2011 World Junior A Challenge

The 2011 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Langley, British Columbia, from November 7–13, 2011, at the Langley Events Centre. The event included the 7th annual Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game Challenge, marking the first time the two events had been paired together.

2011 World Junior A Challenge
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesNovember 7, 2011 – November 13, 2011
Teams6
Venue(s)Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia
Final positions
Champions  Canada West (3rd title)
Runner-up  Canada East
Third place  United States
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Scoring leader(s) Sean Kuraly (6 pts.)
MVP Devin Shore
2010
2012

Teams

Background

Canada East, Canada West, Russia, Sweden and the United States returned, while the Czech Republic replaces Switzerland. Canada East comprised Canadian players from the Northern Ontario, Ontario, Central Canada, Quebec, and Maritime Junior A Leagues, while Canada West comprised Canadian players from the British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Superior International Junior A Leagues. The United States, with players from the United States Hockey League, aimed for a record fourth-straight WJAC victory.

Exhibition schedule

Exhibition Results
GameAway TeamScoreHome TeamScoreNotesDate – Time – Location
Ex1 Canada West 1 Canada East 3 Final - Shots: 23-21 CANE November 3, 2011 - 19:00 PST - Langley, BC
Ex2 Sweden 8 Czech Republic 2 Final - Shots: 34-24 SWE November 5, 2011 - 14:00 PST - Langley, BC
Ex3 Canada East 1 United States 4 Final - Shots: 33-30 CANE November 5, 2011 - 15:30 PST - North Delta, BC
Ex4 Canada West 1 Russia 2 Final - Shots: 53-21 CANW November 5, 2011 - 19:00 PST - Chilliwack, BC

2011 Tournament

Group A

Pool A Standings
RankTeamW-L-OTLGFGA
1 Sweden 2-0-0 3 0
2 United States 1-1-0 6 2
3 Canada West 0-2-0 1 8

Group B

Pool B Standings
RankTeamW-L-OTLGFGA
1 Canada East 1-0-1 7 3
2 Czech Republic 1-1-0 4 8
3 Russia 1-1-0 6 6

Results

Round Robin Results
GamePoolAway TeamScoreHome TeamScoreNotesDate – Time – Location
1BCanada East5Czech Republic0Final - Shots: 32-16 CANENovember 7, 2011 - 16:00 PST - Langley, BC
2AUnited States0Sweden1Final - Shots: 44-24 USANovember 7, 2011 - 19:30 PST - Langley, BC
3BCzech Republic4Russia3Final - Shots: 43-31 RUSNovember 8, 2011 - 16:00 PST - Langley, BC
4ASweden2Canada West0Final - Shots: 38-29 CANWNovember 8, 2011 - 19:30 PST - Langley, BC
5BRussia3Canada East2SO Final - Shots: 49-30 CANENovember 9, 2011 - 16:00 PST - Langley, BC
6ACanada West1United States6Final - Shots: 34-30 USANovember 9, 2011 - 19:30 PST - Langley, BC

Championship Round

Championship Results
GameAway TeamScoreHome TeamScoreNotesDate – Time – Location
QFRussia3United States6Final - Shots: 56-29 USANovember 10, 2011 - 16:00 PST - Langley, BC
QFCanada West4Czech Republic1Final - Shots: 35-21 CANWNovember 10, 2011 - 19:30 PST - Langley, BC
SFUnited States2Canada East4Final - Shots: 28-23 CANENovember 11, 2011 - 16:00 PST - Langley, BC
SFCanada West2Sweden1OT Final - Shots: 29-24 SWENovember 11, 2011 - 19:30 PST - Langley, BC
5thRussia3Czech Republic2Final - Shots: 34-32 CZENovember 12, 2011 - 12:00 PST - Langley, BC
3rdUnited States4Sweden0Final - Shots: 33-23 USANovember 12, 2011 - 19:30 PST - Langley, BC
1stCanada West4Canada East2Final - Shots: 28-24 CANWNovember 13, 2011 - 17:00 PST - Langley, BC

