Ice sledge hockey at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
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The 2002 Winter Paralympics
ice sledge hockey tournament was held between March 4, 2002 and March 15, 2002 at the E Center
in West Valley City, Utah
, USA.
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
} Manuel Guerra Jr - goaltender
} Sylvester Flis
} Tommy Rovelstad
} Helge Bjørnstad
} Joe Howard
} Marcus Holm
} Mitsuru Nagase - goaltender
} Brian Ruhe
} Shawn Matheson
} Takayuki Endo
} Maksim Vedernikov
} Billy Bridges
2002 Winter Paralympics
The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Winter Paralympics, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to March 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated....
ice sledge hockey tournament was held between March 4, 2002 and March 15, 2002 at the E Center
E Center
The Maverik Center, originally known as the E Center, is a 10,100 seat multi-purpose arena located in West Valley City, Utah, United States. Construction on the arena started in 1996 and was completed in time to hold its first event on September 22, 1997...
in West Valley City, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, USA.
Final rankings
| 4th | 5th | 6th | |||
Patrick Byrne David Conklin Matt Coppens James Dunham Sylvester Flis Manuel Guerra Jr. Lonnie Hannah Dan Henderson Joe Howard Joe Howard (sledge hockey) Joseph "Momo" Howard is an ice sledge hockey player from USA. Howard lost both of his legs at the age of 15. In 1996, he was introduced to ice sledge hockey, and competed in his first Winter Paralympics at the 1998. At those games, the USA came in seventh place but Howard set a record with six... Christopher Manns Brian Ruhe Jack Sanders Pat Sapp Kip St.Germaine Josh Wirt |
Helge Bjørnstad Helge Bjørnstad Helge Bjørnstad is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has three silver from the Paralympic Games. At the 1998 Paralympic Games the team took the gold medal... Knut Erling Granaas Knut Erling Granaas Knut Erling Granaas is a Norwegian sledge hockey goaltender.He lost both legs in a traffic accident, and began to compete in sledge hockey in 1992... Eskil Hagen Atle Haglund Atle Haglund Atle Haglund is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey and ice sledge speed racing athlete. He lost both his legs in a traffic accident at the age of eight.... Roger Hansen Roger Hansen Roger Christian Hansen is a professional baseball coach and a retired professional player. Currently, Hansen is the bench coach for the Seattle Mariners. Hansen primarily played catcher during his playing career, but also played first base and third base on occasion... Roger Johansen Roger Johansen Roger Johansen is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player. He is a keeper, and plays for Oslo KHK.He comes from Leirfjord, Nordland.He took part in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver.-Honours:*2010** Bronze at the Paralympics... Kjetil Korbu Nilsen Rolf Einar Pedersen Rolf Einar Pedersen Rolf Einar Pedersen is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has one bronze , and two silver from the Paralympic Games... Tommy Rovelstad Tommy Rovelstad Tommy Rovelstad is a Norwegian sledge hockey player.He began to play competitively in 1996. He has won a gold medal , two silver medals and a bronze medal at the Winter Paralympics.-Titles:... Erik Sandbraathen Johan Siqveland Geir Arne Skogstad Stig Tore Svee Stig Tore Svee Stig Tore Svee is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has two silver from the Paralympic Games. At the 1998 Paralympic Games the team took the gold medal. He took the bronze medal with the Norwegian team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in... Morten Syversen Arne Birger Vik |
Mikael Axtelius Daniel Cederstam Dedjo Engmark Marcus Holm Marcus Holm Marcus Holm is a Swedish ice sledge hockey player. He plays for HIF Kämparna, and is paraplegic.He represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver... Niklas Ingvarsson Niklas Ingvarsson Niklas Ingvarsson is a Swedish ice sledge hockey player. He plays for FIFH Malmö, and his leg was amputated aged 18, after he suffered from leukemia as a 10-year old.He represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver... Rasmus Isaksson Bengt-Gösta Johansson Kent Jonsson Göran Karlsson Jens Kask Jens Kask Jens Kask was a Swedish Paralympic ice sledge hockey player. He won one gold medal and two bronze medals for Sweden, and was captain of the Swedish team for many years... Joakim Larsson Leif Norgren Mats Nyman Frank Pedersen Leif Wahlstedt |
