Watch above: a man with vision impairment is back on the ice to play the game he loves
SASKATOON – A 26 year old visually impaired Watrous, Sask. man is heading to Toronto next week for the second annual Courage Canada National Blind Hockey Tournament.
If you didn’t know Curtis Schaan is visually impaired, you couldn’t tell by watching him out on the ice.
When he was 18, he had to put his hockey career on hold because of a pituitary gland tumor. Six years later, the tumour returned and he needed a second surgery. His optical nerve was damaged leaving him with a 75 per cent vision loss.
It’s been a long road for Schaan but is looking forward to suiting up next weekend in the former home of his beloved Leafs, Maple Leaf Gardens.
“That’s basically been my main goal has been to get back in to sports that I love which is hockey and golf, and I got back into golf this past summer and it’s been hockey this new year. So I’m pretty excited to go and it sounds like a great tournament,” Schaan.
“I’m very proud of him. It’s great to see because he was pretty down after losing his eye sight,” said Garry Schaan, Curtis’ dad.
Schaan will be one of two players representing Saskatchewan at the tournament.
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