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2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships (A-Pool)
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)HarborCenter, Buffalo
DatesApril 26 – May 3, 2015
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (3rd title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Norway
WebsiteBuffalo2015.com
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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[edit]

Team rosters[edit]

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[edit]

All times are local (UTC–4).

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 0 24 0 +24 9 Semifinals
2  Norway 3 2 0 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 0 2 3 6 −3 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 1 24 −23 0
Source: [citation needed]
April 26, 2015
09:30
Norway 3–1
(0–1, 3–0, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicHarborCenter, Buffalo
April 26, 2015
13:00
Japan 0–17
(0–12, 0–3, 0–2)
 CanadaHarborCenter, Buffalo

April 27, 2015
09:30
Japan 1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 Czech RepublicHarborCenter, Buffalo
April 27, 2015
13:00
Norway 0–5
(0–3, 0–1, 0–1)
 CanadaHarborCenter, Buffalo

April 29, 2015
17:30
Czech Republic 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 CanadaHarborCenter, Buffalo
April 29, 2015
21:00
Japan 0–5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)
 NorwayHarborCenter, Buffalo

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 0 20 1 +19 9 Semifinals
2  Russia 3 2 0 0 1 14 6 +8 6
3  Italy 3 1 0 0 2 1 10 −9 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Germany 3 0 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
April 26, 2015
16:30
Germany 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 ItalyHarborCenter, Buffalo
April 26, 2015
20:00
Russia 1–6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3)
 United StatesHarborCenter, Buffalo

April 27, 2015
16:30
Italy 0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
 RussiaHarborCenter, Buffalo
April 27, 2015
20:00
Germany 0–7
(0–4, 0–3, 0–0)
 United StatesHarborCenter, Buffalo

April 29, 2015
10:30
Germany 0–10
(0–3, 0–4, 0–3)
 RussiaHarborCenter, Buffalo
April 29, 2015
14:00
Italy 0–7
(0–1, 0–2, 0–4)
 United StatesHarborCenter, Buffalo

Classification round[edit]

Bracket[edit]

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
April 30
 
 
 Japan1
 
May 2
 
 Italy5
 
 Italy4
 
April 30
 
 Germany2
 
 Germany1
 
 
 Czech Republic0
 
Seventh place
 
 
May 2
 
 
 Japan1
 
 
 Czech Republic5

5–8th place semifinals[edit]

April 30, 2015
16:30
Germany 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicHarborCenter, Buffalo

April 30, 2015
20:00
Japan 1–5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)
 ItalyHarborCenter, Buffalo

Seventh place game[edit]

May 2, 2015
16:30
Japan 1–5
(0–4, 0–0, 1–1)
 Czech RepublicHarborCenter, Buffalo

Fifth place game[edit]

May 2, 2015
20:00
Italy 4–2
(2–0, 2–1, 0–1)
 GermanyHarborCenter, Buffalo

Final round[edit]

Bracket[edit]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
May 1
 
 
 Russia2
 
May 3
 
 Canada3
 
 Canada0
 
May 1
 
 United States3
 
 Norway0
 
 
 United States6
 
Third place
 
 
May 3
 
 
 Norway1
 
 
 Russia (OT)2

Semifinals[edit]

May 1, 2015
16:30
Russia 2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)
 CanadaHarborCenter, Buffalo

May 1, 2015
20:00
Norway 0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)
 United StatesHarborCenter, Buffalo

Bronze medal game[edit]

May 3, 2015
11:00
Norway 1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
 RussiaHarborCenter, Buffalo

Final[edit]

May 3, 2015
14:30
Canada 0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)
 United StatesHarborCenter, Buffalo

Final standings[edit]

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  Russia 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  Italy 5 3 0 0 2 10 13 −3 9
6 B  Germany 5 1 0 0 4 3 22 −19 3
7 A  Czech Republic 5 2 0 0 3 8 8 0 6 Relegated to 2017 B-Pool
8 A  Japan 5 0 0 0 5 3 34 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host

B-Pool[edit]

Results[edit]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  South Korea 5 5 0 0 0 47 3 +44 15 Advanced to 2017 A-Pool
2  Sweden (H) 5 4 0 0 1 29 8 +21 12
3  Slovakia 5 3 0 0 2 15 15 0 9
4  Poland 5 1 1 0 3 8 29 −21 5
5  Great Britain 5 1 0 1 3 6 26 −20 4
6  Austria 5 0 0 0 5 1 25 −24 0 Relegated to 2016 C-Pool
Source: swehockey.se
(H) Host
16 March 2015
12:00
Sweden 8–1
(3–0, 0–1, 5–0)
 PolandÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 212
Game reference
16 March 2015
15:30
South Korea 9–0
(2–0, 2–0, 5–0)
 AustriaÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 35
Game reference
16 March 2015
19:00
Great Britain 0–6
(0–3, 0–1, 0–2)
 SlovakiaÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 110
Game reference

17 March 2015
12:00
South Korea 15–0
(7–0, 8–0, 10–0)
 PolandÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 120
Game reference
17 March 2015
15:30
Great Britain 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)
 AustriaÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 60
Game reference
17 March 2015
19:00
Sweden 0–13
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 SlovakiaÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 215
Game reference

18 March 2015
12:00
Poland 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 AustriaÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 245
Game reference
18 March 2015
15:30
South Korea 9–1
(2–0, 5–1, 2–0)
 SlovakiaÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 55
Game reference
18 March 2015
19:00
Sweden 6–2
(0–0, 4–1, 2–1)
 Great BritainÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 275
Game reference

20 March 2015
12:00
South Korea 10–0
(5–0, 4–0, 1–0)
 Great BritainÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 75
Game reference
20 March 2015
15:30
Slovakia 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
 PolandÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 75
Game reference
20 March 2015
19:00
Sweden 8–0
(5–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 AustriaÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 275
Game reference

21 March 2015
12:00
Great Britain 2–3 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)
 PolandÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 67
Game reference
21 March 2015
15:30
Slovakia 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 AustriaÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 25
Game reference
20 March 2015
19:00
South Korea 4–2
(1–1, 3–0, 0–1)
 SwedenÖstersund Arena, Östersund
Attendance: 340
Game reference

References[edit]

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