2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	31 July 2022 – 6 August 2022
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (23rd title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	18
Goals scored	121 (6.72 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Calum Ritchie (10 points)
Official website
	hlinkagretzkycup.ca

The 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (branded as the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup presented by Ram for sponsorship reasons) is an under-18 international ice hockey tournament held in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada from 31 July 2022 – 6 August 2022 at Peavey Mart Centrium.^[1]

Preliminary round

All times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	3	3	0	0	0	26	1	+25	9	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	13	7	+6	6	Semifinals
3	Slovakia	3	0	1	0	2	5	15	−10	2	Fifth place game
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	1	2	5	26	−21	1	Seventh place game

Source: hlinkagretzkycup.ca
(H) Host

31 July
19:00

Canada

14–0
(8–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 1]}

Scott Ratzlaff

Goalies

Ewan Huet
Diego Simeoni

Barlow (Molendyk, Ratzlaff) – sh – 2:02	1–0
Rehkopf (Ritchie, Allen) – 7:29	2–0
Barlow (Barkey) – sh – 8:53	3–0
Gauthier (Benson) – sh – 9:58	4–0
Yager (Rehkopf, Ritchie) – 10:43	5–0
Gauthier (Heidt, Benson) – pp – 11:11	6–0
Wood (Allen, Yager) – pp – 16:44	7–0
Cristall (Wood, Tourigny) – pp – 17:50	8–0
Lind (Ritchie, Tourigny) – 21:42	9–0
Barkey (Allen, Barlow) – 24:12	10–0
Gauthier (Price) – pp – 37:52	11–0
Price (Howe, Allen) – 38:24	12–0
Ritchie (Wood) – 50:22	13–0
Heidt (Cristall) – 39:51	14–0

12 min

Penalties

8 min

52

Shots

17

1 August
11:00

Sweden

4–1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Slovakia

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 2]}

Noah Erliden

Goalies

Samuel Urban

Forsfjäll (Stenberg, Erliden) – 38:35	1–0
	1–1	45:44 – Eperješi (Molnár)
Stenberg (Sagranden, Forsfjäll) – pp – 46:03	2–1
Edstrom (Nilsson, Landén) – 53:56	3–1
Stenberg (Edstrom, Kostadinski) – en – 58:47	4–1

14 min

Penalties

10 min

39

Shots

33

2 August
11:00

Switzerland

3–9
(1–3, 1–3, 1–3)

Sweden

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 3]}

Diego Simeoni

Goalies

Noah Erliden

	0–1	1:46 – pp – Nordh (Stenberg, Lindstein)
	0–2	5:18 – Kling (Pettersson, Bergström)
	0–3	8:45 – Nordh (Willander, Lindstein)
Meier (Horak, Pedrazzini) – 10:06	1–3
	1–4	28:51 – pp – Stenberg (Lindstein, Forsfjäll)
Braillard (Pedrazzini, Meier) – 29:20	2–4
	2–5	35:51 – pp – Sagranden (Forsfjäll, Stenberg)
	2–6	36:57 – Johansson (F. Nilsson, Sagranden)
Braillard (Meier, Lindemann) – pp – 43:52	3–6
	3–7	50:58 – Kangas (Kling, N. Nilsson)
	3–8	52:45 – pp – Lindstein (N. Nilsson, Stenberg)
	3–9	59:05 – Pettersson (Lindstein, Sagranden)

19 min

Penalties

40 min

8

Shots

4

2 August
19:00

Slovakia

1–9
(0–2, 0–4, 1–3)

Canada

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 4]}

Samuel Urban
Damian Slávik

Goalies

Carson Bjarnason

	0–1	5:15 – pp – Yager (Molendyk, Ritchie)
	0–2	15:59 – Benson (Price, Yager)
	0–3	27:40 – Yager (Price, Benson)
	0–4	29:14 – Howe (Rehkopf, Cristall)
	0–5	33:18 – Heidt (Barlow, Rehkopf)
	0–6	39:24 – Allen (Cristall, Wood)
	0–7	44:09 – Heidt (Barkey)
	0–8	44:40 – Gauthier (Benson, Molendyk)
	0–9	49:21 – pp – Molendyk (Yager, Ritchie)
Císar – 56:21	1–9

