World Sledge Hockey Challenge

The World Sledge Hockey Challenge (WSHC) is a semi-annual international ice sledge hockey tournament sponsored by Hockey Canada and the IPC Sledge Hockey. The tournament is an invitational format to bring four of the strongest ice sledge hockey teams together for international competition in non-Paralympic years.

World Sledge Hockey Challenge
Current season, competition or edition:
2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge
SportSledge hockey
Inaugural season2007
Most recent
champion(s)
 Canada
Most titles Canada (6)
TV partner(s)TSN
Sponsor(s)Hockey Canada
IPC Sledge Hockey
Related
competitions
IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
Paralympics
Official websiteWorld Sledge Hockey Challenge

The tournament features four teams per year and has seen teams from Canada, the United States, Russia, South Korea, Norway, Germany and Japan.

History

The tournament was created in 2007 by Hockey Canada. The idea behind the tournament was to give an opportunity for international level play during non-Paralympic years.

The inaugural 2007 tournament 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.

The 2008 tournament was held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Japan replaced Germany. For the second straight year, Canada defeated Norway in the final. However, Canada dominated the final winning 7-0

In 2009, the United States won their first title. They defeated Canada in overtime 3-2 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. No tournament was held in 2010, owing to the 2010 Winter Paralympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia that year. Instead, two tournaments were held in 2011, in April in London, Ontario, Canada defeated Norway in the final 8-0. In the November tournament that year in Calgary, Alberta, Canada again captured Gold, defeating the United States 4-1 in the final. The 2012 tournament was held again in Calgary, Alberta and saw the United States capture their second gold, defeating Canada 1-0 in the final.

In 2013, the tournament saw a few changes, it was held in Toronto, Ontario for the first time and saw Russia and South Korea replace Japan and Norway in the tournament. South Korea was added in an attempt to help them gain experience before the 2018 Winter Paralympics are held there. Canada captured gold, by defeating the United States 4-1 in the final. Again owing to the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia no tournament was held. It returned in 2015 in Leduc, Alberta.

Champions

Year Host City
2007 Canada Norway United StatesKelowna, British Columbia[1]
2008 Canada Norway United StatesCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island[2]
2009 United States Canada NorwayCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island[3]
2011 April Canada Norway United StatesLondon, Ontario[4]
2011 November Canada United States NorwayCalgary, Alberta[5]
2012 United States Canada NorwayCalgary, Alberta[6]
2013 Canada United States RussiaToronto, Ontario[7]
2015 United States Russia CanadaLeduc, Alberta[8]
2016 January United States Canada RussiaBridgewater, Nova Scotia[9]
2016 December United States Canada South KoreaBridgewater, Nova Scotia[10]
2017 United States Canada South KoreaCharlottetown, PEI[11]
2018 United States Canada South KoreaLondon, Ontario[12]

All-time team records

All-time team records
RankTeamGPW-L-OTLGFGAMedals
1  Canada 37 33-3-1 186 34 5 G, 2 S, 1 B
2  United States 32 25-12-0 138 65 3 G, 2 S, 2 B
3  Norway 27 11-14-2 67 96 0 G, 3 S, 3 B
4  Russia 10 4-5-1 27 23 0 G, 1 S, 1 B
5  Japan 23 2-21-0 22 156 0 G, 0 S, 0 B
6  Germany 4 0-4-0 5 24 0 G, 0 S, 0 B
7  South Korea 10 0-10-0 9 57 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

See also

References

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