2006 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesApril 12–22, 2006
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  United States (3rd title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Czech Republic
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored190 (6.13 per game)
Attendance11,798 (381 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Patrick Kane (12 points)
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The 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Ängelholm and Halmstad, Sweden. The championships began on April 12, 2006 and finished on April 22, 2006. Games were played at Ängelholms Ishall in Ängelholm and Sannarps Isstadion in Halmstad. The United States of America defeated Finland 3–1 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Czech Republic defeated Canada 4–1 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  United States 4 4 0 0 30 3 +27 8
2  Russia 4 3 1 0 21 9 +12 6
3  Czech Republic 4 2 2 0 9 11 −2 4
4  Germany 4 1 3 0 12 23 −11 2
5  Belarus 4 0 4 0 4 30 −26 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

April 12, 2006Czech Republic 4–2 GermanyÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 263
Referee:
Derek Zalaski Canada
J. Voráček (PP) 10:07
M. Bartoš (ES) 22:25
J. Tlustý (SH) 45:38
J. Voráček (ES) 52:01		Goals37:54 (ES) E. Ostwald
56:05 (ES) M. Brandl
April 12, 2006Russia 2–4 United StatesÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 447
Referee:
Soeren Persson Sweden
E. Bodrov (ES) 01:16
A. Anisimov (SH) 06:25		Goals04:01 (PP) J. McBain
43:21 (PS) B. Sweatt
54:30 (ES) B. Sweatt
59:59 (EN) R. Flynn
April 13, 2006Russia 8–0 BelarusÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 203
Referee:
Juraj Konc Slovakia
A. Glovatsky (ES) 03:35
A. Popov (PP) 09:15
S. Zachupeyko (PP) 11:34
Y. Alexandrov (ES) 18:32
A. Vasyunov (ES) 21:45
A. Vasyunov (PP) 24:30
M. Glukhov (PP) 35:05
R. Bashkirov (PP) 43:39		Goals
April 13, 2006Germany 0–9 United StatesÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 159
Referee:
Sami Partanen Finland
Goals04:27 (ES) P. Kane
07:56 (ES) P. Kane
08:59 (ES) L. Popko
21:46 (ES) J. O'Brien
23:30 (PP) M. Carman
27:52 (PP) P. Kane
38:42 (ES) L. Popko
46:42 (ES) B. Sweatt
58:44 (PP) B. Geoffrion
April 14, 2006Belarus 2–5 Czech RepublicÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 151
Referee:
Soeren Persson Sweden
A. Syrei (PP) 30:55
D. Korobov (ES) 41:56		Goals10:16 (PP) D. Růžička
24:34 (ES) M. Frolík
24:48 (ES) D. Květoň
36:01 (ES) M. Látal
55:27 (PP) M. Frolík
April 15, 2006Germany 5–9 RussiaÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 239
Referee:
Soeren Persson Sweden
M. Endrass (PP) 03:19
T. Weiszdorn (SH) 27:48
M. Garten (PP) 49:34
C. Braun (PP) 56:19
M. Endrass (PP) 59:59		Goals02:09 (SH) S. Zachupeyko
05:05 (ES) R. Bashkirov
17:07 (SH) R. Bashkirov
21:53 (ES) R. Bashkirov
31:14 (PP) A. Ryabev
31:38 (ES) R. Bashkirov
34:18 (ES) A. Glovatsky
40:26 (ES) E. Bodrov
41:27 (ES) A. Glovatsky
April 15, 2006United States 5–0 Czech RepublicÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 307
Referee:
Sami Partanen Finland
R. Rakhshani (PP) 18:27
R. Rakhshani (PP) 31:35
P. Kane (ES) 37:01
M. Carman (ES) 43:06
B. Sweatt (PP) 48:43		Goals
April 16, 2006Belarus 1–5 GermanyÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 141
Referee:
Derek Zalaski Canada
A. Karatkevich (ES) 29:21Goals01:01 (ES) E. Ostwald
14:01 (ES) T. Weiszdorn
22:33 (ES) P. Hager
23:02 (PP) K. Holzer
53:43 (PP) C. Braun
April 17, 2006Czech Republic 0–2 RussiaÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 381
Referee:
Derek Zalaski Canada
Goals24:58 (PP) A. Anisimov
59:42 (EN) A. Glovatsky
April 17, 2006United States 12–1 BelarusÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 140
Referee:
Nadir Mandioni Switzerland
E. Johnson (PP) 04:30
E. Johnson (PP) 08:38
R. Rakhshani (PP) 09:34
P. Kane (ES) 21:02
P. Kane (PP) 23:15
J. O'Brien (PP) 23:32
E. Johnson (PP) 27:06
M. Carman (ES) 28:56
J. O'Brien (PP) 31:11
B. Sweatt (ES) 31:33
E. Johnson (ES) 35:33
R. Hayes (ES) 57:01		Goals33:44 (PP) D. Shumski

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Finland 4 3 0 1 12 7 +5 7
2  Sweden 4 3 1 0 15 8 +7 6
3  Canada 4 2 1 1 12 5 +7 5
4  Slovakia 4 1 3 0 11 16 −5 2
5  Norway 4 0 4 0 7 21 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

