Josh Sweeney, the lone goal scorer in the 2014 Paralympic sled hockey gold-medal game, is back with Team USA in search of IPC World Championship gold over the next 10 days.
Sweeney, 27, served with the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan when he stepped on an improvised explosive device on Oct. 28, 2009, becoming a bilateral amputee.
“When the blast went off, I remember thinking to myself, oh, this is what it feels like to be blown up,” Sweeney told NBC Sports. “I saw that my hands were all messed up. I knew that my legs were gone, because I couldn’t walk. So I knew it was bad, but I didn’t know how bad. It turned out to be better than it could have been.”
Sweeney, who used to play ice hockey, turned to sled hockey and became a star, making his first World Championship team in 2012 and his first Paralympic team in 2014.
In Sochi, Sweeney’s second-period goal was the difference in a 1-0 victory over Russia in the gold-medal game. He went on to earn the Tillman Award for Service at the ESPYs.
NBC Sports Live Extra will stream every game of the IPC Sled Hockey World Championship in Buffalo, N.Y., starting Sunday and running through May 3.
| Date | Coverage | Network | Time (ET) |
| Sun., April 26 | Preliminary Group A – Norway vs. Czech Republic | NBC Sports Live Extra | 9:30 a.m. |
| Preliminary Group A – Japan vs. Canada | NBC Sports Live Extra | 1 p.m. | |
| Preliminary Group B – Germany vs. Italy | NBC Sports Live Extra | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Preliminary Group B – Russia vs. Team USA | NBC Sports Live Extra | 8 p.m. | |
| Mon., April 27 | Preliminary Group A – Japan vs. Czech Republic | NBC Sports Live Extra | 9:30 a.m. |
| Preliminary Group A – Norway vs. Canada | NBC Sports Live Extra | 1 p.m. | |
| Preliminary Group B – Italy vs. Russia | NBC Sports Live Extra | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Preliminary Group B – Germany vs. Team USA | NBC Sports Live Extra | 8 p.m. | |
| Wed., April 29 | Preliminary Group B – Germany vs. Russia | NBC Sports Live Extra | 10:30 a.m. |
| Preliminary Group B – Italy vs. Team USA | NBC Sports Live Extra | 2 p.m. | |
| Preliminary Group A – Czech Republic vs. Canada | NBC Sports Live Extra | 5:30 p.m. | |
| Preliminary Group A – Japan vs. Norway | NBC Sports Live Extra | 9 p.m. | |
| Preliminary Group B – Italy vs. Team USA * | NBCSN | 10:30 p.m. | |
| Thur., April 30 | Qualifying Round – TBA | NBC Sports Live Extra | 4:30 p.m. |
| Qualifying Round – TBA | NBC Sports Live Extra | 8 p.m. | |
| Fri., May 1 | Semifinal Round – TBA | NBC Sports Live Extra | 4:30 p.m. |
| Semifinal Round – TBA | NBC Sports Live Extra | 8 p.m. | |
| Semifinal Round – TBA* | NBCSN | 10:30 p.m. | |
| Sat., May 2 | Qualifying Round – TBA | NBC Sports Live Extra | 4:30 p.m. |
| Qualifying Round – TBA | NBC Sports Live Extra | 8 p.m. | |
| Sun., May 3 | Bronze Medal Game | NBC Sports Live Extra | 11 a.m. |
| Gold Medal Game | NBCSN | 2:30 p.m. |
*denotes same-day delay
