The Chicago Steel Hockey Team will honor a U.S. Marine from La Grange next Friday, March 2, holding "Josh Misiewicz Night" to thank him for his sacrifice and to help support his recovery.
Lance Corporal Misiewicz was an all-star hockey player for Lyons Township High School, who also played for St. Mary's University in Minnesota before joining the Marine Corps. He was serving as a squad leader in Afghanistan last summer when a landmine explosion cost him both his legs.
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The Steel, who are based in Bensenville, will donate a portion of ticket and raffle sales to benefit the Joshua Misiewicz Fund. Josh's father, Bill, and brother, Adam, will drop the first puck.
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Tickets are $8 at the door, and the team will donate $3 from each ticket sold. Fans must bring a flyer to the game to have their tickets count.
To get a flyer: visit www.joinhandsforjosh.com
The La Grange community has rallied to support the Misiewicz family with fundraising and with a huge welcome for Josh when he came home for a short leave at Christmas. Hundreds lined the block to thank him with cheers, signs and a bagpipe band. He continues to make progress at the military hospital in Bethesda, Md., but there is still a long journey of healing and rehab ahead.
The Chicago Steel are a Tier-1 junior hockey team playing in the Eastern Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL.)
Their home is the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville.
For more information and directions to the Edge, please visit: chicagosteelhockeyteam.com.
