2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesMarch 29 – April 5, 2008
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Games played26
Goals scored147 (5.65 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Billy Bridges ( 15 points)
MVPCanada Bradley Bowden (Forward)
Canada Adam Dixon (Defence)
Norway Roger Johansen (Goal)
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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

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

Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th 6th
 Canada
Bradley Bowden
Billy Bridges A
Adam Dixon
Marc Dorion
Raymond Grassi
Jean Labonté C
Hervé Lord A
Shawn Matheson
Graeme Murray
Todd Nicholson
Mark Noot
Paul Rosen
Benoît St-Amand
Dany Verner
Greg Westlake 		 Norway
Audun Bakke [no]
Helge Bjørnstad
Eskil Hagen
Lloyd Remi Johansen
Roger Johansen
Knut André Nordstoga [no]
Rolf Einar Pedersen
Tommy Rovelstad
Kjell Vidar Røyne [no]
Stig Tore Svee
Johan Siqveland
Morten Værnes C 		 United States
Mike Blabac
Steve Cash
Taylor Chace
Jim Connelly
Brad Emmerson
Mike Hallman [no]
Tim Jones
Taylor Lipsett
Chris Manns C
Bruce Nelson
Adam Page
Alex Salamone
Greg Shaw
Nick Teodoro
Bubba Torres 		 Japan
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 		 Germany
Gerd Bleidorn
Sebastiaan Disveld
Thorsten Ellmer
Sebastian Kessler
Matthias Koch
Marco Lahrs
Robert Pabst
Christian Pilz
Rolf Rabe
Frank Rennhack
Udo Segreff
Sven Stumpe
Jorg Wedde
Rolf-Dieter Wesler 		 Italy
Bruno Balossetti
Gianluca Cavaliere
Andrea Chiarotti
Giuseppe Condello
Valerio Corvino
Ivan Ghironzi
Rupert Kanestrin
Gregory Leperdi
Florian Planker
Gianluigi Rosa
Santino Stillitano
Werner Winkler

Preliminary round

Standings

See also: Ice hockey statistics
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
Schedule

All times are local (UTC-5)

Sat March 29, 2008
14:00 (UTC-5)		 Canada11 – 0
( 2 - 0, 3 - 0, 6 - 0 )		 ItalyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Attendance: 1,500
Herve Lord 6:05 , 37:50
Greg Westlake 11:27 , 17:22
Billy Bridges 24:47 (PP), 34:21 , 43:37
Marc Dorion 25:34
Todd Nicholson 37:13
Raymond Grassi 41:44 (PP)
Graeme Murray 42:21		Goals
Sat March 29, 2008
16:30 (UTC-5)		 Germany0 – 1
( 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 )		 NorwayNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Goals41:54 Tommy Rovelstad
Sat March 29, 2008
19:00 (UTC-5)		 United States5 – 1
( 2 - 0, 3 - 1, 0 - 0 )		 JapanNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Taylor Lipsett 12:22, 14:56, 18:15
Taylor Chace 22:06
Jimmy Connelly 28:44		Goals25:20 (PP) Mamoru Yoshikawa
Sun March 30, 2008
14:00 (UTC-5)		 United States4 – 0
( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 0 )		 ItalyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Jimmy Connelly 12:54
Taylor Chace 20:41
Chris Manns 39:40 (PP)
Taylor Lipsett 43:28		Goals
Sun March 30, 2008
16:30 (UTC-5)		 Norway5 – 1
( 0 - 1, 4 - 0, 1 - 0 )		 JapanNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Rolf Einar Pedersen 24:19 , 24:25 , 28:35
Helge Bjørnstad 29:03 , 34:12		Goals12:54 Takahiko Sudo
Sun March 30, 2008
19:00 (UTC-5)		 Canada6 – 3
( 3 - 0, 0 - 1, 3 - 2 )		 GermanyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Attendance: 105
Billy Bridges 4:26 , 10:37 (SHG), 40:24
Greg Westlake 12:34
Jean Labonté 30:33
Adam Dixon 34:34 (PP)		Goals20:24 (PP) Bas Disveld
33:59 (PP) Sebastien Kessler
40:50 Jorg Wedde
Tue April 1, 2008
14:00 (UTC-5)		 Italy4 – 3 (SO)
( 1 - 2, 0 - 0, 2 - 1, 1 - 0 (OT) )		 GermanyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Florian Planker 8:39 , 37:34
Bruno Balossetti 34:05
Andrea Chiarotti 50:00 (PS)		Goals7:55 Udo Segreff
14:43 Sebastian Kessler
31:44 Gerd Bleidorn
Tue April 1, 2008
16:30 (UTC-5)		 Japan1 – 3
( 0 - 1, 0 - 2, 1 - 0 )		 CanadaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Attendance: 130
Satoru Sudo 34:04Goals5:01 Graeme Murray
15:20 Bradley Bowden
21:58 Todd Nicholson
Tue April 1, 2008
19:00 (UTC-5)		 Norway3 – 2
( 1 - 0, 2 - 1, 0 - 1 )		 United StatesNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Morten Værnes 1:51
Helge Bjørnstad 17:31
Tommy Rovelstad 20:28 (PP)		Goals27:33 (PP), 36:46 (PP) Chris Manns
Wed April 2, 2008
12:30 (UTC-5)		 Japan3 – 2
( 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 2 - 1 )		 GermanyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Daisuke Uehara 23:49 (PP)
Satoru Sudo 32:15 (PP)
Naohiko Ishida 37:55		Goals21:11 (SH) Jörg Wedde
39:25 Frank Rennhack
Wed April 2, 2008
15:00 (UTC-5)		 Norway6 – 1
( 2 - 1, 2 - 0, 2 - 0 )		 ItalyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Stig Tore Svee 2:49
Eskil Hagen 3:21
Rolf Einar Pedersen16:15
Knut André Nordstoga 22:48
Helge Bjørnstad 33:31
Tommy Rovelstad 37:16		Goals5:31 Werner Winkler
Wed April 2, 2008
20:00 (UTC-5)		 Canada3 – 0
( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 1 - 0 )		 United StatesNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Bradley Bowden 0:33
Adam Dixon 29:41 , 38:13 (PP)		Goals
Fri April 4, 2008
12:00 (UTC-5)		 Italy0 – 4
( 0 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 3 )		 JapanNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Goals3:45 Kazuhiro Takahashi
34:52 Takayuki Endo
35:51 Satoru Sudo
43:01 Naohiko Ishida
Fri April 4, 2008
14:40 (UTC-5)		 United States5 – 1
( 3 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 0 )		 GermanyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Brad Emmerson 0:27, 35:49
Adam Page 5:58
Bubba Torres 13:30 (PP)
Greg Shaw 44:23 (PP)		Goals18:13 Adam Page
Fri April 4, 2008
17:20 (UTC-5)		 Norway1 – 5
( 0 - 2, 1 - 1, 0 - 2 )		 CanadaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Rolf Einar Pedersen 22:36 (SH)Goals4:17 (SH) Marc Dorion
7:45 (PP) Adam Dixon
26:03 Bradley Bowden
36:50, 40:15 Greg Westlake

