2012 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

2012 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 29 – January 4
Teams	10
Venue(s)	WCFU Centre Tecumseh Arena Vollmer Culture and Rec Complex (in 3 host cities)

The 2012 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in Windsor, Tecumseh and La Salle, Ontario, Canada between December 29, 2011 and January 4, 2012. 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 were the WCFU Centre in Windsor, Tecumseh Arena in Tecumseh and the Vollmer Culture and Rec Centre in La Salle.

Challenge results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Canada Ontario	4	4	0	0	0	21	4	12
Sweden	4	3	1	0	0	22	14	9
Canada Quebec	4	2	2	0	0	11	15	6
Canada Atlantic	4	1	3	0	0	8	17	3
Germany	4	0	4	0	0	5	17	0

Results

December 29, 2011	Canada Quebec	3–2	Canada Atlantic	Tecumseh Arena, Tecumseh

Game summary
	Y-P Laplante (SH) – 4:13 F. Gauthier (ES) – 13:27 J. Drouin (ES) – 29:51		31:58 – M. Vanderlaan (ES) 56:27 – K. Hodge (ES)

December 29, 2011	Canada Ontario	5–0	Germany	WCFU Centre, Windsor

Game summary
	B. Robinson (PP) – 14:23 N. Ritchie (ES) – 22:46 T. Murphy (PP) – 29:37 B. Horvat (ES) – 48:40 A. Bateman (ES) – 50:52			Attendance: 3,500

December 30, 2011	Sweden	2–7	Canada Ontario	WCFU Centre, Windsor

Game summary
	L. Bristedt (PP) – 19:14 T. Liljendahl (ES) – 43:34		12:09 – B. Horvat (ES) 26:47 – Max Domi (PP) 30:49 – J. Subban (PP) 42:52 B. Pedersoe (PP) 47:10 – B. Pedersen (ES) 49:13 – D. Nurse (PP) 52:04 – M. Dempsey (ES)	Attendance: 3,100

December 30, 2011	Germany	0–3	Canada Quebec	Tecumseh Arena, Tecumseh

Game summary
			8:19 – Y-P Laplante (PP) 37:15 – A. De Luca (ES) 51:40 – C. Guévremont (ES)

December 31, 2011	Sweden	7–3	Canada Quebec	Tecumseh Arena, Tecumseh

Game summary
	A. Brodecki (ES) – 5:10 L. Bristedt (SH) – 6:25 V. Öhman (SH) – 7:02 V. Öhman (ES) – 14:59 V. Öhman (ES) – 22:43 A. Brodecki (PP) – 52:00 J. de la Rose (PP) – 47:19		18:14 – Y-P Laplante (PP) 44:21 – J. Grégoire (ES) 46:51 – J. Drouin (SH)

December 31, 2011	Canada Atlantic	4–3	Germany	Vollmer Culture and Rec Centre , La Salle

Game summary
	M. Lyle (ES) – 15:02 T. Stavert (ES) – 18:30 N. MacKinnon (PP) – 22:43 O. Cooper (ES) – 53:24		0:36 – J. Moeser (ES) 39:07 – F. Wagner (ES) 41:37 – M. Schmidpeter (ES)	Attendance: 238

January 1, 2012	Germany	2–5	Sweden	Tecumseh Arena, Tecumseh

Game summary
	F. Tiffels (ES) – 11:34 E. Gollenbeck (PP) – 56:14		2:42 – A. Burakowsky (ES) 4:06 – R. Fyrpihl (ES) 5:46 – L. Bristedt (PP) 19:35 – T. Liljendahl (ES) 57:10 – A. Burakowsky (ES)

January 1, 2012	Canada Ontario	3–0	Canada Atlantic	Vollmer Culture and Rec Centre, La Salle

Game summary
	R. Kujawinski (SH) – 24:29 C. Cassels (ES) – 37:07 S. Harper (ENG) – 59:06

January 2, 2012	Canada Atlantic	2–8	Sweden	WCFU Centre, Windsor

Game summary
	K. Kielly (PP) – 9:41 M. Murphy (SH) – 44:08		5:24 – A. Burakowsky (ES) 35:12 – A. Blomberg(ES) 37:31 – L. Bristedt (PP) 39:37 – W. Westlund (PP) 40:36 – R. Hägg (PP) 41:54 – R. Hägg (ES) 44:30 – A. Burakowsky (PP) 46:49 – A. Brodeki (ES)	Attendance: 1,000

January 2, 2012	Canada Quebec	2–6	Canada Ontario	WCFU Centre, Windsor

Game summary
	A. Ranger (ES) – 7:38 Y-P Laplante (ES) – 40:30		15:26 – H. Garlent (ES) 17:14 – M. Dempsey (ES) 26:45 – C. Bigras (ES) 30:40 – H. Garlent (PP) 34:19 – B. Horvat (ES) 51:18 – S. Harper (ES)	Attendance: 2,200

