KAYDEN BEASLEY
Kayden Beasley was born in China as a congenital bilateral amputee. His birth parents abandoned him, and at age 3, Kayden was adopted by Anthony and Amy Beasley and brought home to North Carolina on Christmas Day 2009.
In 2019, Beasley started playing sled hockey with the Carolina Hurricanes Sled Hockey team. Five years later, he made his debut on the U.S. national team in the International Para Hockey Cup, where he was named U.S. Player of the Game in their semifinal win over Italy.
When not on the ice, Kayden enjoys hanging out with his older brother Caleb, playing video games.
JEN LEE
Jen Lee was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and moved to the United States at age six. In high school, he competed in track and field and basketball. He enlisted in the U.S. Army after high school. Lee had his left leg amputated above the knee when it was injured in a motorcycle accident in 2009. He was introduced to sled hockey by “Operation Comfort,” an organization dedicated to assisting injured U.S. service personnel at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Lee was named to his first Paralympic team for U.S. sled hockey at the Paralympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 and was a backup goalie to USOPC Hall of Famer Steve Cash for 2014 and 2018 Paralympic gold-medal winning teams. For the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, Lee was named the starting goalie and did not allow a goal in the four games he played for the United States as the sled hockey team won an unprecedented fourth straight gold medal.
When he is not on the ice, he enjoys CrossFit workouts. In July 2024, his first daughter, LeiAna LilliAni, was born.
BRETT BOLTON
Brett Bolton grew up in Rockledge, Florida, a fan of the two NHL hockey teams in Florida: the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Bolton was born a congenital amputee and competed in numerous sports growing up, including gymnastics, wrestling, and track and field. He was introduced to sled hockey at age 8, as his local team, the Space Coast Blast, had featured two-time Paralympic gold medalist Greg Shaw.
At age 16, Brett Bolton made his U.S. National Sled Hockey Team debut at the 2022 IPH Cup in Ostrava, Czechia. He was a member of Team USA’s gold-medal winning squad at the 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championship and helped the U.S. capture a silver medal at the 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championship the following season. Bolton didn’t make the U.S. roster for the 2025 tournament but used it to fuel his desire to make the 2026 U.S. Paralympic sled hockey team: “I kind of had my eye on Milano Cortina as a little bit of redemption.”
Bolton was named to the U.S. team for the 2025 Para Hockey Cup where he had the game-winning goal in the championship vs Canada and also tallied a hat trick against China in the semifinals to help propel the U.S. to the title game. Just over a month later, Bolton would be named to his first U.S. Paralympic team for the Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
Off the ice, Bolton is a sophomore at the University of Colorado, where he is pursuing a double major in finance and accounting, with a minor in leadership.