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 	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0	0 	0 	26	6 	12
Quebec 	4 	3	1	0 	0 	22	15	9
Atlantic	4 	2	2	0 	0 	15	26	6
 	4 	1	3	0 	0 	8 	10	3
 	4 	0	4	0 	0 	7 	19	0
=====Results=====
====Group B====
Team 	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Ontario	4 	4	0	0 	0 	20	6 	12
Pacific	4 	3	1	0 	0 	17	11	9
West 	4 	2	2	0 	0 	14	12	6
 	4 	1	3	0 	0 	9 	16	3
 	4 	0	4	0 	0 	5 	20	0
=====Results=====
===Final round===
* Decided in overtime.
====Semifinals====
====9th place game====
====7th place game====
====5th place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
==Scoring leaders==
Player 	Country 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
Matt Dumba 	Pacific 	6 	0	12	12 	2
Charles Hudon 	Quebec 	6 	5	6 	11 	8
Henrik Samuelsson	 	6 	6	4 	10 	10
Hunter Shinkaruk 	Pacific 	6 	5	4 	9 	2
Andrew Ryan 	Atlantic	5 	2	7 	9 	6
Jacob Trouba 	 	6 	2	7 	9 	12
Nathan MacKinnon 	Atlantic	5 	5	3 	8 	0
Miles Koules 	 	6 	4	4 	8 	4
Troy Bourke 	Pacific 	6 	3	5 	8 	14
Michael Matheson 	Quebec 	6 	2	6 	8 	10
==Goaltending leaders==
(Minimum 60 minutes played)
Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
Andy Desautels 	West 	60:00 	1 	.966	1.00	0
Daniel Altshuller	Ontario	301:52	7 	.947	1.39	2
Oskari Setänen 	 	178:44	11	.910	3.69	1
Janne Juvonen 	 	60:00 	4 	.907	4.00	0
Marek Lanhamer 	 	171:18	8 	.900	2.80	0
==Final standings==
 	Team
align="center"	Ontario
align="center"	
align="center"	Pacific
4 	Quebec
5 	Atlantic
6 	West
7 	
8 	
9 	
10 	
==Tournament All-Star Team==
*Goaltender: Ontario Daniel Altshuller
*Defencemen: Seth Jones, West Derrick Pouliot
*Forwards: Ontario Andreas Athanasiou, Nicolas Kerdiles, Pacific Hunter Shinkaruk
==See also==
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
*2011 IIHF World U18 Championships
*2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
==References==
==External links==
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