The Wheelchair Hockey League (WCHL) of Michigan was created for the enjoyment of participating in hockey. The purpose of this league is to provide an appropriate means for persons in wheelchairs to have the opportunity to play in a competitive floor hockey league and have the chance to engage in the camaraderie and excitement of the sport.

Our league includes players in electric and manual wheelchairs.

The WCHL currently has 40 players, divided into four teams.

Players range in age from 10 to 60+, and have a variety of disabilities that include Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Injury.

Our games are played 4 on 4, with goalies. Our season is 12 Weeks in length, culminating with two playoff rounds of "best of three games" to decide our Wheeler's Cup Championship! Our seasons are played over the course of 10 months (September through June). We are currently in our 12th season of competitive hockey.

Our games are played Saturdays at Ward Presbyterian Church in Northville Township.

Players use a variety of sticks to play, depending on their upper body strength and ability to grip the stick. Some players add a dowel though the blade of their stick and other players use "Double Sticks". Double Sticks are two sticks fastened together, with the blades forming a V, and strapped to the player's legs and chair frame.

The league was developed and is ran by the players with the assistance of parents and volunteers. The WCHL holds many events throughout the year, including an annual All-Star game, Awards Banquet, Season, Playoffs and Game On Ice.

We have even competed against the world’s best wheelchair hockey teams at international tournaments in Toronto, Minneapolis and Calgary with our travel team the Michigan Mustangs

Todd Pasant had a vision for a hockey league for wheelchair players. That's how the WCHL started. Pretty simple, but as with most excellent ideas, challenges emerged. When Todd Pasant passed away, rather than have his monumental dream die, the players carried on with the WCHL. Now the dreamer smiles knowing his dream will live on and continue to grow.

In the beginning, the WCHL consisted of 6 players. (The original six players were Todd Pasant, Andy Siwarski, Jason May, Jeff May, Eric Miller, and Joe Crews)

After Todd's passing, his close friend Andy Siwarski, along with Tom Martin decided to continue Todd's dream and develop the WCHL into the league that Todd envisioned. The first thing they decided was to play without goalies. That's right: NO GOALIES!! Since then we have developed a full rulebook making the game fair, entertaining and accessible to all types of different players. After attending a tournament in Toronto, Canada in 2000, we decided to add goalies to make it another exciting aspect of our games. The WCHL is a league for players in electric wheelchairs as well as players in manual wheelchairs.

Todd's ultimate dream was for the WCHL to become a national league. Who knows, one day that dream may come true. All the WCHL's players are proud to be fulfilling Todd's vision.

The WCHL honors the memory of Todd, Andy & Tom, by continuing to grow and support the league. This league full of the players have taken this dream on as their own and continually show the same spirit, determination and love of the game that they all had.

To all you inspiring wheelchair hockey players: "Don't Just Sit There, Play Hockey!"