The Sled Files

S2 E5: Veteran Donna Zephrine

Donna served with the US Army 3rd infantry and completed two tours in Iraq from 2003 to 2005. Since returning home, she has been actively involved with organizations such as Wounded Warrior Project, World T.E.A.M. Sports, and Long Island Sled Inc. She shares with us her experience as a RoughRider and her love for hockey. Thank you Donna for your service and to all those who have served, and those who continue to serve.

S2 E4: Tommy Gillece-Ultimate Team Player

My co-host Vinny and I are joined by a very special guest Tommy Gillece, who plays Right Wing for the Long Island RoughRiders. Tommy is perhaps best known for being the ultimate team player that always puts the team first. Today we will get to learn from Tommy the importance of teamwork and how special the RoughRiders team is to him.

S2 E3: Wildcats Sled Hockey Team/Northeast Passage-Matty Castagna

In this episode, Matt Castagna discusses his friendship with the co-host of this episode, Vinny. Matty also talks about his time at the University of New Hampshire and playing sled hockey for the University. We call in our former guest, Danny Santos, to share some funny stories.

S2 E2:Batter Up!-Walter Reid (Audio)

Walter Reid, one of the organizers of the Aviators of Nassau County Wheelchair softball team joins us today. Nassau Aviators Wheelchair Sports Association is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 with a mission to provide, promote and develop access to opportunities for individuals with physical disabilities. Despite his passion for wheelchair softball, sled hockey still remains his favorite sport.

S2 E1: Mr Fixit-Michael LaRose

Welcome back to Season 2! Starting off this new season we have Michael LaRose as our guest and Vinny Ficarrotta as a co-host. Michael, a naval architect, describes the challenges of learning to play sled hockey after his injury and how he used his architectural/engineering background to fine-tune his sled.