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
United States	3	3	1	0	0	18	9	9
Russia	4	3	1	0	0	15	11	9
Canada Pacific	3	3	1	0	0	15	9	9
Czech Republic	4	1	3	0	0	8	14	3
Canada West	4	0	4	0	0	10	23	0

Results

December 29, 2011	United States	5–1	Czech Republic	Vollmer Culture and Rec Centre, La Salle

Game summary
	J.T. Compher (PP) – 2:49 E. Allen (ES) – 11:47 J.T. Compher (ES) – 17:54 S. Santini (ES) – 19:12 E. Allan (ES) – 48:54		57:26 – P. Ceslik (ES)	Attendance: 835

December 29, 2011	Canada Pacific	5–2	Canada West	Tecumseh Arena, Tecumseh

Game summary
	M. Erkamps (ES) – 17:09 S. Reinhart (ES) – 22:25 S. Reinhart (PP) – 25:30 M. Klimchuk (PP) – 39:32 C. Lazar (EN) – 59:07		5:12 – N. Zajac (ES) 36:51 – R. Laurencelle (PP)

December 30, 2011	United States	2–3	Russia	WCFU Centre, Windsor

Game summary
	E. Allan (ES) – 41:33 H. Fasching (ES) – 49:32		0:43 – S. Tolchinski (ES) 24:19 – I. Fishchenko (ES) 45:42 – G. Dikushin (ES)

December 30, 2011	Czech Republic	0–4	Canada Pacific	Vollmer Culture and Rec Centre, La Salle

Game summary
			6:41 – S. Reinhart (PP) 21:09 – K. Burroughs (ES) 54:42 – S. Reinhart (ES) 57:35 C. Lazar	Attendance: 817

December 31, 2011	Russia	3–4	Canada Pacific	Vollmer Culture and Rec Centre, La Salle

Game summary
	G. Dikushin (ES) – 15:39 V. Nichushkin (ES) – 48:17 I. Barbashev (ES) – 54:29		8:36 – N. Petan (PP) 24:55 – M. Erkamps (PP) 32:58 – T. Baillie (ES) 39:14 – N. Petan (PP)	Attendance: 549

December 31, 2011	Canada West	2–5	Czech Republic	Tecumseh Arena , Tecumseh

Game summary
	C. Leverton (ES) – 12:19 J. Martin (ES) – 24:24		11:18 – T. Andrlik (PP) 17:17 – M. Kohout (ES) 31:55 – A. Zboril (PP) 42:02 – D. Pokorny (ES) 50:58 – A. Zboril (ES)

January 1, 2012	Czech Republic	2–3	Russia	Vollmer Culture and Rec Centre, La Salle

Game summary
	P. Zdrahal (ES) – 5:59 J. Vrana (ES) – 27:50		23:55 – V. Gavrikov (ES) 46:32 – I. Barbashev (PP) 55:31 – I. Fishchenko	Attendance: 368

January 1, 2012	Canada West	3–7	United States	Tecumseh Arena, Tecumseh

Game summary
	R. Laurencelle (PP) – 10:33 K. Doetzel (ES) – 27:12 C. Millette (ES) – 48:27		2:10 – C. Chatham (PP) 16:33 – J.T. Compher (ES) 27:06 – A. Louis (PP) 27:55 – L. Voltin (ES) 49:19 – H. Fasching (ES) 53:49 – A. Louis (PP) 57:06 – A. Louis (PP)

January 2, 2012	Canada Pacific	2–4	United States	Tecumseh Arena, Tecumseh

Game summary
	T. White (ES) – 12:30 M. Klimchuk (PP) – 59:34		20:52 – E. Allen (PP) 25:03 – E. Allen (ES) 40:52 – H. Fasching (ES) 45:07 – H. Fasching (PP)

January 2, 2012	Russia	6–3	Canada West	Vollmer Culture and Rec Centre, La Salle

Game summary
	I. Barbashev (PP) – 8:24 V. Nichushkin (ES) – 21:59 A. Zakarlyukin (ES) – 38:28 V. Nichushkin (ES) – 46:00 Y. Zakurin (ES) – 52:34 S. Tolchinski (PP) – 57:01		17:44 – D. Bosc (ES) 25:57 – C. Millette (PP) 35:03 – J. Tkatch (ES)

Final round

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Canada Ontario	3
	B2	Russia	4*
						SF1	Russia
						SF2	United States
	B1	United States	2**
	A2	Sweden	1

