2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	August 6–11, 2018
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (22nd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	United States of America
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	138 (7.67 per match)
Attendance	35,000 (1,944 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Alexis Lafrenière; (5 goals, 6 assists); Vasili Podkolzin; (8 goals, 3 assists)
Website	hlinkagretzky.com
	← 2017

The 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (branded as the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup presented by Ram for sponsorship reasons) was an under-18 international ice hockey tournament held in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada from August 6–11, 2018 at Rogers Place in Edmonton and Servus Arena in Red Deer.^[1]

Preliminary round[]

All times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	3	3	0	18	5	+13	9	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	1	12	6	+6	6	Semifinals
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	9	11	−2	3	Fifth place game
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	3	20	−17	0	Seventh place game

Source: hlinkagretzky.com
(H) Host.

August 6
15:00

Slovakia

2–4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 713


Patrik Kozel	Goalies	Jesper Wallstedt
Valigura (Čajkovič) – 00:43 / Turan (Sojka) (PP) – 34:32	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4	09:53 – Grewe (Bjerselius, Åström) (PP) / 20:53 – Broberg (Raymond, Holtz) / 41:56 – Henriksson (Holtz, Söderström) (PP) / 45:27 – Broberg
8 min	Penalties	16 min
21	Shots	44

August 6
19:00

Switzerland

0–10
(0–3, 0–5, 0–2)

Canada

Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 5,922


Sascha Ruppelt Thibault Fatton	Goalies	Nolan Maier
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9 / 0–10	04:49 – Clarke (Guenette, Robertson) / 06:29 – Suzuki (Barron, Cozens) (PP) / 15:24 – Pelletier (Mutala, Holloway) / 24:07 – Cozens (Suzuki, Barron) (PP) / 29:51 – Parent (Lafrenière, Clarke) (PP) / 30:34 – Robertson (Poulin, Krebs) / 31:52 – Guenette (Mutala, Pelletier) / 33:15 – Krebs (Dach, Lafrenière) / 41:38 – Dach (Suzuki) (SH) / 58:35 – Krebs (Robertson, Korczak)
10 min	Penalties	8 min
15	Shots	48

August 7
15:00

Switzerland

0–5
(0–1, 0–0, 0–4)

Sweden

Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 428


Thibault Fatton	Goalies	Hugo Alnefelt
	0–1 /0–2/ 0–3/ 0–4/ 0–5	16:39 – Broberg / 42:13 – Hedström / 47:16 – Raymond (SH) / 55:46 – Söderström (Grewe, Bjerselius) / 56:12 – Raymond
1 min	Penalties	6 min
15	Shots	36

August 7
19:00

Slovakia

2–4
(0–0, 0–2, 2–2)

Canada

Rogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 2,142


Dávid Borák	Goalies	Taylor Gauthier
Golian (Turan, Mrázik) – 45:33 / Turanský (Čajkovič, Ilenčík) (PP) – 49:32	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4	21:23 – Lafrenière (Barron, Krebs) / 36:51 – Holloway (Williams, Barron) / 41:18 – Clarke (Dach, Lafrenière) (PP) / 52:12 – Williams (Rees, Suzuki)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
19	Shots	58

August 8
15:00

Switzerland

3–5
(0–1, 1–1, 2–3)

Slovakia

Rogers Place, Edmonton


Sascha Ruppelt	Goalies	Patrik Kozel
Fiedler (Schwenninger) – 21:20 / Knak (Baragano, Rochette) (PP) – 44:46 / Knak (Stoffel, Rochette) – 52:16	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5	12:47 – Jendek (Eliáš) / 35:22 – Čajkovič (Turanský, Ilenčík) / 52:50 – Mrázik (Chromiak) / 56:55 – Chromiak (Sojka, Mrázik) / 59:15 – Mrázik (Chromiak) (EN)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
29	Shots	33

August 8
19:00

Sweden

3–4
(1–1, 0–1, 2–2)

Canada

Rogers Place, Edmonton


Jesper Wallstedt	Goalies	Nolan Maier
Raymond (Holtz, Söderblom) (PP) – 13:37 / Holtz (Raymond) – 47:58 / Söderblom (Björnfot, Holtz) (PP) – 55:44	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4	15:34 – Williams (Suzuki, Korczak) / 32:51 – Lafrenière (Barron, Dach) / 53:09 – Robertson (Suzuki, Rees) / 57:34 – Byram (Lafrenière, Dach) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	12 min
21	Shots	35

