Boris Rybalka knows a party when he sees one.

On Saturday the head coach of the Canadian Para hockey team said that, this year’s Paralympics was the coming out party for rookie defenceman Auren Halbert, who scored a goal in Canada’s 8-0 over Slovakia, clocking a plus four rating.

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“I’ve seen what he’s all about, but now the world gets to see what Auren Halbert is all about.”

You can say that again.

Halbert had a 7-point night in Canada’s 14-0 win over Japan Monday.

The 23-year-old Calgary native was born without a femur in his left leg.

Para Ice Hockey came early in Halbert’s life. In 2010 the 6-foot-1, 168-pounder has four World Championship silver medals.

In 2022, he was one of the final cuts for the Beijing Games—a gut-wrenching moment for any athlete. Most of us would’ve packed it in, maybe taken up knitting or birdwatching. Not Halbert. He hit the gym, hit the ice, and hit the........

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