2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2006 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	26 December 2005 – 5 January 2006
Teams	10
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (12th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	195 (6.29 per match)
Attendance	325,138 (10,488 per match)
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. 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. Team 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.

Top Division

Venues

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

Rosters

Main article: 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−8).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

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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

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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

Third place

A3

Finland (OT)

1

Finland

4

United States

2

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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.com

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

Division I

Group A

Held December 11–17, 2005, in Bled, Slovenia.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	5	5	0	0	20	2	10
Denmark	5	3	1	1	20	17	7
Slovenia	5	3	2	0	17	8	6
France	5	1	2	2	8	7	4
Ukraine	5	1	3	1	10	22	3
Japan	5	0	5	0	10	29	0

Group B

Held December 12–18, 2005, in Minsk, Belarus.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	5	4	0	1	24	6	9
Kazakhstan	5	4	1	0	21	8	8
Italy	5	2	2	1	14	15	5
Poland	5	1	2	2	9	14	4
Austria	5	0	3	2	5	16	2
Hungary	5	0	3	2	6	20	2

Division II

Group A

Held December 12–18, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Great Britain	5	5	0	0	53	3	10
Netherlands	5	3	1	1	38	8	7
Romania	5	3	1	1	31	11	7
Spain	5	2	3	0	15	33	4
Australia	5	1	4	0	17	37	2
New Zealand	5	0	5	0	2	64	0

Group B

Held January 10–16, 2006, in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Estonia	5	5	0	0	46	8	10
Croatia	5	3	2	0	22	15	6
South Korea	5	2	2	1	20	15	5
Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	2	1	14	16	5
Mexico	5	1	4	0	11	40	2
China	5	1	4	0	12	31	2

Division III

Held at Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania January 3–9, 2006.

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Lithuania	4	4	0	0	81	3	8
Iceland	4	3	1	0	79	6	6
Turkey	4	2	2	0	35	40	4
Bulgaria	4	1	3	0	26	32	2
Armenia	4	0	4	0	6	146	0

External links

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