Greg
Westlake

Greg Westlake is one of Team Canada’s trusted veterans and was the long-time captain of the Canadian Para ice hockey team (2010-2019).

The Para ice hockey scoring sensation announced in August that he would step down from his assistant coaching role with the national team to rejoin his teammates on the ice, aiming to compete at the 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, March 6-15 in Milano Cortina, Italy.

Westlake is Canada’s second leading scorer all-time with 175 goals and 194 assists for 369 points in 240 games entering the 2025-26 season. At the Paralympic Games he helped Canada to gold in 2006, fourth in 2010, bronze in 2014, and silver in 2018 and 2022.

After Beijing 2022, Westlake joined the coaching ranks as an assistant. In 2024 he helped guide Canada to its first world title in seven years. He would like to repeat that experience on the ice with Paralympic gold in 2026.

 In 2018 at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, Westlake scored three goals and added five assists in five games.

At his third Paralympic Games in 2014, Westlake finished earned four points in five games, including an assist on Billy Bridges’ insurance goal in the bronze medal game 3-0 victory over Norway

He is also a nine-time world championship team member with three world titles (2008, 2013, 2017).

Westlake first made Canada’s national team in 2003.

At the 2013 IPC World Championships, Westlake was named Best Forward. At the 2008 worlds, he collected six goals and nine assists for 15 points in six games. Westlake scored the game-winning goal with just eight seconds to go to defeat Norway in the gold medal showdown.

In addition to Para ice hockey, Westlake has also worked as a broadcaster. He was a reporter for CBC at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games and the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. He hosts AMI’s Level Playing Field and Beyond the Field television programs and is owner of Evergreen Productions.

Westlake had both legs amputated below the knee at age 18 months. He began playing Para ice hockey with the Mississauga Cruisers in 2001 and made his debut in 2003 with Team Canada at age 17.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Paralympic Games gold medallist  2006… Silver medal at the 2018 and 2022 Paralympic Winter Games … Bronze at  2014 Paralympic Winter Games… World champion in 2008, 2013, 2017 as player, and 2024, as assistant coach … World championships silver medallist in 2015, 2019, 2021

PERSONAL
Father of two… Son of Jim and Deb… Has a brother and two sisters…

NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

2022 Paralympic Winter Games 2nd

2021 IPC World Championships 2nd 

2019 IPC World Championships 2nd 

2018 Paralympic Winter Games 2nd

2017 IPC World Championships 1st

2015 IPC World Championships 2nd

2014 Paralympic Winter Games 3rd

2013 IPC World Championships 1st

2012 IPC World Championships 3rd

2010 Paralympic Winter Games 4th

2009 IPC World Championships 3rd

2008 IPC World Championships 1st

2006 Paralympic Games 1st

2004 IPC World Championships 4th