Norway Send Out Chilling Warning With Emphatic Victory

Norway sent out a chilling warning to other teams that they mean business at the 2011 International Paralympic Committee European Championships with an emphatic 21-0 victory over Great Britain.

The defending champions and Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games bronze medalists now sit top of Group A having won two games out of two.

Elsewhere in Group A on Monday (14 February) Estonia recorded their first victory of the Championships with an Overtime 4-3 win against Germany.

In Group B, hosts Sweden showed a huge improvement on their previous game, but still lost narrowly 1-0 to Italy in Overtime.

The Czech Republic also made it two wins out of two with a 3-1 victory over Poland.

On Tuesday (15 February) there are two fixtures.  In Group A Norway meet Netherlands and in Group B Sweden face Russia.

More than 130 players from 10 different countries are competing in the 2011 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships, held in Solleftea, Sweden.

For more information about the 2011 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships, which are from 12-20 February, please visit the official website at www.pwwc.se.

For more information about Ice Sledge Hockey, please visit www.ipc-icesledgehockey.org

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