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2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2006 WJHC) were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.[1] 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. 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.[2]

2006 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Dates26 December 2005 – 5 January 2006
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Canada (12th title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Finland
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored195 (6.29 per game)
Attendance325,138 (10,488 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Phil Kessel (11 points)
MVPRussia Evgeni Malkin
← 2005
2007 →

Top Division edit

Venues edit

GM Place
Capacity: 18,630 		Pacific Coliseum
Capacity: 16,281 		Prospera Place
Capacity: 6,886 		Interior Savings Centre
Capacity: 5,658
       
  Canada – Vancouver   Canada – Vancouver   Canada – Kelowna   Canada – Kamloops

Rosters edit

Main article: 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC−8).

Group A edit

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) Hosts
December 26, 2005
16:00		Finland  1–5
(0–2, 0–2, 1–1)		  CanadaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,083
Game reference
Seitsonen 48:49 (PP1)GoalsBoyd 10:23 (PP1), 34:24
Comeau 15:52
Bolland 23:17 (PP1)
Chipchura 54:03
December 26, 2005
20:00		Norway  2–11
(0–3, 1–5, 1–3)		  United StatesPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 12,232
Game reference
Sveum 29:00 (PP1)
Olimb 43:44 (PP1)		GoalsOshie 2:19
E. Johnson 12:22 (PP1)
Skille 17:30 (PP1)
Bourque 21:23, 27:32, 31:11 (PP1), 51:38, 53:03 (SH1)
Mueller 26:14
Porter 34:54 (PP1)
Schremp 40:32
December 27, 2005
19:00		Switzerland  2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		  NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 11,976
Game reference
Joggi 33:52 (PP1)
Burgler 54:04 (PP1)		Goals
December 28, 2005
16:00		Canada  4–3
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1)		   SwitzerlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,123
Game reference
Downie 8:45 (PP1)
Boyd 17:45
Pyatt 30:00
Bolland 33:39 (PP1)		GoalsBlum 5:33 (PP2)
Weber 34:37
Sprünger 42:42 (PP1)
December 28, 2005
20:00		United States  6–5
(3–2, 2–1, 1–2)		  FinlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 12,209
Game reference
Fritsche 9:42 (PP1)
Wheeler 17:05, 39:18
Lee 19:49 (PP1)
Ryan 28:01 (PP1)
Porter 49:49 (PP1)		GoalsAlikoski 6:21
Korpikoski 8:26 (SH1)
Seitsonen 21:28 (PP1)
Tukonen 55:34
Laakso 58:48 (PP1)
December 29, 2005
16:00		Norway  0–4
(0–1, 0–3, 0–0)		  CanadaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,083
Game reference
GoalsBarker 15:27 (PP1)
Bolland 34:50 (PP1)
Chipchura 35:16
Bourdon 36:41
December 30, 2005
16:00		United States  2–2
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2)		   SwitzerlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 12,130
Game reference
Paukovich 6:16
Ryan 16:59		GoalsBlum 47:53 (PP1)
Joggi 54:08 (PP2)
December 30, 2005
20:00		Finland  9–1
(7–0, 1–1, 1–0)		  NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 10,766
Game reference
Seppänen 1:10, 8:49
Lindgren 3:26
Jokinen 12:34 (PP1)
Tukonen 15:30 (PP1)
Heino 17:13
Seitsonen 18:32, 29:04
Kolehmainen 49:53		GoalsSveum 35:10 (PP1)
December 31, 2005
16:00		Canada  3–2
(2–1, 0–1, 1–0)		  United StatesPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,083
Game reference
Barker 2:35 (PP1)
Boyd 6:42
Chipchura 59:27 (EN)		GoalsBourque 10:27 (PP1)
Mueller 28:10 (PP1)
December 31, 2005
20:00		Switzerland  1–4
(0–1, 0–0, 1–3)		  FinlandPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 8,335
Game reference
Joggi 52:23 (PP1)GoalsKolehmainen 2:45 (PP1)
Sinisalo 42:24
Lindgren 42:34
Laakso 59:49 (EN)

