Para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

The Para ice hockey competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Gangneung Hockey Centre, South Korea, from 10 to 18 March 2018.[1] A total of eight teams competed in the mixed team tournament. Lena Schrøder from Norway has become the second female Para ice hockey player at the Paralympic Games after Britt Mjaasund Øyen.[2][3]

2018 Winter Paralympics
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Venue(s)Gangneung Hockey Centre
Dates10–18 March
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (4th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  South Korea
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored136 (6.8 per game)
Attendance110,417 (5,521 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Declan Farmer (17 points)
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Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed   United States (USA)   Canada (CAN)   South Korea (KOR)
Tyler Carron[4]
Steve Cash
Ralph DeQuebec
Travis Dodson
Declan Farmer
Noah Grove
Billy Hanning Jr.
Nikko Landeros
Jen Lee
Luke McDermott
Kevin McKee
Josh Misiewicz
Adam Page
Josh Pauls
Rico Roman
Brody Roybal
Jack Wallace
Rob Armstrong
Steve Arsenault
Bradley Bowden
Billy Bridges
Dominic Cozzolino
Ben Delaney
Adam Dixon
James Dunn
James Gemmell
Tyrone Henry
Liam Hickey
Dominic Larocque
Tyler McGregor
Bryan Sholomicki
Corbyn Smith
Corbin Watson
Greg Westlake
Cho Byeong-seok
Cho Young-jae
Choi Kwang-hyouk
Choi Si-woo
Han Min-su
Jang Dong-shin
Jang Jong-ho
Jung Seung-hwan
Kim Dea-jung
Kim Young-sung
Lee Hae-man
Lee Jae-woong
Lee Ji-hoon
Lee Jong-kyung
Lee Ju-seung
Lee Yong-min
Yu Man-gyun

Qualification edit

Qualifying event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 6 July 2011   Durban 1   South Korea
2017 World Championships[5] 12–20 April 2017   Gangneung 4   Canada
  United States
  Norway
  Italy
Paralympic Qualification Tournament[6] 9–14 October 2017   Östersund 3   Czech Republic
  Japan
  Sweden

Match officials edit

5 referees and 8 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[7]

Referees
  •   Kristijan Nikolic
  •   Kevin Webinger
  •   Sotaro Yamaguchi
  •   Owe Lüthcke
  •   Johnathan Morrison
Linesmen
  •   David Nothegger
  •   Matt Clark
  •   Matthew Fergenbaum
  •   Jan Vaněk
  •   Leon Wesley
  •   Chae Young-jin
  •   Han Youl
  •   Andreas Lundén

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 3 3 0 0 0 35 0 +35 9 Semifinals
2   Italy 3 1 1 0 1 5 12 −7 5
3   Norway 3 1 0 1 1 5 12 −7 4 5–8th place semifinals
4   Sweden 3 0 0 0 3 1 22 −21 0
10 March 2018
12:00
Norway  2–3 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
  ItalyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,543
Game reference
Kjell Christian HamarGoaliesGabriele AraudoReferee:
  Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
  Chae Young-jin
  David Nothegger
0–116:02 – Kalegaris (Leperdi)
Værnes (Nordstoga, Hamre) (PP) – 26:321–1
1–233:19 – Rosa (Larch)
Bakke (Nordstoga, Pedersen) – 42:252–2
Solberg  
Vatne  
Pedersen  
Shootout  Larch
  Rosa
6 minPenalties4 min
12Shots18
10 March 2018
19:00
Canada  17–0
(7–0, 5–0, 5–0)
  SwedenGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,445
Game reference
Corbin Watson
Dominic Larocque
GoaliesUlf Nilsson
Andreas Nejman
Referee:
  Kristijan Nikolic
Linesmen:
  Han Youl
  Jan Vaněk
McGregor (Hickey, Dixon) (PP) – 01:521–0
Sholomicki (Armstrong, Dunn) – 02:222–0
McGregor (Westlake, Hickey) – 05:223–0
Sholomicki (Dunn, Dixon) – 05:394–0
McGregor (Westlake, Dixon) – 09:205–0
Dixon (Delaney, Smith) – 11:136–0
Cozzolino (Delaney, Dixon) – 11:317–0
Delaney (Armstrong, Cozzolino) (PP) – 17:438–0
Smith (Sholomicki, Dunn) – 18:069–0
Hickey (Armstrong, Henry) – 24:3710–0
Hickey (Westlake, McGregor) – 25:3711–0
Armstrong (Sholomicki) – 26:3812–0
Bridges – 31:5513–0
Armstrong (Bridges, Cozzolino) – 33:0514–0
Sholomicki (Smith, Dunn) – 34:5315–0
McGregor (Dixon) – 36:4816–0
Westlake (McGregor, Hickey) – 44:4217–0
2 minPenalties6 min
45Shots2

