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.
For the first time, women were allowed to compete in ice sledge hockey at the Paralympic Games.
Following high hopes in the host nation, Canada's defeat in the semi-finals was described as causing "national despair"."Ice hockey finally comes home", Sydney Morning Herald, March 23, 2010
Medalists MixedMike BlabacSteve CashTaylor ChaceJimmy ConnellyBrad EmmersonJoe HowardTim JonesNikko LanderosTaylor LipsettAdam PageJosh PaulsAlexi SalamoneGreg ShawBubba TorresAndy YoheCoach: Ray MalutaMikio AnnakaTakayuki EndoShinobu FukushimaNaohiko IshidaNoritaka ItoMakoto MajimaTomohiko MaruoEiji MisawaMitsuru NagaseToshiyuki NakamuraSatoru SudoKazuhiro TakahashiDaisuke UeharaAtsuya YaguchiMamoru YoshikawaCoach: Kojin NakakitaOle Bjarte AustevollAudun BakkeHelge BjørnstadKissinger DengEskil HagenThomas JacobsenLoyd Remi JohansenRoger JohansenKnut André NordstogaRolf Einar PedersenTommy RovelstadKjell Vidar RøyneStig Tore SveeMorten VærnesCoach: 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 event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified 2009 World Championship 9–16 May 2009 Ostrava 6 Paralympic Last Chance Qualification Tournament 9–13 November 2009 Malmö 2
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.
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.
+ Name Birthdate + Name Birthdate + Name Birthdate + Name Birthdate + Name Birthdate + Name Birthdate Cho Byeong-seok Cho Young-jae Choi Hyuk-jun Chung Young-hoon Han Min-su Jang Dong-shin Jang Jong-ho Jung Seung-hwan Kim Dea-jung Lee Hae-man Lee Jong-kyung Lee Yong-min Park Sang-hyeon Park Woo-chul Sa Sung-keun + Name Birthdate + Name Birthdate
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC-8).
Group A
Group B
Classification round
Bracket
5–8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Medal round
Bracket
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
Statistics
Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Greg Westlake 5 7 4 11 +8 4 F Brad Bowden 5 3 6 9 +7 0 F Alexi Salamone 5 4 4 8 +5 6 F Taylor Lipsett 5 5 2 7 +8 6 F Adam Dixon 5 4 3 7 +8 2 D Billy Bridges 5 1 6 7 +3 16 F Joe Howard 5 2 4 6 +5 6 F Florian Planker 5 2 4 6 0 8 F Marc Dorion 5 5 0 5 +1 4 F Takayuki Endo 5 4 1 5 +4 2 D GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: 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. Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Steve Cash 210:00 0 0.00 33 100.00 4 Chung Young-hoon 97:19 3 1.39 35 91.43 0 Michal Vápenka 191:24 8 1.88 72 88.89 0 Paul Rosen 179:19 4 1.00 34 88.24 2 Mitsuru Nagase 213:40 9 1.90 71 87.32 1TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: Vancouver 2010
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Steve Cash Best Defenceman: Taylor Chace Best Forward: Greg Westlake MVP: Brad Bowden Media All-Stars: Goaltender: Steve Cash Defencemen: Taylor Chace / Adam Dixon Forwards: Greg Westlake / Alexi Salamone / Florian Planker MVP: Brad Bowden
See also Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics
References
External links 2010 Winter Paralympics – Ice Sledge Hockey Schedule and Results