18 min

Penalties

14 min

20

Shots

65

3 August
15:00

Slovakia

3–2 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
OT: (1–0)

Switzerland

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 5]}

Samuel Urban

Goalies

Ewan Huet

Jenčko (Baran, Molnár) – 11:30	1–0
	1–1	15:15 – Zürcher
	1–2	33:12 – pp – R. Meier (Braillard, S. Meier)
Cedzo (Chromiak, Molnár) – pp – 34:27	2–2
Cedzo (Dej) – 61:53	3–2

14 min

Penalties

10 min

31

Shots

35

3 August
19:00

Canada

3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 6]}

Scott Ratzlaff

Goalies

Eric Olsson

Ritchie (Cataford, MacKinnon) – 3:29	1–0
Benson (Gauthier, Yager) – 30:55	2–0
Yager (Ritchie, Cristall) – pp – 37:05	3–0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	0	14	6	+8	8	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	0	11	6	+5	7	Semifinals
3	United States	3	1	0	0	2	10	8	+2	3	Fifth place game
4	Germany	3	0	0	0	3	4	19	−15	0	Seventh place game

Source: hlinkagretzkycup.ca

31 July
11:00

Czech Republic

4–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (1–0)

Finland

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 7]}

Michael Hrabal

Goalies

Petteri Rimpinen

Stancl (Sprynar) – sh – 2:36	1–0
Zidlicky (Petr, Rocak) – 28:04	2–0
	2–1	36:38 – pp – Haittunen (Kiviharju, Kumpulainen)
	2–2	41:28 – Kangas (Hynninen)
	2–3	50:29 – Saarelainen (Kumpulainen, Muhonen)
Stancl (Matějíček, Koci) – 59:27	3–3

Csabi

Šalé

Petr

Sprynar

Stancl

Sale

Shootout

Saarelainen

Halttunen

Kiviharju

Kiiskinen

Jarventie

Kiviharju

8 min

Penalties

4 min

22

Shots

36

31 July
15:00

United States

8–1
(2–0, 3–1, 3–0)

Germany

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 8]}

Calvin Vachon

Goalies

Nico Pertuch
Dean Doge

Whitelaw – 5:07	1–0
Terrance (Musty, Adams) – 7:25	2–0
Connor (Whitelaw, Strathmann) – pp – 20:38	3–0
Gramer (Kinsman, Erdman) – 23:57	4–0
	4–1	28:52 – sh – Schäfer (Bicker)
McDonough – 33:03	5–1
Strathmann (Lacroix) – 40:52	6–1
Erdman (Connor, Sharp) – 47:53	7–1
Whitelaw (Strathmann, Lacroix) – pp – 56:53	8–1

8 min

Penalties

12 min

49

Shots

15

1 August
15:00

Finland

4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

United States

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 9]}

Eemil Vinni

Goalies

Calvin Vachon

	0–1	2:53 – pp – Musty (St. Louis, McCarthy)
Jarventie (Alasiurua, Uronen) – 8:05	1–1
Eliseev (Leppa) – 27:57	2–1
Uronen (Jarventie, Kiviharju) – pp – 35:44	3–1
Uronen (Jarventie, Kangas) – 51:44	4–1

8 min

Penalties

14 min

23

Shots

31

1 August
19:00

Germany

2–7
(1–3, 0–4, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 10]}

Leon Willerscheid
Dean Doge

Goalies

Adam Dybal

	0–1	00:41 – Šalé (Badinka, Koci)
Samanski (Niehus, Schäfer) – 00:52	1–1
	1–2	2:53 – Petr (Eichler)
	1–3	10:05 – Koci (Kucera, Klíma)
	1–4	23:37 – Šalé (Koci)
	1–5	26:11 – Šalé (Dvorak, Matějíček)
	1–6	38:09 – pp – Fabry (Šalé, Petr)
	1–7	38:15 – Csabi
Schäfer (Bicker, Niehus) – pp – 40:15	2–7

