The 2010 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an international ice hockey tournament held in Timmins, Iroquois Falls, Cochrane / Kapuskasing, Kirkland Lake, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada between December 28, 2009, and January 4, 2010. The venues used for the tournament included the McIntyre Arena in Timmins, Jus Jordan Arena in Iroquois Falls, Tim Horton Arena in Cochrane, the Kapuskasing Sports Palace in Kapuskasing, Joe Mavrinac Community Complex in Kirkland Lake, and the New Liskeard Arena in New Liskeard. The United States won its third title, defeating Canada Ontario 2-1 in the gold-medal game.
Participating teams
Canada entered five regional teams from across the country. These teams were: Atlantic (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) Quebec Ontario Western (Manitoba and Saskatchewan) Pacific (Alberta and British Columbia)
International teams were:
Challenge results Preliminary round Group A
Results
Group B
Results
Final round
* Decided in overtime.
Semifinals
9th place game
7th place game
5th place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Scoring leaders PlayerCountryGPGA PtsPIMRocco Grimaldi 6 4 10 14 8Alexander Khokhlachev 6 5 8 13 4Mikhail Grigorenko 6 4 6 10 10Anton Zlobin 6 2 8 10 10J. T. Miller 6 5 4 9 28Mika Zibanejad 6 5 4 9 4Ty Rattie Pacific 5 2 7 9 6Joel Armia 5 5 3 8 2Victor Rask 6 1 7 8 2Marek Hrbas 5 4 3 7 0
Goaltender leaders (Minimum 60 Minutes Played) PlayerCountryMinsGASV%GAASOJohn Gibson 180 4 .957 1.33 0Tyson Teichmann Ontario 340 9 .927 1.59 2Andrey Makarov 240 14 .920 3.50 1Zach Rakochy West 140 9 .911 3.86 0Laurent Brossoit Pacific 120 4 .902 2.00 1
Final standings
Team Ontario4 Pacific5 6 Quebec7 Atlantic8 9 10 West
References
Sources http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/60832/ss_id/24850/la_id/1.htm
External links Official website