2014 WORLD JUNIOR A CHALLENGE

2014 World Junior A Challenge
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	West Central Events Centre in Kindersley, Saskatchewan
Dates	December 14, 2014 – December 20, 2014
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Canada East
Tournament statistics
Games played	13
Scoring leader(s)	Nikolaj Ehlers (9 pts)
MVP	Nikolaj Ehlers
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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

Canada East (9th Appearance)
Canada West (9th Appearance, 6th as Hosts)
Russia (9th Appearance)
Switzerland (4th Appearance)
United States (8th Appearance)
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

12 December 2014
19:30

Canada

East

2–5
( )

Russia

Unity Skating Arena, Unity, Saskatchewan

Game reference

12 December 2014
19:30

Canada

West

3–6
( )

United States

Eston Community Complex Arena, Eston, Saskatchewan

Game reference

12 December 2014
20:00

Denmark

6–0
( )

Rosetown Redwings

SaskCan Centre, Rosetown, Saskatchewan

Game reference

2014 Tournament

Preliminary round

All times are local ( UTC-6).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	0	10	2	+8	6
Switzerland	2	0	1	0	1	4	10	−6	2
Canada East	2	0	0	1	1	5	7	−2	1

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

14 December 2014
15:30

Canada

East

3–4 GWS
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1)
( OT: 0–0)
( SO: 0–1)

Switzerland

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Blake Mann-Dixon (0–0–1)

Goalies

Joren van Pottelberghe (1–0–0)

	0–1	7:16 – D. Riat (1) ( M. Holdener) (PP)
C. Fryer (1) ( L. Batt) – 20:27	1–1
K. Locke (1) ( R. Kuffner, R. Kirkup) (PP) – 27:46	2–1
	2–2	28:08 – M. Moor (1) ( C. Thürkauf, A. Impose)
L. Batt (1) ( A. Tonge, A. Brady) – 44:33	3–2
	3–3	56:55 – T. Haussener (1) ( D. Riat, M. Holdener)

A. Tonge

A. Brady

D. Board

Shootout

T. Haussener

D. Riat

A. Impose

10 min

Penalties

12 min

46

Shots

24

15 December 2014
19:30

United States

7–0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Eric Schierhorn (1–0–0)

Goalies

Daniel Muff (0–1–0)

Referees:
Alex Cote
Colin Watts
Linesmen:
Ryan Gibbons
Ryan Lundquist

J. Snivley (1) ( M. Reinke, A. Angello – 11:13	1–0
T. Novak (1) ( M. Reinke) – 15:31	2–0
A. Oglevie (1) ( A. Angello, J. Snivley) – 26:41	3–0
S. Gersich (1) ( B. Hillman) – 28:25	4–0
B. Boeser (1) ( T. Sheehy, T. Novak) – 34:11	5–0
A. Oglevie (2) ( A. Angello) – 42:41	6–0
A. Angello (1) ( M. Bergh, A. Oglevie) (PP) – 53:31	7–0

4 min

Penalties

14 min

54

Shots

26

16 December 2014
15:30

Canada

East

2–3
(1–1, 0–0, 1–2)

United States

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Blade Mann-Dixon (0–1–1)

Goalies

Cale Morris (1–0–0)

	0–1	11:24 – B. Boeser (2) ( K. Connor) (PP)
L. Batt (2) ( Z. Tierney, A. Brady) (PP) – 15:27	1–1
Z. Tierney (1) ( R. Kirkup) – 55:07	2–1
	2–2	58:29 – S. Malone (1) ( C. Wolanin, B. Nardella)
	2–3	59:58 – S. Gersich (2) ( B. Nardella, C. Wolanin)

10 min

Penalties

14 min

28

Shots

46

Group B

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	2	0	0	0	7	4	+3	6
Canada West	2	0	1	0	1	5	5	0	2
Russia	2	0	0	1	1	4	7	−3	1

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

14 December 2014
19:30

Denmark

3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Canada West

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Thomas Lillie (1–0–0)

Goalies

Tommy Nixon (0–1–0)

M. Aagaard (1) ( M. Aserup, E. Rasmussen) – 18:24	1–0
N. Ehlers (1) ( O. Bjorkstrand) (PP) – 23:20	2–0
	2–1	25:47 – G. Bast (1) ( D. Fabbro, R. Risling) (PP)
	2–2	47:08 – T. Jost (1) (PP)
N. Ehlers (2) ( M. Eller) (PP) – 57:00	3–2

12 min

Penalties

12 min

25

Shots

33

15 December 2014
15:30

Russia

2–4
(1–1, 0–0, 1–3)

Denmark

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Ilya Samsonov (0–1–0)

Goalies

George Sørensen (1–0–0)

