2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

The 2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in London, Lucan, St. Thomas, Stratford, Strathroy, and Woodstock, Ontario, Canada between December 29, 2007 and January 4, 2008. The venues used for the tournament included the John Labatt Centre and Western Fair Sports Centre in London, the Lucan Community Memorial Centre in Lucan, the Gemini Sportsplex in Strathroy, the Timken Community Complex in St. Thomas, the Rotary Complex in Stratford, and the Southwood Community Complex in Woodstock. Team Canada Ontario defeated the United States 3–0 to win the gold medal, while team Canada West defeated team Canada Pacific 9–6 to win the bronze medal.
==Challenge results==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team 	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Ontario	4 	4	0	0 	0 	23	9 	12
Pacific	4 	2	1	0 	1 	17	14	7
 	4 	2	2	0 	0 	22	22	6
Quebec 	4 	1	2	1 	0 	16	16	6
 	4 	0	4	0 	0 	10	27	0
=====Results=====
====Group B====
Team 	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	3	1	0 	0 	23	10	9
West 	4 	3	1	0 	0 	18	14	9
 	4 	2	2	0 	0 	16	13	6
Atlantic	4 	1	3	0 	0 	8 	21	3
 	4 	1	3	0 	0 	10	17	3
=====Results=====
===Final round===
====Semifinals====
====9th place game====
====7th place game====
====5th place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final standings===
 	Team
align="center"	Ontario
align="center"	
align="center"	West
4 	Pacific
5 	
6 	
7 	Quebec
8 	Atlantic
9 	
10 	
==Scoring leaders==
Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Brayden Schenn 	West 	6 	6	7	13 	4
Jimmy Bubnick 	West 	6 	6	6	12 	4
Toni Rajala 	 	5 	6	5	11 	6
Kirill Kabanov 	 	5 	2	9	11 	28
Matthew Duchene	Ontario	6 	4	6	10 	8
Scott Glennie 	West 	6 	4	6	10 	2
Erik Haula 	 	5 	2	8	10 	18
Casey Cizikas 	Ontario	6 	4	5	9 	0
Dmitry Orlov 	 	5 	2	7	9 	6
Ryan Ellis 	Ontario	6 	1	8	9 	8
==Goaltending leaders==
(Minimum 60 minutes played)
Player 	Country	MINS	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
Bryce O'Hagen 	Ontario	60 	0 	1.000	0.00	1
Brandon Maxwell 	 	300 	11	.914 	2.20	1
Michael Zador 	Ontario	300 	12	.895 	2.40	0
Maxime Clermont 	Quebec 	241 	13	.906 	3.24	0
Philipp Grubauer	 	275 	16	.909 	3.49	0
==Tournament awards==
===All-Star team===
*Goaltender: Philipp Grubauer
*Defensemen: Ontario Ryan Ellis, Cam Fowler
*Forwards: Ontario Matthew Duchene, Toni Rajala, West Brayden Schenn
==References==
==External links==
*Official website 
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:World U-17 Hockey Challenge