Ice sledge hockey at the 2010 Winter Paralympics


The ice sledge hockey competition of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held at the UBC Winter Sports Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 13 March to 20 March 2010.
For the first time, women were allowed to compete in ice sledge hockey at the Paralympic Games.
Following high hopes in the host nation, Canada's defeat in the semi-finals was described as causing "national despair".

Medalists

Qualification

Six slots were reserved for the top six finishers at the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, one slot was reserved for the winner of the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Paralympic Qualifier, and one slot was reserved for the host country, Canada. Since Canada placed in the top six of the World Championships, the eighth slot was given to the second-place finisher at the Paralympic Qualifier.
Qualifying eventDateVenueVacanciesQualified
2009 World Championship9–16 May 2009 Ostrava6




Paralympic Qualification Tournament9–13 November 2009 Malmö2

Team rosters

The rules promulgated by the International Paralympic Committee provide that each participating NPC may enter a maximum of:
It was reported that this decision was taken without consulting Canada, the reigning champion in the sport. Hockey Canada announced that there would be no women on the Canadian ice sledge hockey roster at the Paralympics, because no Canadian women play at that level. At the 2006 Paralympics in Turin, Sweden attempted to put a female player on their roster, but were not allowed to do so.

Preliminary round

All times are local.

Group A

Group B

Classification round

Bracket

5–8th place semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Medal round

Bracket

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Greg Westlake57411+84F
Brad Bowden5369+70F
Alexi Salamone5448+56F
Taylor Lipsett5527+86F
Adam Dixon5437+82D
Billy Bridges5167+316F
Joe Howard5246+56F
Florian Planker524608F
Marc Dorion5505+14F
Takayuki Endo5415+42D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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Leading goaltenders

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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Steve Cash210:0000.0033100.004
Chung Young-hoon97:1931.393591.430
Michal Vápenka191:2481.887288.890
Paul Rosen179:1941.003488.242
Mitsuru Nagase213:4091.907187.321
TOI = Time on ice ; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Awards