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Para ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

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The Para ice hockey competition of the 2026 Winter Paralympics was held at the PalaItalia in Milan, Italy from 7 to 15 March 2026.[1][2] A total of eight teams competed in the mixed team tournament.[3]

2026 Winter Paralympics
Tournament details
Host country Italy
VenuePalaItalia
Dates7–15 March 2026
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (6th title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  China
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored156 (7.8 per game)
Attendance79,323 (3,966 per game)
Scoring leaderUnited States Declan Farmer (26 points)
Awards
MVPUnited States Declan Farmer
← 2022
2030 →

Akari Fukunishi from Japan has become the fourth female Para ice hockey player at the Paralympic Games.[4][5]

Medalists

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Qualification

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Qualifying eventDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host nation24 June 2019Switzerland Lausanne1 Italy
2025 World Championships24–31 May 2025United States Buffalo5 Canada
 China
 Czechia
 Germany
 United States
Paralympic Qualification Tournament5–10 November 2025Norway Jessheim2 Japan
 Slovakia

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 34 2 +32 9 Semifinals
2  China 3 2 0 0 1 24 8 +16 6
3  Italy (H) 3 1 0 0 2 4 26 −22 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Germany 3 0 0 0 3 1 27 −26 0
Source: Milano Cortina 2026
(H) Host
7 March 2026
13:35		China 12–0
(5–0, 3–0, 4–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,787
Game reference
Ji YanzhaoGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Canada Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
United States Brendan Lewis
Italy Alexander Wiest
Wang Z. (Shen, Zhu) – 06:161–0
Wang Z. (Shen, Lyu) – 08:442–0
Qiu (Wang Z., Zhu) (PP) – 12:423–0
Tian (Wang J.) – 12:544–0
Tian (Li, Lyu) – 14:325–0
Qiu (Shen, Wang Z.) – 20:346–0
Qiu (PP) – 28:347–0
Chen (Lyu, Wang J.) – 29:398–0
Tian (Song) – 32:569–0
Liu (Shen, Zhu) – 33:3010–0
Liu (Zhu, Li) – 34:4611–0
Li (Song, Lyu) – 35:4012–0
6 minPenalties6 min
36Shots5
7 March 2026
17:05		United States 14–1
(3–1, 7–0, 4–0)		 ItalyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 8,992
Game reference
Jen LeeGoaliesJulian Kasslatter
Santino Stillitano		Referee:
Canada Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Norway Marius Hermansen Oswold
Sweden Andreas Lunden
0–100:25 – Depaoli (Rosa)
Eustace (Dodson) – 03:461–1
Bolton (Farmer, Pauls) – 09:002–1
Farmer (Grove, Beasley) – 11:183–1
Bolton (Pauls, Grove) – 16:394–1
McKee (Roybal, Wallace) – 17:545–1
Farmer (Pauls) – 18:296–1
Beasley (Farmer) – 18:577–1
Grove (Nichols, Roybal) – 20:188–1
Farmer (Eustace) – 22:259–1
Farmer (Pauls) – 23:1610–1
Jones (Grove, Roybal) – 33:4011–1
Nichols (Roybal, Grove) – 34:1212–1
Wallace (Dodson, Cunningham) – 35:4413–1
Eustace (Grove, Dodson) – 42:4614–1
2 minPenalties4 min
53Shots2
9 March 2026
10:05		China 11–1
(1–1, 6–0, 4–0)		 ItalyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 4,500
Game reference
Wang WeiGoaliesSantino Stillitano
Julian Kasslatter		Referee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Finland Lari Niittylä
Tian (Lyu, Song) – 12:221–0
1–113:07 – Landeros (Kalegaris, Kafmann)
Qiu (Shen, Zhu) – 19:092–1
Wang Z. (Li) – 19:553–1
Tian (Shen) – 21:014–1
Tian (Shen) – 23:105–1
Wang Z. (Lyu, Song) – 24:086–1
Shen (Tian) – 26:027–1
Wang J. (Wang Z.) (PP) – 31:468–1
Song (Che) – 33:159–1
Wang Z. (Shen, Tian) – 34:4710–1
Li (Shen, Song) (PP) – 44:2711–1
4 minPenalties6 min
39Shots8
9 March 2026
17:05		Germany 0–13
(0–6, 0–5, 0–2)		 United StatesPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 1,284
Game reference
Veit MühlhansGoaliesGriffin LaMarreReferee:
Canada Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Sweden Tony Rundström
Italy Alexander Wiest
0–100:58 – Farmer (Roybal)
0–202:52 – Farmer (Jones, Grove)
0–306:31 – Farmer (Pauls, Grove)
0–407:02 – Eustace (Dodson, Wallace)
0–509:44 – Eustace (Wallace, Utkhe) (PP)
0–614:32 – Beasley (Jones, Nichols)
0–718:10 – Bolton (Farmer, Wallace)
0–818:29 – Wallace (Farmer, Utkhe)
0–919:21 – Eustace
0–1021:20 – Farmer (Roybal, Bolton)
0–1121:42 – Bolton (Farmer, Wallace)
0–1232:44 – Beasley (Nichols)
0–1338:10 – Wallace
2 minPenalties2 min
1Shots41
10 March 2026
10:05		Italy 2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 4,873
Game reference
Julian KasslatterGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Italy Alexander Wiest
0–102:40 – Bußmann (Kuhli-Lauenstein, Stumpe)
Larch (Rosa, Landeros) (PP) – 11:551–1
Landeros (Kalegaris, Macri) – 18:312–1
4 minPenalties8 min
24Shots12
10 March 2026
13:35		United States 7–1
(2–0, 4–0, 1–1)		 ChinaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,660
Game reference
Jen LeeGoaliesJi Yanzhao
Wang Wei		Referee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Canada Dylan Dauphinee
United States Brendan Lewis
Pauls (Roybal, Wallace) (PP) – 11:461–0
Farmer (Roybal) (PP) – 14:382–0
Roybal (Nichols) (PP) – 17:223–0
Farmer (Wallace) – 20:244–0
Roybal (Farmer, Nichols) (PP) – 26:165–0
Cunningham (Grove, Farmer) (PP) – 28:386–0
Farmer – 30:597–0
7–134:28 – Zhu (Tian, Wang Z.)
6 minPenalties18 min
31Shots9

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 0 26 1 +25 9 Semifinals
2  Czechia 3 2 0 0 1 12 7 +5 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 6 17 −11 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 3 22 −19 0
7 March 2026
10:05		Czechia 3–2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 JapanPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,083
Game reference
Patrik SedláčekGoaliesWataru HorieReferee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Canada Dylan Dauphinee
Serbia Tibor Fazekas
0–106:14 – Niitsu (Ukai, Ito)
Zelinka (Hábl) – 08:541–1
Geier (Zelinka, Veselý) – 11:042–1
2–220:09 – Ito (Matsushita)
Kapko (Geier) (PP) – 23:373–2
8 minPenalties10 min
30Shots4
7 March 2026
20:35		Canada 8–0
(4–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 SlovakiaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 4,438
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesEduard LepáčekReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Sweden Tony Rundström
Dunn (Cozzolino, Boily) – 06:461–0
Halbert – 09:202–0
McGregor (Hickey, Jacobs-Webb) – 10:113–0
Boily (Lavin) – 11:424–0
Hickey (McGregor) – 20:295–0
Dunn – 35:066–0
Boily (Armstrong, Dunn) – 38:557–0
Cozzolino (Hickey) (PP) – 42:318–0
2 minPenalties4 min
51Shots2
9 March 2026
13:35		Czechia 8–1
(2–0, 4–0, 2–1)		 SlovakiaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,285
Game reference
Martin KudelaGoaliesEduard LepáčekReferee:
Canada Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Norway Marius Hermansen Oswold
Sweden Andreas Lunden
Veselý – 04:501–0
Žižlavský (Ohar) – 12:402–0
Žižlavský (Doležal, Zelinka) – 16:103–0
Veselý (Hečko, Žižlavský) – 20:054–0
Zelinka (Hečko, Veselý) – 23:155–0
Doležal (Veselý) – 26:396–0
6–132:43 – Korman (Joppa, Ferenčík)
Zelinka (Pátek) – 35:597–1
Geier – 36:108–1
4 minPenalties4 min
30Shots9
9 March 2026
20:35		Japan 0–14
(0–6, 0–3, 0–5)		 CanadaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,040
Game reference
Wataru HorieGoaliesAdam KingsmillReferee:
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekas
United States Brendan Lewis
0–100:39 – McGregor (Jacobs-Webb, Halbert)
0–203:45 – McGregor (Jacobs-Webb, Lavin)
0–307:25 – Cozzolino (Armstrong)
0–411:46 – Cozzolino (Boily)
0–512:21 – Halbert (Jacobs-Webb, McGregor)
0–613:53 – Dixon (Hickey, McGregor) (PP)
0–723:44 – Boily (Halbert, Armstrong) (PP)
0–824:30 – Halbert (Lelièvre)
0–929:53 – Cozzolino (Hickey)
0–1035:44 – Dunn (Boily, Cozzolino)
0–1137:12 – Hickey (McGregor, Halbert)
0–1239:44 – Halbert (Jacobs-Webb)
0–1340:57 – Dunn (Boily, Armstrong)
0–1442:45 – Halbert (Lelièvre)
12 minPenalties2 min
2Shots56
10 March 2026
17:05		Canada 4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 CzechiaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 1,361
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesPatrik SedláčekReferee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Norway Marius Hermansen Oswold
Sweden Tony Rundström
Dunn (McGregor, Dixon) (PP) – 19:461–0
Boily (Jacobs-Webb) (PP) – 27:352–0
McGregor (Hickey, Cozzolino) (PP) – 31:573–0
3–133:48 – Hábl (Doležal, Zelinka) (PP)
Hickey (McGregor) (EN) – 44:504–1
12 minPenalties12 min
26Shots12
10 March 2026
20:35		Slovakia 5–1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 JapanPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,223
Game reference
Eduard LepáčekGoaliesWataru HorieReferee:
Canada Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekas
Finland Lari Niittylä
0–105:21 – Ito (Niitsu, Ukai)
Joppa (Ligda) – 24:041–1
Korman (Joppa, Ferenčík) – 29:192–1
Joppa (Korman) – 40:453–1
Hlinka (Joppa, Korman) – 41:194–1
Večerek (Turic) – 44:415–1
2 minPenalties0 min
29Shots10

