2009 World Junior A Challenge
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The 2009 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey
tournament hosted by Hockey Canada
. The 2009 World Junior A Challenge
was hosted by the Canadian
City of Summerside, Prince Edward Island
from November 1 to November 8, 2009 at the Consolidated Credit Union Place
.
, Belarus
, and United States
. Replacing Germany
at this event will be Sweden
attending for the first time in the tournament's four year history.
in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on October 29, 2009. After a scoreless first period, Belarus jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second. Canada West scored twice in the third, including the tying goal with one second of play remaining to force overtime. Overtime was scoreless, which led to a shootout. Kellen Jones of Canada West scored the only goal of the shootout to get the 1-0 shootout win on three penalty shots each. The same night, at the Colchester Legion Stadium
in Truro, Nova Scotia
, the Maritime Junior A Hockey League
All-Stars challenged Canada East. The Maritimers led 3-1 after the first period and 5-4 after the second. In the third, Canada East scored the lone goal to force overtime. OT solved nothing and led to a lengthy shootout. The MJAHL's Nick Huard made it 1-0 on the first shot, Canada East's Andrew Calof made it 1-1 on the next shot. The MJAHL's Darcy Ashley made it 2-1 on the third shot and Canada East's Brock Higgs scored to knot it at 2 on the sixth shot. After the first six shooters, the shootout became sudden death. All of the next eight penalty shots were stopped before the MJAHL's Stuart Lenehan made it 3-2 on the 15th shot of the shootout. Jeff Vanderlugt of Canada East tied it at 3 on the next shot. On the 17th shot of the shootout, the MJAHL's Matt Milson made it 4-3 and on the 18th Canada East's Kyle Just could not beat the MJAHL's Kirk Rafuse, ending the game as a 6-5 shootout victory for the MJAHL All-Stars. The irony of this MJAHL victory is that the Canada East squad represents the MJAHL at the WJAC, and that the Canada East active roster has no MJAHL players on it.
On the second and final day of exhibition games, October 30, 2009, The MJAHL All-Stars concluded their involvement in the 2009 WJAC with a 5-4 victory over Belarus at the Amherst Stadium
in Amherst, Nova Scotia
. Despite being outshot, the Maritimers led 2-0 and 5-2 at different parts of the game and survived the late rally by Belarus. At the O'Leary Community Sports Centre in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
, Canada East routed Russia 9-1. The Canadians jumped to an early 4-0 lead and finished the first leading 4-1. After the second it was 7-1. Canada East fumbled the Russian net with shots, leading in the category 44-28. The final game of the night was between the United States and Canada West at the Montague and Area Wellness Centre in Montague, Prince Edward Island
, a rematch of the 2008 World Junior A Challenge
final. Despite being tied 2-2 at the end of the first, the defending champs from the United States scored three unanswered goals to finish off the game 5-2. Canada West outshot them 30-27.
On the second day of the round robin, Russia played Sweden. This was Sweden's first ever WJAC game. Despite being badly out-shot by the Swedes, the Russians put on another defensive clinic and won the game 3-2 in a shootout to clinch Pool A's top spot. In the second game of the day, Canada East and Belarus squared off in a real barn burner. Combining for 12 goals, the Canadians won 7-5 to clinch the top spot of Pool B for the playoff round.
To start the final day of the round robin, Canada West took on Sweden. Despite badly out-shooting the Canadians, the Swedes could not keep the puck out of their own net resulting in a 6-3 loss. Canada West finishes second in Pool A, while Sweden finishes third in Pool A. In the final game of the round robin, the United States bombed the Belorussians 6-1 to take the second seed in Pool B, the third seed in Pool B automatically went to Belarus with the loss.
, while Canada East and Russia played for Bronze.
The next day, Sweden and Belarus fought for fifth place in the tournament. Kachan and Remezov had given Belarus a 2-0 lead by the end of the second. Dyk and Almquist scored to tie it up early in the third. Remezov scored again for Belarus and soon after Johansson scored to tie it for Sweden. Late in the game Drozd scored for Belarus to give them a 4-3 edge, then Mallauka capped it off with an empty-net goal to finish off the Swedes.
