2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

The 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup is an under-18 international ice hockey tournament that was held in Piešťany, Slovakia and Břeclav, Czech Republic from 5 to 10 August 2019 at Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav and Easton Arena in Piešťany. Team Russia won the gold medal for the first time since 1995 with a 3–2 defeat against Canada in the final.
==Preliminary round==
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
===Group A===
Group A	Group A	Group A	Group A	Group A	Group A	Group A	Group A	Group A	Group A	Group A	Group A
Pos 	Team 	Pld 	W 	OW 	OL 	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GD 	Qualification
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	0 	21 	1 	+20 	9 	Semifinals
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	0 	1 	11 	7 	+4 	6 	Semifinals
3 	 	3 	0 	1 	0 	2 	6 	15 	-9 	2 	Fifth Place game
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	1 	2 	3 	18 	-15 	1 	Seventh Place game
===Group B===
Group B	Group B	Group B	Group B	Group B	Group B	Group B	Group B	Group B	Group B	Group B	Group B
Pos 	Team 	Pld 	W 	OW 	OL 	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GD 	Qualification
1 	 	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	11 	3 	-8 	8 	Semifinals
2 	 	3 	1 	1 	0 	1 	8 	9 	-1 	5 	Semifinals
3 	 	3 	0 	1 	1 	1 	10 	14 	-4 	3 	Fifth Place game
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	2 	1 	6 	6 	-3 	2 	Seventh Place game
==Final round==
=== Semifinal Playoff Bracket ===
The semi-finals were decided on 7 August, 2019 after Group A and B completed three round-robin games each. The winner of Group A (Canada) played the runner-up of Group B (Sweden), while the winner of Group B (Russia) played the runner-up of Group A (Finland). The semifinals were held on 9 August 2019 and the Gold medal and Bronze medal games were held the following day on 10 August 2019.http://www.hlinkagretzky.com/en-ca/stats/schedule
===Seventh place game===
===Fifth place game===
===Semifinals===
===Bronze medal game===
===Final===
==Statistics==
===Top scorers===
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cole Perfetti 	5 	8	4	12 	2
Hendrix Lapierre 	5 	3	8	11 	4
Alexander Pashin 	5 	7	1	8 	0
Roni Hirvonen 	5 	4	2	6 	6
Daniel Ljungman 	5 	5	0	5 	2
Quinton Byfield 	5 	3	2	5 	4
Vasili Ponomaryov	5 	2	3	5 	2
Justin Sourdif 	5 	1	4	5 	2
Michal Gut 	4 	3	1	4 	2
Matej Kašlík 	4 	3	1	4 	0
Bogdan Trineev 	4 	3	1	4 	2
 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: hlinkagretzkycup.cz
===Final ranking===
== Broadcasting ==
=== Canada ===
* TSN (online streaming available)
* Sportsnet
=== Russia ===
* http://www.fhr.ru (online video streaming)
== References ==
Hlinka Gretzky Cup
2019