1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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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.

Host country Switzerland
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1996 – January 4, 1997
Teams10
Quick facts Tournament details, Host country ...
1997 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Switzerland
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1996 – January 4, 1997
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Canada (10th title)
Runners-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 leaderUnited States Mike York (10 points)
← 1996
1998 →
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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

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Source: Hockey Canada
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:
Sweden Peter Andersson
Linesmen:
United States Hans Baker
Sweden 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:
Finland Pekka Haajanen
Linesmen:
Sweden Stefan Danielsson
Czech Republic 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:
Czech Republic Frantisek Rejhar
Linesmen:
Sweden Stefan Danielsson
Slovakia 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:
Sweden Peter Andersson
Linesmen:
Poland Grzegorz Dzięciołowski
Czech Republic 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

More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Source: Hockey Canada
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

More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Source: Hockey Canada
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

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

January 1, 1997Canada 7 – 2
(0-0, 3-1, 4-1)		 SlovakiaPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 1,101
Marc DenisGoaliesStanislav PetrikReferee:
United States Alex Dell
Linesmen:
Germany Oswald Christian
Czech Republic 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

January 3, 1997Canada 3 – 2
(1-1, 0-1, 2-0)		 RussiaPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 1,976
Marc DenisGoaliesRadmir FaizovReferee:
Sweden Henrik Andersson
Linesmen:
Sweden Stefan Danielsson
Czech Republic 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

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

Bronze-medal game

4 January 19973rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia 4 – 1
(2-0, 1-1, 1-0)		 Czech RepublicPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 855
More information Game reference ...
Game reference
Alexei Morozov 6:23 (SH)
Alexei Kolkunin 15:10 (PP)
Oleg Kvasha 22:33
Sergei Samsonov 49:04		GoalsMarek Melenovsky 36:47
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Gold-medal game

4 January 19971st place, gold medalist(s) Canada 2 – 0
(0-0, 1-0, 1-0)		 United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s)Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 4,269
More information Game reference ...
Game reference
Referee:
Czech Republic Frantisek Rejhar
Linesmen:
Sweden Stefan Danielsson
Czech Republic Pavel Halas
Devereaux (Letowski) - 28:381-0
Isbister (Briere) - 43:092-0
23Shots35
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Final standings

More information Team ...
Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia
4th Czech Republic
5th Finland
6th Slovakia
7th  Switzerland
8th Sweden
9th Germany
10th Poland
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 Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Juniors

Scoring leaders

More information Player, Country ...
Player Country GP G APts
Mike York United States65510
Tomi Kallio Finland6549
Erik Rasmussen United States6459
Rastislav Pavlikovský Slovakia7279
Alexei Morozov Russia6538
Niko Kapanen Finland6448
Alexei Kolkounov Russia6448
Ľubomír Vaic Slovakia6178
Sergei Samsonov Russia6617
Marián Hossa Slovakia6527
Mark Parrish United States6527
Brad Isbister Canada6437
Christian Dubé Canada6437
Cameron Mann Canada6437
Marek Melenovský Czech Republic6437
Boris Lingemann Germany6437
Ondrej Kratena Czech Republic6347
Ville Nieminen Finland6257
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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

More information Player, Country ...
Player Country MINS GAA
Denis Khlopotnov Russia1800.33
Brian Boucher United States357.131.51
Marc Denis Canada419.521.86
David Aebischer  Switzerland3002.00
Adam Svoboda Czech Republic428.272.66
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Tournament awards

More information IIHF Directorate Awards, Media All-Star Team ...
IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender Canada Marc DenisUnited States Brian Boucher
Defencemen United States Joe CorvoCanada Chris Phillips
Switzerland Mark Streit
Forwards Russia Alexei MorozovCanada Christian Dubé
Russia Sergei Samsonov
United States Michael York
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Pool B

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

Standings
More information Pos, Team ...
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
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Source: [citation needed]

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

Pool C

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

Preliminary round

Group A
More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Source: [citation needed]
Group B
More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Source: [citation needed]

Placement Games

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

Pool D

Played in Sofia Bulgaria from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round

Group A
More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Source: [citation needed]
Group B
More information Team, Pld ...
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
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Source: [citation needed]

Placement Games

 Estonia was promoted to Pool C for 1998.

References

External links

  • 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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