Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | March 29 – April 5, 2008 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (2nd title) |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 26 |
Goals scored | 147 (5.65 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Billy Bridges ( 15 points) |
MVP | Bradley Bowden (Forward) Adam Dixon (Defence) Roger Johansen (Goal) |
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.
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.
Rk. | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PIM | SHOTS | SV | PTS |
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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 |
All times are local (UTC-5)
Sat March 29, 2008 14:00 (UTC-5) | Canada | 11 – 0 ( 2 - 0, 3 - 0, 6 - 0 ) | Italy | New England Sports Center, Marlborough Attendance: 1,500 |
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Sat March 29, 2008 16:30 (UTC-5) | Germany | 0 – 1 ( 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 1 ) | Norway | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Sat March 29, 2008 19:00 (UTC-5) | United States | 5 – 1 ( 2 - 0, 3 - 1, 0 - 0 ) | Japan | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Sun March 30, 2008 14:00 (UTC-5) | United States | 4 – 0 ( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 0 ) | Italy | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Sun March 30, 2008 16:30 (UTC-5) | Norway | 5 – 1 ( 0 - 1, 4 - 0, 1 - 0 ) | Japan | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tue April 1, 2008 19:00 (UTC-5) | Norway | 3 – 2 ( 1 - 0, 2 - 1, 0 - 1 ) | United States | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Wed April 2, 2008 12:30 (UTC-5) | Japan | 3 – 2 ( 0 - 0, 1 - 1, 2 - 1 ) | Germany | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Wed April 2, 2008 15:00 (UTC-5) | Norway | 6 – 1 ( 2 - 1, 2 - 0, 2 - 0 ) | Italy | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Wed April 2, 2008 20:00 (UTC-5) | Canada | 3 – 0 ( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 1 - 0 ) | United States | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Fri April 4, 2008 12:00 (UTC-5) | Italy | 0 – 4 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 3 ) | Japan | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Fri April 4, 2008 14:40 (UTC-5) | United States | 5 – 1 ( 3 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 0 ) | Germany | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Fri April 4, 2008 17:20 (UTC-5) | Norway | 1 – 5 ( 0 - 2, 1 - 1, 0 - 2 ) | Canada | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Sat April 5, 2008 11:50 (UTC-5) | Germany A5 | 6 – 1 ( 4 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 0 ) | A6 Italy | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Sat April 5, 2008 16:30 (UTC-5) | United States A3 | 3 – 1 ( 2 - 0, 1 - 0, 0 - 1 ) | A4 Japan | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Sat April 5, 2008 19:30 (UTC-5) | Canada A1 | 3 – 2 ( 1 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 1 ) | A2 Norway | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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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.
Rk. | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PIM | SHOTS | SV | PTS |
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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 |
All times are local (UTC-5)
Sat March 29, 2008 9:00 (UTC-5) | South Korea | 2 – 1 ( 1 - 1, 1 - 0, 0 - 0 ) | Czech Republic | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Sat March 29, 2008 11:30 (UTC-5) | Poland | 0 – 6 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 2 ) | Estonia | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Sun March 30, 2008 9:00 (UTC-5) | South Korea | 4 – 2 ( 3 - 2 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 ) | Estonia | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Sun March 30, 2008 11:30 (UTC-5) | Poland | 0 – 8 ( 0 - 3 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 1 ) | Czech Republic | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Tue April 1, 2008 9:00 (UTC-5) | Czech Republic | 2 – 1 ( 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 ) | Estonia | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Tue April 1, 2008 11:30 (UTC-5) | Poland | 1 – 8 ( 1 - 2 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 2 ) | South Korea | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Wed April 2, 2008 10:00 (UTC-5) | Estonia B3 | 8 – 2 ( 1 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 3 - 2 ) | B4 Poland | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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Wed April 2, 2008 17:30 (UTC-5) | South Korea B1 | 2 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 0 ) | B2 Czech Republic | New England Sports Center, Marlborough |
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