2009 World Junior A Challenge
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 Canada
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| Dates | November 1, 2009 – November 8, 2009 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Venue(s) | Consolidated Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 United States (2nd title)
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Runner-up 
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Canada West
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Third place 
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 Russia
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| Fourth place |
Canada East
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Cody Kunyk (10 pts.) |
| MVP |
Sean Bonar
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The 2009 World Junior A Challenge was an international Junior "A" ice hockey tournament hosted by Hockey Canada. The 2009 World Junior A Challenge was hosted by the Canadian City of Summerside, Prince Edward Island from November 1 to November 8, 2009 at the Consolidated Credit Union Place.
The two host Canadian teams will return, along with Russia, Belarus, and United States. Replacing Germany at this event will be Sweden attending for the first time in the tournament's four-year history.
The first game of exhibition for the 2009 tournament was between Canada West and Belarus at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on October 29, 2009. After a scoreless first period, Belarus jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second. Canada West scored twice in the third, including the tying goal with one second of play remaining to force overtime. Overtime was scoreless, which led to a shootout. Kellen Jones of Canada West scored the only goal of the shootout to get the 1-0 shootout win on three penalty shots each. The same night, at the Colchester Legion Stadium in Truro, Nova Scotia, the Maritime Junior A Hockey League All-Stars challenged Canada East. The Maritimers led 3-1 after the first period and 5-4 after the second. In the third, Canada East scored the lone goal to force overtime. OT solved nothing and led to a lengthy shootout. The MJAHL's Nick Huard made it 1-0 on the first shot, Canada East's Andrew Calof made it 1-1 on the next shot. The MJAHL's Darcy Ashley made it 2-1 on the third shot and Canada East's Brock Higgs scored to knot it at 2 on the sixth shot. After the first six shooters, the shootout became sudden death. All of the next eight penalty shots were stopped before the MJAHL's Stuart Lenehan made it 3-2 on the 15th shot of the shootout. Jeff Vanderlugt of Canada East tied it at 3 on the next shot. On the 17th shot of the shootout, the MJAHL's Matt Milson made it 4-3 and on the 18th Canada East's Kyle Just could not beat the MJAHL's Kirk Rafuse, ending the game as a 6-5 shootout victory for the MJAHL All-Stars. The irony of this MJAHL victory is that the Canada East squad represents the MJAHL at the WJAC, and that the Canada East active roster has no MJAHL players on it.
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