2013 World Junior A Challenge

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.

2013 World Junior A Challenge
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesNovember 4, 2013 – November 10, 2013
Teams6
Venue(s)Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Final positions
Champions  United States (5th title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Canada West
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Scoring leader(s) Nick Schmaltz (12 pts.)
MVP Nick Schmaltz
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Teams

Background

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

Exhibition schedule
Exhibition Results
GameAway TeamScoreHome TeamScoreNotesDate – Time – Location
Ex1United States4Canada West3Final - Shots: 33-26 USA02/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Digby, NS
Ex2Czech Republic3Canada East2Final - Shots: 40-30 CANE02/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Barrington, NS

2013 Tournament

Group A
Pool A Standings
RankTeamW-L-OTLGFGA
1 United States 2-0-0 12 5
2 Russia 1-1-0 9 10
3 Canada East 0-2-0 4 10

Group B
Pool B Standings
RankTeamW-L-OTLGFGA
1 Canada West 2-0-0 8 4
2 Switzerland 1-1-0 5 4
3 Czech Republic 0-2-0 1 6

Results
Round Robin Results
GamePoolAway TeamScoreHome TeamScoreNotesDate – Time – Location
1BCanada West4Switzerland3Final - Shots: 42-34 CANW04/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
2ACanada East2Russia6Final - Shots: 40-30 RUS04/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
3BCzech Republic1Canada West4Final - Shots: 33-30 CANW05/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
4ARussia3United States8Final - Shots: 41-25 USA05/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
5BSwitzerland2Czech Republic0Final - Shots: 42-23 CZE06/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
6AUnited States4Canada East2Final - Shots: 28-25 USA06/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS

Championship Round
Championship Results
GameAway TeamScoreHome TeamScoreNotesDate – Time – Location
QF1Czech Republic1Russia3Final - Shots: 42-31 CZE07/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
QF2Canada East4Switzerland5OT Final - Shots: 42-29 CANE07/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
SF1Russia5Canada West2Final - Shots: 33-27 RUS08/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
SF2Switzerland4United States7Final - Shots: 37-19 USA08/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
5thCzech Republic7Canada East5Final - Shots: 40-32 CZE09/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Liverpool, NS
BronzeSwitzerland3Canada West5Final - Shots: 38-24 CANW09/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS
GoldRussia1United States4Final - Shots: 29-17 USA10/11/13 - 12:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS

Final standings
Team
 United States
 Russia
 Canada West
4th  Switzerland
5th Czech Republic
6th Canada East

Statistics

Scorers
Scoring Leaders
PlayerTeamGPGAPPIM
Nick Schmaltz USA 4 4 8 12 0
Connor Hurley USA 4 3 7 10 0
Kirill Pilipenko RUS 5 4 4 8 2
Dylan Hoffman CANW 4 4 3 7 0
Vladislav Kamenev RUS 5 1 6 7 26
Marty Quince CANE 4 4 2 6 4
Adam Zboril CZE 4 2 4 6 18
Karson Kuhlman USA 4 4 1 5 0
Nicholas Jones CANW 4 3 2 5 2
Daniil Vovchenko RUS 5 3 2 5 9

Goaltenders
Goalie Leaders
PlayerTeamGPMinsGASOGAASv%Record
Karel Vejmelka CZE 2 120:00 4 0 2.00 0.925 0-2
Chris Birdsall USA 1 60:00 2 0 2.00 0.923 1-0
Maxim Mauerhofer SUI 3 183:54 11 1 3.59 0.909 2-1
Maxim Tretiak RUS 5 276:23 14 0 3.04 0.906 3-2
Jesse Jenks CANW 4 240:00 12 0 3.00 0.901 3-1

Awards
Most Valuable Player: Nick Schmaltz

All-Star Team

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

CJHL Prospects Game

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
Exhibition Results
GameAway TeamScoreHome TeamScoreNotesDate – Time – Location
1Prospects East4Prospects West2Final - Shots: 42-20 West08/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Digby, NS
2Prospects East4Prospects West2Final - Shots: 38-25 West09/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS

See also
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