Russia finishes higher than fourth.
The Gold Medal Game was a tight affair. Canada West and the United States were tied 0-0 after the first and 1-1 after the second. Early in the third, the Americans made it 2-1 and held on for the victory. Canada West's Sean Bonar was selected as the tournament MVP.
All-Star Team
Players: Stanislau Artynski, Siarhei Bahaleisha, Aliaksandr Baradulia, Valeri Bojarskih, Kiryl Brykun, Siarhei Drozd, Dzianis Hrybko, Allaksandr Kachan, Siahei Karolik, Mikhail Kharamanda, Viacheslau Makritski, Siarhei Maliauka, Raman Malinouski, Evgeniy Nagachev, Viachaslau Raitsou, Nikita Remezov, Aliaksei Sardovik, Siarhei Sheleh, Ilya Silik, Aliaksandr Siomachkin, Dzmitry Volkau, Kanstantin Zholudzeu.
Staff: Dzmitry Sapun, Pavel Halavatski, Nokolai Averin, Allaksandr Yakimets.
Players: Nick Avgerinos, Simon Bessette, Andrew Calof
, Colin Campbell, Greg Carey, Scott Dawson, Matt Ginn, Sacha Guimond, Alex Guptill, Brock Higgs, Sean Hoyt, Kyle Just, Jacob Laliberte, Lucas Lessio, Jonathon Milley, Jordan Mustard, David Pratt, Ben Reinhardt, David Roy, Jordan Ruby, Jeff Vanderlugt, Tyler Wilson
.
Staff: Todd Gill
, James Richmond, Patrice Bosch, Troy Ryan, Marty Abrams, Lawrence McKinnon, Carter Walsh, Ralph Manning, Jack Ferguson.
Players: Mathew Bodie, Sean Bonar, Clarke Breitkreuz, Kyle Breukelman, Daniel Carr, John Dunbar, Lee Christensen, Madison Dias, Grayson Downing, Tanner Fritz, Curtis Gedig, Kirby Halcrow, Connor Jones, Kellen Jones, Cody Kunyk, Joey Laleggia, Ryan Marshall, Wes McLeod, Brendan O'Donnell, Dustin Pearson, Cam Reid, Peter Stoykewych.
Staff: Rylan Ferster, Barry Butler, Larry Wintoneak, Jomar Cruz, Leonard Strandberg, Harley Palmer, Bill Marr.
Players: Artur Amirov
, Viktor Antipin
, Daniil Apalkov, Zakhar Arzamastsev
, Sergey Barbashev, Kirill Brashkin, Emil Galimov, Ivan Gavrilenko, Efim Gurkin, Nikita Gusev
, Ildar Isangulov, Vladislav Kartaev, Sergey Kostenko, Ivan Krasnov, Jan Krasovskiy, Pavel Kulikov, Alexander Kuznetsov, Nikita Lukin, Roman Lyubimov, Alexey Marchenko, Vladislav Namestnikov
, Pavel Suchkov, Maxim Tomkin, Nail Yakupov
, Ignat Zemchenko, Seman Zherebtsov, Vitaly Zotov, Gleb Zyryanov.
Staff: Mikhail Vasiliev
, Viktor Krutov, Vladimir Koluzganov, Vladimir Myshkin
, Boris Dlugach, Alexander Berdinskikh, Sergey Fedotov, Boris Sapronenkov, Alexey Zharov, Sergey Boroday.
Players: Johan Alm
, Adam Almquist, Nils Andersson
, Victor Berglind
, Mattias Bäckman
, Sebastian Dyk
, Jesper Fasth
, Mattias Franzén, Petter Granberg
, Jonas Gunnarsson, Jonathan Johansson
, Karl Johansson, Calle Järnkrok
, Johan Larsson, Patrik Nemeth
, Joakim Nordström
, Sebastian Ottosson
, Adam Pettersson
, Ludvig Rensfeldt
, Johan Sundström
, Fredric Weigel
, Oskar Östlund.
