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1996 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Venue(s)7 (in 6 [1] host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1995 – January 4, 1996
Teams10
Final positions
Champions    Canada (9th title)
Runner-up    Sweden
Third place    Russia
Fourth place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored218 (7.03 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Jarome Iginla (12 points)
←  1995
1997 →

The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, hosted in Massachusetts, United States. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4–1 in the gold-medal game—earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall, tying the Soviet team's record in both regards.

Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks.

Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, Marco Sturm, José Théodore, Mattias Öhlund, Daymond Langkow, Sergei Samsonov and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.

This was the first World Juniors tournament to implement the two groups, round-robin/preliminaries and playoff format. It was also Slovakia's first appearance at the top level in the junior tournament.

Round robin

Group A

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Canada 4 4 0 0 19 4 +15 8
  United States 4 2 2 0 13 17 −4 4
  Finland 4 2 2 0 14 10 +4 4
   Switzerland 4 1 3 0 10 14 −4 2
  Ukraine 4 1 3 0 9 20 −11 2
Source: [ citation needed]
December 26, 1995 Canada 6 – 1  United States Centrum in Worcester, Worcester
December 26, 1995 Finland 5 – 1   Switzerland New England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 27, 1995 Canada 2 – 1   Switzerland Mullins Center, Amherst
December 27, 1995 Ukraine 4 – 3  United States Matthews Arena, Boston
December 28, 1995 Finland 4 – 1  Ukraine Matthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995 Canada 3 – 1  Finland Matthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995 United States 4 – 3   Switzerland Springfield Civic Center, Springfield
December 30, 1995 Switzerland 5 – 3  Ukraine New England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 31, 1995 Canada 8 – 1  Ukraine Matthews Arena, Boston
December 31, 1995 United States 5 – 4  Finland Mullins Center, Amherst

Group B

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Czech Republic 4 2 0 2 15 10 +5 6
  Russia 4 2 1 1 19 12 +7 5
  Sweden 4 2 1 1 14 7 +7 5
  Slovakia 4 0 1 3 11 17 −6 3
  Germany 4 0 3 1 11 24 −13 1
Source: [ citation needed]
December 26, 1995 Czech Republic 5 – 3  Russia Mullins Center, Amherst
December 26, 1995 Sweden 6 – 0  Slovakia Centrum in Worcester, Worcester
December 27, 1995 Slovakia 3 – 3  Russia Matthews Arena, Boston
December 27, 1995 Czech Republic 6 – 3  Germany Mullins Center, Amherst
December 28, 1995 Sweden 6 – 2  Germany Matthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995 Czech Republic 4 – 4  Slovakia Matthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995 Russia 5 – 2  Sweden Springfield Civic Center, Springfield
December 30, 1995 Germany 4 – 4  Slovakia New England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 31, 1995 Czech Republic 0 – 0  Sweden Matthews Arena, Boston
December 31, 1995 Russia 8 – 2  Germany Mullins Center, Amherst

Relegation round

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Slovakia 3 2 0 1 17 10 +7 5
  Germany 3 1 0 2 12 7 +5 4
   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 11 13 −2 3
  Ukraine 3 0 3 0 6 16 −10 0
Source: [ citation needed]
December 30, 1995 Switzerland 5 – 3  Ukraine New England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 30, 1995 Germany 4 – 4  Slovakia New England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 2, 1996 Switzerland 3 – 3  Germany New England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 2, 1996 Ukraine 3 – 6  Slovakia New England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 3, 1996 Switzerland 3 – 7  Slovakia New England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 3, 1996 Ukraine 0 – 5  Germany New England Sports Center, Marlborough

  Ukraine was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.

Playoffs

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
QF1   Sweden 8
A2   United States 0 B1   Czech Republic 2
B3   Sweden 3 SF1   Sweden 1
SF2   Canada 4
QF2   Russia 3
B2   Russia 6 A1   Canada 4
A3   Finland 2 Third place
QF1   Czech Republic 1
QF2   Russia 4

Quarterfinals

January 1, 1996
13:00
United States 0 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
  Sweden Mullins Center, Amherst
Brian BoucherGoalies Per-Ragnar Bergkvist
0-110:12 - Ekman
0-238:45 - Molin
0-359:21 - Davidsson
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January 1, 1996
17:00
Russia 6 – 2
(0–1, 5–1, 1–0)
  Finland Mullins Center, Amherst

Semifinals

January 3, 1996
15:30
Canada 4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)
  Russia Matthews Arena, Boston
Attendance: 2,500 (approx.)
José TheodoreGoalies Alexei Yegorov
Podollan ( Gauthier) (PP) - 8:411-0
1-111:24 - Morozov ( Shafikov, Nabokov) (PP)
Watt ( Redden, Dube) (PP) - 31:112-1
Podollan ( Botterill, Holland) - 32:433-1
3-235:39 - Petrochinin (Nabokov)
Iginla (SH) - 46:404-2
4-350:34 - Morozov (Nabokov, Shafikov) (PP)
28Shots49
January 3, 1996
18:30
Sweden 8 – 2
(0–0, 6–1, 2–1)
  Czech Republic Matthews Arena, Boston

5th place game

January 4, 1996
12:00
Finland 7 – 8
(3–1, 3–4, 1–2, 0-1)
  United States New England Sports Center, Marlborough
Vesa ToskalaGoalies Brian Boucher
Miika Elomo - 0:581-0
1-18:41 - Swanson ( Farkas, Smith)
Riihijärvi ( Salpa, Kuki) - 13:262-1
Salonen ( Lydman, Jokinen) - 15:223-1
3-222:35 - Drury ( Sylvia)
Niemi (Jokinen) - 25:084-2
4-329:52 - Cullen (Drury, Sylvia)
4-430:08 - York (Swanson, Clymer)
4-510:41 - Herr ( Kealty)
Niemi (Elomo, Lotvonen) - 33:415-5
Kuki (Salpa) - 36:436-5
Elomo (Jokinen) - 43:597-5
7-652:32 - Cullen ( Parrish)
7-753:21 - Reasoner (Swanson, Sylvia)
7-863:02 - McCarthy (Reasoner)
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Bronze medal game

