2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2006 WJHC) were held in Vancouver, Kelowna, and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place and the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops and Prospera Place in Kelowna. Team Canada was the winner defeating Russia 5–0 in the gold medal game. Total attendance was 325,138 (a new record) spread over 31 games, for an average of 10,488 per game.

Group A
All times local (UTC -8)
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Group B
All times local (UTC -8)
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Relegation round
Note: Matches 🇸🇰 Slovakia 7–4 Latvia and  Switzerland 2–0 🇳🇴 Norway from the preliminary round (both on December 27, 2005) are included as well since these results carry forward.

All times local (UTC -8)
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Final round
All times local (UTC -8)
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Goaltending leaders
(Minimum 90 minutes played)

All-Star Team
Selected by the media.

Goaltender: 🇫🇮 Finland Tuukka Rask

Defense: 🇨🇦 Canada Luc Bourdon, 🇺🇸 United States Jack Johnson

Forwards: 🇷🇺 Russia Evgeni Malkin, 🇫🇮 Finland Lauri Tukonen, 🇨🇦 Canada Steve Downie

Best players
Selected by the directorate.

Goaltender: 🇫🇮 Finland Tuukka Rask

Defenseman: 🇨🇦 Canada Marc Staal

Forward: 🇷🇺 Russia Evgeni Malkin

Group A
Held December 11-17, 2005, in Bled, Slovenia.

Group B
Held December 12-18, 2005, in Minsk, Belarus.

Group A
Held December 12-18, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania.

Group B
Held January 10-16, 2006, in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

Division III
Held at Elektrenai and Kaunas, Lithuania January 3-9, 2006.