Adam
Kingsmill

Goaltender Adam Kingsmill only started playing Para ice hockey in 2016. He had received an invitation to Hockey Canada’s NextGen Prospects Camp that year after coaches saw footage of him trying out for the Cariboo Cougars, a stand-up ice hockey team.

In 2021, he was one of four members on Team Canada to make his debut at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships held in Ostrava, Czechia.

Kingsmill, Jean-François Huneault and veteran Corbin Watson have been primarily sharing the goaltending duties for Canada since Dominic Larocque retired after the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. Kingsmill was the back-up to Larocque at the 2022 Games.

At the 2024 World Championships, Kingsmill backstopped Canada to its first world title since 2017. He maintained the best goals against average in the tournament at 0.75 over five games with a .944 save percentage. He was Canada’s player of the game in the 2-1 gold medal match win over the Americans

Kingsmill grew up in Smithers, B.C. in a goalie family, following his father and brother.

His accident occurred at age two, when he was outside running around in his rubber boots in the rain when he tried to race the lawn mower. Kingsmill slipped and fell, and that’s when he lost his leg.

He grew up skating and playing hockey on a prosthetic leg, learning to skate on a backyard pond within months of his amputation. When he switched to Para hockey, Kingsmill quickly adapted his technical foundation to Para game.

Kingsmill has been part of a veteran Canadian goaltending group that continues to push the evolution of the position, emphasizing puck movement, active crease play, and communication.

He is passionate about grassroots development in Para hockey and is working to build platforms that provide young athletes and goaltenders with access to high-performance resources.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2022 Paralympic Winter Games… 2021, 2024, 2025 World Championships…

PERSONAL

Kingsmill is a graduate of Mount Royal University (Class of 2024) and is a certified athletic therapist… As part of his athletic therapy practicum, he interned with the Calgary Flames…

NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

2025 World Championships 2nd

2024 World Championships 1^st

2022 Paralympic Winter Games 2nd

2021 World Championships 2nd