2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

The 4th IPC
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...

Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was held between March 29, 2008 and April 5, 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,499 at the 2010 census. Marlborough became a prosperous industrial town in the 19th century and made the transition to high technology industry in the late 20th century after the construction of the...

, USA. The venue were the New England Sports Center

New England Sports Center

Located at 121 Donald Lynch Boulevard in Marlborough, Massachusetts, the New England Sports Center is a two-story, six-rink ice-skating facility located on of suburban land. The building has 50 locker rooms, a hockey pro shop, ice skate sharpening, ice skate rentals, a fitness center, function...

. Organized by Massachusetts Hockey in co-operation with US Paralympics, around 200 athletes from ten countries participated in the 10-team round robin tournament which was featured two divisions: six teams in group A and four teams in group B.

Final rankings

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	4th:	5th	6th
---- Bradley Bowden Billy Bridges Billy Bridges Billy Bridges is a Canadian ice sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball player. Born in Summerside, he has spina bifida. On July 1, 2011, Bridges married former Olympic women's ice hockey player Sami Jo Small.... A Adam Dixon Adam Dixon Adam Dixon is a Canadian sledge hockey player.Dixon was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in his right tibia in 1999 at the age of 10 and underwent a 10 hour surgery to remove the tumor and part of his tibia. After his the surgery Dixon was unable to play able-bodied hockey and was introduced to... Marc Dorion Marc Dorion Marc Dorion is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.He was born with spina bifida, which meant he could not use his legs. He began to play ice sledge hockey when he was 4, at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, and has continued in the sport ever since.He won gold at the 2006 Paralympics... Raymond Grassi Jean Labonté Jean Labonte Jean Labonté is a Canadian sledge hockey player.Labonté was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in his left tibia in 1986 at the age of 17 and finally lost his leg at the age of 20, in 1990. After his amputation, Labonté turned his sights towards sledge hockey and made the Canadian National Sledge hockey... C Hervé Lord Hervé Lord Herve Lord is a Canadian sledge hockey player. In the Paralympic Games, he has won numerous medals including the bronze , silver and gold .... A Shawn Matheson Graeme Murray Graeme Murray Graeme Murray is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. He contracted a virus when he was three, which spread to his spinal cord, causing paralysis.... Todd Nicholson Todd Nicholson Todd Nicholson is a member of the 2010 Paralympic Sledge Ice Hockey team. This is the fourth Paralympic games that Nicholson has participated in... Mark Noot Paul Rosen Paul Rosen Paul Rosen is a Canadian sledge hockey goalie and motivational speaker from Thornhill, Ontario. Rosen suffered a leg injury during a hockey game as a youth, and the resulting damage, infections and pain to his leg plagued him for years until his lower leg was amputated at age 39... Benoît St-Amand Benoit St-Amand Benoît St-Amand is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. He had a bone cancer in his right leg when he was 15 , and his leg was amputated above the knee in 1995.... Dany Verner Greg Westlake Greg Westlake Gregory Westlake is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. Both his legs were amputated when he was 18 months old....	---- Audun Bakke Helge Bjørnstad Helge Bjørnstad Helge Bjørnstad is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has three silver from the Paralympic Games. At the 1998 Paralympic Games the team took the gold medal... Eskil Hagen Lloyd Remi Johansen Roger Johansen Roger Johansen Roger Johansen is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player. He is a keeper, and plays for Oslo KHK.He comes from Leirfjord, Nordland.He took part in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver.-Honours:2010* Bronze at the Paralympics... Knut André Nordstoga Rolf Einar Pedersen Rolf Einar Pedersen Rolf Einar Pedersen is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has one bronze , and two silver from the Paralympic Games... Tommy Rovelstad Tommy Rovelstad Tommy Rovelstad is a Norwegian sledge hockey player.He began to play competitively in 1996. He has won a gold medal , two silver medals and a bronze medal at the Winter Paralympics.-Titles:... Kjell Vidar Røyne Stig Tore Svee Stig Tore Svee Stig Tore Svee is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has two silver from the Paralympic Games. At the 1998 Paralympic Games the team took the gold medal. He took the bronze medal with the Norwegian team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in... Johan Siqveland Morten Værnes Morten Værnes Morten Værnes is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player and Paralympian.As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has one bronze , and one silver from the Paralympic Games.-References:... C	---- Mike Blabac Mike Blabac Mike Blabac is an ice sledge hockey player from USA who has competed at the Winter Paralympics. He plays as a goaltender. Blabac was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2001.... Steve Cash Steve Cash (sledge hockey) Steven "Steve" Cash is an ice sledge hockey player from the USA. He had cancer in his right knee as a child, and his foot was amputated when he was three. From 2004 to 2011, he was a member of the Disabled Athlete Sports Association Junior Blues Sled Hockey club.He took part in the 2010 Winter... Taylor Chace Taylor Chace Taylor Chace is an American sledge hockey player.Chace is one of three children of Rick and Lisa Chace. He began playing ice hockey at age 5, and by age 16 was playing for the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs.... Jim Connelly Brad Emmerson Mike Hallman Tim Jones Tim Jones (sledge hockey) Tim Jones is a ice sledge hockey player from USA.He took part in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, where USA won gold. They beat Japan 2-0 in the final.-External links:... Taylor Lipsett Taylor Lipsett Andrew "Taylor" Lipsett is an ice sledge hockey player and Paralympic Gold and bronze medalist. He graduated from Southern Methodist University and is married. He is also a member of the charity "Team for Tomorrow" and has Osteogenesis imperfecta.- References :... Chris Manns C Bruce Nelson Adam Page Alex Salamone Greg Shaw Greg Shaw (sledge hockey) Greg Shaw is an ice sledge hockey player from USA.He took part in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, where USA won gold. They beat Japan 2-0 in the final.-External links:... Nick Teodoro Bubba Torres	---- Mikio Annaka Takayuki Endo Shinobu Fukushima Naohiko Ishida Noritaka Ito Makoto Majima Eiji Misawa Mitsuru Nagase Toshiyuki Nakamura Satoru Sudo Kazuhiro Takahashi Daisuke Uehara Mamoru Yoshikawa	---- Gerd Bleidorn Sebastiaan Disveld Thorsten Ellmer Sebastian Kessler Matthias Koch Matthias Koch Matthias Koch is an Austrian football midfielder who currently plays for SK Sturm Graz.-References:*... Marco Lahrs Robert Pabst Christian Pilz Rolf Rabe Frank Rennhack Udo Segreff Udo Segreff Udo Segreff is a German ice sledge hockey player.He placed 4th with the German ice sledge hockey team at the 2006 Paralympic Games in Turin, Italy.He has one gold and one bronze from the European Ice Sledge Hockey Championships.... Sven Stumpe Jorg Wedde Rolf-Dieter Wesler	---- Bruno Balossetti Gianluca Cavaliere Andrea Chiarotti Giuseppe Condello Valerio Corvino Ivan Ghironzi Rupert Kanestrin Gregory Leperdi Florian Planker Gianluigi Rosa Santino Stillitano Werner Winkler

