ADT Canada-Russia Challenge

The ADT Canada-Russia Challenge is an annual six game exhibition ice hockey tournament held between a select team of Russian junior players and all-star teams representing the three leagues of the Canadian Hockey League. The current corporate sponsor is ADT Security Services. The event was first held in 2003 as the Re/Max Canada-Russia Challenge. The CHL holds a commanding lead in the overall series.
The Russian Selects play two games each hosted by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. All games are broadcast nationally in Canada on Rogers Sportsnet. The series features many players, also on the Canadian National junior team.
==2003 Re/Max Canada-Russia Challenge==
Inaugurated in 2003, the tournament was envisioned as tune-up for the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The first series was won by the CHL five games to one in a series of blowout victories for the home squads. Following the tournament, the Russians were criticized for bringing over a team that was uncompetitive, as the Russian team kept many of its top junior players at home.
Date 	Location 	Winner 	Loser
November 17 	London, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 7 	1 Russian Selects
November 19 	Sarnia, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 4 	0 Russian Selects
November 20 	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Russian Selects 3 	2 QMJHL all-stars
November 24 	Rimouski, Quebec 	QMJHL all-stars 6 	3 Russian Selects
November 26 	Calgary, Alberta 	WHL all-stars 4 	1 Russian Selects
November 27 	Brandon, Manitoba 	WHL all-stars 7 	1 Russian Selects
CHL wins series 5-1	CHL wins series 5-1 	CHL wins series 5-1	CHL wins series 5-1
==2004 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge==
Prior to the second tournament, the Russians vowed to avenge their lopsided defeats in 2003. They started off well, defeating the QMJHL in both games by identical 4-3 scores, both via shoot-out. However, the Russians were once again unable to compete with either the OHL or WHL, losing the overall series four games to two.
Date 	Location 	Winner 	Loser 	
November 21 	Quebec City, Quebec 	Russian Selects 4 	3 QMJHL all-stars 	SO (2:0)
November 22 	Montreal, Quebec 	Russian Selects 4 	3 QMJHL all-stars 	SO (3:0)
November 25 	Barrie, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 3 	1 Russian Selects 	
November 28 	Mississauga, Ontario	OHL all-stars 5 	2 Russian Selects 	
December 1 	Red Deer, Alberta 	WHL all-stars 6 	0 Russian Selects 	
December 2 	Lethbridge, Alberta 	WHL all-stars 5 	2 Russian Selects 	
CHL wins series 4-2	CHL wins series 4-2 	CHL wins series 4-2	CHL wins series 4-2	
==2005 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge==
The third challenge series saw the CHL dominate the series six games to zero as a travel weary Russian squad found itself consistently overmatched by its Canadian counterparts.
Date 	Location 	Winner 	Loser
November 21 	Drummondville, Quebec 	QMJHL all-stars 7 	4 Russian Selects
November 22 	Moncton, New Brunswick 	QMJHL all-stars 6 	4 Russian Selects
November 24 	Kitchener, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 5 	2 Russian Selects
November 28 	Peterborough, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 5 	1 Russian Selects
November 30 	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	WHL all-stars 9 	2 Russian Selects
December 1 	Regina, Saskatchewan 	WHL all-stars 3 	1 Russian Selects
CHL wins series 6-0	CHL wins series 6-0 	CHL wins series 6-0	CHL wins series 6-0
==2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge==
In the first game, the QMJHL cruised to an easy 6-2 victory. The Q followed that up with a 4-3 victory. Goaltender Ilia Proskuryakov was named the game star in both games for the overmatched Russians who were outshot 82-34 in the first two games. The OHL continued the CHL's dominance with an easy 5-0 victory in the third game.
The fourth game was a much more spirited affair, and while the OHL came out on top for the CHL's fourth consecutive victory, the Russians made a game of it in a close 4-3 final. The game was marred by two ugly incidents late, as both the OHL's Chris Stewart and Russia's Andrey Lange were assessed match penalties in the final minute of the game.
The Russians entered game five with only 14 skaters, and while badly outshot, managed to make a close and entertaining game of it before falling to the WHL 5-3. Game six would prove an entirely different story, as a Brodie Dupont hat trick led the WHL to an 8-1 victory. The CHL swept the series for the second year in a row.
Date 	Location 	Winner 	Loser
November 20 	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec 	QMJHL all-stars 6	2 Russian Selects
November 21 	Val-d'Or, Quebec 	QMJHL all-stars 4	3 Russian Selects
November 23 	Sarnia, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 5 	0 Russian Selects
November 27 	Oshawa, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 4 	3 Russian Selects
November 29 	Chilliwack, British Columbia	WHL all-stars 5 	3 Russian Selects
November 30 	Kamloops, British Columbia 	WHL all-stars 8 	1 Russian Selects
CHL wins 6-0	CHL wins 6-0 	CHL wins 6-0 	CHL wins 6-0
==2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge==
The Russians started off the challenge by ending the CHL's 16 game winning streak that began in game three of 2004, defeating the QMJHL squad 6-4.
The OHL squad remained undefeated against the Russian Selects, going to 10 wins and no losses overall for the five years the challenge has run.
The WHL suffered their first ever loss to the Russians in game five, but came back in game six to clinch the series for the CHL.
Date 	Location 	Winner 	Loser
November 19 	Chicoutimi, Quebec 	Russian Selects 6	4 QMJHL all-stars
November 21 	Gatineau, Quebec 	QMJHL all-stars 3	2 Russian Selects
November 22 	Kitchener, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 5 	3 Russian Selects
November 26 	Sudbury, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 4 	2 Russian Selects
November 28 	Cranbrook, British Columbia	Russian Selects 5	1 WHL all-stars
November 29 	Medicine Hat, Alberta 	WHL all-stars 4 	1 Russian Selects
CHL wins 4-2	CHL wins 4-2 	CHL wins 4-2 	CHL wins 4-2
==2008 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge==
Date 	Location 	Winner 	Loser
November 17 	Sydney, Nova Scotia 	QMJHL all-stars 5 	3 Russian Selects
November 19 	Saint John, New Brunswick 	Russian Selects 4 	3 QMJHL all-stars
November 20 	Guelph, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 6 	3 Russian Selects
November 24 	St. Catharines, Ontario 	OHL all-stars 3 	2 Russian Selects
November 26 	Swift Current, Saskatchewan	WHL all-stars 5 	0 Russian Selects
November 27 	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan	WHL all-stars 2 	1 Russian Selects
CHL wins series 5-1	CHL wins series 5-1 	CHL wins series 5-1	CHL wins series 5-1
==All-time records (2008 games not included)==
 	W 	L 	OTL	GF	GA 					
Russian Selects	6 	30	0 	80	167					
 	 	 	 	 	 					
OHL all-stars 	12	0 	0 	56	20 					
WHL all-stars 	11	1 	0 	59	18 					
QMJHL all-stars	7 	3 	2 	52	42 					
==References==
* CHL.CA Canada-Russia Challenge page
* russianprospects.com tournament page
* 2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge, chl.ca. Accessed October 17 2006
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