Bradley Bowden Billy Bridges Billy Bridges Billy Bridges is a Canadian ice sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball player. Born in Summerside, he has spina bifida. On July 1, 2011, Bridges married former Olympic women's ice hockey player Sami Jo Small.... Erik Desjardins Jean Labonté Jean Labonte Jean Labonté is a Canadian sledge hockey player.Labonté was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in his left tibia in 1986 at the age of 17 and finally lost his leg at the age of 20, in 1990. After his amputation, Labonté turned his sights towards sledge hockey and made the Canadian National Sledge hockey... Robert Lagace Serge Lamoureux Hervé Lord Hervé Lord Herve Lord is a Canadian sledge hockey player. In the Paralympic Games, he has won numerous medals including the bronze , silver and gold .... Warren Martin Shawn Matheson Lou Mulvihill Graeme Murray Graeme Murray Graeme Murray is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player. He contracted a virus when he was three, which spread to his spinal cord, causing paralysis.... Todd Nicholson Todd Nicholson Todd Nicholson is a member of the 2010 Paralympic Sledge Ice Hockey team. This is the fourth Paralympic games that Nicholson has participated in... Pierre Pichette Paul Rosen Paul Rosen Paul Rosen is a Canadian sledge hockey goalie and motivational speaker from Thornhill, Ontario. Rosen suffered a leg injury during a hockey game as a youth, and the resulting damage, infections and pain to his leg plagued him for years until his lower leg was amputated at age 39... Dany Verner |
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 |
Viktor Artemjev Valeri Falkenberg Aleksander Jarlõkov Kaido Kalm Kaido Kalm Kaido Kalm is an Estonian ice sledge hockey player.He was part of the Estonian sledge hockey team at the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano and at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City .... Vladimir Karandasev Arvi Piirioja Vladimir Savolainen Andrei Sokolov Jüri Tammleht Imre Tiitsu Imre Tiitsu Imre Tiitsu is an Estonian ice sledge hockey player.He was part of the Estonian sledge hockey team at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, USA.He had an amputation of both legs after an accident.-References:... Maksim Vedernikov Sergei Vesselov Leonid Zubov |
Preliminary round
Preliminary round summary| Rank | Team |  United States |
 Norway |
 Sweden |
 Canada |
 Estonia |
 Japan |
Played | Wins | Ties | Losses | GF GF GF, gf or gF might refer to:*French Guiana *Gulf Air *Sierra Leone -Companies and organizations:... |
GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2-1 | 6-0 | 5-1 | 6-1 | 3-0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1-2 | 8-3 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 2-0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0-6 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | ||
Final round
5th place playoffBronze medal game
Gold medal game
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
} Manuel Guerra Jr - goaltender
} Sylvester Flis
} Tommy Rovelstad
Tommy Rovelstad
Tommy Rovelstad is a Norwegian sledge hockey player.He began to play competitively in 1996. He has won a gold medal , two silver medals and a bronze medal at the Winter Paralympics.-Titles:...
} Helge Bjørnstad
Helge Bjørnstad
Helge Bjørnstad is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player.As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has three silver from the Paralympic Games. At the 1998 Paralympic Games the team took the gold medal...
} Joe Howard
Joe Howard (sledge hockey)
Joseph "Momo" Howard is an ice sledge hockey player from USA. Howard lost both of his legs at the age of 15. In 1996, he was introduced to ice sledge hockey, and competed in his first Winter Paralympics at the 1998. At those games, the USA came in seventh place but Howard set a record with six...
} Marcus Holm
Marcus Holm
Marcus Holm is a Swedish ice sledge hockey player. He plays for HIF Kämparna, and is paraplegic.He represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver...
- 2002 All-Star Team B
} Mitsuru Nagase - goaltender
} Brian Ruhe
} Shawn Matheson
} Takayuki Endo
} Maksim Vedernikov
} Billy Bridges
Billy Bridges
Billy Bridges is a Canadian ice sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball player. Born in Summerside, he has spina bifida. On July 1, 2011, Bridges married former Olympic women's ice hockey player Sami Jo Small....
See also
- 2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Salt Lake City2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World ChampionshipsThe 2nd IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was held between March 20, 2000 and March 25, 2000 at the E Center in West Valley City, Utah, USA. 2002 Winter Olympics host Salt Lake City, hosted these Championships as the first test event for the Paralympic Winter Games in 2002...