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1997 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26 – January 4
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Canada (10th title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored204 (6.58 per game)
Attendance31,336 (1,011 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Mike York (10 points)
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The 1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Geneva and Morges, Switzerland. The tournament was won by Canada, who won their record fifth-straight gold medal with a 2–0 victory over the United States in the gold medal match. Mike York of the United States was the top scorer in the tournament, with five goals and five assists for ten points.

The tournament all-star team selected upon the conclusion of the tournament included forwards Mike York (United States), Sergei Samsonov (Russia) and Christian Dube (Canada); defencemen Mark Streit (Switzerland) and Chris Phillips (Canada); and goaltender Brian Boucher (United States).

Notable future National Hockey League (NHL) stars that played in this year's tournament included Joe Thornton (Canada), Daniel Brière (Canada) and Marián Hossa (Slovakia).

Round robin

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 United States 4 3 0 1 18 5 7
 Canada 4 2 0 2 15 9 6
 Czech Republic 4 1 1 2 13 8 4
  Switzerland 4 1 2 1 8 11 3
 Germany 4 0 4 0 5 26 0
December 26, 1996United States 4 – 0  SwitzerlandGeneva
December 26, 1996Czech Republic 8 – 2 GermanyMorges
December 27, 1996Canada 4 – 1 GermanyGeneva
December 27, 1996Czech Republic 1 – 1  SwitzerlandMorges
December 28, 1996Canada 4 – 4 United StatesGeneva
December 29, 1996Switzerland 6 – 2 GermanyGeneva
December 29, 1996United States 2 – 1 Czech RepublicGeneva
December 30, 1996Canada 4 – 1  SwitzerlandGeneva
December 31, 1996Canada 3 – 3 Czech RepublicGeneva
December 31, 1996United States 8 – 0 GermanyGeneva

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Russia 4 3 0 1 20 5 7
 Finland 4 3 1 0 17 9 6
 Slovakia 4 2 2 0 17 13 4
 Sweden 4 1 2 1 10 10 3
 Poland 4 0 4 0 6 33 0
December 26, 1996Russia 4 – 3 SlovakiaGeneva
December 26, 1996Finland 7 – 0 PolandMorges
December 27, 1996Slovakia 4 – 1 SwedenGeneva
December 27, 1996Russia 12 – 0 PolandMorges
December 28, 1996Finland 4 – 2 SwedenMorges
December 29, 1996Slovakia 7 – 4 PolandMorges
December 29, 1996Russia 4 – 2 FinlandMorges
December 30, 1996Sweden 7 – 2 PolandMorges
December 31, 1996Finland 4 – 3 SlovakiaMorges
December 31, 1996Russia 0 – 0 SwedenMorges

Relegation round

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 18 5 6
 Sweden 3 2 1 0 17 10 4
 Germany 3 1 2 0 11 14 2
 Poland 3 0 3 0 3 20 0
December 29, 1996Switzerland 6 – 2 GermanyGeneva
December 30, 1996Sweden 7 – 2 PolandMorges
January 2, 1997Switzerland 6 – 1 PolandMorges
January 2, 1997Sweden 8 – 2 GermanyMorges
January 3, 1997Switzerland 6 – 2 SwedenMorges
January 3, 1997Germany 7 – 0 PolandMorges

 Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Junior Championships.

Medal Rounds

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Quarterfinals

January 1, 1997Canada 7 – 2
(0-0, 3-1, 4-1)		 SlovakiaGeneva
Marc DenisGoaliesStanislav Petrik
Briere (Isbister) - 25:071-0
Whitfield (Thornton, Mann) (PP) - 27:352-0
2-132:25 - Hossa (Vaic, Pavlikovský) (PP)
Schaefer (Dubé, McCauley) (PP) - 38:493-1
3-241:15 - Rieciciar (Handzus, Somik)
Isbister - 44:514-2
Devereaux (McCauley)5-2
Letowski - 51:506-2
Dubé (Schaefer) (PP) - 56:287-2
31Shots39
January 1, 1997Czech Republic 3 – 2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0-0, 3-1)		 FinlandGeneva

Semifinals

January 3, 1997Canada 3 – 2
(1-1, 0-1, 2-0)		 RussiaGeneva
Marc DenisGoaliesRadmir Faizov
0-1Morozov (Sidulov) (PP) - 11:53
18:10 - Schaefer (McCauley) (PP)1-1
1-2Gabdulin (Volchkov) - 29:56
40:49 - Devereaux (McCauley)2-2
49:44 - Devereaux (Larsen, Phillips)3-2
27Shots28
January 3, 1997United States 5 – 2
(2–2, 1–0, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicGeneva

5th place game

January 3, 1997Finland 6 – 4
(4–1, 0–1, 2–2)		 SlovakiaMorges

Bronze Medal Game

4 January 19973rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia 4-1
(2-0, 1-1, 1-0)		 Czech RepublicVernets Arena
Attendance: 855
Game reference
Alexei Morozov 6:23 (SH)
Alexei Kolkunin 15:10 (PP)
Oleg Kvasha 22:33
Sergei Samsonov 49:04		GoalsMarek Melenovsky 36:47