A Tournament

The A Tournament was held between Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

and the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, all teams that competed at the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games

2006 Winter Paralympics

The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games, the ninth Winter Paralympics, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were also the first Paralympics to use the new paralympics logo....

and were currently ranked as the worlds best.

Standings

See also: Ice hockey statistics
Ice hockey statistics
- Team statistics :* STK - winning or losing Streak* GP – Games played – Number of games the team has played* W – Wins – Games the team has won, either in regulation or in overtime...

23
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA
1		5	5	0	0	0	28	5
75	123	61	10
2		5	4	0	0	1	16	9
56	92	69	8
3		5	3	0	0	2	16	8
66	68	66	6
4		5	2	0	0	3	10	15
48	81	65	4
5		5	0	1	0	4	5	28
64	38	96	2
6		5	0	0	1	4	9	19
141	108	64	0

PIM, SHOTS and SV counted in 6 games

Schedule
All times are local (UTC-5

UTC-5

UTC−05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05.This offset is used in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time and in the Central Time Zone during Daylight Saving Time ....

)

Final round

5th place playoff
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game

B Tournament

The B Tournament was held between Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

, Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

and Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, the second tier elite teams all vying for a position in 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

The 5th IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships took place in early 2009. The competition was divided into two tournaments, with Tournament B held from 15 to 21 March in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and Tournament A held from 9 to 16 May in Ostrava, the Czech Republic. A total of thirteen teams...

A Tournament.

Final ranking

Rank	Nation	Roster
1		Byeongseok Cho, Youngjae Cho, Hyukjun Choi, Minsu Han, Jaewa Hong, Jongho Jang, Heechul Jung, Seunghwan Jung, Younghoon Jung, Haeman Lee, Jongkyung Lee, Yongmin Lee, Sanghyun Park, Woochui Park, Seongkeun Sa.
2		Jiří Berger C, Erik Fojtík A, Michal Geier, Zdeněk Hábl, Miroslav Hrbek, Daniel Kalina, Zdeněk Klíma, Martin Kovář, Zdeněk Krupička, Pavel Kubeš, Tomáš Kvoch, Jan Matoušek, Michal Vápenka.
3		Aare Aasamets, Tarmo Eerma, Valeri Falkenberg, Aleksander Jarlõkov, Kaido Kalm Kaido Kalm Kaido Kalm is an Estonian ice sledge hockey player.He was part of the Estonian sledge hockey team at the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano and at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City .... C, Tarmo Kolk, Ivar Liiv, Arvi Piirioja, Andrei Sokolov, Imre Tiitsu Imre Tiitsu Imre Tiitsu is an Estonian ice sledge hockey player.He was part of the Estonian sledge hockey team at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, USA.He had an amputation of both legs after an accident.-References:... , Alar Õige.
4		Łukasz Ciuła, Sylwester Czyż, Jarosław Czyżewski, Sylwester Flis, Rafał Fusiek, Marcin Hebda, Zbigniew Kempiński, Jacek Kozłowski, Jan Maliszak, Andrzej Młynarczyk, Jacek Sapela, Jan Skapowicz, Michał Suliga, Arkadiusz Zoga, Piotr Truszkowski, Krzysztof Wojtaszek, Tomasz Woźny.

Standings

10
Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA
1		3	3	0	0	0	14	4
22	18	4	6
2		3	2	0	0	1	11	3
24	17	9	4
3		3	1	0	0	2	9	6
40	10	15	2
4		3	0	0	0	3	1	22
16	5	10	0

Schedule
All times are local (UTC-5

UTC-5

UTC−05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05.This offset is used in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time and in the Central Time Zone during Daylight Saving Time ....

)

Final round

9th place playoff
7th place playoff

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA
1		5	5	0	0	0	28	5
75	123	61	10
2		5	4	0	0	1	16	9
56	92	69	8
3		5	3	0	0	2	16	8
66	68	66	6
4		5	2	0	0	3	10	15
48	81	65	4
5		5	0	1	0	4	5	28
64	38	96	2
6		5	0	0	1	4	9	19
141	108	64	0

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA
1		3	3	0	0	0	14	4
22	18	4	6
2		3	2	0	0	1	11	3
24	17	9	4
3		3	1	0	0	2	9	6
40	10	15	2
4		3	0	0	0	3	1	22
16	5	10	0

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA
1		5	5	0	0	0	28	5
75	123	61	10
2		5	4	0	0	1	16	9
56	92	69	8
3		5	3	0	0	2	16	8
66	68	66	6
4		5	2	0	0	3	10	15
48	81	65	4
5		5	0	1	0	4	5	28
64	38	96	2
6		5	0	0	1	4	9	19
141	108	64	0

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA
1		3	3	0	0	0	14	4
22	18	4	6
2		3	2	0	0	1	11	3
24	17	9	4
3		3	1	0	0	2	9	6
40	10	15	2
4		3	0	0	0	3	1	22
16	5	10	0

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA
1		5	5	0	0	0	28	5
75	123	61	10
2		5	4	0	0	1	16	9
56	92	69	8
3		5	3	0	0	2	16	8
66	68	66	6
4		5	2	0	0	3	10	15
48	81	65	4
5		5	0	1	0	4	5	28
64	38	96	2
6		5	0	0	1	4	9	19
141	108	64	0

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA
1		3	3	0	0	0	14	4
22	18	4	6
2		3	2	0	0	1	11	3
24	17	9	4
3		3	1	0	0	2	9	6
40	10	15	2
4		3	0	0	0	3	1	22
16	5	10	0