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1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Geneva and Morges, Switzerland. The tournament was won by Canada, who won their record fifth-straight gold medal with a 2–0 victory over the United States in the gold-medal match. Mike York of the United States was the top scorer in the tournament, with five goals and five assists for ten points.

1997 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1996 – January 4, 1997
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Canada (10th title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored204 (6.58 per game)
Attendance31,336 (1,011 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Mike York (10 points)
← 1996
1998 →

The tournament all-star team selected upon the conclusion of the tournament included forwards Mike York (United States), Sergei Samsonov (Russia) and Christian Dube (Canada); defencemen Mark Streit (Switzerland) and Chris Phillips (Canada); and goaltender Brian Boucher (United States).

Notable future National Hockey League (NHL) stars that played in this year's tournament included Joe Thornton (Canada), Daniel Brière (Canada) and Marián Hossa (Slovakia).

Round robin edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  United States 4 3 0 1 18 5 +13 7
  Canada 4 2 0 2 15 9 +6 6
  Czech Republic 4 1 1 2 13 8 +5 4
   Switzerland 4 1 2 1 8 11 −3 3
  Germany 4 0 4 0 5 26 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
December 26, 1996United States  4 – 0   SwitzerlandPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 26, 1996Czech Republic  8 – 2  GermanyMorges
December 27, 1996Canada  4 – 1
(1-1, 1-0, 2-0)		  GermanyPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 850
Marc DenisGoaliesKai FischerReferee:
  Peter Andersson
Linesmen:
  Hans Baker
  Stefan Danielsson
0-13:18 - Fendt (Kreutzer) (PP)
Isbister (Whitfield) (PP) - 17:231-1
Mann - 32:212-1
Jackman (Dubé) - 43:503-1
Thornton (Briere, Mann) (PP) - 51:264-1
34Shots22
December 27, 1996Czech Republic  1 – 1   SwitzerlandMorges
December 28, 1996Canada  4 – 4
(2-2, 1-0, 1-2)		  United StatesPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 2,769
Marc DenisGoaliesBrian BoucherReferee:
  Pekka Haajanen
Linesmen:
  Stefan Danielsson
  Pavel Halas
Dubé (Doig) 1:181-0
1-11:48 - Parrish (Young)
1-24:43 - Farkas (Smith)
Dubé (PP) - 8:522-2
Brière (Isbister) - 26:243-2
3-340:28 - LaCouture (Boulerice)
3-455:46 - Young (Poti)
Schaefer (Mann) - 56:544-4
32Shots26
December 29, 1996Switzerland  6 – 2  GermanyPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 29, 1996United States  2 – 1  Czech RepublicPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 30, 1996Canada  4 – 1
(0-1, 2-0, 2-0)		   SwitzerlandPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 3,353
Marc DenisGoaliesDavid AebischerReferee:
  Frantisek Rejhar
Linesmen:
  Stefan Danielsson
  Milan Misek
0-116:35 - Riesen
Isbister (Brière) 21:321-1
Dubé (Isbister) (PP) - 31:322-1
Thornton (McCauley, Briere) - 43:343-1
Mann (Doig) - 55:304-1
35Shots21
December 31, 1996Canada  3 – 3
(1-1, 1-1, 1-1)		  Czech RepublicPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 515
Marc DenisGoaliesAdam SvobodaReferee:
  Peter Andersson
Linesmen:
  Grzegorz Dzięciołowski
  Pavel Helas
Letowski (Thornton) - 9:421-0
1-110:17 - Matejovsky (Zidlicky)
1-226:33 - Melenovský
Jackman (Mann) (PP) - 28:222-2
Mann (Dubé) - 55:383-2
3-359:50 - Burger (Kratena) (SH)
29Shots22
December 31, 1996United States  8 – 0  GermanyPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva

Group B edit

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Russia 4 3 0 1 20 5 +15 7
  Finland 4 3 1 0 17 9 +8 6
  Slovakia 4 2 2 0 17 13 +4 4
  Sweden 4 1 2 1 10 10 0 3
  Poland 4 0 4 0 6 33 −27 0
Source: [citation needed]
December 26, 1996Russia  4 – 3  SlovakiaPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 26, 1996Finland  7 – 0  PolandMorges
December 27, 1996Slovakia  4 – 1  SwedenPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 27, 1996Russia  12 – 0  PolandMorges
December 28, 1996Finland  4 – 2  SwedenMorges
December 29, 1996Slovakia  7 – 4  PolandMorges
December 29, 1996Russia  4 – 2  FinlandMorges
December 30, 1996Sweden  7 – 2  PolandMorges
December 31, 1996Finland  4 – 3  SlovakiaMorges
December 31, 1996Russia  0 – 0  SwedenMorges

