By rdnewsNOW Staff

Alberta wins wheelchair basketball gold, hockey team loses semi-final to Ontario

Feb 22, 2019 | 4:54 AM

RED DEER, AB – Top seed and host Alberta seized the gold medal on home soil in wheelchair basketball for the first time since 1995 with a 51-48 win over Ontario on Thursday at the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Team Alberta won the gold medal in front of a packed crowd of Alberta supporters.

“To win this gold medal back in our home province makes it so special, so special!” said Team Alberta head coach Darrell Nordell.

The gold medal match was one of the most intense and hard-hitting games that Canada Games has ever seen in front of the biggest crowd that the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre has had this week. The entire game was a seesaw battle with each team exchanging leads throughout the game before Alberta pulled ahead for the win in the end.

“The home soil and support of the fans really helped us pull through,” said team captain Bradon Doll of Camrose. “All the hard work and effort the team has put in has paid off and it feels great to share this moment with the team and the home crowd.”

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Doll finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 120 points in total.

Alberta also won gold in wheelchair basketball when it made its Canada Games debut in Grande Prairie in 1995.

Quebec (4-1) took home the bronze medal with a 56-55 win over New Brunswick (2-3).

MEN’S HOCKEY

It wasn’t such a happy night for Alberta on the ice. The men’s hockey team lost 8-4 against Ontario in the tournament semi-final.

It was a rematch of the gold medal game between the two teams at the 2015 Winter Games, where Ontario also prevailed.

Alberta will play for the bronze medal against Saskatchewan Friday at 4:00 p.m. Ontario will face Quebec for the gold at 7:30 p.m.

(Wheelchair Basketball Canada) – with files from Stephen Moore and Jordan Bay

by rdnewsNOW Staff

Alberta wins wheelchair basketball gold, hockey team loses semi-final to Ontario

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