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Danny Guard
Player/Coach Danny T., playing in our 3v2 offense-defense game play. He spends a lot of the time moving up, changing lanes, positioning into support positions for his teammates.
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 T., playing in our 3v2 offense-defense game play. He spends a lot of the time moving up, changing lanes, positioning into support positions for his teammates.
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.
Alfredo Perez
Our newest Moose, Alfredo Perez, is showing great development in all his skills. He is presently working on his skating ability. Alfredo has skated a total of outside hours presently, and his tenacity is his greatest asset. Like all our Mooses, he had never skated nor played hockey prior to his joining the Mooses. He is a fun teammate to play with, at the moment, sticking to the 3-lane, creating and sending passes to his teammates.
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 17, 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 for the 2028 Paralympics!
Mickayla was born in 2004, She plays left-handed.
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 17, 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 for the 2028 Paralympics!
Mickayla was born in 2004, She plays left-handed.
Daniela Alvarado
Daniela has been playing for three years. Mobility on her skates is no longer a rookie issue, her hockey sense, playmaking skill, and learning curve are all first rate. She has recently taken up the team job of goalkeeper.
She plays primarily right handed (sometimes left - which you can do with a straight-blade stick). She is forty years old, and plays with the enthusiasm of a twenty year old.
Daniella works on her goalkeeping skills and communicating almost every practice and game session!
Daniela has been playing for three years. Mobility on her skates is no longer a rookie issue, her hockey sense, playmaking skill, and learning curve are all first rate. She has recently taken up the team job of goalkeeper.
She plays primarily right handed (sometimes left - which you can do with a straight-blade stick). She is forty years old, and plays with the enthusiasm of a twenty year old.
Daniella works on her goalkeeping skills and communicating almost every practice and game session!
David Fierro,
in the illustration above, David listens intently to both the puck and his teammate in the neutral zone in anticipation of receiving the next pass.
David is one of the Mooses' veteran players, in his sixth year now, 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. He also plays with a straight-blade stick and his backhand play is improving all the time. He is experimenting with lifting the puck on his shots at the goal.
David is 40-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 receiving the next pass.
David is one of the Mooses' veteran players, in his sixth year now, 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. He also plays with a straight-blade stick and his backhand play is improving all the time. He is experimenting with lifting the puck on his shots at the goal.
David is 40-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 Nunez
Carina is one of our younger players, having turned twenty-four earlier this year. She is a student at New Mexico State University, studying 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, uses a flat-blade stick, 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-four earlier this year. She is a student at New Mexico State University, studying 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, uses a flat-blade stick, 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.
Craig Sanders
Craig is one of our veteren players, having played for about four years. Craig is a rarity: a fully-sighted player who put on the goggles from Day 1, and learned to skate, as well as play hockey, all while blind.
Craig is also a perfect example of the learning curve that all blind players seem to have. He can skate, communicate, work with his stick, and perform in all parts of the floor, he does all these things at the solid, intermediate level. He actively contributes to his team's success at every practice and game session, highlighting that hockey is truly for everybody!
Craig plays left handed, and is 28 years old, a business administrator.
Craig is one of our veteren players, having played for about four years. Craig is a rarity: a fully-sighted player who put on the goggles from Day 1, and learned to skate, as well as play hockey, all while blind.
Craig is also a perfect example of the learning curve that all blind players seem to have. He can skate, communicate, work with his stick, and perform in all parts of the floor, he does all these things at the solid, intermediate level. He actively contributes to his team's success at every practice and game session, highlighting that hockey is truly for everybody!
Craig plays left handed, and is 28 years old, a business administrator.
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Mark Ray
Here is Mark Ray, protecting the slot, highlighting that he is our top defender, and he is also one of our best passers. Mark is a sighted player, and it was his shaft-on-the-floor pass blocking technique, witnessed by another sighted player, that gave birth to our major method of receiving an offensive pass.
Mark is 41 years old, and the father of Mickayla. He got the Mooses started playing blind hockey back in 2012, when he asked Coach Danny if Mickayla could learn to play the game. Mark has been a charter member of the program, playing for the more than nine years that the Mooses have been in existence.
Mark can play any position in the game, including Goalkeeper. He is the rare player who, although sighted, can put on the blind goggles and play with a high degree of confidence while blind. He has helped with our puck development, our tactile blue line construction, our communication system, and about every other aspect of Mooses Sonic Hockey.
Here is Mark Ray, protecting the slot, highlighting that he is our top defender, and he is also one of our best passers. Mark is a sighted player, and it was his shaft-on-the-floor pass blocking technique, witnessed by another sighted player, that gave birth to our major method of receiving an offensive pass.
Mark is 41 years old, and the father of Mickayla. He got the Mooses started playing blind hockey back in 2012, when he asked Coach Danny if Mickayla could learn to play the game. Mark has been a charter member of the program, playing for the more than nine years that the Mooses have been in existence.
Mark can play any position in the game, including Goalkeeper. He is the rare player who, although sighted, can put on the blind goggles and play with a high degree of confidence while blind. He has helped with our puck development, our tactile blue line construction, our communication system, and about every other aspect of Mooses Sonic Hockey.
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Edgar Lopez
Edgar is a sighted goalkeeper, who has been playing on ice with the Mooses for five years. He is the rare player who has no hesitation about going into the dark, and playing blind. Edgar is constantly experimenting with his stance, positioning and hearing.
Edgar is good assistant coach as well, able to offer cogent advice to our skaters as to how to improve their offensive game (against himself).
Edgar plays right handed, although left as a keeper. He has been playing hockey since 1995, at age 12.
Edgar is a sighted goalkeeper, who has been playing on ice with the Mooses for five years. He is the rare player who has no hesitation about going into the dark, and playing blind. Edgar is constantly experimenting with his stance, positioning and hearing.
Edgar is good assistant coach as well, able to offer cogent advice to our skaters as to how to improve their offensive game (against himself).
Edgar plays right handed, although left as a keeper. He has been playing hockey since 1995, at age 12.
Vianca Ortega competing for the puck against the bad guys.. Vianca is a sighted player that learned to play blind at Mooseville in 2012 and has participated with us ever since. The 2021/2022 season is her 15 year old year, she is an '06.
Vianca can play any position on the rink, ice or inline, including goalkeeper. She is working on her directional and positional hearing while playing blind, and usually takes up a defensive position, while adding offensive playmaking to the mix.
Her main strength is her playmaking ability, and her willingness to work with her teammates. She is one of those players that makes others better when she plays.
Vianca can play any position on the rink, ice or inline, including goalkeeper. She is working on her directional and positional hearing while playing blind, and usually takes up a defensive position, while adding offensive playmaking to the mix.
Her main strength is her playmaking ability, and her willingness to work with her teammates. She is one of those players that makes others better when she plays.
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Jorge Ortega in action... here is Jorge, aurally scanning the horizon from the defensive slot. Jorge has been involved with the Mooses from Day One. He has helped all our payers to play better, he is a USA Hockey certified youth coach, learning himself to play the game at Nations-Tobin back in 2003. He plays both ice and inline, and can play every position on the floor or on the ice.
Jorge is sighted, and has also helped with our puck development and goalkeeper development.
Jorge is sighted, and has also helped with our puck development and goalkeeper development.
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Shawndal Johnson ("Shawndale," but spelled with no "e" on the end) is one of our newer players, having joined the Mooses about six months prior to the onset of the pandemic. He has skated about dozen hours, but plays more like he's worked from fifty. Shawn has excellent hearing, and good skating ability and touch on the puck.