2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

The 2008 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in London, Lucan, St. Thomas, Stratford, Strathroy, and Woodstock, Ontario, Canada between December 29, 2007 and January 4, 2008. The venues used for the tournament included the John Labatt Centre and Western Fair Sports Centre in London, the Lucan Community Memorial Centre in Lucan, the Gemini Sportsplex in Strathroy, the Timken Community Complex in St. Thomas, the Rotary Complex in Stratford, and the Southwood Community Complex in Woodstock.[1] Team Canada Ontario defeated the United States 3–0 to win the gold medal, while team Canada West defeated team Canada Pacific 9–6 to win the bronze medal.

Contents

Challenge results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 Canada Ontario 4 4 0 0 0 23 9 12
 Canada Pacific 4 2 1 0 1 17 14 7
 Finland 4 2 2 0 0 22 22 6
 Canada Quebec 4 1 2 1 0 16 16 6
 Slovakia 4 0 4 0 0 10 27 0
Results
December 29, 2007  Finland 8–5
 Canada Quebec Lucan Memorial Centre, Lucan
December 29, 2007  Canada Ontario 4–2
 Canada Pacific John Labatt Centre, London
December 30, 2007  Slovakia 2–6
 Canada Pacific Gemini Sportsplex, Strathroy
December 30, 2007  Canada Ontario 8–1
 Finland John Labatt Centre, London
December 31, 2007  Canada Ontario 4–2
 Canada Quebec John Labatt Centre, London
December 31, 2007  Finland 9–3
 Slovakia Southwood Community Complex , Woodstock
January 1, 2008  Canada Pacific 6–4
 Finland Rotary Complex, Stratford
January 1, 2008  Canada Quebec 5–1
 Slovakia John Labatt Centre, London
January 2, 2008  Slovakia 4–7
 Canada Ontario John Labatt Centre, London
January 2, 2008  Canada Pacific 3–4 (OT)
 Canada Quebec Timken Community Complex, St. Thomas

Group B

Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA PTS
 United States 4 3 1 0 0 23 10 9
 Canada West 4 3 1 0 0 18 14 9
 Russia 4 2 2 0 0 16 13 6
 Canada Atlantic 4 1 3 0 0 8 21 3
 Germany 4 1 3 0 0 10 17 3
Results
December 29, 2007  Canada Atlantic 0–8
 United States John Labatt Centre, London
December 29, 2007  Germany 2–3
 Canada West Lucan Memorial Centre, Lucan
December 30, 2007  Canada West 7–4
 Canada Atlantic John Labatt Centre, London
December 30, 2007  Russia 2–6
 United States Gemini Sportsplex, Strathroy
December 31, 2007  Germany 2–9
 Russia Western Fair Sports Centre, London
December 31, 2007  Canada West 4–7
 United States Southwood Community Complex , Woodstock
January 1, 2008  United States 2–4
 Germany John Labatt Centre, London
January 1, 2008  Canada Atlantic 2–5
 Russia Rotary Complex, Stratford
January 2, 2008  Russia 1–4
 Canada West John Labatt Centre, London
January 2, 2008  Germany 2–3
 Canada Atlantic Timken Community Complex, St. Thomas

Final round

  Semifinals Final
                 
A1   Canada Ontario 4  
B2   Canada West 3  
    SF1   Canada Ontario 3
  SF2   United States 0
B1   United States 3
A2   Canada Pacific 2  

Semifinals

January 3, 2008  Canada Ontario 4–3
 Canada West John Labatt Centre, London
January 3, 2008  United States 3–2
 Canada Pacific John Labatt Centre, London

9th place game

January 3, 2008  Germany 5–1
 Slovakia Lucan Memorial Centre, Lucan

7th place game

January 3, 2008  Canada Quebec 3–1
 Canada Atlantic Gemini Sportsplex, Strathroy

5th place game

January 3, 2008  Russia 5–4
 Finland Timken Community Complex, St. Thomas

Bronze medal game

January 4, 2008  Canada West 9–6
 Canada Pacific John Labatt Centre, London

Gold medal game

January 4, 2008  Canada Ontario 3–0
 United States John Labatt Centre, London

Final standings

Team
 Canada Ontario
 United States
 Canada West
4  Canada Pacific
5  Russia
6  Finland
7  Canada Quebec
8  Canada Atlantic
9  Germany
10  Slovakia

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts PIM
Brayden Schenn  Canada West 6 6 7 13 4
Jimmy Bubnick  Canada West 6 6 6 12 4
Toni Rajala  Finland 5 6 5 11 6
Kirill Kabanov  Russia 5 2 9 11 28
Matthew Duchene  Canada Ontario 6 4 6 10 8
Scott Glennie  Canada West 6 4 6 10 2
Erik Haula  Finland 5 2 8 10 18
Casey Cizikas  Canada Ontario 6 4 5 9 0
Dmitry Orlov  Russia 5 2 7 9 6
Ryan Ellis  Canada Ontario 6 1 8 9 8

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
Bryce O'Hagen  Canada Ontario 60 0 1.000 0.00 1
Brandon Maxwell  United States 300 11 .914 2.20 1
Michael Zador  Canada Ontario 300 12 .895 2.40 0
Maxime Clermont  Canada Quebec 241 13 .906 3.24 0
Philipp Grubauer  Germany 275 16 .909 3.49 0

Tournament awards

All-Star team

See also

References

External links

Preceded by
2006 U-17 Challenge
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
2008
Succeeded by
2009 U-17 Challenge