2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championship
Buffalo, New York | May 24 - 31
The 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Championship will be held May 24-31, at the LECOM Harborcenter in Buffalo, N.Y.
The eight-nation tournament features the best sled hockey players in the world.
The LECOM Harborcenter will host all 20 games of the tournament over the course of the eight-day event.
Tickets are available for purchase here, and fans can visit paralympic.org to get the latest information, including the full event schedule, as it becomes available.
The World Para Ice Hockey Championship has been held on U.S. soil three previous times, including Buffalo in 2015; Marlborough, Mass., in 2008; and Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2000.
Since the inaugural World Para Ice Hockey Championship in 1996, the U.S. has claimed six gold medals (2023, 2021, 2019, 2015, 2012, 2009) and is the only country to ever win back-to-back (2012, 2009) and three-consecutive gold medals (2023, 2021, 2019). Additionally, the U.S. has achieved five other medal finishes, earning four silver medals (2024, 2017, 2013, 2004) and one bronze medal (2008).
At the 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championship in. Calgary, Alberta, the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team took home silver after falling 2-1 in the championship game to Canada. The U.S. finished the tournament with a 4-0-0-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record.
2025 U.S. Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result | Location | Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, May 24 | Norway Preliminary Round |
1:30 p.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets |
| Sunday, May 25 | Slovakia Preliminary Round |
1:30 p.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets |
| Tuesday, May 27 | Czechia Preliminary Round |
1:30 p.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets |
| Wednesday, May 28 | TBD Quarterfinal 1 |
1:30 p.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets |
| TBD Quarterfinal 2 |
5 p.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets | |
| Friday, May 30 | TBD Placement Game |
10 a.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets |
| TBD Semifinal 1 |
1:30 p.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets | |
| TBD Semifinal 2 |
5 p.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets | |
| TBD Placement Game |
8:30 p.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets | |
| Saturday, May 31 | TBD Bronze-Medal Game |
12:30 p.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets |
| TBD Gold-Medal Game |
4 p.m. ET | LECOM Harborcenter Buffalo, N.Y. |
Tickets |
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