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
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
Preliminary round
Standings
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 ) JapanNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Sun March 30, 2008 14:00 (UTC-5 ) United States 4 – 0 ( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 2 - 0 ) ItalyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Sun March 30, 2008 16:30 (UTC-5 ) Norway 5 – 1 ( 0 - 1, 4 - 0, 1 - 0 ) JapanNew 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 ) Italy4 – 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 ) Japan1 – 3 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 2, 1 - 0 ) Canada New England Sports Center, Marlborough Attendance: 130
Wed April 2, 2008 12:30 (UTC-5 ) Japan3 – 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 ) ItalyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Fri April 4, 2008 12:00 (UTC-5 ) Italy0 – 4 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 3 ) JapanNew 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
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
Frank Rennhack 1:12 Udo Segreff 2:59, 34:24 (SH) Gerd Bleidorn 4:29 Sebastian Kessler 14:29 (PP) Sven Stumpe 30:26 Goals 16:41 Gregory Leperdi
Bronze medal game
Sat April 5, 2008 16:30 (UTC-5 ) United States A33 – 1 ( 2 - 0, 1 - 0, 0 - 1 ) A4 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
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
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 Republic New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Sat March 29, 2008 11:30 (UTC-5 ) Poland0 – 6 ( 0 - 1 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 2 ) EstoniaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Goals 1:19, 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
Sun March 30, 2008 11:30 (UTC-5 ) Poland0 – 8 ( 0 - 3 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 1 ) Czech Republic New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Goals 0:12 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 Republic 2 – 1 ( 1 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 0 ) EstoniaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Jiří Berger 13:32 Michal Geier 36:37 Goals 1:29 Imre Tiitsu
Tue April 1, 2008 11:30 (UTC-5 ) Poland1 – 8 ( 1 - 2 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 2 ) South KoreaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Final round
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
Imre Tiitsu 6:53, 35:47 Kaido Kalm 19:11, 22:54, 34:12 Ivar Liiv 20:06 Tarmo Eerma 28:32 Andrei Sokolov 39:27Goals 31:30, 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 Republic New England Sports Center, Marlborough
See also
External links
Official Page
Game stats
Best Scenes of Ice Sledge Hockey Championships Available on PSTV
Highlights on the new Paralympicsport TV
Paralympic.org Press Releases - Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Marlborough
Vancouver 2010 - World Championship Ice Sledge Hockey Archived 2008-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
New England Sports Center