The 2014 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, from December 14–20, 2014, at the West Central Events Centre.
Teams Canada East (9th Appearance) Canada West (9th Appearance, 6th as Hosts) Russia (9th Appearance) Switzerland (4th Appearance) United States (8th Appearance) Denmark (1st Appearance)
Background Canada East, Canada West, Russia, United States and Switzerland all returned, joined this year by a team from Denmark.
Exhibition schedule
2014 Tournament
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC-6).
Group A
Group B
Playoff round
Quarterfinals
Semi-finals
5th-place game
Bronze-medal game
Gold-medal game
Final standings Team 4th East 5th 6th West
Statistics
+ Scoring leaders Player Team GP G A P PIMNikolaj Ehlers46394Thomas Novak43470Brock Boeser44156Anthony Angello42350Oliver Bjorkstrand43252Christian Wolanin40444Matthias Asperup41340Denis Guryanov53142Dmitri Zhukenov51344Zac Tierney East51232
+ Top goaltenders Player Team GP Mins GA SO GAA Sv% RecordEric Schierhorn3184:56310.97.9593–0–0Ilya Samsonov3179:27511.67.9522–1–0George Sørensen3184:56601.95.9502–1–0Cale Morris260:00202.00.9291–0–0Thomas Lillie160:00202.00.9391–0–0
Awards Most Valuable Player: Nikolaj Ehlers
All-Star Team Forwards: Nikolaj Ehlers , Denis Guryanov , Thomas Novak Defense: Callum Fryer East, Christian Wolanin Goalie: Eric Schierhorn
External links Hockey Canada's WJAC Website