Vancouver to Host 2025 World Deaf Hockey Championships

Vancouver will host the fourth annual World Deaf Hockey Championship with men’s teams from the United States, Canada, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Hungary and Finland competing from May 7–17 in a round-robin format.

The United States Deaf Hockey team is supported through the American Hearing-Impaired Hockey Association. The team’s last international competition saw it take a silver medal at the International Deaf Hockey Series in Buffalo last April.

The United States Deaf Hockey team is comprised mostly of players who have attended the AHIHA Annual Stan Mikita Hockey School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Many have gone on to play on high school, prep school, junior leagues, D1 and D3 college teams. Noah Powell, an alum of the AHIHA, was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2024.

Prior to leaving for Vancouver, the U.S. Deaf Ice Hockey Men’s team will conduct their training camp from May 3–7 in Chicago at the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville.

For over 50 years, the AHIHA has advocated and provided an opportunity for deaf hockey athletes to compete on an international level against others in the world who are deaf and hard of hearing. AHIHA provides funding for athletes through private donations, support from the USA Hockey Foundation and programs.