2010 World Junior A Challenge
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The 2010 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey
tournament hosted by Hockey Canada
. The 2010 World Junior A Challenge
was hosted by the Canadian City of Penticton, British Columbia
from November 8 to November 14, 2010 at the South Okanagan Events Centre.
at this event will be Switzerland attending for the first time in the tournament's five year history.
or 2010 WJAC to date was facing the 2009 Bronze Medallist Russia. Sweden took control early and took a 4-1 lead into the third period, where they held off a late Russian surge to win the game 5-4.
In Semi-final #1, undefeated Switzerland was up against Canada East. The game started of ugly, when Switzerland scored on their own net on a delayed penalty to give Canada East a 1-0 lead. Canada East was neck-to-neck with Switzerland, but took a 3-1 lead into the third. Switzerland turned on their jets and outshot Canada East 18-4 in the third, but Canada East still came out with the 4-2 victory. Switzerland moved on to the Bronze Medal Game, while Canada East goes to their first Gold Medal Game since the 2007 World Junior A Challenge
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In Semi-final #2, the undefeated United States played Canada West. For the past two years, these two teams have faced each other in the Gold Medal Game, but this time a berth to the finals is on the line. The USA dominated early and often, winning 5-1 and out shooting Canada West 36-28. The victory puts the United States in line for a potential record third straight Gold Medal at the event, while with the loss Canada West is in line for its worst placing at the event since its inception.
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Win or lose, Canada East's fortunes rested on the play of goaltender Jordan Ruby. Ruby's goaltending was phenomenal in the quarter- and semi-final of the tournament stopping 74 of 79 shots. The two-time defending United States had steamrolled all competition in their three tournament games, outscoring their opponents 16-3. From the start of the game it became clear that most of the game was going to end up in the Canada East zone. Winning 2-1 after the first period despite being outshot 14-10, things were looking up for Canada East. Canada East chased USA's Zane Gothberg from the net with two quick goals to build a 4-1 lead, but this seemed not to demoralize the Americans but fire them up. From that point on Jordan Ruby would face roughly 28 shots in the next 33 minutes of play. The play rarely left the Canadian's zone and eventually the Americans climbed back into the game. The Canadians could not must much offence in this time frame, only managing 10 more shots in the final 35 minutes of play. Austin Czarnik would tie the game 4-4 with 4:33 to go and with 3:53 to go Jimmy Mullin scored the winner. The US would score an empty net goal with a minute to go to finish the game and clinch their third straight championship.
All-Star Team
Players: Justin Gilbert, Jordan Ruby, Luke Juha, Tyler McCarthy, Matt Chiarantano, Brennan Serville, Tyson Wilson, Alexandre Tardif, Phil Hampton, Scott Wilson, Tyson Spink, Zach Hyman, Tylor Spink, Evan Rodrigues, Matthew Peca, Jesse Beamish, Mitch Zion, Maxime Dumond, Nick Huard, Kyle Baun, Robert Polesello, Jason Lacroix.
Staff: Curtis Hodgins, Patrice Bosch, Todd Gill
, Danielle Korol, Harley Palmer, Paul Gagne
, Troy Ryan.
Players: Jameson Shortreed, Matthew Krahn, Nolan Kaiser, Sam Jardine, Craig Bokenfohr, Ben Gallacher, Rhett Holland, Joey Laleggia, Sean Flanagan, Travis St. Denis, Reed Linaker, John Lidgett, Madison Dias, Clarke Breitkreuz, Grayson Downing, Dylan Walchuk, Drew George, Sam Mellor, Brendan O'Donnell, Mitchell Vanteeling, Mark MacMillan.
Staff: Andrew Milne, Barry Wolfe, Jomar Cruz, Larry Wintoneak, Chad Oliver, Rylan Ferster.
Players: Denis Perevozchikov, Oleg Dyatlov, Gennady Sabinin, Alexey Vasilevskiy, Vitaly Demakov, Konstantin Vorshev, Nikita Nesterov, Anton Saveliev, Albert Yarullin, Evgeny Palenga
, Dmitry Mikhailov, Roman Konkov, Anton Ivanyuzhenkov, Sergey Abramov, Alexey Shamin, Nikita Kucherov
, Maxim Shalunov
, Sergey Smurov, Mikhail Grigorenko
, Alexander Petrov, Vladimir Tkachev, Alexey Shubin.
Staff: Yuri Rumyantsev, Stanislav Shadrin, Vladimir Nikulin, Sergey Raspopov, Yan Vorobiev, Boris Sapronenkov, Oleg Norchenko.
Players: Mattius Backman, Rasmus Edstrom
, Mattias Granlund
, Filip Gunnarsson, Jonas Gunnarsson, Tim Harrysson
, Linus Hultstrom, Alexanderq Lagerstrom, Eddie Larsson
, Daniel Mannberg
, Pontus Netterberg
, Joakim Nordstrom
, Christian Nyman
, Jesper Olofsson
, Sebastian Ottosson
, Oscar Persson, Viktor Ronnback
, Linus Rotbakken, Joakim Ryan, Marcus Sorenson, Erik Thorell
, Pathrik Vesterholm.
Staff: Lars Lindgren
, Patrik Sundstrom
, Christer Hoglund, Krister Holm, Nicklas Lindvall, Jan Johansson, Par Thures.
Players: Luca Camperchioli, Samuel Erni, Samuel Guerra, Gaetan Haas, Yannick Herren, Manuel Holenstein, Gregory Hofmann
, Dean Kukan, Raphael Kuonen, Romain Loeffel, Ryan McGregor, Lukas Meili, Benjamin Neukom, Inti Pestoni
, Joel Reymondin, Matthias Rossi, Reto Schappi, Tristan Scherwey
, Nicholas Steiner, Remo Trub, Joel Vermin
, Patrick Zubler.
Staff: Richard Jost, Alex Reinhard, Sergio Soguel, Bruni Suri, Jorg Rutishauser, Johannes Keel, Thomas Ritter.
Players: Casey DeSmith, Zane Gothberg, Brian Cooper, Tommy Fallen, Aaron Harstad, Nick Mattson, Scott Mayfield
, Jordan Schmaltz
, Sam Windle, Garrett Allen, Seth Ambroz
, Austin Czarnik, Ryan Dzingel, Robert Francis, Max Gaede, Caleb Herbert, Cason Hohmann, Max McCormick, Jimmy Mullin, Michael Parks, Colten St. Clair, Sam Warning.
Staff: P.K. O'Handley, Luke Strand, Justin Lyle, Darren Flinchem, Todd Klein, Marc Boxer, Alan Ashare.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
tournament hosted by Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada, formally known as the Canadian Hockey Association, is the national governing body of ice hockey in Canada and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Hockey Canada controls a vast majority of ice hockey in Canada, with a few exceptions...
. The 2010 World Junior A Challenge
World Junior A Challenge
The World Junior A Challenge is an annual under-20 international ice hockey tournament sponsored by Hockey Canada, the Canadian Junior Hockey League , and the International Ice Hockey Federation . The tournament showcases Junior A level players and is modeled after the IIHF World U20...
was hosted by the Canadian City of Penticton, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
from November 8 to November 14, 2010 at the South Okanagan Events Centre.
Teams
The two host Canadian teams will return, along with Russia, Sweden, and United States. Replacing BelarusBelarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
at this event will be Switzerland attending for the first time in the tournament's five year history.
Exhibition
In early exhibition action, Canada East avenged years of frustration against their nemesis Canada West with a 7-2 victory. The next day, the victory did not translate into anything for Canada East as they fell apart late against Russia in a 7-4 loss. Canada West finished off the exhibition series winless, dropping their next-day game 5-3 to the 2-time defending champion United States.Round Robin
Like many years, the round robin was as unpredictable as ever. Upstart Switzerland went perfect in the round robin, defeating Canada West 5-4 in overtime and cruising to a 5-1 win over Russia. The United States was also perfect, crushing Canada East 6-1 and Sweden 5-1. Canada West was not far behind Switzerland in the Pool B standings, following up their overtime loss with a 4-2 victory over Russia. Canada East got over their Pool A crushing to the United States by beating Sweden 6-2. Both Sweden and Russia went winless in the round robin to round out the two pools.Quarter-final
The quarter-finals were hope for some, while heartbreak for others. Despite badly outshooting their opponents in both games, Russia and Sweden were both relegated to the 5th Place Match on Friday. Canada East defeated Russia 4-3, while Canada West defeated Sweden 3-2. While both Canada teams now move on to the semi-finals, Russia and Sweden will battle for pride and 5th place.5th Place and Semi-final
In the 5th Place Game, Sweden, who had never won a game at the 20092009 World Junior A Challenge
The 2009 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2009 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Summerside, Prince Edward Island from November 1 to November 8, 2009 at the Consolidated Credit Union...
or 2010 WJAC to date was facing the 2009 Bronze Medallist Russia. Sweden took control early and took a 4-1 lead into the third period, where they held off a late Russian surge to win the game 5-4.
