The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced today (May 6) that Steve Cash, a three-time gold medalist with the U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team and a five-time world champion with the U.S. National Sled Team, will be inducted into the Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2025.
One of the most decorated sled hockey athletes of all time, he backstopped the U.S. for 16 seasons, amassing a 103-16-7-33 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record, 1.22 goals against average and .898 save percentage in 150 games played across all competitions.
Cash helped the U.S. earn a bronze medal at the 2006 Paralympic Games in Torino, Italy, at just 16 years old. He then went on to help Team USA capture an unprecedented three-straight Paralympic gold medals.
At the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, the Overland, Missouri, native set a Paralympic record, not allowing a single goal and recording five shutouts to earn gold in Vancouver.
Cash again lead the U.S. to gold at the 2014 Paralympics, posting a 4-0-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record with three shutouts to go along with a 0.41 goals against average and .955 save percentage.
At the 2018 Paralympics, he helped Team USA win its third-straight gold medal, winning all four of his starts while registering a 0.29 goal-against-average and .967 save percentage with two shutouts.
In addition to his success on the Paralympic stage, Cash served in goal for the U.S. in eight World Para Ice Hockey Championships, winning five gold medals (2009, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021), two silver medals (2013, 2017) and a bronze (2008).
A 2022 inductee into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, Cash was also named the 2009 Paralympic SportsMan of the Year by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
Cash backstopped the U.S. to the gold medal at the 2015 World Para Ice Hockey Championship in Buffalo, N.Y., the site of the 2025 event, which is returning to U.S. soil for the first time in a decade. For more information, click here.
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