High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas William Hirsch (born January 27, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a retired professional ice hockey player, who played 31 games in the National Hockey League between 1984 and 1988 for the Minnesota North Stars. He was also a member of the United States national hockey team in the 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984 Canada Cup and 1982 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments. His career was ended by persistent shoulder injury problems. Tom`s daughter Casey played forward and was the captain of the Maple Grove, MN High School Girls Hockey Team her senior year. She is now preparing to play for the Syracuse University Orange, Women`s Hockey Team starting fall of 2011.