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Sledge hockey, also known as Sled hockey in American English, and Para ice hockey in international competition, is an adaptation of ice hockey for players who have a physical disability. The sport was invented in the early 1960s at a rehabilitation centre in Stockholm , Sweden, [ citation needed ] and played under similar rules to standard ice ...
Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics has been held since the 1994 Winter Paralympics, when it was known as ice sledge hockey (the sport was renamed by the International Paralympic Committee in 2016). [1] [2]
The first sanctioned World Para Ice Hockey Championships were held in Nynäshamn, Sweden in 1996. [ 1 ] On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international governing body for 10 disability sports, adopted the "World Para" branding across all of those sports.
Sweeney had been playing sled hockey for about a year when he decided to try out for Team USA, shortly after the Americans won gold at the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver.
Ice sledge hockey game at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Ice Sledge Hockey: Ice sledge hockey is open only to male competitors with a physical disability in the lower part of their body. The game is played using international hockey rules with some modifications. Athletes sit on sledges with two blades that allow the puck to go beneath the sledge.
Conner Adcock, 9, (left) of Flat Rock attempts to get to the puck to hit with his Belle Tire Sled Hockey teammate as they played in the Motown sled hockey tournament at Taylor Sportplex Jan. 20, 2024.
The 2013 World Sledge Hockey Challenge was the seventh edition of the semi-annual international event hosted by Hockey Canada. ... Games played: 10: Scoring leader(s)
The inaugural World Sledge Hockey Challenge tournament in 2007 was hosted in Kelowna, British Columbia, and featured four teams – Canada, Norway, United States and Germany. Canada captured the inaugural tournament, by defeating Norway 1-0 in overtime in the gold medal game.