Final standings

Team
Canada West
Canada East
 United States
4th Sweden
5th Russia
6th Czech Republic

Statistics

Scorers

Scoring Leaders
PlayerTeamGPGAPPIM
Sean Kuraly United States 5 3 3 6 8
Devin Shore Canada East 4 2 4 6 0
Mario Lucia United States 5 4 1 5 0
Radim Matuš Czech Republic 4 2 2 4 0
Tyler Spink Canada East 4 1 3 4 0
Vince Hinostroza United States 5 1 3 4 4
Randy Gazzola Canada East 4 3 0 3 0
Aaron Hadley Canada West 5 3 0 3 2
Bogdan Yakimov Russia 4 2 1 3 0
Alexander Kerfoot Canada West 5 2 1 3 2

Goaltenders

Goalie Leaders
PlayerTeamGPMinsGASOGAASv%Record
Zane Gothberg United States 2 119:55 1 1 0.50 0.979 1-1-0
Oscar Dansk Sweden 2 122:09 2 1 0.98 0.971 1-0-1
Mathias Israelsson Sweden 2 120:00 4 1 2.00 0.943 1-1-0
Sean Maguire Canada West 4 242:09 6 0 1.49 0.942 3-1-0
Andrei Vasilevski Russia 3 164:14 9 0 3.29 0.926 1-2-0

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Devin Shore (Canada East)

All-Star Team

Forwards: Alexander Kerfoot (Canada West), Mario Lucia (United States), Devin Shore (Canada East)
Defense: Ludvig Byström (Sweden), Kevin Lough (Canada East)
Goalie: Sean Maguire (Canada West)

Rosters

Canada East

Players: Jason Pucciarelli, Adrian Ignagni, MacKenzie Weegar, Paul Geiger, Aidan Wright, Phil Hampton, Ben Hutton, Kevin Lough, Randy Gazzola, Daniel Milne, Kyle Dutra, David Friedmann, Tylor Spink, Patrick Megannety, Tyson Spink, Braedan Russell, Justin Danforth, Michael Neville, Drake Caggiula, Devin Shore, Jeff DiNallo, Daniel Leavens

Staff: Curtis Hodgins, Jason Nobili, Greg Walters, Pierre Menard, Robb Crawford, Amanda Gilroy, Derek Blais

Canada West

Players: Tyler Briggs, Sean Maguire, Troy Stecher, Luke Juha, Sam Jardine, Brett Corkey, Reece Willcox, Rhett Holland, Colton Parayko, Carson Cooper, Connor Hoekstra, Alexander Kerfoot, Aaron Hadley, Brandon Morley, Riley Kieser, Peter Quenneville, Wesley Myron, Michael Stenerson, Evan Richardson, Curtis Loik, Jujhar Khaira, Travis St. Denis

Staff: Kent Lewis, Andrew Milne, Dean Brockman, Jeff Battah, Jeff Woods, Erin Berkowski, Shawn Bullock

Russia

Players: Igor Ustinski, Ivan Nalimov, Andrei Vasilevski, Andrei Ermakov, Stanislav Garyeyev, Ilya Lyubushkin, Valeri Vasiliev, Egor Malenkikh, Damir Galin, Nikita Lisov, Damir Musin, Arseni Erokhin, Arseni Khatsei, Bogdan Yakimov, Alexei Filippov, Ivan Petrakov, Anatoli Ryabov, Alexei Kudreman, Ilya Yamkin, Leonid Avtomov, Vyacheslav Osnovin, Damir Zhafyarov, Daniil Yunyshev, Alexander Timirev, Alexander Barabanov, Valentin Zykov, Valeri Nichushkin

Staff: Andrei Parfenov, Igor Semenov, Ruslan Suleymanov, Sergey Fedotov, Oleg Norchenko

Sweden

Players: Oscar Dansk, Mathias Israelsson, Robert Hägg, Ludvig Byström, Calle Andersson, Linus Arnesson, Jesper Pettersson, Tommy Stenqvist, Hampus Lindholm, Frederic Anderberg, Jesper Fröden, Tobias Törnkvist, Mattias Kalin, Ludvig Nilsson, Anton Brehmer, Victor Gustavsson, Jacob de la Rose, Gustav Possler, Filip Sandberg, Elias Lindholm, Erik Karlsson, Alexander Wennberg

