In addition to preparing for his third Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia, next month, Hampton Falls' Taylor Chace continues to make a name for himself both himself on and off the ice as a member of the Northeast Passage Wildcats sled hockey team.
Chace, 27, a University of New Hampshire graduate, will defend his 2010 Paralympic gold medal and his 2010 Paralympic Athlete of the Year award when he skates for the Unites States sled hockey team in the tournament in February.
The defenseman currently works at Northeast Passage. He also coaches and works to spread awareness about the sport of sled hockey, also known as sledge hockey.
The Boston Globe reported that spreading the sport's appeal is important to Chace, who said the sport was "therapy" for him because it allowed him to get back into a competitive and close-knit team environment after he was partially paralyzed at age 16. Chace suffered an L1 vertebra break and incomplete spinal cord injury while playing for the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs in 2002.
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