2014 World Junior A Challenge

The 2014 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, from December 14–20, 2014, at the West Central Events Centre.

2014 World Junior A Challenge

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	West Central Events Centre in Kindersley, Saskatchewan
Dates	December 14, 2014 – December 20, 2014
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Canada East
Tournament statistics
Games played	13
Scoring leader(s)	Nikolaj Ehlers (9 pts)
Awards
MVP	Nikolaj Ehlers
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Teams

• Canada East (9th Appearance)
• Canada West (9th Appearance, 6th as Hosts)
• Russia (9th Appearance)
• Switzerland (4th Appearance)
• United States (8th Appearance)
• Denmark (1st Appearance)

Background

Canada East, Canada West, Russia, United States and Switzerland all returned, joined this year by a team from Denmark.

Exhibition schedule

12 December 2014 19:30

Canada  East

2–5 ( )

Russia

Unity Skating Arena, Unity, Saskatchewan

Game reference

12 December 2014 19:30

Canada  West

3–6 ( )

United States

Eston Community Complex Arena, Eston, Saskatchewan

Game reference

12 December 2014 20:00

Denmark

6–0 ( )

Rosetown Redwings

SaskCan Centre, Rosetown, Saskatchewan

Game reference

2014 Tournament

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-6).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	0	10	2	+8	6
Switzerland	2	0	1	0	1	4	10	−6	2
Canada East	2	0	0	1	1	5	7	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 December 2014 15:30

Canada  East

3–4 GWS (0–1, 2–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Switzerland

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Blake Mann-Dixon (0–0–1)	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe (1–0–0)
	0–1 7:16 – D. Riat (1) (M. Holdener) (PP) C. Fryer (1) (L. Batt) – 20:27 1–1 K. Locke (1) (R. Kuffner, R. Kirkup) (PP) – 27:46 2–1 2–2 28:08 – M. Moor (1) (C. Thürkauf, A. Impose) L. Batt (1) (A. Tonge, A. Brady) – 44:33 3–2 3–3 56:55 – T. Haussener (1) (D. Riat, M. Holdener)
	A. Tonge A. Brady D. Board	Shootout	T. Haussener D. Riat A. Impose
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	46	Shots	24

15 December 2014 19:30

United States

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Eric Schierhorn (1–0–0)	Goalies	Daniel Muff (0–1–0)	Referees: Alex Cote Colin Watts Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons Ryan Lundquist
	J. Snivley (1) (M. Reinke, A. Angello – 11:13 1–0 T. Novak (1) (M. Reinke) – 15:31 2–0 A. Oglevie (1) (A. Angello, J. Snivley) – 26:41 3–0 S. Gersich (1) (B. Hillman) – 28:25 4–0 B. Boeser (1) (T. Sheehy, T. Novak) – 34:11 5–0 A. Oglevie (2) (A. Angello) – 42:41 6–0 A. Angello (1) (M. Bergh, A. Oglevie) (PP) – 53:31 7–0
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	54	Shots	26

16 December 2014 15:30

Canada  East

2–3 (1–1, 0–0, 1–2)

United States

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Blade Mann-Dixon (0–1–1)	Goalies	Cale Morris (1–0–0)
	0–1 11:24 – B. Boeser (2) (K. Connor) (PP) L. Batt (2) (Z. Tierney, A. Brady) (PP) – 15:27 1–1 Z. Tierney (1) (R. Kirkup) – 55:07 2–1 2–2 58:29 – S. Malone (1) (C. Wolanin, B. Nardella) 2–3 59:58 – S. Gersich (2) (B. Nardella, C. Wolanin)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	46

Group B

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	2	0	0	0	7	4	+3	6
Canada West	2	0	1	0	1	5	5	0	2
Russia	2	0	0	1	1	4	7	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 December 2014 19:30

Denmark

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Canada West

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Thomas Lillie (1–0–0)	Goalies	Tommy Nixon (0–1–0)
	M. Aagaard (1) (M. Aserup, E. Rasmussen) – 18:24 1–0 N. Ehlers (1) (O. Bjorkstrand) (PP) – 23:20 2–0 2–1 25:47 – G. Bast (1) (D. Fabbro, R. Risling) (PP) 2–2 47:08 – T. Jost (1) (PP) N. Ehlers (2) (M. Eller) (PP) – 57:00 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	33

