Para ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Paralympics explained

Tourney Name:Winter Paralympics
Year:2022
Size:175px
Country:China
Dates:5–13 March
Num Teams:7
Venues:Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Type:other
Count:5
Games:16
Goals:101
Scoring Leader: Declan Farmer
Points:18
Mvp: Declan Farmer
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2026

The Para ice hockey competition of the 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium, China, from 5 to 13 March 2022.[1] A total of seven teams competed in the mixed team tournament.[2]

Yu Jing from China has become the third female Para ice hockey player at the Paralympic Games,[3] [4] preceded by Britt Mjaasund Øyen and Lena Schrøder from Norway who previously competed in para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics.[5]

Medalists

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Ralph DeQuebec
Travis Dodson
David Eustace
Declan Farmer
Noah Grove
Malik Jones
Griffin LaMarre
Jen Lee
Kevin McKee
Josh Misiewicz
Evan Nichols
Josh Pauls
Rico Roman
Brody Roybal
Jack Wallace
Joseph Woodke
Kyle Zych
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Rob Armstrong
Billy Bridges
Rod Crane
Ben Delaney
Adam Dixon
James Dunn
Tyrone Henry
Liam Hickey
Anton Jacobs-Webb
Adam Kingsmill
Dominic Larocque
Zach Lavin
Antoine Lehoux
Tyler McGregor
Garrett Riley
Branden Sison
Greg Westlake
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Bai Xuesong
Che Hang
Cui Yutao
Hu Guangjian
Ji Yanzhao
Li Hongguan
Lyu Zhi
Qiu Dianpeng
Shen Yifeng
Song Xiaodong
Tian Jintao
Wang Jujiang
Wang Wei
Wang Zhidong
Xu Jinqiang
Yu Jing
Zhang Zheng
Zhu Zhanfu

Qualification

Qualifying event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 31 July 2015 1
19–26 June 2021 5



Paralympic Qualification Tournament[7] [8] 26 November – 1 December 2021 2

Match officials

5 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[9]

Referees
  • Kevin Webinger
  • Jacob Grumsen
  • Kenneth Danielsen
  • Owe Lüthcke
  • Bobby Esposito
Linesmen
  • David Nothegger
  • Matt Fergenbaum
  • Jan Vaněk
  • Louis Beelen
  • Tibor Fazekaš
  • Andreas Lundén
  • Tony Rundström

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A

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Group B

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Playoff round

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
4 7 11 18 +16 0 F
6 8 6 14 +10 20 F
4 8 4 12 +12 2 F
6 5 7 12 +11 8 F
4 4 6 10 +10 4 F
4 3 6 9 +10 0 D
4 3 6 9 +16 4 D
4 5 3 8 +5 2 F
4 4 2 6 +2 0 F
5 4 2 6 +1 2 F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: Beijing 2022

Leading goaltenders

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
165:00 0 0.00 33 100.00 3
119:25 5 1.88 34 85.29 1
140:00 11 3.54 70 84.29 0
195:00 9 2.08 53 83.02 2
151:13 21 6.25 115 81.74 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Beijing 2022

Awards

Best players selected by the Directorate[10]
Position Player
Goaltender Lee Jae-woong
Defenceman Jack Wallace
Forward Shen Yifeng
All-Star team
Position Player
Goaltender Jen Lee
Defenceman Tyler McGregor
Josh Pauls
Forward Declan Farmer
Billy Bridges
Shen Yifeng
Declan Farmer

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 3. BOCWOG. 23 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games – Qualification Regulations. IPC. 15–16. 28 June 2021.
  3. News: People's Republic of China set for a number of firsts in Beijing 2022 Para ice hockey tournament. olympics.com. 5 March 2022. 8 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Para Ice Hockey – Open Team Tournament – Player Statistics by Team – CHN – China. results.beijing2022.cn. 13 March 2022. 13 March 2022.
  5. News: Lloyd. Owen. 9 March 2022. Only female player at Beijing 2022 hopes to inspire more women to take up Para ice hockey. InsideTheGames.biz. 12 March 2022.
  6. Web site: Para Ice Hockey – Medallists by Event. results.beijing2022.cn. 13 March 2022. 13 March 2022.
  7. News: 10 November 2021. Berlin to host Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Qualification Tournament. World Para Ice Hockey.
  8. Web site: Berlin 2021 World Para Ice Hockey Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament. IPC. 1 December 2021.
  9. Web site: Para Ice Hockey – Open Team Tournament – Competition Officials. results.beijing2022.cn. 1 March 2022. 11 March 2022.
  10. Web site: Para Ice Hockey – Open Team Tournament – Best Players Selected by the Directorate. results.beijing2022.cn. 13 March 2022. 13 March 2022.