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1987 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Czechoslovakia
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1986 – January 4, 1987
Teams8
Final positions
Champions    Finland (1st title)
Runner-up    Czechoslovakia
Third place    Sweden
Fourth place  United States
Tournament statistics
Games played27
Goals scored272 (10.07 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Sweden Ulf Dahlén (15 points)
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1988 →

The 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1987 WJHC) was the 11th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Piešťany, Trenčín, Nitra, and Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia. Finland captured its first World Junior gold medal, Czechoslovakia took silver, and Sweden the bronze. The tournament is most remembered, however, for how the medals were allocated.

Punch-up in Piestany

Main article: Punch-up in Piestany

With 6:07 left in the second period of the final game of the tournament between Canada and the Soviet Union, Pavel Kostichkin took a two-handed slash at Theoren Fleury, sparking a fight between the two; the USSR's Evgeny Davydov left the bench to assist Valeri Zelepukin in the fight, who was already playing the game with a separated shoulder, and was being pummeled by Canadian forward Mike Keane. Davydov's intervention sparked one of the most infamous bench-clearing brawls in international hockey history. [1]

The officials, unable to break up the brawl, walked off the ice and tournament officials eventually tried shutting off the arena lights, but the brawl lasted for 20 minutes before the International Ice Hockey Federation declared the contest null and void. An emergency meeting was held following the brawl that ended with the delegates voting 7–1 to eject both teams from the tournament, with the sole dissenter being Canadian Dennis McDonald. The Canadian team, disgusted at what they perceived to be a conspiracy against them, chose to leave rather than stay for the end-of-tournament dinner, from which the Soviet team were banned.

While the Soviets were out of medal contention, Canada was playing for the gold medal, and were leading 4–2 at the time of the brawl (they needed to win by at least five goals to claim the gold). [2] Even had they lost the game, they were assured at least the bronze medal. Afterwards, Soviet hockey official Anatoly Kastriukov claimed that the hostilities were fueled by a Canadian trainer who he alleged had punched one of the Soviet assistant coaches in the stomach. Some Canadians maintained that the Soviets had started the brawl by leaving their bench first, and had deliberately done so with the intention of getting Canada ejected. [3] [4] [5] [6] Alan Eagleson suggested that the IIHF's decision would have been different had it been the Soviets in contention for a medal, and not the Canadians. [7] Soviet administrator Yuri Korolev expressed regret that the incident occurred but did not admit any guilt. He felt that the game should have been finished instead of both teams being disqualified from the tournament. [8]

The ejections of the Canadian and Soviet teams had the retroactive effect of making the Finland-Czechoslovakia game (played earlier the same day) the gold medal game, while the Sweden-United States game became the bronze medal contest, and the Poland-Switzerland game determined who placed fifth. The loser of the latter game (Switzerland) was relegated, just as they were had the brawl not occurred. Poland avoided relegation despite giving up 80 goals in 7 games.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Finland 7 5 1 1 45 23 +22 11
2   Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 0 36 23 +13 10
3   Sweden 7 4 2 1 45 11 +34 9
4   United States 7 4 3 0 42 30 +12 8
5   Poland 7 1 6 0 21 80 −59 2
6    Switzerland 7 0 7 0 15 62 −47 0
DQ   Canada [a] 6 4 1 1 41 23 +18 9
DQ   Soviet Union [a] 6 2 3 1 27 18 +9 5
Source: [ citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The game between   Canada and the   Soviet Union was declared null and void, and is excluded from the final standings.

   Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for the 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Results

All times are local. ( Central European Time – UTC+1)

