Zusammenfassung
A Library Journal Best Arts & Humanities Book 2022
The extraordinary true story of the U.S. sled hockey team that overcame physical adversity and internal strife to win Paralympic gold.
When former NHL star Rick Middleton accepted the position of head coach for the United States sled hockey team, he wasn’t sure what to expect. The program had never medaled—had never even come close, in fact. But where Middleton might have found despair, he instead found an incredible group of men who had battled their way back from hell to play the sport they love.
In Hockey’s Hidden Gods: The Untold Story of a Paralympic Miracle on Ice, S.C. Megale uncovers the remarkable tale of a team that shocked the world by taking U.S. sled hockey from worst to first in the 2002 Paralympics. Odds of winning were dismal. The road to victory seemed unfathomable. But this cast of fifteen athletes with disabilities, athletes who had helped build a groundbreaking U.S. sled hockey program with almost no outside support, ultimately persevered on the global stage.
Featuring a fascinating history of sled hockey, exclusive interviews with players and coaches, action-packed game coverage, and intimate profiles sharing the players’ personal journeys, Hockey’s Hidden Gods is the uplifting story of how once-shattered dreams can be reborn and rebuilt through tenacity, grit, and an indomitable spirit.
Schlagworte
Hockey Paralympics Patrick Byrne Mike Eruzione Sylvester Flis Team Canada Team Japan Team Norway Team USA Tom Moulton Sled Hockey Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Rick “Nifty” Middleton U.S. Development Sled Hockey Chris Manns Joe Howard Josh Wirt Francis Xavier “Kip” St. Germaine Jeff Jones 2002 Paralympics Blackhawks para ice hockey sledge hockey Matt Copens Manny Guerra disability sports disabled athletes- 231–234 Conclusion 231–234
- 235–238 Acknowledgments 235–238
- 239–250 Notes 239–250
- 251–258 Bibliography 251–258
- 259–260 Index 259–260
- 261–262 About the Author 261–262
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- „... News, March 8, 2002, https://www.deseret.com/2002/3/8/19642009/2002-paralympics-return-of-the -fire.5 ...” „... , “Paralympics Were a Learning Experience for Leavitt,” Deseret News, March 17, 2002.23. Scholze, U.S. Paralympic ...” „... Paralym-pics. The 2002 version consisted of a large red dot hovering over two broad, wavy strokes of green and ...”
- „... nationwide.23For the 2002 national team tryouts, thirty men showed up. For the 2022 Paralympics in Beijing ...” „... other.38 In fact, Romney caught heat in 2002 for putting the Paralympics on a list of “charitable causes ...” „... .” When the 2002 team competed, the Paralympics indeed suffered several injustices compared to its ...”
- „... maneuverability. These standards were updated prior to the 2002 Paralympics, allowing for much narrower ...” „... Paralympics.Schatzlein corresponded via letter with National Handicapped Sports (NHS), headquartered in Rockville ...” „... attend the Lillehammer Paralympics.That is not to say this fresh-faced team saw no action after Ottawa ...”
- „... -paralympics-return-of-the-fire.Romboy, Dennis. “Goal-d!: Team USA Wins 1st Medal.” Deseret News, March 16, 2002.255BibliographyRomboy ...” „... : Chicago Men Rebound from Accidents and Reach the Paralympics.” Salt Lake Tribune, March 15, 2002, sec-tion ...” „... Wing.” Paralympics Nagano 98, no. 8 (March 11, 1998).Canham, Matt. Paralympic Record 10 (March 10, 2002 ...”
- „... 2002 Winter Paralympics dyed into the ice. USA defen-seman Sylvester Flis and Norway captain Helge ...” „... 85Chapter NineArriving in Salt Lake CityMarch 1, 2002As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y ...” „... Lake City on March 1, 2002, prepared to upset. The opening game would be against Japan, those same ...”
- „... Championships and the 2002 Paralympics.Nurse Birkmire had joined forces with Bowden to begin a sled hockey team ...” „... invited players across the country to try out for the upcoming 2002 Paralympics, Wirt went for it and ...” „... again and—again—made the team. This was the qualifier tournament for the 2002 Paralympic games, and the ...”
- „... hockey in the 2002 Paralympics)GA Goals AgainstSHG Shorthanded Goals (the number of goals the player ...” „... definite that the U.S. national sled hockey team had just won gold in the 2002 Paralym-pics, everyone began ...” „... hockey team in the gold medal game and winning it all in the 2002 Paralympics in Salt Lake City is what I ...”
- „... game at the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan. Large, V-shaped columns supported the roof of the ...” „... . OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC ARCHIVES, 2002Aqua Wing interior. COURTESY OF KAY ROBERTSON33Naganoleg and who days ...” „... of the Paralympics. The plane tickets to Tokyo were com-plimentary of Japan, as were the van shuttles ...”
- „... match was the 2002 Paralympics’ first frustrating draw at 3–3—and if not for a controversial call, the ...” „... 161Chapter TwentyGame Five—USA vs. EstoniaMarch 14, 2002I went to a fight the other night, and a ...” „... came away in pieces.Their last game against Canada on March 11, 2002, resulted in Cana-dian captain ...”
