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It was not the result Forest fans of Tyler McGregor were hoping for; Canada’s Paralympic Hockey team took home silver after a 6-2 loss to the US at the Paralympic Games Sunday.

With the victory over Canada, the US has now won a record-breaking five gold medals in a row in the competition. It was a third straight silver for Canada.

Captain Tyler McGregor said in a Canadian Paralympic Committee story that he is proud of the team.

“I’m most proud of who they are, just who my teammates are, the type of people they are, the intentions and effort and the care that everyone shows up with and for each other. It is a special honour to be a part of this team and just to get to share this process with, even though it didn’t go our way. I love everybody that’s been a part of this.

“We showed a lot of resilience I think, obviously it’s not ideal to go down in the first period of a gold-medal game, but we pushed back and even into the third period we showed a lot of resilience, a lot of heart, a lot of Canadian grit,” said McGregor, who assisted on Canada’s first goal.

In Forest, the crowd at the local Legion was subdued as it became clear the US would win gold. Even with the loss, McGregor’s friends and neighbours are amazed by what the hometown hero has accomplished.

“The effort that he had to go through to get anywhere near that was crazy,” said Blair Fraser, a Legion member watching the game on the big screen. “We don’t see that in this town very often.”