15 December 2014 15:30

Russia

2–4 (1–1, 0–0, 1–3)

Denmark

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov (0–1–0)	Goalies	George Sørensen (1–0–0)	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Chad Williams Linesmen: Troy Murray Sean Donnelly
	M. Vorobyev (1) (D. Guryanov, V. Barabanov) – 7:02 1–0 1–1 19:59 – N. Ehlers (3) (M. Lassen) (SH) 1–2 42:31 – N. Ehlers (4) (M. Asperup, M. Nielsen) (PP) D. Guryanov (1) (A. Kozyrev, M. Vorobyev) – 47:25 2–2 2–3 57:07 – N. Ehlers (5) (S. Hertzberg) 2–4 59:05 – A. Krogsgaard (1) (SH)(EN)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	32

16 December 2014 19:30

Canada  West

3–2 GWS (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Russia

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Tommy Nixon (1–1–0)	Goalies	Anton Krasotkin (0–0–1)	Referees: Colin Watt Mike Campbell Linesmen: Tarrington Wyonzek Ryan Gibbons
	T. Jost (2) (V. Dombrovskiy) – 1:39 1–0 G. Bast (2) (T. Jost, D. Hannoun) – 23:53 2–0 2–1 28:49 – D. Guryanov (2) (V. Barabanov, D. Zhukenov) 2–2 43:37 – K. Kaprizov (1) (D. Zhukenov)
	J. Keane D. Hannoun T. Jost	Shootout	V. Barabanov M. Vorobyev
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	46	Shots	34

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semi-Finals

Gold Medal

3B

Russia

1

3B

Russia

3

1B

Denmark

5

2A

Switzerland

2

1A

United States

3

1B

Denmark

2

3A

Canada East

1

3A

Canada East

4

1A

United States

7

2B

Canada West

2

5th Place

Bronze Medal

2A

Switzerland

3

3B

Russia

2

2B

Canada West

2

3A

Canada East

0

Quarterfinals

17 December 2014 15:30

Russia

3–2 (2–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov (2–0–0)	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe (1–1–0)	Referees: Alex Cote Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Troy Murray Tarrington Wyonzek
	0–1 3:52 – M. Holdener (1) (S. Weber, S. Forrer) D. Zhukenov (1) – 7:48 1–1 N. Chebykin (1) – 16:46 2–1 2–2 17:11 – A. Impose (1) (D. Riat) N. Chebykin (2) – 26:38 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	27

17 December 2014 19:30

Canada  East

4–2 (1–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Canada West

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Blade Mason-Dixon (1–1–1)	Goalies	Tommy Nixon (1–2–0)
	0–1 14:15 – R. Gardner (1) (T. Busch, M. Vela R. Kuffner (1) (M. Laidley) – 15:52 1–1 A. Girduckis (1) (M. St. Pierre, R. Garvey) – 23:58 2–1 2–2 35:27 – D. Fabbro (1) (M. Vela, R. Risling) A. Tonge (1) (Z. Tierney) (PP) – 42:30 3–2 A. Girduckis (2) – 59:24 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	40

Semi-finals

18 December 2014 15:30

Russia

1–5 (0–1, 1–3, 0–1)

Denmark

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Anton Krasotkin (0–1–1)	Goalies	George Sørensen (2–0–0)	Referees: Colin Watt Chad Williams Linesmen: Sean Donnelly Tarrington Wyonzek
	0–1 2:58 – M. Asperup (1) (E. Rasmussen, M. Aagaard) 0–2 23:07 – O. Bjorkstrand (1) (N. Ehlers) 0–3 24:49 – N. Olesen (1) (M. Aagaard, S. Hertzberg) Y. Rykov (1) (A. Volkov) – 30:42 1–3 1–4 37:21 – J. Holmberg (1) (SH) 1–5 59:40 – O. Bjorkstrand (2) (N. Ehlers, M. Lassen) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	38

