2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	December 26 - January 5
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	190 (6.13 per match)
Attendance	100,551 (3,244 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Nigel Dawes (11 points)
MVP	Zach Parise
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships (2004 WJHC) was held between December 26, 2003 and January 5, 2004 in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The United States won its first ever gold medal, defeating Canada 4-3 in the Final.

Venues

Helsinki Ice Arena Capacity: 8,200	Hameenlinna Ice Arena Capacity: 5,360
Finland – Helsinki	Finland – Hämeenlinna

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
United States	4	4	0	0	21	4	8
Slovakia	4	2	1	1	9	7	5
Russia	4	2	1	1	11	10	5
Sweden	4	1	0	3	13	10	2
Austria	4	0	0	4	1	24	0

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003 15:00

Slovakia

2 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Russia

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,884

Game reference
	Jaroslav Halak	Goalies	Konstantin Barulin	Referee: Derek Herman Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Seppo Lindroos
	Rusicka (Bulik, Spirko) – 21:02 Sagat (Balaz) – 50:37	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2	02:43 – PP1 – Ovechkin (Shkotov, Pestunov) 40:30 – Shkotov (Ovechkin, Korneev)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	33

December 26, 2003 18:30

Austria

0 – 8 (0–2, 0–3, 0–3)

United States

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,947

Game reference
	Mathias Lange	Goalies	Al Montoya	Referee: Sergej Karabanov Linesmen: Stanislav Barvir Derek Doucette
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 0 – 7 0 – 8	02:09 – PP1 – Wisniewski (Parise) 08:12 – Sterling (Stuart, Montoya) 30:49 – PP2 – Parise (Richmond, Eaves) 31:05 – PP1 – Kesler (Eaves) 34:46 – SH1 – Eaves (Likens) 48:55 – Parise (Fritsche) 52:17 – PP1 – Parise (Wisniewski) 54:14 – Sterling (Stuart)
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	15	Shots	61

December 27, 2003 16:00

Sweden

7 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 5–0)

Austria

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 741

Game reference
	Joakim Lundstrom	Goalies	Mathias Lange	Referee: Jyri Petteri Ronn Linesmen: Thomas Geinke Christian Neubert
	Blomdahl (Bjork, Eckerblom) – 10:47 Kalgoum (Salmonsson) – 32:19 Johnsson (Eckerblom, Andersson) – 46:53 Steen (Eriksson) – 47:42 Danielsson (Tang) – PP1 - 54:02 Fransson (Nilsson, Andersson) – 54:32 Fransson (Blomqvist, Danielsson) – PP2 – 58:55	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 7 – 0
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	43	Shots	16

December 28, 2003 15:00

United States

5 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,938

Game reference
	Al Montoya	Goalies	Jaroslav Halak	Referee: Vladimir Sindler Linesmen: Derek Doucette Stefan Fonselius
	Booth (Dowell) - 08:05 Murray (Richmond) – PP1 – 27:00 Murray – 44:32 Kesler – PP1 – 48:15 Werner (Parise) – 50:23	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0
	16 min	Penalties	28 min
	43	Shots	18

December 28, 2003 18:30

Russia

5 – 3 (2–0, 0–2, 3–1)

Sweden

Helsinki Attendance: 2,801

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin	Goalies	Joakim Lundstrom	Referee: Wilhelm Schimm Linesmen: Stanislav Barvir Seppo Lindroos
	Semin (Malkin, Anshakov) – PP1 – 07:07 Ovechkin (Korneev, Malkin) – PP1 – 18:30 Anshakov (Malkin) – 46:38 Anshakov (Spiridonov, Semin) – 56:35 Shkotov (Ovechkin, Pestunov) – ENG – 59:59	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 3 4 – 3 5 – 3	35:08 – Andersson (Valdix) 36:15 – Kalgoum (Hult) 50:55 – PP1 – Nilsson (Bjork, Tang)
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	29	Shots	26

