Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Canada at the; 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	54 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Benjamin Churchill
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 6
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
	2012; 2016; 2020;

Canada competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016. Isabelle Charest was named as the chef de mission.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Brooke Apshkrum	Luge		15 February
Gold	Reece Howden	Freestyle skiing		15 February
Gold	Mary Fay Tyler Tardi Karlee Burgess	Curling	Mixed Team	17 February
Silver		Alpine skiing		18 February
Silver	Alexis Gravel Jett Woo Jared McIsaac Ty Smith Ryan Merkley Benoît-Olivier Groulx Gabriel Fortier	Ice hockey	Boys' tournament	21 February
Bronze	Reid Watts	Luge		14 February

Medalists in mixed NOCs events[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha	Figure skating		20 February

Alpine skiing[]

Canada qualified a full team of two boys and two girls.^[1] The team is listed below.^[2]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
		52.31	24	Disqualified
		1:20.48	17	1:22.85	26	2:43.33	22
	Super-G	N/A				1:12.68	19
		1:13.57	20	Did not finish
		52.98	26	52.92	25	1:45.90	24
		DNF		Did not advance
	Super-G	N/A				1:12.95	21
		DSQ		Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
		54.78	3	50.02	2	1:44.80
		1:19.44	5	1:15.29	1	2:34.73	5
		DNF		Did not advance
	Super-G	N/A				1:13.98	7
		1:00.71	24	53.85	17	1:54.56	19
		1:20.66	13	Did not finish
	Super-G	N/A				1:16.84	19
		1:16.79	13	44.13	6	2:00.92	8

Parallel mixed team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Parallel mixed team	United States (USA) W 2⁺ – 2	Norway (NOR) W 2⁺ – 2	Russia (RUS) L 2 – 2⁺	Finland (FIN) L 1 – 3	4

Biathlon[]

Canada qualified a full team of four athletes (two boys and two girls). The team was officially named on December 23, 2015.^[3]

Boys

Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sprint	20:37.0	1	17
Pursuit	30:59.8	2	10
Sprint	21:00.1	2	22
Pursuit	32:51.4	5	25

Girls

Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sprint	21:05.7	2	35
Pursuit	30:56.5	5	35
Sprint	20:51.3	0	30
Pursuit	34:58.2	6	45

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
	Single mixed relay	44:58.4	2+10	13
	Mixed relay	1:29:40.2	4+14	16

Bobsleigh[]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
		58.29	11	58.51	11	1:56.80	12
		1:00.12	13	59.88	13	2:00.00	13
		59.60	10	59.46	8	1:59.06	9
		1:00.56	14	1:00.22	14	2:00.78	14

Cross country skiing[]

Canada qualified a full team of one boy and one girl.^[4] The team was officially named on December 17, 2015.^[5]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	10 km freestyle	N/A						26:18.6	28
	Classical sprint	3:15.19	33	Did not advance
		3:19.14	29 Q	N/A		3:22.35	9	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	5 km freestyle	N/A						14:09.8	16
	Classical sprint	3:53.42	33	Did not advance
		3:53.88	25 Q	N/A		3:54.86	9	Did not advance

Curling[]

Canada qualified a mixed team of four athletes. The team was officially named on April 14, 2015.^[6]

Mixed team[]

Team: Mary Fay (skip), Tyler Tardi, Karlee Burgess,

Round Robin

Group B	Skip	W	L
Canada	Mary Fay	7	0
Great Britain	Ross Whyte	6	1
Sweden		5	2
Norway		4	3
South Korea		3	4
Czech Republic		2	5
Estonia		1	6
Brazil		0	7

Draw 1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Peips)	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
Canada (Fay)	5	0	2	0	4	2	X	X	13

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4
Great Britain (Whyte)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2

Draw 3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Mareš)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Canada (Fay)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	5

Draw 4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Nygren)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Canada (Fay)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	5

Draw 5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Canada (Fay)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4

Draw 6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	0	1	2	0	0	3	X	X	6
South Korea (Hong)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Draw 7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	5	4	1	1	0	2	X	X	13
Brazil (Santos)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	0	5	0	1	1	3	X	X	10
Turkey (Karakurt)	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	7
Switzerland (Witschonke)	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	5

