2013 World Junior A Challenge

The 2013 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, from November 4–10, 2013, at the Mariners Centre. The event dthe 9th annual Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game Challenge, marking the third time the two events have been paired together.
==Teams==
* Canada East (8th Appearance, 3rd as Hosts)
* Canada West (8th Appearance)
* Russia (8th Appearance)
* Switzerland (3rd Appearance)
* United States (7th Appearance)
* Czech Republic (3rd Appearance)
==Background==
Canada East, Canada West, Russia, United States, Switzerland, and Czech Republic all return.
==Exhibition schedule==
 	
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Exhibition Results	Exhibition Results	Exhibition Results	Exhibition Results	Exhibition Results	 	
Game 	Away Team 	Score 	Home Team 	Score 	Notes 	Date – Time – Location
Ex1 	United States 	4 	Canada West 	3 	Final - Shots: 33-26 USA 	02/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Digby, NS
Ex2 	Czech Republic 	3 	Canada East 	2 	Final - Shots: 40-30 CANE	02/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Barrington, NS
==2013 Tournament==
===Group A===
 	
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Pool A Standings	Pool A Standings	Pool A Standings	Pool A Standings	Pool A Standings
Rank 	Team 	W-L-OTL 	GF 	GA
1 	United States 	2-0-0 	12 	5
2 	Russia 	1-1-0 	9 	10
3 	Canada East 	0-2-0 	4 	10
===Group B===
 	
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Pool B Standings	Pool B Standings	Pool B Standings	Pool B Standings	Pool B Standings
Rank 	Team 	W-L-OTL 	GF 	GA
1 	Canada West 	2-0-0 	8 	4
2 	Switzerland 	1-1-0 	5 	4
3 	Czech Republic 	0-2-0 	1 	6
===Results===
 	
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Round Robin Results	Round Robin Results	Round Robin Results	Round Robin Results	Round Robin Results	 	 	
Game 	Pool 	Away Team 	Score 	Home Team 	Score	Notes 	Date – Time – Location
1 	B 	Canada West 	4 	Switzerland 	3 	Final - Shots: 42-34 CANW	04/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
2 	A 	Canada East 	2 	Russia 	6 	Final - Shots: 40-30 RUS 	04/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
3 	B 	Czech Republic 	1 	Canada West 	4 	Final - Shots: 33-30 CANW	05/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
4 	A 	Russia 	3 	United States 	8 	Final - Shots: 41-25 USA 	05/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
5 	B 	Switzerland 	2 	Czech Republic 	0 	Final - Shots: 42-23 CZE 	06/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
6 	A 	United States 	4 	Canada East 	2 	Final - Shots: 28-25 USA 	06/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
===Championship Round===
 	
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Championship Results	Championship Results	Championship Results	Championship Results	Championship Results	 	
Game 	Away Team 	Score 	Home Team 	Score 	Notes 	Date – Time – Location
QF1 	Czech Republic 	1 	Russia 	3 	Final - Shots: 42-31 CZE 	07/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
QF2 	Canada East 	4 	Switzerland 	5 	OT Final - Shots: 42-29 CANE	07/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
SF1 	Russia 	5 	Canada West 	2 	Final - Shots: 33-27 RUS 	08/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
SF2 	Switzerland 	4 	United States 	7 	Final - Shots: 37-19 USA 	08/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
5th 	Czech Republic 	7 	Canada East 	5 	Final - Shots: 40-32 CZE 	09/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Liverpool, NS
Bronze 	Switzerland 	3 	Canada West 	5 	Final - Shots: 38-24 CANW 	09/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
Gold 	Russia 	1 	United States 	4 	Final - Shots: 29-17 USA 	10/11/13 - 12:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
===Final standings===
 	Team
 	
 	
 	West
4th	
5th	
6th	East
==Statistics==
===Scorers===
 	
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Scoring Leaders 	Scoring Leaders	Scoring Leaders	Scoring Leaders	Scoring Leaders	 	
Player 	Team 	GP 	G 	A 	P 	PIM
Nick Schmaltz 	USA 	4 	4 	8 	12	0
Connor Hurley 	USA 	4 	3 	7 	10	0
Kirill Pilipenko 	RUS 	5 	4 	4 	8 	2
Dylan Hoffman 	CANW 	4 	4 	3 	7 	0
Vladislav Kamenev	RUS 	5 	1 	6 	7 	26
Marty Quince 	CANE 	4 	4 	2 	6 	4
Adam Zboril 	CZE 	4 	2 	4 	6 	18
Karson Kuhlman 	USA 	4 	4 	1 	5 	0
Nicholas Jones 	CANW 	4 	3 	2 	5 	2
Daniil Vovchenko 	RUS 	5 	3 	2 	5 	9
===Goaltenders===
 	
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Goalie Leaders 	Goalie Leaders	Goalie Leaders	Goalie Leaders	Goalie Leaders	 	 	 	
Player 	Team 	GP 	Mins 	GA 	SO	GAA 	Sv% 	Record
Karel Vejmelka 	CZE 	2 	120:00 	4 	0 	2.00	0.925	0-2
Chris Birdsall 	USA 	1 	60:00 	2 	0 	2.00	0.923	1-0
Maxim Mauerhofer	SUI 	3 	183:54 	11 	1 	3.59	0.909	2-1
Maxim Tretiak 	RUS 	5 	276:23 	14 	0 	3.04	0.906	3-2
Jesse Jenks 	CANW 	4 	240:00 	12 	0 	3.00	0.901	3-1
==Awards==
:Most Valuable Player: Nick Schmaltz
All-Star Team
:Forwards: Nick Schmaltz, Connor Hurley, Kirill Pilipenko
:Defense: Neal Pionk, Adam Plant
:Goalie: Maxim Tretiak
==CJHL Prospects Game==
For the third consecutive year, the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game was a part of the WJAC festivities. Just like the previous four Prospects Games, the event was actually two "prospect" games with the President's Cup going to the winning goal aggregate.
Prospects East won their fourth President's Cup in nine years with an 8-4 aggregate victory (4-2, 4-2) over Prospects West.
===Results===
 	
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Exhibition Results	Exhibition Results	Exhibition Results	Exhibition Results	Exhibition Results	 	
Game 	Away Team 	Score 	Home Team 	Score 	Notes 	Date – Time – Location
1 	Prospects East 	4 	Prospects West 	2 	Final - Shots: 42-20 West	08/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Digby, NS
2 	Prospects East 	4 	Prospects West 	2 	Final - Shots: 38-25 West	09/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
==External links==
*HC's WJAC Website
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