2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2006 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	26 December 2005 – 5 January 2006
Teams	10
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (12th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	195 (6.29 per match)
Attendance	325,138 (10,488 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Phil Kessel (11 points)
MVP	Evgeni Malkin
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The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2006 WJHC) were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place and Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops and Prospera Place in Kelowna. Team Canada was the winner defeating Russia 5–0 in the gold medal game. Total attendance was 325,138 (a new record) spread over 31 games, for an average of 10,488 per game.

Top Division

Venues

GM Place Capacity: 18,630	Pacific Coliseum Capacity: 16,281	Prospera Place Capacity: 6,886	Interior Savings Centre Capacity: 5,658
Canada – Vancouver	Canada – Vancouver	Canada – Kelowna	Canada – Kamloops

Rosters

Main article: 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−8).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	4	4	0	0	16	6	+10	8	Semifinals
2	United States	4	2	1	1	21	12	+9	5	Quarterfinals
3	Finland	4	2	0	2	19	13	+6	4
4	Switzerland	4	1	1	2	8	10	−2	3	Relegation round
5	Norway	4	0	0	4	3	26	−23	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

December 26, 2005 16:00

Finland

1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1)

Canada

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,083

December 26, 2005 20:00

Norway

2–11 (0–3, 1–5, 1–3)

United States

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 12,232

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December 27, 2005 19:00

Switzerland

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Norway

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 11,976

Game reference
	Joggi 33:52 (PP1) Burgler 54:04 (PP1) Goals

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December 28, 2005 16:00

Canada

4–3 (2–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,123

December 28, 2005 20:00

United States

6–5 (3–2, 2–1, 1–2)

Finland

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 12,209

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December 29, 2005 16:00

Norway

0–4 (0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Canada

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,083

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December 30, 2005 16:00

United States

2–2 (2–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Switzerland

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 12,130

December 30, 2005 20:00

Finland

9–1 (7–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Norway

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 10,766

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December 31, 2005 16:00

Canada

3–2 (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,083

December 31, 2005 20:00

Switzerland

1–4 (0–1, 0–0, 1–3)

Finland

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 8,335

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	0	21	6	+15	8	Semifinals
2	Sweden	4	3	0	1	20	9	+11	6	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic	4	2	0	2	14	14	0	4
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	3	12	21	−9	2	Relegation round
5	Latvia	4	0	0	4	8	25	−17	0

Source: IIHF

December 26, 2005 19:00

Latvia

1–5 (1–2, 0–3, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,653

December 26, 2005 19:00

Sweden

1–5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Russia

Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 5,982

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December 27, 2005 19:00

Slovakia

7–4 (2–0, 4–3, 1–1)

Latvia

Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 5,790

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December 28, 2005 19:00

Czech Republic

2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 5,323

December 28, 2005 19:00

Russia

6–2 (5–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Slovakia

Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 5,948

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December 29, 2005 19:00

Latvia

1–3 (0–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Russia

Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,831

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December 30, 2005 19:00

Czech Republic

5–3 (3–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Slovakia

Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 5,979

December 30, 2005 19:00

Sweden

10–2 (4–1, 3–0, 3–1)

Latvia

Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,797

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December 31, 2005 19:00

Slovakia

0–6 (0–2, 0–1, 0–3)

Sweden

Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,712

December 31, 2005 19:00

Russia

7–2 (1–0, 1–0, 5–2)

Czech Republic

Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 6,027

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	5
8	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	14	10	+4	5
9	Latvia	3	1	0	2	10	12	−2	2	2007 Division I
10	Norway	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source: IIHF

January 2, 2006 13:00

Switzerland

5–2 (1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Latvia

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 7,616

Game reference

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January 3, 2006 13:00

Slovakia

4–3 (1–1, 2–2, 1–0)

Norway

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 5,038

Game reference

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January 4, 2006 12:00

Latvia

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 4,540

Game reference

January 4, 2006 16:00

Switzerland

3–3 (2–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 6,667

Game reference

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Russia

5

A2

United States

2

QF1

United States

1

B3

Czech Republic

1

SF1

Russia

0

SF2

Canada

5

A1

Canada

4

B2

Sweden

0

QF2

Finland

0

Third place

A3

Finland (OT)

1

Finland

4

United States

2

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2006 16:00

Sweden

0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630

Game reference
	Goals 69:26 (PP) Laakso

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January 2, 2006 20:00

United States

2–1 (2–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 14,890

Game reference
	Kessel (PP) 03:23 Bourque 11:08 Goals 12:17 (PP) Šmíd

Semifinals

January 3, 2006 16:00

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Finland

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630

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January 3, 2006 20:00

Russia

5–1 (1–0, 0–0, 4–1)

