# 2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

The 2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in London, Lucan, St. Thomas, Stratford, Strathroy, and Woodstock, Ontario, Canada between December 29, 2007 and January 4, 2008. The venues used for the tournament included the John Labatt Centre and Western Fair Sports Centre in London, the Lucan Community Memorial Centre in Lucan, the Gemini Sportsplex in Strathroy, the Timken Community Complex in St. Thomas, the Rotary Complex in Stratford, and the Southwood Community Complex in Woodstock. Team Canada Ontario defeated the United States 3–0 to win the gold medal, while team Canada West defeated team Canada Pacific 9–6 to win the bronze medal.

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

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada Ontario | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 12 |
| Canada Pacific | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 7 |
| Finland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 |
| Canada Quebec | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 0 |

##### Results

| T. Kivistö (PP) 20:47 E. Haula (ES) 27:24 T. Pulkkinen (ES) 28:03 T. Rajala (ES) 45:50 T. Pulkkinen (ES) 47:13 T. Rajala (ES) 48:18 J. Laaksonen (ES) 53:39 T. Pulkkinen (ES) 59:33 | Goals | 06:30 (ES) L. Leblanc 25:20 (ES) É. Brodeur 36:50 (ES) M. Gingras 38:53 (ES) C-O. Roussel 54:34 (ES) L. Leblanc |
| R. Ellis (ES) 14:17 T. Hall (PP) 17:10 A. Agozzino (ES) 35:26 A. Agozzino (ES) 50:48 | Goals | 42:51 (ES) E. Kane 53:32 (ES) D. Wagner |
| J. Majadan (ES) 15:50 M. Preisinger (PP) 38:49 | Goals | 16:55 (PP) R. Howse 32:01 (PP) L. Ferraro 32:55 (ES) J. Maylan 38:06 (ES) C. Schaber 43:33 (PP) B. Silvester 50:21 (ES) B. Silvester |
| M. Duchene (ES) 06:10 T. Hall (PP) 10:13 M. Duchene (ES) 15:33 R. Martindale (ES) 23:20 A. Agozzino (ES) 30:34 C. Cizikas (PP) 41:03 T. Randell (ES) 47:30 Z. Kassian (ES) 55:08 | Goals | 49:09 (SH) T. Pulkkinen |
| C. Kennedy (ES) 28:00 J. Hishon (ES) 45:43 C. Cizikas (ES) 55:28 C. Cizikas (SH) 59:33 | Goals | 09:44 (ES) M. Gingras 50:53 (PS) D. Gilbert |
| J. Laaksonen (ES) 01:06 T. Pulkkinen (ES) 13:55 J. Donskoi (ES) 15:40 E. Haula (ES) 27:32 M. Granlund (ES) 30:22 T. Rajala (ES) 48:40 J. Nattinen (ES) 49:26 J. Karjalainen (ES) 49:53 S. Vatanen (ES) 55:24 | Goals | 04:09 (ES) D. Bortňák 16:16 (ES) J. Kentos 44:53 (ES) D. Bortňák |
| E. Kane (ES) 04:18 J. Maylan (ES) 08:22 C. Schaber (ES) 09:30 E. Kane (ES) 32:20 E. Kane (ES) 39:59 S. Oursov (ES) 44:49 | Goals | 36:11 (PP) M. Aaltonen 38:49 (ES) J. Nattinen 48:04 (ES) L. Karmrniemi 57:48 (PP) T. Rajala |
| L. Leblanc (PP) 06:16 P. Lefebvre (ES) 13:11 M. Tam (ES) 13:58 D. Gilbert (PS) 39:57 R. Kavanagh (ES) 43:36 | Goals | 52:24 (ES) J. Majadan |
| M. Hrivík (ES) 10:44 A. Šťastný (PP) 17:28 A. Potičný (PP) 44:43 M. Preisinger (PP) 45:35 | Goals | 05:48 (ES) A. Agozzino 13:38 (PP) J. Hishon 27:25 (PP) P. Holland 35:19 (ES) P. Holland 37:27 (PP) M. Duchene 51:31 (PP) Z. Kassian 57:54 (ES) A. Agozzino |
| J. Maylan (ES) 00:29 T. Barrie (ES) 59:09 C. Schaber (ES) 59:29 | Goals | 16:30 (SH) G. Pelletier 23:32 (ES) J. Esposito 32:13 (ES) G. Fournier 61:32 (PP) G. Fournier |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 9 |
| Canada West | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 9 |
| Russia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 6 |
| Canada Atlantic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 3 |
| Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 3 |

