Name: Taylor Chace
Sport: Sled Hockey
Position: Defenseman
Height: 6'1"
College: University of New Hampshire, Sports Studies '11
Paralympic Experience:
- 2010 Paralympic Winter Games - gold medal
- 2006 Paralympic Winter Games - bronze medal
Career Highlights:
- 2012: IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Championship, gold medal
- 2011: World Sledge Hockey Challenge, second place
- 2010: Japan Para Ice Sledge Hockey Championship, first place
- 2009: IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Championship, gold medal
- 2009: World Sledge Hockey Challenge, first place
- 2008: World Sledge Hockey Challenge
- 2008: IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Championship, bronze medal
- 2006: Named to U.S. National Sled Hockey Team
Fun Facts: Suffered a broken back and an incomplete spinal cord injury when he was hit during a junior hockey game as a member of the Eastern Junior Hockey League's New Hampshire Monarchs in October 2002 at the age of 16... Member of the Northeast Passage/University of New Hampshire Wildcats club sled hockey team from 2004-11... Participated with the Boston Bruin's sled hockey team at the 2011 USA Hockey Sled Classic, presented by the NHL... MVP of the 2007 World Sledge Hockey Challenge... Switched from forward to defense at the start of the 2010 season... Since 2008, he has compiled 14 goals, 23 assists and 37 points in 45 IPC games.