11 March 2018
19:00
Canada  10–0
(3–0, 4–0, 3–0)
  ItalyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,795
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesSantino StillitanoReferee:
  Sotaro Yamaguchi
Linesmen:
  David Nothegger
  Leon Wesley
McGregor (Dixon, Westlake) (PP) – 03:591–0
Dixon (Sholomicki) – 09:212–0
Delaney (Cozzolino, Armstrong) – 11:363–0
Hickey (Bridges, Delaney) – 17:034–0
Hickey – 19:115–0
Delaney (Sholomicki) (SH) – 20:206–0
Delaney (Sholomicki) (SH) – 25:347–0
Cozzolino (Bridges) – 33:068–0
Dunn (SH) – 36:279–0
Dunn – 41:2310–0
24 minPenalties6 min
16Shots4

12 March 2018
15:30
Canada  8–0
(2–0, 3–0, 3–0)
  NorwayGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,886
Game reference
Dominic LarocqueGoaliesKjell Christian HamarReferee:
  Kristijan Nikolic
Linesmen:
  Chae Young-jin
  Andreas Lundén
Bridges (Dixon, Arsenault) – 02:331–0
Armstrong (Cozzolino, Bowden) – 08:472–0
Hickey (PP) – 26:503–0
Bowden (Armstrong) – 27:544–0
Armstrong (Dunn) – 28:495–0
Bridges (Hickey, Arsenault) – 33:596–0
Westlake (McGregor) (PP) – 37:217–0
McGregor (Cozzolino) (SH) – 41:518–0
8 minPenalties8 min
27Shots5
12 March 2018
19:00
Italy  2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  SwedenGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,322
Game reference
Gabriele AraudoGoaliesUlf NilssonReferee:
  Sotaro Yamaguchi
Linesmen:
  Jan Vaněk
  Leon Wesley
Kalegaris (Planker, Rosa) (PP) – 13:161–0
Rosa – 39:362–0
10 minPenalties8 min
20Shots2

13 March 2018
15:30
Norway  3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
  SwedenGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 6,059
Game reference
Kissinger DengGoaliesUlf NilssonReferee:
  Sotaro Yamaguchi
Linesmen:
  Chae Young-jin
  Jan Vaněk
Nordstoga (Bøgle) – 13:071–0
Bøgle (Hamre, Solberg) (PP) – 25:002–0
2–131:35 – Gyllsten (Kasperi, P. Nilsson)
Bøgle (Værnes) (ENG) – 43:453–1
4 minPenalties16 min
19Shots10

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 0 28 0 +28 9 Semifinals
2   South Korea (H) 3 1 1 0 1 7 11 −4 5
3   Czech Republic 3 1 0 1 1 5 13 −8 4 5–8th place semifinals
4   Japan 3 0 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: PyeongChang 2018
(H) Host
10 March 2018
15:30
South Korea  4–1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1)
  JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 6,022
Game reference
Yu Man-gyunGoaliesShinobu FukushimaReferee:
  Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:
  Matt Clark
  Leon Wesley
Jang D. (Kim Y., Jang J.) (PP) – 21:081–0
Jung – 30:512–0
Cho Y. (Cho B., Jung) – 35:563–0
Lee H. (Jang D., Lee Ji.) (PP) – 40:314–0
4–142:53 – Takahashi (Uehara, Kumagai) (PP)
12 minPenalties14 min
24Shots7

