2014 World Junior A Challenge

World Junior A Challenge 2014 200px Canada December 14, 2014 – December 20, 2014 6 West Central Events Centre in Kindersley, Saskatchewan ihj USA 6 DEN RUS CAN Canada East 13 Denmark Nikolaj Ehlers (9 pts) Denmark Nikolaj Ehlers 2013 2015 The 2014 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, from December 14–20, 2014, at the West Central Events Centre. Teams CAN Canada East (9th Appearance) CAN Canada West (9th Appearance, 6th as Hosts) RUS Russia (9th Appearance) SWI Switzerland (4th Appearance) USA United States (8th Appearance) DEN Denmark (1st Appearance) Background Canada East, Canada West, Russia, United States and Switzerland all returned, joined this year by a team from Denmark. Exhibition schedule #eeeeee 12 December 2014 19:30 CAN East 2–5 RUS ( ) Unity Skating Arena, Unity, Saskatchewan http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/9177512 #eeeeee 12 December 2014 19:30 CAN West 3–6 USA ( ) Eston Community Complex Arena, Eston, Saskatchewan http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/9177515 #eeeeee 12 December 2014 20:00 DEN 6–0 CAN Rosetown Redwings ( ) SaskCan Centre, Rosetown, Saskatchewan http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/9177520 2014 Tournament Preliminary round All times are local (UTC-6). Group A main WL OT Q n USA USA SUI SUI CNE CAN East 2 0 0 0 10 2 0 1 0 1 4 10 0 0 1 1 5 7 complete #eeeeee 14 December 2014 15:30 CAN East 3–4 GWS SUI 0–11–12–12–23–23–3 (0–1, 2–1, 1–1)(OT: 0–0)(SO: 0–1) Blake Mann-Dixon (0–0–1) Joren van Pottelberghe (1–0–0) C. Fryer (1) (L. Batt) – 20:27K. Locke (1) (R. Kuffner, R. Kirkup) (PP) – 27:46L. Batt (1) (A. Tonge, A. Brady) – 44:33 A. TongeA. Brady D. Board 7:16 – D. Riat (1) (M. Holdener) (PP)28:08 – M. Moor (1) (C. Thürkauf, A. Impose)56:55 – T. Haussener (1) (D. Riat, M. Holdener) T. Haussener D. Riat A. Impose West Central Events Centre http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/8128885 10 12 46 24 #eeeeee 15 December 2014 19:30 USA 7–0 SUI 1–02–03–04–05–06–07–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0) Eric Schierhorn (1–0–0) Daniel Muff (0–1–0) J. Snivley (1) (M. Reinke, A. Angello – 11:13T. Novak (1) (M. Reinke) – 15:31A. Oglevie (1) (A. Angello, J. Snivley) – 26:41S. Gersich (1) (B. Hillman) – 28:25B. Boeser (1) (T. Sheehy, T. Novak) – 34:11A. Oglevie (2) (A. Angello) – 42:41A. Angello (1) (M. Bergh, A. Oglevie) (PP) – 53:31 West Central Events Centre Alex Cote Colin Watts Ryan Gibbons Ryan Lundquist http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/8128894 4 14 54 26 #eeeeee 16 December 2014 15:30 CAN East 2–3 USA 0–11–12–12–22–3 (1–1, 0–0, 1–2) Blade Mann-Dixon (0–1–1) Cale Morris (1–0–0) L. Batt (2) (Z. Tierney, A. Brady) (PP) – 15:27Z. Tierney (1) (R. Kirkup) – 55:07 11:24 – B. Boeser (2) (K. Connor) (PP)58:29 – S. Malone (1) (C. Wolanin, B. Nardella)59:58 – S. Gersich (2) (B. Nardella, C. Wolanin) West Central Events Centre http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/8128896 10 14 28 46 Group B main WL OT Q n DEN DEN CNW CAN West RUS RUS 2 0 0 0 7 4 