Billy Bridges
| Billy Bridges | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 22, 1984 Charlottetown, PE, CAN |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) |
| Position | Forward |
| team | Cdn. Sledge Team |
| Playing career | 2000–present |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Canada
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| Ice sledge hockey | ||
| Paralympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2006 Torino | Tournament |
Billy Bridges (born 22 March 1984) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball player. Born in Summerside, he has spina bifida. On July 1, 2011, Bridges married former Olympic women's ice hockey player Sami Jo Small.
He began playing ice sledge hockey in 1997, aged 12, for the Kitchener Sidewinders. Aged 14, he was selected for Canada's national team, the youngest player ever to be picked. He has World Championship golds from 2000 and 2008, and Paralympic gold from 2006,[1] where he was picked for the All-Star Team.
As well as ice sledge hockey, he has a career as a wheelchair basketball player, including seven Canadian titles with Team Ontario. In 2001, he also completed at the Junior World Championships, and in 2005 was selected as the team's most valuable player (MVP).
Honours
- 2010 Winter Paralympics
- 4th place in ice sledge hockey
- 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
- Bronze
- 2008 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
- Gold
- 2006 Winter Paralympics
- Gold in ice sledge hockey
- 2005 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
- Silver
- 2004 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
- 4th place
- 2002 Winter Paralympics
- 4th place
- 2000 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
- Gold (2-1 against Norway)
Career stats
Hockey Canada
| Year | Event | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| 2007 | World Sledge Hockey championships | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 2008 | World Sledge Hockey championships | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 2009 | World Sledge Hockey championships | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
References
- ↑ "Team Canada wins gold in sledge hockey, wheelchair curling". Toronto Star. March 19, 2006. Sports section, p. 8.
- ↑ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=11737&la_id=1&ss_id=25083&player_id=8859
External links
| 14 March 2010 13:30 |
Canada |
10 – 1 (4-1, 4-0, 2-0) |
 Sweden |
UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,504 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benoit St-Amand | Goalies | Ulf Nilsson | Referee:  Scott Bokal | |
| Brad Bowden (Nicholson, Westlake) - 1:25 Greg Westlake (Nicholson, Bowden) - 7:44 Adam Dixon (Bridges) - 12:54 Brad Bowden (Bridges, Westlake) - 13:47 Greg Westlake (Bridges, Dixon) (PP) - 17:13 Adam Dixon (Bowden, Bridges) (PP) - 22:16 Greg Westlake (SH2) - 25:28 Marc Dorion (SH) - 26:23 Marc Dorion (Nicholson) - 31:19 Marc Dorion - 34:58 |
1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 4 - 1 5 - 1 6 - 1 7 - 1 8 - 1 9 - 1 10 - 1 |
1:38 - Niklas Ingvarsson | ||
| 20 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 32 | Shots | 3 | ||
| 16 March 2010 20:30 |
Norway  |
0 – 5 (0-2, 0-3, 0-0) |
Canada |
UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,430 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Johansen Kissinger Deng |
Goalies | Paul Rosen | Referee: Derek Berkebile | |
| 0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 4 0 - 5 |
Billy Bridges (Dixon, Bowden) (PP1) - 00:31 Greg Westlake (Bowden) (SH1) - 7:14 Brad Bowden (Murray, Westlake) - 15:11 Greg Westlake (Bowden, Bridges) (PP1) - 18:46 Adam Dixon (Labonte, Bridges) (PP1) - 26:04 | |||
| 16 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 8 | Shots | 12 | ||