Steve Cash (sledge hockey)
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| Full name | Steven Cash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 9, 1989 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steven Cash (born May 9, 1989) is an ice sled hockey player from the United States. Cash is in his 13th season with the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team since making his debut in the 2005–06 season. Cash plays goalie and was a member of the U.S. teams that won gold in the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver, 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi, and 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang. He was also part of the team that won the bronze medal in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino.[1]
Life[edit]
Cash's right leg was amputated when he was 3 years old as a result of a form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. Cash was a 2007 graduate of Ritenour High School in Saint Louis, Missouri, where he played goalie for the full-sided ice hockey team. From 2004 to 2011, he was a member of the Disabled Athlete Sports Association Junior Blues Sled Hockey club.[2] In 2010 he was awarded an ESPY for Best Male Athlete with a Disability.[3] During the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver, Cash set a Paralympic record for registering five shutouts and not allowing a single goal.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Shpigel, Ben. "Steve Cash Was Already the World's Best Sled Hockey Goalie. Then He Got a Coach". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019.
- ^ "USA Hockey". July 25, 2012. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ^ "Steven Cash". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018.
- ^ "Steve Cash". teamusa.usahockey.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018.
External links[edit]
- Steve Cash - USA - Para Ice Hockey at the International Paralympic Committee
- Steve Cash - Sled Hockey at Team USA (archived)
- Steven Cash at USA Paralympics at the Wayback Machine (archived March 11, 2012)
- Profile at Vancouver 2010 at the Wayback Machine (archived March 12, 2010)
- Paralympic.org - Paralympic results at archive.today (archived April 15, 2013)
- "Q&A with Team USA sled hockey goalie Steve Cash". NBC Olympics. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
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