2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge

2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	Leduc Recreation Centre in Leduc, Alberta
Dates	February 1, 2015 – February 7, 2015
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	10

The 2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge was an international ice sledge hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada hosted in Leduc, Alberta, from February 1–7, 2015, at the Leduc Recreation Centre.^[1]^[2]^[3] The U.S. National Sled Hockey Team defeated Russia, 2-1 to win the competition.^[4]^[5]

Teams

Canada (8th Appearance)
Russia (2nd Appearance)
South Korea (2nd Appearance)
United States (8th Appearance)

Background

Canada, Russia, South Korea and the United States all return.

2015 Tournament

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-7).

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	13	3	+10	9
Canada	3	2	1	10	2	+8	6
Russia	3	1	2	6	6	0	3
South Korea	3	0	3	2	20	−18	0

Source:

1 February 2015
12:00

Russia

2-3
(0-1, 1-1, 1-1)

United States

Leduc Recreation Centre

Game reference

Vladimir Kamantsev (0-1-0)

Goalies

Steve Cash (1-0-0)

	0-1	10:26 - B. Roybal (1) (N. Landeros, S. Cash) (PP)
	0-2	22:05 - K. McKee (1) (D. Farmer, N. Landeros)
E. Petrov (1) (V. Varlakov, A. Amosov) - 27:21	1-2
V. Varlakov (1) (M. Chekmarev) - 40:53	2-2
	2-3	43:15 - D. Farmer (1) (K. McKee)

6 min

Penalties

4 min

20

Shots

20

1 February 2015
17:00

South Korea

0-8
(0-3, 0-4, 0-1)

Canada

Leduc Recreation Centre

Game reference

Man-Gyun Yu (0-1-0)

Goalies

Corbin Watson (1-0-0)
Dominic Larocque

	0-1	7:13 - B. Bowden (1) (G. Westlake)
	0-2	7:41 - A. Dixon (1) (B. Bowden, G. Westlake)
	0-3	13:57 - M. Dorion (1) (A. Dixon)
	0-4	17:02 - B. Delaney (1) (T. McGregor)
	0-5	25:10 - T. McGregor (1) (D. Whitson, A. Dixon) (PP)
	0-6	27:32 - K. Rempel (1) (B. Bowden)
	0-7	27:51 - T. McGregor (2)
	0-8	39:08 - B. Bowden (2) (G. Westlake, D. Whitson)

18 min

Penalties

0 min

10

Shots

25

2 February 2015
12:00

South Korea

1-8
(0-2, 0-2, 1-4)

United States

Leduc Recreation Centre

Game reference

Man-Gyun Yu (0-2-0)

Goalies

Steve Cash (2-0-0), Kyle Huckaby (19:41)

	0-1	0:22 - K. McKee (2) (D. Farmer)
	0-2	9:08 - B. Roybal (2) (N. Landeros) (PP)
	0-3	18:17 - B. Roybal (3) (D. Farmer, K. McKee)
	0-4	21:05 - A. Page (1) (J. Pauls)
	0-5	30:21 - J. Pauls (1)
	0-6	31:13 - J. Pauls (2) (B. Hanning)
J-S Lee (1) (Y-J Cho) - 33:52	1-6
	1-7	38:00 - D. Farmer (2) (K. McKee)
	1-8	43:03 - D. McCoy (1) (J. Misiewicz)

8 min

Penalties

18 min

7

Shots

25

2 February 2015
19:00

Canada

2-0
(0-0, 1-0, 1-0)

Russia

Leduc Recreation Centre

Game reference

Corbin Watson (2-0-0)

Goalies

Vladimir Kamantsev (0-2-0)

G. Westlake (1) (B. Bowden) - 22:12	1-0
M. Dorion (2) (B. Delaney) - 43:40	2-0

8 min

Penalties

14 min

25

Shots

17

4 February 2015
12:00

Russia

4-1
(0-0, 3-1, 1-1)

South Korea

Leduc Recreation Centre

Game reference

Evgeny Plotnikov (1-0-0)

Goalies

Man-Gyun Yu (0-3-0)

18:49 - D. Lisov (1) (I. Volkov, V. Varlakov)	1-0
23:28 - V. Selyukin (1) (A. Lysov)	2-0
	2-1	Y-J Cho (1) (S-H Jung, B-S Cho) - 27:04
28:16 - S. Panfilov (1) (D. Lisov, I. Volkov) (PP)	3-1
31:11 - A. Amosov (1) (V. Litvinenko, V. Varlakov)	4-1

12 min

Penalties

12 min

25

Shots

10

4 February 2015
19:00

Canada

0-2
(0-1, 0-0, 0-1)

United States

Leduc Recreation Centre

Game reference

Corbin Watson (2-1-0)

Goalies

Steve Cash (3-0-0)

