# 2014 World Junior A Challenge

The 2014 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, from December 14–20, 2014, at the West Central Events Centre.

## Teams

* Canada East (9th Appearance)
* Canada West (9th Appearance, 6th as Hosts)
* Russia (9th Appearance)
* Switzerland (4th Appearance)
* United States (8th Appearance)
* Denmark (1st Appearance)

## Background

Canada East, Canada West, Russia, United States and Switzerland all returned, joined this year by a team from Denmark.

## 2014 Tournament
### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-6).

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 |
| Canada East | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| Canada West | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |

### Playoff round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Gold Medal | Gold Medal | Gold Medal |
| | | | 3B | Russia | 1 | | | |
| 3B | Russia | 3 | 1B | Denmark | 5 | | | |
| 2A | Switzerland | 2 | | | | 1A | United States | 3 |
| | | | | | | 1B | Denmark | 2 |
| | | | 3A | Canada East | 1 | | | |
| 3A | Canada East | 4 | 1A | United States | 7 | | | |
| 2B | Canada West | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5th Place | 5th Place | 5th Place | Bronze Medal | Bronze Medal | Bronze Medal |
| | | | 2A | Switzerland | 3 | 3B | Russia | 2 |
| | | | 2B | Canada West | 2 | 3A | Canada East | 0 |

#### Gold-medal game
### Final standings

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

## Statistics

Scoring leaders :
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | Denmark | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Thomas Novak | United States | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Brock Boeser | United States | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Anthony Angello | United States | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | Denmark | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Christian Wolanin | United States | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Matthias Asperup | Denmark | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Denis Guryanov | Russia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Dmitri Zhukenov | Russia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Zac Tierney | Canada East | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Top goaltenders :
| Player | Team | GP | Mins | GA | SO | GAA | Sv% | Record |
| Eric Schierhorn | United States | 3 | 184:56 | 3 | 1 | 0.97 | .959 | 3–0–0 |
| Ilya Samsonov | Russia | 3 | 179:27 | 5 | 1 | 1.67 | .952 | 2–1–0 |
| George Sørensen | Denmark | 3 | 184:56 | 6 | 0 | 1.95 | .950 | 2–1–0 |
| Cale Morris | United States | 2 | 60:00 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .929 | 1–0–0 |
| Thomas Lillie | Denmark | 1 | 60:00 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .939 | 1–0–0 |

## Awards

    Most Valuable Player: Nikolaj Ehlers Denmark
All-Star Team
    Forwards: Nikolaj Ehlers Denmark, Denis Guryanov Russia, Thomas Novak United States
    Defense: Callum Fryer Canada East, Christian Wolanin United States
    Goalie: Eric Schierhorn United States