Para ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

2022 Winter Paralympics
Tournament details
Host country China
Venue(s)Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Dates5–13 March
Teams7
Final positions
Champions  United States (5th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  China
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Games played16
Goals scored101 (6.31 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Declan Farmer (18 points)
MVPUnited States Declan Farmer
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The Para ice hockey competition of the 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium, China, from 5 to 13 March 2022.[1] A total of seven teams competed in the mixed team tournament.[2]

Yu Jing from China has become the third female Para ice hockey player at the Paralympic Games,[3][4] preceded by Britt Mjaasund Øyen and Lena Schrøder from Norway who previously competed in para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics.[5]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open Team Tournament[6]  United States
Ralph DeQuebec
Travis Dodson
David Eustace
Declan Farmer
Noah Grove
Malik Jones
Griffin LaMarre
Jen Lee
Kevin McKee
Josh Misiewicz
Evan Nichols
Josh Pauls
Rico Roman
Brody Roybal
Jack Wallace
Joseph Woodke
Kyle Zych
 Canada
Rob Armstrong
Billy Bridges
Rod Crane
Ben Delaney
Adam Dixon
James Dunn
Tyrone Henry
Liam Hickey
Anton Jacobs-Webb
Adam Kingsmill
Dominic Larocque
Zach Lavin
Antoine Lehoux
Tyler McGregor
Garrett Riley
Branden Sison
Greg Westlake
 China
Bai Xuesong
Che Hang
Cui Yutao
Hu Guangjian
Ji Yanzhao
Li Hongguan
Lyu Zhi
Qiu Dianpeng
Shen Yifeng
Song Xiaodong
Tian Jintao
Wang Jujiang
Wang Wei
Wang Zhidong
Xu Jinqiang
Yu Jing
Zhang Zheng
Zhu Zhanfu

Qualification

Qualifying event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 31 July 2015 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1  China
2021 World Championships 19–26 June 2021 Czech Republic Ostrava 5  Canada
 United States
 RPC[a]
 South Korea
 Czech Republic
Paralympic Qualification Tournament[8][9] 26 November – 1 December 2021 Germany Berlin 2  Italy
 Slovakia

Match officials

5 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[10]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 2 2 0 0 0 14 1 +13 6 Semifinals
2  Canada 2 1 0 0 1 6 5 +1 3
3  South Korea 2 0 0 0 2 1 15 −14 0 Quarterfinals
 RPC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified
Source: Beijing 2022
5 March 2022
09:35
RPC Cancelled South KoreaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
5 March 2022
13:05
United States 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 CanadaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Game reference
Jen LeeGoaliesDominic Larocque
Adam Kingsmill
Referee:
Norway Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:
Sweden Andreas Lundén
Sweden Tony Rundström
Pauls (Farmer, Wallace) (PP) – 05:441–0
Roybal (Farmer) – 14:482–0
Jones (Wallace, Grove) – 25:273–0
Misiewicz (Farmer, Pauls) – 28:574–0
Farmer (McKee, Misiewicz) – 41:265–0
2 minPenalties4 min
26Shots9

6 March 2022
09:35
Canada Cancelled RPCBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
6 March 2022
13:05
South Korea 1–9
(0–5, 0–4, 1–0)
 United StatesBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Game reference
Lee Jae-woong
Choi Hyuk-jun
GoaliesJen Lee
Griffin LaMarre
Referee:
Denmark Jacob Grumsen
Linesmen:
Netherlands Louis Beelen
Canada Matt Fergenbaum
0–104:25 – Wallace (Misiewicz, Nichols)
0–208:58 – Wallace (Dodson)
0–309:43 – Misiewicz (Farmer, Nichols)
0–411:03 – Roybal (Farmer, Wallace)
0–513:53 – Wallace (Misiewicz, Pauls)
0–624:56 – Jones (Zych, DeQuebec)
0–726:51 – Farmer (Misiewicz, Pauls) (PP)
0–828:27 – Farmer (Roybal, Pauls) (PP)
0–929:47 – Jones (Nichols, Farmer) (PP)
Jung – 33:211–9
10 minPenalties2 min
3Shots39

