 | #19 | Position: Defenseman | Height: 6-1 (185) | Weight: 195 (88) | Birthdate: 5/9/86 | Hometown: Hampton Falls, N.H. | Current Team: Northeast Passage/UNH Wildcats | Disability: Incomplete Spinal Cord |
Team USA Experience – 2009-10: Member of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team ... Moved from the forward position to defense prior to the season ... First amont Team USA defensemen with 11 points (5-6) in 16 games, including exhibition series against Canada and Japan ... Scored the championship-winning overtime shorthanded goal against Canada at the 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown, P.E.I. ... Led U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team defensemen with three points (2-1), as Team USA won first place at the 2010 Japan Para Ice Sledge Hockey Championships in Nagano City, Japan. 2008-09: Finished second on the gold medal-winning U.S. National Sled Hockey Team with three points (1-2) at the 2009 International Paralympic Committee Ice Sledge Hockey World Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic … Logged a hat trick in Team USA’s 7-1 win over Norway at the Japan Para Ice Sledge Hockey Championships on January 15, 2009. 2007-08: Alternate captain of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team … Recorded four points (2-2) in helping Team USA to the bronze medal at the 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championship in Marlborough, Mass. 2006-07: Named MVP at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Kelowna, B.C., after leading Team USA with six points (2-4) in four games played. 2005-06: Member of the U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy.
Personal – Suffered a broken back and an incomplete spinal cord injury when he was hit during a junior hockey game in Oct. 2002 at the age of 16 … Member of the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs of the Eastern Junior Hockey League at the time of the injury ... Member of the Northeast Passage/University of New Hampshire club sled hockey team from 2004-09 ... Currently attending the University of New Hampshire where he hopes to graduate with a major in sports studies in 2010 ... Hopes to coach hockey at a high level in the future.
Fun Facts –
Hobby: Golf
Favorite Bands/Artists: Eminem, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley
Favorite TV Shows: Mike & Mike in the Morning, Hard Knocks
Favorite Movies: Old School, No Country for Old Men
Favorite Actor: Vince Vaughn
Favorite NHL Team: Boston Bruins
Favorite NHL Players: Pavel Bure, Milan Lucic
Favorite Food: Chinese
Favorite Cities: Boston, Vancouver, Denver
Fears: Heights, spiders, dog drool
Most Influential Person: "My father, because he has taught me more than anyone else in my life about being a solid person and how to use your time in life wisely."
2010 PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES STATS:
Date | Opponent | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | TOI | | 3/13 | South Korea | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 23:01 | | 3/14 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 24:07 | | 3/16 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:37 | | 3/18 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 24:33 | | 3/20 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | Even | 1 | 26:26 | | | TOTALS | 3 | 2 | 5 | +8 | 16 | 24:08 |
IPC Event Statistics 2008-10Year | Event | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | | 2010 | Paralympic Winter Games | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2010 | Japan Para Championships | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2009 | World Sledge Hockey Challenge | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | | 2009 | IPC World Championship | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | 2009 | Hockey Canada Cup | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | | 2009 | Japan Para Championships | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2008 | IPC World Championship | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2008 | World Sledge Hockey Challenge | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | | Team USA Totals | 38 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 54 |
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