The 2012 World Junior Ringette Championships, (2012 WJRC) also known as the U19 2012 World Championships, was an international ringette tournament and the 2nd edition of the World Junior Ringette Championships organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF). It was contested in London, Ontario, Canada, between December 29, 2012, and January 3, 2013. The junior tournament was organized exclusively for elite junior national ringette teams. Venues included the Western Fair Sports Centre. This was the last year the event was held separately from the World Ringette Championships. Afterwards a new U19 division was created at the 2013 World Ringette Championships and the junior tournament merged with the larger international program.
Video of the games were produced as webcasts by SportsCanada.TV, Canada's largest online amateur sports network. David Singh was the head coach for Team France and was also the head coach for the National Ringette League team, the Lac St. Louis Adrenaline for the 2012-13 season.
This tournament was the first and last time France and Russia would send national teams to compete at the international level with neither country having sent a national team to compete in either the senior or junior level since.
History The U19 World Championships was a tournament organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) from 2009 to 2012 for elite international Junior ringette athletes. The World Junior Ringette Championships competition was run as a separate tournament from the World Ringette Championships which was designed for adult players. The World Junior Ringette Championships no longer function as a separate event, having since merged in 2013 with the main World Ringette Championships program where both Senior and Junior divisions now exist.
Venue The tournament was contested in London, Ontario, Canada.
Teams 2012 WJRC Rosters 2012 U19 Team Canada East 2012 U19 Team Canada West 2012 U19 Team Finland 2012 U19 Team USA 2012 U19 Team Russia 2012 U19 Team France
Final standings
+2012 Junior Final StandingsCountryTeam Canada Team Canada East (U19) Finland Team Finland (U19) Canada Team Canada West (U19)4th Russia Team Russia (U19)5th USA Team USA (U19)6th France Team France (U19)
Rosters
Team Finland Junior The second appearance by Finland in world junior competition took place at the 2012 World Junior Ringette Championships. Unlike the previous world junior competition, Finland sent only one team to represent the country which was its first official junior national ringette team. The team consisted of nineteen athletes.
FINLAND JUNIOR Number Name Position PlayersSusanna TapaniVilma Virta (Captain)Katariina KurikkoSanni IsakssonHeidi Mattila (Assistant Captain)Lotta HalttunenRikka SjögrenJulia JokirantaElina TahvanainenPaula LönngrenTrina MerivaaraSonja HyokyvaaraIiris WileniusMilla Laakso (Assistant Captain)Ilona LehtinenKaisa Viren GoaltendersMaria PerkkolaIlona NurmiCamilla Kortesniemi
Team StaffPositionNameGeneral ManagerMinna HirvonenHead coachJouni LevanderAssistant coachNiko TuominenAssistant coachTrainerYari KoskiTrainerKatja Liukkonen
Team Canada Junior Canada was represented by two different U19 junior teams: Team Canada East (Under-19), and Team Canada West (Under-19). Team Canada West (U19) competed with fifteen members from Alberta.
Team Canada East
CANADA EAST (U19)NumberNameForwards4Robin Scott9Samantha Nosal10Kirsti Mason11Leah Erwin20Alexandra Lacharité44Sue-Ellen McInnis58Maude Charbonneau66Myriam Lavergne77Martine Caissie89Megan Gibson97Josie ScottCentres8Jennifer Gabel22Abby RichardsonDefence3Danielle Duncan 7Josslyn Denstedt12Sydney Granger15Stacey Richards18Emilie P. Bélanger19Paige NosalGoaltenders1Jessie Callander31Jasmine LeBlanc81Karly McMullen
Team StaffPositionNameHead coachSharolyn WoutersAssistant coachJackie GaudetAssistant coachStéphanie SéguinGoalie coachMeghan PittawayAthletic therapistBrigitte RoyMental TrainerAlanna VeermanTeam Leader / ManagerMary Dupuis
Team Canada West
CANADA WEST (U19)NumberNameForwards2Abbie Treslan8Justine Exner12Melody Caron14Lindsey Geddes24Kelsie Caine26Jocelyn Stock28Lindsey Kee37Shannon SarahsCentres7Danielle Bechard9Shaundra Bruvall16Erin Sarahs17Alex SaizewDefence4Rachel Grant5Kaylin Bechard6 Nicole Prokop11 Jessica Pastro13 Karine Sabourin15Paola Romeo22Samantha RenooyGoaltenders1Stacey Bjornsson41Anj Grewal99Lynn Seraphim
Team StaffPositionNameHead coachJennifer (Gaudet) WakefieldAssistant coach Goalie CoachKeely BrownAssistant coachBeth VealeAssistant coachRob WalkerGoalie coachHeather KonkinTrainerConnie Klassen
Team USA Junior An Under-19 (U19) USA Junior team was formed during the 2012 World Junior Ringette Championships using Canadian players to help represent the USA. Three members of the Central Alberta U19 Sting, Meghan Kelly, Kirsten MacGregor and Cassidy Lemasurier, played for the United States U19 national ringette team to help fill out their roster.
USA JUNIORNumberNameForwards2Jayne Barrett3Janelle Wilk5Kirsten MacGregor7Meghan Kelly9Kinley Graves20Leah Wells28Shyla BruvallCentres8Jesse Nimegeers (Center/Defence)Defence8Jesse Nimegeers (Center/Defence)10Robyn Gillespie12Cassidy LeMasurier17Mia Cameron19Jessica Friesen23Breanna JosephisonGoaltendersLauryn Girard73Janelle Huberdeau
See also Canada national ringette team Finland national ringette team
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