Former Humboldt Broncos goaltender Jacob Wassermann, shown in a handout photo, has been named to Canada's Paralympic team and will compete in rowing this summer in Paris. Wassermann was among 13 survivors of a crash that killed 16 on April 6, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Rowing CanadaJacob Wassermann says the transition from tending goal in hockey to rowing wasn't as difficult as people might think.
The 24-year-old will be among approximately 140 Canadians competing in the Paralympic Games in Paris from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.He was paralyzed from the navel down when a semi-trailer truck drove through a stop sign and collided with the Broncos' team bus en route to a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoff game.
"My wife put it one way . . . I've been an athlete my whole life," Wassermann said. "I joined rowing two years ago, but I have been training for 24 years. All that work I've done my whole life, whether it was a hockey player before, or since the crash all the other sports I've done and all the training I've done, it's all gone into this sport.
"If the crash taught me anything is that, just to go with it, right? Life will sometimes throw you a curveball and what I've really learned is to just keep moving forward and keep pursuing the dreams that I had," Wassermann said.
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