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	0	18	5	+13	9	Semifinals
2	United States of America	3	2	0	0	1	15	10	+5	6	Semifinals
3	Czech Republic	3	0	1	0	2	4	12	−8	2	Fifth place game
4	Finland	3	0	0	1	2	7	17	−10	1	Seventh place game

Source: hlinkagretzky.com

August 6
15:00

Russia

7–2
(1–1, 4–0, 2–1)

Finland

Servus Arena, Red Deer
Attendance: 732


Vladimir Sartakov	Goalies	Roope Taponen
Vashchenko (Podkolzin, Nikolayev) – 13:51 / Gritsyuk (Chinakhov) – 20:07 / Gushchin (Likachyov, Abramov) – 22:52 / Podkolzin (Nikolayev) – 28:20 / Mironov (Podkolzin, Gutik) (PP) – 30:21 / Gritsyuk (Chinakhov) (PP) – 40:53 / Zaitsev (Alkhimov, Amirov) (PP) – 54:10	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 6–2 / 7–2	00:53 – Puistola (Simontaival) / 51:17 – Intonen (Heinola, Räty)
2 min	Penalties	22 min
60	Shots	26

August 6
19:00

Czech Republic

0–6
(0–1, 0–3, 0–2)

United States of America

Servus Arena, Red Deer
Attendance: 819


Nick Malík Jan Škorpík	Goalies	Dustin Wolf
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6	9:04 – Mastrosimone (Silianoff, Koster) (PP) / 31:19 – Mastrosimone (Silianoff, Miller) / 33:24 – Jutting (Silianoff, Webber) (SH) / 35:41 – Huglen (Nodler, Wolf) / 42:37 – Silianoff (Farinacci) / 58:22 – Toporowski (Nodler) (SH)
22 min	Penalties	24 min
23	Shots	40

August 7
15:00

Czech Republic

0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Russia

Servus Arena, Red Deer
Attendance: 734


Nick Malík	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3	10:47 – Chinakhov (Gritsyuk, Sedov) (PP) / 18:39 – Likhachyov (Abramov, Gushchin) / 51:53 – Podkolzin (Nikolayev, Gutik)
22 min	Penalties	18 min
35	Shots	26

August 7
19:00

Finland

2–6
(1–2, 1–1, 0–3)

United States of America

Servus Arena, Red Deer
Attendance: 853


Roope Taponen	Goalies	Dustin Wolf
Räty (Loponen, Lundell) – 18:36 / Lundell (Aaltonen, Miettinen) (PP) – 24:59	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6	09:53 – Toporowski (Feenstra, Jutting) / 18:17 – Colangelo (Reid, Webber) / 21:30 – Kaliyev (Robertson, Nodler) / 45:13 – Farinacci (Mastrosimone) / 45:30 – Jutting (Toporowski, Groll) / 56:29 – Toporowski (Miller) (SH)
26 min	Penalties	16 min
31	Shots	39

August 8
15:00

Czech Republic

4–3 OT
(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)
OT: (1–0)

Finland

Servus Arena, Red Deer


Nick Malík	Goalies	Kari Piironen
Haš (Raška, Barinka) – 6:09 / Beránek (Pytlik, Homola) – 33:00 / Mužík (Pytlik, Peterek) (PP) – 49:48 / Teplý (Barinka, Haš) (PP) – 61:09	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3	19:02 – Miettinen (Aaltonen, Kokkonen) (PP) / 47:43 – Kokkonen (Loponen, Simontaival) / 50:54 – Pärssinen (Heinola, Piiroinen)
4 min	Penalties	10 min
42	Shots	29

August 8
19:00

United States of America

3–8
(0–3, 3–1, 0–4)

Russia

Servus Arena, Red Deer


Derek Mullahy	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov
Mastrosimone (Miller) – 22:08 / Kaliyev (Mancinelli, Nodler) (PP) – 23:16 / Colangelo (Reid, Farinacci) (PP) – 28:33	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5 / 3–6 / 3–7 / 3–8	12:18 – Gushchin (Likhachyov, Abramov) / 16:45 – Likhachyov (Abramov, Gushchin) / 18:26 – Mironov (Nikolayev, Amirov) / 37:33 – Podkolzin (Gutik, Nikolayev) / 41:38 – Gushchin (Likhachyov, Burenov) / 48:54 – Abramov (Likhachyov) / 51:32 – Podkolzin (Mironov) / 59:15 – Bychkov (Abramov, Gushchin) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	16 min
19	Shots	55

Final round[]

Seventh place game[]

August 10
12:00

Switzerland

2–8
(1–5, 1–3, 0–0)

