2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesJuly 31, 2022 – August 6, 2022
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (23rd title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played18
Goals scored121 (6.72 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Calum Ritchie (10 points)
Official website
hlinkagretzkycup.ca
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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 July 31, 2022 – August 6, 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
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
July 31
19:00		Canada 14–0
(8–0, 4–0, 2–0)		  Switzerland

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 5 PN = 5

August 1
11:00		Sweden 4–1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 Slovakia
GoaliesSamuel Urban
1–0
1–145:56 – Barcík (Molnár)
2–1
3–1
4–1
14 minPenalties10 min
39Shots33
August 2
11:00		Switzerland 3–9
(1–3, 1–3, 1–3)		 Sweden

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 10 N2 = 0 PN = 10

August 2
19:00		Slovakia 1–9
(0–2, 0–4, 1–3)		 Canada
Samuel Urban
Damian Slávik		Goalies
0–1
0–2
0–3
0–4
0–5
0–6
0–7
0–8
0–9
Císar – 56:211–9
18 minPenalties14 min
20Shots65
August 3
15:00		Slovakia 3–2 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
OT: (1–0)		  Switzerland
Samuel UrbanGoaliesEwan Huet
Jenčko (Eperješi, Molnár) – 11:301–0
1–115:15 – Zürcher
1–233:12 – R. Meier (Braillard, S. Meier) (PP)
Cedzo (Chromiak, Molnár) (PP) – 34:272–2
Cedzo (Dej) – 61:533–2
14 minPenalties10 min
31Shots34
August 3
19:00		Canada 3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 Sweden

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
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
July 31
11:00		Czech Republic 4–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (1–0)		 Finland
July 31
15:00		United States 8–1
(2–0, 3–1, 3–0)		 Germany
August 1
15:00		Finland 4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)		 United States
August 1
19:00		Germany 2–7
(1–3, 0–4, 1–0)		 Czech Republic
August 2
15:00		Finland 4–1
(2–0, 2–0, 0–1)		 Germany
August 3
11:00		United States 1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)		 Czech Republic

Final round

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
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

August 5
10:00		Switzerland 4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 Germany

Fifth place game

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 1 PN = 6

August 5
13:30		Slovakia 2–4
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1)		 United States
Samuel UrbanGoaliesHampton Slukynsky
Eperješi (Maruna, Rohaľ) – 05:001–0
1–1
1–2
1–3
1–4
Pekarčík (Pišoja) – 45:442–4
14 minPenalties12 min
35Shots36

Semifinals

August 5
17:00		Canada 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 Finland
August 5
20:30		Czech Republic 2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)		 Sweden

Bronze medal game

August 6
12:00		Finland 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 Czech Republic

Final

August 6
16:00		Canada 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 Sweden

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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: hlinkagretzkycup.ca

References

  1. ^ "Hlinka Gretzky Cup the first step to possible NHL stardom". Edmonton Sun. 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-08-06.