2012 Canada–Russia Challenge

The 2012 Canada–Russia Challenge was a four-game international ice hockey tournament between Canadian and Russian junior teams, held in Canada and Russia on August 9–14, 2012, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, as well as honouring the memory of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.[1]

2012 Canada–Russia Challenge
Tournament details
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesAugust 9–14, 2012
Teams2
Final positions
Champions  Canada
Runner-up  Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played4

Games

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Date City Away team Home team Score
August 9 Yaroslavl, Russia Canada Russia 3–2
August 10 Yaroslavl, Russia Canada Russia 3–6
August 13 Halifax, Canada Russia Canada 6–5
August 14 Halifax, Canada Russia Canada 2–4

Being a four-game series with each team winning twice, a tie-breaking overtime was required to determine the series winner. Canada's Ryan Strome scored at 3:20 of the 20-minute sudden death period to win the series for Canada.[2]

Statistics

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Name Nationality Goals Assists Points
Ty Rattie Canada 3 2 5
Kirill Kapustin Russia 3 2 5
Jonathan Huberdeau Canada 2 3 5
Ryan Murphy Canada 1 4 5
Andrei Sigarev Russia 3 1 4
Ryan Strome Canada 2 2 4
Nail Yakupov Russia 1 3 4
Morgan Rielly Canada 1 3 4
Mark Scheifele Canada 0 4 4
Sean Monahan Canada 2 1 3
Name Nationality GP SA GA SVPT GAA
Malcolm Subban Canada 2 49 4 91.84% 2
Andrei Vasilevski Russia 2 73 7 90.41% 3.5
Andrei Makarov Russia 2 79 8 89.87% 4
Maxime Lagacé Canada 1 35 5 85.71% 5
Laurent Brossoit Canada 1 27 6 77.78% 6
  • Includes Ryan Stromes overtime goal for players, but does not count against Andrei Vasilevski because of the lack of information regarding total overtime shots.

References

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  1. ^ "The Official Website of Hockey Canada".
  2. ^ "Canada takes Canada-Russia Challenge with OT series winner". www.tsn.ca. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012.