Norway men's national ice sledge hockey team

The Norway national ice sledge hockey team is the national team that represents Norway at international ice sledge hockey competitions. Since 2004, the team has been overseen by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation (NIHF)[1] a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

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AssociationNIHF
General managerKent Nyholt
Head coachMorten Haglund
AssistantsFrank Dahlstrøm
Espen Hegde
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World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Appearances10 (first in 1996)
Best result Gold: 1 – 2004
Silver: 4 – 1996, 2000, 2008, 2009
Paralympics
Appearances5 (first in 1994)
Medals Gold: 1 – 1998

Silver: 3 – 1994, 2002, 2006

Bronze: 1 – 2010
Paralympic medal record
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 LillehammerTeam
Gold medal – first place 1998 NaganoTeam
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt LakeTeam
Silver medal – second place 2006 TorinoTeam
Bronze medal – third place 2010 VancouverTeam
World Championships medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1996 SwedenNorway
Silver medal – second place2000 United StatesNorway
Gold medal – first place2004 SwedenNorway
Silver medal – second place2008 United StatesNorway
Silver medal – second place2009 Netherlands/ Czech RepublicNorway

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Performance in Paralympic Games

Performance in World Championship

Performance in European Championship

Rosters

2011 IPC European Championship roster

#1 Roger Johansen (G), No. 5 Kjell Christian Hamar (G), No. 3 Rolf Einar Pedersen (D), No. 6 Tor Joakim Rivera (F), No. 8 Stig Tore Svee (F), No. 9 Morten Værnes (D), No. 11 Helge Bjørnstad (F), No. 12 Magnus Bøgle (F), No. 16 Knut Andre Nordstoga (F), No. 17 Loyd Remi Johansen (F), No. 21 Ole Bjarte Austevoll (D), No. 22 Audun Bakke (F), No. 23 Jan Roger Klakegg (F), No. 85 Thomas Jacobsen (F).[2]

2010 Paralympics roster
Norway's Ice Sledge Hockey team, Vancouver 2010

The following is the Norwegian roster in the men's ice sledge hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Paralympics. A music video with the Norway National Sledge Hockey Team was released in 2010, with the team song "Et halvt bein i finalen" (Half a leg in the final).[3]

The team

Roger Johansen, Rolf Einar Pedersen, Kjell Vidar Røyne, Eskil Hagen, Stig Tore Svee, Morten Værnes, Helge Bjørnstad, Tommy Rovelstad, Knut Andre Nordstoga, Loyd Remi Johansen, Kissinger Deng, Ole Bjarte Austevoll, Audun Bakke, Thomas Jacobsen


References
  1. Kjelkehockey – både bredde og topp Archived 11 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Norwegian), Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation (NIHF),
  2. Norge vant åpningskampen mot Estland 5–2 Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Norwegian), The Official site of the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association, 10 February 2011
  3. Ett Halvt Bein i Finalen, SledgehockeyNorway on YouTube
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