1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
International ice hockey competition
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The 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 27, 1973, and January 6, 1974. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record.[1] This was the first edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by a club team, the Peterborough Petes, while the other five nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[3]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Soviet Union |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | December 27, 1973 – January 6, 1974 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Soviet Union |
Runners-up  |  Finland |
Third place  |  Canada |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 135 (9 per game) |
| Scoring leader | Roland Eriksson (9 points) |
Final standings
The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12 | +24 | 10 |
| 2 | Finland |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 6 |
| 3 | Canada |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 6 |
| 4 | Sweden |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 4 |
| 5 |  United States |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 32 | −22 | 2 |
| 6 |  Czechoslovakia |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 2 |
Source: Hockey Canada
Results
| Czechoslovakia | 6 – 4 (3–1, 1–2, 2–1) | Sweden |
| Canada | 5 – 4 (1–1, 1–2, 3–1) | United States |
| Soviet Union | 6 – 2 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0) | Finland |
| Sweden | 9 – 4 (1–2, 6–2, 2–0) | Finland |
| United States | 1 – 11 (0–6, 1–1, 0–4) | Sweden |
| Soviet Union | 7 – 5 (1–0, 6–2, 0–3) | Czechoslovakia |
| Finland | 4 – 3 (2–1, 0–2, 2–0) | Canada |
| Soviet Union | 5 – 4 (2–2, 2–2, 1–0) | Sweden |
| Finland | 5 – 1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–1) | United States |
| Canada | 4 – 2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1) | Czechoslovakia |
| Finland | 6 – 4 (4–1, 1–2, 1–1) | Czechoslovakia |
| Canada | 5 – 4 (1–2, 1–1, 3–1) | Sweden |
| Soviet Union | 9 – 1 (3–0, 1–1, 5–0) | United States |
| United States | 3 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0) | Czechoslovakia |
| Soviet Union | 9 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 5–0) | Canada |
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roland Eriksson | Sweden | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Viktor Khatulev | Soviet Union | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Edmunds Vasiljevs | Soviet Union | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Mats Ulander | Sweden | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 5 | Boris Aleksandrov | Soviet Union | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Thomas Gradin | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Doug Jarvis | Canada | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Viktor Vakhrushev | Soviet Union | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 9 | Bo Berglund | Sweden | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Vladimir Gostyuzhev | Soviet Union | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Tournament awards
| Best Players | All-Star Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Goaltender | Frank Salive | Tapio Virhimo |
| Defencemen | Viktor Kucherenko | Jim Turkiewicz Paul McIntosh |
| Forwards | Mats Ulander | Thomas Gradin Roland Eriksson Ismo Villa |