January 4, 1996
15:30
Czech Republic 1 – 4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2)
  Russia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill
Tomáš VokounGoalies Alexei Yegorov
Varada ( Kubina) - 1:401-0
1-127:42 - Morozov ( Ryabykin, Shafikov)
1-239:18 - Samsonov ( Klevakin, Yepanchintsev)
1-343:11 - Petrunin ( Korolyuk)
1-446:01 - Shafikov ( Zyuzin)
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Gold medal game

January 4, 1996
19:30
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sweden 1 – 4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)
  Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s) Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill
Attendance: 5,781
Per-Ragnar BergkvistGoalies José Théodore
0-11:36 - Langkow ( Domenichelli, Iginla)
Nilson - 8:411-1
1-233:00 - Langkow (Iginla)
1-334:12 - Domenichelli (Langkow)
1-448:12 - McCauley ( Wright, Botterill)
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Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts
Jarome Iginla   Canada 6 5 7 12
Florian Keller   Germany 6 4 8 12
Marco Sturm   Germany 6 4 6 10
Miika Elomo   Finland 6 4 5 9
Johan Davidsson   Sweden 7 3 6 9
Ruslan Shafikov   Russia 7 1 8 9
Alexei Morozov   Russia 7 5 3 8
Juho Jokinen   Finland 6 3 5 8
Dmitri Nabokov   Russia 7 3 5 8
Marcus Nilson   Sweden 7 3 5 8

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player Country MINS GA GAA SO W L T
José Théodore   Canada 240 6 1.50 0 4 0 0
Per-Ragnar Bergkvist   Sweden 240 6 1.50 1 2 1 1
Magnus Wennström   Sweden 180 7 2.33 0 2 1 1
Alexei Yegorov   Russia 358.9 17 2.84 0 3 2 1
Miikka Kiprusoff   Finland 159.3 9 3.39 0 1 2 0

Tournament awards

All-star team [2]
IIHF best player awards

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Russia
4th   Czech Republic
5th   United States
6th   Finland
7th   Slovakia
8th   Germany
9th    Switzerland
10th   Ukraine

Pool B

The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy, Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Poland 3 3 0 0 32 2 +30 6 7–2 9–0 16–0
  Hungary 3 2 1 0 14 12 +2 4 2–7 7–1 5–4
  Japan 3 1 2 0 4 17 −13 2 0–9 1–7 3–1
  Austria 3 0 3 0 5 24 −19 0 0–16 4–5 1–3
Source: [ citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Latvia 3 3 0 0 15 9 +6 6 5–1 5–4 5–4
  Italy 3 1 2 0 8 11 −3 2 1–5 3–4 4–2
  Norway 3 1 2 0 8 9 −1 2 4–5 4–3 0–1
  France 3 1 2 0 7 9 −2 2 4–5 2–4 1–0
Source: [ citation needed]

Final Round

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Poland 5 5 0 0 31 7 +24 10 5–3 3–2 7–2 7–0 9–0
2   Latvia 5 4 1 0 22 16 +6 8 3–5 5–4 5–4 5–1 4–2
3   Norway 5 3 2 0 18 15 +3 6 2–3 4–5 3–1 4–3 5–3
4   Hungary 5 2 3 0 19 16 +3 4 2–7 4–5 1–3 5–0 7–1
5   Italy 5 1 4 0 9 25 −16 2 0–7 1–5 3–4 0–5 5–4
6   Japan 5 0 5 0 10 30 −20 0 0–9 2–4 3–5 1–7 4–5
Source: [ citation needed]

  Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1997.

Relegation Round

France 4 – 2  Austria
France 7 – 3  Austria

  Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1997.

Pool C

Played in Jesenice, Bled, and Kranj, Slovenia, from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Slovenia 3 3 0 0 22 5 +17 6 2–1 10–4 10–0
  Denmark 3 2 1 0 18 5 +13 4 1–2 13–0 4–3
  Romania 3 1 2 0 10 26 −16 2 4–10 0–13 6–3
  Netherlands 3 0 3 0 6 20 −14 0 0–10 3–4 3–6
Source: [ citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 25 11 +14 6 7–6 7–2 11–3
  Belarus 3 2 1 0 23 11 +12 4 6–7 6–4 11–0
  Great Britain 3 1 2 0 14 14 0 2 2–7 4–6 8–1
  Spain 3 0 3 0 4 30 −26 0 3–11 0–11 1–8
Source: [ citation needed]

Placement Games

  Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool B, and   Spain was relegated to Pool D for 1997.

Pool D

Played in Tallinn, Estonia, from December 31 to January 4.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Estonia 2 2 0 0 24 3 +21 4 4–2 20–1
  Yugoslavia 2 1 1 0 10 5 +5 2 2–4 8–1
  South Africa 2 0 2 0 2 28 −26 0 1–20 1–8
Source: [ citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Croatia 2 2 0 0 20 4 +16 4 5–2 15–2
  Lithuania 2 1 1 0 21 7 +14 2 2–5 19–2
  Bulgaria 2 0 2 0 4 34 −30 0 2–15 2–19
Source: [ citation needed]

Placement Games

  Croatia was promoted to Pool C for 1997.

References

  1. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 198–99.
  2. ^ "Championnat du Monde Junior 1995/96 des moins de 20 ans".