December 29, 2003 18:30

Austria

1 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Russia

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 831

Game reference
	Mathias Lange Thomas Innerwinkler	Goalies	Denis Khudyakov	Referee: Derek Herman Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Christian Neubert
	Vanek (Latusa, Harand) – 26:55	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3	17:38 – Anshakov (Gimaev, Semin) 31:32 – Malkin (Spiridonov, Khudyakov) 53:14 – Ovechkin (Korneev, Shkotov)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	50

December 30, 2003 16:00

United States

4 – 3 (2–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Sweden

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,948

Game reference
	Al Montoya	Goalies	Magnus Akerlund Joakim Lundstrom	Referee: Derek Herman Linesmen: Stanislav Barvir Seppo Lindroos
	Werner (Wisniewski, Parise) – PP1 – 05:26 Carle (Dowell, Stafford) – 11:29 Sterling (Moore, Suter) – 33:21 Werner (Parise, Wisniewski) – SH1 – 48:42	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 4 – 3	25:34 – Steen 35:22 – Fransson (Valdix, Andersson) 47:25 – PP1 – Meijer (Enstrom)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	25

December 30, 2003 19:30

Slovakia

6 – 0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Austria

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,935

Game reference
	Jaroslav Halak	Goalies	Mathias Lange Thomas Innerwinkler	Referee: Jyri Petteri Ronn Linesmen: Thomas Gienke Seppo Lindroos
	Meszaros (Pokrivcak, Spirko) – PP1 – 08:21 Ruzicka (Stehlik) – 29:21 Stehlik (Biermann, Lukac) – 29:29 Ruzicka – 31:41 Troliga (Spirko, Baranka) – 33:49 Spirko (Hruska, Pokrivcak) – 50:12	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	21

December 31, 2003 16:00

Russia

1 – 4 (0–3, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,874

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin Denis Khudyakov	Goalies	Al Montoya	Referee: Vladimir Sindler Linesmen: Derek Doucette Stanislav Barvir
	Anshakov (Gimaev, Spiridonov) – PP2 – 50:45	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 1 – 4	09:45 – PP1 – O'Sullivan (Eaves, Suter) 18:48 – PP2 – Parise (Eaves) 19:21 – PP1 – Werner (Parise) 35:57 – SH1 – Parise
	34 min	Penalties	24 min
	30	Shots	35

December 31, 2003 19:30

Sweden

0 – 1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,860

Game reference
	Joakim Lundstrom	Goalies	Jaroslav Halak	Referee: Jyri Petteri Ronn Linesmen: Seppo Lindroos Stefan Fonselius
		0 – 1	59:24 – ENG – Fabry (Ruzicka, Bulik)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	24

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	4	4	0	0	25	4	8
Finland	4	3	0	1	19	6	6
Czech Republic	4	2	0	2	14	9	4
Switzerland	4	1	0	3	14	11	2
Ukraine	4	0	0	4	1	43	0

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003 15:00

Czech Republic

8 – 0 (4–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Ukraine

Helsinki

Game reference

December 26, 2003 18:30

Canada

3 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

Helsinki Attendance: 3,947

Game reference
				Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Miroslav Halecky Mikael Ljungqvist
	Phaneuf (Stewart, Dawes) – 15:52 Paille (Talbot) – 32:41 Stewart (Richards) – 44:27	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min

December 27, 2003 16:00

Switzerland

11 – 0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Ukraine

Helsinki

Game reference

December 28, 2003 15:00

Canada

7 – 2 (3–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Switzerland

Helsinki Attendance: 1,320

Game reference
	Marc-André Fleury	Goalies	Daniel Manzato	Referee: Peter Orszag Linesmen: Christian Neubert Thomas Gienke
	Richards – PS – 08:13 Coburn (Burns) – 10:46 Getzlaf (Seabrook) – PP1 – 16:24 Getzlaf (Carter, Burns) – 23:35 Stewart (Dawes) – 41:41 Stewart (Dawes) – 52:57 Crosby (Phaneuf, Stewart) – 59:46	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 5 – 2 6 – 2 7 – 2	04:43 – Grauwiler (Bartschi) 43:09 – Ehrensperger
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	23

