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)
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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.

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
 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:
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

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

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

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
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 2 – 0
(0-0, 1-0, 1-0)		 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)  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

 Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Juniors

Scoring leaders

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

(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

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
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

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
 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

 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
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

 Estonia was promoted to Pool C for 1998.

References

External links

IIHF World Junior Championships
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