The 2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada between December 29, 2010 and January 4, 2011. The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is held by Hockey Canada annually to showcase young hockey talent from across Canada and other strong hockey countries. The primary venues used for the tournament were the MTS Iceplex in Winnipeg and the PCU Centre in Portage la Prairie. The semi-final and medal games were played at the MTS Centre. Team Ontario captured the gold medal with a 5-3 victory over Team USA in front of a record crowd of 12,060 at the MTS Centre on January 4. Team Pacific (British Columbia & Alberta) claimed the bronze medal.
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 PtsPIMMatt Dumba Pacific 6 0 12 12 2Charles Hudon Quebec 6 5 6 11 8Henrik Samuelsson 6 6 4 10 10Hunter Shinkaruk Pacific 6 5 4 9 2Andrew Ryan Atlantic 5 2 7 9 6Jacob Trouba 6 2 7 9 12Nathan MacKinnon Atlantic 5 5 3 8 0Miles Koules 6 4 4 8 4Troy Bourke Pacific 6 3 5 8 14Mike Matheson Quebec 6 2 6 8 10
Goaltending leaders (Minimum 60 minutes played)
PlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASOAndy Desautels West 60:00 1 .966 1.00 0Daniel Altshuller Ontario 301:52 7 .947 1.39 2Oskari Setänen 178:44 11 .910 3.69 1Janne Juvonen 60:00 4 .907 4.00 0Marek Lanhamer 171:18 8 .900 2.80 0
Final standings Team Ontario Pacific4 Quebec5 Atlantic6 West7 8 9 10
Tournament All-Star Team Goaltender: Ontario Daniel Altshuller Defencemen: Seth Jones, West Derrick Pouliot Forwards: Ontario Andreas Athanasiou, Nicolas Kerdiles, Pacific Hunter Shinkaruk Source:
See also World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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