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Yes, Ice sledge hockey is a winter paralympic event.
Ice Hockey is played by able bodied players on ice skates with a stick and the rest of the regular gear. Sledge hockey is mainly a Paralympic sport and involves the participants sitting on a small sledge and moving themselves around using 2 small sticks which are used to hit the puck. It follows mainly the same rules as ice hockey with some small variations.
* Alpine skiing * Ice sledge hockey * Nordic skiing ** Biathlon ** Cross-country skiing * Wheelchair curling
IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was created in 1996.
The United States won the gold medal in Ice sledge hockey. The U.S. Ice sledge hockey team consisted of Tyler Carron, Steve Cash, Taylor Chace, Declan Farmer, Nikko Landeros, Jen Lee, Taylor Lipsett, Dan McCoy, Kevin McKee, Adam Page, Josh Pauls, Rico Roman, Brody Roybal, Paul Schaus, Greg Shaw, Josh Sweeney, and Andy Yohe.
Russia won the silver medal in Ice sledge hockey. Russia's Ice sledge hockey team consisted of Alexey Amosov, Maxim Andriyanov, Andrey Dvinyaninov, Mikhail Ivanov, Vladimir Kamantcev, Ivan Kuznetsov, Dmitrii Lisov, Vladimir Litvinenko, Aleksei Lysov, Evgeny Petrov, Ilia Popov, Vadim Selyukin, Konstantin Shikhov, Nikolay Terentyev, Ruslan Tuchin, Vasilii Varlakov, and Ilia Volkov.
Canada won the bronze medal in Ice sledge hockey. Canada's Ice sledge hockey team consisted of Steve Arsenault, Brad Bowden, Billy Bridges, Ben Delaney, Adam Dixon, Marc Dorion, Anthony Gale, James Gemmell, Dominic Larocque, Karl Ludwig, Tyler McGregor, Graeme Murray, Kevin Rempel, Benoit St-Amand, Corbin Watson, Greg Westlake, and Derek Whitson.
Yes, ice hockey debuted at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp because, at the time, there were no Winter Olympics. Ice hockey has been a Winter Olympic event since the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
Well, there are 5 sports in the Winter Paralympics. All of the Winter Paralympic Sports take place on snow or Ice. There are 20 sports in the Summer Paralympics. The sports change frequently, for example 2010 is the first year that wheelchair curling is an official sport of the Winter Paralympics. To see a list of all of the Paralympic Sports, see the link below.
A hockey event includes many pieces. They need concession, tickets, ice crew, teams, announcers, and the biggest part the fans.
Ice hockey is a popular event at the Winter Olympics for many countries. Canadians, northern and eastern Europeans particularly enjoy hockey, as do significant numbers in the northeastern USA.
The first women's ice hockey event was at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano.