Ice sledge hockey at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

The ice sledge hockey competition of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held at the UBC Winter Sports Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 13 March to 20 March 2010.

2010 Winter Paralympics
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Dates13–20 March
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  United States (2nd title)
Runner-up  Japan
Third place  Norway
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored82 (4.1 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Greg Westlake
(11 points)
MVP Brad Bowden
← 2006
2014 →
Norway vs Sweden ice sledge hockey game, at the UBC Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver.

For the first time, women were allowed to compete in ice sledge hockey at the Paralympic Games.[1]

Following high hopes in the host nation, Canada's defeat in the semi-finals was described as causing "national despair".[2]

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed  United States
Mike Blabac
Steve Cash
Taylor Chace
Jimmy Connelly
Brad Emmerson
Joe Howard
Tim Jones
Nikko Landeros
Taylor Lipsett
Adam Page
Josh Pauls
Alexi Salamone
Greg Shaw
Bubba Torres
Andy Yohe
Coach: Ray Maluta		  Japan (JPN)
Mikio Annaka
Takayuki Endo
Shinobu Fukushima
Naohiko Ishida
Noritaka Ito
Makoto Majima
Tomohiko Maruo
Eiji Misawa
Mitsuru Nagase
Toshiyuki Nakamura
Satoru Sudo
Kazuhiro Takahashi
Daisuke Uehara
Atsuya Yaguchi
Mamoru Yoshikawa
Coach: Kojin Nakakita		  Norway (NOR)
Ole Bjarte Austevoll
Audun Bakke
Helge Bjørnstad
Kissinger Deng
Eskil Hagen
Thomas Jacobsen
Loyd Remi Johansen
Roger Johansen
Knut André Nordstoga
Rolf Einar Pedersen
Tommy Rovelstad
Kjell Vidar Røyne
Stig Tore Svee
Morten Værnes

Coach: Morten Haglund

Qualification

Six slots were reserved for the top six finishers at the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, one slot was reserved for the winner of the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Paralympic Qualifier, and one slot was reserved for the host country, Canada. Since Canada placed in the top six of the World Championships, the eighth slot was given to the second-place finisher at the Paralympic Qualifier.

Qualifying eventDateVenueVacanciesQualified
2009 World Championship9–16 May 2009 Ostrava6 United States
 Norway
 Canada
 Japan
 Czech Republic
 Italy
Paralympic Qualification Tournament9–13 November 2009 Malmö2 Sweden
 South Korea

Team rosters

The rules promulgated by the International Paralympic Committee provide that each participating NPC may enter a maximum of:

One men's team of fifteen eligible male athletes; or
One mixed team of up to sixteen eligible athletes of whom a minimum of one of the athletes is female.[3]

It was reported that this decision was taken without consulting Canada, the reigning champion in the sport. Hockey Canada announced that there would be no women on the Canadian ice sledge hockey roster at the Paralympics, because no Canadian women play at that level. At the 2006 Paralympics in Turin, Sweden attempted to put a female player on their roster, but were not allowed to do so.[4]

