# 2011 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

The 2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada between December 29, 2010 and January 4, 2011. 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 MTS Iceplex in Winnipeg and the PCU Centre in Portage la Prairie. The semi-final and medal games were played at the MTS Centre. Team Ontario captured the gold medal with a 5-3 victory over Team USA in front of a record crowd of 12,060 at the MTS Centre on January 4. Team Pacific (British Columbia & Alberta) claimed the bronze medal.

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

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | +20 | 12 |
| Canada Quebec | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 9 |
| Canada Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 6 |
| Finland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 3 |
| Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 0 |

##### Results

| A. Ryan (PP) 07:41 M. Bursey (PP) 56:01 N. MacKinnon (PP) 56:01 | Goals | 05:32 (PP) F. Gamelin 27:09 (PP) L. Ciampini 30:15 (ES) S. Hodhod 35:23 (ES) F. Girard 36:20 (ES) L. Ciampini 39:46 (ES) J. Leduc 41:17 (PP2) R. Lafontaine 41:37 (PP) M. Matheson 51:03 (PP) R. Lafontaine |
| T. Nättinen (ES) 28:44 J. Ikonen (ES) 59:07 | Goals | 09:20 (ES) H. Samuelsson 13:02 (ES) C. Carrick 14:01 (ES) M. Lane 21:11 (ES) H. Samuelsson 28:28 (ES) N. Kerdiles |
| H. Samuelsson (ES) 00:35 H. Samuelsson (ES) 04:06 H. Samuelsson (PP) 24:05 M. Knoules (PP) 38:00 | Goals | 02:22 (PP) L. Palausch |
| D. Fournier (ES) 05:53 L. Ciampini (ES) 39:40 C. Hudon (ES) 39:46 W. Carrier (ES) 48:27 L. Ciampini (ES) 50:56 L. Ciampini (ENG) 59:07 | Goals | 00:23 (ES) J. Ikonen 15:24 (ES) H. Ikonen 37:24 (ES) R. Ristolainen 47:26 (ES) V. Pokka |
| R. Lafontaine (PP) 15:51 M. Matheson (PP) 24:22 W. Carrier (ES) 33:40 L. Ciampini (ES) 41:30 C. Hudon (PP) 53:18 | Goals | 20:54 (PP) J. Koslowski 26:37 (ES) P. Klöpper 47:22 (PP2) M. Eberhardt |
| K. Torniainen (ES) 18:17 R. Kulmala (ES) 19:11 T. Teräväinen (SH) 20:31 | Goals | 03:57 (ES) N. MacKinnon 22:46 (ES) B. Malone 26:55 (ES) N. MacKinnon 19:33 (PP) M. Bursey |
| J. Haché (PP) 10:26 | Goals | 08:40 (PP) H. Samuelsson 09:00 (ES) F. Vatrano 14:48 (ES) R. Hartman 19:46 (ES) T. Di Pauli 29:27 (PP) K. Osterberg 30:45 (ES) M. Lane 31:38 (ES) M. Koules 32:15 (PP) J. Trouba 35:06 (ES) M. Lane 35:36 (PP) F. Vatrano 46:01 (PP) B. Skjei 53:03 (ES) C. Carrick |
| J. Möser (PP) 10:50 | Goals | 15:13 (ES) J. Tanus 23:33 (ES) M. Lehtonen 25:54 (PP) J. Ikonen |
| F. Tiffels (ES) 20:53 S. Ziegler (ES) 55:01 | Goals | 07:16 (ES) S. Anderson 25:09 (ES) Andrew Ryan 28:04 (PP) N. MacKinnon 30:29 (ES) N. MacKinnon 42:18 (ES) B. Malone 47:14 (ES) B. Pye 52:57 (ES) L. O'Brien |
| R. Hartman (SH) 07:10 S. Jones (PP) 12:46 M. Koules (ES) 18:28 S. Matteau (ES) 25:48 T. Di Pauli (ES) 39:58 | Goals | 06:40 (PP2) C. Hudon 44:56 (ES) C. Hudon |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada Ontario | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 12 |
| Canada Pacific | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 9 |
| Canada West | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 0 |

