2013 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

      2013 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
      Tournament details
      Host country  Canada
      Dates December 29 – January 4
      Teams 10
      Venue(s) Centre Marcel Dionne, Colisée Desjardins (in 2 host cities)

      The 2013 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge will be an ice hockey tournament held in Drummondville and Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada between December 29, 2012 and January 4, 2013. The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is held by Hockey Canada annually to showcase young hockey talent from across Canada and other strong hockey countries. The primary venues used for the tournament are the Centre Marcel Dionne in Drummondville and the Colisée Desjardins in Victoriaville.

      Challenge results

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      Preliminary round

      Group A

      Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
       Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 24 10 12
       Russia 4 2 1 0 1 22 21 7
       Canada Pacific 4 0 1 3 1 17 13 6
       Finland 4 1 2 0 1 17 21 4
       Canada West 4 0 3 0 1 9 20 1
      Results
      December 29, 2012  Sweden 4–0
       Canada West Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville
      December 29, 2012  Canada Pacific 8–7 OT
       Russia Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville
      December 30, 2012  Finland 3–7
       Sweden Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville
      December 30, 2012  Russia 6–2
       Canada West Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville
      December 31, 2012  Canada Pacific 3–6
       Sweden Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville
      December 31, 2012  Canada West 4–6
       Finland Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville
      January 1, 2013  Sweden 7–4
       Russia Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville
      January 1, 2013  Finland 4–5 GWS
       Canada Pacific Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville
      January 2, 2013  Russia 5–4
       Finland Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville
      January 2, 2013  Canada West 3–4 OT
       Canada Pacific Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville

      Group B

      Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
       United States 4 3 0 1 0 24 11 11
       Canada Quebec 4 3 1 0 0 11 10 9
       Canada Ontario 4 2 1 0 1 29 9 7
       Canada Atlantic 4 1 3 0 0 10 23 3
       Slovakia 4 0 4 0 0 5 26 0
      Results
      December 29, 2012  Canada Ontario 5–6 GWS
       United States Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville
      December 29, 2012  Canada Atlantic 2–5
       Canada Quebec Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville
      December 30, 2012  United States 6–3
       Canada Atlantic Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville
      December 30, 2012  Canada Ontario 12–0
       Slovakia Arena Leo-Paul-Boutin, Plessisville
      December 31, 2012  Slovakia 1–4
       Canada Atlantic Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville
      December 31, 2012  United States 5–1
       Canada Quebec Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville
      January 1, 2013  Canada Atlantic 1–11
       Canada Ontario Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville
      January 1, 2013  Canada Quebec 3–2
       Slovakia Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville
      January 2, 2013  Slovakia 2–7
       United States Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville
      January 2, 2013  Canada Quebec 2–1
       Canada Ontario Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville

      Final round

      Semifinals Final
                     
      A1   Sweden 6  
      B2   Canada Quebec 4  
          SF1   Sweden 7
        SF2   Russia 5
      B1   United States 4
      A2   Russia 6  

      Semifinals

      January 3, 2013  Sweden 6–4
       Canada Quebec Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville
      January 3, 2013  United States 4–6
       Russia Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville

      9th place game

      January 3, 2013  Canada West 4–1
       Slovakia Pavillon Jean-Beliveau, Victoriaville

      7th place game

      January 3, 2013  Finland 8–2
       Canada Atlantic Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville

      5th place game

      January 3, 2013  Canada Pacific 7–6
       Canada Ontario Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville

      Bronze medal game

      January 4, 2013  Canada Quebec 3–4
       United States Centre Marcel Dionne, Drummondville

      Gold medal game

      January 4, 2013  Sweden 7–5
       Russia Colisee Desjardins, Victoriaville
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      Scoring leaders

      Player Country GP G A Pts PIM
      Oskar Lindblom  Sweden 6 8 5 13 0
      Gustaf Franzén  Sweden 6 6 4 10 2
      Maxim Lazarev  Russia 6 5 5 10 8
      Sonny Milano  United States 6 4 6 10 6
      William Nylander Altelius  Sweden 6 2 8 10 2
      Anton Karlsson  Sweden 6 6 3 9 22
      Connor McDavid  Canada Ontario 5 6 3 9 2
      Chris Wilkie  United States 6 3 6 9 2
      Kasperi Kapanen  Finland 5 3 6 9 4
      Brycen Martin  Canada Pacific 5 2 7 9 2
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      Goaltending leaders

      (Minimum 60 minutes played)

      Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
      Mikael Saari  Finland 62:11 2 .920 1.93 0
      Julio Billia  Canada Quebec 240:00 14 .905 3.05 0
      Alex Bureau  Canada Quebec 118:35 6 .889 3.04 0
      Jesper Eriksson  Sweden 240:00 12 .886 3.00 1
      Felix Sandström  Sweden 120:00 7 .885 3.50 0
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      Final standings

      Team
      Gold medal icon.svg  Sweden
      Silver medal icon.svg  Russia
      Bronze medal icon.svg  United States
      4  Canada Quebec
      5  Canada Pacific
      6  Canada Ontario
      7  Finland
      8  Canada Atlantic
      9  Canada West
      10  Slovakia
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      Tournament All-Star Team

      • Goaltender: Canada Quebec Julio Billia
      • Defencemen: Russia Nikita Lyamkin, Sweden Adam Ollas Mattsson
      • Forwards: Sweden Oskar Lindblom, Canada Ontario Connor McDavid, United States Sonny Milano
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      External links

      Preceded by
      2012 U-17 Challenge
      World U-17 Hockey Challenge
      2013
      Succeeded by
      2014 U-17 Challenge
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      Last modified on 18 May 2013, at 19:20