Staff: Stephan Lundh
, Björn Liljander, Jonas Fransson, Krister Holm, Jan Johansson, Fredrik Carls, Lars Nygren.
Players: Kevin Albers, Beau Bennett
, Mac Bennett, Shane Berschbach, Connor Brickley, Jeff Costello, Chris Crane, Derek DeBlois, Nic Dowd, David Gerths, Kevin Gravel, Nick Jensen, Matt Leitner, Kevin Lind, Eric Mihalik, Nick Mattson, Eamonn McDermott, John Parker, Mike Parks, Nick Sorkin, Colten St. Clair, Willie Yanakeff.
Staff: Mark Carlson, Jeff Blashill
, Adam Jones, Darrin Flinchem.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
tournament hosted by Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada, formally known as the Canadian Hockey Association, is the national governing body of ice hockey in Canada and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Hockey Canada controls a vast majority of ice hockey in Canada, with a few exceptions...
. The 2009 World Junior A Challenge
World Junior A Challenge
The World Junior A Challenge is an annual under-20 international ice hockey tournament sponsored by Hockey Canada, the Canadian Junior Hockey League , and the International Ice Hockey Federation . The tournament showcases Junior A level players and is modeled after the IIHF World U20...
was hosted by the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
City of Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Summerside is a Canadian city in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is the second largest city in the province and the principal municipality for the western part of the island.- History :...
from November 1 to November 8, 2009 at the Consolidated Credit Union Place
Consolidated Credit Union Place
Consolidated Credit Union Place is a multi purpose facility that opened in two stages in April 2006 in the City of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It contains an aquatics centre, meeting and convention rooms and fitness centre and in 2 NHL size ice surface arenas, bowling lanes and...
.
Teams
The two host Canadian teams will return, along with RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, and United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Replacing Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
at this event will be Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
attending for the first time in the tournament's four year history.
Exhibition
The first game of exhibition for the 2009 tournament was between Canada West and Belarus at the Charlottetown Civic CentreCharlottetown Civic Centre
The Charlottetown Civic Centre is a combined hockey arena, trade and convention facility located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.-History:...
in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on October 29, 2009. After a scoreless first period, Belarus jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second. Canada West scored twice in the third, including the tying goal with one second of play remaining to force overtime. Overtime was scoreless, which led to a shootout. Kellen Jones of Canada West scored the only goal of the shootout to get the 1-0 shootout win on three penalty shots each. The same night, at the Colchester Legion Stadium
Colchester Legion Stadium
The Colchester Legion Stadium is a 2,100-seat multi-purpose arena in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.The Colchester Legion Stadium has six team dressing rooms, an officials room and first aid room. Canteens and washrooms are located at the front of the facility...
in Truro, Nova Scotia
Truro, Nova Scotia
-Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :...
, the Maritime Junior A Hockey League
Maritime Junior A Hockey League
The Maritime Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. It consists of four teams from New Brunswick and one team from Prince Edward Island, which make up the Roger Meek Division, and six teams from Nova Scotia which make...
All-Stars challenged Canada East. The Maritimers led 3-1 after the first period and 5-4 after the second. In the third, Canada East scored the lone goal to force overtime. OT solved nothing and led to a lengthy shootout. The MJAHL's Nick Huard made it 1-0 on the first shot, Canada East's Andrew Calof made it 1-1 on the next shot. The MJAHL's Darcy Ashley made it 2-1 on the third shot and Canada East's Brock Higgs scored to knot it at 2 on the sixth shot. After the first six shooters, the shootout became sudden death. All of the next eight penalty shots were stopped before the MJAHL's Stuart Lenehan made it 3-2 on the 15th shot of the shootout. Jeff Vanderlugt of Canada East tied it at 3 on the next shot. On the 17th shot of the shootout, the MJAHL's Matt Milson made it 4-3 and on the 18th Canada East's Kyle Just could not beat the MJAHL's Kirk Rafuse, ending the game as a 6-5 shootout victory for the MJAHL All-Stars. The irony of this MJAHL victory is that the Canada East squad represents the MJAHL at the WJAC, and that the Canada East active roster has no MJAHL players on it.
