# 2013 World Junior A Challenge

The 2013 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, from November 4–10, 2013, at the Mariners Centre. The event included the 9th annual Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game Challenge, marking the third time the two events have been paired together.

## Teams

* Canada East (8th Appearance, 3rd as Hosts)
* Canada West (8th Appearance)
* Russia (8th Appearance)
* Switzerland (3rd Appearance)
* United States (7th Appearance)
* Czech Republic (3rd Appearance)

## Background

Canada East, Canada West, Russia, United States, Switzerland, and Czech Republic all return.

## Exhibition schedule

Exhibition Results :
| Game | Away Team | Score | Home Team | Score | Notes | Date – Time – Location |
| Ex1 | United States | 4 | Canada West | 3 | Final - Shots: 33-26 USA | 02/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Digby, NS |
| Ex2 | Czech Republic | 3 | Canada East | 2 | Final - Shots: 40-30 CANE | 02/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Barrington, NS |

## 2013 Tournament
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 4 |
| 2 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada East | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Canada West | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 2 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |

### Results

Round-robin results :
| Game | Pool | Away Team | Score | Home Team | Score | Notes | Date – Time – Location |
| 1 | B | Canada West | 4 | Switzerland | 3 | Final - Shots: 42-34 CANW | 04/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |
| 2 | A | Canada East | 2 | Russia | 6 | Final - Shots: 40-30 RUS | 04/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |
| 3 | B | Czech Republic | 1 | Canada West | 4 | Final - Shots: 33-30 CANW | 05/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |
| 4 | A | Russia | 3 | United States | 8 | Final - Shots: 41-25 USA | 05/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |
| 5 | B | Switzerland | 2 | Czech Republic | 0 | Final - Shots: 42-23 CZE | 06/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |
| 6 | A | United States | 4 | Canada East | 2 | Final - Shots: 28-25 USA | 06/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |

### Championship Round

Championship Results :
| Game | Away Team | Score | Home Team | Score | Notes | Date – Time – Location |
| QF1 | Czech Republic | 1 | Russia | 3 | Final - Shots: 42-31 CZE | 07/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |
| QF2 | Canada East | 4 | Switzerland | 5 | OT Final - Shots: 42-29 CANE | 07/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |
| SF1 | Russia | 5 | Canada West | 2 | Final - Shots: 33-27 RUS | 08/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |
| SF2 | Switzerland | 4 | United States | 7 | Final - Shots: 37-19 USA | 08/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |
| 5th | Czech Republic | 7 | Canada East | 5 | Final - Shots: 40-32 CZE | 09/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Liverpool, NS |
| Bronze | Switzerland | 3 | Canada West | 5 | Final - Shots: 38-24 CANW | 09/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |
| Gold | Russia | 1 | United States | 4 | Final - Shots: 29-17 USA | 10/11/13 - 12:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |

### Final standings

| | Team |
| | United States |
| | Russia |
| | Canada West |
| 4th | Switzerland |
| 5th | Czech Republic |
| 6th | Canada East |

## Statistics
### Scorers

Scoring Leaders :
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
| Nick Schmaltz | USA | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Connor Hurley | USA | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Kirill Pilipenko | RUS | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Dylan Hoffman | CANW | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Vladislav Kamenev | RUS | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| Marty Quince | CANE | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Adam Zboril | CZE | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| Karson Kuhlman | USA | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nicholas Jones | CANW | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Daniil Vovchenko | RUS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 |

### Goaltenders

Leading goaltenders :
| Player | Team | GP | Mins | GA | SO | GAA | Sv% | Record |
| Karel Vejmelka | CZE | 2 | 120:00 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | 0.925 | 0-2 |
| Chris Birdsall | USA | 1 | 60:00 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 0.923 | 1-0 |
| Maxim Mauerhofer | SUI | 3 | 183:54 | 11 | 1 | 3.59 | 0.909 | 2-1 |
| Maxim Tretiak | RUS | 5 | 276:23 | 14 | 0 | 3.04 | 0.906 | 3-2 |
| Jesse Jenks | CANW | 4 | 240:00 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | 0.901 | 3-1 |

## Awards

    Most Valuable Player: Nick Schmaltz
All-Star Team
    Forwards: Nick Schmaltz, Connor Hurley, Kirill Pilipenko
    Defense: Neal Pionk, Adam Plant
    Goalie: Maxim Tretiak

## CJHL Prospects Game

For the third consecutive year, the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game was a part of the WJAC festivities. Just like the previous four Prospects Games, the event was actually two "prospect" games with the President's Cup going to the winning goal aggregate.
Prospects East won their fourth President's Cup in nine years with an 8-4 aggregate victory (4-2, 4-2) over Prospects West.

### Results

Exhibition Results :
| Game | Away Team | Score | Home Team | Score | Notes | Date – Time – Location |
| 1 | Prospects East | 4 | Prospects West | 2 | Final - Shots: 42-20 West | 08/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Digby, NS |
| 2 | Prospects East | 4 | Prospects West | 2 | Final - Shots: 38-25 West | 09/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS |