2009 World Junior A Challenge The 2009 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior " A " ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada . The 2009 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Summerside , Prince Edward Island from November 1 to November 8 , 2009 at the Consolidated Credit Union Place . Teams . The two host Canadian teams will return , along with Russia , Belarus , and United States . Replacing Germany at this event will be Sweden attending for the first time in the tournament ' s four year history . Summary . Exhibition . The first game of exhibition for the 2009 tournament was between Canada West and Belarus at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island on October 29 , 2009 . After a scoreless first period , Belarus jumped to a 2 - 0 lead in the second . Canada West scored twice in the third , including the tying goal with one second of play remaining to force overtime . Overtime was scoreless , which led to a shootout . Kellen Jones of Canada West scored the only goal of the shootout to get the 1 - 0 shootout win on three penalty shots each . The same night , at the Colchester Legion Stadium in Truro , Nova Scotia , the Maritime Junior A Hockey League All - Stars challenged Canada East . The Maritimers led 3 - 1 after the first period and 5 - 4 after the second . In the third , Canada East scored the lone goal to force overtime . OT solved nothing and led to a lengthy shootout . The MJAHL ' s Nick Huard made it 1 - 0 on the first shot , Canada East ' s Andrew Calof made it 1 - 1 on the next shot . The MJAHL ' s Darcy Ashley made it 2 - 1 on the third shot and Canada East ' s Brock Higgs scored to knot it at 2 on the sixth shot . After the first six shooters , the shootout became sudden death . All of the next eight penalty shots were stopped before the MJAHL ' s Stuart Lenehan made it 3 - 2 on the 15th shot of the shootout . Jeff Vanderlugt of Canada East tied it at 3 on the next shot . On the 17th shot of the shootout , the MJAHL ' s Matt Milson made it 4 - 3 and on the 18th Canada East ' s Kyle Just could not beat the MJAHL ' s Kirk Rafuse , ending the game as a 6 - 5 shootout victory for the MJAHL All - Stars . The irony of this MJAHL victory is that the Canada East squad represents the MJAHL at the WJAC , and that the Canada East active roster has no MJAHL players on it . On the second and final day of exhibition games , October 30 , 2009 , The MJAHL All - Stars concluded their involvement in the 2009 WJAC with a 5 - 4 victory over Belarus at the Amherst Stadium in Amherst , Nova Scotia . Despite being outshot , the Maritimers led 2 - 0 and 5 - 2 at different parts of the game and survived the late rally by Belarus . At the O ' Leary Community Sports Centre in O ' Leary , Prince Edward Island , Canada East routed Russia 9 - 1 . The Canadians jumped to an early 4 - 0 lead and finished the first leading 4 - 1 . After the second it was 7 - 1 . Canada East pumbled the Russian net with shots , leading in the category 44 - 28 . The final game of the night was between the United States and Canada West at the Montague and Area Wellness Centre in Montague , Prince Edward Island , a rematch of the 2008 World Junior A Challenge final . Despite being tied 2 - 2 at the end of the first , the defending champs from the United States scored three unanswered goals to finish off the game 5 - 2 . Canada West outshot them 30 - 27 . Round Robin . The Canada West squad and Russia kicked off the 2009 WJAC festivities on November 1 , 2009 . Despite out - shooting the Russians , the Russians played a tight defencive game and held on to a tight 2 - 1 victory to take early control of Pool A . In the late game , Canada East and the United States squared off in a fierce battle . Tied 4 - 4 after regulation and overtime , the game went to a shootout . Canada East went 3 for 3 on the shootout to win the game , while the United States managed 2 for 3 because they did not manage to score on their final shot , picking up only the regulation tie . On the second day of the round robin , Russia played Sweden . This was Sweden ' s first ever WJAC game . Despite being badly out - shot by the Swedes , the Russians put on another defencive clinic and won the game 3 - 2 in a shootout to clinch Pool A ' s top spot . In the second game of the day , Canada East and Belarus squared off in a real barn burner . Combining for 12 goals , the Canadians won 7 - 5 to clinch the top spot of Pool B for the playoff round . To start the final day of the round robin , Canada West took on Sweden . Despite badly out - shooting the Canadians , the Swedes could not keep the puck out of their own net resulting in a 6 - 3 loss . Canada West finishes second in Pool A , while Sweden finishes third in Pool A . In the final game of the round robin , the United States bombed the Belorussians 6 - 1 to take the second seed in Pool B , the third seed in Pool B automatically went to Belarus with the loss . Quarter - final . On November 5 , 2009 , the United States and Sweden met in the early game of the quarter - final . In a tight battle the USA maintained the scoring edge to relegate Sweden to the 5th place game on Saturday with a 3 - 1 win . In the late game , Canada West dominated the Belorussians with a 7 - 3 victory . Belarus will meet Sweden in the aforementioned 5th place game , while the United States will play Russia in Semi - final A and the two Canadian squads will face - off in Semi - final B . 5th Place and Semi - final . On November 6 , in Semi - final A , Russia and the United States squared off for a berth into the Gold Medal Game . The Americans had built up an early 4 - 0 lead by the halfway point of the game , but the Russians stormed back to make it 4 - 3 late in the game . The Americans scored two late goals to clinch the victory and a chance for their second straight gold medal ; the Russian are forced to play for bronze . In Semi - final B , the two Canadian teams met in the tournament for the first time since 2007 . Canada West lead 2 - 1 after one and 7 - 1 after two , as Canada East were chased out of the building with a 9 - 1 loss . Kunyk scored a hat - trick for Canada West in the win . Canada West will compete against the United States in the Gold Medal Game , a rematch of the 2008 World Junior A Challenge , while Canada East and Russia will play for Bronze . The next day , Sweden and Belarus fought for fifth place in the tournament . Kachan and Remezov had given Belarus a 2 - 0 lead by the end of the second . Dyk and Almquist scored to tie it up early in the third . Remezov scored again for Belarus and soon after Johansson scored to tie it for Sweden . Late in the game Drozd scored for Belarus to give them a 4 - 3 edge , then Mallauka capped it off with a empty net goal to finish off the Swedes . Bronze and Gold . In the Bronze Medal Game , Canada East dropped a 6 - 2 decision to Russia . For the first time in tournament history the Eastern Canadians walk away without a medal , but for the first time since the 2006 World Junior A Challenge Russia finishes higher than fourth . The Gold Medal Game was a tight affair . Canada West and the United States were tied 0 - 0 after the first and 1 - 1 after the second . Early in the third , the Americans made it 2 - 1 and held on for the victory . Canada West ' s Sean Bonar was selected as the tournament MVP . Awards . All - Star Team Rosters . Belarus . Players : Stanislau Artynski , Siarhei Bahaleisha , Aliaksandr Baradulia , Valeri Bojarskih , Kiryl Brykun , Siarhei Drozd , Dzianis Hrybko , Allaksandr Kachan , Siahei Karolik , Mikhail Kharamanda , Viacheslau Makritski , Siarhei Maliauka , Raman Malinouski , Evgeniy Nagachev , Viachaslau Raitsou , Nikita Remezov , Aliaksei Sardovik , Siarhei Sheleh , Ilya Silik , Aliaksandr Siomachkin , Dzmitry Volkau , Kanstantin Zholudzeu . Staff : Dzmitry Sapun , Pavel Halavatski , Nokolai Averin , Allaksandr Yakimets . Canada East . Players : Nick Avgerinos , Simon Bessette , Andrew Calof , Colin Campbell , Greg Carey , Scott Dawson , Matt Ginn , Sacha Guimond , Alex Guptill , Brock Higgs , Sean Hoyt , Kyle Just , Jacob Laliberte , Lucas Lessio , Jonathon Milley , Jordan Mustard , David Pratt , Ben Reinhardt , David Roy , Jordan Ruby , Jeff Vanderlugt , Tyler Wilson . Staff : Todd Gill , James Richmond , Patrice Bosch , Troy Ryan , Marty Abrams , Lawrence McKinnon , Carter Walsh , Ralph Manning , Jack Ferguson . Canada West . Players : Mathew Bodie , Sean Bonar , Clarke Breitkreuz , Kyle Breukelman , Daniel Carr , John Dunbar , Lee Christensen , Madison Dias , Grayson Downing , Tanner Fritz , Curtis Gedig , Kirby Halcrow , Connor Jones , Kellen Jones , Cody Kunyk , Joey Laleggia , Ryan Marshall , Wes McLeod , Brendan O ' Donnell , Dustin Pearson , Cam Reid , Peter Stoykewych . Staff : Rylan Ferster , Barry Butler , Larry Wintoneak , Jomar Cruz , Leonard Strandberg , Harley Palmer , Bill Marr . Russia . Players : Artur Amirov , Viktor Antipin , Daniil Apalkov , Zakhar Arzamastsev , Sergey Barbashev , Kirill Brashkin , Emil Galimov , Ivan Gavrilenko , Efim Gurkin , Nikita Gusev , Ildar Isangulov , Vladislav Kartaev , Sergey Kostenko , Ivan Krasnov , Jan Krasovskiy , Pavel Kulikov , Alexander Kuznetsov , Nikita Lukin , Roman Lyubimov , Alexey Marchenko , Vladislav Namestnikov , Pavel Suchkov , Maxim Tomkin , Nail Yakupov , Ignat Zemchenko , Seman Zherebtsov , Vitaly Zotov , Gleb Zyryanov . Staff : Mikhail Vasiliev , Viktor Krutov , Vladimir Koluzganov , Vladimir Myshkin , Boris Dlugach , Alexander Berdinskikh , Sergey Fedotov , Boris Sapronenkov , Alexey Zharov , Sergey Boroday . Sweden . Players : Johan Alm , Adam Almquist , Nils Andersson , Victor Berglind , Mattias Bäckman , Sebastian Dyk , Jesper Fasth , Mattias Franzén , Petter Granberg , Jonas Gunnarsson , Jonathan Johansson , Karl Johansson , Calle Järnkrok , Johan Larsson , Patrik Nemeth , Joakim Nordström , Sebastian Ottosson , Adam Pettersson , Ludvig Rensfeldt , Johan Sundström , Fredric Weigel , Oskar Östlund . Staff : Stephan Lundh , Björn Liljander , Jonas Fransson , Krister Holm , Jan Johansson , Fredrik Carls , Lars Nygren . United States . Players : Kevin Albers , Beau Bennett , Mac Bennett , Shane Berschbach , Connor Brickley , Jeff Costello , Chris Crane , Derek DeBlois , Nic Dowd , David Gerths , Kevin Gravel , Nick Jensen , Matt Leitner , Kevin Lind , Eric Mihalik , Nick Mattson , Eamonn McDermott , John Parker , Mike Parks , Nick Sorkin , Colten St . Clair , Willie Yanakeff . Staff : Mark Carlson , Jeff Blashill , Adam Jones , Darrin Flinchem .