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 1 1 4 7 complete #eeeeee 14 December 2014 19:30 DEN 3–2 CAN West 1–02–02–12–23–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1) Thomas Lillie (1–0–0) Tommy Nixon (0–1–0) M. Aagaard (1) (M. Aserup, E. Rasmussen) – 18:24N. Ehlers (1) (O. Bjorkstrand) (PP) – 23:20N. Ehlers (2) (M. Eller) (PP) – 57:00 25:47 – G. Bast (1) (D. Fabbro, R. Risling) (PP)47:08 – T. Jost (1) (PP) West Central Events Centre http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/8128890 12 12 25 33 #eeeeee 15 December 2014 15:30 RUS 2–4 DEN 1–01–11–22–22–32–4 (1–1, 0–0, 1–3) Ilya Samsonov (0–1–0) George Sørensen (1–0–0) M. Vorobyev (1) (D. Guryanov, V. Barabanov) – 7:02D. Guryanov (1) (A. Kozyrev, M. Vorobyev) – 47:25 19:59 – N. Ehlers (3) (M. Lassen) (SH)42:31 – N. Ehlers (4) (M. Asperup, M. Nielsen) (PP)57:07 – N. Ehlers (5) (S. Hertzberg)59:05 – A. Krogsgaard (1) (SH)(EN) West Central Events Centre Fraser Lawrence Chad Williams Troy Murray Sean Donnelly http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/8128893 6 8 30 32 #eeeeee 16 December 2014 19:30 CAN West 3–2 GWS RUS 1–02–02–12–2 (1–0, 1–1, 0–1)(OT: 0–0)(SO: 2–0) Tommy Nixon (1–1–0) Anton Krasotkin (0–0–1) T. Jost (2) (V. Dombrovskiy) – 1:39G. Bast (2) (T. Jost, D. Hannoun) – 23:53 J. Keane D. Hannoun T. Jost 28:49 – D. Guryanov (2) (V. Barabanov, D. Zhukenov)43:37 – K. Kaprizov (1) (D. Zhukenov) V. Barabanov M. Vorobyev West Central Events Centre Colin Watt Mike Campbell Tarrington Wyonzek Ryan Gibbons http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/8128899 10 8 46 34 Playoff round Quarterfinals Semi-Finals Gold Medal Bronze Medal 5th Place 3B RUS 3 2A SUI 2 3A CAN East 4 2B CAN West 2 3B RUS 1 1B DEN 5 3A CAN East 1 1A USA 7 1A USA 3 1B DEN 2 3B RUS 2 3A CAN East 0 2A SUI 3 2B CAN West 2 Quarterfinals #eeeeee 17 December 2014 15:30 RUS 3–2 SUI 0–11–12–12–23–2 (2–2, 1–0, 0–0) Ilya Samsonov (2–0–0) Joren van Pottelberghe (1–1–0) D. Zhukenov (1) – 7:48N. Chebykin (1) – 16:46N. Chebykin (2) – 26:38 3:52 – M. Holdener (1) (S. Weber, S. Forrer)17:11 – A. Impose (1) (D. Riat) West Central Events Centre Alex Cote Fraser Lawrence Troy Murray Tarrington Wyonzek http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/8128901 4 10 37 27 #eeeeee 17 December 2014 19:30 CAN East 4–2 CAN West 0–11–12–12–23–24–2 (1–1, 1–1, 2–0) Blade Mason-Dixon (1–1–1) Tommy Nixon (1–2–0) R. Kuffner (1) (M. Laidley) – 15:52A. Girduckis (1) (M. St. Pierre, R. Garvey) – 23:58A. Tonge (1) (Z. Tierney) (PP) – 42:30A. Girduckis (2) – 59:24 14:15 – R. Gardner (1) (T. Busch, M. Vela35:27 – D. Fabbro (1) (M. Vela, R. Risling) West Central Events Centre http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/8128902 10 6 24 40 Semi-finals #eeeeee 18 December 2014 15:30 RUS 1–5 DEN 0–10–20–31–31–41–5 (0–1, 1–3, 0–1) Anton Krasotkin (0–1–1) George Sørensen (2–0–0) Y. Rykov (1) (A. Volkov) – 30:42 2:58 – M. Asperup (1) (E. Rasmussen, M. Aagaard)23:07 – O. Bjorkstrand (1) (N. Ehlers)24:49 – N. Olesen (1) (M. Aagaard, S. Hertzberg)37:21 – J. Holmberg (1) (SH)59:40 – O. Bjorkstrand (2) (N. Ehlers, M. Lassen) (PP) West Central