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Haymarket, VA
Battlefield High School (Haymarket, VA)
Evan Nichols was born with Arthrogryposis, a condition that affected his joints in his knees and ankles. At age five, he was diagnosed with Bilateral Perthes, which affected both of his hips, and he had to learn how to walk seven times as a child due to multiple surgeries to his legs. He loved sports, trying soccer, swimming and archery, before a childhood friend, Alex Green, suggested he join his sled hockey team based in DC.
With his rink closed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, his parents would drive Evan four hours to play with the Pittsburgh Mighty Penguins out of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. That experience help mature his game, and Evan would make his national team debut in 2022 at age 17, becoming the youngest player on the team on the gold medal-winning U.S. sled hockey team at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
Nichols is considered a “rat player” by his teammates, a player who can score a lot of goals in the creases and causes opponents to lose the puck because of his quick sticks.
Some of Team USA’s biggest Paralympic stars just seem to stick around. Among the 67 U.S. athletes who competed at the recent Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, 40 of them had previous Paralympic experience. Yet the 27 athletes, including one guide...
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History is being made this weekend.For the third time in its 12-year history, the U.S. is hosting the World Para Ice Hockey Championships on home soil. Additionally, Team USA will be broadcasting games as its first-ever livestream of an event on its we...
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