2010 Winter Paralympics

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	UBC Winter Sports Centre
Dates	13–20 March
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	82 (4.1 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Greg Westlake (11 points)
MVP	Brad Bowden
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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.^[1]

Following high hopes in the host nation, Canada's defeat in the semi-finals was described as causing "national despair".^[2]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed	United States Mike Blabac Steve Cash Taylor Chace Jimmy Connelly Brad Emmerson Joe Howard Tim Jones Nikko Landeros Taylor Lipsett Adam Page Josh Pauls Alexi Salamone Greg Shaw Bubba Torres Andy Yohe Coach: Ray Maluta	Japan (JPN) Mikio Annaka Takayuki Endo Shinobu Fukushima Naohiko Ishida Noritaka Ito Makoto Majima Tomohiko Maruo Eiji Misawa Mitsuru Nagase Toshiyuki Nakamura Satoru Sudo Kazuhiro Takahashi Daisuke Uehara Atsuya Yaguchi Mamoru Yoshikawa Coach: Kojin Nakakita	Norway (NOR) Ole Bjarte Austevoll Audun Bakke Helge Bjørnstad Kissinger Deng Eskil Hagen Thomas Jacobsen Loyd Remi Johansen Roger Johansen Knut André Nordstoga Rolf Einar Pedersen Tommy Rovelstad Kjell Vidar Røyne Stig Tore Svee Morten Værnes Coach: Morten Haglund

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 event	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
2009 World Championship	9–16 May 2009	Ostrava	6	United States  Norway  Canada  Japan  Czech Republic  Italy
Paralympic Last Chance Qualification Tournament	9–13 November 2009	Malmö	2	Sweden  South Korea

The rules promulgated by the International Paralympic Committee provide that each participating NPC may enter a maximum of:

One men's team of fifteen eligible male athletes; or

One mixed team of up to sixteen eligible athletes of whom a minimum of one of the athletes is female.^[3]

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.^[4]

 Canada^[5]

Name	Birthdate
Jeremy Booker	8 November 1986
Brad Bowden	26 May 1983
Billy Bridges	22 March 1984
Adam Dixon	13 August 1989
Marc Dorion	22 June 1987
Raymond Grassi	11 February 1983
Jean Labonte	20 March 1969
Herve Lord	3 March 1958
Shawn Matheson	6 May 1972
Graeme Murray	14 December 1984
Todd Nicholson	28 January 1969
Paul Rosen	26 April 1960
Benoit St-Amand	19 April 1978
Greg Westlake	12 June 1986
Derek Whitson	21 June 1989

 Czech Republic

Name	Birthdate
Jiří Berger	22 June 1975
Erik Fojtík	7 May 1972
Michal Geier	7 April 1986
Zdeněk Hábl	17 April 1982
Roman Herink	12 September 1963
Miroslav Hrbek	26 February 1965
Zdeněk Klíma	21 January 1974
Zdeněk Krupička	22 February 1980
Pavel Kubeš	25 November 1983
Tomáš Kvoch	20 September 1966
Jan Matoušek	17 May 1985
David Palát	17 May 1984
Jiří Raul	10 October 1977
Zdeněk Šafránek	21 February 1982
Michal Vápenka	18 August 1973

 Italy

Name	Birthdate
Gabriele Araudo	5 August 1974
Bruno Balossetti	14 June 1973
Gianluca Cavaliere	11 June 1971
Andrea Chiarotti	5 December 1966
Giuseppe Condello	21 August 1971
Valerio Corvino	15 November 1975
Rupert Kanestrin	6 November 1965
Grégory Leperdi	24 June 1973
Ambrogio Magistrelli	4 June 1960
Florian Planker	8 February 1977
Roberto Radice	27 August 1981
Gianluigi Rosa	27 June 1987
Igor Stella	28 December 1981
Santino Stillitano	26 June 1969
Werner Winkler	18 September 1968