Classification round

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Bracket

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5–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
12 March
 
 
 Italy5
 
14 March
 
 Japan0
 
 Italy5
 
12 March
 
 Germany2
 
 Slovakia3
 
 
 Germany (OT)4
 
Seventh place game
 
 
14 March
 
 
 Slovakia1
 
 
 Japan0

5–8th place semifinals

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12 March 2026
14:35		Slovakia 3–4 OT
(1–2, 2–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,376
Game reference
Eduard LepáčekGoaliesVeit MühlhansReferee:
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
United States Brendan Lewis
Italy Alexander Wiest
0–101:20 – Schrader (Stumpe)
0–208:07 – Schrader
Ferenčík (Joppa, Ligda) – 12:021–2
Večerek – 15:382–2
Joppa (Korman, Ligda) – 28:563–2
3–341:11 – Schrader (Brelage, Disveld)
3–451:04 – Schrader
0 minPenalties18 min
25Shots14
12 March 2026
19:05		Italy 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 JapanPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,634
Game reference
Santino StillitanoGoaliesWataru HorieReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Finland Lari Niittylä
Landeros (Larch, Rosa) (PP) – 06:321–0
Landeros (Macri, Larch) – 19:372–0
Radice (Rosa) – 26:283–0
Kalegaris (Depaoli) – 28:014–0
Landeros (Torella) – 44:335–0
6 minPenalties10 min
29Shots13

Seventh place game

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14 March 2026
12:05		Slovakia 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 JapanPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,916
Game reference
Eduard LepáčekGoaliesWataru HorieReferee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Finland Lari Niittylä
Joppa – 43:291–0
6 minPenalties6 min
19Shots8

Fifth place game

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14 March 2026
16:05		Italy 5–2
(0–1, 2–1, 3–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 6,495
Game reference
Santino StillitanoGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Canada Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekas
Norway Marius Hermansen Oswold
0–109:09 – Hering (Schrader, Rädler) (PP)
Landeros (Enderle, Rosa) – 17:541–1
1–221:08 – Hering
Depaoli (Rosa) (PP) – 26:562–2
Landeros (Depaoli, Rosa) – 37:053–2
Rosa (Macri, Kalegaris) – 38:054–2
Rosa (Larch, Macri) – 42:535–2
18 minPenalties24 min
25Shots11

Medal round

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Bracket

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SemifinalsGold medal game
 
      
 