8 min

Penalties

8 min

24

Shots

32

2 August
15:00

Finland

4–1
(2–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Germany

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 11]}

Eemil Vinni

Goalies

Dean Doge

Kumpulainen (Halttunen, Kiviharju) – pp – 3:35	1–0
Jarventie (Junkkari, Kiviharju) – 8:47	2–0
Ylitalo (Lind, Leppa) – 28:10	3–0
Kliskinen (Kiviharju, Hynninen) – 32:22	4–0
	4–1	40:11 – Bicker (Schäfer)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

39

Shots

16

3 August
11:00

United States

1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 12]}

Hampton Slukynski

Goalies

Michael Hrabal

	0–1	21:57 – Kucera (Csabi)
	0–2	44:07 – Sprynar (Šalé)
Adams (Musty, Terrance) – 45:05	1–2
	1–3	54:40 – en/sh – Dvorak

10 min

Penalties

10 min

35

Shots

20

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

5 August

A1 Canada	4
		6 August
B2 Finland	1
		W1 Canada	4
5 August
		W2 Sweden	1
B1 Czech Republic	2

A2 Sweden	6
		Third place

		6 August

		L1 Finland	3

		L2 Czech Republic	1

Seventh place game

5 August
10:00

Switzerland

4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Germany

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 13]}

Diego Simeoni

Goalies

Nico Pertuch
Dean Doge

Braillard (Meier, Pedrazzini) – 15:47	1–0
Braillard – 17:54	2–0
Etique (Horak, Embacher) – 36:58	3–0
	3–1	43:06 – Schäfer (Hense, Bicker)
Zurcher (Lichtensteiger) – en – 58:16	4–1

4 min

Penalties

8 min

38

Shots

23

Fifth place game

5 August
13:30

Slovakia

2–4
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1)

United States

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 14]}

Samuel Urban

Goalies

Hampton Slukynsky

Baran (Maruna, Rohaľ) – 05:00	1–0
	1–1	15:56 – Connor (Gramer, Erdman)
	1–2	18:46 – pp – Strathmann (Lacroix, Whitelaw)
	1–3	23:39 – pp – Adams (St. Louis, Musty)
	1–4	42:09 – Sharp (Musty, Terrance)
Pekarčík (Urban) – 45:44	2–4

14 min

Penalties

12 min

35

Shots

36

Semifinals

5 August
17:00

Canada

4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Finland

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 15]}

Scott Ratzlaff

Goalies

Eemil Vinni

Gauthier (Price, Allen) – 19:43	1–0
Ritchie (Rehkopf, Weinstein) – 28:54	2–0
Wood – 49:29	3–0
Barkey (Cristall, Howe) – 49:48	4–0
	4–1	59:42 – Alasiurua (Kliskinen, Hynninen)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

27

Shots

24

5 August
20:30

Czech Republic

2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)

Sweden

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 16]}

Michael Hrabal

Goalies

Noah Erliden

	0–1	17:51 – Forsfjäll (Sandin Pellikka, Lindstein)
	0–2	23:26 – Nordh (Kangas, Sandin Pellikka)
Stancl (Badinka, Sprynar) – 32:56	1–2
	1–3	38:46 – Nilsson (Edstrom, Sagadin)
Felcman (Kucera) – 45:47	2–3
	2–4	56:44 – Stenberg (Bergström, Willander)
	2–5	59:05 – en – Johansson
	2–6	59:55 – Stenberg (Edstrom)