11 March 2018
12:00
United States  10–0
(3–0, 6–0, 1–0)
  JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,435
Game reference
Jen LeeGoaliesShinobu Fukushima
Kazuya Mochizuki
Referee:
  Kristijan Nikolic
Linesmen:
  Matt Clark
  Han Youl
McKee (Landeros) – 01:011–0
Roybal (Misiewicz) – 04:342–0
Grove (Farmer, DeQuebec) – 12:263–0
Landeros (Roybal, Farmer) (PP) – 20:254–0
Farmer – 20:555–0
McDermott (Page, DeQuebec) – 23:206–0
Roman (Page, Pauls) – 23:547–0
Roybal (Misiewicz) – 24:028–0
Roybal (McKee, Misiewicz) – 24:499–0
Wallace (Farmer, Pauls) – 38:2510–0
2 minPenalties4 min
24Shots2
11 March 2018
15:30
South Korea  3–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2)
(OT: 1–0)
  Czech RepublicGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,187
Game reference
Yu Man-gyunGoaliesMichal VápenkaReferee:
  Jonathan Morrison
Linesmen:
  Matthew Fergenbaum
  Andreas Lundén
Lee Ju. (Jang J., Jung) – 18:281–0
1–138:55 – Geier (Kubeš) (SH)
Jung (Lee Jo.) – 42:532–1
2–244:21 – Geier (Kubeš, Doležal) (EA)
Jung (Jang D., Cho Y.) – 45:133–2
8 minPenalties8 min
22Shots10

12 March 2018
12:00
United States  10–0
(3–0, 7–0, 0–0)
  Czech RepublicGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,709
Game reference
Steve CashGoaliesMartin KudělaReferee:
  Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:
  Matthew Fergenbaum
  David Nothegger
Roybal (Landeros) – 01:041–0
Farmer (Wallace, Page) – 08:172–0
Farmer (McKee, Pauls) (PP) – 12:053–0
Farmer (Page, Wallace) (PP) – 18:394–0
Wallace (Farmer, Page) – 21:455–0
Roybal (Misiewicz, McKee) – 24:466–0
Dodson (Hanning) – 27:217–0
Farmer (Landeros, Carron) (PP) – 28:228–0
Roybal (Misiewicz) – 28:479–0
Dodson (Landeros) – 29:4210–0
4 minPenalties8 min
31Shots13

13 March 2018
12:00
United States  8–0
(6–0, 0–0, 2–0)
  South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 6,588
Game reference
Steve CashGoaliesYu Man-gyun
Lee Jae-woong
Referee:
  Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
  Matt Clark
  Matthew Fergenbaum
Roybal (Farmer, Landeros) (PP) – 04:511–0
Farmer (Wallace, DeQuebec) – 06:402–0
Misiewicz (Pauls, Landeros) (PP) – 08:093–0
Misiewicz (McKee, Roybal) – 09:574–0
Farmer (Roybal) (SH) – 12:275–0
Farmer (Roybal, Carron) (SH)– 13:376–0
Dodson (Carron, Roman) – 33:367–0
Roybal (McKee) – 40:078–0
8 minPenalties12 min
24Shots4
13 March 2018
19:00
Czech Republic  3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
  JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,569
Game reference
Michal VápenkaGoaliesShinobu FukushimaReferee:
  Jonathan Morrison
Linesmen:
  Han Youl
  Andreas Lundén
Kubeš (Hábl) – 27:261–0
Šafránek (Hrbek, Krupička) – 33:112–0
Kubeš (ENG) – 44:423–0
4 minPenalties4 min
11Shots5

