2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
Dates | December 26 - January 5 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (12th title) |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 31 |
Goals scored | 195 (6.29 per game) |
Attendance | 325,138 (10,488 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Phil Kessel (11 points) |
MVP | Evgeni Malkin |
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]
Championship results
Preliminary round
Group A
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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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 | Finland | 1–5 | Canada | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,083 (Cap. 16,083) |
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December 26, 2005 20:00 | Norway | 2–11 | United States | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 12,232 (Cap. 16,083) |
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December 27, 2005 19:00 | Switzerland | 2–0 | Norway | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 11,976 (Cap. 16,083) |
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December 28, 2005 16:00 | Canada | 4–3 | Switzerland | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,123 (Cap. 16,083) |
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December 28, 2005 20:00 | United States | 6–5 | Finland | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 12,209 (Cap. 16,083) |
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December 29, 2005 16:00 | Norway | 0–4 | Canada | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,083 (Cap. 16,083) |
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December 30, 2005 16:00 | United States | 2–2 | Switzerland | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 12,130 (Cap. 16,083) |
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December 30, 2005 20:00 | Finland | 9–1 | Norway | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 10,766 (Cap. 16,083) |
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December 31, 2005 16:00 | Canada | 3–2 | United States | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,083 (Cap. 16,083) |
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December 31, 2005 20:00 | Switzerland | 1–4 | Finland | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 8,335 (Cap. 16,083) |
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Group B
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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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 | Latvia | 1–5 | Czech Republic | Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,653 (Cap. 6,400) |
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December 26, 2005 19:00 | Sweden | 1–5 | Russia | Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 5,982 (Cap. 6,886) |
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December 27, 2005 19:00 | Slovakia | 7–4 | Latvia | Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 5,790 (Cap. 6,886) |
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December 28, 2005 19:00 | Czech Republic | 2–3 | Sweden | Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 5,323 (Cap. 6,400) |
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December 28, 2005 19:00 | Russia | 6–2 | Slovakia | Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 5,948 (Cap. 6,886) |
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December 29, 2005 19:00 | Latvia | 1–3 | Russia | Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,831 (Cap. 6,400) |
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December 30, 2005 19:00 | Czech Republic | 5–3 | Slovakia | Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 5,979 (Cap. 6,886) |
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December 30, 2005 19:00 | Sweden | 10–2 | Latvia | Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,797 (Cap. 6,400) |
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December 31, 2005 19:00 | Slovakia | 0–6 | Sweden | Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,712 (Cap. 6,400) |
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December 31, 2005 19:00 | Russia | 7–2 | Czech Republic | Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 6,027 (Cap. 6,886) |
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Relegation round
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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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 | Switzerland | 5–2 | Latvia | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 7,616 (Cap. 16,083) |
January 3, 2006 13:00 | Slovakia | 4–3 | Norway | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 5,038 (Cap. 16,083) |
January 4, 2006 12:00 | Latvia | 4–0 | Norway | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 4,540 (Cap. 16,083) |
January 4, 2006 16:00 | Switzerland | 3–3 | Slovakia | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 6,667 (Cap. 16,083) |
Final round
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 | Finland | 1 | A1 | Canada | 4 | |||||||||
A3 | Sweden | 0 |
- Schedule
All times local (UTC -8)
Quarter-finals
January 2, 2006 16:00 | Sweden | 0–1 OT | Finland | General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630 (Cap. 18,630) |
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January 2, 2006 20:00 | United States | 2–1 | Czech Republic | General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 14,890 (Cap. 18,630) |
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Semi-finals
January 3, 2006 16:00 | Canada | 4–0 | Finland | General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630 (Cap. 18,630) |
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January 3, 2006 20:00 | Russia | 5–1 | United States | General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630 (Cap. 18,630) |
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Fifth place game
January 4, 2006 20:00 | Sweden | 3–1 | Czech Republic | General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 10,684 (Cap. 18,630) |
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Bronze medal game
January 5, 2006 12:00 | Finland | 4–2 | United States | General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 15,107 (Cap. 18,630) |
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Gold medal game
January 5, 2006 16:00 | Russia | 0–5 | Canada | General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630 (Cap. 18,630) |
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Scoring leaders
Player | Nationality | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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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 |
Blake Comeau | Canada | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Bobby Ryan | United States | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Marek Zagrapan | Slovakia | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
Alexei Emelin | Russia | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 39 |
Goaltending leaders
(Minimum 90 minutes played)
Player | Nationality | Mins | GA | GAA | SO | Pct. |
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Daniel Larsson | Sweden | 249 | 4 | 0.96 | 1 | .952 |
Justin Pogge | Canada | 360 | 6 | 1.00 | 3 | .952 |
Tuukka Rask | Finland | 369 | 13 | 2.11 | 1 | .940 |
Anton Khudobin | Russia | 300 | 11 | 2.20 | 0 | .933 |
Reto Berra | Switzerland | 358 | 14 | 2.34 | 1 | .910 |
Tournament awards
All-Star Team
Selected by the media.
Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
Defense: Luc Bourdon, Jack Johnson
Forwards: Evgeni Malkin, Lauri Tukonen, Steve Downie
Best players
Selected by the directorate.
Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
Defenseman: Marc Staal
Forward: Evgeni Malkin
Division I
Group A
Held December 11-17, 2005, in Bled, Slovenia.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 10 |
Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 7 |
Romania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 7 |
Spain | 5 | 1 | 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 | |
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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 Elektrenai and Kaunas, Lithuania January 3-9, 2006.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
References
- ^ "Ottawa to host 2009 world junior tourney". TSN.ca. 2006-05-03. Retrieved 2008-05-13.