International ice hockey competition
The 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was the fourth IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships held between March 29, 2008, and April 5, 2008, in Marlborough, Massachusetts , United States, at the New England Sports Center . 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 featured two divisions: six teams in group A and four teams in group B.
A Tournament [ edit ] The A Tournament was held between Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway and the United States, all teams which had competed at the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games and which were then-ranked as the world's best sledge hockey teams.
Final rankings [ edit ] Preliminary round [ edit ] Standings [ edit ] Rk. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PIM SHOTS SV PTS 1 Canada 5 5 0 0 0 28 5 +23 75 123 61 10 2 Norway 5 4 0 0 1 16 9 +7 56 92 69 8 3 United States 5 3 0 0 2 16 8 +8 66 68 66 6 4 Japan 5 2 0 0 3 10 15 -5 48 81 65 4 5 Italy 5 0 1 0 4 5 28 -23 64 38 96 2 6 Germany 5 0 0 1 4 9 19 -10 141 108 64 0
PIM, SHOTS and SV counted in 6 games Schedule All times are local (UTC-5 )
Sat March 29, 2008 16:30 (UTC-5 ) Germany 0 – 1 ( 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 ) Norway New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Sat March 29, 2008 19:00 (UTC-5 ) United States 5 – 1 ( 2 - 0, 3 - 1, 0 - 0 ) Japan New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Sun March 30, 2008 14:00 (UTC-5 ) United States 4 – 0 ( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 0 ) Italy New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Sun March 30, 2008 16:30 (UTC-5 ) Norway 5 – 1 ( 0 - 1, 4 - 0, 1 - 0 ) Japan New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Sun March 30, 2008 19:00 (UTC-5 ) Canada 6 – 3 ( 3 - 0, 0 - 1, 3 - 2 ) Germany New England Sports Center, Marlborough Attendance: 105
Tue April 1, 2008 14:00 (UTC-5 ) Italy 4 – 3 (SO) ( 1 - 2, 0 - 0, 2 - 1, 1 - 0 (OT) ) Germany New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Tue April 1, 2008 16:30 (UTC-5 ) Japan 1 – 3 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 2, 1 - 0 ) Canada New England Sports Center, Marlborough Attendance: 130
Wed April 2, 2008 12:30 (UTC-5 ) Japan 3 – 2 ( 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 2 - 1 ) Germany New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Wed April 2, 2008 15:00 (UTC-5 ) Norway 6 – 1 ( 2 - 1, 2 - 0, 2 - 0 ) Italy New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Fri April 4, 2008 12:00 (UTC-5 ) Italy 0 – 4 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 3 ) Japan New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Fri April 4, 2008 17:20 (UTC-5 ) Norway 1 – 5 ( 0 - 2, 1 - 1, 0 - 2 ) Canada New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Final round [ edit ] 5th place playoff Sat April 5, 2008 11:50 (UTC-5 ) Germany A56 – 1 ( 4 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 0 ) A6 Italy New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Bronze medal game Sat April 5, 2008 16:30 (UTC-5 ) United States A33 – 1 ( 2 - 0, 1 - 0, 0 - 1 ) A4 Japan New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Gold medal game Sat April 5, 2008 19:30 (UTC-5 ) Canada A13 – 2 ( 1 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 1 ) A2 Norway New England Sports Center, Marlborough
B Tournament [ edit ] The B Tournament was held between Czech Republic , Estonia , South Korea and Poland , the second tier elite teams all vying for a position in the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A Tournament.
Final rankings [ edit ] Rank Nation Roster 1 South Korea Cho Byeong-seok , Cho Young-jae , Choi Hyuk-jun , Han Min-su , Hong Jae-wa , Jang Jong-ho , Jung Hee-chul , Jung Seung-hwan , Jung Young-hoon , Lee Hae-man , Lee Jong-kyung , Lee Yong-min , Park Sang-hyun , Park Woo-chul , Sa Seong-keun . 2 Czech Republic 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 Estonia Aare Aasamets , Tarmo Eerma , Valeri Falkenberg , Aleksander Jarlõkov , Kaido Kalm C , Tarmo Kolk , Ivar Liiv , Arvi Piirioja , Andrei Sokolov , Imre Tiitsu , Alar Õige . 4 Poland 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 .
Preliminary round [ edit ] Standings [ edit ] Rk. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PIM SHOTS SV PTS 1 South Korea 3 3 0 0 0 14 4 +10 22 18 4 6 2 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 11 3 +8 24 17 9 4 3 Estonia 3 1 0 0 2 9 6 +3 40 10 15 2 4 Poland 3 0 0 0 3 1 22 -21 16 5 10 0
Schedule All times are local (UTC-5 )
Sat March 29, 2008 11:30 (UTC-5 ) Poland 0 – 6 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 2 ) Estonia New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Sun March 30, 2008 9:00 (UTC-5 ) South Korea 4 – 2 ( 3 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 ) Estonia New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Tue April 1, 2008 11:30 (UTC-5 ) Poland 1 – 8 ( 1 - 2 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 2 ) South Korea New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Final round [ edit ] 9th place playoff Wed April 2, 2008 10:00 (UTC-5 ) Estonia B38 – 2 ( 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 3 - 2 ) B4 Poland New England Sports Center, Marlborough
7th place playoff See also [ edit ] External links [ edit ]