FW - Amputee Hockey in Salt Lake City

FW - Amputee Hockey in Salt Lake City

Jeff Reznick

2/11/2002

Dear All,

With an eye to the Fund's ongoing support of the Paralympic Games, I am
happy to forward this message (below) to the list and to everyone who will
attending the Paralympics in Salt Lake City.

Please direct any queries to Dr. David Crandell: <Email Address Redacted>

Sincerely and with all best wishes,

Jeff Reznick

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Jeffrey S. Reznick, Ph.D.
Director and Senior Research Fellow
Orthotic & Prosthetic Assistance Fund, Inc. (OPAF)
330 John Carlyle Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Tel 571.431.0818
eFax 415.534.1857
Email <Email Address Redacted>
Web www.opfund.org

Support OPAF by designating United Way/Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) #7763

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For immediate release
February 4, 2002

The US and Canadian National Amputee Hockey Teams to play Exhibition Game at
the Winter Paralympics on March 16, 2002.


SALT LAKE CITY - The Wasatch Mountains and the ice sheets of the Salt Lake
Basin will be the World Stage for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
this year. Athletes from around the globe will come to vie for medals, to
be part of a larger community, and share the joy of representing their
countries to the best of their abilities in a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Other competitors are making their way to Salt Lake City to demonstrate
their sports in the hopes that they too, will become part of the Olympic and
Paralympic Movement while the respective key leadership take in their
respective games. The US and Canadian National Amputee Hockey Teams are
making the trip to Salt Lake City to make their case for the discipline of
Standing Ice Hockey to become part of the Winter Paralympics along with
Sledge Hockey, introduced as a medal sport in 1998. The two teams will play
a Showcase Exhibition game on the last day of competition at 1 pm on
Saturday, March 16, 2002 at the Steiner Ice Center adjacent to the
University of Utah campus.

We're very excited about coming to Salt Lake City to show the world some
great hockey! says Brent Clemens (Courtice, Ontario) Team Captain and Chair
of the Canadian Amputee Hockey Committee. We've accomplished a lot working
with the Americans over the past year, and by each team paying their own
way to come and skate, hope to get other hockey-loving nations to form
teams to increase our chances of being a full-medal sport in Turin, Italy in
2006. This is a great fit for the Winter Games, says Dr. David Crandell
(Needham, Massachusetts) the American Amputee Hockey Association's (AAHA)
main architect. Because the level of play is so high, it's great for the
sport of hockey and creates new opportunities to grow the game for
everyBODY!

Crandell is also quite enthusiastic about the possibility of Standing Ice
Hockey joining Sledge Ice Hockey as part of the Winter Paralympics. We
have the added advantage that hockey is played on ice, unlike Bridge! which
is trying to get into the Winter Olympics by having a tournament during the
Olympics. Having elite athletes making up both squads, is not a put-down
on [the game of] bridge, where clearly the mental toughness, strategy and
coolness under fire, makes for winners, says Crandell. Just ask my Mom!
(an avid Duplicate player).

The US and Canadian Teams will arrive in Salt Lake City in time to prepare
for their game as well as cheer on their respective Paralympic Sledge Hockey
Teams which hope to be skating in the Medal Rounds on Friday, March 15th at
the E-Center. Paul Rosen (Thornhill, Ontario), who plays back-up goalie for
the Canadian Sledge Team is also the Coach of the Standing Team. You know
the adage.... everyday is a good day for hockey, say Rosen who is happy to
play a double role in Canada in the development of sport of hockey.

In addition to the Showcase Game, the US Team will be at the Steiner Ice
Center Sunday morning, 9-11 am for an Ability Awareness Skate with a local
youth team and an Open Skate Clinic at 10 am for those individuals with
physical impairments who want to get out on the ice and have some fun!

For more information or if you would like directions to the Steiner Ice
Center please visit the AAHA website, www.amputeehockey.org.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Crandell [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 3:25 PM
To: 'Jeff Reznick'
Subject: Amputee Hockey in Salt Lake

Jeff,

Here's a draft press release for the Standing Ice Hockey Showcase game on
the final day of competition of the Winter Paralympics. We'd love to get as
many people to the game as possible to see some great hockey.

Thanks again.

David

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