	0-1	13:48 - N. Landeros (1) (B. Roybal, D. Farmer)
	0-2	38:51 - N. Landeros (2) (K. McKee)

4 min

Penalties

2 min

13

Shots

21

Playoff round

Semi-finals			Gold Medal

4	South Korea	0

1	United States	8
			1	United States	2

			3	Russia	1
3	Russia	2

2	Canada	1	Bronze Medal


			4	South Korea	1

			2	Canada	4

Semi-finals

5 February 2015
14:00

South Korea

0-8
(0-0, 0-1, 0-7)

United States

Leduc Recreation Centre

Game reference

Man-Gyun Yu (0-4-0)
Do-Young Shin

Goalies

Steve Cash (4-0-0)

	0-1	25:24 - K. McKee (3) (N. Landeros, D. Farmer) (PP)
	0-2	34:16 - N. Landeros (3)
	0-3	34:40 - D. McCoy (2) (J. Misiewicz)
	0-4	36:11 - D. Farmer (3)(B. Roybal)
	0-5	42:55 - J. Misiewicz (1) (D. McCoy) (PP)
	0-6	43:59 - J. Misiewicz (2)
	0-7	43:59 - A. Page (2) (D. McCoy)
	0-8	44:32 - A. Page (3)

45 min

Penalties

4 min

5

Shots

30

5 February 2015
19:00

Russia

2-1
(1-1, 0-0, 1-0)

Canada

Leduc Recreation Centre

Game reference

Vladimir Kamantsev (1-2-0)

Goalies

Corbin Watson (2-2-0)

S. Panfilov (1) (I. Volkov, D. Lisov) - 1:12	1-0
	1-1	4:14 - K. Rempel (2) (K. Block)
I. Berdnik (1) - 44:07	2-1

14 min

Penalties

20 min

21

Shots

18

Bronze-medal game

7 February 2015
12:00

South Korea

1-4
(1-1, 0-3, 0-0)

Canada

Leduc Recreation Centre

Game reference

Man-Gyun Yu (0-5-0)

Goalies

Dominic Larocque (1-0-0)

	0-1	3:36 - T. McGregor (3) (K. Rempel, C. Cederstrand)
J-K Lee (Y-J Cho) - 13:36	1-1
	1-2	18:41 - D. Whitson (1) (A. Dixon, K. Rempel)
	1-3	24:50 - T. McGregor (4) (B. Delaney)
	1-4	28:40 - A. Dixon (2) (T. McGregor, K. Sorley) (PP)

24 min

Penalties

22 min

12

Shots

21

Gold-medal game

7 February 2015
17:00

Russia

1-2 OT
(1-0, 0-1, 0-0)
(OT: 0-1)

United States

Leduc Recreation Centre

Game reference

Evgeny Plotnikov (2-0-0)

Goalies

Steve Cash (5-0-0)

	0-1	23:05 - K. McKee (3) (T. Carron)
I. Berdnik (2) (M. Kuzminykh) - 11:42	1-1
	1-2	45:19 - J. Pauls (3) (B. Roybal)

2 min

Penalties

0 min

9

Shots

20

Final standings

	Team
	United States
	Russia
	Canada
4th	South Korea

Statistics

Scoring Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	P	PIM
Declan Farmer	United States	5	3	6	9	2
Nikko Landeros	United States	5	3	5	8	0
Kevin McKee	United States	5	4	3	7	0
Tyler McGregor	Canada	5	4	2	6	8
Brody Roybal	United States	5	3	3	6	0
Daniel McCoy	United States	5	2	4	6	0
Adam Dixon	Canada	5	2	3	5	8
Greg Westlake	Canada	5	1	4	5	18

Top goaltenders
Player	Team	GP	Mins	GA	SO	GAA	Sv%	Record
Steve Cash	United States	5	205:38	3	2	0.66	.936	5-0-0
Dominic Larocque	Canada	5	60:00	1	0	0.75	.929	1-0-0
Corbin Watson	Canada	5	164:24	4	1	1.09	.938	2-2-0

References

^ "Leduc to host 2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^ "2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^ "Leduc Recreation Centre to host 2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge". www.insidethegames.biz. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^ USAHockey.com (2015-02-07). "USA Wins 2015 World Sled Hockey Challenge". USA Hockey. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^ "Ohio sled hockey player makes 2015 US national team, gets honored at CBJ game". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

External links

Hockey Canada's WSHC Website

[1] "Leduc to host 2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

[2] "2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

[3] "Leduc Recreation Centre to host 2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge". www.insidethegames.biz. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

[4] USAHockey.com (2015-02-07). "USA Wins 2015 World Sled Hockey Challenge". USA Hockey. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

[5] "Ohio sled hockey player makes 2015 US national team, gets honored at CBJ game". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

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