In Semi-final #1, undefeated Switzerland was up against Canada East. The game started of ugly, when Switzerland scored on their own net on a delayed penalty to give Canada East a 1-0 lead. Canada East was neck-to-neck with Switzerland, but took a 3-1 lead into the third. Switzerland turned on their jets and outshot Canada East 18-4 in the third, but Canada East still came out with the 4-2 victory. Switzerland moved on to the Bronze Medal Game, while Canada East goes to their first Gold Medal Game since the 2007 World Junior A Challenge
2007 World Junior A Challenge
The World Junior A Challenge 2007 was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2007 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian Cities of Trail, British Columbia and Nelson, British Columbia from November 5 to November 11, 2007.The exhibition games...
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In Semi-final #2, the undefeated United States played Canada West. For the past two years, these two teams have faced each other in the Gold Medal Game, but this time a berth to the finals is on the line. The USA dominated early and often, winning 5-1 and out shooting Canada West 36-28. The victory puts the United States in line for a potential record third straight Gold Medal at the event, while with the loss Canada West is in line for its worst placing at the event since its inception.
Bronze and Gold
In the Bronze Medal Game, Switzerland came out with their guns blazing and crushed Canada West 8-3 to win a medal in their first ever World Junior A Challenge. Badly outshooting Canada West 44-16, Switzerland has deprived Canada West of a medal for the first time since the tournament began in 20062006 World Junior A Challenge
The World Junior A Challenge 2006 was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2006 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Yorkton, Saskatchewan.-Summary:...
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Win or lose, Canada East's fortunes rested on the play of goaltender Jordan Ruby. Ruby's goaltending was phenomenal in the quarter- and semi-final of the tournament stopping 74 of 79 shots. The two-time defending United States had steamrolled all competition in their three tournament games, outscoring their opponents 16-3. From the start of the game it became clear that most of the game was going to end up in the Canada East zone. Winning 2-1 after the first period despite being outshot 14-10, things were looking up for Canada East. Canada East chased USA's Zane Gothberg from the net with two quick goals to build a 4-1 lead, but this seemed not to demoralize the Americans but fire them up. From that point on Jordan Ruby would face roughly 28 shots in the next 33 minutes of play. The play rarely left the Canadian's zone and eventually the Americans climbed back into the game. The Canadians could not must much offence in this time frame, only managing 10 more shots in the final 35 minutes of play. Austin Czarnik would tie the game 4-4 with 4:33 to go and with 3:53 to go Jimmy Mullin scored the winner. The US would score an empty net goal with a minute to go to finish the game and clinch their third straight championship.
Exhibition schedule
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Final standings
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| 4th | Canada West Western Canada Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :... |
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Awards
- Most Valuable Player: Scott MayfieldScott MayfieldScott Mayfield is an American ice hockey player who is committed to play for the University of Denver Pioneers which compete in the WCHA. Mayfield played two seasons with the Youngstown Phantoms of the United States Hockey League from 2009–2011 and was selected to the 2010–11 USHL Eastern...
(United States)
All-Star Team
- Forwards: Evan Rodrigues (Canada East), Jimmy Mullin (United States), Mikhail GrigorenkoMikhail GrigorenkoMikhail Grigorenko is a Russian ice hockey player for the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. He was selected by CSKA Moscow in the first round of the 2011 KHL Junior Draft. He is considered one of the top prospects available in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft...
(Russia) - Defense: Scott MayfieldScott MayfieldScott Mayfield is an American ice hockey player who is committed to play for the University of Denver Pioneers which compete in the WCHA. Mayfield played two seasons with the Youngstown Phantoms of the United States Hockey League from 2009–2011 and was selected to the 2010–11 USHL Eastern...
