2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament

The 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament was an under-18 ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic and Piešťany, Slovakia from August 11–15, 2009. The two venues were Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav and Patrícia Ice Arena 37 in Piešťany. Canada captured their fifth championship in six years and fourteenth gold medal of the tournament overall, defeating Russia 9–2 in the gold medal game. Sweden defeated the United States by an identical 9–2 score to earn the bronze medal. The tournament marked the second straight year that Canada, Russia and Sweden medalled in that order.

2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Tournament details
Host countries Czech Republic
 Slovakia
DatesAugust 11–15, 2009
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (14th title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored126 (7.88 per match)

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 Canada 330001859
 Sweden 321001166
 Czech Republic 312003133
  Switzerland 303005130

Group B

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 Russia 330001989
 United States 3210013126
 Slovakia 3120014163
 Finland 303008180

Seventh place game

August 15, 2009 Finland15  SwitzerlandZimny Stadion

Fifth place game

August 15, 2009 Czech Republic43 SlovakiaZimny Stadion

Bronze medal game

August 15, 2009 United States29 SwedenAlcaplast Arena

Gold medal game

August 15, 2009 Russia29 CanadaAlcaplast Arena

Reference:[1]

Final standings

Rk. Team
 Canada
 Russia
 Sweden
4. United States
5. Czech Republic
6. Slovakia
7.  Switzerland
8. Finland

See also

References

  1. "Hockey Canada - GAME SUMMARY". Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
Preceded by
2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
2009
Succeeded by
2010 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
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