Events Centre Colin Watt Chad Williams Sean Donnelly Tarrington Wyonzek http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/8128907 10 10 26 38 #eeeeee 18 December 2014 19:30 CAN East 1–7 USA 0–10–20–31–31–41–51–61–7 (1–5, 0–1, 0–1) Blade Mann-Dixon (1–2–1) Eric Schierhorn (2–0–0) A. Tonge (2) (M. Laidley) – 13:48 5:18 – T. Sheehy (1) (M. Bergh, R. Zuhlsdorf)6:16 – A. Angello (2) (D. Joshua)9:48 – T. Novak (2)15:42 – J. Snivley (1) (D. Joshua)16:29 – K. Connor (1) (C. Wolanin, S. Gersich)28:16 – D. Gambrell (1) (T. Novak, C. Wolanin)57:32 – B Boeser (3) (R. Zuhlsdorf) West Central Events Centre Mike Campbell Fraser Lawrence Ryan Lundquist Troy Murray http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/8128909 8 6 23 47 5th-place game #eeeeee 19 December 2014 15:30 SUI 3–2 CAN West 0–10–21–22–23–2 (0–0, 1–2, 2–0) Daniel Muff (1–1–0) Evan Weninger (0–1–0) R. Chuard (1) (R. Prassi) – 36:00S. Forrer (1) (C. Thürkauf) (PP) – 47:10T. Kessler (1) (C. Thürkauf) – 48:00 31:48 – S. Rempal (1) (D. Fabbro, T. Busch)34:49 – S. Rempal (2) (J. Keane, C. Young) West Central Events Centre Fraser Lawrence Colin Watt Ryan Gibbons Sean Donnelly http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/9448334 10 14 20 26 Bronze-medal game #ffdab9 19 December 2014 19:30 RUS 2–0 CAN East 1–02–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0) Ilya Samsonov (3–0–0) Blade Mann-Dixon (1–3–1) K. Kaprizov (2) (D. Zhukenov, N. Chebykin) – 3:42D. Guryanov (3) (A. Shemrov, Y. Rykov) – 53:37 West Central Events Centre http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/9448338 6 10 29 46 Gold-medal game #F7F6A8 20 December 2014 15:30 USA 3–2 OT DEN 0–11–12–12–23–2 (0–1, 1–0, 1–1)(OT: 1–0) Eric Schierhorn (3–0–0) George Sørensen (2–0–1) B. Boeser (4) (T. Novak, T. Sheehy) (PP) – 31:33M. Bergh (1) (B. Boeser, T. Novak) (PP) – 58:17T. Novak (3) (PP) – 64:56 0:33 – N. Ehlers (6) (O. Bjorkstrand)45:46 – O. Bjorkstrand (3) (N. Ehlers, M. Asperup) West Central Events Centre Mike Campbell Fraser Lawrence Ryan Gibbons Ryan Lundquist http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/game_sheet/9448341 8 18 63 24 Final standings Team USA DEN RUS 4th CAN East 5th SUI 6th CAN West Statistics + Scoring leaders Player Team GP G A P PIMNikolaj EhlersDEN46394Thomas NovakUSA43470Brock BoeserUSA44156Anthony AngelloUSA42350Oliver BjorkstrandDEN43252Christian WolaninUSA40444Matthias AsperupDEN41340Denis GuryanovRUS53142Dmitri ZhukenovRUS51344Zac TierneyCAN East51232 + Top goaltenders Player Team GP Mins GA SO GAA Sv% RecordEric SchierhornUSA3184:56310.97.9593–0–0Ilya SamsonovRUS3179:27511.67.9522–1–0George SørensenDEN3184:56601.95.9502–1–0Cale MorrisUSA260:00202.00.9291–0–0Thomas LillieDEN160:00202.00.9391–0–0 Awards Most Valuable Player: Nikolaj Ehlers DEN All-Star Team Forwards: Nikolaj Ehlers DEN, Denis Guryanov RUS, Thomas Novak USA Defense: Callum Fryer CAN East, Christian Wolanin USA Goalie: Eric Schierhorn USA External links Hockey Canada's WJAC Website World Junior A Challenge World Junior A Challenge Category:World Junior A Challenge Category:Ice hockey competitions in Saskatchewan