Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

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

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 Sweden Örnsköldsvik 3  Norway
 United States
 Sweden
Asian-Pacific quota 1  Japan
North American quota 1  Canada
2005 European Championships 10–16 April 2005 Czech Republic Zlín 1  Germany
Paralympic Last Chance Qualification Tournament 5–7 November 2005 Italy Turin 1  Great Britain

Team rosters

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 Canada
Name
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
 Germany
Name
Gerd Bleidorn
Sebstiaan Disveld
Marius Hattendorf
Sebastian Kessler
Alexander Klein
Matthias Koch
Marco Lahrs
Robert Lionel Pabst
Raimund Patzelt
Rolf Rabe
Frank Rennhack
Udo Segreff
Sven Stumpe
Jorg Wedde
 Great Britain
Name
Simon Berry
Mark Briggs
Gary Farmer
David French
Matt Lloyd
Karl Nicholson
Philip Saunders
Nathan Stephens
Stephen Thomas
Ian Warner
Richard Whitehead
Russell Willey
 Italy
Name
Bruno Balossetti
Danilo Bosio
Gianluca Cavaliere
Andrea Chiarotti
Giovanni Colaone
Fabrizio Cozzi
Orazio Fagone
Ivan Ghironzi
Luigi Grill
Grégory Leperdi
Ambrogio Magistrelli
Francesco Mancuso
Hermann Oberparleiter
Adriano Rossetti
Werner Winkler
 Japan
Name
Mikio Annaka
Takayuki Endo
Shinobu Fukushima
Naohiko Ishida
Tadashi Kato
Makoto Majima
Junichi Matsui
Eiji Misawa
Mitsuru Nagase
Taimei Shiba
Satoru Sudo
Kazuhiro Takahashi
Toshifumi Takeuchi
Daisuke Uehara
Mamoru Yoshikawa
 Norway
Name
Helge Bjørnstad
Eskil Hagen
Atle Haglund
Loyd Remi Johansen
Roger Johansen
Kjetil Korbu Nilsen
Knut André Nordstoga
Rolf Einar Pedersen
Tommy Rovelstad
Kjell Vidar Royne
Johan Siqveland
Stig Tore Svee
Morten Værnes
Arne Vik
 Sweden
Name
Aron Anderson
Jan Edbom
Marcus Holm
Niklas Ingvarsson
Kenth Jonsson
Goran Karlsson
Magnus Carlsson
Jens Kask
Rasmus Lundgren
Peter Melander
Leif Norgren
Frank Pedersen
 United States
Name
Steve Cash
Taylor Chace
David Conklin
Jimmy Connelly
Brad Emmerson
Manuel Guerra
Michael Hallman
Lonnie Hannah
Joe Howard
Tim Jones
Taylor Lipsett
Christopher Manns
Alexi Salamone
Kip St. Germaine
Andrew Yohe

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:
Japan Yoshifumi Kasahara
Linesmen:
Canada Scott MacDonald
Japan 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:
Japan Yoshifumi Kasahara
Linesmen:
United States Scott Bokal
Sweden 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:
Sweden Mats Edenborg
Linesmen:
Canada Scot MacDonald
Estonia 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:
United States Jonathan Morrison
Linesmen:
United States Scott Bokal
Estonia 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
Canada Billy Bridges 5 11 7 18 +16 6 F
Norway Tommy Rovelstad 5 9 4 13 +7 6 D
Canada Brad Bowden 5 6 7 13 +14 0 F
Norway Rolf Einar Pedersen 5 5 5 10 +6 8 D
Norway Helge Bjørnstad 5 3 7 10 +6 4 F
Norway Eskil Hagen 5 5 3 8 +4 4 F
Japan Daisuke Uehara 5 5 3 8 +6 0 F
Canada Greg Westlake 5 3 5 8 +15 4 F
Norway Stig Tore Svee 5 1 7 8 +2 16 F
Japan 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
Canada Paul Rosen 195:00 4 0.92 55 92.73 4
Norway Roger Johansen 191:54 5 1.17 38 86.84 2
United States Manuel Guerra Jr. 218:40 10 2.06 72 86.11 1
Germany Rolf Rabe 215:37 9 1.88 64 85.94 2
Sweden 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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