Relegation round edit

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 18 5 +13 6
  Sweden 3 2 1 0 17 10 +7 4
  Germany 3 1 2 0 11 14 −3 2
  Poland 3 0 3 0 3 20 −17 0
Source: [citation needed]
December 29, 1996Switzerland  6 – 2  GermanyPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 30, 1996Sweden  7 – 2  PolandMorges
January 2, 1997Switzerland  6 – 1  PolandMorges
January 2, 1997Sweden  8 – 2  GermanyMorges
January 3, 1997Switzerland  6 – 2  SwedenMorges
January 3, 1997Germany  7 – 0  PolandMorges

  Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Junior Championships.

Medal Rounds edit

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
QF1   Canada 3
A2   Canada 7 B1   Russia 2
B3   Slovakia 2 SF1   Canada 2
SF2   United States 0
QF2   Czech Republic 2
B2   Finland 2 A1   United States 5
A3   Czech Republic 3 Third place
QF1   Russia 4
QF2   Czech Republic 1

Quarterfinals edit

January 1, 1997Canada  7 – 2
(0-0, 3-1, 4-1)		  SlovakiaPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 1,101
Marc DenisGoaliesStanislav PetrikReferee:
  Alex Dell
Linesmen:
  Oswald Christian
  Pavel Halas
Briere (Isbister) - 25:071-0
Whitfield (Thornton, Mann) (PP) - 27:352-0
2-132:25 - Hossa (Vaic, Pavlikovský) (PP)
Schaefer (Dubé, McCauley) (PP) - 38:493-1
3-241:15 - Rieciciar (Handzus, Somik)
Isbister - 44:514-2
Devereaux (McCauley) - 49:425-2
Letowski - 51:506-2
Dubé (Schaefer) (PP) - 56:287-2
31Shots39
January 1, 1997Czech Republic  3 – 2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0-0, 3-1)		  FinlandPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva

Semifinals edit

January 3, 1997Canada  3 – 2
(1-1, 0-1, 2-0)		  RussiaPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 1,976
Marc DenisGoaliesRadmir FaizovReferee:
  Henrik Andersson
Linesmen:
  Stefan Danielsson
  Pavel Halas
0-111:53 - Morozov (Sidulov) (PP)
Schaefer (McCauley) (PP) - 18:101-1
1-229:56 - Gabdulin (Volchkov)
Devereaux (McCauley) - 40:492-2
Devereaux (Larsen, Phillips) - 49:443-2
27Shots28
January 3, 1997United States  5 – 2
(2–2, 1–0, 2–0)		  Czech RepublicPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva

5th-place game edit

January 3, 1997Finland  6 – 4
(4–1, 0–1, 2–2)		  SlovakiaMorges

Bronze-medal game edit

4 January 1997  Russia  4 – 1
(2-0, 1-1, 1-0)		  Czech RepublicPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 855
Game reference
Alexei Morozov 6:23 (SH)
Alexei Kolkunin 15:10 (PP)
Oleg Kvasha 22:33
Sergei Samsonov 49:04		GoalsMarek Melenovsky 36:47

Gold-medal game edit

4 January 1997  Canada  2 – 0
(0-0, 1-0, 1-0)		  United States  Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 4,269
Game reference
Referee:
  Frantisek Rejhar
Linesmen:
  Stefan Danielsson
  Pavel Halas
Devereaux (Letowski) - 28:381-0
Isbister (Briere) - 43:092-0
23Shots35

