Sammuel (Sammy) Soifer, although born in New York has lived in Toronto and Chicago as well. With a love of acting he is also an avid hockey player. In 2008 he had a large tumor removed from his leg only to come back a few months later. He had a second operation and and had a metal plate put into stabilize his leg so he could get back to being a "regular kid". In no time he was back to hockey and pursuing a career in acting!Sammuel will be traveling to Israel in July 2013 as part of the USA Junior Hockey Team for the Maccabi Games, in fact there has not been a hockey team representing the USA since 1997 - the year Sammuel was born. He will be traveling with over 1400 USA Athletes from various sports and corners of the country to compete with teams from across the globe.