- „... 6 0 0 0 0 7 14.29208Hockey’s Hidden GodsOn April 23, 2002, thirty-eight-year-old Lonnie Hannah ...” „... of the 2002 gold medal team alongside Hannah. Shortly after forming the team, the two of them ...” „... puck to those people. That is where Lonnie Hannah shone.When tryouts for the 2002 Paralympic team ...”
- „... in time for the 2002 Paralympics. With his debut on the national team so highly anticipated and his ...” „... and 55 assists) in 114 The 2002 U.S. men’s sled hockey team. From left to right: Front row—Sylvester ...” „... Paralympics in Nagano, Japan, where he placed eighth overall in the Men’s Downhill run with a time of 1:12.09 ...”
- „... Community College’s Lifetime Activities Center during the 2002 Paralympics. The two demonstrated the sport ...” „... Summer Paralympics in Sydney and participated in other adaptive sports like softball. He began his career ...”
- „... stammer. He’s lost his depth perception.Conklin was moved by passion to try out for the 2002 United States ...” „... managed to recall these moments.The 2020 Tokyo Paralympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), were the first ...” „... to be aired as part of NBC’s main broadcast. Prior to this, news coverage of the Paralympics was ...”
- „... . Going into that fateful 2002 Paralympics following a brutal embarrassment in the previous games, Guerra ...” „... form a U.S. team. He lobbied with Schatzlein at meetings with Winter Paralympics organizers and various ...” „... Guerra Jr. making the final three saves in the 2002 Salt Lake City shootout that won the gold. In the ...”
- „... to end the game at 3–0.With the first American triumph at the 2002 Paralympics in the books, media ...” „... 101Chapter ElevenGame One—USA vs. JapanMarch 8, 2002Half the game is mental; the other half is ...” „... March 8, 2002, moments away from the kickoff game against Japan. Team USA, dressed in their ...”
- „... . Lonnie Hannah and James Dunham, who would eventually be Sapp’s teammates at the 2002 Paralympics, joined ...” „... watching footage. Sapp noticed there was a U.S. team preparing to head to the 1998 Paralympics in Nagano ...” „... the 1998 Nagano Paralympics, to play Sapp’s Dallas Stars. Rich DeGlopper, manager for Team USA ...”
- „... 129Chapter FifteenGame Three—USA vs. NorwayMarch 11, 2002Hockey is figure skating in a war ...” „... . They lost to them again at the Paralympics in Nagano, and a third time at the second IPC Championship ...” „... believers out of his players.4On March 11, 2002, both teams filed into the E Center for the 9:00 a.m. game ...”
- „... devastation and shock of its countrymen, and preparations for the 2002 Paralympics, less than six months away ...” „... hockey team would have no opportunity to play an interna-tional opponent before the Paralympics. The ...” „... of this position is still unclear) on the 2002 team before Middleton objected. But Jones’s list of ...”
- „... choices.None of the 2002 U.S. sled hockey players were choosing gold in the beginning. None knew that their ...” „... in 2002, and this head-bumping may have been one of the “perfect storm” ingredients that helped them ...” „... Hockey’s Hidden GodsOn a wider level, the impact of the 2002 victory goes beyond individ-ual strife and ...”
- „... 149Chapter EighteenGame Four—USA vs. SwedenMarch 12, 2002You’ve got to love what you’re doing. If ...” „... and losing to Norway.The United States and Sweden met at the E Center on March 12, 2002, to compete in ...” „... ice when this occurs. This may not have happened at the Paralympics, but Flis egged on the crowd by ...”
- „... 115Chapter ThirteenGame Two—USA vs. CanadaMarch 9, 2002The grandest game of all is ice hockey. It ...” „... 2002 Olympics, where men’s and women’s ice hockey would be held in the same arena.5 Canada promptly won ...” „... the gold over it in both. By the time the Paralym-pics came, the rink had been reflooded and the ...”
- „... cleared the red tape by 2001, just a few months ahead of the 2002 Paralympic tryouts, Flis slammed a ...” „... naturalized.Flis blazed his way onto the 2002 Paralympic team. He worked well with fellow Blackhawk Brian “The ...” „... team.It is fair to say that in all likelihood, the 2002 gold medal would not have been won without ...”
- „... of the 2002 Paralympics.At the first game against Norway in Salt Lake City, where Ruhe earned MVP ...”
- „... boycott the game, and they played without Byrne in the lineup.A few weeks later, on April 3, 2002, Jones ...” „... between the players, whether they noticed it happening or not. At this point in the Paralympics, they’d ...”
- „... one day be a star player alongside him at the Paralympics. Flis was not signed 82Hockey’s Hidden ...” „... prodding him back on the horse. Tryouts for the 2002 U.S. Paralympic sled hockey team were imminent. Bianco ...”
- „... 191Chapter Twenty-FourGold Medal Game—USA vs. NorwayMarch 15, 2002If we played ’em ten times, they ...” „... second penalty of the game for interference. During this Paralympics, Team USA had con-verted 33% , or 6 ...”