2014 World Junior A Challenge

2014 World Junior A Challenge

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

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 return.

Exhibition schedule[]

12 December 2014 19:30

Canada  East

2–5 ( )

Russia

, Unity, Saskatchewan

Game reference

12 December 2014 19:30

Canada  West

3–6 ( )

United States

, Eston, Saskatchewan

Game reference

12 December 2014 20:00

Denmark

6–0 ( )

, Rosetown, Saskatchewan

Game reference

2014 Tournament[]

Preliminary Round[]

All times are local (UTC-6).

Group A[]

Team	GP	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

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
	(0–0–1)	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe (1–0–0)
	0–1 7:16 – D. Riat (1) () (PP) (1) () – 20:27 1–1 (1) (R. Kuffner, ) (PP) – 27:46 2–1 2–2 28:08 – (1) (C. Thürkauf, ) (1) (, ) – 44:33 3–2 3–3 56:55 – (1) (, )
		Shootout
	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
	(1–0–0)	Goalies	(0–1–0)	Referees: Colin Watts Linesmen:
	(1) (M. Reinke, A. Angello – 11:13 1–0 (1) (M. Reinke) – 15:31 2–0 (1) (A. Angello, ) – 26:41 3–0 S. Gersich (1) (B. Hillman) – 28:25 4–0 B. Boeser (1) (T. Sheehy, ) – 34:11 5–0 (2) (A. Angello) – 42:41 6–0 A. Angello (1) (, ) (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
	(0–1–1)	Goalies	Cale Morris (1–0–0)
	0–1 11:24 – B. Boeser (2) (K. Connor) (PP) (2) (, ) (PP) – 15:27 1–1 (1) () – 55:07 2–1 2–2 58:29 – (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	GP	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

14 December 2014 19:30

Denmark

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Canada West

West Central Events Centre

Game reference
	(1–0–0)	Goalies	(0–1–0)
	M. Aagaard (1) (, ) – 18:24 1–0 N. Ehlers (1) (O. Bjorkstrand) (PP) – 23:20 2–0 2–1 25:47 – (1) (D. Fabbro, ) (PP) 2–2 47:08 – T. Jost (1) (PP) N. Ehlers (2) () (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: Linesmen:
	M. Vorobyev (1) (D. Guryanov, ) – 7:02 1–0 1–1 19:59 – N. Ehlers (3) (M. Lassen) (SH) 1–2 42:31 – N. Ehlers (4) (, ) (PP) D. Guryanov (1) (, M. Vorobyev) – 47:25 2–2 2–3 57:07 – N. Ehlers (5) () 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
	(1–1–0)	Goalies	(0–0–1)	Referees: Linesmen:
	T. Jost (2) () – 1:39 1–0 (2) (T. Jost, ) – 23:53 2–0 2–1 28:49 – D. Guryanov (2) (, ) 2–2 43:37 – K. Kaprizov (1) ()
	T. Jost	Shootout	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: Linesmen:
	0–1 3:52 – (1) (, ) (1) – 7:48 1–1 N. Chebykin (1) – 16:46 2–1 2–2 17:11 – (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
	(1–1–1)	Goalies	(1–2–0)
	0–1 14:15 – R. Gardner (1) (, R. Kuffner (1) () – 15:52 1–1 (1) (, ) – 23:58 2–1 2–2 35:27 – D. Fabbro (1) (, ) (1) () (PP) – 42:30 3–2 (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
	(0–1–1)	Goalies	George Sørensen (2–0–0)	Referees: Linesmen:
	0–1 2:58 – M. Asperup (1) (, M. Aagaard) 0–2 23:07 – O. Bjorkstrand (1) (N. Ehlers) 0–3 24:49 – N. Olesen (1) (M. Aagaard, ) Y. Rykov (1) () – 30:42 1–3 1–4 37:21 – (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
	(1–2–1)	Goalies	(2–0–0)	Referees: Linesmen:
	0–1 5:18 – T. Sheehy (1) (, ) 0–2 6:16 – A. Angello (2) (D. Joshua) 0–3 9:48 – (2) (2) () – 13:48 1–3 1–4 15:42 – (1) (D. Joshua) 1–5 16:29 – K. Connor (1) (C. Wolanin, S. Gersich) 1–6 28:16 – D. Gambrell (1) (, C. Wolanin) 1–7 57:32 – B Boeser (3) ()
	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
	(1–1–0)	Goalies	(0–1–0)	Referees: Linesmen:
	0–1 31:48 – S. Rempal (1) (D. Fabbro, ) 0–2 34:49 – S. Rempal (2) (, ) (1) () – 36:00 1–2 (1) (C. Thürkauf) (PP) – 47:10 2–2 (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	(1–3–1)
	K. Kaprizov (2) (, N. Chebykin) – 3:42 1–0 D. Guryanov (3) (, 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
	(3–0–0)	Goalies	George Sørensen (2–0–1)	Referees: Linesmen:
	0–1 0:33 – N. Ehlers (6) (O. Bjorkstrand) B. Boeser (4) (, T. Sheehy) (PP) – 31:33 1–1 (1) (B. Boeser, ) (PP) – 58:17 2–1 2–2 45:46 – O. Bjorkstrand (3) (N. Ehlers, M. Asperup) (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[]

Scorers[]

Scoring Leaders Player Team GP G A P PIM Nikolaj Ehlers  Denmark 4 6 3 9 4  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  Russia 5 1 3 4 4  Canada East 5 1 2 3 2

Goaltenders[]

Goalie Leaders Player Team GP Mins GA SO GAA Sv% Record  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  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,  United States

Defense:  Canada East, Christian Wolanin  United States

Goalie:  United States

External links[]

• Hockey Canada's WJAC Website