Forward Kevin McKee (Chicago, Ill.) is skating in his second Paralympic Winter Games after helping the U.S. win gold in Sochi. McKee, a two-time world champion (2012, 2015), has helped the United States claim five World Sled Hockey Challenge titles (2012, 2015, 2016 (Jan.), 2016 (Dec.), 2017), the 2016 IPC Pan-Pacific Championship and 2018 Turin Para Ice Hockey International Tournament. The Chicago native has been a member of the RIC Blackhawks Sled Hockey Club Team since 2000 and currently skates on the team with fellow national team members Travis Dodson (Deming, N.M.), Jen Lee (San Francisco, Calif.), Josh Misiewicz (La Grange, Ill.) and Brody Roybal (Northlake, Ill.).
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Forward Josh Misiewicz (La Grange, Ill.) is making his Paralympic debut in his third season with the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team. Just last January, Misiewicz ranked second on Team USA with 16 points (6-10) in five games as the U.S. won the 2018 Turin Para Ice Hockey International Tournament. In three seasons with Team USA, Misiewicz has helped the U.S. win a world championship (2015) along with a pair of World Sled Hockey Challenge titles (2015, 2017) and the 2016 IPC Pan-Pacific Championship. He played Division III ice hockey for St. Mary’s University before getting hurt in Afghanistan while serving for the 1st Battalion 5th Marines.
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