Adam Sherlip Explained

Adam Sherlip
Birth Name:Adam Craig Sherlip
Birth Date:1984 3, mf=yes
Occupation:Ice hockey coach
Known For:India men's national ice hockey team

Adam Craig Sherlip (born March 21, 1984) is the first head coach of the India men's national ice hockey team, which competed in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, hosted by Abu Dhabi, UAE, in 2009 [1] [2] [3] [4] and in Dehradun, India in 2012,[5] the location of India's first ice arena.[6] It was in the 2012 tournament, with Sherlip as coach, that India won its first international ice hockey game.[7] He started coaching ice hockey in India as part of an initiative he started, called "The Hockey Volunteer".[8]

Sherlip discovered hockey in India while coaching in China.[9] As a result of "The Hockey Volunteer" initiative, Sherlip founded The Hockey Foundation,[10] a non-profit that uses ice hockey to help improve life in the communities.[11] The Hockey Foundation's pilot program operates in Ladakh, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.[11] The Hockey Foundation has donated over 4,000 pieces equipment since 2009.[9] Sherlip and The Hockey Foundation are the subject of the documentary "Disputed Ice," which is currently in development.[12]

Sherlip previously worked for the New York Islanders,[13] and coached hockey at the City Ice Pavilion in Long Island City.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All eyes on Ice Hockey Team - The Economic Times . Economictimes.indiatimes.com . 2009-03-14 . 2013-01-07.
  2. Web site: Lifestyle – Ice, ice baby: India scoops a surprise « Good Read . Spoonfeedin.wordpress.com . 2009-03-16 . 2013-01-07.
  3. Web site: Rink Panthers . https://archive.today/20120903213601/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rink-Panthers/Article1-375277.aspx . dead . 2012-09-03 . Hindustan Times . 2009-02-06 . 2013-01-07 .
  4. Web site: Rookies of rink: India tries ice hockey . https://archive.today/20130125094146/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rookies-of-rink-India-tries-ice-hockey/Article1-389261.aspx . dead . 2013-01-25 . Hindustan Times . 2009-03-14 . 2013-01-07 .
  5. Web site: Team Roster . PDF . Stats.iihf.com . 2016-10-17.
  6. Web site: First ice arena for India . Iihf.com . 2013-01-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217225701/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/first-ice-arena-for-india.html?cHash=6cb9abfb5a . 2013-12-17 .
  7. Web site: India gets first win . https://archive.today/20130126171133/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/6533.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=228&cHash=61e04072f8 . dead . 2013-01-26 . Iihf.com . 2013-01-07 .
  8. Web site: The Hockey Volunteer . Hockeyvolunteer.blogspot.com . 2013-01-07.
  9. Web site: India's Hockey Presence Continuing to Grow . The Hockey Writers . 2015-10-03 . 2015-10-04.
  10. Web site: ACraig . The Hockey Volunteer: The Hockey Foundation . Hockeyvolunteer.blogspot.com . 2009-07-26 . 2013-01-07.
  11. Web site:
    1. HowHockeyHelps
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  12. Web site: Disputed Ice a documentary film . Disputedice.com . 2013-01-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121231013702/http://www.disputedice.com/ . 2012-12-31 . dead .
  13. Web site: We're All Islanders . PDF . Islanders.nhl.com . 2016-10-17.
  14. Web site: Coaches . https://archive.today/20130119131334/http://www.cityicepavilion.com/ice-hockey/coaches/ . dead . 2013-01-19 . City Ice Pavilion . 2012-08-07 . 2013-01-07 .