8 March 2022
09:35
United States Cancelled RPCBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
8 March 2022
13:05
Canada 6–0
(2–0, 1–0, 3–0)
 South KoreaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Game reference
Dominic LarocqueGoaliesLee Jae-woong
Choi Hyuk-jun
Referee:
Norway Kenneth Danielsen
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekaš
Austria David Nothegger
Hickey (Dunn, Bridges) – 07:141–0
Dunn (Armstrong) – 07:352–0
Dunn (Jacobs-Webb, Riley) – 21:083–0
Bridges (Dixon, McGregor) – 34:204–0
McGregor – 35:395–0
Dunn (Dixon, Bridges) (PP) – 42:506–0
29 minPenalties10 min
42Shots4

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China (H) 3 3 0 0 0 18 2 +16 9 Quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3  Italy 3 0 1 0 2 2 12 −10 2
4  Slovakia 3 0 0 1 2 1 12 −11 1 Eliminated
Source: Beijing 2022
(H) Host
5 March 2022
16:35
Czech Republic 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 ItalyBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Game reference
Martin KudelaGoaliesGabriele Araudo
Julian Kasslatter
Referee:
Norway Kenneth Danielsen
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekaš
Austria David Nothegger
Kubeš (Wagner, Raul) (EA) – 10:491–0
Zelinka (Doležal, Raul) – 12:362–0
Palát (Krupička, Hábl) – 15:543–0
Hečko (Wagner) – 17:314–0
Geier (Wagner, Kubeš) (PP) – 36:355–0
6 minPenalties2 min
14Shots11
5 March 2022
20:05
Slovakia 0–7
(0–2, 0–1, 0–4)
 ChinaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,230
Game reference
Eduard LepáčekGoaliesJi YanzhaoReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Netherlands Louis Beelen
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
0–108:39 – Shen (SH)
0–213:01 – Shen (Wang Z.)
0–319:43 – Cui (Wang Z., Shen)
0–432:51 – Shen (Wang Z.) (SH)
0–538:00 – Li (Lyu)
0–641:21 – Shen (Cui)
0–743:58 – Tian (Zhu, Ji) (PP)
8 minPenalties10 min
8Shots28

6 March 2022
16:35
Italy 2–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 SlovakiaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Game reference
Gabriele Araudo
Julian Kasslatter
GoaliesEduard LepáčekReferee:
Norway Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:
Sweden Tony Rundström
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
0–129:50 – Korman (Stašák)
Rosa (Larch) – 39:031–1
Larch GOAL
Depaoli MISS
Rosa GOAL
Larch GOAL
ShootoutMISS Stašák
GOAL Joppa
GOAL Ligda
MISS Joppa
2 minPenalties4 min
24Shots12
6 March 2022
20:05
China 5–2
(0–0, 5–1, 0–1)
 Czech RepublicBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,207
Game reference
Ji YanzhaoGoaliesMartin Kudela
Michal Vápenka
Referee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekaš
Sweden Andreas Lundén
Shen (Wang Z.) – 15:111–0
Zhu (Xu, Shen) (PP) – 17:382–0
Wang J. – 17:533–0
Tian (Li) (SH) – 21:064–0
4–121:53 – Ohar (Doležal, Veselý)
Li (Lyu) (SH) – 29:525–1
5–243:04 – Krupička (Hečko, Sedláček)
14 minPenalties16 min
21Shots8

