2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2006 IIHF World U20 Championship
2006 WJHC logo.svg
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesDecember 26 – January 5
Teams10
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Canada (12th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Russia
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Finland
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored195 (6.29 per match)
Attendance325,138 (10,488 per match)
Scoring leader(s)United States Phil Kessel (11 points)
MVPRussia Evgeni Malkin
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2007 →

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 the 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.[1]

Venues[edit]

GM Place
Capacity: 18,630 		Pacific Coliseum
Capacity: 16,281 		Prospera Place
Capacity: 6,886 		Interior Savings Centre
Capacity: 5,658
Vancouver-gmplace3.jpg Pacificcoliseum.jpg Prospera place kelowna.jpg Interior savings centre.jpg
 Canada – Vancouver  Canada – Vancouver  Canada – Kelowna  Canada – Kamloops

Rosters[edit]

Main article: 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Championship results[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 4 4 0 0 16 6 8
 United States 4 2 1 1 21 12 5
 Finland 4 2 2 0 19 13 4
  Switzerland 4 1 2 1 8 10 3
 Norway 4 0 4 0 3 30 0
Schedule

All times local (UTC −8)

December 26, 2005
16:00		 Finland1–5 CanadaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,083
December 26, 2005
20:00		 Norway2–11 United StatesPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 12,232
December 27, 2005
19:00		  Switzerland2–0 NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 11,976
December 28, 2005
16:00		 Canada4–3  SwitzerlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,123
December 28, 2005
20:00		 United States6–5 FinlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 12,209
December 29, 2005
16:00		 Norway0–4 CanadaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,083
December 30, 2005
16:00		 United States2–2  SwitzerlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 12,130
December 30, 2005
20:00		 Finland9–1 NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 10,766
December 31, 2005
16:00		 Canada3–2 United StatesPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,083
December 31, 2005
20:00		  Switzerland1–4 FinlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 8,335

Group B[edit]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Russia 4 4 0 0 21 6 8
 Sweden 4 3 1 0 20 9 6
 Czech Republic 4 2 2 0 14 14 4
 Slovakia 4 1 3 0 12 21 2
 Latvia 4 0 4 0 8 25 0
Schedule

All times local (UTC −8)

December 26, 2005
19:00		 Latvia1–5 Czech RepublicInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,653
December 26, 2005
19:00		 Sweden1–5 RussiaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,982
December 27, 2005
19:00		 Slovakia7–4 LatviaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,790
December 28, 2005
19:00		 Czech Republic2–3 SwedenInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 5,323
December 28, 2005
19:00		 Russia6–2 SlovakiaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,948
December 29, 2005
19:00		 Latvia1–3 RussiaInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,831
December 30, 2005
19:00		 Czech Republic5–3 SlovakiaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,979
December 30, 2005
19:00		 Sweden10–2 LatviaInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,797
December 31, 2005
19:00		 Slovakia0–6 SwedenInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,712
December 31, 2005
19:00		 Russia7–2 Czech RepublicProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 6,027

Relegation round[edit]

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 10 5 5
 Slovakia 3 2 0 1 14 10 5
 Latvia 3 1 2 0 10 12 2
 Norway 3 0 3 0 3 10 0

Note: Matches  Slovakia 7–4  Latvia and   Switzerland 2–0  Norway from the preliminary round (both on December 27, 2005) are included as well since these results carry forward.

Schedule

All times local (UTC −8)

January 2, 2006
13:00		  Switzerland5–2 LatviaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 7,616
January 3, 2006
13:00		 Slovakia4–3 NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,038
January 4, 2006
12:00		 Latvia4–0 NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 4,540
January 4, 2006
16:00		  Switzerland3–3 SlovakiaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 6,667

Note:  Latvia and  Norway were relegated for the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Final round[edit]

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      QF1  United States 1  
  A2  United States 2     B1  Russia 5    
  B3  Czech Republic 1         SF1  Russia 0
      SF2  Canada 5
      QF2  Finland 0    
  B2  Sweden 0     A1  Canada 4  
  A3  Finland 1  
Schedule

All times local (UTC −8)

Quarter-finals[edit]

January 2, 2006
16:00		 Sweden0–1 OT FinlandGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630
January 2, 2006
20:00		 United States2–1 Czech RepublicGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 14,890

Semi-finals[edit]

January 3, 2006
16:00		 Canada4–0 FinlandGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630
January 3, 2006
20:00		 Russia5–1 United StatesGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630)

Fifth place game[edit]

January 4, 2006
20:00		 Sweden3–1 Czech RepublicGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 10,684

Bronze medal game[edit]

January 5, 2006
12:00		 Finland4–2 United StatesGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 15,107

Gold medal game[edit]

January 5, 2006
16:00		 Russia0–5 CanadaGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630

Scoring leaders[edit]

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

Goaltending leaders[edit]

(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.com

Tournament awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player[edit]

Russia Evgeni Malkin

All-Star Team[edit]

Selected by the media.

Goaltender: Finland Tuukka Rask

Defense: Canada Luc Bourdon, United States Jack Johnson

Forwards: Russia Evgeni Malkin, Finland Lauri Tukonen, Canada Steve Downie

Best players[edit]

Selected by the directorate.

Goaltender: Finland Tuukka Rask

Defenseman: Canada Marc Staal

Forward: Russia Evgeni Malkin

Division I[edit]

Group A[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Group A[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ottawa to host 2009 world junior tourney". TSN.ca. 2006-05-03. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
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