 Japan

Name	Birthdate
Mikio Annaka	15 August 1971
Takayuki Endo	19 March 1978
Shinobu Fukushima	14 December 1956
Naohiko Ishida	9 August 1967
Noritaka Ito	29 May 1983
Makoto Majima	24 August 1971
Tomohiko Maruo	7 March 1968
Eiji Misawa	22 February 1973
Mitsuru Nagase	23 January 1976
Toshiyuki Nakamura	8 March 1969
Satoru Sudo	23 October 1970
Kazuhiro Takahashi	4 December 1978
Daisuke Uehara	27 December 1981
Atsuya Yaguchi	27 November 1976
Mamoru Yoshikawa	18 February 1970

 Norway

Name	Birthdate
Ole Bjarte Austevoll	6 August 1970
Audun Bakke	5 November 1988
Helge Bjornstad	14 October 1971
Kissinger Deng	31 May 1979
Eskil Hagen	13 June 1970
Thomas Jacobsen	4 November 1987
Loyd Remi Johansen	25 July 1987
Roger Johansen	4 February 1973
Knut André Nordstoga	18 February 1983
Rolf Einar Pedersen	4 November 1969
Tommy Rovelstad	8 November 1972
Kjell Vidar Røyne	1 August 1970
Stig Tore Svee	16 December 1963
Morten Værnes	6 December 1981

 South Korea

Name	Birthdate
Cho Byeong-seok	6 June 1985
Cho Young-jae	10 January 1985
Choi Hyuk-jun	12 July 1972
Chung Young-hoon	5 May 1974
Han Min-su	3 June 1970
Jang Dong-shin	10 January 1976
Jang Jong-ho	29 March 1984
Jung Seung-hwan	9 January 1986
Kim Dea-jung	7 July 1970
Lee Hae-man	20 February 1972
Lee Jong-kyung	28 October 1973
Lee Yong-min	20 December 1974
Park Sang-hyeon	9 September 1973
Park Woo-chul	4 April 1973
Sa Sung-keun	27 January 1967

 Sweden

Name	Birthdate
Aron Anderson	26 January 1988
Magnus Carlsson	3 July 1970
Jan Edbom	24 June 1957
Dedjo Engmark	16 March 1972
Marcus Holm	5 December 1973
Niklas Ingvarsson	3 June 1978
Jens Kask	20 April 1966
Per Kasperi	20 May 1993
Joakim Larsson	4 December 1969
Albin Lindell	15 February 1989
Rasmus Lundgren	13 August 1991
Ulf Nilsson	22 May 1964
Niklas Rakos	24 September 1986
Dan Svensson	5 January 1986
Anders Wistrand	7 April 1983

 United States

Name	Birthdate
Mike Blabac	18 January 1974
Steve Cash	9 May 1989
Taylor Chace	9 May 1986
Jimmy Connelly	27 October 1989
Brad Emmerson	16 December 1985
Joe Howard	22 May 1966
Tim Jones	16 December 1987
Nikko Landeros	28 April 1989
Taylor Lipsett	20 January 1987
Adam Page	10 March 1992
Josh Pauls	31 December 1992
Alexi Salamone	17 June 1987
Greg Shaw	28 February 1990
Bubba Torres	31 October 1991
Andy Yohe	21 July 1978

All times are local (UTC-8).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	0	0	1	7	7	0	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	5	7	−2	3	5–8th place semifinals
4	South Korea	3	0	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

13 March 2010 v 17:00

United States

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

South Korea

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,444

Game reference
	Steve Cash	Goalies	Choi Hyuk-jun	Referee: Paul Boese Linesmen: Steven Richardson Maksim Toode
	Chace (Landeros, Shaw) – 03:45 1–0 Salamone (Howard) (PP) – 19:45 2–0 Lipsett (Yohe, Salamone) (PP) – 29:34 3–0 Lipsett – 38:32 4–0 Chace – 44:22 5–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	5