April 12, 2006Slovakia 1–3 CanadaSannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 197
Referee:
Sami Partanen Finland
R. Konečný (PP) 26:53Goals21:23 (ES) J. Azevedo
30:01 (PP) F. Bouchard
59:28 (EN) B. Sutter
April 12, 2006Sweden 5–2 NorwaySannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 369
Referee:
Nadir Mandioni Switzerland
N. Andersen (PP) 05:24
P. Berglund (ES) 07:21
T. Larsson (PP) 27:23
P. Berglund (PP) 44:47
T. Lagerström (ES) 45:11		Goals06:06 (ES) P. Molberg
30:28 (PP) L. Mengshoel
April 13, 2006Norway 2–9 CanadaSannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Referee:
Alexey Ravodin Russia
P. Rohn (PP) 05:10
R. Dahlstrøm (PP) 26:38		Goals12:03 (PP) J. Azevedo
15:35 (PP) F. Bouchard
24:10 (ES) J. Tavares
29:09 (PP) J. Azevedo
32:28 (PP) J. Azevedo
37:22 (PP) L. Pyett
38:45 (ES) B. Maxwell
42:04 (ES) V. Bartley
51:45 (ES) C. Emmerton
April 13, 2006Slovakia 3–6 FinlandSannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 235
Referee:
Robert Ritchie United States
R. Konečný (PP) 37:01
M. Jurík (ES) 41:42
R. Konečný (ES) 47:51		Goals06:01 (ES) J. Juutilainen
09:52 (PP) J. Puustinen
18:42 (ES) J. Juutilainen
21:58 (PP) J. Juutilainen
22:10 (ES) J. Lehtivuori
52:40 (PP) J. Savolainen
April 14, 2006Finland 4–3 SwedenSannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 1,135
Referee:
Alexey Ravodin Russia
M. Warn (ES) 01:19
R. Nyholm (PP) 14:16
J. Jalvanti (ES) 17:56
M. Warn (EN) 59:14		Goals38:10 (ES) M. Backlund
54:07 (ES) P. Berglund
59:40 (ES) E. Moe
April 15, 2006Norway 2–5 SlovakiaSannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 231
Referee:
Nadir Mandioni Switzerland
M. Ylven (PP) 21:07
P. Bovim (PP) 36:41		Goals08:07 (PP) I. Roháč
09:06 (ES) J. Šinkovič
23:29 (ES) L. Zeliska
33:18 (PP) I. Roháč
39:22 (ES) I. Roháč
April 15, 2006Canada 0–2 SwedenSannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 764
Referee:
Robert Ritchie United States
Goals52:05 (ES) T. Lagerström
59:50 (EN) T. Lagerström
April 16, 2006Finland 2–1 NorwaySannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 291
Referee:
Juraj Konc Slovakia
J. Savolainen (ES) 09:04
I. Heikkila (ES) 58:24		Goals56:53 (ES) M. Weberg
April 17, 2006Canada 0–0 FinlandSannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 424
Referee:
Alexey Ravodin Russia
April 17, 2006Sweden 5–2 SlovakiaSannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 713
Referee:
Robert Ritchie United States
V. Sjödin (ES) 11:07
R. Figren (PP) 12:52
T. Larsson (PP) 14:11
P. Berglund (SH) 24:16
R. Figren (PP) 30:40		Goals39:14 (PP) M. Bališ
42:07 (PP) M. Jurík

Relegation round

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Slovakia 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 4
2  Germany 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 3
3  Belarus 3 1 1 1 9 11 −2 3
4  Norway 3 0 1 2 10 13 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
April 19, 2006Germany 2–2 NorwaySannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 51
Referee:
Robert Ritchie United States
T. Weiszdorn (ES) 32:13
C. Braun (PP) 37:46		Goals11:12 (PP) P. Bovim
11:40 (PP) K. Olimb
April 19, 2006Slovakia 0–2 BelarusSannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 45
Referee:
Derek Zalaski Canada
Goals35:46 (PP) M. Stsefanovich
44:48 (ES) M. Stsefanovich
April 20, 2006Belarus 6–6 NorwaySannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 51
Referee:
Juraj Konc Slovakia
A. Karatkevich (PP) 00:53
A. Demkov (ES) 03:57
V. Sachko (ES) 05:47
V. Mikhailov (ES) 34:28
D. Korobov (PP) 39:52
I. Voroshilov (PP) 45:37		Goals24:17 (PP) M. Ylven
33:50 (PP) P. Bovim
43:31 (ES) T. Kristiansen
55:19 (SH) R. Dahlstrøm
56:18 (ES) P. Rohn
56:43 (ES) P. Rohn
April 20, 2006Germany 1–2 SlovakiaSannarps Isstadion, Halmstad
Attendance: 46
Referee:
Soeren Persson Sweden
M. Endrass (PP) 22:03Goals40:15 (PP) T. Marčinko
43:53 (ES) E. Čaládi

