Ice sledge hockey at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

2002 Winter Paralympics

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	8–15 March
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	91 (5.06 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Sylvester Flis (18 points)
MVP	Sylvester Flis
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The 2002 Winter Paralympics ice sledge hockey tournament was held from 8 March to 15 March 2002 at the E Center in West Valley City, Utah, United States.

Final rankings[]

			4th	5th	6th
United States Patrick Byrne David Conklin Matt Coppens James Dunham Sylvester Flis Manuel Guerra Jr. Lonnie Hannah Dan Henderson Joe Howard Christopher Manns Brian Ruhe Jack Sanders Pat Sapp Kip St.Germaine Josh Wirt	Norway Helge Bjørnstad Knut Erling Granaas Eskil Hagen Atle Haglund Roger Hansen Roger Johansen Kjetil Korbu Nilsen Rolf Einar Pedersen Tommy Rovelstad Erik Sandbraathen Johan Siqveland Geir Arne Skogstad Stig Tore Svee	Marcus Holm Niklas Ingvarsson Rasmus Isaksson Bengt-Gösta Johansson Kenth Jonsson Göran Karlsson Jens Kask Leif Norgren Mats Nyman Leif Wahlstedt	Canada Brad Bowden Billy Bridges Jean Labonté Robert Lagace Hervé Lord Warren Martin Shawn Matheson Lou Mulvihill Graeme Murray Todd Nicholson Pierre Pichette Paul Rosen Dany Verner	Takayuki Endo Shinobu Fukushima Naohiko Ishida Tadashi Kato Eiji Misawa Mitsuru Nagase Satoru Sudo Kazuhiro Takahashi Atsuya Yaguchi Mamoru Yoshikawa	Kaido Kalm Imre Tiitsu

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC-7).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	5	5	0	0	22	3	+19	10	Gold medal game
2	Norway	5	3	0	2	18	8	+10	6
3	Sweden	5	2	1	2	12	18	−6	5	Bronze medal game
4	Canada	5	1	2	2	8	12	−4	4
5	Estonia	5	1	1	3	8	20	−12	3	Fifth place game
6	Japan	5	1	0	4	5	12	−7	2

8 March 2002 09:00

Japan

0–3 (0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

United States

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 2,073

Game reference
	Mitsuru Nagase	Goalies	Manuel Guerra Jr.	Referee: Chris Kit Linesmen: Mats Edenborg Bob McMann
	0–1 34:09 – Manns (Coppens, Ruhe) 0–2 39:18 – Flis (Manns, Conklin) 0–3 44:38 – Sanders (Conklin, Manns) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	14	Shots	19

8 March 2002 12:00

Sweden

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Estonia

E Center, West Valley City

8 March 2002 19:00

Canada

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Norway

E Center, West Valley City

9 March 2002 11:00

Estonia

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Japan

E Center, West Valley City

9 March 2002 15:00

Norway

8–3 (0–0, 4–2, 4–1)

Sweden

E Center, West Valley City

9 March 2002 19:00

United States

5–1 (3–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City

11 March 2002 09:00

Norway

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

United States

E Center, West Valley City

11 March 2002 12:00

Estonia

3–3 (2–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City

11 March 2002 19:00

Sweden

4–2 (3–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Japan

E Center, West Valley City

12 March 2002 11:00

Norway

6–1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Estonia

E Center, West Valley City

12 March 2002 15:00

Canada

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Japan

E Center, West Valley City

12 March 2002 19:00

Sweden

0–6 (0–2, 0–1, 0–3)

United States

E Center, West Valley City

14 March 2002 09:00

Canada

1–1 (0–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Sweden

E Center, West Valley City

14 March 2002 12:00

United States

6–1 (1–0, 1–1, 4–0)

Estonia

E Center, West Valley City

14 March 2002 19:00

Japan

0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Norway

E Center, West Valley City

Final round[]

Fifth place game[]

15 March 2002 11:00

Estonia

2–6 (0–2, 0–2, 2–2)

Japan

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 5,400

				Referee: Mark Gallant
	0–1 04:20 – Yaguchi (PP) 0–2 13:41 – Yoshikawa (PP) 0–3 15:51 – Ishida 0–4 23:27 – Yoshikawa (PP) Kalm – 32:13 1–4 1–5 35:09 – Endo (PP) – 38:26 2–5 2–6 43:37 –

Bronze medal game[]

15 March 2002 15:00

Sweden

2–1 GWS (0–1, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 6,000

				Referee: Scott Brinkman
	0–1 12:38 – Bridges Karlsson (PP) – 32:37 1–1
	Karlsson	Shootout

Gold medal game[]

15 March 2002 19:00

United States

4–3 GWS (2–1, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Norway

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,317

Game reference
	Manuel Guerra Jr.	Goalies	Roger Johansen	Referee: Chris Kit Linesmen: Mats Edenborg Yoshifumi Kasahara
	0–1 02:49 – Pedersen Howard (Flis, Hannah) – 13:06 1–1 Howard (Flis, Ruhe) (PP) –14:13 2–1 Coppens (Flis, Howard) – 15:12 3–1 3–2 16:04 – Haglund (Bjørnstad) 3–3 32:46 – Svee (Bjørnstad, Pedersen)
	Flis Howard Manns St. Germaine Hannah	Shootout	Bjørnstad Pedersen Hansen Svee Haglund
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	22	Shots	15

Awards and statistics[]

• Scoring leader: Sylvester Flis 18 points (11 goals, 7 assists)
• Best scorer: Sylvester Flis (11 goals)
• MVP: Sylvester Flis
• All-Star Team

	All-Star Team A	All-Star Team B
Goaltender	Manuel Guerra Jr.	Mitsuru Nagase
Defencemen	Sylvester Flis Tommy Rovelstad	Brian Ruhe Shawn Matheson
Forwards	Helge Bjørnstad Joe Howard Marcus Holm	Takayuki Endo Billy Bridges

See also[]

• 2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Salt Lake City

External links[]

• Official site of the 2002 Paralympic Winter Games
• Meet The Teams
• 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Ice Sledge Hockey Results