Block in 2015
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Nationality | Canada | |||
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
June 14, 1985 |||
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Kieran T. Block (born June 14, 1985) is a Canadian sledge hockey player, who plays on the Canada men's national ice sledge hockey team. He won a bronze medal with Team Canada at the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships.
Block played stand-up hockey for the Medicine Hat Tigers from 2002 to 2006. He also played single seasons for the Vancouver Giants (2001) and Alberta Golden Bears (2007). He sustained injuries in a cliff jumping accident near Jasper, Alberta in the summer 2007 in which he broke bones in both of his legs, an ankle and a heel, and since then has only been able to walk unassisted with limited mobility. He is a teacher in Edmonton.