Tough Sledding – The story of the 2002 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team

Former Boston Bruins Captain Rick Middleton (and Legends Hall of Fame member) and Tom Moulton (Legends Board member) coached the 2002 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team in Salt Lake City, Utah, to an unlikely gold medal.

Rick Middleton crashes the ice after winning gold.

The team inspired the city and the game and was played in front of a capacity crowd of 8,600 people at the E-Center.

The time has come to tell the dramatic story through a scripted film. This story has similarities to the Disney produced movie “Miracle” that told the story of a bunch of college kids who beat the unbeatable Russians in the 1980 Olympics and went on to win Gold!

We believe our story, this movie “Tough Sledding” will tug at your heart and bring you out of your seat like no movie since “Miracle”. There is a depth at the heart of “Tough Sledding” and the characters whose stories will drive the movie. It is a story of seeking fulfillment as individuals against a backdrop of obstacles facing the team goal.

Click on our Indiegogo site https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tough-sledding-sports-usa#/ and watch the ripomatic “Tough Sledding” – it will be the first movie about a Paralympic sports team. A ripomatic is a short compilation of scenes from other sports movies that will give you a good idea of what our story is all about.

For just $10, we will include your name in the credits and your donation is tax deductible!  Donate: https://igg.me/at/toughsledding

NH native Taylor Chace in 2002

If you are interested, please paste this email and link to our IndieGoGo site to your friends or groups that may like to help. If you know of individuals, companies or organizations you would like us to contact, we would appreciate that.

Launch party is scheduled later this winter. If you’d like to join our launch party in Boston later in March please RSVP to toughsledding18@gmail.com as soon as possible. Those who RSVP will be entered into a drawing for amazing tickets to the Bruins game that night across the street.

Legends Hall of Famer Taylor Chace of New Hampshire played on the Bronze 2006 (Torino Italy), and Gold Medal teams in 2010 (Vancouver) and 2014 in (Sochi Russia).

High School Play-offs / Senior All-Star Doubleheader

NHIAA Semi-Final Matches
The quarter final rounds are now complete.  This week 16 teams (in four divisions) will be competing in this weeks Semi-final round with hopes of moving on and eventually hoisting the State Championship trophy for their respective division.

Here’s a look at this week’s match-ups and good luck to each of the teams.

Division I
# 1 Concord versus # 4 Bedford
# 2 Hanover versus # 6 Bishop Guertin
Division II
# 1 Keene versus # 5 Dover
# 3 St. Thomas Aquinas versus # 7 Kingswood
Division III
# 1 Kennett versus # 5 Belmont-Gilford
# 2 John Stark-Hopkinton versus # 3 Mon-Fall Mountain
Girls Division
# 1 Exeter versus # 5 Oyster River-Portsmouth
# 2 Hanover versus # 3 Bishop Brady-Trinity-West

Please verify start times with your local school.

Senior All-Star Doubleheader 
On Sunday March 18th, the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey will host two Senior games at The Rinks at Exeter.  The New Hampshire High School Hockey Coaches Association will be selecting seniors this week to compete in the two games.

Andrew Putney (9) Manchester Memorial and Asa Palker (7) Bedford of Team Red battle for puck with Jeremy Duhamel (18) Bow

The first game is for Division III seniors and is scheduled to start at 12:00 pm. 
The second game is for Division I and II seniors and will begin at 12:30 pm.  All players are urged to arrive one hour before their game.

Ticket prices are $5.00 for all adults high school is $2.00.

Players gather after the Division III Senior All-Star game.

The Legends are providing certificates to all senior players.  Certificates will be distributed at a post-game reception after each All-Star game on Sunday March 18th.

In addition, All-State Teams are being selected this week by the New Hampshire High School Hockey Coaches Association and for the eighth year, the Legends will provide certificates for each member of the various All-State teams.  In addition, for each division, the Legends awards certificates to the Player-of-the-Year and Coach-of-the-Year.

For those underclassmen and girls not in attendance, those will be taken to their schools by coaches or in attendance for disbursement.