Overview
- Team USA defeated Canada 6-2 in Milan to secure a fifth consecutive Paralympic para ice hockey title and become the first nation to win men’s and women’s Olympic hockey and Paralympic hockey at the same Games.
- Defenseman Jack Wallace recorded a hat trick in the final, with Kayden Beasley, Declan Farmer and Brody Roybal also scoring for the U.S., as a tournament‑record crowd of 10,755 watched at Santagiulia Arena.
- China rallied to beat Czechia 3-2 for the bronze in para hockey, repeating its third‑place finish from Beijing 2022.
- The Games concluded with China topping the medal table with 15 golds and 44 total medals, followed by the United States, with Russia third and host Italy fourth.
- Russian and Belarusian athletes competed under their flags for the first time since 2014, drawing boos, a German podium protest and ceremony boycotts by Ukraine and others, even as IPC president Andrew Parsons praised a record‑scale edition.