Para Hockey Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Para Hockey Cup
SportSledge hockey
Inaugural season2007
Most recent
champion(s)		 United States
Most titles United States (10)
TV partner(s)TSN
Sponsor(s)Hockey Canada
IPC Sledge Hockey
Related
competitions		World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Paralympics
Official websiteWorld Sledge Hockey Challenge

The Para Hockey Cup, formerly the World Sledge Hockey Challenge (WSHC) and Canadian Tire Para Ice Hockey Cup is an annual international ice sledge hockey tournament sponsored by Hockey Canada and the IPC Sledge Hockey. The tournament is an invitational format to bring four of the strongest ice sledge hockey teams together for international competition.

The tournament features four teams per year and has seen teams from Canada, the United States, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Germany, China and the Czech Republic.

History

The tournament was created in 2007 by Hockey Canada. The idea behind the tournament was to give an opportunity for international level play during non-Paralympic years.

The inaugural 2007 tournament was hosted in Kelowna, British Columbia, and featured four teams – Canada , Norway, United States and Germany. Canada captured the inaugural tournament, by defeating Norway 1-0 in overtime in the gold medal game.

The 2008 tournament was held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Japan replaced Germany. For the second straight year, Canada defeated Norway in the final. However, Canada dominated the final winning 7-0

In 2009, the United States won their first title. They defeated Canada in overtime 3-2 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. No tournament was held in 2010, owing to the 2010 Winter Paralympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia that year. Instead, two tournaments were held in 2011, in April in London, Ontario, Canada defeated Norway in the final 8-0. In the November tournament that year in Calgary, Alberta, Canada again captured Gold, defeating the United States 4-1 in the final. The 2012 tournament was held again in Calgary, Alberta and saw the United States capture their second gold, defeating Canada 1-0 in the final.

In 2013, the tournament saw a few changes, it was held in Toronto, Ontario for the first time and saw Russia and South Korea replace Japan and Norway in the tournament. South Korea was added in an attempt to help them gain experience before the 2018 Winter Paralympics are held there. Canada captured gold, by defeating the United States 4-1 in the final. Again owing to the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia no tournament was held. It returned in 2015 in Leduc, Alberta.

In 2018, the World Sledge Hockey Challenge was rebranded as the Para Hockey Cup. Sponsored by Canadian Tire, the tournament was officially known as the Canadian Tire Para Ice Hockey Cup.[1]

Champions

Year 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Host City
2007 Canada Norway United StatesKelowna, British Columbia[2]
2008 Canada Norway United StatesCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island[2]
2009 United States Canada NorwayCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island[2]
2010Not held due to 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada
2011
April		 Canada Norway United StatesLondon, Ontario[2]
2011 November Canada United States NorwayCalgary, Alberta[3]
2012 United States Canada NorwayCalgary, Alberta[4]
2013 Canada United States RussiaToronto, Ontario[5]
2014Not held due to 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia
2015 United States Russia CanadaLeduc, Alberta[6]
2016 January United States Canada RussiaBridgewater, Nova Scotia[7]
2016 December United States Canada South KoreaCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island[7]
2017 United States Canada South KoreaCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island[7]
2018 United States Canada South KoreaLondon, Ontario[8]
2019 United States Canada RussiaParadise, Newfoundland & Labrador[2]
2020Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[9]Bridgewater, Nova Scotia[9]
2021Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
2022 United States Canada Czech RepublicBridgewater, Nova Scotia[10]
2023 United States Canada Czech RepublicQuispamsis, New Brunswick[11]

Medal table

Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medals
 United States 10 2 3 15
 Canada 5 9 1 15
 Norway 0 3 4 7
 Russia 0 1 2 3
 South Korea 0 0 3 3
 Czech Republic 0 0 2 2
 Japan 0 0 0 0
 Italy 0 0 0 0
 Germany 0 0 0 0

All-time team records

Up to date as of December 2023

Rank Team GP W L OTL GF GA +/-
1  United States 67 54 12 1 306 91 + 215
2  Canada 67 50 12 5 311 88 + 223
3  Norway 32 13 17 2 73 115 - 42
4  Russia 20 8 11 1 55 43 - 12
5  South Korea 29 3 26 0 31 174 - 143
6  Czech Republic 10 2 8 0 12 61 - 49
7  Japan 23 1 21 1 22 157 - 135
8  Italy 10 0 9 1 10 72 - 62
9  Germany 4 0 4 0 5 24 - 19

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World Sledge Hockey Challenge rebranded as Para Hockey Cup as Canadian Tire become title sponsor". Insidethegames.biz. June 27, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "CANADIAN TIRE PARA HOCKEY CUP GUIDE AND RECORD BOOK" (PDF). Hockey Canada.
  3. ↑ 2011 WSHC Schedule
  4. ↑ 2012 WSHC Schedule
  5. ↑ 2013 WSHC Championship Schedule
  6. ↑ 2015 WSHC Schedule
  7. 1 2 3 "WSHC".
  8. ↑ 2018 WSHC Championship Schedule
  9. 1 2 "Hockey Canada statement announcing Fall 2020 event rescheduling". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  10. ↑ 2023 Para Hockey Cup
  11. ↑ "McGregor, Cozzolino lead Canada over China to open Para Hockey Cup in N.B." CBC News. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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