On the second and final day of exhibition games, October 30, 2009, The MJAHL All-Stars concluded their involvement in the 2009 WJAC with a 5-4 victory over Belarus at the Amherst Stadium
Amherst Stadium
The Amherst Stadium is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is home to the Amherst Ramblers Ice hockey team of the Maritime Junior Hockey League. The arena hosted the 1993 Centennial Cup. It also hosts various minor hockey contests and trade shows every year...
in Amherst, Nova Scotia
Amherst, Nova Scotia
Amherst is a Canadian town in northwestern Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.Located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, Amherst is strategically situated on the eastern boundary of the Tantramar Marshes 3 kilometres east of the interprovincial border with New...
. Despite being outshot, the Maritimers led 2-0 and 5-2 at different parts of the game and survived the late rally by Belarus. At the O'Leary Community Sports Centre in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
-References:*...
, Canada East routed Russia 9-1. The Canadians jumped to an early 4-0 lead and finished the first leading 4-1. After the second it was 7-1. Canada East fumbled the Russian net with shots, leading in the category 44-28. The final game of the night was between the United States and Canada West at the Montague and Area Wellness Centre in Montague, Prince Edward Island
Montague, Prince Edward Island
Montague is a Canadian town and the largest population centre in Kings County, Prince Edward Island.The town straddles the Montague River which is the dividing line between the townships of Lot 52 and Lot 59. The town functions as a regional service centre for a rural population of 20,000...
, a rematch of the 2008 World Junior A Challenge
2008 World Junior A Challenge
The 2008 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2008 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Camrose, Alberta from November 1 to November 9, 2008 at the Edgeworth Centre...
final. Despite being tied 2-2 at the end of the first, the defending champs from the United States scored three unanswered goals to finish off the game 5-2. Canada West outshot them 30-27.
Round Robin
The Canada West squad and Russia kicked off the 2009 WJAC festivities on November 1, 2009. Despite out-shooting the Russians, the Russians played a tight defensive game and held on to a tight 2-1 victory to take early control of Pool A. In the late game, Canada East and the United States squared off in a fierce battle. Tied 4-4 after regulation and overtime, the game went to a shootout. Canada East went 3 for 3 on the shootout to win the game, while the United States managed 2 for 3 because they did not manage to score on their final shot, picking up only the regulation tie.On the second day of the round robin, Russia played Sweden. This was Sweden's first ever WJAC game. Despite being badly out-shot by the Swedes, the Russians put on another defensive clinic and won the game 3-2 in a shootout to clinch Pool A's top spot. In the second game of the day, Canada East and Belarus squared off in a real barn burner. Combining for 12 goals, the Canadians won 7-5 to clinch the top spot of Pool B for the playoff round.
To start the final day of the round robin, Canada West took on Sweden. Despite badly out-shooting the Canadians, the Swedes could not keep the puck out of their own net resulting in a 6-3 loss. Canada West finishes second in Pool A, while Sweden finishes third in Pool A. In the final game of the round robin, the United States bombed the Belorussians 6-1 to take the second seed in Pool B, the third seed in Pool B automatically went to Belarus with the loss.
