2010 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
CitySaskatoon, Regina
Venue(s)Credit Union Centre and
Brandt Centre (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2009 – January 5, 2010
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  United States (2nd title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored266 (8.58 per game)
Attendance301,944 (9,740 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Derek Stepan (14 points)
MVPCanada Jordan Eberle
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The 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships (2010 WJHC), was the 34th edition of Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted by Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, from December 26, 2009, to January 5, 2010.[1][2] Saskatoon had hosted the tournament once before, in 1991. The medal round, as well as all Canada's preliminary round games, took place in Saskatoon at the Credit Union Centre. The arena underwent renovations and upgrades before the 2010 tournament, including an increase in capacity.[3] Other games were played at the Brandt Centre in Regina, which also received upgrades.[4] In addition, pre-tournament exhibition games were held in other towns and cities throughout the province as well as Calgary, Alberta.[5][6] In the gold medal match, the United States defeated the pre-tournament favourites and host country Canada 6–5 in overtime on a goal by John Carlson to win their second gold medal and first since 2004, ending Canada's bid for a record-breaking sixth consecutive gold medal.[7]

Other host candidates

Initially, Switzerland was chosen to host the tournament, but later withdrew.[8]

Three bid groups submitted letters of intent to host the 2010 tournament prior to the February 1, 2008, deadline:[9]

All three bid groups formally placed their bids before the April 1, 2008, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Toronto on June 9–10, 2008.[9]

On July 7, 2008, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced Saskatoon and Regina have been chosen to host the tournament. This was Saskatchewan's first successful bid in five recent attempts, after failing to land the 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2009 tournaments.[3]

Venues

Credit Union Centre
Capacity: 14,705 		Brandt Centre
Capacity: 7,000
 Canada – Saskatoon  Canada – Regina

Top division

The lowest-ranked teams in the top division are relegated to Division I for the following year's tournament.

Rosters

Main article: 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

Ten teams were divided into two groups of five, each of which play in a single round-robin format. The winner of each group proceeded directly to the tournament semifinals, with the second- and third-place finishers advancing to the quarterfinals. The remaining four teams participated in the relegation round to determine which teams will be relegated to Division I the following year.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 4 3 1 0 0 35 6 +29 11 Semifinals
2  United States 4 3 0 1 0 26 9 +17 10 Quarterfinals
3   Switzerland 4 2 0 0 2 11 15 −4 6
4  Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 14 22 −8 3 Relegation round
5  Latvia 4 0 0 0 4 9 43 −34 0
Source: IIHF

All times are local (Central Time Zone – UTC−6).

