# 2010 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

The 2010 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an international ice hockey tournament held in Timmins, Iroquois Falls, Cochrane / Kapuskasing, Kirkland Lake, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada between December 28, 2009, and January 4, 2010. The venues used for the tournament included the McIntyre Arena in Timmins, Jus Jordan Arena in Iroquois Falls, Tim Horton Arena in Cochrane, the Kapuskasing Sports Palace in Kapuskasing, Joe Mavrinac Community Complex in Kirkland Lake, and the New Liskeard Arena in New Liskeard. The United States won its third title, defeating Canada Ontario 2-1 in the gold-medal game.

## Participating teams

Canada entered five regional teams from across the country. These teams were:
* Canada Atlantic (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)
* Canada Quebec
* Canada Ontario
* Canada Western (Manitoba and Saskatchewan)
* Canada Pacific (Alberta and British Columbia)
International teams were:
* United States
* Sweden
* Russia
* Finland
* Czech Republic

## Challenge results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada Ontario | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 9 |
| Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 8 |
| Canada Quebec | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 7 |
| Canada West | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 3 |
| Finland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 3 |

##### Results
#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 12 |
| Russia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 9 |
| Canada Pacific | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 6 |
| Canada Atlantic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 1 |

##### Results
### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Canada Ontario | 6 | | | |
| B2 | Russia | 4 | | | |
| B2 | Russia | 4 | SF1 | Canada Ontario | 1 |
| | | | SF2 | United States | 2 |
| A2 | Sweden | 5 | SF2 | United States | 2 |
| B1 | United States | 6* | | | |
* Decided in overtime.

#### Gold medal game
## Scoring leaders

| Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Rocco Grimaldi | United States | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 |
| Alexander Khokhlachev | Russia | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| Mikhail Grigorenko | Russia | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Anton Zlobin | Russia | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| J. T. Miller | United States | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 |
| Mika Zibanejad | Sweden | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Ty Rattie | Canada Pacific | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Joel Armia | Finland | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Victor Rask | Sweden | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Marek Hrbas | Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |

## Goaltender leaders

(Minimum 60 Minutes Played)
| Player | Country | Mins | GA | SV% | GAA | SO |
| John Gibson | United States | 180 | 4 | .957 | 1.33 | 0 |
| Tyson Teichmann | Canada Ontario | 340 | 9 | .927 | 1.59 | 2 |
| Andrey Makarov | Russia | 240 | 14 | .920 | 3.50 | 1 |
| Zach Rakochy | Canada West | 140 | 9 | .911 | 3.86 | 0 |
| Laurent Brossoit | Canada Pacific | 120 | 4 | .902 | 2.00 | 1 |

## Final standings

| | Team |
| | United States |
| | Canada Ontario |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Canada Pacific |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Canada Quebec |
| 7 | Canada Atlantic |
| 8 | Czech Republic |
| 9 | Finland |
| 10 | Canada West |