After strong showings early in his career, he was offered an invite to join
Team Canada's training camp for their National Sledge Hockey Team in
Calgary, Alberta, where he played forward and was the lone person from
Newfoundland invited. He was a member of the silver medal-winning Canadian team of
para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Hickey also competed for
Canada at the 2015 Parapan American Games in
wheelchair basketball as well as the
2016 Summer Paralympics. He was born without a
femur in his right leg. Hickey was made a Member of the
Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2024. He competed at the
2026 Winter Paralympics and won a silver medal, Canada's third consecutive silver medal in
Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics. ==References==