2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

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]

2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships (A-Pool)

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	HarborCenter, Buffalo
Dates	April 26 – May 3, 2015
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Norway
Official website
Buffalo2015.com
← 2013 2017 →

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

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 Republic

HarborCenter, Buffalo

April 26, 2015 13:00

Japan

0–17 (0–12, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

HarborCenter, Buffalo

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April 27, 2015 09:30

Japan

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

HarborCenter, Buffalo

April 27, 2015 13:00

Norway

0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

HarborCenter, Buffalo

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April 29, 2015 17:30

Czech Republic

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

HarborCenter, Buffalo

April 29, 2015 21:00

Japan

0–5 (0–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Norway

HarborCenter, Buffalo

Group B

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)

Italy

HarborCenter, Buffalo

April 26, 2015 20:00

Russia

1–6 (0–1, 1–2, 0–3)

United States

HarborCenter, Buffalo

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April 27, 2015 16:30

Italy

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Russia

HarborCenter, Buffalo

April 27, 2015 20:00

Germany

0–7 (0–4, 0–3, 0–0)

United States

HarborCenter, Buffalo

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April 29, 2015 10:30

Germany

0–10 (0–3, 0–4, 0–3)

Russia

HarborCenter, Buffalo

April 29, 2015 14:00

Italy

0–7 (0–1, 0–2, 0–4)

United States

HarborCenter, Buffalo

Classification round

Bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	April 30
	Japan	1
					May 2
	Italy	5
					Italy	4
	April 30
					Germany	2
	Germany	1
	Czech Republic	0
					Seventh place
					May 2
					Japan	1
					Czech Republic	5

5–8th place semifinals

April 30, 2015 16:30

Germany

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

HarborCenter, Buffalo

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April 30, 2015 20:00

Japan

1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Italy

HarborCenter, Buffalo

Seventh place game

May 2, 2015 16:30

Japan

1–5 (0–4, 0–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

HarborCenter, Buffalo

Fifth place game

May 2, 2015 20:00

Italy

4–2 (2–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Germany

HarborCenter, Buffalo

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	May 1
	Russia	2
					May 3
	Canada	3
					Canada	0
	May 1
					United States	3
	Norway	0
	United States	6
					Third place
					May 3
					Norway	1
					Russia (OT)	2

Semifinals

May 1, 2015 16:30

Russia

2–3 (1–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Canada

HarborCenter, Buffalo

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May 1, 2015 20:00

Norway

0–6 (0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

United States

HarborCenter, Buffalo

Bronze medal game

May 3, 2015 11:00

Norway

1–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Russia

HarborCenter, Buffalo

Final

May 3, 2015 14:30

Canada

0–3 (0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

United States

HarborCenter, Buffalo

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	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

Results

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)

Poland

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 212

Game reference

16 March 2015 15:30

South Korea

9–0 (2–0, 2–0, 5–0)

Austria

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 35

Game reference

16 March 2015 19:00

Great Britain

0–6 (0–3, 0–1, 0–2)

Slovakia

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 110

Game reference

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17 March 2015 12:00

South Korea

15–0 (7–0, 8–0, 10–0)

Poland

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 120

Game reference

17 March 2015 15:30

Great Britain

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Austria

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 60

Game reference

17 March 2015 19:00

Sweden

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 215

Game reference

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18 March 2015 12:00

Poland

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Austria

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 245

Game reference

18 March 2015 15:30

South Korea

9–1 (2–0, 5–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 55

Game reference

18 March 2015 19:00

Sweden

6–2 (0–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Great Britain

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 275

Game reference

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20 March 2015 12:00

South Korea

10–0 (5–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 75

Game reference

20 March 2015 15:30

Slovakia

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Poland

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 75

Game reference

20 March 2015 19:00

Sweden

8–0 (5–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Austria

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 275

Game reference

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21 March 2015 12:00

Great Britain

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Poland

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 67

Game reference

21 March 2015 15:30

Slovakia

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Austria

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 25

Game reference

20 March 2015 19:00

South Korea

4–2 (1–1, 3–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Östersund Arena, Östersund Attendance: 340

Game reference