Billy Bridges
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Billy Bridges 1.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Bridges at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Buffalo, New York
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| position = Forward
| catches = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 185
| ntl_team = Canada
| league =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|05|22}}
| birth_place = Summerside, Prince Edward
Island, Canada
| career_start = 1998
| career_end =
| website =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Para ice hockey }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Torino | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 2018 Pyeongchang | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 2022 Beijing | Team competition }}
{{MedalBronze | 2014 Sochi | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2000 Salt Lake City | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2008 Marlborough | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2013 Goyang | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2017 Gangeung | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Buffalo | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 2019 Ostrava | Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Ostrava|Team}}
{{MedalBronze | 2009 Ostrava | Team}}
{{MedalBronze | 2012 Hamar | Team}}
}}
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 competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, in Para ice hockey winning a silver medal.{{Cite web |title=Billy Bridges - Para Ice Hockey {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/billy-bridges |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}
Life
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, 2008, 2013 and 2017 and Paralympic gold from 2006,{{cite news |title=Team Canada wins gold in sledge hockey, wheelchair curling |work=Toronto Star |date=March 19, 2006 |at=Sports section, p. 8}} 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 competed at the Junior World Championships, and in 2005 was selected as the team's most valuable player (MVP).
He completed at the 2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, and 2021 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, winning silver medals.{{Cite web |title=Bridges {{!}} Canadian Paralympic Committee |url=https://paralympic.ca/team-canada/billy-bridges |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=paralympic.ca}}
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
- 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=
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| Year | Event | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
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|2007 | World Sledge Hockey championships | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
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|2008 | World Sledge Hockey championships | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
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|2009 | World Sledge Hockey championships | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IPC athlete|billy-bridges|Billy Bridges - Canada - Para Ice Hockey}}
- {{CPC profile|billy-bridges|Billy Bridges - Para Ice Hockey}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214042112/http://paralympic.ca/billy-bridges |title=Billy Bridges at the Canadian Paralympic Committee}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120802094152/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=11737&la_id=1&ss_id=25083&player_id=8859 |title=Billy Bridges at Hockey Canada}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409023105/http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/ice-sledge-hockey/athletes/billy-bridges_ath3001459aY.html |title=Billy Bridges at Vancouver 2010}}
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Category:Canadian sledge hockey players
Category:Paralympic sledge hockey players for Canada
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Category:Ice sledge hockey players at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Category:Para ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Category:Para ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Category:Sportspeople from Summerside, Prince Edward Island