World Juniors and Spengler Cup StatTracker
World Juniors and Spengler Cup StatTracker(2012-12-25 21:18 posted by B. La Rose)

The 2013 World Junior Hockey Championships will be taking place from December 26th through January 5th.  This year, the Habs will have a pair of representatives, Sebastian Collberg (Sweden) and Alex Galchenyuk (USA).  Montreal also has a pair of players participating in the Spengler Cup, David Desharnais (Gotteron) and Raphael Diaz (Davos).  As is our annual tradition, we will be tracking each players' progress throughout their tournaments.

World Juniors

RW Sebastian Collberg (Team Sweden)
Date Opponent G A PIM +/- SOG
Dec. 26 Czech Republic 1 0 0 +1 1
Dec. 28 Switzerland 1 0 0 E 4
Dec. 29 Latvia 1 1 2 E 2
Dec. 31 Finland 0 1 2 -1 0
Jan. 3 Russia 1* 0 0 E 3
Jan. 4 United States 0 0 0 -2 3
Totals 4 2 4 -2 13

Player Notes: Collberg recorded an assist on Sweden's lone goal in their final exhibition game against Team Canada.  * - He was 1/2 in shootout opportunities, his goal was the winner in the semi-finals vs Russia.  As a result, he is credited with a goal in that game.  All 5 of his non-shootout points were on the powerplay.  Collberg led Team Sweden in goals (4) and points (6 - tied).
 
C/LW Alex Galchenyuk (Team USA)
Date Opponent G A PIM +/- SOG
Dec. 27 Germany 1 2 2 +3 4
Dec. 28 Russia 0 1 0 E 1
Dec. 30 Canada 0 1 0 E 1
Dec. 31 Slovakia 1 1 0 -1 4
Jan. 2 Czech Republic 0 1 2 E 1
Jan. 3 Canada 0 0 0 E 2
Jan. 4 Sweden 0 0 0 E 2
Totals 2 6 4 +2 15

Player Notes: Galchenyuk averaged 14:32 of ice time in the two pre-tournament games.  He was named Team USA's Player of the Game vs Germany.  Galchenyuk finished the tournament tied for 10th in tournament scoring, fourth best on Team USA.

Spengler Cup

After the first day of the tournament, opponents are determined by who won and lost on Day 1.

C David Desharnais (Fribourg-Gotteron)
Date Opponent G A PIM +/- SOG
Dec. 26 UFA Salavat 0 0 2 E 1
Dec. 28 Vitkovice 0 0 0 E 1
Dec. 29 Mannheim 0 2 0 +2 1
Dec. 30 Canada 0 1 2 -1 1
Totals 0 3 4 +1 4

Player Notes: Desharnais was 46/72 (63.8%) on faceoffs in the tournament.
 
D Raphael Diaz (HC Davos)
Date Opponent G A PIM +/- SOG
Dec. 27 Canada 0 0 0 -2 4
Dec. 28 Mannheim DNP - Healthy Scratch*
Dec. 29 UFA Salavat 0 0 0 -1 5
Dec. 30 Vitkovice DNP - Healthy Scratch*
Dec. 31 Canada 1 0 0 -2 5
Totals 1 0 0 -5 14

* - As Diaz is a player acquired specifically for the tournament, he was only eligible to play in a maximum of 3 games as per an agreement with his club team in the NLA.

Over the years, many of the present Habs and Bulldogs have represented their homeland in the World Juniors.  Here is a look at how each has fared.

Goalies

Player Year(s) Country Record GAA SV% SO
Carey Price 2007 Canada 6-0-0 1.14 .961 2
Robert Mayer 2008 Switzerland 1-4-0 3.17 .895 0
Peter Budaj '01-'02 Slovakia 2-3-2 3.59 .897 1

Defence

Player Year(s) Country GP G A PTS PIMS
Yannick Weber '06-'08 Switzerland 18 4 7 11 28
P.K. Subban '08-'09 Canada 13 3 6 9 11
Alexei Emelin '05-'06 Russia 12 3 5 8 47
Josh Gorges 2004 Canada 6 0 3 3 4
Raphael Diaz '05-'06 Switzerland 12 1 2 3 14
Jarred Tinordi 2012 USA 6 1 1 2 6
Tomas Kaberle 1998 Czech Rep. 7 1 1 2 2
Nathan Beaulieu 2012 Canada 6 0 1 1 16
Andrei Markov* '97-'98 Russia 6 0 1 1 2

* - Andrei Markov was listed on the 1998 team but did not play.

Forwards

Player Year(s) Country GP G A PTS PIMS
Brian Gionta '98-'99 USA 13 11 8 19 6
Lars Eller^ '07-'09 Denmark 16 8 11 19 73
Scott Gomez '98-'99 USA 13 4 7 11 6
Joonas Nattinen '09-'11 Finland 18 4 6 10 6
Tomas Plekanec '01-'02 Czech Rep. 14 4 5 9 6
Louis Leblanc 2011 Canada 7 3 4 7 2
Brendan Gallagher 2012 Canada 6 3 3 6 12
Petteri Nokelainen '04-'05 Finland 13 2 4 6 2
Michael Blunden 2006 Canada 6 2 3 5 8
Aaron Palushaj 2009 USA 6 2 3 5 10
Blake Geoffrion '07-'08 USA 13 0 2 2 14
Michael Bournival 2012 Canada 6 0 1 1 0
Max Pacioretty 2008 USA 6 0 0 0 8

^ - Includes one year of Division I (2009)







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