* Decided in overtime. ** Decided in a shootout

Semifinals

January 3, 2012	Sweden	1–2 SO	United States	WCFU Centre, Windsor

Game summary
	L. Bristedt (SH) – 37:20 Robert Hägg Leon Bristedt		43:10 – M. McCarron (ES) Evan Allen Anthony Louis	Attendance: 1,300

January 3, 2012	Russia	4–3 OT	Canada Ontario	WCFU Centre, Windsor

Game summary
	I. Barbashev (ES) – 3:28 S. Tolchinski (ES) – 35:31 G. Dikushin (ES) – 55:45 G. Dikushin (ES) – 68:27		10:53 – S. Nosad (PP) 25:32 – A. Ekblad (PP) 47:10 – H. Garlent (ES)	Attendance: 2,400

9th place game

January 3, 2012	Canada West	3–6	Germany	Vollmer Culture and Rec Centre, La Salle

Game summary
	N. Zajac (PP) – 4:51 M. Bowey (PP) – 16:46 J. Martin (ES) – 17:19		21:46 – T. Bender (PP) 23:08 – J. Fischer (ES) 27:12 – L. Draisaitl (PP) 37:48 – M. Sedlar (ES) 50:19 – J. Moeser (PP) 59:41 – F. Tiffels (ENG)

7th place game

January 3, 2012	Czech Republic	2–4	Canada Atlantic	Tecumseh Arena, Tecumseh

Game summary
	J. Vrana (PP) – 13:17 M. Kohout (ES) – 23:27		18:07 – A. Gallant (ES) 38:46 – B. Beaton (ES) 37:55 – B. Beaton (PP) 59:36 – O. Cooper (ENG)

5th place game

January 3, 2012	Canada Pacific	5–4 OT	Canada Quebec	Vollmer Culture and Rec Centre, La Salle

Game summary
	M. Needham (PP) – 21:43 M. Erkamps (ES) – 28:56 G. Chase (ES) – 31:38 N. Petan (ES) – 35:17 J. Morrissey (PP) – 63:12		2:41 – A. De Luca (ES) 25:35 – Y-P Laplante (ES) 54:20 – A. Ranger (ES) 58:31 – A. De Luca (ES)

Bronze medal game

January 4, 2012	Sweden	2–5	Canada Ontario	WCFU Centre, Windsor

Game summary
	L. Bristedt (ES) – 28:43 L. Bristedt (ES) – 34:42		32:28 – B. Horvat (ES) 40:20 – J. Subban (PP) 42:44 – N. Baptiste (SH) 47:39 – M. Domi (PP) 54:21 – M. Domi (ES)	Attendance: 1,318

Gold medal game

January 4, 2012	Russia	7–4	United States	WCFU Centre, Windsor

Game summary
	S. Tolchinski (SH) – 32:04 V. Nichushkin (ES) – 35:07 N. Cherepanov (ES) – 37:36 I. Barbashev (ES) – 48:26 S. Tolchinski (SH PS) – 43:20 V. Nichushkin (ENG) – 59:43 S. Tolchinski (ENG) – 59:51		8:38 – E. Allen (ES) 35:41 – W. Butcher (PP) 54:45 – J.T. Compher (PP) 57:56 – A. Louis (ES)	Attendance: 4,192

Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Victor Öhman	Sweden	6	3	9	12	2
J.T. Compher	United States	6	4	7	11	14
Grigori Dikushin	Russia	6	4	6	10	0
Sam Reinhart	Canada Pacific	5	4	6	10	2
Valeri Nichushkin	Russia	6	5	4	9	0
Leon Bristaedt	Sweden	6	7	1	8	10
Ivan Barbashev	Russia	6	5	3	8	4
André Burakowsky	Sweden	6	4	4	8	4
Anthony Louis	United States	6	4	4	8	2
Hunter Garlent	United States	6	3	5	8	6

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Thatcher Demko	United States	110:00	2	.949	1.09	0
Tristan Jarry	Canada Pacific	123:12	4	.943	1.95	1
Jacob Fancy	Canada Atlantic	179:38	7	.935	2.34	0
Spencer Martin	Canada Ontario	308:27	10	.931	1.95	1
Nikita Serebryakov	Russia	308:27	14	.930	2.72	0

Final standings

	Team
	Russia
	United States
	Canada Ontario
4	Sweden
5	Canada Pacific
6	Canada Quebec
7	Canada Atlantic
8	Czech Republic
9	Germany
10	Canada West

Tournament All-Star Team

• Goaltender: Nikita Serebryakov
• Defencemen: Gage Ausmus, Ontario Darnell Nurse
• Forwards: J.T. Compher, Victor Öhman, Sergei Tolchinski

See also

World U-17 Hockey Challenge

• 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships
• 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

External links

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Preceded by 2011 U-17 Challenge

World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2012

Succeeded by 2013 U-17 Challenge