Ducks' sled hockey events empower athletes with disabilities
by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times
Aug 22, 2019
4 minutes
IRVINE, Calif. - Their smiles were tentative at first, a reasonable reaction from the brave souls who had never before been strapped into a small sled and shown how to propel themselves around the ice using short hockey sticks equipped with a sharp pick at one end and a flat blade at the other.
A few mishaps occurred, but it wasn't long before joyful chaos reigned among the armada of about 50 sleds that darted around Rink 1 at Great Park Ice in Irvine last weekend at the Ducks' try-it sled hockey clinic.
Longtime sled hockey players, including many who participated in an exhibition tournament
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