Erica Mitchell, who plays on both the Hornets Sled Hockey Team in Chicago and also the US 20 & Under Sled Hockey Team, has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2007 USA Disabled Hockey Athlete of the Year.

The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to disabled hockey, improvement in their game/discipline, good spor

by John Y. Wehmueller
gazette.net

When he was young, Aamer Khan used to watch the Disney movie Mighty Ducks over and over, and over again. And hed dream about playing ice hockey, just like the kids on his television screen.

For Khan, of Burtonsville, and other kids with developmental disabilities, that dream was not so simple to fulfill. Not u

The newly built Kettler Capitals Iceplex is a joint venture between the Washington Capitals and Arlington County, Washington, D.C. and is the practice facility, training center and corporate headquarters for the Washington Capitals - Washington's NHL franchise.

The management of the Iceplex has actively sought out organizations within the disabled community as user groups for the K

The Vineland Sled Stars, a disabled Junior ice hockey team, became the Atlantic Sled Hockey League Champions, with a 9-5 record for the 0607 season on February 18th. In the last game of the season against the Virtua SJ Wings of Steel, the team demonstrated great teamwork to win the League Championship.

Then on March 2nd and 3rd, the first ever Atlantic District Sled Hockey Champion

Congratulations to Josh Moran who was recently awarded a scholarship to the University of New Hampshire for his outstanding academics and athletic play in sled hockey. Josh is from Jamestown New York and is a member of the U.S. 20 & Under Sled Hockey Team and the U.S. Sled Hockey Team.

The scholarship is for athletes with a disability to attend UNH and is funded by a donation fr

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP -- Trevor Brown, a seventh grade student at Long Valley Middle School, has been honored for his exemplary volunteer service with the President's Volunteer Service Award.

The award is sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Pr

The Columbus Chill Youth Hockey Association (CCYHA) is proud to announce the expansion of its hockey program to include the formation of a new team for athletes with developmental disabilities.

CCYHA is partnering with the American Special Hockey Association (ASHA) and USA Hockey to provide children and adults who have developmental disabilities with the opportunity to play ice hockey in an environment adapted to eac

By CHRIS BIERI, Staff Writer of The Minot Daily News
cbieri@minotdailynews.com

Two and a half games into their Olympic experience, it didnt look like a medal of any kind was in the cards for the members of the Team USA Deaflympic hockey team. Still, assistant coach and Minot nati

On Sunday, March 11th at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Virginia, thirteen players were introduced to Sled Hockey. These players ranged from four year old children to adults. Sled hockey is a sport that allows participants with physical disabilities to play the game of ice hockey. Sledge hockey (also known as sled hockey in the United States) was invented in the early 1960s in St

It was a truly remarkable and amazing event held at the Capitals Kettler Ice Plex last week as 41 teams some smaller teams combined to a total of 38 teams from the United States, Canada and Great Britain. The tournament which was the largest ever in the history of the tournament, started on Thursday April 19^th and continued through Saturday April 21^st featured 56 games which all live

For the past 28 summers USA Hockey has conducted various Player Development Camps for young athletes from throughout the country. The goal is to attract the best players in their specific age group to our national development program. One of the primary purposes of the Camps is to identify, train and educate our best athletes. The competition gives each player the opportunity to measure themselves against