2013 World Junior A Challenge

2013 World Junior A Challenge
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
DatesNovember 4, 2013 – November 10, 2013
Teams6
Final positions
Champions  United States (5th title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Canada West
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played13
Scoring leader(s)United States Nick Schmaltz (12 pts.)
MVPUnited States Nick Schmaltz
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The 2013 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, from November 4–10, 2013, at the Mariners Centre. The event included the 9th annual Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game Challenge, marking the third time the two events have been paired together.

Teams[edit]

Background[edit]

Canada East, Canada West, Russia, United States, Switzerland, and Czech Republic all return.

Exhibition schedule[edit]

Exhibition Results
Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Notes Date – Time – Location
Ex1 United States 4 Canada West 3 Final - Shots: 33-26 USA 02/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Digby, NS
Ex2 Czech Republic 3 Canada East 2 Final - Shots: 40-30 CANE 02/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Barrington, NS

2013 Tournament[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States 2 2 0 0 0 12 5 +7 4
2  Russia 2 1 0 0 1 9 10 −1 2
3  Canada East 2 0 0 0 2 4 10 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Canada West 2 2 0 0 0 8 4 +4 4
2   Switzerland 2 1 0 0 1 5 4 +1 2
3  Czech Republic 2 0 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results[edit]

Round-robin results
Game Pool Away Team Score Home Team Score Notes Date – Time – Location
1 B Canada West 4 Switzerland 3 Final - Shots: 42-34 CANW 04/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
2 A Canada East 2 Russia 6 Final - Shots: 40-30 RUS 04/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
3 B Czech Republic 1 Canada West 4 Final - Shots: 33-30 CANW 05/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
4 A Russia 3 United States 8 Final - Shots: 41-25 USA 05/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
5 B Switzerland 2 Czech Republic 0 Final - Shots: 42-23 CZE 06/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
6 A United States 4 Canada East 2 Final - Shots: 28-25 USA 06/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS

Championship Round[edit]

Championship Results
Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Notes Date – Time – Location
QF1 Czech Republic 1 Russia 3 Final - Shots: 42-31 CZE 07/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
QF2 Canada East 4 Switzerland 5 OT Final - Shots: 42-29 CANE 07/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
SF1 Russia 5 Canada West 2 Final - Shots: 33-27 RUS 08/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
SF2 Switzerland 4 United States 7 Final - Shots: 37-19 USA 08/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
5th Czech Republic 7 Canada East 5 Final - Shots: 40-32 CZE 09/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Liverpool, NS
Bronze Switzerland 3 Canada West 5 Final - Shots: 38-24 CANW 09/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
Gold Russia 1 United States 4 Final - Shots: 29-17 USA 10/11/13 - 12:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS

Final standings[edit]

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada West
4th   Switzerland
5th  Czech Republic
6th  Canada East

Statistics[edit]

Scorers[edit]

Scoring Leaders
Player Team GP G A P PIM
United States Nick Schmaltz USA 4 4 8 12 0
United States Connor Hurley USA 4 3 7 10 0
Russia Kirill Pilipenko RUS 5 4 4 8 2
Canada Dylan Hoffman CANW 4 4 3 7 0
Russia Vladislav Kamenev RUS 5 1 6 7 26
Canada Marty Quince CANE 4 4 2 6 4
Czech Republic Adam Zboril CZE 4 2 4 6 18
United States Karson Kuhlman USA 4 4 1 5 0
Canada Nicholas Jones CANW 4 3 2 5 2
Russia Daniil Vovchenko RUS 5 3 2 5 9

Goaltenders[edit]

Leading goaltenders
Player Team GP Mins GA SO GAA Sv% Record
Czech Republic Karel Vejmelka CZE 2 120:00 4 0 2.00 0.925 0-2
United States Chris Birdsall USA 1 60:00 2 0 2.00 0.923 1-0
Switzerland Maxim Mauerhofer SUI 3 183:54 11 1 3.59 0.909 2-1
Russia Maxim Tretiak RUS 5 276:23 14 0 3.04 0.906 3-2
Canada Jesse Jenks CANW 4 240:00 12 0 3.00 0.901 3-1

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player: United States Nick Schmaltz

All-Star Team

Forwards: United States Nick Schmaltz, United States Connor Hurley, Russia Kirill Pilipenko
Defense: United States Neal Pionk, Canada Adam Plant
Goalie: Russia Maxim Tretiak

CJHL Prospects Game[edit]

For the third consecutive year, the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game was a part of the WJAC festivities. Just like the previous four Prospects Games, the event was actually two "prospect" games with the President's Cup going to the winning goal aggregate.

Prospects East won their fourth President's Cup in nine years with an 8-4 aggregate victory (4-2, 4-2) over Prospects West.

Results[edit]

Exhibition Results
Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Notes Date – Time – Location
1 Prospects East 4 Prospects West 2 Final - Shots: 42-20 West 08/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Digby, NS
2 Prospects East 4 Prospects West 2 Final - Shots: 38-25 West 09/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS

External links[edit]

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