13 March 2010 v 20:30

Japan

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 2,752

Game reference
	Mitsuru Nagase	Goalies	Michal Vápenka	Referee: Petter Vojan Hegle Linesmen: William Marcotte Brad Anton Roethlisberger
	Endo (Sudo, Takahashi) – 15:11 1–0 1–1 33:06 – Hábl (Kvoch, Geier) Ishida (Uehara) – 38:19 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	9

14 March 2010 v 17:00

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

United States

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,170

Game reference
	Michal Vápenka	Goalies	Steve Cash	Referee: Paul Matte Linesmen: Eric Dagenais Kai Gunnar Thøger-Andresen
	0–1 07:53 – Lipsett (Salamone, Chace) (PP) 0–2 27:01 – Salamone 0–3 33:44 – Connelly (Yohe, Howard) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	6	Shots	23

14 March 2010 v 20:30

Japan

5–0 (3–0, 0–0, 2–0)

South Korea

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 3,941

Game reference
	Mitsuru Nagase	Goalies	Choi Hyuk-jun Chung Young-hoon	Referee: Johnathan Morrison Linesmen: Tomasz Heltman Brad Anton Roethlisberger
	Uehara (Endo, Sudo) (SH) – 04:46 1–0 Yoshikawa (Takahashi, Ishida) – 06:21 2–0 Endo (Yoshikawa, Uehara) – 07:41 3–0 Yoshikawa (Uehara, Takahashi) (PP) – 32:52 4–0 Takahashi (Yoshikawa) – 34:21 5–0
	26 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	11

16 March 2010 v 10:00

Czech Republic

4–2 (2–0, 2–0, 0–2)

South Korea

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 4,791

Game reference
	Jan Matoušek	Goalies	Choi Hyuk-jun Chung Young-hoon	Referee: Scott Bokal Linesmen: Brian Frerichs Maksim Toode
	Krupička (SH) – 02:29 1–0 Kvoch (Hábl, Geier) (PP2) – 14:11 2–0 Kubeš (Geier) – 20:28 3–0 Fojtík – 26:18 4–0 4–1 41:46 – Cho B. (Lee J., Park S.) (PP) 4–2 44:51 – Lee J. (Cho B.)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	7

16 March 2010 v 17:00

United States

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Japan

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,468

Game reference
	Steve Cash Mike Blabac	Goalies	Mitsuru Nagase Shinobu Fukushima	Referee: Petter Vojan Hegle Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Eric Dagenais
	Page (Yohe, Jones) – 01:05 1–0 Shaw (Lipsett) – 12:01 2–0 Salamone (Yohe) (PP) – 20:13 3–0 Lipsett – 28:22 4–0 Howard (Chace) – 34:10 5–0 Landeros – 38:54 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	3	3	0	0	0	19	1	+18	9	Semifinals
2	Norway	3	1	1	0	1	4	7	−3	5
3	Sweden	3	1	0	1	1	3	12	−9	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Italy	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

13 March 2010 v 10:00

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Italy

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver

Game reference
	Paul Rosen	Goalies	Santino Stillitano	Referee: Johnathan Morrison Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Kai Gunnar Thøger-Andresen
	Dorion (Bridges) – 09:28 1–0 Westlake (Dixon, Labonté)– 34:04 2–0 Westlake (Bowden) – 38:48 3–0 Labonté – 39:18 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	4

13 March 2010 v 13:30

Norway

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

Sweden

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,458

Game reference
	Roger Johansen	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson	Referee: Derek Berkebile Linesmen: Tomasz Heltman Leon Wesley
	0–1 14:16 – Holm (Anderson, Ingvarsson) Rovelstad (Pedersen, Svee) (PP) – 43:17 1–1
	Pedersen Bjørnstad Rovelstad	Shootout	Kasperi Ingvarsson Holm
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	8

14 March 2010 v 10:30

Norway

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Italy

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 3,638

Game reference
	Roger Johansen	Goalies	Santino Stillitano	Referee: Paul Boese Linesmen: Brian Frerichs Maksim Toode
	0–1 08:34 – Winkler (Planker) Røyne (Bjørnstad) – 37:59 1–1 Røyne (Bjørnstad, Rovelstad) – 43:59 2–1
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	10

