Jamaica’s under-20 ice hockey team has defeated the young Nova Scotia all-stars 5-1 in Dartmouth, Canada yesterday .

The Jamaican team, made ice hockey history as the first Caribbean nation to become associate members of the international Ice Hockey Federation.

The players all share Jamaican heritage and have been playing hockey their whole lives, many of them playing in the Ontario hockey league (OHL).

Over the weekend, the players of Jamaican descent also played against a team with prominent local players and community leaders from diverse backgrounds from the Halifax area.

The head coach is Graeme Townshend the first Jamaican-born national hockey league player

Other events are being planned for the Jamaican team includes trips to the Nova Scotia sport hall of fame and the black cultural centre for Nova Scotia.