2011 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament Host countries Slovakia Czech Republic Dates August 8–13, 2011 Teams 8 Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Champions Canada (16th title) Runner-up Sweden Third place Russia Fourth place Finland Matches played 18 Goals scored 118 (6.56 per match) Scoring leader(s) Teuvo Teräväinen (4 goals, 6 assists)
The 2011 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament was an under-18 ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav , Czech Republic and Piešťany , Slovakia from August 8–13, 2011. As in 2010 , the venues were Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav and Patrícia Ice Arena 37 in Piešťany. Canada won gold for the fourth consecutive year, defeating Sweden 4–1 in the final after losing to them 5–1 in their opening game. After their championship win, Canadian head coach Steve Spott attributed their success to a balanced attack in the absence of any one superstar.[1]
Preliminary round [ ] Group A [ ] Group B [ ] Final round [ ] Seventh place game [ ] Fifth place game [ ] Semifinal 1 [ ] August 12, 2011 Canada 5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0) Russia Patrícia Ice Arena 37
Game reference Daniel Altshuller Goalies Andrei Vasilevski, Igor Ustinski Wilson (Laughton) - 19:00 1 – 0 Hudon (Reilly) - 22:39 2 – 0 Hudon (Gaunce, Maidens) - 26:33 3 – 0 Dumba (Hudon, Koekkoek) - 37:28 4 – 0 Pouliot (Athanasiou) - 41:31 5 – 0
Semifinal 2 [ ] August 12, 2011 Sweden 4–3 (OT) (0–1, 2–0, 1–2, 1-0) Finland Alcaplast Arena
Game reference 0 – 1 Ikonen (Vainon) - 7:42 Lindholm - 32:18 1 – 1 Burakowski (Pettersson) - 36:54 2 – 1 2 – 2 Kulmala (Tikkanen, H. Ikonen) - 45:22 2 – 3 H. Ikonen (Tikkanen, Lehtonen) - 50:46 Strömwall (Lindholm) - 53:19 3 - 3 Forsberg (Lindstom) - 63:56 4 - 3
Bronze medal game [ ] August 13, 2011 Russia 2–1 (SO) (0–0, 1–1, 0–0, 0-0, 1-0) Finland Patrícia Ice Arena 37
Game reference Kamaev (Ermakov) - 26:19 1 – 0 1 – 1 J. Ikonen (Teräväinen) - 35:56 Kamaev - SO 2 – 1
Gold medal game [ ] August 13, 2011 Canada 4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0) Sweden Alcaplast Arena
Game reference Daniel Altshuller Goalies Oscar Dansk Monahan (Campagna) - 9:06 1 – 0 1 – 1 Anderson (Karlsson, Collberg) - 33:07 Laughton - 36:26 2 – 1 Gaunce - 40:40 3 – 1 Hudon (Maidens, Gaunce) - 52:16 4 – 1
Final standings [ ] See also [ ] References [ ]
Preceded by
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament Succeeded by
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Canada (16th title)
Sweden
Russia
Finland
Switzerland
United States