6 min

Penalties

10 min

30

Shots

39

Bronze medal game

6 August
12:00

Finland

3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 17]}

Eemil Vinni

Goalies

Michael Hrabal

Kiviharju (Nurmi, Kliskinen) – 15:17	1–0
	1–1	19:35 – Šalé (Petr, Stancl)
Alasiurua (Halttunen, Jarventie) – 26:31	2–1
Kilskinen (Uronen) – en – 59:18	3–1

2 min

Penalties

2 min

25

Shots

22

Final

6 August
16:00

Canada

4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Peavey Mart Centrium

^{[Game reference 18]}

Scott Ratzlaff

Goalies

Noah Erliden

Howe (Barlow) – 5:49	1–0
	1–1	11:57 – Pettersson (Nilsson)
Gauthier (Heidt, Allen) – pp – 14:15	2–1
Ritchie (Heidt) – 25:54	3–1
Yager (Benson) – 55:56	4–1

8 min

Penalties

8 min

36

Shots

26

Final standings


Rank	Team
	Canada
	Sweden
	Finland
4	Czech Republic
5	United States
6	Slovakia
7	Switzerland
8	Germany

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	Calum Ritchie	Canada	5	4	6	10	2
2	Otto Stenberg	Sweden	5	5	4	9	0
2	Brayden Yager	Canada	5	5	4	9	0
4	Ethan Gauthier	Canada	5	6	1	7	4
5	Zach Benson	Canada	5	2	5	7	2
6	Cameron Allen	Canada	5	1	6	7	10
7	Eduard Sale	Czech Republic	5	4	2	6	0
8	Riley Heidt	Canada	5	3	3	6	0
9	Andrew Cristall	Canada	5	1	5	6	6
9	Aron Kiviharju	Finland	5	1	5	6	0
9	Theo Lindstein	Sweden	5	1	5	6	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: ^[2]

References

^ "Hlinka Gretzky Cup the first step to possible NHL stardom". Edmonton Sun. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
^ "Player Stats". HlinkagretzkyCup.ca. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

Game references

^ "Canada @ Switzerland, Game #3". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
^ "Sweden @ Slovakia, Game #4". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
^ "Switzerland @ Sweden, Game #7". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
^ "Slovakia @ Canada, Game #9". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
^ "Slovakia @ Switzerland, Game #11". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
^ "Canada @ Sweden, Game #12". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
^ "Czechia @ Finland, Game #1". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
^ "United States @ Germany, Game #2". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
^ "Finland @ United States, Game #5". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
^ "Germany @ Czechia, Game #6". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
^ "Finland @ Germany, Game #8". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
^ "United States @ Czechia, Game #10". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
^ "Switzerland @ Germany, Game #13". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
^ "Slovakia @ United States". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
^ "Canada @ Finland, Game #15". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
^ "Czechia @ Sweden, Game #16". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
^ "Germany @ Czechia, Game #6". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
^ "Canada @ Sweden, Game #18". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[1] "Hlinka Gretzky Cup the first step to possible NHL stardom". Edmonton Sun. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[20] "Player Stats". HlinkagretzkyCup.ca. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[2] "Canada @ Switzerland, Game #3". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

[3] "Sweden @ Slovakia, Game #4". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.

[4] "Switzerland @ Sweden, Game #7". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

[5] "Slovakia @ Canada, Game #9". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.

[6] "Slovakia @ Switzerland, Game #11". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

[7] "Canada @ Sweden, Game #12". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

[8] "Czechia @ Finland, Game #1". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

[9] "United States @ Germany, Game #2". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

[10] "Finland @ United States, Game #5". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

[11] "Germany @ Czechia, Game #6". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[12] "Finland @ Germany, Game #8". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[13] "United States @ Czechia, Game #10". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[14] "Switzerland @ Germany, Game #13". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[15] "Slovakia @ United States". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.

[16] "Canada @ Finland, Game #15". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[17] "Czechia @ Sweden, Game #16". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[18] "Germany @ Czechia, Game #6". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[19] "Canada @ Sweden, Game #18". HlinkaGretzkyCup.ca. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

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