Referees:
Fraser Lawrence
Chad Williams
Linesmen:
Troy Murray
Sean Donnelly

M. Vorobyev (1) ( D. Guryanov, V. Barabanov) – 7:02	1–0
	1–1	19:59 – N. Ehlers (3) ( M. Lassen) (SH)
	1–2	42:31 – N. Ehlers (4) ( M. Asperup, M. Nielsen) (PP)
D. Guryanov (1) ( A. Kozyrev, M. Vorobyev) – 47:25	2–2
	2–3	57:07 – N. Ehlers (5) ( S. Hertzberg)
	2–4	59:05 – A. Krogsgaard (1) (SH)(EN)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

30

Shots

32

16 December 2014
19:30

Canada West

3–2 GWS
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
( OT: 0–0)
( SO: 2–0)

Russia

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Tommy Nixon (1–1–0)

Goalies

Anton Krasotkin (0–0–1)

Referees:
Colin Watt
Mike Campbell
Linesmen:
Tarrington Wyonzek
Ryan Gibbons

T. Jost (2) ( V. Dombrovskiy) – 1:39	1–0
G. Bast (2) ( T. Jost, D. Hannoun) – 23:53	2–0
	2–1	28:49 – D. Guryanov (2) ( V. Barabanov, D. Zhukenov)
	2–2	43:37 – K. Kaprizov (1) ( D. Zhukenov)

J. Keane

D. Hannoun

T. Jost

Shootout

V. Barabanov

M. Vorobyev

10 min

Penalties

8 min

46

Shots

34

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semi-Finals

Gold Medal

3B

Russia

1

3B

Russia

3

1B

Denmark

5

2A

Switzerland

2

1A

United States

3

1B

Denmark

2

3A

Canada East

1

3A

Canada East

4

1A

United States

7

2B

Canada West

2

5th Place

Bronze Medal

2A

Switzerland

3

3B

Russia

2

2B

Canada West

2

3A

Canada East

0

Quarterfinals

17 December 2014
15:30

Russia

3–2
(2–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Ilya Samsonov (2–0–0)

Goalies

Joren van Pottelberghe (1–1–0)

Referees:
Alex Cote
Fraser Lawrence
Linesmen:
Troy Murray
Tarrington Wyonzek

	0–1	3:52 – M. Holdener (1) ( S. Weber, S. Forrer)
D. Zhukenov (1) – 7:48	1–1
N. Chebykin (1) – 16:46	2–1
	2–2	17:11 – A. Impose (1) ( D. Riat)
N. Chebykin (2) – 26:38	3–2

4 min

Penalties

10 min

37

Shots

27

17 December 2014
19:30

Canada East

4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Canada West

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Blade Mason-Dixon (1–1–1)

Goalies

Tommy Nixon (1–2–0)

	0–1	14:15 – R. Gardner (1) ( T. Busch, M. Vela
R. Kuffner (1) ( M. Laidley) – 15:52	1–1
A. Girduckis (1) ( M. St. Pierre, R. Garvey) – 23:58	2–1
	2–2	35:27 – D. Fabbro (1) ( M. Vela, R. Risling)
A. Tonge (1) ( Z. Tierney) (PP) – 42:30	3–2
A. Girduckis (2) – 59:24	4–2

10 min

Penalties

6 min

24

Shots

40

Semi-finals

18 December 2014
15:30

Russia

1–5
(0–1, 1–3, 0–1)

Denmark

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Anton Krasotkin (0–1–1)

Goalies

George Sørensen (2–0–0)

Referees:
Colin Watt
Chad Williams
Linesmen:
Sean Donnelly
Tarrington Wyonzek

	0–1	2:58 – M. Asperup (1) ( E. Rasmussen, M. Aagaard)
	0–2	23:07 – O. Bjorkstrand (1) ( N. Ehlers)
	0–3	24:49 – N. Olesen (1) ( M. Aagaard, S. Hertzberg)
Y. Rykov (1) ( A. Volkov) – 30:42	1–3
	1–4	37:21 – J. Holmberg (1) (SH)
	1–5	59:40 – O. Bjorkstrand (2) ( N. Ehlers, M. Lassen) (PP)

10 min

Penalties

10 min

26

Shots

38

18 December 2014
19:30

Canada

East

1–7
(1–5, 0–1, 0–1)

United States

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Blade Mann-Dixon (1–2–1)

Goalies

Eric Schierhorn (2–0–0)

Referees:
Mike Campbell
Fraser Lawrence
Linesmen:
Ryan Lundquist
Troy Murray

	0–1	5:18 – T. Sheehy (1) ( M. Bergh, R. Zuhlsdorf)
	0–2	6:16 – A. Angello (2) ( D. Joshua)
	0–3	9:48 – T. Novak (2)
A. Tonge (2) ( M. Laidley) – 13:48	1–3
	1–4	15:42 – J. Snivley (1) ( D. Joshua)
	1–5	16:29 – K. Connor (1) ( C. Wolanin, S. Gersich)
	1–6	28:16 – D. Gambrell (1) ( T. Novak, C. Wolanin)
	1–7	57:32 – B Boeser (3) ( R. Zuhlsdorf)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

