slightly awkward sled hockey introduction post
Damnation! I never finished updating/refining this entry, originally posted in my beloved winter sports comm (I just learned way too much more about all the athletes and I didn't even know where to start) and tonight is the sled hockey episode of Ace of Cakes! I will just take a quick skim through and then post what I've got. Sorry it's so bulky
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Height: 5-5 (165) [tbh, I'm not sure about the heights & weights they give for the bilateral amputees. . . seems a little confusing. But I don't know who to ask about this or if it's really inappropriate to do so.]
The way that they determine the height of an amputee goes to Leonardo DiVinci... did you ever see the man in the circle with his arms and feet spread out? Basically, you are as tall as the width of your arms spread out...finger tip on the right hand, to the finger tip on the left. And...yes, it's fine to ask questions like that.
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I. Oh my god. I saw him make the most awesome play, where it was just him from Team USA by the other team's net, and it's him and three of their defensemen and their goalie, and he just does this amazing puck-handling, passing it to himself under the sled while simultaneously manouvering himself away from them to score. IT WAS CRAZY SHIT. But I don't think I can find a clip of it, but I'm going to try to figure out where I saw it.
I wish you could remember who they were playing, perhaps I can help you find it.
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He has terrible hair, but apparently this was something the entire 2006 team did together
OMG, what a nightmare that was. The veterans on the team dyed his hair orange-blonde AND shaved his eyebrows too!!
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he gives "crafts" as one of his hobbies which is so cute I don't even understand
Wow, where did you read this? Al is very artistic, he does amazing drawings, I have no idea about the crafts thing.
Sue Salamone/Al's Mom
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