##### Results

| M. Matějček (PP) 31:54 | Goals | 07:39 (PP) S. Koekkoek 24:46 (ES) M. Campagna 24:52 (ES) C. Marchese 27:42 (PP2) S. Laughton 40:58 (ES) K. Rychel 50:59 (ES) A. Anthanasiou 57:51 (PP) G. Curcuruto |
| C. Heffley (SH) 25:26 B. Harms (PP) 42:49 | Goals | 13:33 (PP2) G. Reinhart 40:49 (ES) M. Winther 48:16 (ES) R. Trzonkowski 50:33 (PP) H. Shinkaruk 52:22 (ES) B. Magee |
| B. Magee (PP) 19:06 T. Bourke (PP) 25:39 H. Shinkaruk (ES) 45:42 | Goals | 10:19 (ES) Dominik Volek 30:36 (ES) P. Sedláček |
| Goals | 06:33 (PP2) M. Campagna 25:13 (ES) C. Marchese 29:18 (PP) K. Rychel 34:00 (ES) S. Monahan 43:11 (PP) S. Laughton |
| R. Olsen (ES) 05:25 L. Bews (PP) 12:15 J. Erricson (PP) 13:04 R. Trzonkowski (ES) 25:51 M. Winther (ES) 28:51 T. Bourke (ES) 46:53 J. Erricson (ES) 57:57 | Goals | 06:38 (PP) J. Blaško 13:43 (ES) M. Réway 21:34 (ES) A. Štrauch |
| P. Machač (ES) 20:40 D. Volek (PP) 57:23 | Goals | 04:36 (PP) C. Stephenson 07:56 (PP) B. Leipsic 28:29 (PP) B. Cuthbert 50:34 (ES) B. Stovin 59:15 (ENG) L. McVeigh |
| J. Blaško (PP) 27:31 | Goals | 02:52 (ES) J. Hudeček )9:54 (ES) M. Zadražil 52:22 (ES) M. Psota 59:25 (ENG) D. Volek |
| B. Silk (ES) 00:15 A. Athanasiou (ES) 29:10 J. Graham (PP) 35:37 M. Marcantuoni (PP) 41:24 | Goals | 08:27 (ES) C. Stephenson 14:51 (SH) C. Stephenson 59:54 (PP) L. McVeigh |
| B. Gaunce (PP) 20:24 M. Marcantuoni (PP) 30:42 M. Finn (ES) 31:32 B. Gaunce (PP) 38:50 | Goals | 08:20 (ES) H. Shinkaruk 51:19 (PP) B. Magee |
| B. Leipsic (PP) 01:39 R. Gow (ES) 28:32 C. Stephenson (ES) 41:06 R. Pulock (ES) 51:52 | Goals | 48:55 (ES) A. Štrauch |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | United States | 6* | | | |
| B2 | Canada Pacific | 5 | | | |
| B2 | Canada Pacific | 5 | SF1 | United States | 3 |
| | | | SF2 | Canada Ontario | 5 |
| B1 | Canada Ontario | 2* | SF2 | Canada Ontario | 5 |
| A2 | Canada Quebec | 1 | | | |
* Decided in overtime.

#### Semifinals

| B. Magee (ES) 01:13 H. Shinkaruk (PP) 35:58 T. Bourke (PP) 37:04 M. Rielly (ES) 42:20 M. Rielly (ES) 43:49 | Goals | 05:59 (ES) R. Hartman 12:27 (PP) J. Trouba 18:22 (ES) S. Matteau 18:36 (ES) R. Hartman 32:29 (PP) M. Grzelcyk 67:24 (ES) N. Kerdiles |
| C. Hudon (ES) 24:04 | Goals | 17:58 (ES) S. Monahan 61:52 (ES) S. Monahan |

#### 9th place game

| P. Hrehorčák (ES) 02:13 M. Kolena (PP) 12:35 J. Blaško (PP) 23:00 T. Palecek (ES) 30:02 M. Kolena (ES) 59:23 | Goals | 00:18 (ES) F. Tiffels 23:35 (ES) S. Ziegler 24:02 (ES) B. Zientek 32:28 (ES) J. Koslowski 33:02 (ES) M. Eberhardt 40:41 (ES) M. Kurth 45:55 (ES) M. Eberhardt 59:39 (ES) J. Koslowski |

#### 7th place game

| V. Tomeček (ES) 07:39 J. Schleiss (ES) 07:56 D. Volek (ES) 29:33 M. Zadražil (PP) 42:02 | Goals | 01:42 (ES) R. Kulmala 39:35 (PP) R. Kulmala 42:27 (ES) T. Teräväinen 51:17 (SH) A. Lehkonen 54:34 (ES) K. Torniainen |

#### 5th place game

| B. Leipsic (ES) 54:19 | Goals | 21:31 (ES) D. Oliver-Dares 52:06 (ES) T. Burke |

#### Bronze medal game

| L. Cimapini (ES) 1920 D. Poulin (PP) 25:44 F. Girard (ES) 41:54 D. Poulin (PP) 52:54 | Goals | 16:54 (PP2) S. Hodges 46:23 (SH) R. Trzonkowski 49:35 (ES) M. Winther 56:31 (ES) H. Shinkaruk 61:34 (ES) B. Magee |

#### Gold medal game

| K. Rychel (ES) 04:39 S. Monahan (ES) 09:34 B. Gaunce (ES) 12:48 S. Monahan (ES) 47:13 M. Campagna (PS) 55:58 | Goals | 09:06 (ES) N. Olsson 30:54 (ES) M. Koules 41:07 (SH) S. Jones |

## Scoring leaders

| Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Matt Dumba | Canada Pacific | 6 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| Charles Hudon | Canada Quebec | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| Henrik Samuelsson | United States | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
| Hunter Shinkaruk | Canada Pacific | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Andrew Ryan | Canada Atlantic | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Jacob Trouba | United States | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | Canada Atlantic | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Miles Koules | United States | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Troy Bourke | Canada Pacific | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| Mike Matheson | Canada Quebec | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |

## Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)
| Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| Andy Desautels | Canada West | 60:00 | 1 | .966 | 1.00 | 0 |
| Daniel Altshuller | Canada Ontario | 301:52 | 7 | .947 | 1.39 | 2 |
| Oskari Setänen | Finland | 178:44 | 11 | .910 | 3.69 | 1 |
| Janne Juvonen | Finland | 60:00 | 4 | .907 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Marek Lanhamer | Czech Republic | 171:18 | 8 | .900 | 2.80 | 0 |

## Final standings

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

## Tournament All-Star Team

* Goaltender: Ontario Daniel Altshuller
* Defencemen: Seth Jones, West Derrick Pouliot
* Forwards: Ontario Andreas Athanasiou, Nicolas Kerdiles, Pacific Hunter Shinkaruk
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