Group B edit

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
Game reference
Meija 11:16Goals01:13 Hromas
08:16 Kalus
28:47 Pohl
29:37 Meidl
37:52 Pohl
December 26, 2005
19:00		Sweden  1–5
(1–2, 0–1, 0–2)		  RussiaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,982
Game reference
Bergfors (PP) 07:37Goals08:45 (PP) Malkin
13:51 (PP) Kulemin
38:03 Voloshenko
47:49 Shirokov
52:00 (SH) Kulemin
December 27, 2005
19:00		Slovakia  7–4
(2–0, 4–3, 1–1)		  LatviaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,790
Game reference
Valábik 11:42
Lašček (PP) 18:30
Zagrapan 21:05
Lašček 28:28
Gračík 30:36
Lašček 39:03
Piatak 47:41		Goals29:27 (PP) Galviņš
37:25 Kļujevskis
39:24 Želubovskis
50:05 Želubovskis
December 28, 2005
19:00		Czech Republic  2–3
(0–2, 1–1, 1–0)		  SwedenInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 5,323
Game reference
Sobotka (PP) 36:25
Káňa (PP) 52:48		Goals02:08 Karlsson
03:49 Salmonsson
20:52 O. Hedman
December 28, 2005
19:00		Russia  6–2
(5–0, 0–1, 1–0)		  SlovakiaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,948
Game reference
Churilov 07:37
Lemtyugov (PP) 09:45
Lisin 10:32
Zubov (PP) 16:41
Malkin (PP) 19:09
Emelin (PP) 47:11		Goals17:30 (PP) Sekera
30:29 Lašček
December 29, 2005
19:00		Latvia  1–3
(0–2, 1–1, 0–0)		  RussiaInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,831
Game reference
Kļujevskis (PP) 32:58Goals03:54 (PP) Malkin
04:00 Lemtyugov
36:26 Lemtyugov
December 30, 2005
19:00		Czech Republic  5–3
(3–1, 1–0, 1–2)		  SlovakiaProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 5,979
Game reference
Krejčí 00:26
Kudělka (PP) 10:01
Krejčí 10:22
Krejčí 30:36
Pohl 45:10		Goals01:38 (PP) Zagrapan
46:45 (PP) Gračík
56:05 (PP) Scurko
December 30, 2005
19:00		Sweden  10–2
(4–1, 3–0, 3–1)		  LatviaInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,797
Game reference
Karlsson 01:06
Bäckström (PP) 14:40
Viklund (PP) 15:57
Pettersson 18:17
Bergfors (PP) 20:40
Bäckström 25:25
Salmonsson (SH) 29:35
Bäckström 41:25
Ritola 51:59
Pettersson (PP) 57:42		Goals16:58 Karsums
51:52 Karkliņš
December 31, 2005
19:00		Slovakia  0–6
(0–2, 0–1, 0–3)		  SwedenInterior Savings Centre, Kamloops
Attendance: 4,712
Game reference
Goals07:07 Lindqvist
13:01 (PP) Ritola
34:20 Ryno
43:33 Pettersson
49:44 Axelsson
52:22 Karlsson
December 31, 2005
19:00		Russia  7–2
(1–0, 1–0, 5–2)		  Czech RepublicProspera Place, Kelowna
Attendance: 6,027
Game reference
Shirokov (PP) 16:20
Voloshenko 33:46
Malkin 41:07
Zubov (PP) 44:15
Voloshenko 46:14
Lisin 51:09
Radulov 56:07		Goals48:47 Pohl
49:35 (PP) Sobotka

Relegation round edit

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
Game reference
January 3, 2006
13:00		Slovakia  4–3
(1–1, 2–2, 1–0)		  NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,038
Game reference
January 4, 2006
12:00		Latvia  4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)		  NorwayPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 4,540
Game reference
January 4, 2006
16:00		Switzerland  3–3
(2–1, 1–0, 0–2)		  SlovakiaPacific Coliseum, Vancouver
Attendance: 6,667
Game reference

Final round edit

Bracket edit

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
A3   Finland (OT) 1 Third place
  Finland 4
  United States 2

Quarterfinals edit

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
Game reference
Goals69:26 (PP) Laakso
January 2, 2006
20:00		United States  2–1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)		  Czech RepublicGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 14,890
Game reference
Kessel (PP) 03:23
Bourque 11:08		Goals12:17 (PP) Šmíd

Semifinals edit

January 3, 2006
16:00		Canada  4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		  FinlandGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630
Game reference
Russell 18:16
Comeau 38:58
Letang (PP) 49:40
Cogliano 53:32		Goals
January 3, 2006
20:00		Russia  5–1
(1–0, 0–0, 4–1)		  United StatesGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630
Game reference
Anton KhudobinGoaliesCory SchneiderReferee:
  Jyri Ronn
Linesmen:
  Jeff MacDonald
  Fredrik Ulriksson
Kulemin (Zubov, Malkin) – 12:321–0
Kulemin (PP) – 41:422–0
2–142:34 – Skille (J. Johnson, Bourque) (PP)
Emelin (Malkin) – 43:133–1
Shirokov (Lemtyugov) – 53:014–1
Lemtyugov (Shirokov, Buravchikov) – 55:155–1
51 minPenalties41 min
34Shots35

