Para ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

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 leader Declan Farmer (26 points)
Awards
MVP Declan Farmer

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]

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

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open tournament[6]  United States
Kayden Beasley
Brett Bolton
Liam Cunningham
Travis Dodson
David Eustace
Declan Farmer
Noah Grove
Malik Jones
Griffin LaMarre
Jen Lee
Kevin McKee
Josh Misiewicz
Evan Nichols
Josh Pauls
Brody Roybal
Landon Uthke
Jack Wallace 		 Canada
Rob Armstrong
Vincent Boily
Shawn Burnett
Dominic Cozzolino
Adam Dixon
James Dunn
Auren Halbert
Tyrone Henry
Liam Hickey
Anton Jacobs-Webb
Adam Kingsmill
Micah Kovacevich
Zach Lavin
Mathieu Lelièvre
Tyler McGregor
Corbin Watson
Greg Westlake 		 China
Che Hang
Chen Hongyu
Cui Yutao
He Haoran
Ji Yanzhao
Li Hongguan
Liu Wenxu
Lyu Zhi
Qiu Dianpeng
Shen Yifeng
Song Xiaodong
Tian Jintao
Wang Jujiang
Wang Wei
Wang Zhidong
Zhang Zheng
Zhu Zhanfu

Qualification

Qualifying event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 24 June 2019 Lausanne 1  Italy
2025 World Championships 24–31 May 2025 Buffalo 5  Canada
 China
 Czechia
 Germany
 United States
Paralympic Qualification Tournament 5–10 November 2025 Jessheim 2  Japan
 Slovakia

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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:
Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
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:
Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Marius Hermansen Oswold
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:
Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Pavel Blažek
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:
Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Tony Rundström
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:
Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Pavel Blažek
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:
Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Dylan Dauphinee
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

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
Source: Milano Cortina 2026
7 March 2026
10:05		Czechia 3–2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 JapanPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,083
Game reference
Patrik SedláčekGoaliesWataru HorieReferee:
Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Dylan Dauphinee
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:
Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Pavel Blažek
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:
Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Marius Hermansen Oswold
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:
Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Tibor Fazekas
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:
Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Marius Hermansen Oswold
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:
Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Tibor Fazekas
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

Bracket

 
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

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:
Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
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:
Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Pavel Blažek
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

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

Fifth place game

14 March 2026
16:05		Italy 5–2
(0–1, 2–1, 3–0)		 GermanyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 6,495
Game reference
Santino StillitanoGoaliesSimon KunstReferee:
Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Tibor Fazekas
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

Bracket

 
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

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:
Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Dylan Dauphinee
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:
Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Marius Hermansen Oswold
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

15 March 2026
12:05		China 3–2
(2–2, 0–0, 1–0)		 CzechiaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,962
Game reference
Ji YanzhaoGoaliesPatrik SedláčekReferee:
Patrick Myers
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
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

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:
Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Dylan Dauphinee
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

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
A  United States 5 5 0 0 0 46 5 +41 15
B  Canada 5 4 0 0 1 32 9 +23 12
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

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Declan Farmer 5 15 11 26 +26 4 F
Tyler McGregor 5 6 8 14 +8 2 F
Jack Wallace 5 6 8 14 +15 4 D
Shen Yifeng 5 1 13 14 +8 2 F
Tian Jintao 5 9 4 13 +11 8 F
Liam Hickey 5 6 7 13 +10 0 F
Brody Roybal 5 3 10 13 +16 2 F
Wang Zhidong 5 6 5 11 +6 4 F
Noah Grove 5 2 9 11 +22 0 D
Dominic Cozzolino 5 5 5 10 +7 0 F

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

Leading goaltenders

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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Griffin LaMarre 135:00 3 1.00 21 85.71 1
Patrik Sedláček 178:30 14 3.53 93 84.95 0
Corbin Watson 179:58 8 2.00 50 84.00 1
Wang Wei 105:00 6 2.57 36 83.33 0
Wataru Horie 225:00 28 5.60 163 82.82 0

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

References

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