The 2010 World U-17 Hockey Challenge was an international ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 tournament held in Timmins

Timmins, Ontario

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, Iroquois Falls

Iroquois Falls, Ontario

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, Cochrane

Cochrane, Ontario

Cochrane is a town in northern Ontario, Canada. It is located east of Kapuskasing, northeast of Timmins, south of Moosonee, and north of Iroquois Falls. It is about a one-hour drive from Timmins, the major city of the region. It is the seat of Cochrane District...

 / Kapuskasing

Kapuskasing, Ontario

Kapuskasing is a town on the Kapuskasing River in the Cochrane District of Northern Ontario, Canada, approximately east of Hearst...

, Kirkland Lake

Kirkland Lake, Ontario

Kirkland Lake is a town and municipality located in Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The 2006 population, according to Statistics Canada, was 8,248....

, New Liskeard, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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 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

United States

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 won its third title, defeating Canada

Canada

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 Ontario

Ontario

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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:

Sources

• http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/60832/ss_id/24850/la_id/1.htm
• http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1300530

External links

• Official website