2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Czech Republic  Slovakia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	31 July–5 August 2023
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (24th title)
Runner-up	Czech Republic
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	18
Goals scored	151 (8.39 per game)
Attendance	35,933 (1,996 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Berkly Catton (10 points)
Official website
hlinkagretzky.cz
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The 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup is an under-18 international ice hockey tournament that was held from 31 July to 5 August 2023 at FOSFA Aréna in Břeclav, Czech Republic, and Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium in Trenčín, Slovakia.^[1]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	3	2	0	0	1	15	8	+7	6	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	16	9	+7	6
3	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	16	9	+7	6	Fifth place game
4	Germany	3	0	0	0	3	4	25	−21	0	Seventh place game

31 July 2023 15:30

Sweden

11–1 (2–0, 3–1, 6–0)

Germany

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 506

	8 min	Penalties	12 min

31 July 2023 19:00

Czech Republic

7–2 (1–0, 2–2, 4–0)

United States

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 2,197

	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	21

1 August 2023 15:30

United States

6–1 (2–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Sweden

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 324

	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	23

1 August 2023 19:00

Czech Republic

6–2 (1–0, 4–2, 1–0)

Germany

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 2,398

	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	19

2 August 2023 15:30

Germany

1–8 (0–4, 1–2, 0–2)

United States

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 514

	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	43

2 August 2023 19:00

Czech Republic

2–4 (0–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Sweden

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 3,126

	18 min	Penalties	26 min
	32	Shots	29

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	25	13	+12	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	12	10	+2	6
3	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	9	9	0	6	Fifth place game
4	Slovakia (H)	3	0	0	0	3	8	22	−14	0	Seventh place game

31 July 2023 15:30

Canada

6–9 (3–2, 1–3, 2–4)

Finland

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 1,011

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	25

31 July 2023 19:00

Slovakia

3–6 (1–2, 1–1, 1–3)

Switzerland

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 2,858

Game reference
	Richard Rafaj	Goalies	Christian Kirsch
	0–1 04:22 – Reber (Ponzetto, Forget) 0–2 18:06 – Ustinkov (Forget) Kupec (Chovan, Kiss) – 19:20 1–2 1–3 21:22 – Reber (Ponzetto, Ustinkov) Šlank (Liščinský) – 32:21 2–3 2–4 49:21 – Wey (Körbler) 2–5 53:27 – Blessing (Tarchini) (PP) Chovan (Pobežal) – 55:48 3–5 3–6 59:59 – Antenen (Kurt, Meier) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	24	Shots	11

1 August 2023 15:30

Finland

1–3 (0–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Switzerland

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 858

Game reference
	Petteri Rimpinen	Goalies	Phileas Lachat
	0–1 29:23 – Ponzetto (Forget, Reber) (PP) 0–2 36:09 – Bosson (Kurt, Tarchini) Muhonen (Suoniemi) – 50:58 1–2 1–3 51:14 – Wehrli (Antenen, Grossniklaus)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	10	Shots	15

1 August 2023 19:00

Slovakia

4–14 (0–2, 3–6, 1–6)

Canada

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 4,149

Game reference
	Richard Rafaj Benjamín Varša	Goalies	Carter George
	0–1 00:22 – Catton (Misa, Wetsch) 0–2 09:33 – Ritchie (Beaudoin, McQueen) 0–3 22:05 – Misa Zálešák (Pobežal, Chovan) – 22:58 1–3 Liška (Semančík, Feranec) – 25:40 2–3 2–4 25:55 – Catton (Misa, Dickinson) 2–5 30:21 – Misa (Mews, Marrelli) (PP) 2–6 32:27 – Lindstrom (Mews, Martone) 2–7 33:49 – Poirier (Josephson, Masse) Beluško (Pobežal) – 35:19 3–7 3–8 38:31 – Ritchie (Spence) 3–9 40:10 – McQueen (Ritchie, Elick) 3–10 40:38 – Ritchie (Beaudoin, McQueen) 3–11 40:56 – Wetsch (Dickinson, Mews) Pobežal (Fabuš) – 41:43 4–11 4–12 42:23 – Masse (Poirier, Elick) 4–13 57:03 – McQueen (Ritchie, Misa) (PP) 4–14 59:39 – Martone (Misa)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	19	Shots	38

2 August 2023 15:30

Switzerland

0–5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 928

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	12	Shots	31

2 August 2023 19:00

Slovakia

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Finland

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 2,942

Game reference
	Martin Haronik	Goalies	Petteri Rimpinen
	Zálešák (Radivojevič, Pitka) (PP) – 20:14 1–0 1–1 23:08 – Hemming (Suoniemi, Jokinen) (PP) 1–2 59:57 – Suoniemi (Hemming, Saarelainen)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	21

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	4 August – Břeclav
	A1  Czech Republic	8
					5 August – Břeclav
	B2  Finland	2
					W1  Czech Republic	2
	4 August – Trenčín
					W2  Canada (OT)	3
	B1  Canada	7
	A2  United States	2
					Third place
					5 August – Trenčín
					L1  Finland	2
					L2  United States	5

Seventh place game

4 August 2023 15:30

Slovakia

4–6 (1–3, 1–1, 2–2)

Germany

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 1,948

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	16

Fifth place game

4 August 2023 15:30

Sweden

3–2 OT (0–0, 2–2, 0–0) OT: (1–0)

Switzerland

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 420

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	19

Semifinals

4 August 2023 19:00

Czech Republic

8–2 (2–1, 4–0, 2–1)

Finland

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 3,877

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	19

4 August 2023 19:00

Canada

7–2 (1–2, 3–0, 3–0)

United States

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 1,845

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	34	Shots	24

Bronze medal game

5 August 2023 17:00

United States

5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Finland

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 1,321

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	23

Final

5 August 2023 17:00

Canada

3–2 OT (0–1, 2–0, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

Czech Republic

FOSFA Aréna, Břeclav Attendance: 4,711

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	6 min

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Canada
	Czech Republic
	United States
4	Finland
5	Sweden
6	Switzerland
7	Germany
8	Slovakia

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM

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

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