St. Clair Shores resident Stewart DeLange will represent the USA in an upcoming international deaf hockey tournament in Buffalo, New York this April.
(PHOTO ERIKA DELANGE)
St. Clair Shores hockey player Stewart DeLange was selected to play for the USA Deaf National Hockey Team this April in the Jeff Sauer International Deaf Hockey Series in Buffalo, New York.
DeLange, 20, has played hockey since he was six years old, both with hearing teammates and with deaf and hard of hearing players like himself.
As much as he looks forward to representing the United States in an international tournament, DeLange is really excited about having so many longtime friends on the Team USA roster.
“I started attending the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association camp in Chicago when I was eight,” said DeLange. “There I met a lot of the players that are currently on the USA Deaf Team.
“It has been my goal to get on to the team and play with my friends.”
The USA Deaf Hockey Team won gold at the 2019 Deaflympics in Italy.
“The Deaflympics were supposed to occur in March in Turkey, but due to the political landscape in the Middle East, USA and other countries chose not to go,” said AHIHA President Kevin…
