Buffalo Sabres Insider Productions and Rob Ray recently profiled some of Buffalo's best athletes -- members of the US and Buffalo Sabres teams. Below are photos from former Sabres Rob Ray's visit. The segment ran between periods of Buffalo's Feb. 6 game vs. Columbus.

Check out the video highlights from the Sabres broadcast as well as photos from the video shoot.

(From the Buffalo News , Feb. 10, 2010)

Five of them battled through birth defects or disease, whether it was cancer, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis or spina bifida.

Another came back from a serious spinal-cord injury suffered in a hockey game. Two others overcame the loss of legs after being struck by a train or a car.

And one plays his sport at a world-class level after having lost his legs as a result of the nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl.

But now they are all teammates in Buffalo, on the U.S. national sled-hockey team.

See full story at the Buffalo News. 

Check out photos of the Buffalo Sabres Sled Hockey junior team players and coaches from the recent London, Ont., tournament.

Josh Reinhold suiting up in the locker room.

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