Quarter-final
On November 5, 2009, the United States and Sweden met in the early game of the quarter-final. In a tight battle the USA maintained the scoring edge to relegate Sweden to the 5th place game on Saturday with a 3-1 win. In the late game, Canada West dominated the Belorussians with a 7-3 victory. Belarus will meet Sweden in the aforementioned 5th place game, while the United States will play Russia in Semi-final A and the two Canadian squads will face-off in Semi-final B.5th place and semifinal
On November 6, in Semi-final A, Russia and the United States squared off for a berth into the Gold Medal game. The Americans had built up an early 4-0 lead by the halfway point of the game, but the Russians stormed back to make it 4-3 late in the game. The Americans scored two late goals to clinch the victory and a chance for their second straight gold medal; the Russian were forced to play for bronze. In Semi-final B, the two Canadian teams met in the tournament for the first time since 2007. Canada West led 2-1 after one and 7-1 after two, as Canada East were chased out of the building with a 9-1 loss. Kunyk scored a hat-trick for Canada West in the win. Canada West competed against the United States in the Gold Medal Game, a rematch of the 2008 World Junior A Challenge2008 World Junior A Challenge
The 2008 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2008 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Camrose, Alberta from November 1 to November 9, 2008 at the Edgeworth Centre...
, while Canada East and Russia played for Bronze.
The next day, Sweden and Belarus fought for fifth place in the tournament. Kachan and Remezov had given Belarus a 2-0 lead by the end of the second. Dyk and Almquist scored to tie it up early in the third. Remezov scored again for Belarus and soon after Johansson scored to tie it for Sweden. Late in the game Drozd scored for Belarus to give them a 4-3 edge, then Mallauka capped it off with an empty-net goal to finish off the Swedes.
Bronze and Gold
In the Bronze Medal Game, Canada East dropped a 6-2 decision to Russia. For the first time in tournament history the Eastern Canadians walk away without a medal, but for the first time since the 2006 World Junior A Challenge2006 World Junior A Challenge
The World Junior A Challenge 2006 was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2006 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Yorkton, Saskatchewan.-Summary:...
Russia finishes higher than fourth.
The Gold Medal Game was a tight affair. Canada West and the United States were tied 0-0 after the first and 1-1 after the second. Early in the third, the Americans made it 2-1 and held on for the victory. Canada West's Sean Bonar was selected as the tournament MVP.
Exhibition schedule
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Final standings
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Scorers
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Goaltenders
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Awards
- Most Valuable Player: Sean Bonar (Canada West)
All-Star Team
- Forwards: Shane Berschbach (United States), Connor Jones (Canada West), Cody Kunyk (Canada West)
- Defense: Mac Bennett (United States), Wes McLeod (Canada West)
- Goalie: Sean Bonar (Canada West)
Belarus
Players: Stanislau Artynski, Siarhei Bahaleisha, Aliaksandr Baradulia, Valeri Bojarskih, Kiryl Brykun, Siarhei Drozd, Dzianis Hrybko, Allaksandr Kachan, Siahei Karolik, Mikhail Kharamanda, Viacheslau Makritski, Siarhei Maliauka, Raman Malinouski, Evgeniy Nagachev, Viachaslau Raitsou, Nikita Remezov, Aliaksei Sardovik, Siarhei Sheleh, Ilya Silik, Aliaksandr Siomachkin, Dzmitry Volkau, Kanstantin Zholudzeu.
Staff: Dzmitry Sapun, Pavel Halavatski, Nokolai Averin, Allaksandr Yakimets.
Canada East
Players: Nick Avgerinos, Simon Bessette, Andrew Calof
Andrew Calof
Andrew James Calof is a Canadian ice hockey player.Calof attends Princeton University where he currently plays with the Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey team which competed in NCAA's Division I in the ECAC Hockey conference. In his freshman year , Calof was named the ECAC Rookie of the...
, Colin Campbell, Greg Carey, Scott Dawson, Matt Ginn, Sacha Guimond, Alex Guptill, Brock Higgs, Sean Hoyt, Kyle Just, Jacob Laliberte, Lucas Lessio, Jonathon Milley, Jordan Mustard, David Pratt, Ben Reinhardt, David Roy, Jordan Ruby, Jeff Vanderlugt, Tyler Wilson
Tyler Wilson
Tyler Linden Wilson is a American-born Puerto Rican footballer who currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders in the North American Soccer League.-Youth and college:...