##### Results

| Goals | 01:28 (SH) A. J. Treais 06:43 (ES) S. Calabrese 23:32 (ES) J. Morin 24:35 (ES) K. Palmieri 25:33 (ES) S. Whitney 28:29 (PP) J. Morin 28:57 (ES) J. D'Amigo 38:33 (ES) K. Lynch |
| M. Kohl (ES) 01:54 A. Baumer (ES) 30:01 | Goals | 04:41 (ES) M. Wilgosh 31:26 (ES) J. Bubnick 33:36 (ES) B. Schenn |
| J. Bubnick (ES) 05:05 M. Wilgosh (ES) 08:09 S. Glennie (PP) 13:42 B. Schenn (PP) 17:03 J. Henry (ES) 20:31 J. Bubnick (PP) 32:33 S. Glennie (EN) 59:52 | Goals | 00:14 (ES) B. Gormley 02:31 (PP) D. MacAusland 25:07 (PP) S. Anthony 47:46 (ES) S. Walker |
| S. Chvanov (ES) 20:47 M. Kitsin (ES) 30:16 | Goals | 04:00 (SH) D. Shore 06:08 (ES) S. Whitney 07:13 (ES) J. Morin 27:50 (SH) R. Bourque 49:17 (PP) J. D'Amigo 50:03 (ES) A. J. Treais |
| M. Kohl (ES) 19:42 R. Bernegger (ES) 43:03 | Goals | 09:50 (ES) D. Orlov 12:48 (ES) S. Chvanov 13:42 (ES) K. Kabanov 31:57 (ES) D. Sobchenko 32:50 (ES) D. Sobchenko 35:59 (ES) M. Kitsin 39:24 (ES) D. Sobchenko 51:16 (ES) D. Orlov 56:50 (ES) S. Chvanov |
| S. Glennie (EN) 10:30 B. Schenn (ES) 28:12 B. Schenn (ES) 32:48 B. Schenn (ES) 34:59 | Goals | 22:23 (EN) K. Palmieri 35:20 (ES) J. Morin 38:11 (ES) C. Brown 42:57 (ES) K. Lynch 44:52 (ES) R. Bourque 47:20 (ES) J. Morin 52:56 (ES) K. Ryan |
| J. Morin (ES) 16:22 C. Brown (ES) 29:02 | Goals | 15:05 (ES) T. Kühnhackl 43:22 (ES) M. Habermann 53:34 (SH) N. Hauner 59:13 (EN) T. Kühnhackl |
| D. MacAusland (ES) 27:16 S. Anthony (PP) 46:23 | Goals | 26:24 (ES) V. Malinovsky 44:59 (ES) A. Burdasov 51:51 (ES) D. Orlov 53:35 (ES) S. Bocharov 59:31 (ES) A. Burmistrov |
| A. Burmistrov (ES) 11:58 | Goals | 14:10 (PP) G. Mitchell 20:26 (ES) G. Mitchell 31:12 (PP) J. Bubnick 42:29 (PP) S. Glennie |
| M. Kohl (ES) 34:05 M. Plachta (PP) 57:24 | Goals | 12:54 (PP) J. Costello 48:57 (ES) S. Anthony 54:42 (PP) M. Brown |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Canada Ontario | 4 | | | |
| B2 | Canada West | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Canada West | 3 | SF1 | Canada Ontario | 3 |
| | | | SF2 | United States | 0 |
| B1 | United States | 3 | SF2 | United States | 0 |
| A2 | Canada Pacific | 2 | | | |

