The 2012 Canada–Russia Challenge was a four-game international ice hockey tournament between

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and

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junior teams, held in

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and

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on August 9–14, 2012, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the

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, as well as honouring the memory of the

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Games

Being a four-game series with each team winning twice, a tie-breaking overtime was required to determine the series winner. Canada's

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scored at 3:20 of the 20-minute sudden death period to win the series for Canada.

Statistics

* Includes Ryan Stromes overtime goal for players, but does not count against Andrei Vasilevski because of the lack of information regarding total overtime shots.

References

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