Taylor Chace

Taylor Chace (born May 9, 1986) is an American ice sledge hockey player.

Injury
Chace suffered a broken back and an incomplete spinal cord injury when he was hit during a junior hockey game. This occured in October 22 when Chace was 16 years old. At the time, he was competing for the New Hampshire Monarchs in the Eastern Junior Hockey League.

Playing career
While a student at the University of New Hampshire less than two years later, Chace was introduced to the sport of sled hockey through the school's Northeast Passage program. He was named to the U.S. national team in late 2005 and participated in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, where the team took a bronze medal. He helped win another bronze at the 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, and at the 2009 World Championships he assisted in the gold medal-winning goal in a match against Norway.

Chace currently lives in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. He is a senior at the University of New Hampshire, majoring in sports studies and minoring in therapeutic recreation.