(United States), Tyson Wilson (Canada East) - Goalie: Jordan Ruby (Canada East)
Canada East
Players: Justin Gilbert, Jordan Ruby, Luke Juha, Tyler McCarthy, Matt Chiarantano, Brennan Serville, Tyson Wilson, Alexandre Tardif, Phil Hampton, Scott Wilson, Tyson Spink, Zach Hyman, Tylor Spink, Evan Rodrigues, Matthew Peca, Jesse Beamish, Mitch Zion, Maxime Dumond, Nick Huard, Kyle Baun, Robert Polesello, Jason Lacroix.
Staff: Curtis Hodgins, Patrice Bosch, Todd Gill
Todd Gill
Todd Gill is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL between 1985 and 2003. He played the majority of his career for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and has also played for the San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, and Chicago...
, Danielle Korol, Harley Palmer, Paul Gagne
Paul Gagne
Paul L. Gagné is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 390 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders. He is the cousin of the father of MLB closer, Éric Gagné. He is married to beautiful...
, Troy Ryan.
Canada West
Players: Jameson Shortreed, Matthew Krahn, Nolan Kaiser, Sam Jardine, Craig Bokenfohr, Ben Gallacher, Rhett Holland, Joey Laleggia, Sean Flanagan, Travis St. Denis, Reed Linaker, John Lidgett, Madison Dias, Clarke Breitkreuz, Grayson Downing, Dylan Walchuk, Drew George, Sam Mellor, Brendan O'Donnell, Mitchell Vanteeling, Mark MacMillan.
Staff: Andrew Milne, Barry Wolfe, Jomar Cruz, Larry Wintoneak, Chad Oliver, Rylan Ferster.
Russia
Players: Denis Perevozchikov, Oleg Dyatlov, Gennady Sabinin, Alexey Vasilevskiy, Vitaly Demakov, Konstantin Vorshev, Nikita Nesterov, Anton Saveliev, Albert Yarullin, Evgeny Palenga
Evgeny Palenga
Evgeny Palenga is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played with HC Spartak Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League during the 2010–11 KHL season.- External links :...
, Dmitry Mikhailov, Roman Konkov, Anton Ivanyuzhenkov, Sergey Abramov, Alexey Shamin, Nikita Kucherov
Nikita Kucherov
Nikita Kucherov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League . In the 2011 NHL Draft, Nikita was selected 58th by the Tampa Bay Lightning...
, Maxim Shalunov
Maxim Shalunov
Maxim Shalunov is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He played with Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League during the 2010–11 KHL season.- External links :...
, Sergey Smurov, Mikhail Grigorenko
Mikhail Grigorenko
Mikhail Grigorenko is a Russian ice hockey player for the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. He was selected by CSKA Moscow in the first round of the 2011 KHL Junior Draft. He is considered one of the top prospects available in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft...
, Alexander Petrov, Vladimir Tkachev, Alexey Shubin.
Staff: Yuri Rumyantsev, Stanislav Shadrin, Vladimir Nikulin, Sergey Raspopov, Yan Vorobiev, Boris Sapronenkov, Oleg Norchenko.
Sweden
Players: Mattius Backman, Rasmus Edstrom
Rasmus Edström
Rasmus Edstrom is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He played with Skellefteå AIK in the Elitserien during the 2010–11 Elitserien season.-External links:...
, Mattias Granlund
Mattias Granlund
Mattias Granlund is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He played with Skellefteå AIK in the Elitserien during the 2010–11 Elitserien season.-External links:...
, Filip Gunnarsson, Jonas Gunnarsson, Tim Harrysson
Tim Harrysson
Tim Harrysson is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender. He played with Linköpings HC in the Elitserien during the 2010–11 Elitserien season.-External links:...
, Linus Hultstrom, Alexanderq Lagerstrom, Eddie Larsson
Eddie Larsson
Eddie Larsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Modo Hockey of the Elitserien.-External links:...
, Daniel Mannberg
Daniel Mannberg
Daniel Mannberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He played with Luleå HF in the Elitserien during the 2010–11 Elitserien season.-External links:...
