Blues to recognize gold-medal winning Paralympic athletes

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Blues will recognize three members of the gold-medal winning U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey team prior to Friday's game against the Vancouver Canucks.
Steve Cash, Josh Pauls and Billy Hanning will be introduced following the Canadian and U.S. national anthems.

Cash, who lives in Overland, MO, made his debut with the U.S. National Sled Hockey team during the 2005-06 season and has played in four Paralympic Winter Games, six international Paralympic Committee World Championships and 11 World Sled Hockey Challenge tournaments. In 2010, he received an ESPY Award as the Best Male Athlete with a Disability.
Pauls plays with the DASA St. Louis Blues and is a three-time gold medalist in the Paralympic Winter Games. He served as the team captain for Team USA at this year's Winter Games and at the 2018 Para Ice Hockey International Tournament in Turin, Italy. He was a finalist for an ESPY Award in 2015 as Best Male Athlete with a Disability.
Hanning, of Festus, MO, is in his fifth season with the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team and made his Paralympic debut at the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.