ADT Canada-Russia Challenge

The ADT Canada-Russia Challenge is an annual six game exhibition ice hockey tournament held between a select team of Russian junior players and all-star teams representing the three leagues of the Canadian Hockey League. The current corporate sponsor is ADT Security Services. The event was first held in 2003 as the Re/Max Canada-Russia Challenge. The CHL holds a commanding lead in the overall series.

The Russian Selects play two games each hosted by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. All games are broadcast nationally in Canada on Rogers Sportsnet. The series features many players, also on the Canadian National junior team.

2003 Re/Max Canada-Russia Challenge

Inaugurated in 2003, the tournament was envisioned as tune-up for the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The first series was won by the CHL five games to one in a series of blowout victories for the home squads. Following the tournament, the Russians were criticized for bringing over a team that was uncompetitive, as the Russian team kept many of its top junior players at home.

Date	Location	Winner	Loser
November 17	London, Ontario	OHL all-stars 7	1 Russian Selects
November 19	Sarnia, Ontario	OHL all-stars 4	0 Russian Selects
November 20	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Russian Selects 3	2 QMJHL all-stars
November 24	Rimouski, Quebec	QMJHL all-stars 6	3 Russian Selects
November 26	Calgary, Alberta	WHL all-stars 4	1 Russian Selects
November 27	Brandon, Manitoba	WHL all-stars 7	1 Russian Selects
CHL wins series 5-1

2004 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge

Prior to the second tournament, the Russians vowed to avenge their lopsided defeats in 2003. They started off well, defeating the QMJHL in both games by identical 4-3 scores, both via shoot-out. However, the Russians were once again unable to compete with either the OHL or WHL, losing the overall series four games to two.

Date	Location	Winner	Loser
November 21	Quebec City, Quebec	Russian Selects 4	3 QMJHL all-stars	SO (2:0)
November 22	Montreal, Quebec	Russian Selects 4	3 QMJHL all-stars	SO (3:0)
November 25	Barrie, Ontario	OHL all-stars 3	1 Russian Selects
November 28	Mississauga, Ontario	OHL all-stars 5	2 Russian Selects
December 1	Red Deer, Alberta	WHL all-stars 6	0 Russian Selects
December 2	Lethbridge, Alberta	WHL all-stars 5	2 Russian Selects
CHL wins series 4-2

2005 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge

The third challenge series saw the CHL dominate the series six games to zero as a travel weary Russian squad found itself consistently overmatched by its Canadian counterparts.

Date	Location	Winner	Loser
November 21	Drummondville, Quebec	QMJHL all-stars 7	4 Russian Selects
November 22	Moncton, New Brunswick	QMJHL all-stars 6	4 Russian Selects
November 24	Kitchener, Ontario	OHL all-stars 5	2 Russian Selects
November 28	Peterborough, Ontario	OHL all-stars 5	1 Russian Selects
November 30	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	WHL all-stars 9	2 Russian Selects
December 1	Regina, Saskatchewan	WHL all-stars 3	1 Russian Selects
CHL wins series 6-0

2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge

In the first game, the QMJHL cruised to an easy 6-2 victory. The Q followed that up with a 4-3 victory. Goaltender Ilia Proskuryakov was named the game star in both games for the overmatched Russians who were outshot 82-34 in the first two games. The OHL continued the CHL's dominance with an easy 5-0 victory in the third game.

The fourth game was a much more spirited affair, and while the OHL came out on top for the CHL's fourth consecutive victory, the Russians made a game of it in a close 4-3 final. The game was marred by two ugly incidents late, as both the OHL's Chris Stewart and Russia's Andrey Lange were assessed match penalties in the final minute of the game.

The Russians entered game five with only 14 skaters, and while badly outshot, managed to make a close and entertaining game of it before falling to the WHL 5-3. Game six would prove an entirely different story, as a Brodie Dupont hat trick led the WHL to an 8-1 victory. The CHL swept the series for the second year in a row.

Date	Location	Winner	Loser
November 20	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec	QMJHL all-stars 6	2 Russian Selects
November 21	Val-d'Or, Quebec	QMJHL all-stars 4	3 Russian Selects
November 23	Sarnia, Ontario	OHL all-stars 5	0 Russian Selects
November 27	Oshawa, Ontario	OHL all-stars 4	3 Russian Selects
November 29	Chilliwack, British Columbia	WHL all-stars 5	3 Russian Selects
November 30	Kamloops, British Columbia	WHL all-stars 8	1 Russian Selects
CHL wins 6-0

2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge

The Russians started off the challenge by ending the CHL's 16 game winning streak that began in game three of 2004, defeating the QMJHL squad 6-4.

The OHL squad remained undefeated against the Russian Selects, going to 10 wins and no losses overall for the five years the challenge has run.

The WHL suffered their first ever loss to the Russians in game five, but came back in game six to clinch the series for the CHL.

Date	Location	Winner	Loser
November 19	Chicoutimi, Quebec	Russian Selects 6	4 QMJHL all-stars
November 21	Gatineau, Quebec	QMJHL all-stars 3	2 Russian Selects
November 22	Kitchener, Ontario	OHL all-stars 5	3 Russian Selects
November 26	Sudbury, Ontario	OHL all-stars 4	2 Russian Selects
November 28	Cranbrook, British Columbia	Russian Selects 5	1 WHL all-stars
November 29	Medicine Hat, Alberta	WHL all-stars 4	1 Russian Selects
CHL wins 4-2

All-time records

	W	L	OTL	GF	GA
Russian Selects	5	25	0	67	143
OHL all-stars	10	0	0	47	15
WHL all-stars	9	1	0	52	17
QMJHL all-stars	6	2	2	44	35

References

• CHL.CA Canada-Russia Challenge page
• russianprospects.com tournament page
• 2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge, chl.ca. Accessed October 17 2006