Venue(s) 4 (in 3 host cities) | Teams 10 | |
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Dates December 26 – January 5 | ||
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 the 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.
Contents
Group A
All times local (UTC -8)
Group B
All times local (UTC -8)
Relegation round
Note: Matches Slovakia 7–4 Latvia and Switzerland 2–0 Norway from the preliminary round (both on December 27, 2005) are included as well since these results carry forward.
All times local (UTC -8)
Final round
All times local (UTC -8)
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Most Valuable Player
All-Star Team
Selected by the media.
Defense: Luc Bourdon, Jack Johnson
Forwards: Evgeni Malkin, Lauri Tukonen, Steve Downie
Best players
Selected by the directorate.
Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
Defenseman: Marc Staal
Forward: Evgeni Malkin
Group A
Held December 11–17, 2005, in Bled, Slovenia.
Group B
Held December 12–18, 2005, in Minsk, Belarus.
Group A
Held December 12–18, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania.
Group B
Held January 10–16, 2006, in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
Division III
Held at Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania January 3–9, 2006.