Final standings edit

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

  Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Juniors

Scoring leaders edit

Player Country GP G A Pts
Mike York   United States 6 5 5 10
Tomi Kallio   Finland 6 5 4 9
Erik Rasmussen   United States 6 4 5 9
Rastislav Pavlikovský   Slovakia 7 2 7 9
Alexei Morozov   Russia 6 5 3 8
Niko Kapanen   Finland 6 4 4 8
Alexei Kolkounov   Russia 6 4 4 8
Ľubomír Vaic   Slovakia 6 1 7 8
Sergei Samsonov   Russia 6 6 1 7
Marián Hossa   Slovakia 6 5 2 7
Mark Parrish   United States 6 5 2 7
Brad Isbister   Canada 6 4 3 7
Christian Dubé   Canada 6 4 3 7
Cameron Mann   Canada 6 4 3 7
Marek Melenovský   Czech Republic 6 4 3 7
Boris Lingemann   Germany 6 4 3 7
Ondrej Kratena   Czech Republic 6 3 4 7
Ville Nieminen   Finland 6 2 5 7

Goaltending leaders edit

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player Country MINS GAA
Denis Khlopotnov   Russia 180 0.33
Brian Boucher   United States 357.13 1.51
Marc Denis   Canada 419.52 1.86
David Aebischer    Switzerland 300 2.00
Adam Svoboda   Czech Republic 428.27 2.66

Tournament awards edit

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender   Marc Denis   Brian Boucher
Defencemen   Joe Corvo   Chris Phillips
  Mark Streit
Forwards   Alexei Morozov   Christian Dubé
  Sergei Samsonov
  Michael York

Pool B edit

This tournament was played in Kyiv Ukraine, from December 27 to January 5.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts                
1   Kazakhstan 7 6 0 1 39 15 +24 13 4–1 1–1 7–5 3–1 4–0 11–3 9–4
2   Latvia 7 5 1 1 28 19 +9 11 1–4 4–3 5–5 2–1 4–3 9–1 3–2
3   France 7 4 1 2 22 16 +6 10 1–1 3–4 5–4 4–3 1–1 3–2 5–1
4   Norway 7 2 2 3 33 23 +10 7 5–7 5–5 4–5 2–2 3–3 5–1 9–0
5   Ukraine 7 3 3 1 26 18 +8 7 1–3 1–2 3–4 2–2 4–3 8–1 7–3
6   Japan 7 2 3 2 24 17 +7 6 0–4 3–4 1–1 3–3 3–4 6–1 8–0
7   Hungary 7 1 6 0 14 44 −30 2 3–11 1–9 2–3 1–5 1–8 1–6 5–2
8   Italy 7 0 7 0 12 46 −34 0 4–9 2–3 1–5 0–9 3–7 0–8 2–5
Source: [citation needed]

  Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool A, and   Italy was relegated to Pool C, for 1998.

Pool C edit

Played in Gheorgheni and Miercurea Ciuc, Romania from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round edit

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Belarus 3 3 0 0 26 2 +24 6 7–2 8–0 11–0
  Great Britain 3 2 1 0 13 9 +4 4 2–7 4–2 7–0
  Austria 3 1 2 0 6 12 −6 2 0–8 2–4 4–0
  Croatia 3 0 3 0 0 22 −22 0 0–11 0–7 0–4
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Slovenia 3 3 0 0 22 6 +16 6 6–2 6–2 10–2
  Denmark 3 2 1 0 27 8 +19 4 2–6 9–0 16–2
  Romania 3 1 2 0 8 18 −10 2 2–6 0–9 6–3
  Netherlands 3 0 3 0 7 32 −25 0 2–10 2–16 3–6
Source: [citation needed]

Placement Games edit

  Belarus was promoted to Pool B, and   Netherlands was relegated to Pool D for 1998.

Pool D edit

Played in Sofia Bulgaria from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round edit

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Lithuania 3 3 0 0 45 4 +41 6 10–1 15–1 20–2
  Spain 3 2 1 0 17 12 +5 4 1–10 3–1 13–1
  Bulgaria 3 1 2 0 9 20 −11 2 1–15 1–3 7–2
  Mexico 3 0 3 0 5 40 −35 0 2–20 1–13 2–7
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Estonia 3 3 0 0 38 7 +31 6 8–3 12–3 18–1
  Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 22 12 +10 4 3–8 9–4 10–0
  Israel 3 1 2 0 13 23 −10 2 3–12 4–9 6–2
  South Africa 3 0 3 0 3 34 −31 0 1–18 0–10 2–6
Source: [citation needed]

Placement Games edit

  Estonia was promoted to Pool C for 1998.

References edit

External links edit

  • 1997 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN.ca
  • Complete details in French at Passionhockey.com
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.
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