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 ÃÂstersund Arena in ÃÂstersund, 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, ZdenÃÂk Hábl, ZdenÃÂk KrupiÃÂka, Martin Novak, David Palát, JiÃ
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Goaltenders: Jan MatouÃ
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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 (UTCâÂÂ4).
Group A
Group B
Classification round
Bracket
5âÂÂ8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Final round
Bracket
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Final standings
B-Pool
Results
All times are local (UTC+1).
References
External links