Fifth place game edit

January 4, 2006
20:00		Sweden  3–1
(0–0, 0–0, 3–1)		  Czech RepublicGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 10,684
Game reference
Rynol 41:42
Bergfors 42:07
Bäckström 59:12		Goals43:16 Káňa

Bronze medal game edit

January 5, 2006
12:00		Finland  4–2
(0–1, 2–0, 2–1)		  United StatesGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 15,107
Game reference
Sailio 33:32
Joensuu 34:51
Tukonen 53:20
Joensuu 55:24		Goals12:11 Ryan
51:03 (PP) J. Johnson

Final edit

January 5, 2006
16:00		Russia  0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)		  CanadaGeneral Motors Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630
Game reference
Anton KhudobinGoaliesJustin PoggeReferee:
  Brian Thul
Linesmen:
  František Kalivoda
  Juho Kautto
0–117:13 – Downie (Cogliano, Comeau)
0–218:56 – Comeau
0–332:02 – Blunden (Barker, Pouliot) (PP)
0–434:44 – Blunden (Barker, Russell) (PP)
0–557:15 – Chipchura (Cogliano, Bolland)
20 minPenalties14 min
35Shots34

Statistics edit

Scoring leaders edit

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 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

Awards edit

Source: IIHF

Source: IIHF

Final standings edit

Team
    Canada
    Russia
    Finland
4th   United States
5th   Sweden
6th   Czech Republic
7th    Switzerland
8th   Slovakia
9th   Latvia
10th   Norway

Division I edit

The Division I Championships were played on December 11–17, 2005 in Bled, Slovenia (Group A) and on December 12–18, 2005 in Minsk, Belarus.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Germany 5 5 0 0 20 2 +18 10 Promoted to the 2007 Top Division
2   Denmark 5 3 1 1 20 17 +3 7
3   Slovenia 5 3 0 2 17 8 +9 6
4   France 5 1 2 2 8 7 +1 4
5   Ukraine 5 1 1 3 10 22 −12 3
6   Japan 5 0 0 5 10 29 −19 0 Relegated to the 2007 Division II
Source: [citation needed]

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Belarus 5 4 1 0 24 6 +18 9 Promoted to the 2007 Top Division
2   Kazakhstan 5 4 0 1 21 8 +13 8
3   Italy 5 2 1 2 14 15 −1 5
4   Poland 5 1 2 2 9 14 −5 4
5   Austria 5 0 2 3 5 16 −11 2
6   Hungary 5 0 2 3 6 20 −14 2 Relegated to the 2007 Division II
Source: [citation needed]

Division II edit

The Division II Championships were played on December 12–18, 2005 in Bucharest, Romania (Group A) and on January 10–16, 2006 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Great Britain 5 5 0 0 53 3 +50 10 Promoted to the 2007 Division I
2   Netherlands 5 3 1 1 38 8 +30 7
3   Romania 5 3 1 1 31 11 +20 7
4   Spain 5 2 0 3 15 33 −18 4
5   Australia 5 1 0 4 17 37 −20 2
6   New Zealand 5 0 0 5 2 64 −62 0 Relegated to the 2007 Division III
Source: [citation needed]

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Estonia 5 5 0 0 46 8 +38 10 Promoted to the 2007 Division I
2   Croatia 5 3 0 2 22 15 +7 6
3   South Korea 5 2 1 2 20 15 +5 5
4   Serbia and Montenegro 5 2 1 2 14 16 −2 5
5   Mexico 5 1 0 4 11 40 −29 2
6   China 5 1 0 4 12 31 −19 2 Relegated to the 2007 Division III
Source: [citation needed]

Division III edit

The Division III Championship was played on January 3–9, 2006 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Lithuania 4 4 0 0 81 3 +78 8 Promoted to the 2007 Division II
2   Iceland 4 3 0 1 79 6 +73 6
3   Turkey 4 2 0 2 35 40 −5 4
4   Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 26 32 −6 2
5   Armenia 4 0 0 4 6 146 −140 0
Source: [citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ "2006 IIHF World U20 Championship statistics". Archived from the original on 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. ^ "Ottawa to host 2009 world junior tourney". TSN.ca. 2006-05-03. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

External links edit

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