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The World Junior A Challenge 2006 was an international Junior "A"
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Summary

The final was between Canada East and Canada West. The West came out on fire early with two quick goals from Jordie Johnston of the
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, and took a 4-0 lead before the halfway point of the game. The East came back, led by two third period goals by David Kostuch of the
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, but in the end they came up short. The West won the first ever WJAC with a 4-3 victory. The Gold medal game was the only game of the tournament to be nationally televised. It was pre-taped and played on November 18, 2006 by TSN, a week after the game was actually played. All games, except the final, were webcast by
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. The Final, due to a contractual agreement with TSN, was not allowed to be webcast. The Bronze Medal Game was played between Slovakia and Russia. After 3 periods, the game was tied 1-1. After an Overtime and Shootout, the Russians came out on top 2-1. They outshot the Slovaks 49-16.


2006 Exhibition Play

''November 1, 2006'' :Canada East defeated
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:Canada West defeated
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''November 2, 2006'' :Canada East defeated Russia ''4-2'' ''at
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(MJHL) defeated Germany ''4-2'' ''at
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:Canada West defeated Slovakia ''4-0'' ''at Weyburn, Saskatchewan'' ''November 4, 2006'' :Canada West defeated Germany ''11-2'' ''at
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(MJHL) defeated Belarus ''8-4'' ''at
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(SJHL) ''8-2'' ''at
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''November 5, 2006'' :Canada East defeated Belarus ''3-2'' ''at
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2006 Tournament


Group A


Results

November 6, 2006 :Canada West defeated Russia ''6-2'' November 7, 2006 :Russia defeated Belarus ''7-1'' November 8, 2006 :Canada West defeated Belarus ''10-2''


Group B


Results

November 6, 2006 :Slovakia defeated Germany ''3-1'' November 7, 2006 :Canada East defeated Slovakia ''4-1'' November 8, 2006 :Canada East defeated Germany ''4-1''


Championship Round

''Note: Qualifier games on November 9, Semi-final games on November 11, Final game on November 12, 2006.'' ''Bronze Medal Game'' ''on November 12, 2006'' :Russia defeated Slovakia ''2-1'' in Overtime Shootout ''5th Place Game'' ''on November 11, 2006'' :Germany defeated Belarus ''8-3''


Final standings


Statistics


Scoring Leaders


Goaltending leaders


Rosters


Belarus

''Players:'' Vitali Bialinski, Anton Mitskevich, Mikhail Karpeichyk, Vitali Marchanka,
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, Siarhei Sheleh, Aliaksandr Yeronau, Nikolai Goncharov, Viachaslau Raitsou, Aleh Haroshka,
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Canada East

''Players:'' Scott Greenham, Cameron Talbot, Ryan Burkholder, Alain Goulet, Scott Levigne,
Brock Matheson Brock Matheson (born May 28, 1987) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Born in Gananoque, Ontario, Matheson played junior hockey in Ottawa with the Kanata Stallions. Matheson then played with the Union College Dutchmen until ...
, Brendan Smith, Jeff Terminesi, Mike Ward, Will Acton, Spencer Anderson, Jean-Phillipe Beaulieu, Glenn Belmore, Louie Caporusso, Scott Freeman, Mike Gailbraith, Kyle Goodchild,
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, David Kostuch, Michael Lecomte, Keif Orsini, Paul Zanette ''Staff:''
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, Paul Currie,
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, Marty Abrams, Troy Ryan, Dave Campbell, Bill O'Connor


Canada West

''Players:'' Keanan Boomer, Guillaume Perusse, Deron Cousens, Ryan de Vries, Maury Edwards, Jason Gray, Kyle Haines, Damon Kipp,
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, Cody Danberg, Justin Fontaine,
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, Jordie Johnston,
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, Tyler McNeely,
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, Kyle Ostrow,
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, Kyle Reed,
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''Staff:''
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, Don Pindus


Germany

''Players:'' Markus Keller, Bjorn Linda, Andreas Tanzer, Nikolaus Senger, Andre Mangold, Sinan Akdag, Sebastian Eickmann, Florian Muller, Andreas Gawlik, Gregor Stein, Denis Reul, Jens Heyer, Nicolas Ackermann,
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, Michael Rimbeck,
Martin Buchwieser Martin Buchwieser (born May 28, 1989) is a German professional ice hockey forward who is signed with Löwen Frankfurt, a member of the DEL2. Playing career Buchwieser came through the youth ranks of SC Riessersee, before joining EHC München i ...
, Michael Christ, Martin Leismuller,
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Russia

''Players:'' Dmitri Voloshin, Sergey Gayduchenko, Yakov Seleznev, Maxim Isaev, Andrey Kolesnikov, Maksim Goncharov,
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, Nikolay Lukyanchikov, Andrey Konev, Albert Polinin, Mikhail Churlyaev, Denis Trakhanov, Alexander Vasiliev, Vladimir Bakika, Vitaly Karamnov,
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, Kim Dovlatyan, Denis Fakhrutdinov, Egor Averin,
Sergey Korostin Sergei Anatolevich Korostin (; born July 5, 1989) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Zauralie Kurgan of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). Playing career Korostin was drafted in the third round, 64th overall, by th ...
, Maksim Mayorov, Nikita Klyukin, Egor Dubrovskiy,
Ilya Fedin Ilya Albertovich Fedin (; born May 6, 1989) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for Neftyanik Almetievsk of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). He previously played for Atlant Moscow Oblast and HC Sochi of the Kon ...
, Evgeny Dadonov, Ruben Begunts ''Staff:'' Andrey Fedorov, Radj Dovlatyan, Miskhat Fakhrutdinov, Vladimir Koluzganov,
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, Yuri Leonov, Nikolay Kulikov,
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, Sergey Vinnikov


Slovakia

''Players:''
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, Dalimir Jancovic, Marek Mertel, Tomas Vyletelka, Martin Stepan,
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Awards

''Most Valuable Player'' :Kyle Turris (Canada West) ''All-Star Team'' :Goaltender - Jaroslav Janus (Slovakia) :Defenseman – Deron Cousens (Canada West) :Defenseman – Maxim Isaev (Russia) :Forward – Louie Caporusso (Canada East) :Forward – Sergey Korostin (Russia) :Forward – Kyle Turris (Canada West)


References

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