2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships (A-Pool)
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	April 26 – May 3, 2015
Teams	8
Venue(s)	HarborCenter, Buffalo
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place
Fourth place	Norway
Website	Buffalo2015.com
	← 2013 2017 →

The 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships for A-Pool teams (Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia, United States) was held at HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York, United States, from April 26 through May 3, 2015.^[1]

This was the final time the event was known as the "IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships". On November 30, 2016, the International Paralympic Committee adopted the "World Para" brand across the ten sports it governs, the official name of the sport changed from "sledge hockey" to "Para ice hockey", and the event became the World Para Ice Hockey Championships.^[2]

The World Championships for B-Pool teams (Austria, Great Britain, Poland, Slovakia, South Korea, Sweden) was held at Östersund Arena in Östersund, Sweden, from March 15 to March 21, 2015.

A-Pool[]

Team rosters[]

Canada ^[3]^[4]: Forwards: Kieran Block, Brad Bowden, Billy Bridges, , Ben Delaney, Marc Dorion, Tyler McGregor, Bryan Sholomicki, Kevin Sorley, Greg Westlake; Defenders: Steve Arsenault, Adam Dixon, James Gemmell, Kevin Rempel, Derek Whitson; Goaltenders: Dominic Larocque, Corbin Watson

Czech Republic ^[5]^[6]: Forwards: , , , , , ,; Defenders: , , ,; Goaltenders: ,

Germany ^[7]: Forwards: , , , , , , ,; Defenders: , , ,; Goaltenders: ,

Italy ^[8]: Forwards: , , , , , , , Florian Planker, ,; Defenders: ,; Goaltenders: Gabriele Araudo,

Japan ^[9]^[10]: Forwards: , , , , Tomohiko Maruo, Toshiyuki Nakamura, , , Kazuhiro Takahashi, Mamoru Yoshikawa; Defenders: , Eiji Misawa, , Satoru Sudo; Goaltenders: Shinobu Fukushima, Mitsuru Nagase

Norway ^[11]^[12]: Forwards: , , , , , , Rolf Einar Pedersen, , Loyd Remi Pallander Solberg, , Stig Tore Svee; Defenders: Thomas Jacobsen, , Morten Værnes; Goaltenders: , Roger Johansen

Russia ^[13]^[14]: Forwards: Alexey Amosov, , Dmitrii Lisov, , Nikolay Terentyev, Vasili Varlakov, Ilia Volkov; Defenders: , , Ivan Kuznetsov, Vladimir Litvinenko, Aleksei Lysov, , Vadim Selyukin,; Goaltenders: ,

United States ^[15]^[16]: Forwards: Chris Douglas, Declan Farmer, Dan McCoy, Luke McDermott, Kevin McKee, Josh Misiewicz, Adam Page, Brody Roybal, Paul Schaus, Josh Sweeney; Defenders: Tyler Carron, Billy Hanning, Nikko Landeros, , Josh Pauls; Goaltenders: Steve Cash,

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC–4).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	24	0	+24	9	Semifinals
2	Norway	3	2	1	8	6	+2	6	Semifinals
3		3	1	2	3	6	−3	3	5–8th place semifinals
4		3	0	3	1	24	−23	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source:^{[citation needed]}

April 26, 2015
09:30

Norway

3–1
(0–1, 3–0, 0–0)

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 26, 2015
13:00

0–17
(0–12, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 27, 2015
09:30

1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 27, 2015
13:00

Norway

0–5
(0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 29, 2015
17:30

0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 29, 2015
21:00

0–5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Norway

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	20	1	+19	9	Semifinals
2		3	2	1	14	6	+8	6	Semifinals
3		3	1	2	1	10	−9	3	5–8th place semifinals
4	Germany	3	0	3	0	18	−18	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

April 26, 2015
16:30

Germany

0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 26, 2015
20:00

1–6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3)

United States

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 27, 2015
16:30

0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 27, 2015
20:00

Germany

0–7
(0–4, 0–3, 0–0)

United States

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 29, 2015
10:30

Germany

0–10
(0–3, 0–4, 0–3)

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 29, 2015
14:00

0–7
(0–1, 0–2, 0–4)

United States

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

Classification round[]

Bracket[]

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

April 30

	1
		May 2
	5
			4
April 30
		Germany	2
Germany	1

	0
		Seventh place

		May 2

			1

			5

5–8th place semifinals[]

April 30, 2015
16:30

Germany

1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

April 30, 2015
20:00

1–5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

Seventh place game[]

May 2, 2015
16:30

1–5
(0–4, 0–0, 1–1)

