2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Host country Canada Dates August 6–11, 2018 Teams 8 Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Champions Canada (22nd title) Runner-up Sweden Third place Russia Fourth place United States Matches played 18 Goals scored 138 (7.67 per match) Attendance 35,000 (1,944 per match) Scoring leader(s) Alexis Lafrenière (5 goals, 6 assists) Vasili Podkolzin (8 goals, 3 assists)Website hlinkagretzky.com
The 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (branded as the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup presented by Ram for sponsorship reasons) was an under-18 international ice hockey tournament held in Edmonton and Red Deer , Alberta , Canada from August 6–11, 2018 at Rogers Place in Edmonton and Servus Arena in Red Deer.[1]
Preliminary round [ ]
All times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 ).
Group A [ ]
Game reference Goalies 0–1 04:49 – (, ) 0–2 06:29 – Suzuki (Barron , Cozens ) (PP) 0–3 15:24 – Pelletier (, Holloway ) 0–4 24:07 – Cozens (Suzuki, Barron) (PP) 0–5 29:51 – (Lafrenière , Clarke) (PP) 0–6 30:34 – Robertson (Poulin , Krebs ) 0–7 31:52 – Guenette (Mutala, Pelletier) 0–8 33:15 – Krebs (Dach , Lafrenière) 0–9 41:38 – Dach (Suzuki) (SH) 0–10 58:35 – Krebs (Robertson, Korczak)
10 min Penalties 8 min 15 Shots 48
Game reference Goalies 0–1 12:47 – () () – 21:20 1–1 1–2 35:22 – Čajkovič (, ) Knak (, ) (PP) – 44:462–2 Knak (, Rochette) – 52:16 3–2 3–3 52:50 – () 3–4 56:55 – Chromiak (, Mrázik) 3–5 59:15 – Mrázik (Chromiak) (EN)
6 min Penalties 8 min 29 Shots 33
Group B [ ]
Game reference Goalies Dustin Wolf 0–1 9:04 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 31:19 – Mastrosimone (Silianoff, Miller ) 0–3 33:24 – (Silianoff, ) (SH) 0–4 35:41 – (, Wolf ) 0–5 42:37 – Silianoff () 0–6 58:22 – (Nodler) (SH)
22 min Penalties 24 min 23 Shots 40
Game reference Goalies Yaroslav Askarov 0–1 12:18 – (, ) 0–2 16:45 – Likhachyov (Abramov, Gushchin) 0–3 18:26 – (, Amirov ) (Miller ) – 22:08 1–3 Kaliyev (, ) (PP) – 23:162–3 Colangelo (, ) (PP) – 28:333–3 3–4 37:33 – Podkolzin (, Nikolayev) 3–5 41:38 – Gushchin (Likhachyov, ) 3–6 48:54 – Abramov (Likhachyov) 3–7 51:32 – Podkolzin (Mironov) 3–8 59:15 – (Abramov, Gushchin) (PP)
12 min Penalties 16 min 19 Shots 55
Final round [ ]
Seventh place game [ ]
Game reference Goalies () – 5:19 1–0 1–1 07:06 – Kokkonen (Nikkanen , Puistola ) 1–2 12:58 – Nikkanen (Simontaival ) 1–3 13:19 – Puistola (Simontaival, Nikkanen) 1–4 15:50 – Nikkanen (Simontaival, Puistola) 1–5 18:47 – Puistola (Nikkanen, Simontaival) 1–6 29:06 – () 1–7 30:49 – Puistola (Nikkanen, Simontaival) (PP) – 35:54 2–7 2–8 38:04 – ()
18 min Penalties 10 min 22 Shots 45
Fifth place game [ ]
Game reference Goalies 0–1 00:56 – () (PP) (, ) – 1:37 1–1 1–2 21:19 – Čajkovič (Kňažko ) (PP) – 26:26 2–2 2–3 34:06 – (, ) 2–4 37:20 – (Teplý , Barinka) (PP) 2–5 43:11 – Barinka (Raška ) (Kňažko, Mrázik) – 46:42 3–5 3–6 47:27 – Najman () 3–7 48:46 – Barinka (Teplý, Raška) 3–8 51:51 – (Prikryl, Teplý)
12 min Penalties 10 min 28 Shots 58
Semifinals [ ]
Canada's game-tying goal was considered controversial, as video footage suggested that the goal had been scored after time officially expired. However, as the tournament did not officially use video review, referees allowed the goal to stand.[2] [3]
Bronze medal game [ ]
Game reference Yaroslav Askarov Goalies (, ) (PP) – 25:39 1–0 Podkolzin () (PP) – 26:212–0 2–1 43:27 – () (PP) Podkolzin () (PP) – 45:44 3–1 3–2 53:53 Kaliyev (, Miller ) (PP) Podkolzin () – 54:15 4–2 4–3 57:28 Robertson (Farinacci, Kaliyev) (PP) Nikolayev (Podkolzin) – 58:22 5–3 5–4 59:42 – (Miller, )
14 min Penalties 10 min 35 Shots 30
Final [ ]
Final standings [ ]
References [ ]