8 March 2022
16:35
Italy 0–6
(0–4, 0–2, 0–0)
 ChinaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,224
Game reference
Julian Kasslatter
Gabriele Araudo
GoaliesWang WeiReferee:
Denmark Jacob Grumsen
Linesmen:
Sweden Tony Rundström
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
0–100:16 – Wang Z. (Shen)
0–202:41 – Bai (Wang Z.)
0–303:52 – Qiu (Li, Tian)
0–412:08 – Hu (Tian) (PP2)
0–517:42 – Wang Z. (Tian, Li)
0–625:23 – Qiu (Lyu)
22 minPenalties10 min
1Shots25
8 March 2022
20:05
Czech Republic 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 SlovakiaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Game reference
Michal VápenkaGoaliesEduard LepáčekReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Netherlands Louis Beelen
Canada Matt Fergenbaum
Krupička (Sedláček, Geier) – 01:231–0
Kubeš (Palát, Ohar) – 25:002–0
Geier (Doležal, Sedláček) – 39:193–0
4 minPenalties8 min
19Shots7

Playoff round

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal game
 
          
 
 
 
 
11 March
 
 
 United States11
 
9 March
 
 China0
 
 China4
 
13 March
 
 Czech Republic3
 
 United States5
 
 
 Canada0
 
 
11 March
 
 
 Canada11
 
9 March
 
 South Korea0 Bronze medal game
 
 South Korea4
 
12 March
 
 Italy0
 
 China4
 
 
 South Korea0
 

Quarterfinals

9 March 2022
16:35
South Korea 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 ItalyBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,206
Game reference
Choi Hyuk-junGoaliesGabriele AraudoReferee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Canada Matt Fergenbaum
Sweden Andreas Lundén
Jang D. – 03:301–0
Jung (Jang D., Lee Jo.) – 25:532–0
Lee Jo. (Jung) – 30:253–0
Jang D. (Jang J.) (ENG) – 42:384–0
10 minPenalties12 min
17Shots15

9 March 2022
20:05
China 4–3
(1–1, 1–0, 2–2)
 Czech RepublicBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Game reference
Ji YanzhaoGoaliesMartin KudelaReferee:
Norway Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:
Austria David Nothegger
Sweden Tony Rundström
Wang Z. (Cui, Zhu) – 06:481–0
1–108:06 – Geier (Hábl, Wagner)
Tian (Cui) – 20:292–1
Shen (Cui, Wang Z.) (PP) – 30:293–1
3–232:41 – Hečko (Ohar)
3–339:01 – Novotný (Geier, Hábl) (PP)
Wang Z. (Shen) – 43:094–3
10 minPenalties4 min
16Shots12

Semifinals

11 March 2022
12:05
Canada 11–0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0)
 South KoreaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 943
Game reference
Dominic Larocque
Adam Kingsmill
GoaliesChoi Hyuk-jun
Lee Jae-woong
Referee:
Denmark Jacob Grumsen
Linesmen:
Austria David Nothegger
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
Hickey (Dixon, McGregor) – 09:481–0
Bridges (Delaney) (PP) – 13:372–0
McGregor (Hickey, Westlake) – 14:413–0
Bridges (Dunn, Dixon) – 15:454–0
Bridges (Dunn, Hickey) – 18:115–0
McGregor (Hickey) – 19:266–0
Westlake (McGregor, Hickey) – 19:577–0
McGregor (Westlake, Henry) – 32:158–0
Riley – 34:379–0
Jacobs-Webb (Dixon, Lehoux) – 37:3710–0
McGregor (Henry, Lavin) – 44:1811–0
8 minPenalties4 min
43Shots3

11 March 2022
20:05
United States 11–0
(4–0, 5–0, 2–0)
 ChinaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 987
Game reference
Jen LeeGoaliesJi Yanzhao
Wang Wei
Referee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Canada Matt Fergenbaum
Sweden Andreas Lundén
Roybal (Farmer) – 05:231–0
Roybal (Farmer) – 05:552–0
Misiewicz (Farmer, Zych) – 08:453–0
Roybal (Farmer, Misiewicz) (PP) – 14:054–0
Misiewicz (Pauls) – 17:595–0
Farmer (Misiewicz, Roybal) (PP) – 19:476–0
Jones (Wallace, Roybal) (PP) – 22:317–0
Farmer (Zych) – 23:138–0
Woodke (Zych, Wallace) (PP) – 27:409–0
Roybal (Wallace, Jones) – 31:5710–0
Pauls – 33:0211–0
6 minPenalties12 min
37Shots6

