2010 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament

The 2010 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament was an under-18 ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic and Piešťany, Slovakia from August 9–14, 2010. The two venues were Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav and Patrícia Ice Arena 37 in Piešťany. Canada won the gold for the third consecutive year and the 15th time overall. The United States lost in the final to win the silver, their first medal since 2006. Sweden got the bronze for the third consecutive year by defeating the Czech Republic 6-1 in the bronze medal game.

2010 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovakia Czech Republic
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	August 9–14, 2010
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (15th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	18
Goals scored	137 (7.61 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Joachim Nermark (5 goals, 6 assists)
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Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	0	13	10	+3	7
Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	9	8	+1	6
Russia	3	0	1	1	1	10	11	−1	3
Finland	3	0	1	0	2	8	11	−3	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	0	19	7	+12	9
Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	17	10	+7	6
Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	11	16	−5	3
Slovakia	3	0	0	0	3	6	20	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

Seventh place game

August 13, 2010

Finland

6–4

Slovakia

Zimný štadión, Piešťany

Fifth place game

August 13, 2010

Russia

5–4

Switzerland

Alcaplast Arena, Břeclav

Semifinal 1

August 13, 2010

United States

5–4 OT (0–1, 4–2, 0–1, 1-0)

Sweden

Zimný štadión, Piešťany

Game reference
	Steve Michalek	Goalies	Marcus Due-Boje
	0 – 1 12:47 - Arvidsson (Rackell, Normark) 0 – 2 0:44 - Zibanejad (Rask, Johansson) (PP) Sutter (Hohmann) - 1:36 1 – 2 1 – 3 4:25 - Johansson (Lundberg) Sorenson (Selman, Di Pauli) - 5:31 2 - 3 (PP) Sutter - 10:15 3 - 3 (PP) Ambroz (Gaudreau) - 15:55 4 - 3 4 - 4 15:32 - Arvidsson (Johansson) (PP) Murphy (Ambroz) - 0:41 5 - 4

Semifinal 2

August 13, 2010

Canada

6–2 (3–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Alcaplast Arena, Břeclav

Game reference
	Tyson Teichmann	Goalies	David Honzik
	Lessio (Siemens) - 06:10 1 – 0 Quine (Broll) - 10:35 2 – 0 Puempel (Hamilton) - 19:41 3 – 0 (PP) Lessio (Puempel, Danault) - 03:19 4 – 0 4 - 1 15:19 - Tomek (PP) Ritchie (Nugent-Hopkins, Murray) - 18:47 5 - 1 Meurs (Bell) - 11:59 6 - 1 6 - 2 16:07 - Hertl (Jaskin) (PP)

Bronze medal game

August 14, 2010

Sweden

6–1 (3–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Alcaplast Arena, Břeclav

Game reference
	Nermark (Boyce Rotevall) - 02:22 1 – 0 Danielsson (Porsberger) - 04:49 2 – 0 Åberg (Nermark) - 05:44 3 – 0 Arvidsson (Åberg) - 00:47 4 – 0 4 – 1 03:37 - Jaškin Blomquist (Fröberg, Ryan) - 06:55 5 – 1 Nermark (Klefbom, Görtz) - 02:04 6 – 1

Gold medal game

August 14, 2010

Canada

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

United States

Zimný štadión, Piešťany

Game reference
	Tyson Teichmann	Goalies	Steven Michalek
	Nugent-Hopkins - 01:42 1 – 0

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	Canada
	United States
	Sweden
4.	Czech Republic
5.	Russia
6.	Switzerland
7.	Finland
8.	Slovakia

See also

• 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
• 2010 World Junior Championships