Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, the ice sledge hockey events were contested at the Torino Esposizioni.

2006 Winter Paralympics
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Venue(s)Torino Esposizioni
Dates11–18 March
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (1st title)
Runner-up  Norway
Third place  United States
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored111 (5.55 per game)
Attendance59,896 (2,995 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Billy Bridges (18 points)
MVPNorway Rolf Einar Pedersen
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Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's   Canada (CAN)   Norway (NOR)   United States (USA)
Jeremy Booker
Brad Bowden
Billy Bridges
Marc Dorion
Raymond Grassi
Jean Labonté
Herve Lord
Shawn Matheson
Graeme Murray
Todd Nicholson
Mark Noot
Paul Rosen
Benoit St-Amand
Dany Verner
Greg Westlake
Helge Bjørnstad
Eskil Hagen
Atle Haglund
Loyd Remi Johansen
Roger Johansen
Kjetil Korbu Nilsen
Knut André Nordstoga
Rolf Einar Pedersen
Tommy Rovelstad
Kjell Vidar Røyne
Johan Siqveland
Stig Tore Svee
Morten Værnes
Arne Vik
Steve Cash
Taylor Chace
David Conklin
Jimmy Connelly
Brad Emmerson
Manuel Guerra Jr.
Michael Hallman
Lonnie Hannah II
Joe Howard
Tim Jones
Taylor Lipsett
Christopher Manns
Alexi Salamone
Kip St. Germaine
Andrew Yohe

Qualification

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Qualifying event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host 1   Italy
2004 World Championship 13–24 April 2004   Örnsköldsvik 3   Norway
  United States
  Sweden
Asian-Pacific quota 1   Japan
North American quota 1   Canada
2005 European Championships 10–16 April 2005   Zlín 1   Germany
Paralympic Last Chance Qualification Tournament 5–7 November 2005   Turin 1   Great Britain

Team rosters

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Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 3 3 0 0 22 1 +21 6 Semifinals
2   Canada 3 2 0 1 22 4 +18 4
3   Great Britain 3 1 0 2 2 16 −14 2 5–8th place semifinals
4   Italy (H) 3 0 0 3 1 26 −25 0
Source: Torino 2006
(H) Hosts
11 March 2006
09:30
Canada  9–0
(3–0, 4–0, 2–0)
  Great BritainTorino Esposizioni
11 March 2006
17:00
Norway  12–0
(7–0, 3–0, 2–0)
  ItalyTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,000
Game reference
Roger Johansen
Arne Vik
GoaliesDanilo BosioReferee:
  Yoshifumi Kasahara
Linesmen:
  Scott MacDonald
  Toshiki Takenaka
Pedersen (Svee, Bjørnstad) – 00:391–0
Hagen (Bjørnstad, Pedersen) – 04:432–0
Hagen (Pedersen, Nordstoga) – 04:573–0
Rovelstad (Nordstoga) – 09:214–0
Pedersen – 10:405–0
Værnes (Svee) – 11:436–0
Bjørnstad (Siqveland, Rovelstad) – 14:467–0
Haglund (Siqveland) – 19:248–0
Hagen (Nordstoga) (PP) – 21:499–0
Svee (Nilsen, Haglund) – 22:0810–0
Rovelstad (SH) – 34:2111–0
Rovelstad (Pedersen, Hagen) (PP) – 44:0512–0
6 minPenalties10 min
25Shots5
12 March 2006
09:30
Norway  6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
  Great BritainTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 385
Game reference
Roger JohansenGoaliesPhilip Saunders
Rovelstad (Hagen, Svee) – 01:041–0
Hagen (Rovelstad) (PP) – 05:112–0
Pedersen – 20:143–0
Rovelstad (Nordstoga, Pedersen) (PP) – 22:284–0
Rovelstad (Bjørnstad) (PP) – 35:285–0
L. Johansen (Bjørnstad) – 44:036–0
20 minPenalties14 min
20Shots5
12 March 2006
17:00
Italy  0–12
(0–3, 0–4, 0–5)
  CanadaTorino Esposizioni
14 March 2006
13:00
Great Britain  2–1
(0–0, 2–1, 0–0)
  ItalyTorino Esposizioni
14 March 2006
20:30
Canada  1–4
(0–2, 1–2, 0–0)
  NorwayTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,040
Game reference
Paul RosenGoaliesRoger JohansenReferee:
  Yoshifumi Kasahara
Linesmen:
  Scott Bokal
  Robin Pettersson
0–105:40 – Hagen (Bjørnstad)
0–207:37 – Pedersen (Rovelstad, Svee) (PP2)
0–317:59 – Rovelstad (Bjørnstad, Svee) (PP)
Lord (Noot, Verner) – 23:251–3
1–428:47 – Rovelstad (Bjørnstad, Pedersen) (PP)
16 minPenalties6 min
16Shots12