23

Shots

47

5th-place game

19 December 2014
15:30

Switzerland

3–2
(0–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Canada West

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Daniel Muff (1–1–0)

Goalies

Evan Weninger (0–1–0)

Referees:
Fraser Lawrence
Colin Watt
Linesmen:
Ryan Gibbons
Sean Donnelly

	0–1	31:48 – S. Rempal (1) ( D. Fabbro, T. Busch)
	0–2	34:49 – S. Rempal (2) ( J. Keane, C. Young)
R. Chuard (1) ( R. Prassi) – 36:00	1–2
S. Forrer (1) ( C. Thürkauf) (PP) – 47:10	2–2
T. Kessler (1) ( C. Thürkauf) – 48:00	3–2

10 min

Penalties

14 min

20

Shots

26

Bronze-medal game

19 December 2014
19:30

Russia

2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Canada East

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Ilya Samsonov (3–0–0)

Goalies

Blade Mann-Dixon (1–3–1)

K. Kaprizov (2) ( D. Zhukenov, N. Chebykin) – 3:42	1–0
D. Guryanov (3) ( A. Shemrov, Y. Rykov) – 53:37	2–0

6 min

Penalties

10 min

29

Shots

46

Gold-medal game

20 December 2014
15:30

United States

3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
( OT: 1–0)

Denmark

West Central Events Centre

Game reference

Eric Schierhorn (3–0–0)

Goalies

George Sørensen (2–0–1)

Referees:
Mike Campbell
Fraser Lawrence
Linesmen:
Ryan Gibbons
Ryan Lundquist

	0–1	0:33 – N. Ehlers (6) ( O. Bjorkstrand)
B. Boeser (4) ( T. Novak, T. Sheehy) (PP) – 31:33	1–1
M. Bergh (1) ( B. Boeser, T. Novak) (PP) – 58:17	2–1
	2–2	45:46 – O. Bjorkstrand (3) ( N. Ehlers, M. Asperup)
T. Novak (3) (PP) – 64:56	3–2

8 min

Penalties

18 min

63

Shots

24

Final standings

	Team
	United States
	Denmark
	Russia
4th	Canada East
5th	Switzerland
6th	Canada West

Statistics

Scoring leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	P	PIM
Nikolaj Ehlers	Denmark	4	6	3	9	4
Thomas Novak	United States	4	3	4	7	0
Brock Boeser	United States	4	4	1	5	6
Anthony Angello	United States	4	2	3	5	0
Oliver Bjorkstrand	Denmark	4	3	2	5	2
Christian Wolanin	United States	4	0	4	4	4
Matthias Asperup	Denmark	4	1	3	4	0
Denis Guryanov	Russia	5	3	1	4	2
Dmitri Zhukenov	Russia	5	1	3	4	4
Zac Tierney	Canada East	5	1	2	3	2

Top goaltenders
Player	Team	GP	Mins	GA	SO	GAA	Sv%	Record
Eric Schierhorn	United States	3	184:56	3	1	0.97	.959	3–0–0
Ilya Samsonov	Russia	3	179:27	5	1	1.67	.952	2–1–0
George Sørensen	Denmark	3	184:56	6	0	1.95	.950	2–1–0
Cale Morris	United States	2	60:00	2	0	2.00	.929	1–0–0
Thomas Lillie	Denmark	1	60:00	2	0	2.00	.939	1–0–0

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Nikolaj Ehlers

Denmark

All-Star Team

Forwards: Nikolaj Ehlers

Denmark, Denis Guryanov

Russia, Thomas Novak

United States

Defense: Callum Fryer

Canada East, Christian Wolanin

United States

Goalie: Eric Schierhorn

United States

External links

Hockey Canada's WJAC Website

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v t e Members and championships of the Canadian Junior Hockey League
ANAVET Cup	Manitoba Junior Hockey League Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
Doyle Cup	Alberta Junior Hockey League
Dudley Hewitt Cup	Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Ontario Junior Hockey League Superior International Junior Hockey League
Fred Page Cup	Central Canada Hockey League Maritime Junior A Hockey League Quebec Junior Hockey League
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History	Abbott Cup Callaghan Cup Western Canada Cup Thunder Bay Flyers BCHL EJAHL IJHL MetJHL Original MJAHL NBJHL NJAHL NJHL NOJHA OPJHL PJHL QJAHL RMJHL SJJHL SOJHL TBJHL
Administrators	Rick Morocco (executive director, 2014–2016) Brent Ladds (president, 2016–2022)
Hockey Canada World Junior A Challenge World U-17 Hockey Challenge Eastern Canada Cup Challenge

Teams

Background

Exhibition schedule

2014 Tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semi-finals

5th-place game

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Final standings

Statistics

Awards

External links

Teams

Background

Exhibition schedule

2014 Tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semi-finals

5th-place game

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Final standings

Statistics

Awards

External links

Videos

Websites

Encyclopedia

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