Classification round edit

Bracket edit

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
14 March
 
 
  Norway6
 
16 March
 
  Japan1
 
  Norway5
 
14 March
 
  Czech Republic2
 
  Czech Republic (GWS)4
 
 
  Sweden3
 
Seventh place game
 
 
16 March
 
 
  Japan1
 
 
  Sweden5

5–8th place semifinals edit

14 March 2018
16:00
Czech Republic  4–3 GWS
(1–2, 0–1, 2–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
  SwedenGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 6,032
Game reference
Michal VápenkaGoaliesUlf NilssonReferee:
  Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:
  Matthew Fergenbaum
  Han Youl
0–106:14 – Ingvarsson
0–207:10 – Kasperi
Krupička (PP) – 08:591–2
1–316:12 – Ingvarsson (Gyllsten, Kasperi)
Hábl (Kubeš, Geier) (PP2) – 34:472–3
Doležal (Geier, Kubeš) – 43:253–3
Geier  
Krupička  
Hábl  
Geier  
Shootout  Kasperi
  Gyllsten
  Ingvarsson
  Ingvarsson
8 minPenalties10 min
25Shots8
14 March 2018
20:00
Norway  6–1
(2–0, 3–1, 1–0)
  JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 3,919
Game reference
Kjell Christian HamarGoaliesShinobu Fukushima
Kazuya Mochizuki
Referee:
  Johnathan Morrison
Linesmen:
  Jan Vaněk
  Leon Wesley
Bakke (Øiseth) (PP) – 02:251–0
Pedersen (Bøgle, Nordstoga) – 09:372–0
2–118:20 – Takahashi (Horie) (SH)
Bøgle – 18:343–1
Pedersen (Hamre) – 18:554–1
Bakke (Værnes, Bøgle) – 20:025–1
Pedersen (Bøgle, Nordstoga) – 35:286–1
0 minPenalties4 min
14Shots6

Seventh place game edit

16 March 2018
16:00
Japan  1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)
  SwedenGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,979
Game reference
Shinobu FukushimaGoaliesUlf NilssonReferee:
  Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:
  Jan Vaněk
  Leon Wesley
0–100:52 – Gyllsten (Kasperi, Meng)
Takahashi (Uehara) – 16:251–1
1–219:19 – Ingvarsson (Meng, Kasperi) (PP)
1–327:33 – Kasperi (Hedberg) (SH)
1–437:24 – Holm (Rakos, Kasperi)
1–544:17 – Ingvarsson (Gyllsten, P. Nilsson)
4 minPenalties4 min
10Shots14

Fifth place game edit

16 March 2018
20:00
Norway  5–2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–1)
  Czech RepublicGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,805
Game reference
Kjell Christian HamarGoaliesMartin KudelaReferee:
  Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
  Chae Young-jin
  Han Youl
Pedersen (Bøgle) – 00:441–0
Bakke (Værnes) – 03:392–0
2–114:18 – Krupička (Motyčka)
Pedersen (PP) – 23:443–1
3–235:29 – Kubeš (Hábl, Geier) (PP)
Bakke (Værnes, Pedersen) – 40:054–2
Bakke (SH, ENG) – 42:035–2
10 minPenalties31 min
12Shots9

Medal round edit

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsGold medal game
 
      
 
