Ice sledge hockey at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

2002 Winter Paralympics
Tournament details

Host country	United States
Dates	8–15 March
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	91 (5.06 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Sylvester Flis (18 points)
MVP	Sylvester Flis
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The 2002 Winter Paralympics ice sledge hockey tournament was held from 8 March to 15 March 2002 at the E Center in West Valley City, Utah, United States.

Final rankings

			4th	5th	6th
United States Patrick Byrne David Conklin Matt Coppens James Dunham Sylvester Flis Manuel Guerra Jr. Lonnie Hannah Dan Henderson Joe Howard Christopher Manns Brian Ruhe Jack Sanders Pat Sapp Kip St.Germaine Josh Wirt	Norway Helge Bjørnstad Knut Erling Granaas Eskil Hagen Atle Haglund Roger Hansen Roger Johansen Kjetil Korbu Nilsen Rolf Einar Pedersen Tommy Rovelstad Erik Sandbraathen Johan Siqveland Geir Arne Skogstad Stig Tore Svee Morten Syversen Arne Birger Vik	Sweden Mikael Axtelius Daniel Cederstam Dedjo Engmark Marcus Holm Niklas Ingvarsson Rasmus Isaksson Bengt-Gösta Johansson Kenth Jonsson Göran Karlsson Jens Kask Joakim Larsson Leif Norgren Mats Nyman Frank Pedersen Leif Wahlstedt	Canada Brad Bowden Billy Bridges Erik Desjardins Jean Labonté Robert Lagace Serge Lamoureux Hervé Lord Warren Martin Shawn Matheson Lou Mulvihill Graeme Murray Todd Nicholson Pierre Pichette Paul Rosen Dany Verner	Japan Takayuki Endo Shinobu Fukushima Tadanobu Go Naohiko Ishida Tadashi Kato Tatsuya Kawamoto Eiji Misawa Mitsuru Nagase Kanichi Naito Taimei Shiba Satoru Sudo Kazuhiro Takahashi Toshifumi Takeuchi Atsuya Yaguchi Mamoru Yoshikawa	Estonia Viktor Artemjev Valeri Falkenberg Aleksander Jarlõkov Kaido Kalm Vladimir Karandasev Arvi Piirioja Vladimir Savolainen Andrei Sokolov Jüri Tammleht Imre Tiitsu Maksim Vedernikov Sergei Vesselov Leonid Zubov

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-7).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	5	5	0	0	22	3	+19	10	Gold medal game
2	Norway	5	3	0	2	18	8	+10	6	Gold medal game
3	Sweden	5	2	1	2	12	18	−6	5	Bronze medal game
4	Canada	5	1	2	2	8	12	−4	4	Bronze medal game
5	Estonia	5	1	1	3	8	20	−12	3	Fifth place game
6	Japan	5	1	0	4	5	12	−7	2	Fifth place game

Source: Salt Lake City 2002
(H) Host.

8 March 2002
09:00

0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

United States

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 2,073

Game reference

Mitsuru Nagase

Goalies

Manuel Guerra Jr.

Referee:
Chris Kit
Linesmen:
Mats Edenborg
Bob McMann

	0–1	34:09 – Manns (Coppens, Ruhe)
	0–2	39:18 – Flis (Manns, Conklin)
	0–3	44:38 – Sanders (Conklin, Manns) (PP)

6 min

Penalties

16 min

14

Shots

19

8 March 2002
12:00

Sweden

4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

E Center, West Valley City

8 March 2002
19:00

Canada

2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

E Center, West Valley City

9 March 2002
11:00

2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

E Center, West Valley City

9 March 2002
15:00

Norway

8–3
(0–0, 4–2, 4–1)

E Center, West Valley City

9 March 2002
19:00

United States

5–1
(3–1, 0–0, 2–0)

E Center, West Valley City

11 March 2002
09:00

1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

United States

E Center, West Valley City

11 March 2002
12:00

3–3
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1)

E Center, West Valley City

11 March 2002
19:00

Sweden

4–2
(3–1, 1–1, 0–0)

E Center, West Valley City

12 March 2002
11:00

Norway

6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

E Center, West Valley City

12 March 2002
15:00

1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Japan

E Center, West Valley City

12 March 2002
19:00

0–6
(0–2, 0–1, 0–3)

United States

E Center, West Valley City

14 March 2002
09:00

1–1
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)

E Center, West Valley City

14 March 2002
12:00

United States

6–1
(1–0, 1–1, 4–0)

E Center, West Valley City

14 March 2002
19:00

0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Norway

E Center, West Valley City

Final round

Fifth place game

15 March 2002
11:00

2–6
(0–2, 0–2, 2–2)

Japan

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 5,400

Referee:
Mark Gallant

	0–1	04:20 – Yaguchi (PP)
	0–2	13:41 – Yoshikawa (PP)
	0–3	15:51 – Ishida
	0–4	23:27 – Yoshikawa (PP)
Kalm – 32:13	1–4
	1–5	35:09 – Endo
Tammleht (PP) – 38:26	2–5
	2–6	43:37 – Shiba

Bronze medal game

15 March 2002
15:00

Sweden

2–1 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 6,000

Referee:
Scott Brinkman

	0–1	12:38 – Bridges
Karlsson (PP) – 32:37	1–1

Karlsson

Shootout

Gold medal game

15 March 2002
19:00

United States

4–3 GWS
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,317

Game reference

Manuel Guerra Jr.

Goalies

Referee:
Chris Kit
Linesmen:
Mats Edenborg
Yoshifumi Kasahara

	0–1	02:49 – Pedersen
Howard (Flis, Hannah) – 13:06	1–1
Howard (Flis, Ruhe) (PP) –14:13	2–1
Coppens (Flis, Howard) – 15:12	3–1
	3–2	16:04 – Haglund (Bjørnstad)
	3–3	32:46 – Svee (Bjørnstad, Pedersen)

Flis

Howard

Hannah

Shootout

Bjørnstad

Pedersen

Svee

Haglund

10 min

Penalties

16 min

22

Shots

15

Awards and statistics

Scoring leader: Sylvester Flis 18 points (11 goals, 7 assists)
Best scorer: Sylvester Flis (11 goals)
MVP: Sylvester Flis
All-Star Team

	All-Star Team A	All-Star Team B
Goaltender	Manuel Guerra Jr.	Mitsuru Nagase
Defencemen	Sylvester Flis Tommy Rovelstad	Brian Ruhe Shawn Matheson
Forwards	Helge Bjørnstad Joe Howard Marcus Holm	Takayuki Endo Maksim Vedernikov Billy Bridges

See also

2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Salt Lake City

External links

Paralympics champions in para ice hockey
1994: Sweden (SWE) 1998: Norway (NOR) 2002: United States (USA) 2006: Canada (CAN) 2010: United States (USA) 2014: United States (USA) 2018: United States (USA)

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