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Reply With QuoteI've seen it played a few times and have messed around on a sledge... It's really hard if you don't have any upper arm strength [like me].
This is a discussion on Sledge Hockey within the The Locker Room forums, part of the The Goalie Crease category; Anyone played this? If you have, I might have a few questions for you....
Sledge Hockey
Anyone played this? If you have, I might have a few questions for you.
I've seen it played a few times and have messed around on a sledge... It's really hard if you don't have any upper arm strength [like me].
It must be hard for the goalies as they have to defend a regular sized net.
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True, but the players have smaller sticks as well and have less leverage to get the puck up into the net. There is always that goalie mentality as well - we're a special breed, no matter what kind of hockey we play. The goalie on our local team gets helped out there [don't know if that's because of a disability though] and gets a cut down goalie stick, catcher, and blocker. He wears a goalie chesty too, but no leg pads - just shin guards.
The Griffins [AHL affiliate of Red Wings] play a charity game against the Sled Wings [our area sled hockey team, kids and young adults with leg-related disabilities; one is on the national junior team, hoping to represent US at the paralympics someday.] every year; so fun to watch the guys tip over and crash into stuffThe Sled Wings always win... Griffins aren't good at sled hockey.
I played out against a sledge goalie, can he was pretty sweet with the glove.Originally Posted by Scottish
my friend plays sledge hockey, he says it is really fun
In Holtby we trust
I know the starter for the Team USA Paraolympic sledge hockey team. Good guy, and even ended up winning some ESPN award for it a few years ago.
Interestingly, he's a much better sledge hockey goalie than "real hockey" goalie. While he was the starter on Team USA, he was our team's fourth string goalie (or backup on the B team, if you will). Great guy, though, and not a bad goalie at all. You'd never realize he was missing half a leg.
Last edited by synesthete; 12-14-2011 at 12:32 PM.
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