2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2005 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	December 25 - January 4
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (11th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	205 (6.61 per match)
Attendance	193,256 (6,234 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Patrice Bergeron (13 points)

The 2005 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships (2005 WJHC) was held between December 25, 2004, and January 4, 2005, at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Canada was the winner. North American teams, and to a lesser extent some European teams as well, greatly benefited from the 2004–05 NHL lockout. Several players who would have otherwise been playing professional hockey in the National Hockey League (and thus unable to participate in the Championships), were able to participate in the tournament. As a likely result, some games ended with some of the most lop-sided scores in the tournament's history.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Russia	4	3	1	0	21	9	6
Czech Republic	4	3	1	0	16	9	6
United States	4	2	2	0	15	16	4
Switzerland	4	1	3	0	12	17	2
Belarus	4	1	3	0	9	22	2

Schedule

December 25, 2004
	Czech Republic	7–2	Belarus	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 543
	Frolík 14:53 (PP1) Vrána 20:27, 59:18 (PP1) Kvapil 33:13 (PP1) Olesz 45:31 (SH1), 49:15 Petruzalek 47:01 (SH1)		Ugarov 30:14 (PP1) Asmalouski 54:44

December 25, 2004
	Russia	4–5	United States	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,274
	Rylov 7:25 Shirokov 18:01 (PS) Ovechkin 18:41 Pestunov 27:17		Stafford 4:22 Bourque 5:45 (PP1) Fritsche 18:19, 28:40 (SH1) Schremp 23:15 (PP1)

December 26, 2004
	Switzerland	5–0	Belarus	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,510
	Wick 11:41 Romy 33:27 (SH1), 51:03 Stancescu 35:11 Kaser 39:37

December 27, 2004
	Czech Republic	1–4	Russia	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 972
	Hrdel 29:36		Radulov 7:03 (PP1) Shirokov 10:44 (PP1) Malkin 21:14 Lisin 47:05

December 27, 2004
	United States	6–4	Switzerland	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,133
	Callahan 9:36 Porter 28:18 Stafford 41:34 (PP1) Hensick 42:25 Schremp 44:07 O'Sullivan 47:06		Benoît 40:45 Stancescu 41:04, 45:20 Hurlimann 44:44

December 28, 2004
	Russia	7–2	Belarus	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 825
	Shirokov 1:38 (PP1) Ovechkin 10:12 (PP1), 33:54 Voloshenko 13:01, 48:04 Radulov 49:29 Nikulin 49:50		Efimenko 29:05 Zakharov 40:43

December 29, 2004
	Czech Republic	5–2	Switzerland	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,259
	Hluchý 5:13 Frolík 34:09 Vrána 36:41 Kvapil 46:02 Olesz 59:30		Hurlimann 33:27, 46:45

December 29, 2004
	Belarus	5–3	United States	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,038
	Efyamenka 9:14 (SH1) Karaha 15:38 Savin 22:10 Kukushkin 23:26 A. Kostitsyn 34:16		Kessel 17:47 Stafford 39:14 (PP1) Brown 42:11

December 30, 2004
	Switzerland	1–6	Russia	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,197
	Kaser 21:09 (PP1)		Vorobiev 4:58 (PP1) Pestunov 17:20 Ovechkin 27:07 (PP1), 58:16 Galimov 29:37 Misharin 51:12 (PP1)

December 30, 2004
	United States	1–3	Czech Republic	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,734
	Fritsche 39:07		Olesz 12:56, 59:55 Kašpar 20:57

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	4	4	0	0	32	5	8
Sweden	4	2	2	0	14	13	4
Finland	4	2	2	0	10	15	4
Slovakia	4	2	2	0	10	10	4
Germany	4	0	4	0	1	24	0

Schedule

December 25, 2004
	Slovakia	3–7	Canada	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,540
	Zagrapan 32:06 (PP1) Lascek 37:35 Olvecký 41:13		Bergeron 3:55, 21:05 Crosby 10:59 (PP1), 29:52 (PP1) Carter 32:38 MacArthur 57:44, 59:52 (PS)

December 25, 2004
	Germany	1–4	Finland	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 752
	Busch 44:03		Makkonen 5:05 (PP1) Honkaheimo 26:47 Nokelainen 33:39 (PP1) Korpikoski 59:50 (PP1)

December 26, 2004
	Sweden	6–0	Germany	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 951
	Persson 14:18, 49:12 (PP1) Salmonsson 20:56, 50:49 Soderberg 45:10 (SH1) Granath 54:07 (PP1)

