2006 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	26 December 2005 – 5 January 2006
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (12th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	195 (6.29 per game)
Attendance	325,138 (10,488 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Phil Kessel (11 points)
MVP	Evgeni Malkin
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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]

Top Division

Venues

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

Preliminary round

All times are local ( UTC−8).

Group A

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

December 26, 2005 16:00

Finland

1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1)

Canada

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,083

Game reference
	Seitsonen 48:49 (PP1) Goals Boyd 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 States

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 12,232

Game reference
	Sveum 29:00 (PP1) Olimb 43:44 (PP1) Goals Oshie 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

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December 27, 2005 19:00

Switzerland

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Norway

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 11,976

Game reference
	Joggi 33:52 (PP1) Burgler 54:04 (PP1) Goals

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December 28, 2005 16:00

Canada

4–3 (2–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,123

Game reference
	Downie 8:45 (PP1) Boyd 17:45 Pyatt 30:00 Bolland 33:39 (PP1) Goals Blum 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)

Finland

Pacific 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) Goals Alikoski 6:21 Korpikoski 8:26 (SH1) Seitsonen 21:28 (PP1) Tukonen 55:34 Laakso 58:48 (PP1)

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December 29, 2005 16:00

Norway

0–4 (0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Canada

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,083

Game reference
	Goals Barker 15:27 (PP1) Bolland 34:50 (PP1) Chipchura 35:16 Bourdon 36:41

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December 30, 2005 16:00

United States

2–2 (2–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Switzerland

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 12,130

Game reference
	Paukovich 6:16 Ryan 16:59 Goals Blum 47:53 (PP1) Joggi 54:08 (PP2)

December 30, 2005 20:00

Finland

9–1 (7–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Norway

Pacific 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 Goals Sveum 35:10 (PP1)

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December 31, 2005 16:00

Canada

3–2 (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 16,083

Game reference
	Barker 2:35 (PP1) Boyd 6:42 Chipchura 59:27 (EN) Goals Bourque 10:27 (PP1) Mueller 28:10 (PP1)

December 31, 2005 20:00

Switzerland

1–4 (0–1, 0–0, 1–3)

Finland

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 8,335

Game reference
	Joggi 52:23 (PP1) Goals Kolehmainen 2:45 (PP1) Sinisalo 42:24 Lindgren 42:34 Laakso 59:49 (EN)

Group B

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

December 26, 2005 19:00

Latvia

1–5 (1–2, 0–3, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,653

Game reference
	Meija 11:16 Goals 01:13 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)

Russia

Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 5,982

Game reference
	Bergfors (PP) 07:37 Goals 08:45 (PP) Malkin 13:51 (PP) Kulemin 38:03 Voloshenko 47:49 Shirokov 52:00 (SH) Kulemin

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December 27, 2005 19:00

Slovakia

7–4 (2–0, 4–3, 1–1)

Latvia

Prospera 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 Goals 29:27 (PP) Galviņš 37:25 Kļujevskis 39:24 Želubovskis 50:05 Želubovskis

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December 28, 2005 19:00

Czech Republic

2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 5,323

Game reference
	Sobotka (PP) 36:25 Káňa (PP) 52:48 Goals 02:08 Karlsson 03:49 Salmonsson 20:52 O. Hedman

December 28, 2005 19:00

Russia

6–2 (5–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Slovakia

Prospera 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 Goals 17:30 (PP) Sekera 30:29 Lašček

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December 29, 2005 19:00

Latvia

1–3 (0–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Russia

Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,831

Game reference
	Kļujevskis (PP) 32:58 Goals 03:54 (PP) Malkin 04:00 Lemtyugov 36:26 Lemtyugov

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December 30, 2005 19:00

Czech Republic

5–3 (3–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Slovakia

Prospera Place, Kelowna Attendance: 5,979

Game reference
	Krejčí 00:26 Kudělka (PP) 10:01 Krejčí 10:22 Krejčí 30:36 Pohl 45:10 Goals 01:38 (PP) Zagrapan 46:45 (PP) Gračík 56:05 (PP) Scurko