Final round

5th place playoff
Sat April 5, 2008
11:50 (UTC-5)		 Germany A56 – 1
( 4 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 0 )		A6  ItalyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Frank Rennhack 1:12
Udo Segreff 2:59, 34:24 (SH)
Gerd Bleidorn 4:29
Sebastian Kessler 14:29 (PP)
Sven Stumpe 30:26		Goals16:41 Gregory Leperdi
Bronze medal game
Sat April 5, 2008
16:30 (UTC-5)		 United States A33 – 1
( 2 - 0, 1 - 0, 0 - 1 )		A4  JapanNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Jimmy Connelly 5:29 (PP)
Alex Salamone 14:59, 26:38		Goals39:15 (PP) Daisuke Uehara
Gold medal game
Sat April 5, 2008
19:30 (UTC-5)		 Canada A13 – 2
( 1 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 1 )		A2  NorwayNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Billy Bridges 7:51
Adam Dixon 36:41 (PP)
Greg Westlake 44:50		Goals15:23 (PP) Kjell Vidar Røyne
30:41 Eskil Hagen

B Tournament

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

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

Standings

See also: Ice hockey statistics
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
9:00 (UTC-5)		 South Korea2 – 1
( 1 - 1, 1 - 0, 0 - 0 )		 Czech RepublicNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Byeongseok Cho 3:55
Minsu Han 21:24		Goals1:12 Jiří Berger
Sat March 29, 2008
11:30 (UTC-5)		 Poland0 – 6
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 2 )		 EstoniaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Goals1:19, 27:49 Imre Tiitsu
20:24, 39:08 Ivar Liiv
21:37 Tarmo Eerma
41:08 Arvi Piirioja
Sun March 30, 2008
9:00 (UTC-5)		 South Korea4 – 2
( 3 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		 EstoniaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Lee Yong-min 3:37, 21:27
Park Woo-chul 10:28
Jung Seung-hwan 13:50		Goals0:20 Kaido Kalm
10:53 Imre Tiitsu
Sun March 30, 2008
11:30 (UTC-5)		 Poland0 – 8
( 0 - 3 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 1 )		 Czech RepublicNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Goals0:12 Erik Fojtík
3:53, 16:06 Zdeněk Krupička
13:30, 28:38 Jiří Berger
16:34 Martin Kovář
21:43 Michal Geier
30:44 Zdeněk Hábl
Tue April 1, 2008
9:00 (UTC-5)		 Czech Republic2 – 1
( 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 )		 EstoniaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Jiří Berger 13:32
Michal Geier 36:37		Goals1:29 Imre Tiitsu
Tue April 1, 2008
11:30 (UTC-5)		 Poland1 – 8
( 1 - 2 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 2 )		 South KoreaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Sylwester Flis 3:46Goals11:39 Han Min-su
12:38 Lee Yong-min
15:59 , 26:46 Jung Seung-hwan
21:17 Park Sang-hyun
28:28 Lee Jong-kyung
32:20 Cho Byeong-seok
41:43 Cho Young-jae

Final round

9th place playoff
Wed April 2, 2008
10:00 (UTC-5)		 Estonia B38 – 2
( 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 3 - 2 )		B4  PolandNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Imre Tiitsu 6:53, 35:47
Kaido Kalm 19:11, 22:54, 34:12
Ivar Liiv 20:06
Tarmo Eerma 28:32
Andrei Sokolov 39:27		Goals31:30, 33:10 Sylwester Flis
7th place playoff
Wed April 2, 2008
17:30 (UTC-5)		 South Korea B12 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 )		B2  Czech RepublicNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Seongkeun Sa 2:24
Minsu Han 7:56		Goals

See also

External links

World Para Ice Hockey Championships
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