December 27, 2004
	Canada	8–1	Sweden	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 10,739
	Carter 2:28 MacArthur 20:52 Dawes 23:39 Bergeron 32:49 Crosby 35:11 (PP1), 40:21 (PP1) Ladd 40:46 Getzlaf 52:32		Fredriksson 7:29 (PP1)

December 27, 2004
	Finland	0–2	Slovakia	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,031
			Bulík 34:35 Meszároš 59:01 (EN)

December 28, 2004
	Germany	0–9	Canada	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,404
			Ladd 10:05 MacArthur 10:51 Crosby 17:46 (PP2), 54:34 Barker 18:33 (PP1) Getzlaf 26:32 Stewart 32:46, 47:12 Fraser 57:47

December 29, 2004
	Finland	5–4	Sweden	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,393
	Makkonen 32:07 (PP1) Korpikoski 42:26 (PP1) Joensuu 42:36 (PP1) Hokkanen 54:10 Tukonen 54:47		Ahsberg 9:11 (PP1) Nilsson 10:33 Salmonsson 30:55 Soderberg 35:18

December 29, 2004
	Slovakia	5–0	Germany	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,230
	Ružička 0:47, 7:43, 13:50 (PP1) Meszároš 40:57, 48:56 (PP1)

December 30, 2004
	Canada	8–1	Finland	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,697
	Perry 4:45 (PP1), 38:45 Richards 19:38 (SH1) Carter 21:32, 34:27, 37:29 Belle 35:32 Ladd 43:06 (SH1)		Hietanen 53:46 (PP2)

December 30, 2004
	Sweden	3–0	Slovakia	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,325
	Salmonsson 3:11, 33:34 Soderberg 31:51

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	10	3	6
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	12	3	4
Germany	3	1	2	0	4	13	2
Belarus	3	0	3	0	4	11	0

Note: Matches  Switzerland 5–0  Belarus and  Slovakia 5–0  Germany from the preliminary round are included as well since these results carry forward.

Schedule

January 1, 2005
	Switzerland	5–0	Germany	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,540
	Díaz 28:26 Kaser 33:28 (PP1) Schüler 39:22 Stancescu 40:53, 46:08

January 2, 2005
	Slovakia	2–1	Belarus	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,650
	Sekera 50:03 Olvecký 56:35		Zakharov 34:44

January 3, 2005
	Belarus	3–4	Germany	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,580
	Ugarov 1:29, 13:52 (PP1) Zakharov 25:22		Carciola 17:15 Janzen 32:45 Kink 53:44 (PP1) Reiss 58:07 (PP1)

January 3, 2005
	Slovakia	3–2	Switzerland	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,820
	Bulík 0:29 Olvecký 18:13 Hascak 53:07		Benoît 26:28 Romy 48:36

Germany and Belarus are relegated to Division I for the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

QF1

Czech Republic

1

A2

Czech Republic

3

B1

Canada

3

B3

Finland

0

SF1

Canada

6

SF2

Russia

1

QF2

United States

2

B2

Sweden

2

A1

Russia

7

A3

United States

8

Schedule

Quarterfinals

January 1, 2005
	Czech Republic	3–0	Finland	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,465
	Vrána 36:57 (PP1) Olesz 43:35 (SH1) Červenka 57:58

January 1, 2005
	Sweden	2–8	United States	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,258
	Eriksson 4:12, 33:26		Porter 12:07 Stafford 23:08 Kessel 26:58, 44:15, 47:21 Schremp 51:08 (PP1) Suter 52:46 (PP1) Hensick 59:45

Semifinals

January 2, 2005
	Canada	3–1	Czech Republic	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 10,266
	Carter 18:38 Dawes 30:02 (PP1) Bergeron 32:34		Olesz 43:36 (SH1)

January 2, 2005
	United States	2–7	Russia	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,024
	Schremp 8:55 (PP1) O'Sullivan 14:44 (PP1)		Lisin 1:58 (PP1) Ovechkin 4:46 (PP1), 57:46 (EN) Shirokov 16:01 Malkin 51:03, 58:49 (EN) Yunkov 59:59 (PP2)

Fifth place game

January 3, 2005
	Sweden	3–4 OT	Finland	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,252
	Soderberg 7:12 Bergfors 34:13 (PP1), 52:35		Mantymaa 15:21 Seitsonen 47:08 Nurmi 59:10 Kolehmainen 61:37

Bronze medal game

January 4, 2005
	Czech Republic	3–2 OT	United States	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,992
	Polák 3:26 (PP1) Frolík 26:03 Vrána 62:38		Porter 16:16 (PP1) Stafford 33:12 (PP1)