December 30, 2005 19:00

Sweden

10–2 (4–1, 3–0, 3–1)

Latvia

Interior 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 Goals 16:58 Karsums 51:52 Karkliņš

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December 31, 2005 19:00

Slovakia

0–6 (0–2, 0–1, 0–3)

Sweden

Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops Attendance: 4,712

Game reference
	Goals 07:07 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 Republic

Prospera 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 Goals 48:47 Pohl 49:35 (PP) Sobotka

Relegation round

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

January 2, 2006 13:00

Switzerland

5–2 (1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Latvia

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 7,616

Game reference

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January 3, 2006 13:00

Slovakia

4–3 (1–1, 2–2, 1–0)

Norway

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 5,038

Game reference

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January 4, 2006 12:00

Latvia

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 4,540

Game reference

January 4, 2006 16:00

Switzerland

3–3 (2–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Attendance: 6,667

Game reference

Final round

Bracket

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

January 2, 2006 16:00

Sweden

0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) ( OT: 0–1)

Finland

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630

Game reference
	Goals 69:26 (PP) Laakso

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January 2, 2006 20:00

United States

2–1 (2–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 14,890

Game reference
	Kessel (PP) 03:23 Bourque 11:08 Goals 12:17 (PP) Šmíd

Semifinals

January 3, 2006 16:00

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Finland

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630

Game reference
	Russell 18:16 Comeau 38:58 Letang (PP) 49:40 Cogliano 53:32 Goals

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January 3, 2006 20:00

Russia

5–1 (1–0, 0–0, 4–1)

United States

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630

Game reference
	Anton Khudobin	Goalies	Cory Schneider	Referee: Jyri Ronn Linesmen: Jeff MacDonald Fredrik Ulriksson
	Kulemin ( Zubov, Malkin) – 12:32 1–0 Kulemin (PP) – 41:42 2–0 2–1 42:34 – Skille ( J. Johnson, Bourque) (PP) Emelin (Malkin) – 43:13 3–1 Shirokov ( Lemtyugov) – 53:01 4–1 Lemtyugov (Shirokov, Buravchikov) – 55:15 5–1
	51 min	Penalties	41 min
	34	Shots	35

Fifth place game

January 4, 2006 20:00

Sweden

3–1 (0–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Czech Republic

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 10,684

Game reference
	Rynol 41:42 Bergfors 42:07 Bäckström 59:12 Goals 43:16 Káňa

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2006 12:00

Finland

4–2 (0–1, 2–0, 2–1)

United States

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 15,107

Game reference
	Sailio 33:32 Joensuu 34:51 Tukonen 53:20 Joensuu 55:24 Goals 12:11 Ryan 51:03 (PP) J. Johnson

Final

January 5, 2006 16:00

Russia

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

General Motors Place, Vancouver Attendance: 18,630

Game reference
	Anton Khudobin	Goalies	Justin Pogge	Referee: Brian Thul Linesmen: František Kalivoda Juho Kautto
	0–1 17:13 – Downie ( Cogliano, Comeau) 0–2 18:56 – Comeau 0–3 32:02 – Blunden ( Barker, Pouliot) (PP) 0–4 34:44 – Blunden (Barker, Russell) (PP) 0–5 57:15 – Chipchura (Cogliano, Bolland)
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	34

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

(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

• Best players selected by the Directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
  • Best Defenceman: Marc Staal
  • Best Forward: Evgeni Malkin

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Evgeni Malkin
  • Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
  • Defencemen: Luc Bourdon / Jack Johnson
  • Forwards: Evgeni Malkin / Lauri Tukonen / Steve Downie

Source: IIHF

Final standings

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

Division I

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

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

Group B

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

Division II

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

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

Group B

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

Division III

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

References

External links

• IIHF official website
• Official website at www.hockeycanada.ca