Josh Pauls

Josh Pauls

Pauls in 2015
Personal information
Birth name Joshua Pauls
Born (1992-12-31) December 31, 1992
South Plainfield, New Jersey
Residence Green Brook Township, New Jersey
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 135 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Sport Ice sledge hockey
Disability Bilateral Leg Amputee
Club Disabled Athlete Sports Association (DASA) St. Louis Blues
Updated on March 23, 2014.

Josh Pauls (born December 31, 1992) is an ice sledge hockey player from USA and Member of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team. He took part in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, where USA won gold. They beat Japan 2-0 in the final.

A resident of Green Brook Township, New Jersey, he attended Watchung Hills Regional High School.[1]

Born without tibia bones in both legs and had both amputated at the age of 10 months old... Competed with the St. Louis Blues sled hockey club team at the 2011 USA Hockey Sled Classic, presented by the NHL... Member of the New York Rangers Sled Hockey club team from 2002-08... Hopes to become a professional hockey coach.

Biographical Information

Born into the Pauls family of South Plainfield, New Jersey, he was born without tibia bones in both legs, and had both amputated when he was 10 months old.[2] In 2002, Josh became a member of the New York Jr. Rangers Sled Hockey club team. Josh competed for the New York Jr. Rangers Sled Hockey from 2002 to 2011. Then in 2011 He became a member of the Disabled Athlete Sports Association's (DASA) St. Louis Blues Sled Hockey Team. In 2012 Josh helped the Blues clam USA Hockey Adult Sled Hockey Tier II National Championship. In 2013, Josh helped the Blues win the 2013 Toyota-USA Hockey Adult Sled National Championship.

In 2008 Josh made the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team, which represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada. Ever since making U.S. National Sled Hockey Team Josh has had a tradition of facing a Mr. Potatohead figure towards the opponent’s locker room before every game. Currently, Josh, resides in St. Charles, Mo., where he attends Lindenwood University and is pursuing a degree in sport management. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Josh states "He hopes to become a professional hockey coach for a USA Hockey Team someday." Between his studies at Lindenwood University, Josh is back training with U.S. National Sled Hockey Team as prepare for the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.

United states hockey career

2012-13

2011-12

2010-11

2009-10

2008-09

References

  1. Johnson, Brent. "Somerset teen brings home gold from Winter Paralympics", The Star-Ledger, March 24, 2010. Accessed July 25, 2014. "Today was Pauls' first day back at school after helping the United States win gold in sled hockey at the international tournament — the equivalent of the Olympics for handicapped athletes. The Green Brook teen was the youngest member of the squad."
  2. Johnson, Brent. "Jersey Paralympian goes to Vancouver as youngest member of sled hockey team", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 28, 2010, updated April 4, 2012. Accessed October 7, 2015. "'He's a rink rat,' Tony Pauls said of his son, who splits time between his divorced parents’ homes: mom in Green Brook, dad in South Plainfield."
18 March 2010
19:00
United States 3 – 0
(0-0, 2-0, 1-0)
NorwayUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,204
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