Matt Cook (sledge hockey)

Matthew Cook
Matthew Cook
Born	November 10, 1987; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Died	April 4, 2010 (aged 22); Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Position	Left Wing
Playing career	2008–2010
Men's para ice hockey
Representing Canada
World Championships

Matthew Cook (November 10, 1987 – April 4, 2010) was a

ice sledge hockey

player.

Before the age of 18, Cook played Junior A for the Bonnyville Pontiacs of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. He had his leg amputated below the knee in 2006, at the age of 18, after unsuccessful chemotherapy when doctors discovered cancer on his left leg. Cook began playing ice sledge hockey in 2007, at a Team Alberta Summer development camp.

Cook was a member of the

Canada men's national ice sledge hockey team, first making the team in September 2008. He won bronze with them in the 2009 World Championships

.

He was expected to participate in the

bone cancer returned again, and he died on April 4, 2010.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Matt Cook – 1987–2010, Hockey Canada
^ James Christie (April 6, 2010). "Influential sledge hockey player dies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

External links

Matthew Cook player profile^{[permanent dead link]} at the Canadian Paralympic Committee

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[1] Matt Cook – 1987–2010, Hockey Canada

[2] James Christie (April 6, 2010). "Influential sledge hockey player dies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

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