United States

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630

Game reference
	Anton Khudobin	Goalies	Cory Schneider	Referee: Jyri Ronn Linesmen: Jeff MacDonald Fredrik Ulriksson
	Kulemin (Zubov, Malkin) – 12:32 1–0 Kulemin (PP) – 41:42 2–0 2–1 42:34 – Skille (J. Johnson, Bourque) (PP) Emelin (Malkin) – 43:13 3–1 Shirokov (Lemtyugov) – 53:01 4–1 Lemtyugov (Shirokov, Buravchikov) – 55:15 5–1
	51 min	Penalties	41 min
	34	Shots	35

Fifth place game

January 4, 2006 20:00

Sweden

3–1 (0–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Czech Republic

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 10,684

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2006 12:00

Finland

4–2 (0–1, 2–0, 2–1)

United States

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 15,107

Final

January 5, 2006 16:00

Russia

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630

Game reference
	Anton Khudobin	Goalies	Justin Pogge	Referee: Brian Thul Linesmen: František Kalivoda Juho Kautto
	0–1 17:13 – Downie (Cogliano, Comeau) 0–2 18:56 – Comeau 0–3 32:02 – Blunden (Barker, Pouliot) (PP) 0–4 34:44 – Blunden (Barker, Russell) 0–5 57:15 – Chipchura (Cogliano, Bolland)
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	34

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Phil Kessel	United States	7	1	10	11	0	2
2	Evgeni Malkin	Russia	6	4	6	10	+5	12
3	Lauri Tukonen	Finland	7	3	7	10	+9	0
4	Stanislav Lašček	Slovakia	6	6	3	9	+3	8
5	Chris Bourque	United States	7	7	1	8	–1	12
6	Nicklas Bäckström	Sweden	6	4	3	7	+3	2
6	Mathias Joggi	Switzerland	6	4	3	7	–2	14
8	Bobby Ryan	United States	7	3	4	7	–1	0
8	Blake Comeau	Canada	6	3	4	7	+7	8
10	Marek Zagrapan	Slovakia	6	2	5	7	+3	18
10	Alexei Emelin	Russia	6	2	5	7	+3	39

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Justin Pogge	Canada	360:00	6	1.00	95.20	3
2	Daniel Larsson	Sweden	249:26	4	0.96	95.18	1
3	Tuukka Rask	Finland	369:26	13	2.11	93.98	1
4	Anton Khudobin	Russia	300:00	11	2.20	93.29	0
5	Cory Schneider	United States	359:06	16	2.67	91.21	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

• Best players selected by the Directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
  • Best Defenceman: Marc Staal
  • Best Forward: Evgeni Malkin

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Evgeni Malkin
  • Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
  • Defencemen: Luc Bourdon / Jack Johnson
  • Forwards: Evgeni Malkin / Lauri Tukonen / Steve Downie

Source: IIHF

Final standings

	Team
	Canada
	Russia
	Finland
4th	United States
5th	Sweden
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Switzerland
8th	Slovakia
9th	Latvia
10th	Norway

Division I

Group A

Held December 11–17, 2005, in Bled, Slovenia.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	5	5	0	0	20	2	10
Denmark	5	3	1	1	20	17	7
Slovenia	5	3	2	0	17	8	6
France	5	1	2	2	8	7	4
Ukraine	5	1	3	1	10	22	3
Japan	5	0	5	0	10	29	0

Group B

Held December 12–18, 2005, in Minsk, Belarus.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	5	4	0	1	24	6	9
Kazakhstan	5	4	1	0	21	8	8
Italy	5	2	2	1	14	15	5
Poland	5	1	2	2	9	14	4
Austria	5	0	3	2	5	16	2
Hungary	5	0	3	2	6	20	2

Division II

Group A

Held December 12–18, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Great Britain	5	5	0	0	53	3	10
Netherlands	5	3	1	1	38	8	7
Romania	5	3	1	1	31	11	7
Spain	5	2	3	0	15	33	4
Australia	5	1	4	0	17	37	2
New Zealand	5	0	5	0	2	64	0

Group B

Held January 10–16, 2006, in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Estonia	5	5	0	0	46	8	10
Croatia	5	3	2	0	22	15	6
South Korea	5	2	2	1	20	15	5
Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	2	1	14	16	5
Mexico	5	1	4	0	11	40	2
China	5	1	4	0	12	31	2

Division III

Held at Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania January 3–9, 2006.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Lithuania	4	4	0	0	81	3	8
Iceland	4	3	1	0	79	6	6
Turkey	4	2	2	0	35	40	4
Bulgaria	4	1	3	0	26	32	2
Armenia	4	0	4	0	6	146	0

External links

• IIHF official site
• Official website at www.hockeycanada.ca