{"id":4284,"date":"2014-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parasports-quebec.stagewink.com\/actualite\/st-amand-met-fin-a-sa-carriere\/"},"modified":"2014-10-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T04:00:00","slug":"st-amand-met-fin-a-sa-carriere","status":"publish","type":"actualite","link":"https:\/\/parasportsquebec.com\/en\/actualite\/st-amand-met-fin-a-sa-carriere\/","title":{"rendered":"St-Amand met fin \u00e0 sa carri\u00e8re"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hockey sur luge<\/p>\n<p>Montr\u00e9al, 10 octobre 2014 (Sportcom) \u2013 Le gardien de but de l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale de hockey sur luge Benoit St-Amand a annonc\u00e9 vendredi qu\u2019il prenait sa retraite pour passer plus de temps avec sa famille.<\/p>\n<p><o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p>\u00ab \u00c7a faisait dix ans que j\u2019\u00e9tais dans l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale et que ma famille faisait des sacrifices pour que je puisse participer aux comp\u00e9titions et aux camps d\u2019entra\u00eenement. Avec la famille qui s\u2019est agrandie dans les derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es et avec l\u2019arriv\u00e9e de Sydney (sa fille adoptive), je trouvais que c\u2019\u00e9tait le bon moment pour moi de passer \u00e0 autre chose. De profiter du bon temps avec ma famille et de voir ma fille grandir \u00bb, a comment\u00e9 St-Amand, de Longueuil.<o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p>Le double m\u00e9daill\u00e9 paralympique a indiqu\u00e9 que \u00e7a faisait un an qu\u2019il pensait se retirer, mais qu\u2019il souhaitait participer aux Jeux de Sotchi, avant de prendre cette importante d\u00e9cision. Il a d\u2019ailleurs men\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne \u00e0 une m\u00e9daille de bronze en Russie. Il avait remport\u00e9 sa premi\u00e8re r\u00e9compense paralympique \u00e0 Turin, en 2006, une m\u00e9daille d\u2019or.<o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Ma m\u00e9daille d\u2019or de Turin est mon meilleur souvenir. C\u2019est le r\u00eave ultime de chaque joueur de hockey sur luge d\u2019avoir une m\u00e9daille d\u2019or paralympique autour du cou \u00e0 ses premiers Jeux. C\u2019est vraiment quelque chose dont je me souviendrai pour le reste de ma vie. \u00bb<o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p>Benoit St-Amand, qui a aussi remport\u00e9 quatre m\u00e9dailles en Championnats du monde, s\u2019\u00e9tait d\u2019abord joint \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale comme joueur d\u2019avant en 2004. M\u00eame s\u2019il prend sa retraite, il souhaite continuer \u00e0 s\u2019impliquer dans son sport.<o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Cette ann\u00e9e, je veux jouer au hockey comme passe-temps. Je veux profiter de ma saison avec l\u2019\u00e9quipe de Montr\u00e9al et avoir du plaisir. Peut-\u00eatre que dans les prochaines ann\u00e9es, j\u2019aurai des opportunit\u00e9s comme celle de devenir entra\u00eeneur. Par contre, pour l\u2019instant ce n\u2019est vraiment pas quelque chose qui fait partie de mes plans \u00e0 court terme \u00bb, a dit St-Amand qui travaille maintenant comme agent de soutien aux communications \u00e0 la Banque Royale du Canada (RBC).<o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p>Avec le d\u00e9part du gardien de but, Dominic Larocque est maintenant le seul Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois au sein de l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne.<o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p>\u00ab \u00c7a va probablement changer prochainement, a affirm\u00e9 St-Amand. Au Qu\u00e9bec, nous avons beaucoup am\u00e9lior\u00e9 la qualit\u00e9 des joueurs et nous sommes mieux structur\u00e9s que nous l\u2019\u00e9tions il y a une dizaine d\u2019ann\u00e9es. \u00c7a nous permet de pr\u00e9senter de meilleurs joueurs \u00e0 Hockey Canada pour faire des choix. Juste dans la r\u00e9gion de Montr\u00e9al, j\u2019en vois d\u00e9j\u00e0 qui ont le potentiel de faire l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale. C\u2019est tr\u00e8s encourageant pour les ann\u00e9es \u00e0 venir.\u00a0\u00bb<o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">R\u00e9daction: <a href=\"mailto:info@sportcom.qc.ca\">Sportcom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Tahoma\",\"sans-serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-ansi-language:FR-CA;mso-fareast-language:FR-CA;\nmso-bidi-language:AR-SA\"> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br \/>\n<!--[endif]--><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Montr\u00e9al, 10 octobre 2014 (Sportcom) \u2013 Le gardien de but de l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale de hockey sur luge Benoit St-Amand a annonc\u00e9 vendredi qu\u2019il prenait sa retraite pour passer plus de temps avec sa famille.<\/p>\n<p><o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2591,"template":"","actualite-categories":[],"class_list":["post-4284","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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