December 26, 2009
15:00		Latvia 0 – 16 CanadaCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,469 (84.8%)
Game reference
Goals00:36 Gabriel Bourque
04:22 (PP1) Nazem Kadri
06:39 (PP1) Gabriel Bourque
11:43 Luke Adam
17:52 Patrice Cormier
24:49 Jordan Eberle
29:28 Travis Hamonic
30:26 Nazem Kadri
38:10 (PP1) Brandon Kozun
39:40 (PP1) Jordan Eberle
39:57 Adam Henrique
41:33 Patrice Cormier
44:35 (PP1) Brandon McMillan
49:19 Brandon Kozun
58:28 (PP1) Gabriel Bourque
59:32 Luke Adam
December 26, 2009
19:00		Slovakia 3 – 7 United StatesCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 11,318 (77.0%)
Game reference
Jakub Gašparovič (PP1) 02:15
Martin Bakoš (PP2) 05:33
Richard Pánik (PP1) 33:14		Goals09:34 John Carlson
22:50 Jeremy Morin
25:39 Derek Stepan
26:36 (PP1) Matt Donovan
33:54 Danny Kristo
40:58 Jordan Schroeder
46:34 Jerry D'Amigo
December 27, 2009
15:00		United States 3 – 0  SwitzerlandCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,853 (87.4%)
Game reference
Chris Kreider (PP1) 25:27
Matt Donovan 52:35
AJ Jenks 56:36		Goals
December 27, 2009
19:00		Slovakia 8 – 3 LatviaCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,628 (85.9%)
Game reference
Richard Pánik 00:33
Richard Pánik 03:44
Marek Viedenský (PP1) 05:31
Tomáš Tatar 13:14
Jakub Gašparovič 17:06
Matúš Rais 29:34
Tomáš Tatar 33:00
Radoslav Illo 49:48		Goals33:27 Miks Lipsbergs
34:21 (PP1) Roberts Bukarts
50:44 Roberts Bukarts
December 28, 2009
15:00		Canada 6 – 0  SwitzerlandCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 13,301 (90.5%)
Game reference
Brandon McMillan 00:23
Alex Pietrangelo (PP1) 08:14
Nazem Kadri (PP1) 21:06
Jordan Eberle (PP1) 21:26
Brandon McMillan 23:42
Brandon McMillan (PP1) 59:23		Goals
December 29, 2009
15:00		Latvia 1 – 12 United StatesCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 11,494 (78.2%)
Game reference
Gvido Kauss (PP1) 27:00Goals02:30 Danny Kristo
09:40 Jason Zucker
11:12 (PP1) Danny Kristo
14:40 (PP1) AJ Jenks
19:02 (PP1) Chris Kreider
19:38 Tyler Johnson
29:38 (PP1) Chris Kreider
41:22 Derek Stepan
47:49 Jason Zucker
49:42 Derek Stepan
58:46 (PS) Chris Kreider
59:30 (PP1) Jeremy Morin
December 29, 2009
19:00		Canada 8 – 2 SlovakiaCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 13,232 (90.0%)
Game reference
Taylor Hall (PP1) 07:18
Alex Pietrangelo 07:39
Taylor Hall 10:43
Luke Adam 25:08
Ryan Ellis (PP1) 33:20
Taylor Hall 37:41
Brayden Schenn 38:39
Stefan Della Rovere (SH1) 52:41		Goals37:25 Richard Pánik
53:43 Martin Bakoš
December 30, 2009
15:00		Switzerland 7 – 5 LatviaCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 13,193 (89.7%)
Game reference
Benjamin Antonietti 02:40
Jeffrey Fuglister (PP1) 04:59
Roman Josi 24:26
Nino Niederreiter (PP1) 44:42
Tim Webber 45:26
Ryan McGregor 48:53
Mauro Jorg 54:32		Goals06:15 Ronalds Ķēniņš
09:24 Ronalds Ķēniņš
10:58 Roberts Bukarts (PP1)
26:29 Ronalds Vigners
54:46 Roberts Bukarts
December 31, 2009
15:00		Switzerland 4 – 1 SlovakiaCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 13,177 (89.6%)
Game reference
Nino Niederreiter 27:27
Nino Niederreiter 47:33
Tristan Scherwey (PP1) 56:08
Mauro Jörg (ENG) 57:33		Goals53:02 Richard Pánik
December 31, 2009
19:00		United States 4 – 5 GWS CanadaCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 15,171 (103.2%)
Game reference
Philip McRae (PP1) 03:40
Jordan Schroeder (SH) 27:08
Tyler Johnson (SH) 39:50
Danny Kristo 41:01		Goals02:03 Stefan Della Rovere
31:15 Jordan Eberle
50:03 Jordan Eberle
55:45 (SH) Alex Pietrangelo
65:00 (GWG) Brandon Kozun

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 28 6 +22 12 Semifinals
2  Russia 4 3 0 0 1 14 8 +6 9 Quarterfinals
3  Finland 4 2 0 0 2 15 13 +2 6
4  Czech Republic 4 1 0 0 3 13 20 −7 3 Relegation round
5  Austria 4 0 0 0 4 7 30 −23 0
Source: IIHF

All times are local (Central Time Zone – UTC−6).

