2021 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

2021 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovakia  Czech Republic
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	2–7 August
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Russia (5th title)
Runner-up	Slovakia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	18
Goals scored	152 (8.44 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Matvei Michkov (13 points)
Official website
hlinkagretzky.cz

The 2021 Hlinka Gretzky Cup is an under-18 international ice hockey tournament that was held in Piešťany, Slovakia and Břeclav, Czech Republic from 2 to 7 August 2021 at FOSFA Aréna in Břeclav and Easton Arena in Piešťany.[1]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	0	21	7	+14	9	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	1	1	0	1	14	9	+5	5
3	Czech Republic (H)	3	1	0	1	1	9	11	−2	4	Fifth place game
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	3	3	20	−17	0	Seventh place game

Source: hockeyslovakia.sk
(H) Host

2 August 2021 15:30

Finland

2–5 (1–1, 1–1, 0–3)

Russia

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav

czsk

2 August 2021 19:00

Czech Republic

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav

czsk

3 August 2021 15:30

Switzerland

2–9 (0–0, 0–6, 2–3)

Russia

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav

czsk

3 August 2021 19:00

Czech Republic

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

Finland

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav

czsk

4 August 2021 15:30

Finland

8–1 (5–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Switzerland

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav

czsk

4 August 2021 19:00

Czech Republic

3–7 (1–0, 1–5, 1–2)

Russia

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav

czsk

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia (H)	3	3	0	0	0	21	7	+14	9	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	13	10	+3	6
3	United States	3	1	0	0	2	15	10	+5	3	Fifth place game
4	Germany	3	0	0	0	3	5	27	−22	0	Seventh place game

Source: hockeyslovakia.sk
(H) Host

2 August 2021 15:30

Germany

3–5 (0–2, 3–0, 0–3)

Sweden

Easton Arena, Piešťany

czsk

2 August 2021 19:00

Slovakia

5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

United States

Easton Arena, Piešťany Attendance: 500

czsk
	Rastislav Eliaš	Goalies	Lucas Szyszka
	Repčík (Slafkovský, Mešár) (PP) – 00:41 1–0 Dvorský (Čiernik, Molnár) – 01:46 2–0 Slafkovský (Moško, Repčík) – 03:12 3–0 Dvorský (Nemec, Repčík) (PP) – 21:10 4–0 4–1 25:45 – Plante (Borgesi) 4–2 34:56 – Aegerter (Finley) Dvorský (Repčík, Mešár) (PP) – 43:37 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	34

3 August 2021 15:30

Sweden

5–3 (1–3, 2–0, 2–0)

United States

Easton Arena, Piešťany

czsk

3 August 2021 19:00

Slovakia

12–2 (5–1, 4–0, 3–1)

Germany

Easton Arena, Piešťany Attendance: 500

czsk
	Rastislav Eliaš	Goalies
	0–1 02:44 – Gaidel (Ullmann) Dvorský (Čiernik, Molnár) – 04:48 1–1 Mešár (Nemec, Slafkovský) (PP) – 08:11 2–1 Repčík (Slafkovský, Mešár) (PP) – 13:16 3–1 Slafkovský (Nemec, Dvorský) (PP) – 14:30 4–1 Čiernik (Petrovský, Štrbák) – 17:57 5–1 Dvorský (Čiernik, Molnár) – 29:50 6–1 Sýkora (Petrovský, Moško) – 32:09 7–1 Molnár (Čiernik, Dvorský) – 34:46 8–1 Slafkovský (Nemec, Dvorský) (PP) – 37:16 9–1 Molnár (Dvorský, Čiernik) – 51:17 10–1 Dvorský (Mešár, Nemec) (PP) – 52:20 11–1 11–2 53:47 – Pischoff (Elias, Hauf) Repčík (Mešár, Kmec) (PP) – 56:16 12–2
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	16

4 August 2021 15:30

United States

10–0 (2–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Germany

Easton Arena, Piešťany

czsk

4 August 2021 19:00

Slovakia

4–3 (0–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Sweden

Easton Arena, Piešťany Attendance: 500

czsk
	Rastislav Eliaš	Goalies	Hugo Hävelid
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	34

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	6 August – Břeclav
	A1  Russia	7
					7 August – Piešťany
	B2  Sweden	5
					W1  Russia	7
	6 August – Piešťany
					W2  Slovakia	2
	B1  Slovakia	6
	A2  Finland	2
					Third place
					7 August – Břeclav
					L1  Sweden	4
					L2  Finland	3

