# 2022 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

The 2022 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament that was held in Langley and Delta, British Columbia, Canada from November 3 to 12, 2022. It was the 29th edition of the tournament and first since 2019.

## Venues

On May 11, 2022, Hockey Canada announced Langley and Delta, British Columbia as the tournament hosts.
| Langley | LangleyDelta | LangleyDelta | Delta |
| Langley Events Centre Capacity: 5,276 | LangleyDelta | LangleyDelta | Sungod Arena Capacity: 1,900 |

## Preliminary round

All listed times are local (UTC-8).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12 | +27 | 18 | Gold Medal Game |
| 2 | Canada Red (H) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 11 | Gold Medal Game |
| 3 | Canada Black (H) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 10 | Bronze Medal Game |
| 4 | Finland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 9 | Bronze Medal Game |
| 5 | Sweden | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 8 | |
| 6 | Canada White (H) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 6 | |
| 7 | Czechia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 1 | |

## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1 | James Hagens | United States | 7 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 |
| 2 | Cole Eiserman | United States | 7 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 4 |
| 3 | Porter Martone | Canada Red | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| 4 | Berkly Catton | Canada Red | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | Konsta Helenius | Finland | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
| 6 | Roope Vesterinen | Finland | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| 7 | Max Plante | United States | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | Cole Hutson | United States | 7 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | Christian Humphreys | United States | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | Roger McQueen | Canada White | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
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 Parsons | United States | 180:00 | 5 | 1.67 | 70 | .929 | 0 |
| 2 | Nicholas Kempf | United States | 240:00 | 10 | 2.50 | 120 | .917 | 0 |
| 3 | David Egorov | Canada White | 269:00 | 18 | 4.01 | 156 | .885 | 0 |
| 4 | Hugo Laring | Sweden | 300:00 | 20 | 4.00 | 172 | .884 | 0 |
| 5 | Louka Cloutier | Canada Black | 250:00 | 18 | 4.32 | 153 | .882 | 0 |
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 | United States | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 15 | +35 | 21 | Champions |
| 2 | Canada Red (H) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 11 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Finland | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 12 | Third Place |
| 4 | Canada Black (H) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 10 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | Sweden | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 8 | Eliminated in Preliminary round |
| 6 | Canada White (H) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 6 | Eliminated in Preliminary round |
| 7 | Czechia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 1 | Eliminated in Preliminary round |

### Awards

* Tournament All-Star Team:
** Goaltender: -R Gabriel D’Aigle
** Defencemen: -B Sam Dickinson / -W Henry Mews
** Forwards: -R Berkly Catton / Cole Eiserman / James Hagens
Source: Hockey Canada