2019 World Junior A Challenge

The 2019 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, from December 7–15, 2019, at the EnCana Events Centre.

2019 World Junior A Challenge

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	EnCana Events Centre in Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Dates	7–15 December
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada East
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	14
Goals scored	84 (6 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Brendan Brisson (12 points)
Awards
MVP	Devon Levi
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Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-7).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	3	1	0	0	22	11	+11	11	Semifinals
2	Czech Republic	4	2	1	1	0	18	15	+3	9
3	Russia	4	0	1	2	1	8	14	−6	4[a]
4	Canada East	4	1	0	1	2	14	17	−3	4[a]
5	Canada West	4	0	1	0	3	7	12	−5	2

Source: hockeycanada.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.^[1]
Notes:

1. Russia 3–2 (OT) Canada East

7 December 2019 14:00

Russia

3–2 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Canada East

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	31

7 December 2019 19:00

United States

3–2 (0–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Canada West

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	28

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8 December 2019 14:00

Czech Republic

4–3 OT (0–2, 3–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Russia

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	34

8 December 2019 19:00

Canada West

1–5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada East

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	27

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9 December 2019 19:00

Czech Republic

4–5 OT (0–2, 3–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

United States

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	22 min
	18	Shots	37

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11 December 2019 14:00

Russia

0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Canada West

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	31

11 December 2019 19:00

Canada East

3–7 (1–1, 1–5, 1–1)

United States

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	38

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12 December 2019 19:00

Canada West

3–4 (0–4, 3–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	43 min
	26	Shots	27

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13 December 2019 14:00

United States

7–2 (1–0, 2–1, 4–1)

Russia

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	45	Shots	29

13 December 2019 19:00

Canada East

4–6 (3–1, 0–3, 1–2)

Czech Republic

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	39

Playoff round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	14 December
	Canada East (GWS)	2
					15 December
	United States	1
					Canada East	1
	14 December
					Russia (OT)	2
	Russia	5
	Czech Republic	1
					Bronze medal game
					15 December
					Czech Republic	1
					United States (OT)	2

Semifinals

14 December 2019 14:00

Canada East

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

United States

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Logan Stein
	Mosley (Alexander, Martino) (PP) – 21:38 1–0 1–1 40:24 – Fontaine (Farrell, Koster)
	Laframboise Alexander Tinling Tremblay	Shootout	Fontaine Brisson Colangelo Farrell
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	42

14 December 2019 19:00

Russia

5–1 (4–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	Yegor Guskov	Goalies	Jan Škorpík Jakub Dobeš
	Gushchin (Didkovski, Kirsanov) – 03:06 1–0 Tyutnev (Pashin, Chayka) – 04:32 2–0 Tyutnev (Pashin, Ponomaryov) – 10:34 3–0 Tyutnev (Grushnikov, Kirsanov) – 17:14 4–0 Gushchin (Didkovski, Grushnikov) – 36:45 5–0 5–1 53:37 – Morong (Poppel)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	21

Bronze medal game

15 December 2019 12:00

Czech Republic

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

United States

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	Jakub Dobeš	Goalies	Ethan Haider
	0–1 45:18 – Farrell (Berger, Miller) Poizl (Pšenička, Najman) (EA) – 59:55 1–1 1–2 72:14 – Kuntar (Koster, Knies)
	37 min	Penalties	20 min
	38	Shots	31

Gold medal game

15 December 2019 17:00

Canada East

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0, 0–1)

Russia

EnCana Events Centre, Dawson Creek

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Yegor Guskov
	0–1 55:39 – Tyutnev (Ponomaryov, Pashin) Alexander (O'Hara, Chapleau) (PP2, EA) – 58:58 1–1 1–2 85:43 – Mukhamadullin (Kirsanov, Didkovski) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	32	Shots	38

Awards

• MVP: Devon Levi
• All-Star Team
  • Goaltender: Yegor Guskov
  • Defencemen: Philippe Chapleau / Daniil Chayka
  • Forwards: Brendan Brisson / Gunnarwolfe Fontaine / Ryland Mosley