2008 World Sledge Hockey Challenge

2008 World Sledge Hockey Challenge
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)Charlottetown, PEI
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up  Norway
Third place  United States
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Games played8
Goals scored48 (6 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Greg Westlake, Canada Billy Bridges (9 points)
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The 2008 World Sledge Hockey Challenge was the second semi-annual international ice sledge hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. The event was hosted in Charlottetown, PEI.[1] Japan replaced Germany at 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.

 Norway8 - 0 Japan
 Canada3 - 1 United States
 Japan1 - 4 United States
 Canada2 - 0 Norway
 Norway3 - 2 United States
 Canada7 - 1 Japan

Round Robin Standings

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 0 12 2 +10 9
 Norway 3 2 0 0 1 11 4 +7 6
 United States 3 1 0 0 2 7 7 0 3
 Japan 3 0 0 0 3 2 19 −17 0
Source: [citation needed]

source:Para Hockey Cup Guide and Record Book

Playoffs

Bronze-medal game

 Japan0 - 9 United States

Gold-medal game

 Norway0 - 7 Canada

Final standings

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

References

  1. ^ "2008 world sledge hockey challenge". Bing. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
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