Gold medal game

January 4, 2005
	Canada	6–1	Russia	Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 11,862
	Getzlaf 0:51 Syvret 8:00 (PP1) Carter 23:33 Bergeron 27:53 (PP1) Stewart 28:54 Phaneuf 33:19 (PP1)		Emelin 19:28 (PP1)

Scoring leaders

	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Canada Patrice Bergeron	6	5	8	13	6
Canada Ryan Getzlaf	6	3	9	12	8
Russia Alexander Ovechkin	6	7	4	11	4
Canada Jeff Carter	6	7	3	10	6
Czech Republic Rostislav Olesz	7	7	3	10	12
Russia Evgeni Malkin	6	3	7	10	16
Canada Sidney Crosby	6	6	3	9	4
United States Drew Stafford	7	5	4	9	14
Sweden Johannes Salmonsson	6	5	3	8	0
Czech Republic Petr Vrána	7	5	3	8	16

Goaltending leaders

	Mins	GA	GAA	Sv%
Canada Réjean Beauchemin	60	0	0.00	1.000
Belarus Dzmitry Milchakou	9	0	0.00	1.000
Czech RepublicVladislav Koutsky	60	1	1.00	.974
Canada Jeff Glass	300	7	1.40	.922
Czech Republic Marek Schwarz	362	13	2.15	.925
Slovakia Jaroslav Halák	360	13	2.17	.916
Russia Anton Khudobin	263	12	2.73	.901
Finland Tuukka Rask	243	12	2.96	.902
Russia Andrei Kuznetsov	96	5	3.11	.868
Switzerland Michael Tobler	359	20	3.34	.880

Awards

All-Star Team

Goaltender: Czech RepublicMarek Schwarz

Defense: Canada Dion Phaneuf, United States Ryan Suter

Forwards: Russia Alexander Ovechkin, Canada Patrice Bergeron, Canada Jeff Carter

Most Valuable Player

Canada Patrice Bergeron

Division I

The Division I Championships were held December 13-December 19, 2004, in Sheffield, United Kingdom (Group A), and in Narva, Estonia (Group B).

Final standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Norway	5	5	0	0	29	12	10
Kazakhstan	5	4	1	0	29	15	8
Austria	5	3	2	0	12	16	6
France	5	2	3	0	18	19	4
Italy	5	1	4	0	11	16	2
United Kingdom	5	0	5	0	8	29	0

Leading scorer: Mathis Olimb, Norway (4 goals, 5 assists; 9 points).

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Latvia	5	4	0	1	28	12	9
Slovenia	5	3	2	0	28	12	6
Denmark	5	3	2	0	22	13	6
Poland	5	2	1	2	15	13	6
Ukraine	5	1	3	1	11	19	3
Estonia	5	0	5	0	6	41	0

Leading scorer: Anže Kopitar, Slovenia (10 goals, 3 assists; 13 points).

Norway and Latvia advance to the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships while the United Kingdom and Estonia are relegated to Division II.

Division II

The Division II Championships were held January 3-January 9, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania (Group A), and December 13-December 19, 2004, in Puigcerdà, Spain (Group B).

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	5	4	0	1	32	4	9
Romania	5	3	1	1	23	13	7
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	29	14	6
China	5	3	2	0	16	14	6
Serbia and Montenegro	5	1	4	0	11	36	2
Lithuania	5	0	5	0	5	35	0

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Hungary	5	5	0	0	41	10	10
South Korea	5	4	1	0	46	12	8
Croatia	5	3	2	0	27	21	6
Spain	5	2	3	0	14	32	4
Australia	5	1	4	0	16	40	2
Belgium	5	0	5	0	12	41	0

Leading scorer: Park Woo-Sang, South Korea (12 goals, 8 assists; 20 points).

Hungary and Japan are promoted to Division I; Belgium and Lithuania are relegated to Division III.

Division III

The Division III Championships were held January 10-January 16, 2005, in Mexico City, Mexico.

Teams

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Mexico	5	5	0	0	37	6	10
New Zealand	5	3	1	1	28	15	7
Iceland	5	3	2	0	30	19	6
South Africa	5	2	2	1	15	24	5
Turkey	5	1	4	0	10	27	2
Bulgaria	5	0	5	0	10	39	0

Team Photos

Canada

External links

• Live Updates at IIHF.com
• Team Canada: http://www.hockeycanada.ca/e/teams/mens/junior/2005/index.html
• Team USA: http://www.usahockey.com/2005wjc/

Preceded by 2004 World Juniors

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2005 World Championships

Succeeded by 2006 World Juniors