2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup

2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
DatesAugust 3–8
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (26th title)
Runners-up  United States
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played8
Scoring leaderCanada Maddox Schultz (10 points)
Official website
hlinkagretzkycup.ca

The 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup is an under-18 international ice hockey tournament that was held from August 3 to August 8, 2026 at Rogers Place and Downtown Community Arena in Edmonton, Alberta.[1]

Preliminary round

All times are local (Mountain Daylight Time – UTC-6).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada (H) 3 3 0 0 0 20 8 +12 9 Semifinals
2  Slovakia 3 1 0 1 1 10 12 −2 4
3   Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 12 19 −7 3 Fifth place game
4  Sweden 3 0 1 0 2 14 17 −3 2 Seventh place game
Source: hlinkagretzkycup.ca
(H) Host
August 3, 2026
17:00		Switzerland 3–7
(2–5, 0–1, 1–1)		 CanadaRogers Place, Edmonton
Game reference
6 minPenalties6 min
25Shots48
August 3, 2026
19:00		Slovakia 3–4 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
OT: (0–1)		 SwedenDowntown Community Arena, Edmonton
Game reference
14 minPenalties12 min
38Shots35
August 4, 2026
15:00		Sweden 6–7
(2–2, 3–2, 1–3)		  SwitzerlandDowntown Community Arena, Edmonton
Game reference
10 minPenalties8 min
50Shots49
August 4, 2026
19:00		Canada 6–1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)		 SlovakiaRogers Place, Edmonton
Game reference
12 minPenalties12 min
48Shots13
August 5, 2026
13:00		Switzerland 2–6
(1–1, 1–2, 0–3)		 SlovakiaRogers Place, Edmonton
Game reference
12 minPenalties8 min
31Shots40
August 5, 2026
17:00		Sweden 4–7
(0–5, 2–0, 2–2)		 CanadaRogers Place, Edmonton
Game reference
10 minPenalties14 min
25Shots49

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 18 6 +12 9 Semifinals
2  Finland 3 2 0 0 1 11 10 +1 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 0 2 16 14 +2 3 Fifth place game
4  Germany 3 0 0 0 3 6 21 −15 0 Seventh place game
August 3, 2026
13:00		United States 6–4
(2–1, 4–1, 0–2)		 Czech RepublicRogers Place, Edmonton
Game reference
14 minPenalties2 min
23Shots28
August 3, 2026
15:00		Germany 2–5
(2–0, 0–2, 0–3)		 FinlandDowntown Community Arena, Edmonton
Game reference
4 minPenalties6 min
23Shots33
August 4, 2026
13:00		Germany 3–8
(0–3, 2–3, 1–2)		 Czech RepublicRogers Place, Edmonton
Game reference
8 minPenalties6 min
32Shots41
August 4, 2026
19:00		Finland 1–4
(0–1, 1–0, 0–3)		 United StatesDowntown Community Arena, Edmonton
Game reference
4 minPenalties2 min
27Shots28
August 5, 2026
15:00		Czech Republic 4–5
(1–2, 1–3, 2–0)		 FinlandDowntown Community Arena, Edmonton
Game reference
4 minPenalties8 min
45Shots24
August 5, 2026
19:00		United States 8–1
(2–1, 4–0, 2–0)		 GermanyDowntown Community Arena, Edmonton
Game reference
10 minPenalties8 min
36Shots17

Final round

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 7 August
 
 
A1
 Canada		6
 
 8 August
 
B2
 Finland		3
 
A1
 Canada		8
 
 7 August
 
B1
 United States		1
 
B1
 United States		5
 
 
A2
 Slovakia		2
 
Third place game
 
 
 8 August
 
 
B2
 Finland		3
 
 
A2
 Slovakia		2

Seventh place game

August 8, 2026
14:00		Sweden 4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)		 GermanyDowntown Community Arena, Edmonton
Game reference
4 minPenalties8 min
33Shots31

Fifth place game

August 7, 2026
19:00		Switzerland 5–1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)		 Czech RepublicDowntown Community Arena, Edmonton
Game reference
10 minPenalties12 min
25Shots47

Semifinals

August 7, 2026
12:00		Canada 6–3
(1–1, 1–1, 4–1)		 FinlandRogers Place, Edmonton
Game reference
8 minPenalties2 min
35Shots27
August 7, 2026
17:00		United States 5–2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0)		 SlovakiaRogers Place, Edmonton
Game reference
4 minPenalties16 min
45Shots23

Bronze medal game

August 8, 2026
12:00		Finland 3–2
(0–2, 1–0, 2–0)		 SlovakiaRogers Place, Edmonton
Game reference
8 minPenalties14 min
39Shots14

Final

August 8, 2026
17:00		Canada 8–1
(3–1, 3–0, 2–0)		 United StatesRogers Place, Edmonton
Game reference
12 minPenalties12 min
45Shots17

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos[2] Player Country GP G A Pts PIM
1 Maddox Schultz  Canada 5 3 7 10 2
2 Jaakko Wycisk  Canada 5 2 8 10 8
3 Liam Pue  Canada 5 6 3 9 4
4 Gavin Burcar  United States 5 5 4 9 2
5 Kayden Stroeder  Canada 5 4 5 9 6
6 Tomas Selic  Slovakia 5 5 3 8 6
7 Landon DuPont  Canada 5 2 6 8 6
8 Benjamin Veitch  Canada 5 5 2 7 0
9 Alessandro Domenichelli   Switzerland 4 2 5 7 4
10 Camryn Warren  Canada 5 2 5 7 0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)[2]

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
1 Mason Courville  United States 140:00 5 2.14 63 .921 0
2 Leif Oaten  Canada 240:00 9 2.25 82 .890 0
3 Samuel Heikkinen  Finland 236:00 11 2.80 111 .901 0
4 Jakub Husar  Slovakia 228:00 11 2.89 142 .923 0
5 Krystof Stepanek  Czech Republic 188:00 11 3.51 80 .863 0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Finland
4 Slovakia
5  Switzerland
6 Czech Republic
7 Sweden
8 Germany

References

  1. ↑ Official website
  2. 1 2 "Player Statistics - 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup". Hockey Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
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