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1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Venue(s)9 (in 9 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1990 – January 4, 1991
Teams8
Final positions
Champions    Canada (5th title)
Runner-up    Soviet Union
Third place    Czechoslovakia
Fourth place  United States
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored253 (9.04 per game)
Attendance137,067 (4,895 per game)
Scoring leader(s) United States Doug Weight (19 points)
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The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze. [1]

Final standings

The 1991 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Canada 7 5 1 1 40 18 +22 11
2   Soviet Union 7 5 1 1 44 15 +29 11
3   Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 0 44 19 +25 10
4   United States 7 4 2 1 45 19 +26 9
5   Finland 7 3 3 1 35 30 +5 7
6   Sweden 7 3 4 0 32 29 +3 6
7    Switzerland 7 1 6 0 5 48 −43 2
8   Norway 7 0 7 0 8 75 −67 0
Source: Hockey Canada

Norway was relegated to Pool B for 1992.

Results

December 26, 1990 Canada 6 – 0   Switzerland Saskatoon
December 26, 1990 Czechoslovakia 11 – 3  Norway Rosetown
December 26, 1990 Finland 8 – 5  Sweden Saskatoon
December 26, 1990 Soviet Union 4 – 2  United States Prince Albert
December 27, 1990 Canada 4 – 4  United States Saskatoon
December 27, 1990 Sweden 4 – 3  Czechoslovakia Regina
December 28, 1990 Finland 7 – 1   Switzerland Moose Jaw
December 28, 1990 Soviet Union 13 – 0  Norway Saskatoon
December 29, 1990 Canada 10 – 1  Norway Regina
December 29, 1990 Soviet Union 5 – 1  Sweden Saskatoon
December 29, 1990 Czechoslovakia 10 – 0   Switzerland Kindersley
December 29, 1990 United States 6 – 3  Finland North Battleford
December 30, 1990 Canada 7 – 4  Sweden Regina
December 30, 1990 Czechoslovakia 5 – 1  United States Saskatoon
December 31, 1990 Finland 10 – 2  Norway Saskatoon
December 31, 1990 Soviet Union 10 – 1   Switzerland Yorkton
January 1, 1991 Canada 5 – 1  Finland Saskatoon
January 1, 1991 United States 19 – 1  Norway Regina
January 1, 1991 Sweden 6 – 1   Switzerland Saskatoon
January 1, 1991 Soviet Union 5 – 3  Czechoslovakia Regina
January 2, 1991 Czechoslovakia 6 – 5  Canada Saskatoon
January 2, 1991 United States 5 – 2  Sweden Humboldt
January 3, 1991 Soviet Union 5 – 5  Finland Regina
January 3, 1991 Switzerland 2 – 1  Norway Saskatoon
January 4, 1991 Canada 3 – 2  Soviet Union Saskatoon
January 4, 1991 Sweden 10 – 0  Norway Prince Albert
January 4, 1991 Czechoslovakia 6 – 1  Finland Saskatoon
January 4, 1991 United States 8 – 0   Switzerland Regina

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Doug Weight   United States 5 14 19
2 Eric Lindros   Canada 6 11 17
3 Pavel Bure   Soviet Union 12 3 15
4 Martin Ručinský   Czechoslovakia 9 5 14
5 Žigmund Pálffy   Czechoslovakia 7 6 13
6 Marko Jantunen   Finland 3 10 13
7 Trent Klatt   United States 6 6 12
8 Ted Drury   United States 5 7 12
9 Vyacheslav Kozlov   Soviet Union 3 9 12
10 Mike Craig   Canada 6 5 11
10 Michael Nylander   Sweden 6 5 11
10 Vesa Viitakoski   Finland 6 5 11

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Switzerland Pauli Jaks Switzerland Pauli Jaks
Defencemen Czechoslovakia Jiří Šlégr Soviet Union Dmitry Yushkevich
United States Scott Lachance
Forwards Canada Eric Lindros Canada Mike Craig
Canada Eric Lindros
Czechoslovakia Martin Ručinský

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Germany 7 6 0 1 49 15 +34 13 5–3 2–2 7–4 9–1 8–1 11–2 7–2
2   Poland 7 6 1 0 53 17 +36 12 3–5 5–4 7–2 6–3 10–0 14–0 8–3
3   France 7 4 1 2 42 19 +23 10 2–2 4–5 4–4 13–3 7–1 5–1 7–3
4   Japan 7 4 2 1 34 22 +12 9 4–7 2–7 4–4 7–0 4–2 6–1 7–1
5   Romania 7 2 4 1 23 43 −20 5 1–9 3–6 3–13 0–7 3–3 4–2 9–3
6   Netherlands 7 1 5 1 16 43 −27 3 1–8 0–10 1–7 2–4 3–3 6–3 3–8
7   Austria 7 1 6 0 13 48 −35 2 2–11 0–14 1–5 1–6 2–4 3–6 4–2
8   Denmark 7 1 6 0 22 45 −23 2 2–7 3–8 3–7 1–7 3–9 8–3 2–4
Source: [ citation needed]

Germany was promoted to Pool A and Denmark was relegated to Pool C for 1992.

Pool C

Eight teams contested the third tier in Belgrade Yugoslavia from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   North Korea 7 6 1 0 50 18 +32 12 4–3 1–9 4–2 5–2 10–1 6–1 20–0
2   Italy 7 6 1 0 57 11 +46 12 3–4 6–2 5–2 5–1 8–1 9–0 21–1
3   Yugoslavia 7 5 1 1 77 21 +56 11 9–1 2–6 5–2 7–7 13–2 8–2 33–1
4   Great Britain 7 4 3 0 45 20 +25 8 2–4 2–5 2–5 3–2 5–1 9–3 22–0
5   South Korea 7 3 3 1 55 28 +27 7 2–5 1–5 7–7 2–3 8–2 9–5 26–1
6   Bulgaria 7 2 5 0 34 48 −14 4 1–10 1–8 2–13 1–5 2–8 5–3 22–1
7   Hungary 7 1 6 0 28 46 −18 2 1–6 0–9 2–8 3–9 5–9 3–5 14–0
8   Greece 7 0 7 0 4 158 −154 0 0–20 1–21 1–33 0–22 1–26 1–22 0–14
Source: [ citation needed]

North Korea was promoted to Pool B for 1992.

References

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN  1-55022-382-8.
  • 1991 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • Results at Passionhockey.com
  1. ^ Maron, Brandon (2020-12-12). "Canadian Gold: Remembering the 1991 World Junior Championship". theScore.com. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
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