2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships explained

Tourney Name:IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships (A-Pool)
Year:2015
Country:United States
Dates:April 26 – May 3, 2015
Num Teams:8
Venues:HarborCenter, Buffalo
Type:other
Count:3
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason: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, Chris Cederstrand, 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: Michal Geier, Zdeněk Hábl, Zdeněk Krupička, Martin Novak, David Palát, Jiří Raul, Zdeněk Šafránek
  • Defenders: Jiří Berger, Miroslav Hrbek, Pavel Kubeš, David Motyčka
  • Goaltenders: Jan Matoušek, Michal Vápenka
    Germany [7]
  • Forwards: Bas Disveld, Bernhard Hering, Ingo Kuhli-Lauenstein, Frank Rennhack, Felix Schrader, Sven Stumpe, Joerg Wedde, Jacob Wolff
  • Defenders: Christian Jaster, Robert Pabst, Christian Pilz, Lucas Sklorz
  • Goaltenders: Klaus Brzoska, Simon Kunst
    Italy [8]
  • Forwards: Andrea Chiarotti, Valerio Corvino, Christoph Depaoli, Sandro Kalegaris, Nils Larch, Gregory Leperdi, Andrea Macri, Florian Planker, Roberto Radice, Werner Winker
  • Defenders: Bruno Balossetti, Gianluigi Rosa
  • Goaltenders: Gabriele Araudo, Santino Stillitano
    Japan [9] [10]
  • Forwards: Susumu Hirose, Hideaki Ishii, Masaharu Kumagai, Nao Kodama, Tomohiko Maruo, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Taimei Shiba, Yoshihiro Shioya, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Mamoru Yoshikawa
  • Defenders: Wataru Horie, Eiji Misawa, Kazuya Mochizuki, Satoru Sudo
  • Goaltenders: Shinobu Fukushima, Mitsuru Nagase
    Norway [11] [12]
  • Forwards: Thommas Avdal, Audun Bakke, Magnus Bøgle, Martin Hamre, Emil Kirstistuen, Jan Roger Klakegg, Rolf Einar Pedersen, Tor Joakim Rivera, Loyd Remi Pallander Solberg, Emil Sørheim, Stig Tore Svee
  • Defenders: Thomas Jacobsen, Knut Andre Nordstoga, Morten Værnes
  • Goaltenders: Kjell Christian Hamar, Roger Johansen
    Russia [13] [14]
  • Forwards: Alexey Amosov, Maxim Kuzminykh, Dmitrii Lisov, Sergei Panfilov, Nikolay Terentyev, Vasili Varlakov, Ilia Volkov
  • Defenders: Ivan Berdnik, Mikhail Chekmarev, Ivan Kuznetsov, Vladimir Litvinenko, Aleksei Lysov, Alexander Pulin, Vadim Selyukin, Andrey Sokolov
  • Goaltenders: Andrei Kasatkin, Evegnii Plotnikov
    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, Sam Mumper, Josh Pauls
  • Goaltenders: Steve Cash, Kyle Huckaby

    Preliminary round

    All times are local (UTC–4).

    Group A

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    Group B

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    Classification round

    5–8th place semifinals

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    Fifth place game

    Final round

    Semifinals

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    Final

    Final standings

    B-Pool

    Results

    All times are local (UTC+1).

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    References

    1. Web site: Buffalo to host two world championships in 2015 . Niagara Frontier Publications . 2017-12-11.
    2. The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for . paralympic.org . International Paralympic Committee . November 30, 2016.
    3. Web site: Buffalo 2015: Canada preview . April 23, 2015 . paralympic.org . . 2020-01-10.
    4. Web site: Canada: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship . hockeycanada.ca . . 2020-01-10.
    5. Web site: Buffalo 2015: Czech Republic preview . April 20, 2015 . paralympic.org . . 2020-01-10.
    6. Web site: Czech Republic: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship . hockeycanada.ca . . 2020-01-10.
    7. Web site: Buffalo 2015: Germany preview . April 18, 2015 . paralympic.org . . 2020-01-10.
    8. Web site: Buffalo 2015: Italy preview . April 17, 2015 . paralympic.org . . 2020-01-10.
    9. Web site: Buffalo 2015: Japan team preview . April 19, 2015 . paralympic.org . . 2020-01-10.
    10. Web site: Japan: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship . hockeycanada.ca . . 2020-01-10.
    11. Web site: Buffalo 2015: Norway preview . April 18, 2015 . paralympic.org . . 2020-01-10.
    12. Web site: Norway: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship . hockeycanada.ca . . 2020-01-10.
    13. Web site: Buffalo 2015: Russia preview . April 21, 2015 . paralympic.org . . 2020-01-10.
    14. Web site: Russia: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship . hockeycanada.ca . . 2020-01-10.
    15. Web site: Buffalo 2015: USA preview . April 22, 2015 . paralympic.org . . 2020-01-10.
    16. Web site: United States: 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship . hockeycanada.ca . . 2020-01-10.

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