US NATIONAL AMPUTEE HOCKEY TEAM April 30th, 2012 Boston, Ma- The US National Amputee Hockey Team makes its second trip to Finland for the 2012 International Standing Ice Hockey Federation Championships. Finland will host teams from Latvia, Canada, and USA in a 4 team round-robin tournament May 2nd- May 6th, 2012.
Tournament Results:
16 |
May 2nd
2:30pm
Canada Vs Latvia |
4 |
1 |
6:00pm
Finland Vs. USA | 
1 |
Game 1: Team USA got an early first period goal from Brian Hughes assisted by Jim Daley. The game ended in a 1-1 tie. Team USA managed to kill off 2 five-on-three power plays and relied heavily on goaltender Parker Revier! Revier turned away 31 shots and was named player of the game. Up next for team USA is Latvia @ 6pm.
7 |
May 3rd
2:30pm
Canada Vs Finland |
2 |
2 |
6:00pm
Latvia Vs. USA | 
4 |
Game 2: Team USA beat Latvia 4-2 in their second game of the tournament. Team USA opened the scoring with Captain Dave Levesque unassisted, 2nd goal: Dylan Bader assisted by Joshua Poburski. 3rd Goal: Brad Wells assisted by David Cordeiro and Danny Sangorgio. 4th Goal: David Cordeiro assisted by Danny Sangiorgio.
Based upon the tie to Finland, the U.S. is still in contention for the gold medal. Today's games will decide who will play in tomorrow's Gold and Bronze Medal games. The first tie breaker is based on "goals for", then "goals against"!
Up next for Team USA is Canada.
14 |
May 4th
2:30pm
Finland Vs Latvia |
2 |
1 |
6:00pm
USA Vs Canada |
6 |
5 |
May 5th
BRONZE MEDAL GAME
12:00 pm OT |
4 |
3
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GOLD MEDAL GAME
3:00pm
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6 |
Bronze Medal Game: Team USA lost to Latvia in the bronze medal game. This was the first time that the US team did not medal in the International Standing Ice Hockey Championships! For official result please visit: http://www.isihf.org/wc2012/calendar.php 2012 US National Amputee Hockey Team and Staff
Name | Position | Disability | Points | State | Bill Kennedy | F | BK | 2 | Massachusetts | *Jason Evans | F | AK | 1 | Texas | Neil Pitzer | D | BE | 3 | Colorado | *Reid Blake | F | AK | 1 | Minnesota | David Goodwin | F | AE | 1 | New Hampshire | James Daley | F | AE | 2 | Massachusetts | Eddie Lopez | F | BK | 2 | Massachusetts | Rick Kaminski | D | BE | 3 | New York | Joshua Poburski | F | Bi-lateral BK & BE | 1 | Michigan | Todd Pasick | F | BE | 3 | Tennessee | *Brian Davies | F | BK | 2 | Maryland | Tony Antonucci | D | BE | 3 | Michigan | BrianHughes | F/D | BE | 3 | Massachusetts | Dan Sangiorgio | F | BK | 2 | New York | David Cordeiro | D | BE | 3 | Massachusetts | Shane Warren | F | BE | 3 | New Hampshire | Dave Levesque | D | BE | 3 | New Hampshire | Dylan Bader | D | BE | 3 | New York | Parker Revier | G | BE | 3 | Minnesota | | Brad Wells | F | BE | 2 | Minnesota |
STAFF Bret Chernik | Head Coach | Connecticut | David Harakewicz | Assistant Coach | Connecticut | Greig Martino | Team Prosthetist | Massachusetts | David Crandell | Team Physician | Massachusetts | Bill Chernik | Team Manager | Connecticut | Chris Levesque | Equipment Manager | New Hampshire | Paul Helinski | Goalie Coach | Connecticut | Chris Rousseau | Official/Referee | New Hampshire |
For more information, please contact David Crandell, MD emaildcrandell@partners.org |