 Canada[5]
Name Birthdate
Jeremy Booker8 November 1986
Brad Bowden26 May 1983
Billy Bridges22 March 1984
Adam Dixon13 August 1989
Marc Dorion22 June 1987
Raymond Grassi11 February 1983
Jean Labonte20 March 1969
Herve Lord3 March 1958
Shawn Matheson6 May 1972
Graeme Murray14 December 1984
Todd Nicholson28 January 1969
Paul Rosen26 April 1960
Benoit St-Amand19 April 1978
Greg Westlake12 June 1986
Derek Whitson21 June 1989
 Czech Republic
Name Birthdate
Jiří Berger22 June 1975
Erik Fojtík7 May 1972
Michal Geier7 April 1986
Zdeněk Hábl17 April 1982
Roman Herink12 September 1963
Miroslav Hrbek26 February 1965
Zdeněk Klíma21 January 1974
Zdeněk Krupička22 February 1980
Pavel Kubeš25 November 1983
Tomáš Kvoch20 September 1966
Jan Matoušek17 May 1985
David Palát17 May 1984
Jiří Raul10 October 1977
Zdeněk Šafránek21 February 1982
Michal Vápenka18 August 1973
 Italy
Name Birthdate
Gabriele Araudo5 August 1974
Bruno Balossetti14 June 1973
Gianluca Cavaliere11 June 1971
Andrea Chiarotti5 December 1966
Giuseppe Condello21 August 1971
Valerio Corvino15 November 1975
Rupert Kanestrin6 November 1965
Grégory Leperdi24 June 1973
Ambrogio Magistrelli4 June 1960
Florian Planker8 February 1977
Roberto Radice27 August 1981
Gianluigi Rosa27 June 1987
Igor Stella28 December 1981
Santino Stillitano26 June 1969
Werner Winkler18 September 1968
 Japan
Name Birthdate
Mikio Annaka15 August 1971
Takayuki Endo19 March 1978
Shinobu Fukushima14 December 1956
Naohiko Ishida9 August 1967
Noritaka Ito29 May 1983
Makoto Majima24 August 1971
Tomohiko Maruo7 March 1968
Eiji Misawa22 February 1973
Mitsuru Nagase23 January 1976
Toshiyuki Nakamura8 March 1969
Satoru Sudo23 October 1970
Kazuhiro Takahashi4 December 1978
Daisuke Uehara27 December 1981
Atsuya Yaguchi27 November 1976
Mamoru Yoshikawa18 February 1970
 Norway
Name Birthdate
Ole Bjarte Austevoll6 August 1970
Audun Bakke5 November 1988
Helge Bjornstad14 October 1971
Kissinger Deng31 May 1979
Eskil Hagen13 June 1970
Thomas Jacobsen4 November 1987
Loyd Remi Johansen25 July 1987
Roger Johansen4 February 1973
Knut André Nordstoga18 February 1983
Rolf Einar Pedersen4 November 1969
Tommy Rovelstad8 November 1972
Kjell Vidar Røyne1 August 1970
Stig Tore Svee16 December 1963
Morten Værnes6 December 1981
 South Korea
Name Birthdate
Cho Byeong-seok6 June 1985
Cho Young-jae10 January 1985
Choi Hyuk-jun12 July 1972
Chung Young-hoon5 May 1974
Han Min-su3 June 1970
Jang Dong-shin10 January 1976
Jang Jong-ho29 March 1984
Jung Seung-hwan9 January 1986
Kim Dea-jung7 July 1970
Lee Hae-man20 February 1972
Lee Jong-kyung28 October 1973
Lee Yong-min20 December 1974
Park Sang-hyeon9 September 1973
Park Woo-chul4 April 1973
Sa Sung-keun27 January 1967
 Sweden
Name Birthdate
Aron Anderson26 January 1988
Magnus Carlsson3 July 1970
Jan Edbom24 June 1957
Dedjo Engmark16 March 1972
Marcus Holm5 December 1973
Niklas Ingvarsson3 June 1978
Jens Kask20 April 1966
Per Kasperi20 May 1993
Joakim Larsson4 December 1969
Albin Lindell15 February 1989
Rasmus Lundgren13 August 1991
Ulf Nilsson22 May 1964
Niklas Rakos24 September 1986
Dan Svensson5 January 1986
Anders Wistrand7 April 1983
 United States
Name Birthdate
Mike Blabac18 January 1974
Steve Cash9 May 1989
Taylor Chace9 May 1986
Jimmy Connelly27 October 1989
Brad Emmerson16 December 1985
Joe Howard22 May 1966
Tim Jones16 December 1987
Nikko Landeros28 April 1989
Taylor Lipsett20 January 1987
Adam Page10 March 1992
Josh Pauls31 December 1992
Alexi Salamone17 June 1987
Greg Shaw28 February 1990
Bubba Torres31 October 1991
Andy Yohe21 July 1978

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-8).