Seventh place game

10 March 2022
18:05
CancelledBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

Fifth place game

11 March 2022
16:05
Czech Republic 3–4 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–1)
 ItalyBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Game reference
Michal VápenkaGoaliesJulian KasslatterReferee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Netherlands Louis Beelen
Serbia Tibor Fazekaš
0–124:11 – Rosa (Macrì) (PP)
Ohar (Veselý, Palát) (PP) – 27:241–1
Novotný (PS) – 37:052–1
2–240:48 – Rosa (Larch, Depaoli)
Geier (Novotný, Raul) – 44:153–2
3–344:48 – Macrì (Rosa) (EA)
3–451:47 – Depaoli (Macrì)
8 minPenalties8 min
19Shots18

Bronze medal game

12 March 2022
20:05
China 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 South KoreaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 492
Game reference
Ji YanzhaoGoaliesLee Jae-woongReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Canada Matt Fergenbaum
Sweden Tony Rundström
Wang Z. (Shen, Zhu) – 04:061–0
Shen – 16:002–0
Li (Shen, Zhu) – 43:153–0
Shen (Wang Z.) (ENG) – 44:484–0
22 minPenalties16 min
23Shots11

Gold medal game

13 March 2022
12:05
United States 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 CanadaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,012
Game reference
Jen LeeGoaliesDominic LarocqueReferee:
Denmark Jacob Grumsen
Linesmen:
Sweden Andreas Lundén
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
Farmer (SH) – 09:081–0
Roybal (SH) – 09:332–0
Roybal (Woodke) – 17:393–0
Pauls (Farmer) – 22:514–0
Farmer (Pauls, Roybal) – 35:575–0
10 minPenalties2 min
20Shots16

Final ranking

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) A  United States 4 4 0 0 0 30 1 +29 12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) A  Canada 4 2 0 0 2 17 10 +7 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) B  China (H) 6 5 0 0 1 26 16 +10 15
4 A  South Korea 5 1 0 0 4 5 30 −25 3
5 B  Italy 5 0 2 0 3 6 19 −13 4
6 B  Czech Republic 5 2 0 1 2 16 13 +3 7
7 B  Slovakia 3 0 0 1 2 1 12 −11 1
A  RPC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Beijing 2022
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
United States Declan Farmer 4 7 11 18 +16 0 F
China Shen Yifeng 6 8 6 14 +10 20 F
United States Brody Roybal 4 8 4 12 +12 2 F
China Wang Zhidong 6 5 7 12 +11 8 F
United States Josh Misiewicz 4 4 6 10 +10 4 F
United States Josh Pauls 4 3 6 9 +10 0 D
United States Jack Wallace 4 3 6 9 +16 4 D
Canada Tyler McGregor 4 5 3 8 +5 2 F
Canada Billy Bridges 4 4 2 6 +2 0 F
Czech Republic Michal Geier 5 4 2 6 +1 2 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: Beijing 2022

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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
United States Jen Lee 165:00 0 0.00 33 100.00 3
Czech Republic Michal Vápenka 119:25 5 1.88 34 85.29 1
Slovakia Eduard Lepáček 140:00 11 3.54 70 84.29 0
China Ji Yanzhao 195:00 9 2.08 53 83.02 2
South Korea Lee Jae-woong 151:13 21 6.25 115 81.74 0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Beijing 2022

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ Russia and Belarus were banned from competing in the Paralympics after the countries' invasion of Ukraine.[7]

References

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