Gold Medal Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fay)	5	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	10
United States (Violette)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Final rank:

Mixed doubles[]

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mary Fay (CAN) (BRA)	Mixed doubles	Han (CHN) Whyte (GBR) L 5 – 9	Did not advance
(JPN) Tyler Tardi (CAN)		(GBR) (CZE) W 12 – 1	(EST) (RUS) W 6 – 2	(NOR) (KOR) W 7 – 5	Han (CHN) Whyte (GBR) L 3 – 6	(CHN) Haarstad (NOR) L 1 – 10	4
Karlee Burgess (CAN) (EST)		Constantini (ITA) (GBR) L 1 – 9	Did not advance
(NZL) (CAN)		Smith (GBR) (KOR) W 8 – 2	(TUR) (CHN) W 9 – 2	(JPN) (SUI) L 1 – 11	Did not advance

Figure skating[]

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roman Sadovsky		72.61	2	133.08	4	205.69	4

Couples

Athletes	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
Athletes	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Justine Brasseur Mathieu Ostiguy		48.51	4	92.08	5	140.59	4
Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha		51.06	4	74.81	4	125.87	4

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Free skate/Free dance
	Ice dance	Pairs	Girls	Boys	Total
	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Team Discovery Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha (CAN) Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen (CHN) Fruzsina Medgyesi (HUN) Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT)	73.78 6	74.45 3	71.26 1	149.09 8	18

Freestyle skiing[]

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
	Boys' halfpipe	59.40	17.60	24.20	59.40	7
	Girls' halfpipe	62.20	60.00	53.40	62.20	5

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Reece Howden		43.35	3 Q	20	1 Q	1 FA
	Girls' ski cross	45.93	3 Q	17	3 Q	3 FB	6

Hockey[]

Canada qualified a boys' team of 17 athletes. The team was named on January 14, 2016.^[7] Forward Carson Focht will also represent the country in the boys' skill challenge tournament as well.^[7]

Boys' tournament
Roster

Alexis Gravel (G)
(G)
Jett Woo (D)
Jared McIsaac (D)
Ty Smith (D)
Ryan Merkley (D)
(D)
(D)
Benoît-Olivier Groulx (FW)
(FW)
Gabriel Fortier (FW)
(FW)
(FW)
(FW)
(FW)
(FW)
(FW)

Legend

G = Goalie, FW = Forward, D = Defenceman

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	18	7	+11	9	Advance to semifinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	18	7	+11	9
3	Russia	4	2	1	0	1	21	9	+12	8
4	Finland	4	1	0	1	2	14	11	+3	4
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	1	38	−37	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2016. Source: IIHF.com

13 February 2016
17:00

Canada

3–4
(0–2, 1–0, 2–2)

Russia

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 1,755

Game reference

Goalies

Amir Miftakhov

Referee:

Lars Johan Gossas
Linesmen:

Niclas Lundsgaard

Thomas Nordberg Pettersen

	0–1	02:04 – (Svechnikov, ) (PP)
	0-2	05:20 – Svechnikov (, Kotkov)
Smith () (PP) – 27:37	1–2
	1–3	30:37 – Kotkov (Svechnikov, Khovanov)
	1–4	34:39 – Khovanov
– 44:12	2–4
(EA) – 44:55	3–4

3 min

Penalties

4.5 min

40

Shots

21

15 February 2016
17:00

Canada

5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 950

Game reference

Alexis Gravel

Goalies

Justus Annunen

Referee:

Daniel Prazak
Linesmen:

Danny Beresford

Thomas Nordberg Pettersen

() (PP) – 01:46	1–0
(, ) – 02:20	2–0
	2–1	12:03 – Utunen (Kotkaniemi) (PP2)
Burzan – 16:03	3–1
Groulx (SH) – 30:50	4–1
T. Smith (PP) – 38:52	5–1

20.5 min

Penalties

9 min

28

Shots

25

16 February 2016
14:00

United States

2–4
(2–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 1,745

Game reference

Goalies

Alexis Gravel

Referee:

