For the Love of the Game: Canadian Blind Hockey Attracts Players With Little to No Sight

Canadian players with little to no eyesight have found success on the ice with blind hockey for more than 70 years with some simple equipment modifications and adjustments to the traditional rules of the sport. The charity organization Canadian Blind Hockey works for players who are blind or partially sighted, having been diagnosed with 10 percent or less eyesight. “When I step onto the ice, I’m just amazed at how I’m actually here. I’m playing the sport I love, the best sport ever,” one player said in a promotional video. The sport was developed more than 70 years ago at the W. Ross MacDonald School for the Blind in Brantford, Ont....