, Pontus Netterberg
Pontus Netterberg
Pontus Netterberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He played with HV71 in the Elitserien during the 2010–11 Elitserien season.-External links:...
, Joakim Nordstrom
Joakim Nordström
Joakim Nordström is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing in AIK of the Elitserien . His youth team is Hanvikens SK.Nordström made his SEL debut on 23 September 2010, against Södertälje SK....
, Christian Nyman
Christian Nyman
Christian Nyman is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He played with Luleå HF in the Elitserien during the 2010–11 Elitserien season.-External links:...
, Jesper Olofsson
Jesper Olofsson
Jesper Olofsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He played with Modo Hockey in the Elitserien during the 2010–11 Elitserien season.-External links:...
, Sebastian Ottosson
Sebastian Ottosson
Sebastian Ottosson is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for Linköpings HC of the Elitserien.-References:...
, Oscar Persson, Viktor Ronnback
Viktor Rönnbäck
Viktor Rönnbäck is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He played with Luleå HF in the Elitserien during the 2010–11 Elitserien season.-External links:...
, Linus Rotbakken, Joakim Ryan, Marcus Sorenson, Erik Thorell
Erik Thorell
Erik Thorell is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He played with Färjestads BK in the Elitserien during the 2010–11 Elitserien season.-External links:...
, Pathrik Vesterholm.
Staff: Lars Lindgren
Lars Lindgren
Lars Sune Lindgren is a retired Swedish ice hockey defenceman and a professional scout with the Vancouver Canucks....
, Patrik Sundstrom
Patrik Sundström
Patrik Sundström is a retired professional ice hockey centre, who played in the NHL for ten seasons.- Playing career :Sundström was drafted 175th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft....
, Christer Hoglund, Krister Holm, Nicklas Lindvall, Jan Johansson, Par Thures.
Switzerland
Players: Luca Camperchioli, Samuel Erni, Samuel Guerra, Gaetan Haas, Yannick Herren, Manuel Holenstein, Gregory Hofmann
Gregory Hofmann
Gregory Hofmann is a Swiss professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the HC Ambrì-Piotta in Switzerland's National League A.-External links:...
, Dean Kukan, Raphael Kuonen, Romain Loeffel, Ryan McGregor, Lukas Meili, Benjamin Neukom, Inti Pestoni
Inti Pestoni
Inti Pestoni is a Swiss ice hockey player who is currently playing for HC Ambrì-Piotta of National League A.-Career statistics:-External links:...
, Joel Reymondin, Matthias Rossi, Reto Schappi, Tristan Scherwey
Tristan Scherwey
Tristan Scherwey is a Swiss professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the SC Bern of Switzerland's National League A.-External links:...
, Nicholas Steiner, Remo Trub, Joel Vermin
Joel Vermin
Joel Vermin is a Swiss-Dutch professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the SC Bern of Switzerland's National League A.-External links:...
, Patrick Zubler.
Staff: Richard Jost, Alex Reinhard, Sergio Soguel, Bruni Suri, Jorg Rutishauser, Johannes Keel, Thomas Ritter.
United States
Players: Casey DeSmith, Zane Gothberg, Brian Cooper, Tommy Fallen, Aaron Harstad, Nick Mattson, Scott Mayfield
Scott Mayfield
Scott Mayfield is an American ice hockey player who is committed to play for the University of Denver Pioneers which compete in the WCHA. Mayfield played two seasons with the Youngstown Phantoms of the United States Hockey League from 2009–2011 and was selected to the 2010–11 USHL Eastern...
, Jordan Schmaltz
Jordan Schmaltz
Jordan Schmaltz is an American ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey team which competes in NCAA's Division I in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association conference....
, Sam Windle, Garrett Allen, Seth Ambroz
Seth Ambroz
Seth Ambroz is an American ice hockey player who is currently playing for the University of Minnesota in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. He played three years for the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League and was drafted to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2011 NHL Entry...
, Austin Czarnik, Ryan Dzingel, Robert Francis, Max Gaede, Caleb Herbert, Cason Hohmann, Max McCormick, Jimmy Mullin, Michael Parks, Colten St. Clair, Sam Warning.
Staff: P.K. O'Handley, Luke Strand, Justin Lyle, Darren Flinchem, Todd Klein, Marc Boxer, Alan Ashare.