Ice sledge hockey at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

The 2002 Winter Paralympics ice sledge hockey tournament was held between March 4, 2002 and March 15, 2002 at the E Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Final Rankings

Tournament

Preliminary round

;Preliminary round summary

Final round

;5th place playoffHockeybox2
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date = March 15, 2002
time = 11:00 (UTC-7)
team1 = EST A5
score = 2 – 6
periods = ( 0 - 2, 0 - 2, 2 - 2 )
team2 = A6 JPN
goals1 = Kaido Kalm 32:13
Jüri Tammleht 38:26 (PP1)
goals2 = 4:20 (PP1) Atsuya Yaguchi
13:41 (PP1), 23:27 (PP1) Mamoru Yoshikawa
15:51 Naohiko Ishida
35:09 Takayuki Endo
43:37 Taimei Shiba
stadium = E Center, Salt Lake City
attendance = 5400
referee = Mark Gallant

;Bronze medal gameHockeybox2
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date = March 15, 2002
time = 15:00 (UTC-7)
team1 = SWE A3
score = 2 – 1 ( PS:3 - 2 )
periods = ( 0 - 1, 0 - 0, 1 - 0, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 )
team2 = A4 CAN
goals1 = Göran Karlsson 32:37 (PP1), 55:00 (PS GWG)

goals2 = 12:38 Billy Bridges
stadium = E Center, Salt Lake City
attendance = 6000
referee = Scott Brinkman

;Gold medal gameHockeybox2
bg = #F7F6A8
date = March 15, 2002
time = 19:00 (UTC-7)
team1 = USA A1
score = 4 – 3 ( PS:3 - 2 )
periods = ( 2 - 1, 1 - 1, 0 - 1, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 )
team2 = A2 NOR
goals1 = Joe Howard 13:06, 14:13 (PP1)
Matt Coppens 15:12
Kip St.Germaine 55:00 (PS GWG)
goals2 = 2:49 Rolf Einar Pedersen
16:04 Atle Haglund
32:46 Stig Tore Svee
stadium = E Center, Salt Lake City
attendance = 8317
referee = Chris Kit

Statistics

* Scoring leader: Sylvester Flis (USA) 18 points (11 goals, 7 assists)
* Best scorer: Sylvester Flis (USA) (11 goals)
* MVP: Sylvester Flis (USA)

*2002 All-Star Team A
**USA Manuel Guerra Jr - goaltender
**USA Sylvester Flis
**NOR Tommy Rovelstad
**NOR Helge Bjørnstad
**USA Joe Howard
**SWE Marcus Holm

*2002 All-Star Team B
**JPN Mitsuru Nagase - goaltender
**USA Brian Ruhe
**CAN Shawn Matheson
**JPN Takayuki Endo
**EST Maksim Vedernikov
**CAN Billy Bridges

ee also

* 2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Salt Lake City
* Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
* Estonia at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

External links

* [http://saltlake2002.paralympic.org/ Official site of the 2002 Paralympic Winter Games]
* [http://saltlake2002.paralympic.org/sports/ice_sledge/meet_team/team_usa.html Meet The Teams]
* [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Sports/Results/paralympics_results.html?sport=icehockey&competition=2002PWG&gender=m&discipline=&event=&eclass= 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Ice Sledge Hockey Results]