| Tourney Name: | Canada–Russia Challenge |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Dates: | August 9–14, 2012 |
| Num Teams: | 2 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Type: | ih |
| Winners: | Canada |
| Second: | Russia |
| Games: | 4 |
The 2012 Canada–Russia Challenge was a four-game international ice hockey tournament between Canadian and Russian junior teams, held in Canada and Russia on August 9–14, 2012, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, as well as honouring the memory of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.[1]
| Date | City | Away team | Home team | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9 | Yaroslavl, Russia | Canada | Russia | 3–2 | |
| August 10 | Yaroslavl, Russia | Canada | Russia | 3–6 | |
| August 13 | Halifax, Canada | Russia | Canada | 6–5 | |
| August 14 | Halifax, Canada | Russia | Canada | 2–4 |
Being a four-game series with each team winning twice, a tie-breaking overtime was required to determine the series winner. Canada's Ryan Strome scored at 3:20 of the 20-minute sudden death period to win the series for Canada.[2]
| Name | Nationality | Goals | Assists | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Canada | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Canada | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Russia | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Canada | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Canada | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Canada | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Name | Nationality | GP | SA | GA | SVPT | GAA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 49 | 4 | 91.84% | 2 | ||
| Russia | 2 | 73 | 7 | 90.41% | 3.5 | ||
| Russia | 2 | 79 | 8 | 89.87% | 4 | ||
| Canada | 1 | 35 | 5 | 85.71% | 5 | ||
| Canada | 1 | 27 | 6 | 77.78% | 6 |