1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1977 WJHC) were held between December 22, 1976, and January 2, 1977, in Banská Bystrica and Zvolen, Czechoslovakia. The Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 7–0 record.[1] This was the fourth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the first to be included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by the 1976 Memorial Cup champions St. Catharines Fincups with eight additions from other OHA teams,[3] but the other seven nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[4] The tournament was expanded to eight teams, with West Germany and Poland making their debut.

1977 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 22, 1976 –
January 2, 1977
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored251 (8.96 per game)
Attendance53,172 (1,899 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Dale McCourt (18 points)
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Final standings

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The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other seven teams once each.

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Soviet Union 7 7 0 0 51 19 +32 14
2   Canada 7 5 1 1 50 20 +30 11
3   Czechoslovakia 7 4 2 1 32 17 +15 9
4   Finland 7 4 3 0 35 29 +6 8
5   Sweden 7 3 4 0 28 30 −2 6
6   West Germany 7 2 5 0 18 33 −15 4
7   United States 7 1 5 1 25 45 −20 3
8   Poland 7 0 6 1 12 58 −46 1

While not relegated, Poland did have the opportunity to play a challenge against Switzerland for inclusion in the 1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but declined.[5]

Results

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December 22, 1976United States  3 – 6
(2–3, 0–0, 1–3)
  FinlandBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Czechoslovakia  0 – 4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
  Soviet UnionBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Poland  0 – 14
(0–3, 0–5, 0–6)
  CanadaBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Sweden  5 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 3–2)
  FinlandZvolen
December 23, 1976United States  3 – 4
(1–2, 0–2, 2–0)
  West GermanyZvolen
December 25, 1976West Germany  1 – 4  FinlandBanská Bystrica
December 25, 1976United States  8 – 5  SwedenBanská Bystrica
December 25, 1976Canada  4 – 4  CzechoslovakiaZvolen
December 25, 1976Soviet Union  10 – 1
(3–0, 3–1, 4–0)
  PolandZvolen
December 26, 1976Czechoslovakia  8 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–1)
  West GermanyBanská Bystrica
December 26, 1976Poland  2 – 2  United StatesBanská Bystrica
December 26, 1976Canada  6 – 4
(2–1, 2–2, 2–1)
  FinlandZvolen
December 26, 1976Sweden  2 – 4
(0–1, 2–3, 0–0)
  Soviet UnionZvolen
December 28, 1976Canada  5 – 3  SwedenBanská Bystrica
December 28, 1976Soviet Union  2 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
  West GermanyBanská Bystrica
December 28, 1976Finland  8 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–1)
  PolandZvolen
December 28, 1976United States  2 – 5
(1–1, 1–2, 0–2)
  CzechoslovakiaZvolen
December 29, 1976West Germany  1 – 9
(0–2, 1–2, 0–5)
  CanadaBanská Bystrica
December 29, 1976Sweden  6 – 5
(2–1, 1–3, 3–1)
  PolandZvolen
December 30, 1976Soviet Union  15 – 5
(6–1, 6–1, 3–3)
  United StatesBanská Bystrica
December 30, 1976Czechoslovakia  2 – 3
(1–0, 1–3, 0–0)
  FinlandZvolen
January 1, 1977Finland  6 – 10
(0–3, 2–3, 4–4)
  Soviet UnionBanská Bystrica
January 1, 1977Poland  0 – 9
(0–3, 0–2, 0–4)
  CzechoslovakiaBanská Bystrica
January 1, 1977Canada  8 – 2
(3–2, 2–0, 3–0)
  United StatesZvolen
January 1, 1977West Germany  0 – 5
(0–1, 0–4, 0–0)
  SwedenZvolen
January 2, 1977Czechoslovakia  4 – 2
(2–0, 0–0, 2–2)
  SwedenBanská Bystrica
January 2, 1977Soviet Union  6 – 4
(6–0, 0–0, 0–4)
  CanadaZvolen
January 2, 1977West Germany  9 – 2
(3–0, 5–1, 1–1)
  PolandZvolen

Scoring leaders

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Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Dale McCourt   Canada 10 8 18
2 John Anderson   Canada 11 5 16
3 Igor Romashin   Soviet Union 6 6 12
4 Juha Jyrkkiö   Finland 7 4 11
5 Aleksei Frolikov   Soviet Union 6 5 11
6 Erkki Laine   Finland 5 4 9
7 Joe Contini   Canada 4 5 9
Gerd Truntschka   West Germany 4 5 9
9 Dave Hunter   Canada 6 2 8
Jaroslav Korbela   Czechoslovakia 6 2 8

Tournament awards

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IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender   Jan Hrabák   Alexander Tyzhnykh
Defencemen   Viacheslav Fetisov   Viacheslav Fetisov
  Risto Siltanen
Forwards   Dale McCourt   Dale McCourt
  Igor Romashin
  Bengt-Åke Gustafsson

References

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  1. ^ "1977 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. ^ "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  3. ^ 1977 team Canada roster
  4. ^ "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  5. ^ 1978 Qualification