18 December 2014 19:30

Canada  East

1–7 (1–5, 0–1, 0–1)

United States

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Blade Mann-Dixon (1–2–1)	Goalies	Eric Schierhorn (2–0–0)	Referees: Mike Campbell Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Ryan Lundquist Troy Murray
	0–1 5:18 – T. Sheehy (1) (M. Bergh, R. Zuhlsdorf) 0–2 6:16 – A. Angello (2) (D. Joshua) 0–3 9:48 – T. Novak (2) A. Tonge (2) (M. Laidley) – 13:48 1–3 1–4 15:42 – J. Snivley (1) (D. Joshua) 1–5 16:29 – K. Connor (1) (C. Wolanin, S. Gersich) 1–6 28:16 – D. Gambrell (1) (T. Novak, C. Wolanin) 1–7 57:32 – B Boeser (3) (R. Zuhlsdorf)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	47

5th-place game

19 December 2014 15:30

Switzerland

3–2 (0–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Canada West

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Daniel Muff (1–1–0)	Goalies	Evan Weninger (0–1–0)	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Colin Watt Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons Sean Donnelly
	0–1 31:48 – S. Rempal (1) (D. Fabbro, T. Busch) 0–2 34:49 – S. Rempal (2) (J. Keane, C. Young) R. Chuard (1) (R. Prassi) – 36:00 1–2 S. Forrer (1) (C. Thürkauf) (PP) – 47:10 2–2 T. Kessler (1) (C. Thürkauf) – 48:00 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	26

Bronze-medal game

19 December 2014 19:30

Russia

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Canada East

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov (3–0–0)	Goalies	Blade Mann-Dixon (1–3–1)
	K. Kaprizov (2) (D. Zhukenov, N. Chebykin) – 3:42 1–0 D. Guryanov (3) (A. Shemrov, Y. Rykov) – 53:37 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	46

Gold-medal game

20 December 2014 15:30

United States

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Denmark

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	Eric Schierhorn (3–0–0)	Goalies	George Sørensen (2–0–1)	Referees: Mike Campbell Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons Ryan Lundquist
	0–1 0:33 – N. Ehlers (6) (O. Bjorkstrand) B. Boeser (4) (T. Novak, T. Sheehy) (PP) – 31:33 1–1 M. Bergh (1) (B. Boeser, T. Novak) (PP) – 58:17 2–1 2–2 45:46 – O. Bjorkstrand (3) (N. Ehlers, M. Asperup) T. Novak (3) (PP) – 64:56 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	63	Shots	24

Final standings

	Team
	United States
	Denmark
	Russia
4th	Canada East
5th	Switzerland
6th	Canada West

Statistics

Scoring leaders Player Team GP G A P PIM Nikolaj Ehlers  Denmark 4 6 3 9 4 Thomas Novak  United States 4 3 4 7 0 Brock Boeser  United States 4 4 1 5 6 Anthony Angello  United States 4 2 3 5 0 Oliver Bjorkstrand  Denmark 4 3 2 5 2 Christian Wolanin  United States 4 0 4 4 4 Matthias Asperup  Denmark 4 1 3 4 0 Denis Guryanov  Russia 5 3 1 4 2 Dmitri Zhukenov  Russia 5 1 3 4 4 Zac Tierney  Canada East 5 1 2 3 2

Top goaltenders Player Team GP Mins GA SO GAA Sv% Record Eric Schierhorn  United States 3 184:56 3 1 0.97 .959 3–0–0 Ilya Samsonov  Russia 3 179:27 5 1 1.67 .952 2–1–0 George Sørensen  Denmark 3 184:56 6 0 1.95 .950 2–1–0 Cale Morris  United States 2 60:00 2 0 2.00 .929 1–0–0 Thomas Lillie  Denmark 1 60:00 2 0 2.00 .939 1–0–0

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Nikolaj Ehlers  Denmark

All-Star Team

Forwards: Nikolaj Ehlers  Denmark, Denis Guryanov  Russia, Thomas Novak  United States

Defense: Callum Fryer  Canada East, Christian Wolanin  United States

Goalie: Eric Schierhorn  United States

External links

• Hockey Canada's WJAC Website