December 26, 2009
13:00		Czech Republic 1 – 10 SwedenBrandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,191 (74.2%)
Game reference
J. Káňa (T. Knotek, T. Vincour) (PP1) 25:01Goals07:42 A. Petersson (T. Erixon, M. Pääjärvi-Svensson)
15:20 A. Rödin (O. Ekman-Larsson, M. Krüger)
17:25 M. Tedenby (M. Krüger, D. Rundblad)
19:05 A. Lander (A. Petersson, M. Pääjärvi-Svensson)
22:34 (PP1) M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (T. Erixon, A. Petersson)
25:22 C. Klingberg (
40:51 (PP1) T. Erixon (M. Pääjärvi-Svensson, M. Johansson)
43:00 A. Lander (A. Rödin)
51:21 J. Silfverberg (A. Rödin)
54:08 A. Larsson (M. Pääjärvi-Svensson, M. Johansson)
December 26, 2009
17:00		Russia 6 – 2 AustriaBrandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 4,990 (71.3%)
Game reference
Maxim Trunev 01:58
Maxim Chudinov (PP1) 14:32
Yevgeni Kuznetsov 18:26
Vladimir Tarasenko (PP1) 19:54
Yevgeni Kuznetsov 26:20
Kirill Petrov (SH1) 52:00		Goals11:38 (PP1) Konstantin Komarek
30:50 Nikolaus Harlt
December 27, 2009
13:00		Austria 3 – 7 SwedenBrandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,025 (71.8%)
Game reference
A. Pallestrang (N. Hartl) (PP1) 26:54
D. Heinrich (A. Kristler, S. Ulmer) (PP1) 36:41
K. Komarek (D. Heinrich, A. Kristler) 38:13		Goals00:41 J. Josefson (O. Ekman-Larsson)
18:36 (PP1) O. Ekman-Larsson (A. Larsson, J. Josefson)
22:41 A. Rödin (J. Silfverberg, A. Lander)
39:47 A. Rödin (A. Larsson)
53:33 M. Ekholm (M. Krüger, J. Josefson)
58:12 (PP2) A. Petersson (P. Andersson, M. Johansson)
59:22 (PP1) O. Ekman-Larsson (A. Lander, A. Rödin)
December 27, 2009
17:00		Czech Republic 3 – 4 FinlandBrandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,572 (79.6%)
Game reference
Tomáš Kubalík (PP1) 12:23
Jan Káňa (PP1) 16:01
Roman Horák 27:53		Goals37:13 Teemu Hartikainen
43:40 (PP1) Sami Vatanen
56:46 Sami Vatanen
57:48 Joonas Rask
December 28, 2009
17:00		Finland 0 – 2 RussiaBrandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,675 (81.1%)
Game reference
Goals06:51 Petr Khokhriakov
29:16 (PP1) Nikita Filatov
December 29, 2009
13:00		Austria 1 – 7 Czech RepublicBrandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,334 (76.2%)
Game reference
Dominique Heinrich 15:38Goals14:21 (PP1) Tomáš Knotek
23:27 (PP2) Štěpán Novotný
31:58 (PP1) Vladimír Roth
39:53 (PP1) Andrej Nestrasil
49.40 Tomáš Kubalík
51:40 (PP1) Robert Kousal
56.25 David Ostřížek
December 29, 2009
17:00		Sweden 4 – 1 RussiaBrandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 6,234 (89.1%)
Game reference
André Petersson 03:32
Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson(SH1) 07:24
André Petersson 38:03
Daniel Brodin 45:30		Goals31:29 Kirill Petrov
December 30, 2009
13:00		Finland 10 – 1 AustriaBrandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,193 (74.2%)
Game reference
Joonas Rask 00:58
Jani Lajunen 02:04
Mikael Granlund (PP1) 05:49
Aleksi Laakso (PP1) 07:37
Toni Rajala (PP1) 11:07
Jyri Niemi (PP1) 29:28
Teemu Hartikainen (PP1) 32:17
Jyri Niemi (PP1) 39:39
Matias Sointu (PP1) 50:56
Eero Elo (PP1) 51:31		Goals35:26 (PP1) Konstantin Komarek
December 31, 2009
13:00		Sweden 7 – 1 FinlandBrandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,145 (73.5%)
Game reference
André Petersson 16:52
Dennis Rasmussen 25:24
Mattias Tedenby 33:44
Jacob Josefson 39:52
Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 41:13
Jacob Josefson 52:53
Marcus Johansson 58:54		Goals42:38 Teemu Hartikainen
December 31, 2009
17:00		Russia 5 – 2 Czech RepublicBrandt Centre (capacity: 7,000)
Attendance: 5,293 (75.6%)
Game reference
Vladimir Tarasenko (PP1) 06:46
Kirill Petrov 32:01
Vladimir Tarasenko 54:53
Maxim Chudinov 58:48
Alexander Burmistrov 59:19		Goals36:30 (PP1) Jan Káňa
54:01 Štěpán Novotný