December 26, 1986 Canada 6–4
(5-2, 1-1, 0-1)		   SwitzerlandTopvar Aréna, Topolcany
Jimmy WaiteGoalies Beat Aebischer
Elynuik ( Chiasson - 0:311-0
McLlwain ( Latta) - 6:452-0
Elynuik (McLlwain) - 7:243-0
McLlwain (SH) - 12:204-0
4-112:52 - Künzi (PP)
Nemeth ( Metcalfe) - 15:365-1
5-216:41 - Walder
McLlwain (Latta) - 33:226-2
6-338:32 - Mattioni (Walder) (PP)
6-454:23 - Nyffenegger
December 26, 1986 Soviet Union 7–3  Poland B.O.F. Arena, Trencin
December 26, 1986 Czechoslovakia 4–1  Sweden Nitra Aréna, Nitra
December 26, 1986 Finland 4–1  United States Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany
December 27, 1986 Canada 6–6
(1-0, 2-5, 3-1)		  Finland B.O.F. Arena, Trencin
December 27, 1986 Soviet Union 8–0   Switzerland Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany
December 27, 1986 Sweden 15–0  PolandTopvar Aréna, Topolcany
December 27, 1986 United States 8–2  Czechoslovakia Nitra Aréna, Nitra
December 29, 1986 Czechoslovakia 5–1
(1-0, 1-1 , 3-0)		  Canada Nitra Aréna, Nitra
Oldrich SvobodaGoalies Shawn Simpson
Lubina - 0:141-0
Hosták - 30:262-0
2-137:06 - Hawgood
Latal ( Jurík) - 42:543-1
Lubina (Hosták) - 53:534-1
Kron (PP) - 58:365-1
35Shots18
December 29, 1986 Sweden 8–0   Switzerland Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany
December 29, 1986 United States 15–2  Poland B.O.F. Arena, Trencin
December 29, 1986 Finland 5–4  Soviet UnionTopvar Aréna, Topolcany
December 30, 1986 Canada 18–3
(7-0, 5-1, 6-2)		  Poland Nitra Aréna, Nitra
Jimmy Waite (8-11), Shawn Simpson (11-11)Goalies Wlodzimierz Krauzowicz (14-21), Grzegorz Wojakiewicz (21-32)
Nemeth ( Hawgood) - 7:501-0
Sanipass ( Fleury) - 13:302-0
Shanahan ( Metcalfe, Nemeth) - 13:433-0
Fleury (Sanipass) - 15:224-0
Elynuik (Metcalfe) - 16:175-0
Turgeon - 16:536-0
Sanipass ( Huffman) - 18:057-0
7-122:46 - Neidospial (PP)
Fleury (PP) - 26:178-1
Elynuik ( Roy) - 26:589-1
Nemeth (Shanahan) - 33:5510-1
Turgeon ( Joseph, Corriveau) - 36:5511-1
Wesley (Fleury) - 38:0912-1
Corriveau - 40:3513-1
13-245:55 - Merta ( Raszewski)
Elynuik (Nemeth) - 46:5314-2
Shanahan (Nemeth, Metcalfe) - 50:0515-2
Latta (Shanahan, Elynuik) - 51:1716-2
Chiasson (Latta) - 52:2617-2
Joseph - 54:2518-2
18-357:47 - Kasperczyk (PP)
53Shots22
December 30, 1986 Sweden 5–0  Finland Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany
December 30, 1986 United States 12–6   SwitzerlandTopvar Aréna, Topolcany
December 30, 1986 Czechoslovakia 5–3  Soviet Union B.O.F. Arena, Trencin
January 1, 1987
16:00		 Czechoslovakia 9–2  PolandTopvar Aréna, Topolcany
January 1, 1987
19:00		 Canada 6–2
(3-1, 1-1, 2-0)		  United States Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany
Jimmy WaiteGoalies Pat Jablonski
McLlwain ( Elynuik) (PP) - 3:211-0
Sanipass ( Fleury, Keane) - 5:032-0
Nemeth ( Roy) (PP) - 15:333-0
3-119:24 - Turcotte ( Davidson)
3-220:33 - Young ( Leetch)
Elynuik ( Latta) - 27:424-2
Wesley ( Shanahan) - 44:275-2
Elynuik (Latta) - 59:006-2
31Shots24
January 1, 1987
19:00		 Finland 12–1   Switzerland B.O.F. Arena, Trencin
January 1, 1987
20:00		 Soviet Union 3–3  Sweden Nitra Aréna, Nitra
January 2, 1987
16:00		 Czechoslovakia 8–1   Switzerland Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany
January 2, 1987
19:00		 Finland 13–3  Poland Nitra Aréna, Nitra
January 2, 1987
19:00		 United States 4–2  Soviet UnionTopvar Aréna, Topolcany
January 2, 1987
20:00		 Canada 4–3
(2-0, 1-1, 1-2)		  Sweden B.O.F. Arena, Trencin
Jimmy WaiteGoalies Sam Lindståhl
Latta ( McLlwain) (PP) - 3:531-0
Metcalfe - 12:582-0
2-1 Franzén ( Sjögren, Hansson) - 22:20
Hawgood ( Wesley) (PP) - 38:183-1
3-2 Sandström (Sjögren) (PP) - 53:58
3-3 Dahlén (Hansson, Öhman) (PP) - 55:46
Shanahan (Hawgood, Metcalfe) - 58:104-3
16 minPenalties10 min
15Shots36
January 4, 1987
16:00		 Finland 5–3  Czechoslovakia Nitra Aréna, Nitra
January 4, 1987
19:00		 Poland 8–3   SwitzerlandTopvar Aréna, Topolcany
January 4, 1987
19:00		 Sweden 8–0  United States B.O.F. Arena, Trencin
January 4, 1987 (1987-01-04)
20:00		 Canada  Game declared null and void
(3–1, 1–1, Not Played)		  Soviet Union Zimný Štadión Piešťany, Piestany
Jimmy WaiteGoalies Valeri IvannikovReferee:
Norway Hans Rønning
Linesmen:
Finland Peter Pomoell
Poland Julian Gorski
Fleury ( Keane, Sanipass) – 4:341 – 0
1 – 104:45 - Shesterikov ( Zelepukin)
Latta ( Hawgood) - 15:322 – 1
Fleury - 18:473 – 1
3 – 231:13 - Kostichkin ( Tsygurov) (PP)
Nemeth - 32:084 – 2
DQ – DQ
12 minPenalties14 min

