ANTIOCH, Tenn. (WKRN) — Final practices are underway for Team USA in a sport you might have never heard of before — blind hockey.
For this team, a lack of vision doesn’t dictate their ability to see a win.
“Finding this team, I realized there were multiple players with the same condition I have. It blew my mind and it has given me such a great perspective now,” said Dan Schramm
Schramm has been with the United States blind hockey team since 2019.
For player Luke Miller, he’s been playing blind hockey since it’s inception in the United States.
“When I mention blind hockey, they’re recognition of that sport has been increasing year on year and I think that’s incredible,” Miller said.
The team was in town for a training and development camp made possible by the Nashville Predators and Tennessee School of the Blind.
“Blind hockey I think takes that to the next level because it’s the only blind sport you play with the level of vision you have and they’re not making modifications,” Kevin Brown, former player turned coach, said.
Blind Hockey has been a sport in the U.S. since 2014. Four years later, Team USA was formed, recruiting the most elite players in the country.
“It’s not only important just for the sport of hockey, and showing how welcoming the sport is, but just in general being able to show the world what blind and visually…
