Matt Cook (sledge hockey)

For other people of the same name, see Matt Cook (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Matt Cooke.

Matthew Cook (November 10, 1987 – April 4, 2010) was a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.

Matthew Cook
Born	(1987-11-10)November 10, 1987 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Died	April 4, 2010(2010-04-04) (aged 22) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Position	Left Wing
Playing career	2008–2010
Medal record Men's para ice hockey Representing  Canada World Championships 2009 Ostrava Team

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 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, but the cancer returned in the summer of 2009, and after surgery, and recovery, the bone cancer returned again, and he died on April 4, 2010.^[1][2]

References

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.

External links

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