#### Semifinals

| P. Holland (ES) 05:58 T. Hall (ES) 06:41 D. Maggio (ES) 21:06 C. Cizikas (PP) 25:17 | Goals | 04:43 (SH) J. Henry 29:22 (ES) A. Hughesman 59:23 (ES) A. Hughesman |
| Z. Golembiewski (ES) 11:31 D. Shore (ES) 19:09 K. Lynch (ES) 41:03 | Goals | 37:14 (PP) C. Schaber 59:35 (PP) R. Howse |

#### 9th place game

| M. Plachta (ES) 22:33 T. Kühnhackl (PP) 30:18 B. Keil (ES) 31:07 T. Kühnhackl (ES) 41:15 L. Braun (ES) 58:26 | Goals | 49:59 (ES) M. Hrivík |

#### 7th place game

| D. Gilbert (ES) 22:01 J. Esposito Jr. (ES) 37:32 É. Brodeur (ES) 58:59 | Goals | 31:59 (SH) T. Randell |

#### 5th place game

| A. Marchenko (ES) 01:26 S. Bocharov (ES) 09:19 K. Kabanov (ES) 21:50 V. Malinovsky (ES) 26:03 S. Valuyskiy (PP) 39:36 | Goals | 07:29 (ES) T. Rajala 14:10 (ES) T. Rajala 24:43 (PP) T. Kivistö 51:57 (PP) S. Vatanen |

#### Bronze medal game

| B. Herrod (ES) 07:47 G. Mitchell (ES) 20:15 B. Schenn (ES) 24:39 G. Mitchell (ES) 30:14 J. Bubnick (ES) 32:13 J. Gardiner (PP) 34:01 J. Bubnick (SH) 38:12 J. Gardiner (PP) 46:09 C. Ashton (ES) 47:46 | Goals | 10:09 (ES) L. Ferraro 25:21 (ES) C. Jardine 35:43 (PP) J. Maylan 44:05 (PP) B. Yadlowski 51:43 (ES) K. Tochkin 54:14 (ES) M. Burns |

#### Gold medal game

| T. Hall (ES) 12:56 P. Holland (ES) 27:24 M. Duchene (ES) 30:37 | Goals |

### Final standings

| | Team |
| | Canada Ontario |
| | United States |
| | Canada West |
| 4 | Canada Pacific |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Finland |
| 7 | Canada Quebec |
| 8 | Canada Atlantic |
| 9 | Germany |
| 10 | Slovakia |

## Scoring leaders

| Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Brayden Schenn | Canada West | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| Jimmy Bubnick | Canada West | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| Toni Rajala | Finland | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| Kirill Kabanov | Russia | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| Matt Duchene | Canada Ontario | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| Scott Glennie | Canada West | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| Erik Haula | Finland | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Casey Cizikas | Canada Ontario | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dmitry Orlov | Russia | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Ryan Ellis | Canada Ontario | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 |

## Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)
| Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| Bryce O'Hagan | Canada Ontario | 60 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Brandon Maxwell | United States | 300 | 11 | .914 | 2.20 | 1 |
| Michael Zador | Canada Ontario | 300 | 12 | .895 | 2.40 | 0 |
| Maxime Clermont | Canada Quebec | 241 | 13 | .906 | 3.24 | 0 |
| Philipp Grubauer | Germany | 275 | 16 | .909 | 3.49 | 0 |

## Tournament awards
### All-Star team

* Goaltender: Philipp Grubauer
* Defensemen: Ontario Ryan Ellis, Cam Fowler
* Forwards: Ontario Matt Duchene, Toni Rajala, West Brayden Schenn