2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge

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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)
Runner-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)
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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.[citation needed]

Round robin[edit]

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[edit]

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: [citation needed]

Source:Para Hockey Cup Guide and Record Book

Playoffs[edit]

Bronze-medal game[edit]

 Norway4 - 0 Japan

Gold-medal game[edit]

 United States3 - 2 (OT) Canada

Final standings[edit]

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

References[edit]

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