13 March
 
 
 United States6
 
15 March
 
 Czechia1
 
 United States6
 
13 March
 
 Canada2
 
 Canada4
 
 
 China2
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
15 March
 
 
 China3
 
 
 Czechia2

Semifinals

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13 March 2026
14:35		United States 6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 CzechiaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,016
Game reference
Griffin LaMarreGoaliesPatrik SedláčekReferee:
Canada Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Canada Dylan Dauphinee
Sweden Andreas Lunden
0–105:08 – Geier (Kubeš, Kapko) (PP)
Farmer (Dodson, Eustace) – 10:261–1
Eustace (Farmer) – 19:592–1
Farmer (Eustace, Dodson) – 20:183–1
Pauls (Farmer, Grove) – 35:194–1
Farmer (Roybal, Pauls) – 37:525–1
Grove (Roybal, Farmer) (PP) – 38:496–1
4 minPenalties8 min
41Shots5
13 March 2026
19:05		Canada 4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)		 ChinaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,898
Game reference
Corbin WatsonGoaliesWang WeiReferee:
Canada Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Norway Marius Hermansen Oswold
Sweden Tony Rundström
McGregor (Hickey, Cozzolino) (PP) – 06:051–0
McGregor (Hickey, Lelièvre) – 10:432–0
2–114:36 – Zhang (Shen, Tian) (PP)
2–215:55 – Tian (Wang Z., Shen) (PP)
Cozzolino (Lavin) – 38:533–2
Hickey (Jacobs-Webb, McGregor) – 40:484–2
8 minPenalties10 min
21Shots11

Bronze medal game

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15 March 2026
12:05		China 3–2
(2–2, 0–0, 1–0)		 CzechiaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,962
Game reference
Ji YanzhaoGoaliesPatrik SedláčekReferee:
Canada Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
United States Brendan Lewis
Sweden Andreas Lunden
0–101:40 – Kubeš (Geier, Kapko)
0–202:34 – Zelinka (Žižlavský, Doležal)
Tian (Shen) – 06:031–2
Wang Z. (Zhu, Zhang) – 08:052–2
Tian (Shen) – 30:183–2
8 minPenalties2 min
23Shots16

Gold medal game

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15 March 2026
16:05		United States 6–2
(1–0, 2–1, 3–1)		 CanadaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 11,500
Game reference
Griffin LaMarreGoaliesCorbin WatsonReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Canada Dylan Dauphinee
Sweden Tony Rundström
Wallace (PP) – 08:391–0
1–116:45 – Hickey (McGregor, Cozzolino) (PP)
Beasley – 21:292–1
Wallace (Farmer) – 24:523–1
Wallace (Pauls) – 31:424–1
4–232:06 – Hickey
Farmer (Wallace) (SH) – 41:205–2
Roybal (SH, EN) – 41:296–2
6 minPenalties8 min
26Shots15

Final ranking

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Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) A  United States 5 5 0 0 0 46 5 +41 15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) B  Canada 5 4 0 0 1 32 9 +23 12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) A  China 5 3 0 0 2 29 14 +15 9
4 B  Czechia 5 2 0 0 3 15 16 −1 6
5 A  Italy (H) 5 3 0 0 2 14 28 −14 9
6 A  Germany 5 0 1 0 4 7 35 −28 2
7 B  Slovakia 5 2 0 1 2 10 21 −11 7
8 B  Japan 5 0 0 0 5 3 28 −25 0
Source: Milano Cortina 2026
(H) Host

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
United States Declan Farmer5151126+264F
Canada Tyler McGregor56814+82F
United States Jack Wallace56814+154D
China Shen Yifeng511314+82F
China Tian Jintao59413+118F
Canada Liam Hickey56713+100F
United States Brody Roybal531013+162F
China Wang Zhidong56511+64F
United States Noah Grove52911+220D
Canada Dominic Cozzolino55510+70F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: Milano Cortina 2026

Leading goaltenders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
United States Griffin LaMarre135:0031.002185.711
Czech Republic Patrik Sedláček178:30143.539384.950
Canada Corbin Watson179:5882.005084.001
China Wang Wei105:0062.573683.330
Japan Wataru Horie225:00285.6016382.820

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Milano Cortina 2026

Awards

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References

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  1. ↑ "Competition Schedule V.5 (by session)" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Milano Cortina 2026: Para ice hockey schedule revealed". IPC. 20 November 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Qualification Regulations". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Winter Paralympics 2026: Meet Fukunishi Akari, the only female Para ice hockey player competing at Milano Cortina 2026". olympics.com. 13 March 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Para Ice Hockey – Open Team Tournament – Player Statistics by Team – JPN – Japan" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Para Ice Hockey – Open Team Tournament – Medallists by Event" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Para Ice Hockey – Open Team Tournament – Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
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