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.
Yes, Ice sledge hockey is a winter paralympic event.
IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships was created in 1996.
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Ice hockey is played on ice, while field hockey is played on a grass surface, the rules in field hockey are kinder than ice hockey, and the sticks vary between versions.
There is no difference i have friends that play Inline Hockey and Ice Hockey and they use the same girdles. -- Inline Hockey girdles are supposed to be worn under pants, so often the surrounding nylon is not much robust, and they are tighter to the body.
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.
Nowadays, not much, but originally roller hockey equip was made to vent, with lots of mesh and space for air to flow through (as roller didn't have the ice to cool down a player) Recently ice hockey equipment has been made with similar venting systems to cool down a player and because of the decreased weight without sacrificing strength.
* Alpine skiing * Ice sledge hockey * Nordic skiing ** Biathlon ** Cross-country skiing * Wheelchair curling
Figure skating is basically dancing on ice and can be solitary as hockey is a team game and can be played both on ice and on a field or pitch.
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