# 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

The 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships for A-Pool teams (Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia, United States) was held at HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York, United States, from April 26 through May 3, 2015.
This was the final time the event was known as the "IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships". On November 30, 2016, the International Paralympic Committee adopted the "World Para" brand across the ten sports it governs, the official name of the sport changed from "sledge hockey" to "Para ice hockey", and the event became the World Para Ice Hockey Championships.
The World Championships for B-Pool teams (Austria, Great Britain, Poland, Slovakia, South Korea, Sweden) was held at Östersund Arena in Östersund, Sweden, from March 15 to March 21, 2015.

## A-Pool
### Team rosters
#### Canada

    Forwards: Kieran Block, Brad Bowden, Billy Bridges, Chris Cederstrand, Ben Delaney, Marc Dorion, Tyler McGregor, Bryan Sholomicki, Kevin Sorley, Greg Westlake
    Defenders: Steve Arsenault, Adam Dixon, James Gemmell, Kevin Rempel, Derek Whitson
    Goaltenders: Dominic Larocque, Corbin Watson

#### Czech Republic

    Forwards: Michal Geier, Zdeněk Hábl, Zdeněk Krupička, Martin Novak, David Palát, Jiří Raul, Zdeněk Šafránek
    Defenders: Jiří Berger, Miroslav Hrbek, Pavel Kubeš, David Motyčka
    Goaltenders: Jan Matoušek, Michal Vápenka

#### Germany

    Forwards: Bas Disveld, Bernhard Hering, Ingo Kuhli-Lauenstein, Frank Rennhack, Felix Schrader, Sven Stumpe, Joerg Wedde, Jacob Wolff
    Defenders: Christian Jaster, Robert Pabst, Christian Pilz, Lucas Sklorz
    Goaltenders: Klaus Brzoska, Simon Kunst

#### Italy

    Forwards: Andrea Chiarotti, Valerio Corvino, Christoph Depaoli, Sandro Kalegaris, Nils Larch, Gregory Leperdi, Andrea Macri, Florian Planker, Roberto Radice, Werner Winker
    Defenders: Bruno Balossetti, Gianluigi Rosa
    Goaltenders: Gabriele Araudo, Santino Stillitano

#### Japan

    Forwards: Susumu Hirose, Hideaki Ishii, Masaharu Kumagai, Nao Kodama, Tomohiko Maruo, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Taimei Shiba, Yoshihiro Shioya, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Mamoru Yoshikawa
    Defenders: Wataru Horie, Eiji Misawa, Kazuya Mochizuki, Satoru Sudo
    Goaltenders: Shinobu Fukushima, Mitsuru Nagase

#### Norway

    Forwards: Thommas Avdal, Audun Bakke, Magnus Bøgle, Martin Hamre, Emil Kirstistuen, Jan Roger Klakegg, Rolf Einar Pedersen, Tor Joakim Rivera, Loyd Remi Pallander Solberg, Emil Sørheim, Stig Tore Svee
    Defenders: Thomas Jacobsen, Knut Andre Nordstoga, Morten Værnes
    Goaltenders: Kjell Christian Hamar, Roger Johansen

#### Russia

    Forwards: Alexey Amosov, Maxim Kuzminykh, Dmitrii Lisov, Sergei Panfilov, Nikolay Terentyev, Vasili Varlakov, Ilia Volkov
    Defenders: Ivan Berdnik, Mikhail Chekmarev, Ivan Kuznetsov, Vladimir Litvinenko, Aleksei Lysov, Alexander Pulin, Vadim Selyukin, Andrey Sokolov
    Goaltenders: Andrei Kasatkin, Evegnii Plotnikov

#### United States

    Forwards: Chris Douglas, Declan Farmer, Dan McCoy, Luke McDermott, Kevin McKee, Josh Misiewicz, Adam Page, Brody Roybal, Paul Schaus, Josh Sweeney
    Defenders: Tyler Carron, Billy Hanning, Nikko Landeros, Sam Mumper, Josh Pauls
    Goaltenders: Steve Cash, Kyle Huckaby

### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–4).

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | −23 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 3 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |

### Classification round
#### Bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| April 30 | April 30 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | May 2 | May 2 |
| Italy | 5 | May 2 | May 2 |
| Italy | 5 | Italy | 4 |
| April 30 | April 30 | | Italy | 4 |
| April 30 | April 30 | Germany | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | Germany | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | | |
| Czech Republic | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | May 2 | May 2 |
| | | Japan | 1 |
| | | Czech Republic | 5 |

#### Fifth place game
### Final round
#### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| May 1 | May 1 |
| Russia | 2 |
| Russia | 2 | May 3 | May 3 |
| Canada | 3 | May 3 | May 3 |
| Canada | 3 | Canada | 0 |
| May 1 | May 1 | | Canada | 0 |
| May 1 | May 1 | United States | 3 |
| Norway | 0 | United States | 3 |
| United States | 6 | | |
| United States | 6 | Third place | Third place |
| | | May 3 | May 3 |
| | | Norway | 1 |
| | | Russia (OT) | 2 |

#### Final
### Final standings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | B | United States (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | +28 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | A | Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | Russia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 8 | Third place |
| 4 | A | Norway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 7 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | Italy | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | |
| 6 | B | Germany | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 3 | |
| 7 | A | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Relegated to 2017 B-Pool |
| 8 | A | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 34 | −31 | 0 | Relegated to 2017 B-Pool |

## B-Pool
### Results

All times are local (UTC+1).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 3 | +44 | 15 | Advanced to 2017 A-Pool |
| 2 | Sweden (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 12 | Advanced to 2017 A-Pool |
| 3 | Slovakia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 5 | |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 4 | |
| 6 | Austria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 0 | Relegated to 2016 C-Pool |