| Event will take place April 8-11 and April 15-18 in Pittsburgh, Pa. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The 16th annual Toyota-USA Hockey Disabled Hockey Festival will take place April 8-11, 2021, and April 15-18, 2021, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Games will be played at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, RMU Island Sports Center and Baierl Ice Complex.  The largest disabled event of its kind and one of USA Hockey’s most significant events each season, the USA Hockey Disabled Hockey Festival brings together all six disabled hockey disciplines, spanning over two weekends.The first weekend of the Festival runs April 8-11 with sled hockey, including the USA Hockey Sled Hockey National Championship.The Festival concludes the following weekend (April 15-18) and features five of USA Hockey’s disabled disciplines, including blind, deaf/hard of hearing, special, standing amputee and warrior.More information, including the full schedule of events for the 2021 Toyota-USA Hockey Disabled Hockey Festival will be available at a later date.NOTES: In 2018, the Disabled Hockey Festival was spread across two weekends for the first time to accommodate a record 128 teams and nearly 1,700 players … The inaugural Festival in 2005 included 24 teams and nearly 300 players … The mission of the Festival is to provide a fun and exciting weekend of hockey in a grand event as well as promote and grow disabled hockey throughout the country … For more information on disabled hockey, click here. |
