2014-15 National Sledge Team

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2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship
Game #6
Final
April 27, 2015 1:00 pm AST
HarborCenter
Buffalo, N.Y.

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
Final
Teams
1
2
3
F
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
5

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
Final
1
2
3
F
4
1
1
6
13
7
4
24

Statistics

PP
PIM
0 / 3
4
1 / 2
6

Game Story

BRIDGES SCORES TWICE, CANADA BLANKS NORWAY AT SLEDGE WORLDS

JASON LA ROSE

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Billy Bridges (Summerside, P.E.I.) had two more goals – giving him five in two games – and Canada’s National Sledge Team posted its second shutout in as many days at the 2015 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship, blanking Norway 5-0 on Monday.

Through its first two games, Canada has 10 more goals (22) than shots allowed (12).

Adam Dixon (Midland, Ont.), Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.) and Tyler McGregor (Forest, Ont.) all scored first-period goals for the Canadians. Dixon finished with a goal and two assists, while Ben Delaney (Ottawa, Ont.) and Brad Bowden (Orton, Ont.) added two helpers apiece.

Corbin Watson (Kingsville, Ont.) earned his second straight shutout, making six saves.

Coming off a 12-goal first period in its tournament-opening rout of Japan on Sunday, Canada again took an early lead, with Dixon showing tremendous patience before beating Norwegian goaltender Kjell Christian Hamar along the ice at 5:37 of the opening frame.

Westlake made it 2-0 on the power play just 63 seconds later, finishing a perfect feed from Bowden, and McGregor absolutely roofed a shot from in tight at 12:00 to put Canada up by three after 15 minutes.

Bridges got his first midway through the second period, picking up a loose puck in the face-off circle to the right of Hamar before dancing through a couple of Norwegians and tucking the puck around the goaltender.

Canada’s all-time leading scorer added his 153rd career goal very late in the third, playing give-and-go with Dixon on a two-on-none before sneaking a backhand past Hamar to finish the scoring.

Through two games, Canada occupies the top seven spots in the tournament scoring race, with Westlake (6-4—10), Bowden (3-7—10) and Bridges (5-3—8) holding down positions one through three.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Tyler McGregor
(auto) Elbowing minor (2:00)
01:53
GOAL
Goal: Adam Dixon

Assists: Ben Delaney, Marc Dorion
05:37
PENALTY
Penalty: Rolf Einar Pedersen
(auto) Elbowing minor (2:00)
06:17
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Greg Westlake

Assists: Brad Bowden, Adam Dixon
06:40
PENALTY
Penalty: Kevin Sorley
Roughing minor (2:00)
07:02
GOAL
Goal: Tyler McGregor

Assists: Ben Delaney
12:00
2nd Period
GOAL
Goal: Billy Bridges

Assists: Brad Bowden
07:05
PENALTY
Penalty: Greg Westlake
(auto) Elbowing minor (2:00)
11:04
3rd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Loyd Remi Solberg
Slashing minor (2:00)
05:56
GOAL
Goal: Billy Bridges

Assists: Adam Dixon, Greg Westlake
13:54

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Kjell Christian Hamar NOR 45 24 19 5 0.792
Corbin Watson CAN 45 6 6 0 1.000

Game Leaders

GA 5 - SVS - 19 - SV% - 0.792
GA 0 - SVS - 6 - SV% - 1.000
Goals 1 - Assists 2 - Points 3
G 1 - A 2 - P 3
Goals 2 - Assists 0 - Points 2
G 2 - A 0 - P 2

Previous Games

1 - 2 L @ RussiaRUS
May 3, 2015
0 - 3 L vs. United StatesUSA
May 3, 2015
0 - 6 L @ United StatesUSA
May 1, 2015
3 - 2 W vs. RussiaRUS
May 1, 2015
5 - 0 W vs. JapanJPN
Apr 29, 2015
2 - 0 W vs. Czech RepublicCZE
Apr 29, 2015
Videos
Photos
TELUS: REG 6 – STR 3 (Bronze Medal)
Miller and Woods had three points apiece to lead the Pat Canadians over the Bisons for bronze.
TELUS: TOR - CHA (Gold Medal)
Bonsteel scored twice and Ewing made 35 saves, leading the Young Nationals to their first TELUS Cup title.
TELUS: TOR 3 – REG 1 (Semifinal)
Regan got the winner seven minutes into the third period to send the Young Nationals to the final.
TELUS: CHA 7 – STR 1 (Semifinal)
The Grenadiers scored the game’s final seven goals to beat the Bisons and return to the gold medal game.
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