Canada at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck. Beckie Scott was named as the chef de mission.[2]

Canada at the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Innsbruck
Competitors52 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Corryn Brown[1]
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
6
Total
9
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

Canada did not send any speed skaters (long and short track), along with figure skaters after the governing body for the sport in the country (Speed Skating Canada and Skate Canada, respectively) deemed the event "not developmentally appropriate".[3]

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldMichael CiccarelliSnowboardingBoys' Slopestyle19 Jan
 GoldAudrey McManimanSnowboardingGirls' Slopestyle19 Jan
 SilverRoni RemmeAlpine SkiingGirls' Slalom20 Jan
 BronzeThomas Scoffin
Corryn Brown
Derek Oryniak
Emily Gray		CurlingMixed Team18 Jan
 BronzeMatt HeraufFreestyle SkiingBoys' ski cross21 Jan
 Bronze CanadaIce hockeyBoys21 Jan
 BronzeCorey GilliesSkeletonBoys' Skeleton21 Jan
 BronzeCarli BrockwaySkeletonGirls' Skeleton21 Jan
 BronzeTaylor Henrich
Nathaniel Mah
Dusty Korek		Ski JumpingMixed Team21 Jan

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified a full team of two boys and two girls. The team was announced on June 22, 2011.[4]

Boys
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Martin Grasic Slalom 41.57 40.75 1:22.32 10
Giant slalom DNF
Super-G DNF
Combined 1:06.88 39.49 1:46.37 20
Lambert Quezel Slalom DNF
Giant slalom 1:00.75 56.66 1:57.41 16
Super-G 1:07.40 20
Combined 1:05.96 40.23 1:46.19 18
Girls
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Roni Remme Slalom 42.05 39.20 1:21.25
Giant slalom 1:00.04 1:00.03 2:00.07 15
Super-G DNF
Combined 1:06.37 36.89 1:43.26 9
Mikaela Tommy Slalom DNF
Giant slalom 57.69 DNF
Super-G 1:07.06 11
Combined DNF
Team
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Mikaela Tommy
Martin Grasic
Roni Remme
Lambert Quezel		 Parallel Mixed Team  Austria
L 0-4		 Did not advance|

Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified a full biathlon team of 2 boys and 2 girls. Canada's roster was announced on April 19, 2011.[5]

Boys
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Stuart Harden Sprint 19:51.3 0 4
Pursuit 30:05.7 1 7
Aidan Millar Sprint 23:23.1 7 43
Pursuit 34:.16.5 5 32
Girls
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Sarah Beaudry Sprint 19:49.9 4 22
Pursuit 31:05.4 2 14
Danielle Vrielink Sprint 18:45.9 1 9
Pursuit 30:34.8 2 11
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Sarah Beaudry
Danielle Vrielink
Aidan Millar
Stuart Harden		 Mixed relay 1:17:29.7 5+13 9
Danielle Vrielink
Maya Macisaac-Jones
Stuart Harden
Matthew Saurette		 Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay 1:08:10.9 0+4 13

Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified one boy and one girl sled.

Boys
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Payton Berezowski
Clay Sparks		 Two-Boys 55.26 55.28 1:50.54 9
Girls
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Mercedes Miller
Casey Froese		 Two-Girls 57.29 57.29 1:54.58 7

Cross country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified a team of 1 boy and 1 girl.[6]

Boy
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Matthew Saurette 10km classical 32:55.8 29
Girl
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Maya Macisaac-Jones 5km classical 16:31.0 17
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank
Matthew Saurette Boys' sprint 1:49.26 23 Q 1:48.4 6 Did not advance
Maya Macisaac-Jones Girls' sprint 2:01.99 15 Q 2:01.3 1 Q 2:02.4 4 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Danielle Vrielink
Maya Macisaac-Jones
Stuart Harden
Matthew Saurette		 Cross-Country-Biathlon Mixed Relay 1:08:10.9 0+4 13

Curling
Main article: Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified a mixed curling team of 2 boys and 2 girls. Canada's roster was announced on April 8, 2011.[7]

Skip: Thomas Scoffin
Third: Corryn Brown
Second: Derek Oryniak
Lead: Emily Gray

The mixed team event took place 14–18 January, while the mixed doubles tournament took place 20–22 January.

Mixed team

Final Round Robin Standings

Red GroupSkipWL
 SwedenRasmus Wranå61
 CanadaThomas Scoffin52
 JapanShingo Usui43
 ItalyAmos Mosaner43
 Great BritainDuncan Menzies34
 RussiaMikhail Vaskov34
 AustriaMathias Genner25
 GermanyDaniel Rothballer16

Round Robin Results

Quarterfinals
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Scoffin) 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 7
 Czech Republic (Černovský) 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 6

Semifinals
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Scoffin) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Italy (Mosaner) 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 X 8

Bronze Medal Game
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Scoffin) 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 6
 Sweden (Wranå) 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4

Final rank:

Mixed doubles

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS)		 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 X 9
 Corryn Brown (CAN)
 Martin Reichel (AUT) 		0 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 3

Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified an ice dancing team, a pair, and 2 boys' singles skaters. However, on January 4, 2012, it was announced that, due to a scheduling conflict with the Canadian nationals (held in Moncton, NB), Canada would not send figure skaters after all.[8]

Freestyle skiing
Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified a full freestyle skiing team of 4 athletes.[9]