Relegation round

Results from any games that were played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 0 22 5 +17 9
2  Slovakia 3 2 0 0 1 13 10 +3 6
3  Latvia 3 1 0 0 2 11 22 −11 3 Relegated to the 2011 Division I
4  Austria 3 0 0 0 3 7 16 −9 0
Source: IIHF

All times are local (Central Time Zone – UTC−6).

January 2, 2010
12:00		Slovakia 3 – 2 AustriaCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 8,634 (58.7%)
Game reference
Tomáš Tatar (PP1) 06:47
Richard Pánik (PP1) 14:34
Andrej Šťastný 40:27		Goals22:30 Andreas Kristler
33:09 (PP1) Dominique Heinrich
January 3, 2010
12:00		Czech Republic 10 – 2 LatviaCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 8,294 (56.4%)
Game reference
Tomáš Knotek 02:29
David Ostřížek 03:31
Štěpán Novotný (PP1) 14:44
Michal Poletín 18:50
Jan Káňa 19:25
Tomáš Knotek 25:45
Robert Kousal (SH1) 38:18
Jakub Jeřábek (PP1) 43:08
Tomáš Kubalík (PP1) 53:38		Goals22:57 Raimonds Vilkoits
33:23 Raimonds Vilkoits
January 4, 2010
12:00		Slovakia 2 – 5 Czech RepublicCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 6,221 (42.3%)
Game reference
Radoslav Illo 07:48
Samuel Mlynarovič 36:08		Goals09:55 (PP1) Vladimír Roth
30:19 Jan Kovář
36:45 (PP1) Jan Kovář
38:12 Tomáš Kubalík
55:44 Jan Kovář
January 4, 2010
16:00		Latvia 6 – 4 AustriaCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 7,238 (49.2%)
Game reference
Robert Bukarts (PP1) 6:14
Gunārs Skvorcovs 12:42
Robert Mazins 12:59
Robert Bukarts 14:10
Mike Indrasis (PP1) 48:55
Robert Mazins (PP1) 51:16		Goals7:50 (PP1) Konstantin Komarek
21:18 (PP1) Andreas Kristler
25:36 (PP2) Konstantin Komarek
53:28 (PP1) Markus Unterweger

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
B1  Sweden 2
A2  United States 6 A2  United States 5
B3  Finland 2 A2  United States 6*
A1  Canada 5
A1  Canada 6
B2  Russia 2 A3   Switzerland 1
A3   Switzerland 3* Third place
B1  Sweden 11
A3   Switzerland 4

* Decided in overtime.

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2010
16:00		Russia 2 – 3 OT  SwitzerlandCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,278 (83.5%)
Game reference
Vladimir Tarasenko 38:44
Kirill Petrov 39:00		Goals28:25 Michael Loichat
59:27 Nino Niederreiter
69:46 Nino Niederreiter
January 2, 2010
20:00		United States 6 – 2 FinlandCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,701 (86.4%)
Game reference
Kyle Palmieri 02:14
Matt Donovan (PP1) 06:34
Jerry D'Amigo 32:51
Chris Kreider 42:05
Jerry D'Amigo (ENG) 59:07
Danny Kristo 59:16		Goals35:17 Eero Elo
54:31 Joonas Rask

Semifinals

January 3, 2010
16:00		Canada 6 – 1  SwitzerlandCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 13,427 (91.3%)
Game reference
Jordan Eberle (PP1) 03:48
Marco Scandella (SH1) 27:26
Taylor Hall 29:11
Brayden Schenn 42:58
Stefan Della Rovere 56:40
Taylor Hall 57:09		GoalsMauro Jörg (PP1) 32:27
January 3, 2010
20:00		Sweden 2 – 5 United StatesCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,137 (82.5%)
Game reference
Anton Lander 24:17
Anton Lander 32:17		Goals1:24 Tyler Johnson
35:06 Jerry D'Amigo
52:34 John Carlson
55:32 (SH1) Jerry D'Amigo
59:05 (ENG) AJ Jenks

