2014 World Junior A Challenge Explained

Tourney Name:World Junior A Challenge
Year:2014
Size:200px
Country:Canada
Dates:December 14, 2014 – December 20, 2014
Num Teams:6
Venues:West Central Events Centre in Kindersley, Saskatchewan
Type:ihj
Winners:USA
Count:6
Second:DEN
Fourth: Canada East
Games:13
Scoring Leader: Nikolaj Ehlers (9 pts)
Mvp: Nikolaj Ehlers
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

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

Background

Canada East, Canada West, Russia, United States and Switzerland all returned, joined this year by a team from Denmark.

2014 Tournament

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-6).

Group B

Playoff round

Gold-medal game

Final standings

width=15!width=120Team
4th East
5th
6th West

Statistics

Scoring leaders
PlayerTeamGPGAPPIM
Nikolaj Ehlers46394
Thomas Novak43470
Brock Boeser44156
Anthony Angello42350
Oliver Bjorkstrand43252
Christian Wolanin40444
Matthias Asperup41340
Denis Guryanov53142
Dmitri Zhukenov51344
Zac Tierney East51232
Top goaltenders
PlayerTeamGPMinsGASOGAASv%Record
Eric Schierhorn3184:56310.97.9593–0–0
Ilya Samsonov3179:27511.67.9522–1–0
George Sørensen3184:56601.95.9502–1–0
Cale Morris260:00202.00.9291–0–0
Thomas Lillie160:00202.00.9391–0–0

Awards

All-Star Team

External links