Staff: Rikard Gronborg, Anders Johansson, Nizze Landén, Adam Andersson, Mikael Persson, Frederik Carls, Jan Johansson

Czech Republic

Players: Patrik Polívka, Marek Langhamer, Vojtěch Zadražil, Lukáš Buchta, Jan Košťálek, Ronald Knot, Adam Hawlik, Karel Plašil, Štěpán Jeník, Pavel Sedláček, Martin Matejček, Ondřej Slováček, Petr Koblasa, Michal Švihálek, Matěj Zadražil, Martin Procházka, Euvstathio Soumelidis, Dominik Simon, Vojtěch Tomeček, Jan Hudeček, Tomáš Rousek, Tomáš Franek

Staff: Jakub Petr, Jiří Veber, Klas Ostman, Marek Novotný, Jaroslav Brabec, Daniel Waciakowski

United States

Players: Ryan McKay, Zane Gothberg, Chris Bradley, Brian Cooper, Ian McCoshen, Ethan Prow, Mike Reilly, Jordan Schmaltz, Andy Welinski, Riley Bourbonnais, Alex Broadhurst, Tony Cameranesi, Austin Cangelosi, Sam Herr, Vince Hinostroza, Kevin Irwin, Sean Kuraly, Mario Lucia, A. J. Michaelson, Brett Patterson, Ray Pigozzi, Austyn Young

Staff: Regg Simon, Shane Fukushima, Bliss Littler, Darrin Flinchem, Todd Klein, Dr. Alan Ashare, Marc Boxer

CJHL Prospects Game

For the first time in its history, the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game was a part of the WJAC festivities. Just like the previous two Prospects Games, the event is actually two "prospect" games with the President's Cup going to the winning goal aggregate.

Game One

West Prospects' Adam Tambellini scored a rebound goal in overtime on East's Brock Crossthwaite to give the West the come-from-behind victory. Despite being outshot 44-30 by the East, the West goes into Game Two with a one-goal lead in the goal-aggregate two-game series.

Game Two

Again, the West Prospects come back from a deficit (3–2 midway through the game) with a tying goal from Sean McGovern late in the second, Justin Lund scored the winning goal only 28 seconds into the third, and Chase McMurphy scored the insurance marker only 61 seconds later to clinch game two of the Prospects Games. The 5–3 victory gave the West a 9–6 aggregate victory over the East for the series and their fourth Presidents Cup in 7 years.

Results

Exhibition Results
GameAway TeamScoreHome TeamScoreNotesDate – Time – Location
1 East Prospects 3 West Prospects 4 OT Final - Shots: 44-30 East November 12, 2011 – 16:00 PST – Langley, BC
2 East Prospects 3 West Prospects 5 Final - Shots: 31-28 West November 13, 2011 – 12:00 PST – Langley, BC

East Prospects

Players: Simon Lemieux, Brock Crossthwaite, Zachary Borsoi, James De Haas, Chad Duchesne, Fraser Turner, Patrick Piacentini, Mitch Eden, Patrick McCarron, Deric Boudreau, Stephen Anderson, Dalen Hedges, Jordan Delaurier, Joe Sullivan, Chris King, Ben Dalpe, Ross Johnston, Dany Boyer, Cooper Richards, Matt Buckles

Staff: Sheldon Keefe, Dave Campbell

West Prospects

Players: Dawson MacAuley, Matt Tomkins, David Iacono, Devon Toews, Tyler Mueller, Tanner Jago, Braxton Bilous, Brendan Dusik, T. J. Reeve, Adam Tambellini, Ryan Berlin, Austin Plevy, Corey Petrash, Jared Iron, Sean McGovern, Wade Murphy, Morgan Zulinick, Justin Lund, Chase McMurphy, Jordan Larson

Staff: Jason McKee, Gord Cochrane

See also

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