December 28, 2003 18:30

Finland

3 – 2 (0–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 4,418

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin	Goalies	Joakim Lundstrom	Referee: Sergej Karabanov Linesmen: Konstantin Gordenko Allen Stensland
	39:32 – Toykkala 40:17 – PP1 – Lepisto (Salmela, Filppula) 55:40 – Filppula (Bergenheim)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2	Olesz (Hudler, Chvatal) – 12:36 Olesz (Kaspar) – 17:42
	39 min	Penalties	20 min
	35	Shots	24

December 29, 2003 18:30

Ukraine

0 – 10 (0–3, 0–6, 0–1)

Canada

Helsinki Attendance: 992

Game reference
	Yevgeniy Galyuk Illia Tarankov	Goalies	Josh Harding	Referee: Vladimir Sindler Linesmen: Allen Stensland Thomas Gienke
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 0 – 7 0 – 8 0 – 9 0 – 10	00:33 – Carter (Burns) 01:17 – Stewart (Richards, Seabrook) 14:17 – PP1 – Seabrook (Getzlaf, Gorges) 23:10 – Tambellini (Dixon) 28:25 – Crosby (Tambellini) 29:54 – Dawes (Carter, Stewart) 32:05 – Brent (Talbot) 32:56 – Dawes (Gorges) 37:12 – PP1 – Paille (Talbot, Brent) 54:50 – PP1 – Paille (Tambellini, Belle)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	11	Shots	55

December 30, 2003 16:00

Switzerland

1 – 2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Helsinki

Game reference

December 30, 2003 19:30

Ukraine

1 – 14 (0–4, 1–4, 0–6)

Finland

Helsinki Attendance: 4,271

Game reference
	Illia Tarankov	Goalies	Mikael Vuorio	Referee: Peter Orszag Linesmen: Christian Neubert Miroslav Halecky
	Lubnin (Katrych, Kyrychenko) – PP1 – 32:31	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 1 – 6 1 – 7 1 – 8 1 – 9 1 – 10 1 – 11 1 – 12 1 – 13 1 – 14	05:50 – Tukonen (Oksa) 11:13 – Kontiola (Tukonen) 12:34 – Lepisto (Filppula, Bergenheim) 18:16 – Lepisto (Immonen, Marjamaki) 20:59 – PP1 – Immonen (Kantee) 29:31 – Jalasvaara (Toykkala) 38:26 – PP2 – Filppula (Varakas, Bergenheim) 39:13 – PP2 – Lepisto (Salmela) 43:43 – Salmela (Toykkala, Immonen) 48:59 – SH1 – Filppula 51:18 – PP1 – Bergenheim (Lepisto) 53:28 – Piispanen (Nurmi) 54:11 – Immonen (Varakas) 59:41 – Nurmi (Kalteva)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	60

December 31, 2003 16:00

Czech Republic

2 – 5 (0–3, 1–2, 1–0)

Canada

Helsinki Attendance: 2,816

Game reference
	Marek Schwarz Tomas Popperle	Goalies	Marc-André Fleury	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Mikael Ljungqvist Allen Stensland
	Ovcacik (Kanko, Koreis) – 34:47 Smid (Hudler) – PP1 – 50:18	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 1 – 4 1 – 5 2 – 5	06:53 – Tambellini (Crosby) 16:01 – Carter (Getzlaf, Burns) 19:30 – PP2 – Dawes (Stewart, Meech) 29:59 – PP1 – Phaneuf (Getzlaf) 39:41 – Carter (Phaneuf)
	12 min	Penalties	24 min
	29	Shots	30

December 31, 2003 19:30

Finland

2 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Helsinki Attendance: 3,680