Finland


Thibault Fatton Sascha Ruppelt	Goalies	Kari Piiroinen
Andersson (Bardh) – 5:19 / Stoffel – 35:54	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 2–7 / 2–8	07:06 – Kokkonen (Nikkanen, Puistola) / 12:58 – Nikkanen (Simontaival) / 13:19 – Puistola (Simontaival, Nikkanen) / 15:50 – Nikkanen (Simontaival, Puistola) / 18:47 – Puistola (Nikkanen, Simontaival) / 29:06 – Miettinen (Loponen) / 30:49 – Puistola (Nikkanen, Simontaival) (PP) / 38:04 – Räty (Lahnaviik)
18 min	Penalties	10 min
22	Shots	45

Fifth place game[]

August 10
16:00

Slovakia

3–8
(1–1, 1–3, 1–4)

Czech Republic


Dávid Borák	Goalies	Jan Škorpík
Mrázik (Turan, Golian) – 1:37 / Čajkovič (Kňažko) (PP) – 26:26 / Chromiak (Kňažko, Mrázik) – 46:42	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 3–5 / 3–6 / 3–7 / 3–8	00:56 – Barinka (Haš) (PP) / 21:19 – Přikryl / 34:06 – Peterek (Koffer, Mlčák) / 37:20 – Najman (Teplý, Barinka) (PP) / 43:11 – Barinka (Raška) / 47:27 – Najman (Novák) / 48:46 – Barinka (Teplý, Raška) / 51:51 – Lang (Prikryl, Teplý)
12 min	Penalties	10 min
28	Shots	58

Semifinals[]

August 10
15:00

Russia

1–2
(0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Sweden

Rogers Place, Edmonton


Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies	Hugo Alnefelt
Podkolzin – 58:06	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	45:16 – Broberg (Bjerselius, Costmar) (PP) / 59:16 – Henriksson (Raymond)
6 min	Penalties	12 min
35	Shots	19

August 10
19:00

United States of America

5–6 OT
(3–2, 0–1, 2–2)
OT: (0–1)

Canada

Rogers Place, Edmonton


Dustin Wolf	Goalies	Nolan Maier
Robertson (Nodler, Koster) (PP) – 03:20 / Huglen (Kaliyev, Mancinelli) – 05:48 / Robertson (Nodler) – 14:33 / Robertson (Kaliyev) – 51:58 / Toporowski (Groll) – 53:33	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 4–4 / 5–4 / 5–5 / 5–6	04:39 – Lafrenière (Parent, Byram) / 08:10 – Rees / 28:34 – Parent (Lafrenière, Dach) (PP) / 43:31 – Williams (Suzuki) (PP) / 59:59 – Cozens (Byram, Korczak) / 61:44 – Williams (Krebs)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
39	Shots	34

Bronze medal game[]

August 11
15:00

Russia

5–4
(0–0, 2–0, 3–4)

United States of America

Rogers Place, Edmonton


Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies	Derek Mullahy
Likhachyov (Abramov, Spiridonov) (PP) – 25:39 / Podkolzin (Gutik) (PP) – 26:21 / Podkolzin (Nikolayev) (PP) – 45:44 / Podkolzin (Mironov) – 54:15 / Nikolayev (Podkolzin) – 58:22	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3 / 5–4	43:27 – Farinacci (Silianoff) (PP) / 53:53 Kaliyev (Mancinelli, Miller) (PP) / 57:28 Robertson (Farinacci, Kaliyev) (PP) / 59:42 – Nodler (Miller, Mastrosimone)
14 min	Penalties	10 min
35	Shots	30

Final[]

August 11
19:00

Sweden

2–6
(2–3, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Rogers Place, Edmonton


Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Taylor Gauthier Nolan Maier
Raymond (Holtz) (PP) – 00:42 / Holtz (Söderblom) – 11:33	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6	12:14 – Mutala (Byram, Cozens) / 14:35 – Dach (Lafrenière) / 17:54 – Lafrenière / 32:12 – Mutala (Holloway, Cozens) / 45:00 – Williams (Suzuki, Rees) / 53:54 – Lafrenière (PP)
10 min	Penalties	14 min
19	Shots	40

Final standings[]


Rank	Team
1	Canada
2	Sweden
3	Russia
4	United States of America
5	Czech Republic
6	Slovakia
7	Finland
8	Switzerland

References[]

↑ "Hlinka Gretzky Cup the first step to possible NHL stardom", Edmonton Sun, 2018-08-04. (en-US)

[1] "Hlinka Gretzky Cup the first step to possible NHL stardom", Edmonton Sun, 2018-08-04. (en-US)

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