2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge

2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)Charlottetown, PEI
DatesNovember 14–21, 2009
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  Norway
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Games played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Brad Bowden, Canada Billy Bridges (9 points)

The 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge was the third semi-annual international ice sledge hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. The event was hosted in Charlottetown, PEI for the second straight year. The same 4 teams from last year played in this years tournament.

Round robin

The 4 teams played each other once in the round robin with the top 2 teams playing in the Gold Medal Game and the bottom 2 in the Bronze Medal Game.

 Norway0 - 1 Japan
 Canada4 - 0 United States
 Japan0 - 2 United States
 Canada1 - 0 Norway
 Norway0 - 3 United States
 Canada5 - 0 Japan

Round robin standings

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 0 10 0 +10 9
 United States 3 2 0 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 Japan 3 1 0 0 2 1 7 −6 3
 Norway 3 0 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source:

Source:Para Hockey Cup Guide and Record Book

Playoffs

Bronze-medal game

 Norway4 - 0 Japan

Gold-medal game

 United States3 - 2 (OT) Canada

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway
4th  Japan

References

USA Wins Gold at 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge (usahockeymagazine.com) retrieved December 6, 2023

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