14 March 2010 v 13:30

Canada

10–1 (4–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Sweden

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,504

Game reference
	Benoit St-Amand	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson	Referee: Scott Bokal Linesmen: Steven Richardson Leon Wesley
	Bowden (Nicholson, Westlake) – 01:25 1–0 1–1 01:38 – Ingvarsson Westlake (Nicholson, Bowden) – 07:44 2–1 Dixon (Bridges) – 12:54 3–1 Bowden (Bridges, Westlake) – 13:47 4–1 Westlake (Dixon, Bridges) (PP) – 17:13 5–1 Dixon (Bowden, Bridges) (PP) – 22:16 6–1 Westlake (SH2) – 25:28 7–1 Dorion (SH) – 26:23 8–1 Dorion (Nicholson) – 31:19 9–1 Dorion – 34:58 10–1
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	3

16 March 2010 v 13:30

Italy

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Sweden

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 4,983

Game reference
	Santino Stillitano	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson	Referee: Paul Matte Linesmen: William Marcotte Kai Gunnar Thøger-Andresen
	0–1 27:57 – Holm (Anderson) (PP2)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	6	Shots	12

16 March 2010 v 20:30

Norway

0–5 (0–2, 0–3, 0–0)

Canada

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,430

Game reference
	Roger Johansen Kissinger Deng	Goalies	Paul Rosen	Referee: Derek Berkebile Linesmen: Tomasz Heltman Brad Anton Roethlisberger
	0–1 00:31 – Bridges (Dixon, Bowden) (PP) 0–2 07:14 – Westlake (Bowden) (SH) 0–3 15:11 – Bowden (Murray, Westlake) 0–4 18:46 – Westlake (Bowden, Bridges) (PP) 0–5 26:04 – Dixon (Labonté, Nicholson) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	8	Shots	12

	5–8th place semifinal				Fifth place game
	17 March
	Czech Republic (GWS)	3
					19 March
	Italy	2
					Czech Republic (OT)	2
	17 March
					South Korea	1
	Sweden	1
	South Korea	2
					Seventh place game
					19 March
					Italy	4
					Sweden	0

17 March 2010 v 12:00

Czech Republic

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

Italy

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,092

Game reference
	Michal Vápenka	Goalies	Santino Stillitano	Referee: Derek Berkebile Linesmen: William Marcotte Maksim Toode
	Geier (PP) – 09:51 1–0 Krupička (Kvoch, Šafránek) (PP) – 18:21 2–0 2–1 21:19 – Rosa (Planker, Cavaliere) (PP) 2–2 29:17 – Chiarotti (Planker, Rosa) (PP)
	Fojtík Berger	Shootout	Rosa Planker Cavaliere
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	15	Shots	15

17 March 2010 v 19:00

Sweden

1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

South Korea

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,354

Game reference
	Ulf Nilsson	Goalies	Chung Young-hoon	Referee: Petter Vojan Hegle Linesmen: Brian Frerichs Leon Wesley
	0–1 09:27 – Cho Y. (Jang J., Lee H.) Rakos – 15:51 1–1 1–2 33:45 – Lee J. (Park S., Lee Y.)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	11	Shots	12

19 March 2010 v 12:00

Italy

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Sweden

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 4,954

Game reference
	Santino Stillitano	Goalies	Ulf Nilsson	Referee: Paul Matte Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Leon Wesley
	Winkler – 07:56 1–0 Planker (Rosa, Cavaliere) (PP) – 13:25 2–0 Planker (Leperdi) – 39:23 3–0 Chiarotti (Planker, Cavaliere) – 41:01 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	13