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Ulf Dahlén   Sweden 7 8 15
2 Teppo Kivelä   Finland 6 7 13
3 Janne Ojanen   Finland 3 9 12
3 Jukka Seppo   Finland 3 9 12
5 Scott Young   United States 7 4 11
6 Pär Edlund   Sweden 5 6 11
6 Roger Öhman   Sweden 5 6 11
8 Sami Wahlsten   Finland 4 7 11
9 Bo Svanberg   Sweden 7 3 10
9 Martin Hosták   Czechoslovakia 7 3 10
  • Canada and the USSR were disqualified from the final scoring standings; Canada's Pat Elynuik had 11 points. [9]

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Finland Markus Ketterer Sweden Sam Lindstahl
Defencemen Sweden Calle Johansson Czechoslovakia Jiří Látal
United States Brian Leetch
Forwards Czechoslovakia Robert Kron Czechoslovakia Juraj Jurík
Sweden Ulf Dahlén
United States Scott Young

Pool B

Took place from March 15 to 21 in Rouen France. Two groups of four played round robins, the top two and bottom two from the respective groups met up in two final round robins to determine placement. Teams did not replay opponents they were grouped with previously, their scores were carried forward to the final rounds.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  West Germany 3 2 0 1 24 8 +16 5 6–3 2–2 16–3
  Japan 3 2 1 0 17 14 +3 4 3–6 3–1 11–7
  France 3 1 1 1 7 8 −1 3 2–2 1–3 4–3
  Romania 3 0 3 0 13 31 −18 0 3–16 7–11 3–4
Source: [ citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Norway 3 2 0 1 28 7 +21 5 11–1 5–5 12–1
  Austria 3 1 1 1 11 19 −8 3 1–11 6–4 4–4
  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 16 16 0 3 5–5 4–6 7–5
  Italy 3 0 2 1 10 23 −13 1 1–12 4–4 5–7
Source: [ citation needed]

Final Round

Promotion Group
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  West Germany 3 3 0 0 30 6 +24 6 13–3 6–3 11–0
  Norway 3 2 1 0 21 19 +2 4 3–13 7–5 11–1
  Japan 3 1 2 0 14 16 −2 2 3–6 5–7 6–3
  Austria 3 0 3 0 4 28 −24 0 0–11 1–11 3–6
Source: [ citation needed]

West Germany was promoted to Pool A for 1988.

Relegation Group
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  France 3 3 0 0 18 11 +7 6 4–3 7–5 7–3
  Romania 3 2 1 0 15 9 +6 4 3–4 7–4 5–1
  Netherlands 3 1 2 0 16 19 −3 2 5–7 4–7 7–5
  Italy 3 0 3 0 9 19 −10 0 3–7 1–5 5–7
Source: [ citation needed]

Italy was Demoted to Pool C for 1988.

Pool C

Pool C was played in Esbjerg, Denmark from March 16 to 22.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Yugoslavia 5 5 0 0 56 12 +44 10 13–4 6–4 5–1 11–2 21–1
2   Denmark 5 4 1 0 44 24 +20 8 4–13 11–4 8–3 7–3 14–1
3   Great Britain 5 3 2 0 25 21 +4 6 4–6 4–11 4–2 6–2 7–0
4   Bulgaria 5 2 3 0 21 23 −2 4 1–5 3–8 2–4 8–5 7–1
5   Spain 5 1 4 0 19 34 −15 2 2–11 3–7 2–6 5–8 7–2
6   Australia 5 0 5 0 5 56 −51 0 1–21 1–14 0–7 1–7 2–7
Source: [ citation needed]

Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool B for 1988.

References

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  2. ^ "The Canada-USSR brawl at the 1987 world junior hockey tournament". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ Joyce 2006, p. 164
  4. ^ Pettit, Andrew (2017-12-27). "From the Punch-up in Piestany to Boxing Day on the Couch: The Invention of a Canadian Junior Hockey Tradition". Sport in American History. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  5. ^ Maki, Alan (2017-12-22). "The 1987 brawl that made the world junior hockey championships what they are today". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  6. ^ Joyce, Gare. "The Punch-Up in Piestany: 30 years later". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  7. ^ Hornby, Lance (1987-01-05). "Real tragedy for hockey". Calgary Sun. Canadian Press. p. 33.
  8. ^ Joyce 2006, p. 213.
  9. ^ "Championnats du monde juniors 1987 de hockey sur glace". www.hockeyarchives.info. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
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