The 2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge was an ice hockey tournament held in Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada between December 29, 2010 and January 4, 2011. The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is held by Hockey Canada annually to showcase young hockey talent from across Canada and other strong hockey countries.  The primary venues used for the tournament were the MTS Iceplex in Winnipeg and the PCU Centre in Portage la Prairie. The semi-final and medal games were played at the MTS Centre.[1]  Team Ontario captured the gold medal with a 5-3 victory over Team USA in front of a record crowd of 12,060 at the MTS Centre on January 4.  Team Pacific (British Columbia & Alberta) claimed the bronze medal.[2]
Challenge results
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
| .png) United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | +20 | 12 | 
| .svg.png) Canada Quebec | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 9 | 
| .svg.png) Canada Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 6 | 
|  Finland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 3 | 
|  Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 0 | 
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Results
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| | A. Ryan (PP) 07:41 M. Bursey (PP) 56:01
 N. MacKinnon (PP) 56:01
 | Goals | 05:32 (PP) F. Gamelin 27:09 (PP) L. Ciampini
 30:15 (ES) S. Hodhod
 35:23 (ES) F. Girard
 36:20 (ES) L. Ciampini
 39:46 (ES) J. Leduc
 41:17 (PP2) R. Lafontaine
 41:37 (PP) M. Matheson
 51:03 (PP) R. Lafontaine
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| | R. Lafontaine (PP) 15:51 M. Matheson (PP) 24:22
 W. Carrier (ES) 33:40
 L. Ciampini (ES) 41:30
 C. Hudon (PP) 53:18
 | Goals | 20:54 (PP) J. Koslowski 26:37 (ES) P. Klöpper
 47:22 (PP2) M. Eberhardt
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
| .svg.png) Canada Ontario | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 12 | 
| .svg.png) Canada Pacific | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 9 | 
| .svg.png) Canada West | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6 | 
|  Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | 
|  Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 0 | 
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Results
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| | C. Heffley (SH) 25:26 B. Harms (PP) 42:49
 | Goals | 13:33 (PP2) G. Reinhart 40:49 (ES) M. Winther
 48:16 (ES) R. Trzonkowski
 50:33 (PP) H. Shinkaruk
 52:22 (ES) B. Magee
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| | R. Olsen (ES) 05:25 L. Bews (PP) 12:15
 J. Erricson (PP) 13:04
 R. Trzonkowski (ES) 25:51
 M. Winther (ES) 28:51
 T. Bourke (ES) 46:53
 J. Erricson (ES) 57:57
 | Goals | 06:38 (PP) J. Blaško 13:43 (ES) M. Réway
 21:34 (ES) A. Štrauch
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| | P. Machač (ES) 20:40 D. Volek (PP) 57:23
 | Goals | 04:36 (PP) C. Stephenson 07:56 (PP) B. Leipsic
 28:29 (PP) B. Cuthbert
 50:34 (ES) B. Stovin
 59:15 (ENG) L. McVeigh
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| | B. Silk (ES) 00:15 A. Athanasiou (ES) 29:10
 J. Graham (PP) 35:37
 M. Marcantuoni (PP) 41:24
 | Goals | 08:27 (ES) C. Stephenson 14:51 (SH) C. Stephenson
 59:54 (PP) L. McVeigh
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Final round
* Decided in overtime.
Semifinals
9th place game
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| | P. Hrehorčák (ES) 02:13 M. Kolena (PP) 12:35
 J. Blaško (PP) 23:00
 T. Palecek (ES) 30:02
 M. Kolena (ES) 59:23
 | Goals | 00:18 (ES) F. Tiffels 23:35 (ES) S. Ziegler
 24:02 (ES) B. Zientek
 32:28 (ES) J. Koslowski
 33:02 (ES) M. Eberhardt
 40:41 (ES) M. Kurth
 45:55 (ES) M. Eberhardt
 59:39 (ES) J. Koslowski
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7th place game
5th place game
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| | B. Leipsic (ES) 54:19 | Goals | 21:31 (ES) D. Oliver-Dares 52:06 (ES) T. Burke
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Bronze medal game
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| | L. Cimapini (ES) 1920 D. Poulin (PP) 25:44
 F. Girard (ES) 41:54
 D. Poulin (PP) 52:54
 | Goals | 16:54 (PP2) S. Hodges 46:23 (SH) R. Trzonkowski
 49:35 (ES) M. Winther
 56:31 (ES) H. Shinkaruk
 61:34 (ES) B. Magee
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Gold medal game
Scoring leaders
Goaltending leaders
(Minimum 60 minutes played)
Final standings
Tournament All-Star Team
Source:[3]
See also
World U-17 Hockey Challenge
References
External links