19 March 2010 v 15:30

Czech Republic

2–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

South Korea

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,507

Game reference
	Michal Vápenka	Goalies	Choi Hyuk-jun	Referee: Scott Bokal Linesmen: Eric Dagenais Tomasz Heltman
	0–1 32:59 – Park S. (Lee J., Han) Fojtík (Kubeš, Krupička) – 37:24 1–1 Geier (Kvoch, Fojtík) – 47:16 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	16

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	18 March
	United States	3
					20 March
	Norway	0
					United States	2
	18 March
					Japan	0
	Canada	1
	Japan	3
					Bronze medal game
					19 March
					Norway	2
					Canada	1

18 March 2010 v 12:00

Canada

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Japan

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,039

Game reference
	Paul Rosen	Goalies	Mitsuru Nagase	Referee: Johnathan Morrison Linesmen: Steven Richardson Brad Anton Roethlisberger
	Dorion (Booker, Grassi) (PP) – 09:56 1–0 1–1 22:33 – Endo 1–2 43:47 – Uehara (Takahashi) 1–3 44:44 – Endo (ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	11

18 March 2010 v 19:00

United States

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,204

Game reference
	Steve Cash	Goalies	Roger Johansen	Referee: Paul Boese Linesmen: Eric Dagenais Tomasz Heltman
	Shaw (Pauls) – 23:48 1–0 Chace (Salamone) (PP) – 25:35 2–0 Howard (Landeros, Salamone) – 41:59 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	10	Shots	12

19 March 2010 v 19:00

Norway

2–1 (0–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Canada

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,462

Game reference
	Roger Johansen	Goalies	Paul Rosen	Referee: Johnathan Morrison Linesmen: Brian Frerichs Brad Anton Roethlisberger
	0–1 32:45 – Dixon (Westlake) Pedersen (PS) – 36:08 1–1 Hagen – 44:56 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	18

20 March 2010 v 12:00

United States

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Japan

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,810

Game reference
	Steve Cash	Goalies	Mitsuru Nagase	Referee: Petter Vojan Hegle Linesmen: Steven Richardson Maksim Toode
	Salamone (Howard, Lipsett) (PP) – 04:10 1–0 Lipsett (Howard) (PP) – 43:42 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	5

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	A	United States	5	5	0	0	0	19	0	+19	15
	A	Japan	5	3	0	0	2	10	10	0	9
	B	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	6	11	−5	8
4	B	Canada (H)	5	3	0	0	2	21	6	+15	9
5	A	Czech Republic	5	1	2	0	2	10	10	0	7
6	A	South Korea	5	1	0	1	3	5	17	−12	4
7	B	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	7	10	−3	4
8	B	Sweden	5	1	0	1	3	4	18	−14	4

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Greg Westlake	5	7	4	11	+8	4	F
Brad Bowden	5	3	6	9	+7	0	F
Alexi Salamone	5	4	4	8	+5	6	F
Taylor Lipsett	5	5	2	7	+8	6	F
Adam Dixon	5	4	3	7	+8	2	D
Billy Bridges	5	1	6	7	+3	16	F
Joe Howard	5	2	4	6	+5	6	F
Florian Planker	5	2	4	6	0	8	F
Marc Dorion	5	5	0	5	+1	4	F
Takayuki Endo	5	4	1	5	+4	2	D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: Vancouver 2010

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
Steve Cash	210:00	0	0.00	33	100.00	4
Chung Young-hoon	97:19	3	1.39	35	91.43	0
Michal Vápenka	191:24	8	1.88	72	88.89	0
Paul Rosen	179:19	4	1.00	34	88.24	2
Mitsuru Nagase	213:40	9	1.90	71	87.32	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Vancouver 2010

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Steve Cash
  • Best Defenceman: Taylor Chace
  • Best Forward: Greg Westlake
  • MVP: Brad Bowden
• Media All-Stars:
  • Goaltender: Steve Cash
  • Defencemen: Taylor Chace / Adam Dixon
  • Forwards: Greg Westlake / Alexi Salamone / Florian Planker
  • MVP: Brad Bowden

• Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics

• 2010 Winter Paralympics – Ice Sledge Hockey Schedule and Results
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