2013 World Junior A Challenge

The 2013 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada. It was hosted in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, from November 4–10, 2013, at the Mariners Centre. The event included the 9th annual Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game Challenge, marking the third time the two events have been paired together.

2013 World Junior A Challenge

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	November 4, 2013 – November 10, 2013
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Canada West
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Scoring leader(s)	Nick Schmaltz (12 pts.)
MVP	Nick Schmaltz
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Teams

• Canada East (8th Appearance, 3rd as Hosts)
• Canada West (8th Appearance)
• Russia (8th Appearance)
• Switzerland (3rd Appearance)
• United States (7th Appearance)
• Czech Republic (3rd Appearance)

Background

Canada East, Canada West, Russia, United States, Switzerland, and Czech Republic all return.

Exhibition schedule

Exhibition Results Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Notes Date – Time – Location Ex1 Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine United States 4 Canada West 3 Final - Shots: 33-26 USA 02/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Digby, NS Ex2 Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Czech Republic 3 Canada East 2 Final - Shots: 40-30 CANE 02/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Barrington, NS

Group A

Pool A Standings Rank Team W-L-OTL GF GA 1 United States 2-0-0 12 5 2 Russia 1-1-0 9 10 3 Canada East 0-2-0 4 10

Group B

Pool B Standings Rank Team W-L-OTL GF GA 1 Canada West 2-0-0 8 4 2 Switzerland 1-1-0 5 4 3 Czech Republic 0-2-0 1 6

Results

Exhibition Results Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Notes Date – Time – Location 1 Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine Prospects East 4 Prospects West 2 Final - Shots: 42-20 West 08/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Digby, NS 2 Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine Prospects East 4 Prospects West 2 Final - Shots: 38-25 West 09/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS

Championship Round

Championship Results Game Away Team Score Home Team Score Notes Date – Time – Location QF1 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Czech Republic 1 Russia 3 Final - Shots: 42-31 CZE 07/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS QF2 Archived 2015-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Canada East 4 Switzerland 5 OT Final - Shots: 42-29 CANE 07/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS SF1 Russia 5 Canada West 2 Final - Shots: 33-27 RUS 08/11/13 - 16:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS SF2 Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine Switzerland 4 United States 7 Final - Shots: 37-19 USA 08/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS 5th Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Czech Republic 7 Canada East 5 Final - Shots: 40-32 CZE 09/11/13 - 19:00 AST - Liverpool, NS Bronze Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Switzerland 3 Canada West 5 Final - Shots: 38-24 CANW 09/11/13 - 20:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS Gold Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Russia 1 United States 4 Final - Shots: 29-17 USA 10/11/13 - 12:00 AST - Yarmouth, NS

Final standings

	Team
1	United States
2	Russia
3	Canada West
4th	Switzerland
5th	Czech Republic
6th	Canada East

Scorers

Scoring Leaders Player Team GP G A P PIM Nick Schmaltz USA 4 4 8 12 0 Connor Hurley USA 4 3 7 10 0 Kirill Pilipenko RUS 5 4 4 8 2 Dylan Hoffman CANW 4 4 3 7 0 Vladislav Kamenev RUS 5 1 6 7 26 Marty Quince CANE 4 4 2 6 4 Adam Zboril CZE 4 2 4 6 18 Karson Kuhlman USA 4 4 1 5 0 Nicholas Jones CANW 4 3 2 5 2 Daniil Vovchenko RUS 5 3 2 5 9

Goaltenders

Goalie Leaders Player Team GP Mins GA SO GAA Sv% Record Karel Vejmelka CZE 2 120:00 4 0 2.00 0.925 0-2 Chris Birdsall USA 1 60:00 2 0 2.00 0.923 1-0 Maxim Mauerhofer SUI 3 183:54 11 1 3.59 0.909 2-1 Maxim Tretiak RUS 5 276:23 14 0 3.04 0.906 3-2 Jesse Jenks CANW 4 240:00 12 0 3.00 0.901 3-1

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Nick Schmaltz

All-Star Team

Forwards: Nick Schmaltz, Connor Hurley, Kirill Pilipenko

Defense: Neal Pionk, Adam Plant

Goalie: Maxim Tretiak

CJHL Prospects Game

For the third consecutive year, the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game was a part of the WJAC festivities. Just like the previous four Prospects Games, the event was actually two "prospect" games with the President's Cup going to the winning goal aggregate.

Prospects East won their fourth President's Cup in nine years with an 8-4 aggregate victory (4-2, 4-2) over Prospects West.

Other websites

• HC's WJAC Website