The 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup was an under-18 international ice hockey tournament that was held in Piešťany, Slovakia and Břeclav, Czech Republic from 5 to 10 August 2019 at Alcaplast Arena in Břeclav and Easton Arena in Piešťany. Team Russia won the gold medal for the first time since 1995, with a 3–2 win over Canada in the final.

Preliminary round All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Final round

Semifinal playoff bracket

The semi-finals were decided on 7 August, 2019 after Group A and B completed three round-robin games each. The winner of Group A (Canada) played the runner-up of Group B (Sweden), while the winner of Group B (Russia) played the runner-up of Group A (Finland). The semifinals were held on 9 August 2019 and the gold medal and bronze medal games were held the following day on 10 August 2019.

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Statistics Top scorers List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts PIM Cole Perfetti 5 8 4 12 2 Hendrix Lapierre 5 3 8 11 4 Alexander Pashin 5 7 1 8 0 Roni Hirvonen 5 4 2 6 6 Daniel Ljungman 5 5 0 5 2 Quinton Byfield 5 3 2 5 4 Vasili Ponomaryov 5 2 3 5 2 Justin Sourdif 5 1 4 5 2 Michal Gut 4 3 1 4 2 Matej Kašlík 4 3 1 4 0 Bogdan Trineev 4 3 1 4 2 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: hlinkagretzkycup.cz

Final ranking

Broadcasting

Canada TSN (online streaming available) Sportsnet

Russia

http://www.fhr.ru (online video streaming)

References