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Prudential Northeast Sled Hockey League
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What is Sled Hockey? Sled hockey is the fast, exciting, rumble-tumble version of ice hockey played primarily by people with mobility disabilities. The game is essentially the same as any “stand-up” ice hockey game with the major difference being that all of the players sit in a sled which is attached to two hockey skate blades under the seat. In the most competitive games, hard checking, raised puck shooting, and penalty killing are as much a part of sled hockey as they are in “stand-up” hockey.
Fast Facts: Sled hockey is one of the fastest growing disabled sports in the world with new sled hockey programs and sled hockey teams showing up everywhere. There are about 50 adult sled hockey teams and junior sled hockey teams in the USA. Sled hockey is played in several countries. Sweden claims to have originated sled hockey. The US Sled Hockey Team won the gold medal in the 2002 Paralympics. The Prudential Northeast Sled Hockey League is the first organized adult sled hockey league in the USA. Sled hockey players are extremely committed to the sport of sled hockey and regularly teach sled hockey clinics and participate in sled hockey outreach events and sled hockey exhibitions. Anyone wishing to try sled hockey should have ample opportunities to play..
The Prudential Northeast Sled Hockey League (PNESHL) was developed in 2005 as means for local level sled hockey teams from the Northeast to engage in sportsmanlike competition. The PNESHL is made up of the following established Adult teams:
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English
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- NEWENGLANDBRUINS.COM
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- Scarborough ME
- United States 04074
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- +1.2078830420