5th place playoff

January 4, 2010
20:00		Russia 3 – 4 FinlandCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 11,214 (76.3%)
Game reference
Maxim Trunev 05:36
Alexander Burmistrov 19:37
Alexander Burmistrov 51:07		Goals16:08 (PP1) Teemu Eronen
38:32 (PP1) Pekka Jormakka
46:14 (PP2) Jyri Niemi
54:02 (PP1) Teemu Hartikainen

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2010
15:00		Switzerland 4 – 11 SwedenCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 12,121 (82.4%)
Game reference
Michael Loichat (PP1) 26:30
Dominik Schlumpf (PP1) 35:44
Jeffrey Fuglister 35:55
Nino Niederreiter (PP2) 37:51		Goals03:59 Dennis Rasmussen
11:44 Anton Lander
14:32 (PP1) André Petersson
18:50 André Petersson
19:04 Mattias Tedenby
23:17 Jakob Silfverberg
23:56 Daniel Brodin
30:05 (PP1) Jakob Silfverberg
33:50 (PP1) Daniel Brodin
38:40 (SH1) André Petersson
53:37 (PP1) David Rundblad

Gold medal game

January 5, 2010
19:00		Canada 5 – 6 OT United StatesCredit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705)
Attendance: 15,171 (103.2%)
Game reference
Luke Adam 2:40
Greg Nemisz 16:03
Taylor Hall 23:56
Jordan Eberle (PP1) 57:11
Jordan Eberle 58:25		Goals13:56 Chris Kreider
14:32 Jordan Schroeder
21:03 (PP1) John Carlson
44:12 Jerry D'Amigo
46:23 Derek Stepan
64:31 John Carlson

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1 Derek Stepan  United States 7 4 10 14 +9 4
2 Jordan Eberle  Canada 6 8 5 13 +3 4
3 Taylor Hall  Canada 6 6 6 12 +3 0
4 Jerry D'Amigo  United States 7 6 6 12 +7 0
5 Alex Pietrangelo  Canada 6 3 9 12 +9 14
6 André Petersson  Sweden 6 8 3 11 +8 4
7 Nino Niederreiter   Switzerland 7 6 4 10 -2 10
8 Kirill Petrov  Russia 6 4 6 10 +7 6
9 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson  Sweden 6 3 7 10 +6 2
9 Anton Rödin  Sweden 6 3 7 10 +4 2

Top 10 goalscorers

Pos Player Country GP G Shots SG% PPG SHG
1 Jordan Eberle  Canada 6 8 25 32.00 4 0
1 André Petersson  Sweden 6 8 17 47.06 2 1
3 Roberts Bukarts  Latvia 6 6 25 24.00 3 0
3 Taylor Hall  Canada 6 6 21 28.57 2 0
3 Richard Pánik  Slovakia 6 6 32 18.75 3 0
6 Jerry D'Amigo  United States 7 6 23 26.09 0 1
6 Chris Kreider  United States 7 6 25 24.00 3 0
6 Nino Niederreiter   Switzerland 7 6 26 23.08 2 0
9 Konstantin Komarek  Austria 6 5 12 41.67 4 0
9 Anton Lander  Sweden 6 5 18 27.78 0 0

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Igor Bobkov  Russia 343:05 14 93.00 2.45 1
2 Jacob Markström  Sweden 298:50 11 92.72 2.21 0
3 Mike Lee  United States 263:56 11 90.76 2.50 0
4 Jake Allen  Canada 291:23 10 90.20 2.06 2
5 Benjamin Conz   Switzerland 428:10 34 89.31 4.76 0

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player
All-star team
IIHF best player awards

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden
4th   Switzerland
5th  Finland
6th  Russia
7th  Czech Republic
8th  Slovakia
9th  Latvia
10th  Austria
Relegated to the 2011 Division I

IIHF broadcasting rights

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