# Para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

The Para ice hockey competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Gangneung Hockey Centre, South Korea, from 10 to 18 March 2018. A total of eight teams competed in the mixed team tournament. Lena Schrøder from Norway has become the second female Para ice hockey player at the Paralympic Games after Britt Mjaasund Øyen.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mixed | United States (USA) | Canada (CAN) | South Korea (KOR) |
| Mixed | Tyler Carron Steve Cash Ralph DeQuebec Travis Dodson Declan Farmer Noah Grove Billy Hanning Jr. Nikko Landeros Jen Lee Luke McDermott Kevin McKee Josh Misiewicz Adam Page Josh Pauls Rico Roman Brody Roybal Jack Wallace | Rob Armstrong Steve Arsenault Bradley Bowden Billy Bridges Dominic Cozzolino Ben Delaney Adam Dixon James Dunn James Gemmell Tyrone Henry Liam Hickey Dominic Larocque Tyler McGregor Bryan Sholomicki Corbyn Smith Corbin Watson Greg Westlake | Cho Byeong-seok Cho Young-jae Choi Kwang-hyouk Choi Si-woo Han Min-su Jang Dong-shin Jang Jong-ho Jung Seung-hwan Kim Dea-jung Kim Young-sung Lee Hae-man Lee Jae-woong Lee Ji-hoon Lee Jong-kyung Lee Ju-seung Lee Yong-min Yu Man-gyun |

## Qualification

| Qualifying event | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 6 July 2011 | Durban | 1 | South Korea |
| 2017 World Championships | 12–20 April 2017 | Gangneung | 4 | Canada United States Norway Italy |
| Paralympic Qualification Tournament | 9–14 October 2017 | Östersund | 3 | Czech Republic Japan Sweden |

## Match officials

5 referees and 8 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

### Referees

* Kristijan Nikolic
* Kevin Webinger
* Sotaro Yamaguchi
* Owe Lüthcke
* Johnathan Morrison

### Linesmen

* David Nothegger
* Matt Clark
* Matthew Fergenbaum
* Jan Vaněk
* Leon Wesley
* Chae Young-jin
* Han Youl
* Andreas Lundén

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | +35 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |

## Classification round
### Bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| 14 March | 14 March |
| Norway | 6 |
| Norway | 6 | 16 March | 16 March |
| Japan | 1 | 16 March | 16 March |
| Japan | 1 | Norway | 5 |
| 14 March | 14 March | | Norway | 5 |
| 14 March | 14 March | Czech Republic | 2 |
| Czech Republic (GWS) | 4 | Czech Republic | 2 |
| Sweden | 3 | | |
| Sweden | 3 | Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| | | 16 March | 16 March |
| | | Japan | 1 |
| | | Sweden | 5 |

### Fifth place game
## Medal round
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| 15 March | 15 March |
| Canada | 7 |
| Canada | 7 | 18 March | 18 March |
| South Korea | 0 | 18 March | 18 March |
| South Korea | 0 | Canada | 1 |
| 15 March | 15 March | | Canada | 1 |
| 15 March | 15 March | United States (OT) | 2 |
| United States | 10 | United States (OT) | 2 |
| Italy | 1 | | |
| Italy | 1 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | 17 March | 17 March |
| | | South Korea | 1 |
| | | Italy | 0 |

### Gold medal game
## Final ranking

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | B | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | +38 | 14 |
| | A | Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 2 | +41 | 13 |
| | B | South Korea (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 8 |
| 4 | A | Italy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 23 | −17 | 5 |
| 5 | A | Norway | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 10 |
| 6 | B | Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 6 |
| 7 | A | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 4 |
| 8 | B | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 0 |

## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Declan Farmer | 5 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +11 | 0 | F |
| Brody Roybal | 5 | 10 | 7 | 17 | +15 | 0 | F |
| Tyler McGregor | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | +11 | 14 | F |
| Liam Hickey | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +12 | 0 | F |
| Nikko Landeros | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +14 | 2 | D |
| Rob Armstrong | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +17 | 0 | D |
| Billy Bridges | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +12 | 4 | F |
| Dom Cozzolino | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +15 | 2 | F |
| Josh Misiewicz | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +12 | 4 | F |
| Adam Dixon | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +18 | 2 | D |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: PyeongChang 2018

### 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 |
| Corbin Watson | 97:43 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 100.00 | 1 |
| Steve Cash | 152:44 | 1 | 0.29 | 31 | 96.77 | 2 |
| Dominic Larocque | 130:47 | 2 | 0.69 | 23 | 91.30 | 1 |
| Michal Vápenka | 144:56 | 6 | 1.86 | 35 | 82.86 | 1 |
| Gabriele Araudo | 154:15 | 8 | 2.33 | 42 | 80.95 | 1 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: PyeongChang 2018

## Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
* Best Goaltender: Lee Jae-woong
* Best Defenceman: Adam Dixon
* Best Forward: Brody Roybal
Source: PyeongChang 2018