1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1997 IIHF World U20 Championship
File:1997 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1996 – January 4, 1997
Teams10
Final positions
Champions File:Gold medal blank.svgFile:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (10th title)
Runner-up File:Silver medal blank.svgFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svgFile:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Fourth placeFile:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 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 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. 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

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 3 0 1 18 5 +13 7
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 4 2 0 2 15 9 +6 6
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 4 1 1 2 13 8 +5 4
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4 1 2 1 8 11 −3 3
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4 0 4 0 5 26 −21 0
Source: Hockey Canada
December 26, 1996United States File:Flag of the United States.svg4 – 0File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SwitzerlandPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 26, 1996Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8 – 2File:Flag of Germany.svg GermanyMorges
December 27, 1996Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4 – 1
(1-1, 1-0, 2-0)		File:Flag of Germany.svg 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 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1 – 1File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SwitzerlandMorges
December 28, 1996Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4 – 4
(2-2, 1-0, 1-2)		File:Flag of the United States.svg 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 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg6 – 2File:Flag of Germany.svg GermanyPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 29, 1996United States File:Flag of the United States.svg2 – 1File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech RepublicPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 30, 1996Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4 – 1
(0-1, 2-0, 2-0)		File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  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 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3 – 3
(1-1, 1-1, 1-1)		File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 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 File:Flag of the United States.svg8 – 0File:Flag of Germany.svg GermanyPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva

Group B

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 4 3 0 1 20 5 +15 7
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 4 3 1 0 17 9 +8 6
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 4 2 2 0 17 13 +4 4
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 4 1 2 1 10 10 0 3
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 4 0 4 0 6 33 −27 0
Source: Hockey Canada
December 26, 1996Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg4 – 3File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SlovakiaPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 26, 1996Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg7 – 0File:Flag of Poland.svg PolandMorges
December 27, 1996Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg4 – 1File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 27, 1996Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg12 – 0File:Flag of Poland.svg PolandMorges
December 28, 1996Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg4 – 2File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenMorges
December 29, 1996Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg7 – 4File:Flag of Poland.svg PolandMorges
December 29, 1996Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg4 – 2File:Flag of Finland.svg FinlandMorges
December 30, 1996Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg7 – 2File:Flag of Poland.svg PolandMorges
December 31, 1996Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg4 – 3File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SlovakiaMorges
December 31, 1996Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg0 – 0File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenMorges

Relegation round

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 18 5 +13 6
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 2 1 0 17 10 +7 4
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3 1 2 0 11 14 −3 2
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 3 0 3 0 3 20 −17 0
Source: Hockey Canada
December 29, 1996Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg6 – 2File:Flag of Germany.svg GermanyPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
December 30, 1996Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg7 – 2File:Flag of Poland.svg PolandMorges
January 2, 1997Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg6 – 1File:Flag of Poland.svg PolandMorges
January 2, 1997Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg8 – 2File:Flag of Germany.svg GermanyMorges
January 3, 1997Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg6 – 2File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenMorges
January 3, 1997Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg7 – 0File:Flag of Poland.svg PolandMorges

File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Junior Championships.

Medal Rounds

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
QF1 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3
A2 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 7 B1 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2
B3 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 2 SF1 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2
SF2 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 0
QF2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 2
B2 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2 A1 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5
A3 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3 Third place
QF1 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 4
QF2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1

Quarterfinals

January 1, 1997Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg7 – 2
(0-0, 3-1, 4-1)		File:Flag of Slovakia.svg 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 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3 – 2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0-0, 3-1)		File:Flag of Finland.svg FinlandPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva

Semifinals

January 3, 1997Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3 – 2
(1-1, 0-1, 2-0)		File:Flag of Russia.svg 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 File:Flag of the United States.svg5 – 2
(2–2, 1–0, 2–0)		File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech RepublicPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva

5th-place game

January 3, 1997Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg6 – 4
(4–1, 0–1, 2–2)		File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SlovakiaMorges

Bronze-medal game

4 January 19973rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg4 – 1
(2-0, 1-1, 1-0)		File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 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

4 January 19971st place, gold medalist(s) Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2 – 0
(0-0, 1-0, 1-0)		File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s)Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva
Attendance: 4,269
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

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
4th File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
5th File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
6th File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
7th File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
8th File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
9th File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
10th File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland

File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Juniors

Scoring leaders

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player Country MINS GAA
Denis Khlopotnov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 180 0.33
Brian Boucher File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 357.13 1.51
Marc Denis File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 419.52 1.86
David Aebischer File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 300 2.00
Adam Svoboda File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 428.27 2.66

Tournament awards

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

Pool B

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

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

File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool A, and File:Flag of Italy.svg 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
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg File:Flag of Austria.svg File:Flag of Croatia.svg
File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus 3 3 0 0 26 2 +24 6 7–2 8–0 11–0
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3 2 1 0 13 9 +4 4 2–7 4–2 7–0
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 3 1 2 0 6 12 −6 2 0–8 2–4 4–0
File:Flag of Croatia.svg 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 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg File:Flag of Denmark.svg File:Flag of Romania.svg File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 3 3 0 0 22 6 +16 6 6–2 6–2 10–2
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3 2 1 0 27 8 +19 4 2–6 9–0 16–2
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 3 1 2 0 8 18 −10 2 2–6 0–9 6–3
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3 0 3 0 7 32 −25 0 2–10 2–16 3–6
Source: [citation needed]

Placement Games

File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus was promoted to Pool B, and File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands was relegated to Pool D for 1998.

Pool D

Played in Sofia Bulgaria from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg File:Flag of Spain.svg File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg File:Flag of Mexico.svg
File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania 3 3 0 0 45 4 +41 6 10–1 15–1 20–2
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3 2 1 0 17 12 +5 4 1–10 3–1 13–1
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 3 1 2 0 9 20 −11 2 1–15 1–3 7–2
File:Flag of Mexico.svg 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 File:Flag of Estonia.svg File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg File:Flag of Israel.svg File:Flag of South Africa.svg
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 3 3 0 0 38 7 +31 6 8–3 12–3 18–1
File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 22 12 +10 4 3–8 9–4 10–0
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 3 1 2 0 13 23 −10 2 3–12 4–9 6–2
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 0 3 0 3 34 −31 0 1–18 0–10 2–6
Source: [citation needed]

Placement Games

File:Flag of Estonia.svg 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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