International Ice Hockey Federation Skills Challenge Final Results

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May 21, 2008
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QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC – The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) hosted the 2008 IIHF Skills Challenge on the weekend of May 2-4 in Quebec City. The event was the first ever international skills challenge and was part of the IIHF’s 100th anniversary celebrations.

The 2008 IIHF Skills Challenge took place during the opening weekend of the 2008 IIHF World Championship. A total of 104 participants took part in the event (ages 11-16), coming from 30 IIHF member federations.

Hockey Canada’s Canadian Skills Challenge was held May 3rd in conjunction with the IIHF event; Twenty-four players and 12 goalies represented various Hockey Canada Branches. The top male player, top female player, top male goaltender and top female goaltender moved forward to represent Canada in the IIHF Skills Challenge held May 4th at the PEPS Centre.

Canadian Skills Challenge Results:

Male Player:
1. Nicolas Petan - BC Hockey
2. Jarrett Fontaine - Saskatchewan Hockey Association
3. Jack Macquarrie - Hockey Nova Scotia

Female Player:
1. Michaeline Falla - Ontario Women’s Hockey Association
2. Geneviève Bannon - Hockey Quebec
3. Katie Parkman - Hockey PEI

Male Goaltender:
1. Derrick-Storm Phaneuf - Hockey Quebec
2. Kristian Leger Ontario - Hockey Federation
3. Christopher Hartman - Hockey Alberta

Female Goaltender:
1. Bianka Landry - Hockey Quebec
2. Natasha Trzebinski - Ontario Women’s Hockey Association
3. Laticia Castillo - BC Hockey

IIHF Skills Challenge Results:

Male Player:
1. Tobias Rieder - GER
2. Kiril Holub - BLR
3. Thomas Spelling - DEN

Female Player:
1. Isa Rahunen - FIN
2. Tanja Eisenschmied - GER
3. Josefine Persson - DEN

Male Goaltender:
1. Jesper Sannerborg - SWE
2. Rihards Cimermanis - LAT
3. Philip Lehr - GER

Female Goaltender:
1. Bianka Landry - CAN
2. Vilma Vattovaara - FIN
3. Rachel Pullen - GBR

IIHF Member Federations Represented in the IIHF Skills Challenge:

Austria Estonia Korea

Slovenia

Bosnia & Herzegovina Finland Latvia

Switzerland

Belarus Great Britain Lithuania

Slovakia

Bulgaria Germany Luxembourg

Sweden

Canada Hungary Netherlands

TaiPei

Croatia Iceland New Zealand

Ukraine

Czech Republic Italy

Portugal

 
Denmark Japan

Russia

 

Hockey Canada worked closely with the IIHF to develop the international skills challenge which is based on five individual tests and three goaltender tests taken from Hockey Canada’s National Skills Standards and Testing Program (NSST). The tests are designed to measure skill level in a fun and easy fashion in which Minor Hockey Associations can host their own individual skills challenges.

To view the NSST test stations visit: http://www.hockeycanada.ca/7/8/0/3/index1.shtml. The Canadian Skills Challenge was open to all Hockey Canada registered minor hockey players, male and female, 13 years old or younger as of (peewee age).

» Minor Hockey 

For more information:

Esther Madziya
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 284-6484 

[email protected] 

Spencer Sharkey
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 777-4567

[email protected]

Jeremy Knight
Manager, Corporate Communications
Hockey Canada

(647) 251-9738

[email protected]

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