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These success stories are why dedicated volunteers like J.J.
O'Connor, USA Hockey 's disabled hockey chairperson, get
involved in the first place, and make the long hours spent serving
the sport well worth the effort.
"For special hockey players, it's about being part of something
bigger than yourself," O'Connor said.
"[Success like this] fuels volunteers and parents as well as
inspires others. It becomes something people want to be a part
of. It creates growth and change."
For Cashin and other members of the Minnesota Special
Hockey board, they enjoy seeing Foster serving as an ambassador
for the program.
"One of our slogans is 'hockey changes lives,' and it definitely
has for Ryan," Cashin said. "We have used him to promote devel-
opment in social, physical and mental situations in all those
different things that we can provide for a player."
"He's become somebody everybody at the rink knows. He's that
big Minnesota goalie."
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"Ryan's more open to
communicating. He's
more open to joking with
people. You can just see
how social and outgoing
he's become."
—Jane Cashin
The friendship
that Jared
Wiesler and
Ryan Foster
have built over
the past eight
years has been
a game changer
for both men on
and off the ice.
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