate with the Czech national team on and off the ice. Both the Czech players and the implementation team are very much looking forward to this experience.<\/p><\/p>\n\n