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5 Semifinals
2   United States 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 4
3   Japan 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 3 5–8th place semifinals
4   Sweden 3 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0
Source: Torino 2006
11 March 2006
13:00
United States  1–2
(1–2, 0–0, 0–0)
  GermanyTorino Esposizioni
11 March 2006
20:30
Sweden  1–5
(0–1, 1–3, 0–1)
  JapanTorino Esposizioni
12 March 2006
13:00
Germany  4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
  SwedenTorino Esposizioni
12 March 2006
20:30
Japan  0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
  United StatesTorino Esposizioni
14 March 2006
09:30
Japan  0–0
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
  GermanyTorino Esposizioni
14 March 2006
17:00
Sweden  1–6
(0–3, 1–2, 0–1)
  United StatesTorino Esposizioni

Classification round

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Bracket

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5–8th place semifinalFifth place game
 
      
 
15 March
 
 
  Japan10
 
17 March
 
  Italy1
 
  Japan (OT)2
 
15 March
 
  Sweden1
 
  Great Britain0
 
 
  Sweden3
 
Seventh place game
 
 
17 March
 
 
  Italy1
 
 
  Great Britain (OT)2

5–8th place semifinals

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15 March 2006
11:00
Great Britain  0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
  SwedenTorino Esposizioni
15 March 2006
20:30
Japan  10–1
(2–1, 3–0, 5–0)
  ItalyTorino Esposizioni

Seventh place game

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17 March 2006
11:00
Italy  1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)
  Great BritainTorino Esposizioni

Fifth place game

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17 March 2006
20:30
Japan  2–1 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)
  SwedenTorino Esposizioni

Medal round

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Bracket

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SemifinalsGold medal game
 
      
 
16 March
 
 
  Norway4
 
18 March
 
  United States2
 
  Norway0
 
16 March
 
  Canada3
 
  Germany0
 
 
  Canada5
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
18 March
 
 
  Germany3
 
 
  United States4

Semifinals

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16 March 2006
11:00
Norway  4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
  United StatesTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,057
Game reference
Roger JohansenGoaliesManuel Guerra Jr.Referee:
  Mats Edenborg
Linesmen:
  Scot MacDonald
  Maksim Toode
0–105:59 – Hallman (Howard)
Pedersen – 06:501–1
Bjørnstad (Rovelstad, Svee) (PP) – 15:362–1
2–226:03 – Howard (Hannah) (PP)
Rovelstad (PS) – 30:543–2
Bjørnstad (Hagen, Svee) (PP) – 43:514–2
6 minPenalties26 min
17Shots7
16 March 2006
20:30
Germany  0–5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)
  CanadaTorino Esposizioni

Bronze medal game

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18 March 2006
17:00
Germany  3–4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)
  United StatesTorino Esposizioni

Gold medal game

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18 March 2006
20:30
Norway  0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
  CanadaTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,020
Game reference
Roger JohansenGoaliesPaul RosenReferee:
  Jonathan Morrison
Linesmen:
  Scott Bokal
  Maksim Toode
0–102:52 – Bowden (Bridges)
0–229:29 – Westlake (Bowden, Bridges) (PP)
0–344:56 – Bridges (ENG)
8 minPenalties4 min
18Shots9

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
  Billy Bridges 5 11 7 18 +16 6 F
  Tommy Rovelstad 5 9 4 13 +7 6 D
  Brad Bowden 5 6 7 13 +14 0 F
  Rolf Einar Pedersen 5 5 5 10 +6 8 D
  Helge Bjørnstad 5 3 7 10 +6 4 F
  Eskil Hagen 5 5 3 8 +4 4 F
  Daisuke Uehara 5 5 3 8 +6 0 F
  Greg Westlake 5 3 5 8 +15 4 F
  Stig Tore Svee 5 1 7 8 +2 16 F
  Takayuki Endo 5 4 3 7 +6 2 D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: Torino 2006

Leading goaltenders

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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
  Paul Rosen 195:00 4 0.92 55 92.73 4
  Roger Johansen 191:54 5 1.17 38 86.84 2
  Manuel Guerra Jr. 218:40 10 2.06 72 86.11 1
  Rolf Rabe 215:37 9 1.88 64 85.94 2
  Kenth Jonsson 213:51 13 2.74 77 83.12 1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Awards

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Source: Torino 2006

References

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  • "Results Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games Ice Sledge Hockey Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
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