Nikko Landeros

Defenseman and alternate captain Nikko Landeros (Johnstown, Colo.) will be representing the United States in a Paralympic Winter Games for the third consecutive time. In 2010 and 2014, he was a member of Team USA’s defensive corps that has allowed just three goals in 10 games en route to back-to-back gold medal finishes. Overall, Landeros has skated nine seasons with the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team, including the last four as an alternate captain. In that span, he has helped Team USA earn two world championships (2012, 2015), six World Sled Hockey Challenge titles (2009, 2012, 2015, 2016 - Jan, 2016 - Dec, 2017), the 2016 IPC Pan-Pacific Championship and the 2018 Turin International Para Ice Hockey Tournament. Landeros also introduced teammate and high school friend, Tyler Carron, to the sport of sled hockey after the two were injured in the same road-side accident.

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What are your favorite professional and college teams/athletes?
Denver Broncos, Colorado Rockies, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Buffaloes. Joe Sakic, Matt Duchene, Patrick Roy and Peyton Manning

What's your favorite meal?
Pizza

What's your favorite music and artist?
Rap, electric, rock/Pretty Lights, The Game

Do you have any secret talents?
Speak Spanish and Italian

What's your favorite workout?
Weightlifting

Tyler Carron

Defenseman Tyler Carron (Fort Collins, Colo.) is set to skate in his second Paralympic Winter Games after helping the United States to a gold medal at the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. A mainstay on the U.S. blue line since the 2010-11 season, Carron has been a part of U.S. teams that have claimed two world championships (2012, 2015), five World Sled Hockey Challenge titles (2012, 2015, 2016 - Jan., 2016 - Dec., 2017), the 2016 IPC Pan-Pacific Championship and the 2018 Turin International Para Ice Hockey Tournament. He was introduced to the sport of sled hockey by teammate and high school friend, Nikko Landeros, after the two were injured in the same road-side accident.

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What is your movie/favorite TV show?
Big Lebowski/Workaholics

Who is your favorite actor/actress?
Jim Carrey and Pamela Anderson

What are your favorite professional and college teams/athletes?
Denver Broncos and Peyton Manning, Oregon Ducks, Chuck Lidell

What are your off-ice hobbies?
Boating, golfing, four-wheeling

What are your career goals?
Take over my dad's restaurant when he retires