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
B1  Finland 3
A2  Russia 1 QF1  Canada 2
B3  Canada 4 SF1  Finland 1
SF2  United States 3
A1  United States 4
B2  Sweden 0 QF2  Czech Republic 3
A3  Czech Republic 3

Quarterfinals

April 19, 2006Russia 1–4 CanadaÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 417
Referee:
Sami Partanen Finland
S. Zachupeyko (PP) 09:29Goals38:24 (PP) J. Tavares
45:02 (PP) J. McGinn
57:31 (PP) J. McGinn
58:03 (ES) S. Matthias
April 19, 2006Sweden 0–3 Czech RepublicÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 878
Referee:
Alexey Ravodin Russia
Goals38:05 (PP) J. Tlustý
58:16 (ES) M. Bartoš
59:04 (EN) D. Květoň

Semifinals

April 20, 2006Finland 3 – 2 OT CanadaÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 438
Referee:
Robert Ritchie United States
R. Nyholm (PP) 24:45
J. Jalvanti (ES) 42:06
J. Jarvinen (ES) 61:22		Goals13:32 (ES) F. Bouchard
28:33 (ES) B. Maxwell
April 20, 2006Czech Republic 3 – 4 OT United StatesÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 369
Referee:
Nadir Mandioni Switzerland
B. Višňák (PP) 25:00
M. Bartoš (PP) 43:38
J. Tlustý (ES) 52:47		Goals04:22 (ES) R. Flynn
17:04 (PP) J. McBain
18:47 (PP) R. Rakhshani
66:50 (ES) P. Kane

Fifth place game

April 21, 2006Russia 5–2 SwedenÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 333
Referee:
Juraj Konc Slovakia
R. Bashkirov (ES) 14:27
A. Anisimov (ES) 29:45
A. Popov (ES) 33:23
V. Zharkov (EN) 59:01
A. Popov (EN) 59:52		Goals03:30 (PP) D. Persson
34:46 (PP) R. Figren

Bronze medal game

April 22, 2006Canada 1–4 Czech RepublicÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 875
Referee:
Sami Partanen Finland
B. Sutter (PP) 43:44Goals27:07 (PP) J. Voráček
30:21 (PP) J. Tlustý
36:44 (PP) M. Kazatel
53:52 (PP) L. Lang

Gold medal game

April 22, 2006United States 3–1 FinlandÄngelholms Ishall, Ängelholm
Attendance: 1,221
Referee:
Nadir Mandioni Switzerland
R. Rakhshani (ES) 25:24
C. Summers (PP) 39:59
M. Carman (EN) 59:58		Goals15:27 (ES) J. Kemppainen

Final standings

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czech Republic
4  Canada
5  Russia
6  Sweden
7  Slovakia
8  Germany
9  Belarus
10  Norway

 Belarus and  Norway are relegated to Division I for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts PIM
Patrick Kane  United States 6 7 5 12 2
Jamie McBain  United States 6 2 9 11 0
Erik Johnson  United States 6 4 6 10 27
Ruslan Bashkirov  Russia 6 6 2 8 4
Mike Carman  United States 6 4 4 8 10
Justin Azevedo  Canada 7 4 4 8 20
François Bouchard  Canada 7 3 5 8 6
Bill Sweatt  United States 6 5 2 7 4
Jiří Tlustý  Czech Republic 7 4 3 7 8
Martin Ylven  Norway 6 2 5 7 4
David Kveton  Czech Republic 7 2 5 7 2
Ben Maxwell  Canada 7 2 5 7 10

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
Stanislav Galimov  Russia 60:00 0 1.000 0.00 1
Brett Bennett  United States 120:00 1 .969 0.50 1
Jakub Kovář  Czech Republic 105:08 2 .964 1.14 0
Joe Palmer  United States 246:50 6 .949 1.46 1
Jonathan Bernier  Canada 420:32 12 .943 1.71 1

Division I

Main article: 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Division I consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 3 and 9 April 2006 in Miskolc, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held between 2 and 8 April 2006 in Riga, Latvia. Switzerland and Latvia won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Hungary finished last in Group A and South Korea last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2007.[1][2]

Final standings

Division II

Main article: 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division II consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 2 and 8 April 2006 in Merano, Italy and the Group B tournament was held between 15 and 21 March 2006 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania. Italy and Great Britain won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Spain finished last in Group A and Iceland last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2007.[3][4]

Final standings

Division III

Main article: 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

The Division III tournament was held between 13 and 19 March 2006 in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania.[5] Romania and Israel finished first and second respectively and both gained promotion to Division II for the 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships.[5] While Bulgaria finished fifth and Turkey sixth and were relegated to the 2007 Division III Qualification tournament.[5][6]

Final standings
  1.  Romania — promoted to Division II for 2007
  2.  Israel — promoted to Division II for 2007
  3.  South Africa
  4.  New Zealand
  5.  Bulgaria — relegated to Division III Qualification for 2007
  6.  Turkey — relegated to Division III Qualification for 2007

References

  1. ^ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  2. ^ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  3. ^ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  4. ^ "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  5. ^ a b c "2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  6. ^ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div IIIQ". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-30.

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