Gold Medal Game

4 January 19971st place, gold medalist(s) Canada 2-0
(0-0, 1-0, 1-0)		 United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s)Vernets Arena
Attendance: 4,269
Game reference
Devereaux (Letowski) - 28:381-0
Isbister (Briere) - 43:092-0
23Shots35

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia
4th  Czech Republic
5th  Finland
6th  Slovakia
7th   Switzerland
8th  Sweden
9th  Germany
10th  Poland

 Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Juniors

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts
Mike York  United States 6 5 5 10
Tomi Kallio  Finland 6 5 4 9
Erik Rasmussen  United States 6 4 5 9
Rastislav Pavlikovský  Slovakia 7 2 7 9
Alexei Morozov  Russia 6 5 3 8
Niko Kapanen  Finland 6 4 4 8
Alexei Kolkounov  Russia 6 4 4 8
Ľubomír Vaic  Slovakia 6 1 7 8
Sergei Samsonov  Russia 6 6 1 7
Marián Hossa  Slovakia 6 5 2 7
Mark Parrish  United States 6 5 2 7

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player Country MINS GAA
Denis Khlopotnov  Russia 180 0.33
Brian Boucher  United States 357.13 1.51
Marc Denis  Canada 419.52 1.86
David Aebischer  Switzerland 300 2.00
Adam Svoboda  Czech Republic 428.27 2.66

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Canada Marc Denis United States Brian Boucher
Defencemen United States Joe Corvo Canada Chris Phillips
Switzerland Mark Streit
Forwards Russia Alexei Morozov Canada Christian Dubé
Russia Sergei Samsonov
United States Michael York

Pool B

This tournament was played in Kiev Ukraine, from December 27 to January 5.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Kazakhstan Latvia France Norway Ukraine Japan Hungary Italy
1  Kazakhstan 7 6 0 1 39 15 13 4 - 1 1 - 1 7 - 5 3 - 1 4 - 0 11 - 3 9 - 4
2  Latvia 7 5 1 1 28 19 11 1 - 4 4 - 3 5 - 5 2 - 1 4 - 3 9 - 1 3 - 2
3  France 7 4 1 2 22 16 10 1 - 1 3 - 4 5 - 4 4 - 3 1 - 1 3 - 2 5 - 1
4  Norway 7 2 2 3 33 23 7 5 - 7 5 - 5 4 - 5 2 - 2 3 - 3 5 - 1 9 - 0
5  Ukraine 7 3 3 1 26 18 7 1 - 3 1 - 2 3 - 4 2 - 2 4 - 3 8 - 1 7 - 3
6  Japan 7 2 3 2 24 17 6 0 - 4 3 - 4 1 - 1 3 - 3 3 - 4 6 - 1 8 - 0
7  Hungary 7 1 6 0 14 44 2 3 - 11 1 - 9 2 - 3 1 - 5 1 - 8 1 - 6 5 - 2
8  Italy 7 0 7 0 12 46 0 4 - 9 2 - 3 1 - 5 0 - 9 3 - 7 0 - 8 2 - 5

 Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool A, and  Italy was relegated to Pool C, for 1998.

Pool C

Played in Gheorgheni and Miercurea Ciuc, Romania from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Belarus United Kingdom Austria Croatia
 Belarus 3 3 0 0 26 2 6 7 - 2 8 - 0 11 - 0
 Great Britain 3 2 1 0 13 9 4 2 - 7 4 - 2 7 - 0
 Austria 3 1 2 0 6 12 2 0 - 8 2 - 4 4 - 0
 Croatia 3 0 3 0 0 22 0 0 - 11 0 - 7 0 - 4
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Slovenia Denmark Romania Netherlands
 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 22 6 6 6 - 2 6 - 2 10 - 2
 Denmark 3 2 1 0 27 8 4 2 - 6 9 - 0 16 - 2
 Romania 3 1 2 0 8 18 2 2 - 6 0 - 9 6 - 3
 Netherlands 3 0 3 0 7 32 0 2 - 10 2 - 16 3 - 6

Placement Games

 Belarus was promoted to Pool B, and  Netherlands was relegated to Pool D for 1998.

Pool D

Played in Sofia Bulgaria from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary Round

Group A
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Lithuania Spain Bulgaria Mexico
 Lithuania 3 3 0 0 45 4 6 10 - 1 15 - 1 20 - 2
 Spain 3 2 1 0 17 12 4 1 - 10 3 - 1 13 - 1
 Bulgaria 3 1 2 0 9 20 2 1 - 15 1 - 3 7 - 2
 Mexico 3 0 3 0 5 40 0 2 - 20 1 - 13 2 - 7
Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Estonia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Israel South Africa
 Estonia 3 3 0 0 38 7 6 8 - 3 12 - 3 18 - 1
 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 22 12 4 3 - 8 9 - 4 10 - 0
 Israel 3 1 2 0 13 23 2 3 - 12 4 - 9 6 - 2
 South Africa 3 0 3 0 3 34 0 1 - 18 0 - 10 2 - 6

Placement Games

 Estonia was promoted to Pool C for 1998.

  • 1997 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN.ca
  • Complete details in French at Passionhockey.com
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.

References


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