Game reference
	Hannu Toivonen	Goalies	Michael Tobler	Referee: Wilhelm Schimm Linesmen: Konstantin Gordenko Miroslav Halecky
	Nokelainen (Filppula) – 19:11 Junnila (Varakas) – 55:37	1 – 0 2 – 0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	40	Shots	8

Relegation Round

(all games at Hämeenlinna)

January 2

• Sweden 4-0 Ukraine
• Switzerland 6-2 Austria

January 3

• Austria 2-2 Ukraine
• Sweden 4-3 Switzerland

Austria and Ukraine are relegated to Division I for the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Playoff round

(all games at Helsinki)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

2

B2

Finland

4

B2

Finland

1

A3

Russia

3

A1

United States

4

B1

Canada

3

B1

Canada

7

A2

Slovakia

2

B3

Czech Republic

1

Third place

B3

Czech Republic

4

B2

Finland

2

B3

Czech Republic

1

Quarter-finals

January 2

• Czech Republic 4-2 Slovakia
• Finland 4-3 Russia

Semi-finals

January 3

• United States 2-1 Finland
• Canada 7-1 Czech Republic

5th place game

January 4

• Russia 3-2 Slovakia

Bronze medal game

January 5

• Finland 2-1 Czech Republic

Gold medal game

January 5

• United States 4-3 Canada

Scoring leaders

	G	A	Pts
Nigel Dawes	6	5	11
Zach Parise	5	6	11
Anthony Stewart	5	6	11
Valtteri Filppula	4	5	9
Sami Lepistö	4	4	8

Awards

All-Star Team

Goaltender: Al Montoya

Defense: Dion Phaneuf, Sami Lepistö

Forwards: Zach Parise, Valtteri Filppula, Jeff Carter

Most Valuable Player

Zach Parise

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The Division I Championships were played December 14-December 20, 2003 in Berlin, Germany (Group A) and December 13-December 19, 2003 in Briancon, France (Group B)

Division I Standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	5	3	0	2	29	10	8
Denmark	5	3	1	1	23	16	7
Slovenia	5	3	2	0	18	19	6
Latvia	5	2	1	2	35	19	6
Kazakhstan	5	1	3	1	16	19	3
Hungary	5	0	5	0	8	46	0

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	5	5	0	0	34	11	10
Norway	5	3	2	0	21	10	6
France	5	3	2	0	22	16	6
Italy	5	3	2	0	15	18	6
Estonia	5	1	4	0	9	33	2
Japan	5	0	5	0	9	22	0

Germany and Belarus advance to the 2005 World Junior Championships, Hungary and Japan are relegated to Division II

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The Division II Championships were played December 28, 2003-January 3, 2004 in Sosnowiec, Poland (Group A) and January 5-January 11, 2004 in Kaunas and Elektrenai, Lithuania (Group B)

Division II Standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Poland	5	5	0	0	59	4	10
Romania	5	3	1	1	44	16	7
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	32	19	6
Spain	5	2	2	1	21	32	5
Belgium	5	1	4	0	16	31	2
Iceland	5	0	5	0	10	80	0

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Great Britain	5	5	0	0	38	5	10
South Korea	5	4	1	0	45	7	8
Croatia	5	2	3	0	18	18	4
Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	3	0	15	21	4
Lithuania	5	2	3	0	12	25	4
South Africa	5	0	5	0	4	56	0

Poland and the Great Britain advance to the 2005 Division I Championships, Iceland and South Africa are relegated to the 2005 Division III Championships'

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The Division III Championships were held January 5-January 11, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria

Division III Standings

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Australia	5	5	0	0	42	13	10
People's Republic of China	5	4	1	0	41	20	8
Mexico	5	3	2	0	25	16	6
Turkey	5	1	4	0	10	38	2
Bulgaria	5	1	4	0	13	34	2
New Zealand	5	1	4	0	10	30	2

Australia and the People's Republic of China advance to 2005 Division II Championships

See also

Preceded by 2003 World Juniors

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2004 World Championships

Succeeded by 2005 World Juniors