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2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2006 IIHF World U20 Championship
2006 WJHC logo.svg
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Dates26 December 2005 – 5 January 2006
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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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.[1]

Top Division

Venues

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

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)		 CanadaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,083
December 26, 2005
20:00		Norway 2–11
(0–3, 1–5, 1–3)		 United StatesPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 12,232
December 27, 2005
19:00		Switzerland 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 11,976
December 28, 2005
16:00		Canada 4–3
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1)		 SwitzerlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,123
December 28, 2005
20:00		United States 6–5
(3–2, 2–1, 1–2)		 FinlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 12,209
December 29, 2005
16:00		Norway 0–4
(0–1, 0–3, 0–0)		 CanadaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,083
December 30, 2005
16:00		United States 2–2
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2)		 SwitzerlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 12,130
December 30, 2005
20:00		Finland 9–1
(7–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 10,766
December 31, 2005
16:00		Canada 3–2
(2–1, 0–1, 1–0)		 United StatesPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,083
December 31, 2005
20:00		Switzerland 1–4
(0–1, 0–0, 1–3)		 FinlandPacific 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 RepublicInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,653
December 26, 2005
19:00		Sweden 1–5
(1–2, 0–1, 0–2)		 RussiaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,982
December 27, 2005
19:00		Slovakia 7–4
(2–0, 4–3, 1–1)		 LatviaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,790
December 28, 2005
19:00		Czech Republic 2–3
(0–2, 1–1, 1–0)		 SwedenInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 5,323
December 28, 2005
19:00		Russia 6–2
(5–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 SlovakiaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,948
December 29, 2005
19:00		Latvia 1–3
(0–2, 1–1, 0–0)		 RussiaInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,831
December 30, 2005
19:00		Czech Republic 5–3
(3–1, 1–0, 1–2)		 SlovakiaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,979
December 30, 2005
19:00		Sweden 10–2
(4–1, 3–0, 3–1)		 LatviaInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,797
December 31, 2005
19:00		Slovakia 0–6
(0–2, 0–1, 0–3)		 SwedenInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,712
December 31, 2005
19:00		Russia 7–2
(1–0, 1–0, 5–2)		 Czech RepublicProspera 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)		 LatviaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 7,616
January 3, 2006
13:00		Slovakia 4–3
(1–1, 2–2, 1–0)		 NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,038
January 4, 2006
12:00		Latvia 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 4,540
January 4, 2006
16:00		Switzerland 3–3
(2–1, 1–0, 0–2)		 SlovakiaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 6,667

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)		 FinlandGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630
January 2, 2006
20:00		United States 2–1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 14,890

Semifinals

January 3, 2006
16:00		Canada 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 FinlandGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630
January 3, 2006
20:00		Russia 5–1
(1–0, 0–0, 4–1)		 United StatesGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630

Fifth place game

January 4, 2006
20:00		Sweden 3–1
(0–0, 0–0, 3–1)		 Czech RepublicGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 10,684

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2006
12:00		Finland 4–2
(0–1, 2–0, 2–1)		 United StatesGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 15,107

Final

January 5, 2006
16:00		Russia 0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)		 CanadaGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630

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

Source: IIHF

Source: IIHF

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  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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