Seventh place game

6 August 2021 15:30

Switzerland

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

Germany

Easton Arena, Piešťany

czsk

Fifth place game

6 August 2021 15:30

Czech Republic

4–6 (1–1, 1–2, 2–3)

United States

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav

czsk

Semifinals

6 August 2021 19:00

Slovakia

6–2 (1–0, 4–0, 1–2)

Finland

Easton Arena, Piešťany Attendance: 500

czsk
	Rastislav Eliaš	Goalies	Niklas Kokko Manu Lukkarinen
	Petrovský (Nátny) (SH) – 13:27 1–0 Repčík (Moško, Slafkovský) – 26:19 2–0 Sýkora (Petrovský, Nátny) – 27:01 3–0 Suchý (Šotek) (SH) – 38:41 4–0 Šotek (Suchý) (SH) – 39:42 5–0 Dvorský (Repčík, Slafkovský) (PP) – 54:40 6–0 6–1 55:18 – Hokkanen (Raiman) 6–2 57:12 – Kemell (Lassila, Kulonummi) (PP2)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	47	Shots	27

6 August 2021 19:00

Russia

7–5 (1–2, 3–2, 3–1)

Sweden

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 422

czsk
	48	Shots	26

Bronze medal game

7 August 2021 17:00

Sweden

4–3 (1–1, 1–2, 2–0)

Finland

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 170

czsk

Final

7 August 2021 17:00

Russia

7–2 (3–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Slovakia

Easton Arena, Piešťany Attendance: 500

czsk
	Sergei Ivanov	Goalies	Rastislav Eliaš Patrik Jurčák	Referees: Daniel Konc Peter Stano Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Oto Durmis
	Miroshnichenko (Kvochko, Michkov) (PP) – 12:20 1–0 Malyavin (Larkin, Remezovsky) – 13:30 2–0 Sinyatkin (Demidov, Trikozov) – 18:09 3–0 3–1 27:44 – Mešár (Slafkovský) Miroshnichenko (Gazizov, Rogovskii) – 29:09 4–1 Gulyaev (Michkov) – 30:17 5–1 5–2 40:25 – Žlnka (Petrovský) Rogovskii (Gazizov) – 42:35 6–2 Michkov – 55:48 7–2
	12 min	Penalties	34 min
	25	Shots	41

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	A	Russia	5	5	0	0	0	35	14	+21	15
2	B	Slovakia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	29	16	+13	12
3	B	Sweden	5	3	0	0	2	22	20	+2	9
4	A	Finland	5	1	1	0	3	19	19	0	5
5	B	United States	4	2	0	0	2	21	14	+7	6
6	A	Czech Republic (H)	4	1	0	1	2	13	17	−4	4
7	B	Germany	4	0	1	0	3	8	29	−21	2
8	A	Switzerland	4	0	0	1	3	5	23	−18	1

Source: ^[citation needed]
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Matvei Michkov	Russia	5	8	5	13	+12	2
2	Dalibor Dvorský	Slovakia	5	8	4	12	+3	2
3	Ruslan Gazizov	Russia	5	3	7	10	+8	4
4	Ivan Miroshnichenko	Russia	5	4	5	9	+7	0
5	Juraj Slafkovský	Slovakia	5	3	6	9	−1	8
6	Mattias Hävelid	Sweden	5	2	7	9	+4	4
7	Peter Repčík	Slovakia	5	4	4	8	+1	4
8	Filip Mešár	Slovakia	5	2	6	8	−2	0
9	Liam Öhgren	Sweden	5	4	3	7	+5	0
10	Filip Bystedt	Sweden	5	3	4	7	+6	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: hockeyslovakia.sk

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Sergei Ivanov	Russia	240:00	12	3.00	135	91.11	0
2	Hugo Hävelid	Sweden	176:13	13	4.43	124	89.52	0
3	Niklas Kokko	Finland	218:54	15	4.11	138	89.13	0
4	Rastislav Eliaš	Slovakia	270:17	14	3.11	128	89.06	0
5	Jan Špunar	Czech Republic	165:00	9	3.27	80	88.75	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: hockeyslovakia.sk

References

1. "The 2021 Hlinka Gretzky Cup will be held in Breclav and Piešťany". Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.