15 March
 
 
  Canada7
 
18 March
 
  South Korea0
 
  Canada1
 
15 March
 
  United States (OT)2
 
  United States10
 
 
  Italy1
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
17 March
 
 
  South Korea1
 
 
  Italy0

Semifinals edit

15 March 2018
12:00
Canada  7–0
(4–0, 1–0, 2–0)
  South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 6,603
Game reference
Corbin Watson
Dominic Larocque
GoaliesLee Jae-woongReferee:
  Kristijan Nikolic
Linesmen:
  Andreas Lundén
  David Nothegger
Hickey (Bridges) – 04:171–0
Cozzolino – 06:002–0
Westlake (Cozzolino, McGregor) – 13:253–0
Bridges (Delaney, Armstrong) – 14:194–0
Bridges (McGregor, Dixon) (PP) – 18:425–0
McGregor (Westlake) – 35:486–0
McGregor (Armstrong, Cozzolino) – 42:417–0
8 minPenalties2 min
24Shots2
15 March 2018
20:00
United States  10–1
(5–0, 3–0, 2–1)
  ItalyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,889
Game reference
Steve Cash
Jen Lee
GoaliesGabriele Araudo
Santino Stillitano
Referee:
  Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
  Chae Young-jin
  Matt Clark
Grove (Landeros) – 03:231–0
Misiewicz (Pauls, Roybal) – 03:582–0
Roybal (Pauls, Misiewicz) – 04:093–0
Landeros (PP) – 13:504–0
McDermott (Grove) – 14:565–0
Roybal (Misiewicz) (PP) – 22:526–0
Landeros (Carron, Farmer) – 23:357–0
Farmer (Page, Pauls) – 27:448–0
McKee (Grove, Page) – 33:329–0
9–138:30 – Corvino (Depaoli) (PP)
Landeros (Roybal, Hanning) (PP) – 42:0310–1
16 minPenalties14 min
33Shots4

Bronze medal game edit

17 March 2018
12:00
South Korea  1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  ItalyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 6,534
Game reference
Lee Jae-woongGoaliesGabriele AraudoReferee:
  Johnathan Morrison
Linesmen:
  Matt Clark
  Matthew Fergenbaum
Jang D. (Jung, Lee Jo.) – 41:421–0
2 minPenalties2 min
14Shots9

Gold medal game edit

18 March 2018
12:00
Canada  1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)
  United StatesGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 6,096
Game reference
Dominic LarocqueGoaliesSteve CashReferee:
  Kristijan Nikolic
Linesmen:
  Andreas Lundén
  David Nothegger
Bridges (Delaney, Hickey) – 12:061–0
1–144:22 – Farmer (McKee, Roybal) (EA)
1–248:30 – Farmer (Pauls)
4 minPenalties2 min
12Shots16

Final ranking edit

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
  B   United States 5 4 1 0 0 40 2 +38 14
  A   Canada 5 4 0 1 0 43 2 +41 13
  B   South Korea (H) 5 2 1 0 2 8 18 −10 8
4 A   Italy 5 1 1 0 3 6 23 −17 5
5 A   Norway 5 3 0 1 1 16 15 +1 10
6 B   Czech Republic 5 1 1 1 2 11 21 −10 6
7 A   Sweden 5 1 0 1 3 9 27 −18 4
8 B   Japan 5 0 0 0 5 3 28 −25 0
Source: PyeongChang 2018
(H) Host

Statistics edit

Scoring leaders edit

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
  Declan Farmer 5 11 6 17 +11 0 F
  Brody Roybal 5 10 7 17 +15 0 F
  Tyler McGregor 5 8 5 13 +11 14 F
  Liam Hickey 5 6 5 11 +12 0 F
  Nikko Landeros 4 4 7 11 +14 2 D
  Rob Armstrong 5 4 7 11 +17 0 D
  Billy Bridges 5 6 4 10 +12 4 F
  Dom Cozzolino 5 3 7 10 +15 2 F
  Josh Misiewicz 5 3 7 10 +12 4 F
  Adam Dixon 5 2 8 10 +18 2 D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: PyeongChang 2018

Leading goaltenders edit

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
  Corbin Watson 97:43 0 0.00 6 100.00 1
  Steve Cash 152:44 1 0.29 31 96.77 2
  Dominic Larocque 130:47 2 0.69 23 91.30 1
  Michal Vápenka 144:56 6 1.86 35 82.86 1
  Gabriele Araudo 154:15 8 2.33 42 80.95 1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: PyeongChang 2018

Awards edit

Best players selected by the directorate:

Source: PyeongChang 2018

References edit

  1. ^ "Ice Hockey Mixed – Competition Schedule" (PDF). PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Norway's Lena Schroder's big Para ice hockey dream". International Paralympic Committee. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Ice Hockey Mixed – Player Statistics by Team – NOR - Norway" (PDF). PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. ^ "US Para ice hockey player suspended". IPC. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. ^ "2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  6. ^ "World Para Ice Hockey Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. ^ "PyeongChang 2018: Para ice hockey officials revealed". International Paralympic Committee. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

External links edit