Danny Guard
Player/Coach Danny,
coaching our 3v2 offense-defense game play.
player & coach, born 1952, plays left handed.
Played sighted hockey since 8 years old, has played and coached in USA Hockey Inline national tournaments 1997-2006, National Championship Medal six times (5 silver, 1 gold). Eight times USA Hockey Inline National Team Sportsmanship Award.
Danny made the first sounding hockey puck in 1987, started the Mooses in 2012.
Player/Coach Danny,
coaching our 3v2 offense-defense game play.
player & coach, born 1952, plays left handed.
Played sighted hockey since 8 years old, has played and coached in USA Hockey Inline national tournaments 1997-2006, National Championship Medal six times (5 silver, 1 gold). Eight times USA Hockey Inline National Team Sportsmanship Award.
Danny made the first sounding hockey puck in 1987, started the Mooses in 2012.
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Mickayla Biddle
Kayla is the originating influence of the Sonic Mooses. In the Summer of 2012, She asked her dad to see if she could join the Blue Mooses Kids' Sports program to play hockey. Only problem was that she is blind. Coach Danny hesitated for maybe five seconds, and set about devising the game so she could play. Mickayla was seven years old at the time, she is now 19, and is one of, if not the best, blind centers in all of the disabled hockey world! Her ear on the puck is her best asset, she has developed her directional, depth, and selective hearing abilities to the highest level. She has aspirations to play with the USA Paralympic team! Mickayla was born in 2004, She plays left-handed. |
David Fierro,
in the illustration above, David listens intently to both the puck and his teammate in the neutral zone in anticipation of sending the next pass.
David is one of the Mooses' veteran players, in his eightth year, and one of our better, more mobile skaters. He has worked diligently on his communication skills and the result is his mobility around the playing surface is excellent.
David was our very first right handed player, and for a while, the only one. His backhand play is improving all the time. He is experimenting with lifting the puck on his shots at the goal.
David is 50-something years old and is using his hockey play to both give up smoking (for going on four years now!) and reduce the effects of his diabetes. He is doing well on both counts.
in the illustration above, David listens intently to both the puck and his teammate in the neutral zone in anticipation of sending the next pass.
David is one of the Mooses' veteran players, in his eightth year, and one of our better, more mobile skaters. He has worked diligently on his communication skills and the result is his mobility around the playing surface is excellent.
David was our very first right handed player, and for a while, the only one. His backhand play is improving all the time. He is experimenting with lifting the puck on his shots at the goal.
David is 50-something years old and is using his hockey play to both give up smoking (for going on four years now!) and reduce the effects of his diabetes. He is doing well on both counts.
Carina Nuñez
Carina is one of our younger players, having turned twenty-seven earlier this year. She is a graduate of New Mexico State University, studied to be a teacher of students with disabilities. Carina has been playing with the Mooses since she was 15, one of the original players at the "Mooseville" facility, a private, half-court hockey rink on El Paso's Westside.
Carina plays left-handed and prides herself on being able to play both defense and offense. She is extremely accurate with her passing and shooting, although is chided by her teammates to exert more muscle into her shots.
Carina is working on her striding on skates, and hopes to improve her speed in the near future.
Carina is one of our younger players, having turned twenty-seven earlier this year. She is a graduate of New Mexico State University, studied to be a teacher of students with disabilities. Carina has been playing with the Mooses since she was 15, one of the original players at the "Mooseville" facility, a private, half-court hockey rink on El Paso's Westside.
Carina plays left-handed and prides herself on being able to play both defense and offense. She is extremely accurate with her passing and shooting, although is chided by her teammates to exert more muscle into her shots.
Carina is working on her striding on skates, and hopes to improve her speed in the near future.
Shawndal Johnnson is a full native Navajo, and a great addition to the Mooses. Shawn has developed his Spatial awareness abilities to a high level... as a resut, he plays all parts of the floor effortlessly and is that "extra player" always in position for the next play.