# 2012 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

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 | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada Ontario | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 12 |
| Sweden | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 9 |
| Canada Quebec | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 6 |
| Canada Atlantic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 |
| Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 0 |

##### Results

| Y-P Laplante (SH) – 4:13 F. Gauthier (ES) – 13:27 J. Drouin (ES) – 29:51 | Goals | 31:58 – M. Vanderlaan (ES) 56:27 – K. Hodge (ES) |
| 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 | Goals |
| L. Bristedt (PP) – 19:14 T. Liljendahl (ES) – 43:34 | Goals | 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) |
| Goals | 8:19 – Y-P Laplante (PP) 37:15 – A. De Luca (ES) 51:40 – C. Guévremont (ES) |
| 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 | Goals | 18:14 – Y-P Laplante (PP) 44:21 – J. Grégoire (ES) 46:51 – J. Drouin (SH) |
| M. Lyle (ES) – 15:02 T. Stavert (ES) – 18:30 N. MacKinnon (PP) – 22:43 O. Cooper (ES) – 53:24 | Goals | 0:36 – J. Moeser (ES) 39:07 – F. Wagner (ES) 41:37 – M. Schmidpeter (ES) |
| F. Tiffels (ES) – 11:34 E. Gollenbeck (PP) – 56:14 | Goals | 2:42 – A. Burakovsky (ES) 4:06 – R. Fyrpihl (ES) 5:46 – L. Bristedt (PP) 19:35 – T. Liljendahl (ES) 57:10 – A. Burakovsky (ES) |
| R. Kujawinski (SH) – 24:29 C. Cassels (ES) – 37:07 S. Harper (ENG) – 59:06 | Goals |
| K. Kielly (PP) – 9:41 M. Murphy (SH) – 44:08 | Goals | 5:24 – A. Burakovsky (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. Burakovsky (PP) 46:49 – A. Brodeki (ES) |
| A. Ranger (ES) – 7:38 Y-P Laplante (ES) – 40:30 | Goals | 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) |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 9 |
| Russia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 9 |
| Canada Pacific | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 9 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 3 |
| Canada West | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 0 |

##### Results

| 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 | Goals | 57:26 – P. Ceslík (ES) |
| 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 | Goals | 5:12 – N. Zajac (ES) 36:51 – R. Laurencelle (PP) |
| E. Allan (ES) – 41:33 H. Fasching (ES) – 49:32 | Goals | 0:43 – S. Tolchinski (ES) 24:19 – I. Fishchenko (ES) 45:42 – G. Dikushin (ES) |
| Goals | 6:41 – S. Reinhart (PP) 21:09 – K. Burroughs (ES) 54:42 – S. Reinhart (ES) 57:35 C. Lazar |
| G. Dikushin (ES) – 15:39 V. Nichushkin (ES) – 48:17 I. Barbashev (ES) – 54:29 | Goals | 8:36 – N. Petan (PP) 24:55 – M. Erkamps (PP) 32:58 – T. Baillie (ES) 39:14 – N. Petan (PP) |
| C. Leverton (ES) – 12:19 J. Martin (ES) – 24:24 | Goals | 11:18 – T. Andrlík (PP) 17:17 – M. Kohout (ES) 31:55 – A. Zbořil (PP) 42:02 – D. Pokorný (ES) 50:58 – A. Zbořil (ES) |
| P. Zdráhal (ES) – 5:59 J. Vrána (ES) – 27:50 | Goals | 23:55 – V. Gavrikov (ES) 46:32 – I. Barbashev (PP) 55:31 – I. Fishchenko |
| R. Laurencelle (PP) – 10:33 K. Doetzel (ES) – 27:12 C. Millette (ES) – 48:27 | Goals | 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) |
| T. White (ES) – 12:30 M. Klimchuk (PP) – 59:34 | Goals | 20:52 – E. Allen (PP) 25:03 – E. Allen (ES) 40:52 – H. Fasching (ES) 45:07 – H. Fasching (PP) |
| 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 | Goals | 17:44 – D. Bosc (ES) 25:57 – C. Millette (PP) 35:03 – J. Tkatch (ES) |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Canada Ontario | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Russia | 4* | | | |
| B2 | Russia | 4* | SF1 | Russia | 7 |
| | | | SF2 | United States | 4 |
| B1 | United States | 2** | SF2 | United States | 4 |
| A2 | Sweden | 1 | | | |
* Decided in overtime. ** Decided in a shootout

#### Semifinals

| L. Bristedt (SH) – 37:20 Robert Hägg Leon Bristedt | Goals | 43:10 – M. McCarron (ES) Evan Allen Anthony Louis |
| I. Barbashev (ES) – 3:28 S. Tolchinski (ES) – 35:31 G. Dikushin (ES) – 55:45 G. Dikushin (ES) – 68:27 | Goals | 10:53 – S. Nosad (PP) 25:32 – A. Ekblad (PP) 47:10 – H. Garlent (ES) |

#### 9th place game

| N. Zajac (PP) – 4:51 M. Bowey (PP) – 16:46 J. Martin (ES) – 17:19 | Goals | 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

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

#### 5th place game

| 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 | Goals | 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

| L. Bristedt (ES) – 28:43 L. Bristedt (ES) – 34:42 | Goals | 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) |

#### Gold medal game

| 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 | Goals | 8:38 – E. Allen (ES) 35:41 – W. Butcher (PP) 54:45 – J. T. Compher (PP) 57:56 – A. Louis (ES) |

## 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 Burakovsky | 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, Sergey Tolchinsky