.
Staff: Todd Gill
Todd Gill
Todd Gill is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL between 1985 and 2003. He played the majority of his career for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and has also played for the San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, and Chicago...
, James Richmond, Patrice Bosch, Troy Ryan, Marty Abrams, Lawrence McKinnon, Carter Walsh, Ralph Manning, Jack Ferguson.
Canada West
Players: Mathew Bodie, Sean Bonar, Clarke Breitkreuz, Kyle Breukelman, Daniel Carr, John Dunbar, Lee Christensen, Madison Dias, Grayson Downing, Tanner Fritz, Curtis Gedig, Kirby Halcrow, Connor Jones, Kellen Jones, Cody Kunyk, Joey Laleggia, Ryan Marshall, Wes McLeod, Brendan O'Donnell, Dustin Pearson, Cam Reid, Peter Stoykewych.
Staff: Rylan Ferster, Barry Butler, Larry Wintoneak, Jomar Cruz, Leonard Strandberg, Harley Palmer, Bill Marr.
Russia
Players: Artur Amirov
Artur Amirov
Artur Amirov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League.- External links :...
, Viktor Antipin
Viktor Antipin
Viktor Antipin is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League....
, Daniil Apalkov, Zakhar Arzamastsev
Zakhar Arzamastsev
Zakhar Arzamastsev is an Russian ice hockey player who plays in the Kontinental Hockey League for team Metallurg Novokuznetsk.-Sources:...
, Sergey Barbashev, Kirill Brashkin, Emil Galimov, Ivan Gavrilenko, Efim Gurkin, Nikita Gusev
Nikita Gusev
Nikita Gusev is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League.-External links:...
, Ildar Isangulov, Vladislav Kartaev, Sergey Kostenko, Ivan Krasnov, Jan Krasovskiy, Pavel Kulikov, Alexander Kuznetsov, Nikita Lukin, Roman Lyubimov, Alexey Marchenko, Vladislav Namestnikov
Vladislav Namestnikov
Vladislav Namestnikov is a Russian ice hockey player who plays for the London Knights in the Ontario Hockey League. He was selected 27th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning....
, Pavel Suchkov, Maxim Tomkin, Nail Yakupov
Nail Yakupov
Nail Yakupov is a Russian junior ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League ....
, Ignat Zemchenko, Seman Zherebtsov, Vitaly Zotov, Gleb Zyryanov.
Staff: Mikhail Vasiliev
Mikhail Vasiliev
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vasiliev is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Torpedo Yaroslavl and HC CSKA Moscow in the Soviet Union, and for HC Selva, EV Bozen 84, AS Mastini Varese Hockey and HC Bolzano in Italy. He played for a season in Denmark for...
, Viktor Krutov, Vladimir Koluzganov, Vladimir Myshkin
Vladimir Myshkin
Vladimir Semenovich Myshkin is a former ice hockey goaltender. He was a goaltender for HC Dynamo Moscow and the Soviet Union national ice hockey team in the 1970s and 1980s....
, Boris Dlugach, Alexander Berdinskikh, Sergey Fedotov, Boris Sapronenkov, Alexey Zharov, Sergey Boroday.
Sweden
Players: Johan Alm
Johan Alm
Johan Alm , was a Finnish painter and field sergeant.Alm was born and lived and worked most of his life in the city of Vaasa. Alm's son Immanuel Alm was also a painter. They both worked on religious-themed paintings, including altarpieces such as one at the church in Kaustinen...
, Adam Almquist, Nils Andersson
Nils Andersson (ice hockey)
Nils Andersson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Växjö Lakers Hockey in the Swedish Elitserien.-External links:...
, Victor Berglind
Victor Berglind
Victor Berglind is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Brynäs IF of the Elitserien.-External links:...
, Mattias Bäckman
Mattias Bäckman
Mattias Bäckman is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Linköpings HC of the Elitserien .-External links:...
, Sebastian Dyk
Sebastian Dyk
Sebastian Dyk is a Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently playing with HV71 in the Elitserien.-External links:...