Lars Johan Gossas
Linesmen:

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

Tobias Nordlander

	0–1	02:45 – (McIsaac)
(, ) (PP) – 09:40	1–1
Wise (, DeBoer) – 14:36	2–1
	2–2	21:52 – Fortier (, McShane)
	2–3	26:42 – Roberts (, )
	2–4	38:09 – ()

6 min

Penalties

6 min

23

Shots

20

18 February 2016
17:00

Norway

0–6
(0–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 2,250

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Marc Iwert
Linesmen:

Danny Beresford

Clement Goncalves

	0–1	06:02 – (, McIsaac (PP))
	0–2	18:32 – (, Smith)
	0–3	25:19 – Burzan ()
	0–4	25:57 – McIsaac (Fortier) (SH)
	0–5	30:29 – (Smith, )
	0–6	44:43 – (Chisholm, McIsaac) (PP)

9 min

Penalties

4.5 min

2

Shots

37

Semifinals

19 February 2016
17:00

Canada

4–3 GWS
(0–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 1,472

Game reference

Alexis Gravel

Goalies

Referee:

Daniel Prazak
Linesmen:

Clement Goncalves

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

	0–1	14:53 Utunen (Kotkaniemi, Nordgren) (PP2)
	0–2	15:30 – (Nordgren, Utunen) (PP2)
(Groulx, Merkley) (SH) – 18:59	1–2
(Merkley, ) – 21:22	2–2
	2–3	39:10 – Kotkaniemi (, Nordgren)
Groulx (Merkley, Focht) (PP) – 41:32	3–3

Groulx

MacDonald

Merkley

Shootout

Nordgren

23.5 min

Penalties

7.5 min

21

Shots

29

Gold medal game

21 February 2016
15:00

Canada

2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

United States

Kristins Hall
Attendance: 2,428

Game reference

Alexis Gravel

Goalies

Referee:

Alex DiPietro
Linesmen:

Niclas Lundgaard

Tobias Nordlander

	0–1	08:00 – (, DeBoer)
	0–2	17:56 – DeBoer (, ) (PP)
Merkley () (PP) – 24:32	1–2
	1–3	26:25 – (, Gruden)
(, Smith) – 41:11	2–3
	2–4	44:04 – (EN)
	2–5	44:41 – (Pivonka) (PP, EN)

7.5 min

Penalties

4.5 min

25

Shots

23

Final rank:

Skills challenge

Athlete(s)	Event	Qualification		Grand final
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Boys' individual skills	9	10	Did not advance

Luge[]

Individual sleds

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reid Watts		48.086	5	47.908	2	1:35.994
Brooke Apshkrum		53.165	2	52.861	1	1:46.026
	Doubles	53.046	5	52.909	5	1:45.955	5

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Girls		Boys		Doubles		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brooke Apshkrum Reid Watts	Team relay	57.147	3	57.802	5	58.600	4	2:53.549	4

Skeleton[]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Boys	55.81	17	56.26	18	1:52.07	17
	Girls	58.03	19	57.85	18	1:55.88	18

Snowboarding[]

Canada qualified a team of one boy and three girls.^[8]

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
		63.25	65.75	68.00	68.00	6
		13.50	33.25	27.25	33.25	14

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
		48.09	4 Q	18	3 Q	2 FA	4
		55.12	13 Q	5	15	Did not advance

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
		72.50	75.50	75.50	6

Snowboard and ski cross relay

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Position	Position	Position
(ESP) (CAN) (CAN) Reece Howden (CAN)		1 Q	1 FA	4

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

References[]

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[hockey-7] "17 players named to Canada's Winter Youth Olympic Games roster". Hockey Canada. Hockey Canada. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

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Medalists[]

Medalists in mixed NOCs events[]

Alpine skiing[]

Biathlon[]

Bobsleigh[]

Cross country skiing[]

Curling[]

Mixed team[]

Mixed doubles[]

Figure skating[]

Freestyle skiing[]

Hockey[]

Luge[]

Skeleton[]

Snowboarding[]

See also[]

References[]