2023 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	November 2–11, 2023
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Canada White
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	22
Goals scored	157 (7.14 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Will Moore (12 points)
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The 2023 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament that was held in Charlottetown and Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada from November 2 to 11, 2023. It was the 30th edition of the tournament.

Venues

Charlottetown and Summerside, Prince Edward Island were the tournament hosts. ^{[1] [2]}

Charlottetown	Charlottetown Summerside		Summerside
Eastlink Centre Capacity: 3,717			Credit Union Place Capacity: 4,228

Teams

Unlike prior tournaments, there were two Canadian teams (Canada White and Canada Red) as opposed to three. Russia was not allowed to participate in the tournament due to the invasion of Ukraine.

Preliminary round

All listed times are local ( UTC-5).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	3	0	2	0	29	15	+14	11	Advance to Semifinals
2	Sweden	5	3	0	1	1	21	19	+2	10
3	Canada Red (H)	5	1	2	0	2	16	20	−4	7	Advance to Quarterfinals
4	Finland	5	2	0	1	2	15	19	−4	7
5	Czech Republic	5	1	1	0	3	15	21	−6	5
6	Canada White (H)	5	0	2	1	2	17	19	−2	5

November 2, 2023 12:00

Czech Republic

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

Canada White

Credit Union Place, Summerside

November 2, 2023 19:00

Finland

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

Canada Red

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown Attendance: 1540

November 2, 2023 19:00

Sweden

2–5 (1–1, 1–1, 0–3)

United States

Credit Union Place, Summerside

November 3, 2023 15:00

United States

10–2 (3–1, 7–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Credit Union Place, Summerside

November 3, 2023 19:00

Sweden

3–2 (1–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Finland

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

November 3, 2023 19:00

Canada Red

4–3 (1–2, 1–0, 2–1)

Canada White

Credit Union Place, Summerside

November 4, 2023 15:00

Czech Republic

4–0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Canada Red

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

November 4, 2023 19:00

Finland

3–8 (2–3, 1–3, 0–2)

United States

Credit Union Place, Summerside

November 4, 2023 19:00

Canada White

4–3 OT (1–0, 1–3, 1–0) OT: (1–0)

Sweden

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

November 6, 2023 12:00

Czech Republic

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Finland

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

November 6, 2023 19:00

Canada White

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

United States

Credit Union Place, Summerside

November 6, 2023 12:00

Canada Red

5–8 (1–5, 2–3, 2–0)

Sweden

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

November 7, 2023 15:00

Sweden

5–3 (4–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Credit Union Place, Summerside

November 7, 2023 19:00

United States

3–4 OT (2–0, 0–2, 1–1) OT: (0–1)

Canada Red

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

November 7, 2023 19:00

Finland

5–3 (2–0, 1–0, 2–3)

Canada White

Credit Union Place, Summerside

Playoff round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Game
					November 10 – Charlottetown
					1   United States ( OT)	5
	November 9 – Summerside
					5   Czech Republic	4
	4   Finland	0
									November 11 – Charlottetown
	3   Czech Republic	2
									1   United States	1
									6   Canada White ( OT)	2
					November 10 – Summerside
					2   Sweden	1
	November 9 – Charlottetown
					6   Canada White	6			Bronze Medal Game
	3   Canada Red	2
									November 11 – Charlottetown
	6   Canada White ( OT)	3
									2   Czech Republic	3
									5   Sweden	6

Quarterfinals

November 9, 2023 19:00

Czech Republic

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Finland

Credit Union Place, Summerside

November 9, 2023 19:00

Canada White

3–2 OT (1–0, 0–2, 1–0) OT: (1–0)

Canada Red

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

Semifinals

November 10, 2023 19:00

Canada White

6–1 (2–0, 4–1, 0–0)

Sweden

Credit Union Place, Summerside

November 10, 2023 19:00

Czech Republic

4–5 OT (1–2, 2–0, 1–2) OT: (0–1)

United States

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

Fifth place game

November 10, 2023 13:00

Finland

4–5 OT (2–2, 0–1, 2–1) OT: (0–1)

Canada Red

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

Bronze-medal game

November 11, 2023 12:00

Czech Republic

3–6 (1–0, 0–3, 2–3)

Sweden

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

Gold-medal game

November 10, 2023 19:00

Canada White

2–1 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

United States

Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	Will Moore	United States	7	5	7	12	2
2	Émile Guité	Canada White	8	7	3	10	10
3	Ivar Stenberg	Sweden	7	7	3	10	2
4	Charlie Tretheway	United States	7	4	6	10	2
5	Matej Pekar	Czech Republic	8	3	7	10	4
6	Gavin McKenna	Canada Red	7	5	3	8	0
7	Cole Reschny	Canada Red	7	3	5	8	4
8	Tomas Poletin	Czech Republic	8	3	5	8	4
9	Adam Benak	Czech Republic	8	3	5	8	0
10	Filip Ekberg	Sweden	7	2	6	8	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: Hockey Canada

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Jack Ivankovic	Canada White	430:00	18	2.51	234	.923	0
2	Patrik Kerkola	Finland	245:00	13	3.18	135	.904	0
3	Harrison Boettiger	United States	246:00	12	2.93	119	.899	0
4	Jooa Sammalniemi	Finland	183:00	11	3.61	107	.897	0
5	Ondrej Stebetak	Czech Republic	422:00	21	2.99	195	.892	2

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Hockey Canada

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	Canada White (H)	8	1	4	1	2	28	23	+5	12	Champions
2	United States	7	3	1	3	0	35	21	+14	14	Runners-up
3	Sweden	7	4	0	1	2	28	28	0	13	Third place
4	Czech Republic	8	2	1	1	4	24	32	−8	9	Fourth place
5	Canada Red (H)	7	1	3	1	2	23	27	−4	10	Fifth place game
6	Finland	7	2	0	2	3	19	26	−7	8

References

External links

• Official website