Half-pipe
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Aaron MacKay Boys' halfpipe 72.25 5 Q 76.50 6
Shannon Gunning Girls' halfpipe 64.00 4 Q 62.00 4
Ski cross
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/4 finals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Rank Rank Rank
Matt Herauf Boys' ski cross 57.34 Cancelled
India Sherret Girls' ski cross 1:00.21 4 Cancelled

Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada would enter a boys team and it consisted of 17 athletes.[10]

The co-coaches were announced October 14, 2011, and would be Jim Hulton and Curtis Hunt.[11]

The players were announced October 21, 2011, and were selected through a process that involved a random draw from a list of 39 names established by Hockey Canada's thirteen branches, with each branch guaranteed at least one representative (Ontario, Québec and Alberta were guaranteed one extra representative each).[12] The players selected are as follows.[13]

Goaltenders:

  • Keven Bouchard (QC)
  • Sam Walsh (PEI)

Defence:

  • Josh Carrick (ON)
  • Jarrett Crossman (NB)
  • Joe Hicketts (BC)
  • Brycen Martin (AB)
  • Brendan Nickerson (NS)
  • Ryan Pilon (SK)

Forwards:

  • Adam Brooks (MB)
  • Ryan Burton (ON)
  • Eric Cornel (ON)
  • Reid Duke (AB)
  • Reid Gardiner (SK)
  • Ryan Gropp (BC)
  • Nicolas Hébert (QC)
  • Garrett James (ON)
  • Nathan Yetman (NL)
Legend
Advance to the Semifinals
Group A
Legend
Teams to Playoffs
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff PTS
Russia 43001259+169
Canada 42101207+138
Finland 420111311+27
United States 420021418–46
Austria 40004330–270
January 13, 2012
14:45		Russia 4–3
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1)		 CanadaTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 932
January 15, 2012
18:00		Canada 5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 United StatesTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,575
January 17, 2012
11:15		Austria 0–9
(0–4, 0–2, 0–3)		 CanadaTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 749
January 18, 2012
11:45		Canada 3–2 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)		 FinlandTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,261

Semifinals
January 20, 2012
18:45		Canada 1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 FinlandTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,426

Bronze medal game
January 21, 2012
14:45		Canada 7 – 5
(3–1, 4–1, 0–3)		 United StatesTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,592

Final rank:

Luge
Main article: Luge at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified a team of two boys and one girl.

Boys
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
John Fenell Boys' singles 40.162 40.029 1:20.191 7
Mitchel Malyk Boys' singles 40.096 39.947 1:20.043 5
Girls
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Tara Disturnal Girls' singles 40.793 40.903 1:21.696 11

Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified one boy athlete.

Boy
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Final
Points Rank Deficit Ski Time Total Time Rank
Nathaniel Mah Boys' Individual 122.6 9 1:00 28:35.0 29:35.0 11

Skeleton
Main article: Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified one boy and one girl in skeleton.

Boy
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Corey Gillies Boys' individual 58.35 57.47 1:55.82
Girl
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Carli Brockway Girls' individual CAN 58.48 58.48

Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified one boy and one girl athlete.

Boys
Athlete Event 1st Jump 2nd Jump Overall
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Dusty Korek Boys' individual 72.5m 123.8 70.5m 117.0 240.8 8
Girls
Athlete Event 1st Jump 2nd Jump Overall
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Taylor Henrich Girls' individual 64.0m 99.4 66.0m 105.2 204.6 5
Team w/Nordic Combined
Athlete Event 1st Round 2nd Round Total Rank
Taylor Henrich
Nathaniel Mah
Dusty Korek		 Mixed Team 277.1 309.9 587.0

Snowboarding
Main article: Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Canada had qualified a full team of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls).[14]

Men
Athlete Event Qualifying Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Michael Ciccarelli Boys' halfpipe 53.25 78.75 4 q 84.75 77.25 1 Q 74.50 84.00 4
Boys' slopestyle 86.50 90.75 1 Q 85.75 94.25
Tyler Nicholson Boys' slopestyle 55.75 82.75 3 Q 44.25 84.00 6
Women
Athlete Event Qualifying Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Audrey McManiman Girls' halfpipe 51.50 37.00 7 q 64.25 34.00 4 Did not advance
Girls' slopestyle 83.00 30.00 1 Q 84.25 62.75
Quincy Korte-King Girls' halfpipe 57.00 59.00 5 q 48.25 71.75 3 Q 61.25 69.75 5
Girls' slopestyle 75.75 66.00 6 Q 49.00 51.50 7
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See also

References
  1. Source: B.C. curler to carry flag at Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck
  2. "Beckie Scott named chef de mission for 2012 Youth Olympics". CBC. March 24, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
  3. Speed skating Canada 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
  4. "Four skiers to represent Canada at Winter Youth Olympic Games". Alpine Canada. June 22, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  5. "Biathlon Canada Submits Four Athletes for Nomination to Canada's Inaugural Youth Olympic Winter Games Team" (PDF). Biathlon Canada. 2011-04-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
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  7. "Yukon curler picked to represent Canada at 2012 World Youth Olympics". Whitehorse Star. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
  8. Canadian skaters not going to Youth Olympics
  9. Canada freestyle skiing athletes
  10. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM - 1STWINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2012 INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  11. JIM HULTON AND CURTIS HUNT NAMED CO-COACHES FOR MEN’S TEAM AT 2012 WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
  12. HOCKEY CANADA ANNOUNCES MEN'S HOCKEY PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR 2012 WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
  13. CANADA ROSTER - 2012 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
  14. Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
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