From a first trip to Ladakh to a Guinness World Record nine years later. Here's how it went.
- 2009
The trip that started it
Adam's first trip to Ladakh, in the Indian Himalayas. He coached India's first men's national team, & THF was born on that trip.
Ladakh, 2009 - 2010
Made official
THF was incorporated in New York in January 2010.
- 2011
First official India program
THF ran its first official program in India. Coaching camps & clinics kept going every season through 2018. How the coaching worked →
Ladakh, 2011 - 2012
India's first international win
At the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, Team India lost its opener to Macau 5-3, then beat Macau 5-1 on March 21: India's first-ever international win. Adam wrote it up for The Hockey News. In the press →
The 2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia - 2015
Team India in North America
On October 9, Team India played its first game in North America, against the ECHL's Brampton Beast in Brampton, Ontario (the first time an ECHL club faced a national team). On October 15 it played the Calgary Inferno. It was the last season of Adam's run as Team India's head coach (2009-2015). The 2015 Brampton game →
Team India in Brampton, Ontario, October 2015 - 2016
Talking hockey development at the Hall
On September 21, during the World Cup of Hockey, THF sat on a panel about international hockey development at the Hockey Sense HD Summit, held at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
- 2018
Hockey went higher
On February 6, THF set the Guinness World Record for the highest-altitude game of ice hockey: 4,361 m (about 14,300 ft) at Chibra Kargyam, in Ladakh's Durbuk Block. 100+ players from 11 countries came, the rink went up in five days & THF beat Team Ladakh 6-2. See the record →
Faceoff at the record game, Feb 6, 2018 - 2018
Also that year
The 2018 THF jersey was displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame, & THF sent 11 sledge-hockey sleds to Metula, Israel. The 2018 jersey →
- Since
Still donating gear
THF ran programs in India from 2011 to 2018 & has kept donating equipment since, most recently to Peru.
Along the way
A few things that don't have a neat date on file:
- Coached Inuit youth in Nunavik, northern Quebec (Puvirnituq was a focus community).
- Brought portable solar power (with GoalZero) to a remote Ladakh school that only had electricity about 4 hours a day.
- Donated 10,000+ pieces of hockey equipment in India, Morocco, Turkey, Chile, Argentina, Canada & the US, plus Peru later on.
- Donated 1,000+ books to schools, to help with English literacy.
- Sent 100+ Indian players, coaches & officials abroad for training & exchange.
What's next?
The door's open to a next chapter. Want to be part of it, or just talk hockey? Get in touch.