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In this up-and-coming sport for the visually impaired, players shoot, pass, and skate like their sighted peers—and keep their ears on the puck.The first time Doug Goist heard about blind hockey, he laughed. It was 2016, and one of the founders of thehad asked him to attend a “try it” event. “I thought it was crazy,” says Goist, who loved watching pro and Olympic hockey before losing his vision to a genetic disease at 30. “You’ve got people on skates at high speed with boards all around.
Brothers Nate and Aiden McCown are 17-year-old seniors at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring and members of the Washington Blind Hockey Club. Both have albanism, a medical condition that affects pigment levels in the skin, hair, and eyes and impairs their visual acuity and depth perception. “They are playing hockey with really no compromises,” says their father, Mike. “This takes vision off the table, and they can just play a sport.
To give defensive players more time to track the puck, teams must complete one pass after crossing the blue line prior to being able to score. Referees use an electronic “pass whistle” to audibly signal that the pass has been made. While all players in the sport are legally blind, impairments vary. “One person might be able to see other players across the length of the ice but not see the puck,” Brown says. “Another might be able to read the name on a faraway jersey, but it’s like looking through a paper-towel tube.” Players with less loss generally play center or forward; those with greater or total loss, like Brown, play defense or goalie. “Playing is like going to the bathroom in the middle of the night,” he says.
Aiden McCown leads Goist off the ice. Though he didn’t compete for Team USA in Toronto, McCown participated in lower-level games during the event and wants to play for the national team in the future. “I’m optimistic that it will become a Paralympic sport,” he says. “I hope so. I’ll be disappointed if I never play at the international level.”
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