Winter Paralympics 2002 / Sledge ice hockey

Sledge ice hockey at the IX. Winter Paralympics
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Attendees	6 nations
date
venue	Salt Lake City
Competition location
decisions	1
← Nagano 1998	Turin 2006 →

At the VIII Winter Paralympics 2002 in Salt Lake City , a sledge ice hockey tournament for men was held with six participating nations.

Men

space	country
1		United States
2		Norway
3		Sweden
4th		Canada
5		Japan
6th		Estonia

After Canada had already ousted the reigning Olympic champion Norway from the throne at the 2000 Sledge Ice Hockey World Championship , this time the USA prevailed against Norway in the final, with the US and the Swedes taking the penalty shootout in the game for third place needed to earn the desired medal.

For the USA this was the greatest success in international sledge ice hockey, while the Norwegians maintained their top position after the gold medal in 1998 and second places in the Paralympics in 1994 and the World Cup in 2000.

statistics

• Best scorer: Sylvester Flis (USA) (11 goals, 7 assists)
• Top scorer: Sylvester Flis (USA) (11 goals)
• Most Valuable Player: Sylvester Flis (USA)
• All-Star-Team (A) (elected by media representatives)
  • Goalkeeper: Manuel Jr Guerra (USA)
  • Right winger: Sylvester Flis (USA)
  • Right-back: Tommy Rovelstad (NOR)
  • Left winger: Helge Bjoernstad (NOR)
  • Left winger: Joe Howard (USA)
  • Right winger: Marcus Holm (SWE)
• All-Star-Team (B) (elected by media representatives)
  • Goalkeeper: Mits Nagase (JPN)
  • Right-back: Brian Ruhe (USA)
  • Left winger: Shawn Matheson (CAN)
  • Center-Forward: Takayuki Endo (JPN)
  • Right winger: Maksim Wedernikow (EST)
  • Center-Forward: Billy Bridges (CAN)