- Mike Blabac
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Medal record Competitor for United States Ice sledge hockey Paralympic Games Gold 2010 Vancouver Tournament Mike Blabac (born 18 January 1974) is an ice sledge hockey player from USA who has competed at the Winter Paralympics. He plays as a goaltender. Blabac was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2001.[1]
In 2008 he played for the United States as they won third-place in the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.[2]
He took part in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, where USA won gold. They beat Japan 2-0 in the final.
16 March 2010
17:00United States 6 – 0
(2-0, 2-0, 2-0)Japan UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,468Game reference Steve Cash (Out 30:00)
Mike Blabac (In 30:00)Goalies Mitsuru Nagase (Out 34:10)
Shinobu Fukushima (In 34:10)Referee:
Petter Vojan HegleAdam Page (Yohe, Jones) – 1:05
Greg Shaw (Lipsett) – 12:01
Alexi Salamone (Yohe) (PP) – 20:13
Taylor Lipsett – 28:22
Joe Howard (Chace) – 34:10
Nikko Landeros – 38:541 - 0
2 - 0
3 - 0
4 - 0
5 - 0
6 - 08 min Penalties 6 min 19 Shots 6 References
- ^ Williams, Deidre (21 March 2010). "Paralympians win gold medal". Buffalo News. http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/southern-tier/article39641.ece. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "U.S. National Sled Hockey Team Blanks Japan, 9-0, in Third-Place Game of 2008 World Sledge Hockey Challenge". USA Hockey. 22 November 2008. http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=TU_10&id=247150. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
Categories:- Paralympic ice sledge hockey players of the United States
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Ice sledge hockey players at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- 1974 births
- Living people
- American Paralympic medalist stubs
- American ice hockey biography stubs
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