Group A
United States vs Japan. Group round, Group A, March 16, 2010.
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 14 0 +14 9 Semifinals
2  Japan 3 2 0 0 1 7 7 0 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 0 2 5 7 −2 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  South Korea 3 0 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: Vancouver 2010
13 March 2010
17:00		United States 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 South KoreaUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,444
13 March 2010
20:30		Japan 2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 2,752
14 March 2010
17:00		Czech Republic 0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)		 United StatesUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,170
14 March 2010
20:30		Japan 5–0
(3–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 South KoreaUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 3,941
16 March 2010
10:00		Czech Republic 4–2
(2–0, 2–0, 0–2)		 South KoreaUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 4,791
16 March 2010
17:00		United States 6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 JapanUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,468


Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada (H) 3 3 0 0 0 19 1 +18 9 Semifinals
2  Norway 3 1 1 0 1 4 7 −3 5
3  Sweden 3 1 0 1 1 3 12 −9 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  Italy 3 0 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: Vancouver 2010
(H) Host.
13 March 2010
10:00		Canada 4–0
(1–0, 0–0, 3–0)		 ItalyUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
13 March 2010
13:30		Norway 2–1 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 SwedenUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,458
14 March 2010
10:30		Norway 2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)		 ItalyUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 3,638
14 March 2010
13:30		Canada 10–1
(4–1, 4–0, 2–0)		 SwedenUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,504
16 March 2010
13:30		Italy 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 SwedenUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 4,983
16 March 2010
20:30		Norway 0–5
(0–2, 0–3, 0–0)		 CanadaUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,430


Classification round

Bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalFifth place game
 
      
 
17 March
 
 
 Czech Republic (GWS)3
 
19 March
 
 Italy2
 
 Czech Republic (OT)2
 
17 March
 
 South Korea1
 
 Sweden1
 
 
 South Korea2
 
Seventh place game
 
 
19 March
 
 
 Italy4
 
 
 Sweden0

5–8th place semifinals
17 March 2010
12:00		Czech Republic 3–2 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 ItalyUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,092
17 March 2010
19:00		Sweden 1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 South KoreaUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,354

Seventh place game
19 March 2010
12:00		Italy 4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 SwedenUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 4,954

Fifth place game
19 March 2010
15:30		Czech Republic 2–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 South KoreaUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,507

Medal round

Bracket
 
SemifinalsGold medal game
 
      
 
18 March
 
 
 United States3
 
20 March
 
 Norway0
 
 United States2
 
18 March
 
 Japan0
 
 Canada1
 
 
 Japan3
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
19 March
 
 
 Norway2
 
 
 Canada1

Semifinals
18 March 2010
12:00		Canada 1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)		 JapanUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,039
18 March 2010
19:00		United States 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 NorwayUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,204

Bronze medal game
19 March 2010
19:00		Norway 2–1
(0–0, 0–0, 2–1)		 CanadaUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,462

Gold medal game
20 March 2010
12:00		United States 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 JapanUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,810

Final ranking
Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
A  United States 5 5 0 0 0 19 0 +19 15
A  Japan 5 3 0 0 2 10 10 0 9
B  Norway 5 2 1 0 2 6 11 −5 8
4 B  Canada (H) 5 3 0 0 2 21 6 +15 9
5 A  Czech Republic 5 1 2 0 2 10 10 0 7
6 A  South Korea 5 1 0 1 3 5 17 −12 4
7 B  Italy 5 1 0 1 3 7 10 −3 4
8 B  Sweden 5 1 0 1 3 4 18 −14 4
Source:
(H) Host.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Greg Westlake57411+84F
Brad Bowden5369+70F
Alexi Salamone5448+56F
Taylor Lipsett5527+86F
Adam Dixon5437+82D
Billy Bridges5167+316F
Joe Howard5246+56F
Florian Planker524608F
Marc Dorion5505+14F
Takayuki Endo5415+42D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: Vancouver 2010

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Steve Cash210:0000.0033100.004
Chung Young-hoon97:1931.393591.430
Michal Vápenka191:2481.887288.890
Paul Rosen179:1941.003488.242
Mitsuru Nagase213:4091.907187.321

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Vancouver 2010

Awards

See also

References
  1. "Sledge hockey teams can add women for 2010 Games". CTVOlympics.ca. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  2. "Ice hockey finally comes home", Sydney Morning Herald, March 23, 2010
  3. "Ice Sledge Hockey" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  4. Alison Korn (2009-04-10). "Sledge hockey surprise for Canada". Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  5. "Canada Roster". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
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