, Jesper Fasth
Jesper Fasth
Jesper Fasth is a Swedish ice hockey forward, currently playing with the HV71 organization. He was drafted in the sixth round, 157th overall by the New York Rangers of the NHL in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He was also selected to play for Sweden in the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships...
, Mattias Franzén, Petter Granberg
Petter Granberg
Petter Granberg is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently playing with Skellefteå AIK. Granberg was drafted 116th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.-Career statistics:International...
, Jonas Gunnarsson, Jonathan Johansson
Jonathan Johansson (ice hockey)
Jonathan Johansson is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Mora IK in HockeyAllsvenskan.-Regular season and playoffs:-International:-External links:...
, Karl Johansson, Calle Järnkrok
Calle Järnkrok
Calle Järnkrok , nicknamed Ironhook, is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently playing for Brynäs IF in Elitserien...
, Johan Larsson, Patrik Nemeth
Patrik Nemeth
Patrik Nemeth is a Swedish junior ice hockey defenceman currently playing in AIK of the Elitserien . Nemeth has also played in Sweden's junior team, both U17 and U18. He was drafted in the second round as 41st overall by the Dallas Stars in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft...
, Joakim Nordström
Joakim Nordström
Joakim Nordström is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing in AIK of the Elitserien . His youth team is Hanvikens SK.Nordström made his SEL debut on 23 September 2010, against Södertälje SK....
, Sebastian Ottosson
Sebastian Ottosson
Sebastian Ottosson is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for Linköpings HC of the Elitserien.-References:...
, Adam Pettersson
Adam Pettersson
Adam Pettersson is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently playing in the Skellefteå AIK organization. Central Scouting Bureau ranked Pettersson ninth among European Skaters for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, however he went undrafted....
, Ludvig Rensfeldt
Ludvig Rensfeldt
Ludvig Rensfeldt is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently playing with Sarnia Sting of the OHL. He was drafted in the second round, 35th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks as the first Swedish player selected in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft....
, Johan Sundström
Johan Sundström
Johan Sundström is a Swedish ice hockey player who is currently with Frölunda HC in the Elitserien. Sundström signed a two year contract with Frölunda in September 2010. He scored his first Elitserien goal on December 4, 2010 against Andreas Andersson of HV71. Utimately, Sundström played 41 games...
, Fredric Weigel
Fredric Weigel
Fredric Weigel is a is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Elitserien.-External links:...
, Oskar Östlund.
Staff: Stephan Lundh
Stephan Lundh
Stephan "Lillis" Lundh is Swedish hockey coach.Stephan coaching career started 1989 in Nacka. He was an assistant coach in Djurgården between 1990-98. Tre Kronor and then Malmö IF 1999-2004 and Frölunda HC 2004- November 7, 2006....
, Björn Liljander, Jonas Fransson, Krister Holm, Jan Johansson, Fredrik Carls, Lars Nygren.
United States
Players: Kevin Albers, Beau Bennett
Beau Bennett
Beau Bennett is an American ice hockey forward who currently plays for the Denver Pioneers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Bennett is currently a sophmore at the University of Denver. He graduated from Valley Christian High School in San Jose, California...
, Mac Bennett, Shane Berschbach, Connor Brickley, Jeff Costello, Chris Crane, Derek DeBlois, Nic Dowd, David Gerths, Kevin Gravel, Nick Jensen, Matt Leitner, Kevin Lind, Eric Mihalik, Nick Mattson, Eamonn McDermott, John Parker, Mike Parks, Nick Sorkin, Colten St. Clair, Willie Yanakeff.
Staff: Mark Carlson, Jeff Blashill
Jeff Blashill
Jeff Blashill is an assistant coach for the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings. He previously served as the head coach of the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team and as the head coach and general manager of the Indiana Ice and was an assistant hockey coach at Ferris State...
, Adam Jones, Darrin Flinchem.