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

Fifth place game[]

May 2, 2015
20:00

4–2
(2–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Germany

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

Final round[]

Bracket[]

Semifinals		Final

May 1

	2
		May 3
Canada	3
		Canada	0
May 1
		United States	3
Norway	0

United States	6
		Third place

		May 3

		Norway	1

		(OT)	2

Semifinals[]

May 1, 2015
16:30

2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Canada

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

May 1, 2015
20:00

Norway

0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

United States

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

Bronze medal game[]

May 3, 2015
11:00

Norway

1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

Final[]

May 3, 2015
14:30

Canada

0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

United States

HarborCenter, Buffalo

show

Final standings[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	United States (H)	5	5	0	0	0	29	1	+28	15	Champions
2	A	Canada	5	4	0	0	1	27	5	+22	12	Runners-up
3	B		5	2	1	0	2	18	10	+8	8	Third place
4	A	Norway	5	2	0	1	2	9	14	−5	7	Fourth place

5	B		5	3	0	0	2	10	13	−3	9
6	B	Germany	5	1	0	0	4	3	22	−19	3

7	A		5	2	0	0	3	8	8	0	6	Relegated to 2017 B-Pool
8	A		5	0	0	0	5	3	34	−31	0	Relegated to 2017 B-Pool

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

B-Pool[]

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1		5	5	0	0	0	47	3	+44	15	Advanced to 2017 A-Pool
2	(H)	5	4	0	0	1	29	8	+21	12	Advanced to 2017 A-Pool
3		5	3	0	0	2	15	15	0	9
4		5	1	1	0	3	8	29	−21	5
5		5	1	0	1	3	6	26	−20	4
6		5	0	0	0	5	1	25	−24	0	Relegated to 2016 C-Pool

Source: swehockey.se
(H) Host

16 March 2015
12:00

8–1
(3–0, 0–1, 5–0)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 212

showGame reference

16 March 2015
15:30

9–0
(2–0, 2–0, 5–0)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 35

showGame reference

16 March 2015
19:00

0–6
(0–3, 0–1, 0–2)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 110

showGame reference

17 March 2015
12:00

15–0
(7–0, 8–0, 10–0)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 120

showGame reference

17 March 2015
15:30

2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 60

showGame reference

17 March 2015
19:00

0–13
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 215

showGame reference

18 March 2015
12:00

3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 245

showGame reference

18 March 2015
15:30

9–1
(2–0, 5–1, 2–0)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 55

showGame reference

18 March 2015
19:00

6–2
(0–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 275

showGame reference

20 March 2015
12:00

10–0
(5–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 75

showGame reference

20 March 2015
15:30

4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 75

showGame reference

20 March 2015
19:00

8–0
(5–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 275

showGame reference

21 March 2015
12:00

2–3 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 67

showGame reference

21 March 2015
15:30

3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 25

showGame reference

20 March 2015
19:00

4–2
(1–1, 3–0, 0–1)

Östersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 340

showGame reference

References[]

^ "Buffalo to host two world championships in 2015". Niagara Frontier Publications. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
^ "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for". paralympic.org (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. November 30, 2016.
^ "Buffalo 2015: Canada preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 23, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Canada: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Buffalo 2015: Czech Republic preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 20, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Czech Republic: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Buffalo 2015: Germany preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 18, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Buffalo 2015: Italy preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 17, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Buffalo 2015: Japan team preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 19, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Japan: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Buffalo 2015: Norway preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 18, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Norway: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Buffalo 2015: Russia preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 21, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Russia: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "Buffalo 2015: USA preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
^ "United States: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

External links[]

Buffalo2015.com (official website) at the Wayback Machine (archived May 1, 2015)
Results book – A-Pool
Results book – B-Pool

[1] "Buffalo to host two world championships in 2015". Niagara Frontier Publications. Retrieved 2017-12-11.

[2] "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for". paralympic.org (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. November 30, 2016.

[3] "Buffalo 2015: Canada preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 23, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[4] "Canada: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[5] "Buffalo 2015: Czech Republic preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 20, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[6] "Czech Republic: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[7] "Buffalo 2015: Germany preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 18, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[8] "Buffalo 2015: Italy preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 17, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[9] "Buffalo 2015: Japan team preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 19, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[10] "Japan: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[11] "Buffalo 2015: Norway preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 18, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[12] "Norway: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[13] "Buffalo 2015: Russia preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 21, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[14] "Russia: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[15] "Buffalo 2015: USA preview". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

[16] "United States: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship". hockeycanada.ca. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-10.

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