2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2021 IIHF World U20 Championship

World Junior Ice Hockey Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 25, 2020 – January 5, 2021
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Rogers Place (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (5th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	176 (6.29 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Trevor Zegras (18 points)
MVP	Trevor Zegras
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2021 WJHC) were the 45th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 25, 2020, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2021. This marks the 14th time that Canada hosts the WJIHC. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it is hosted behind closed doors in Edmonton, Alberta, with no spectators admitted for any game.

Background

On December 6, 2018, it was announced that Edmonton and Red Deer, in the province of Alberta, would be the host cities. It will be the third time Edmonton has hosted the tournament, after previously hosting in 1995 and 2012, and the first to use Rogers Place as a venue.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IIHF cancelled all lower-division U20 championships on September 17, 2020 (there will therefore be no relegations this year), and announced that the top division tournament would be hosted solely by Edmonton using a "bubble" strategy similar to what has been used for the NHL's 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs in Edmonton and Toronto. This decision resulted in the elimination of Red Deer as the secondary host city of the 2021 tournament. All games will be held behind closed doors with no outside spectators. It was subsequently announced that Edmonton and Red Deer would host the 2022 tournament, and that Gothenburg, Sweden would be shifted from 2022 to 2024. The scheduling of the tournament may be adjusted to accommodate the single-venue format.

On October 19, 2020, the full schedule for the tournament was announced, with play beginning on Christmas for the first time since the 2004–05 edition.

On November 25, 2020, Hockey Canada suspended its selection camp and quarantined all players for 14 days (retroactive to November 23) due to two positive COVID-19 tests among participants.

Swedish head coach Tomas Montén, along with two assistant leaders and players William Eklund, Karl Henriksson, William Wallinder, and Albin Grewe from the Swedish preliminary roster, were forced to leave the team after being diagnosed with COVID-19 too close to the beginning of the championship.

Team Canada captain Kirby Dach sustained an injury in Canada's pre tournament game against Russia, and was ruled out for the rest of the tournament.

Germany did not have nine players available for its first two games because of COVID-19 protocols.

Top division

Venues

Edmonton
Rogers Place Capacity: 18,347

Officials

The following officials were assigned by the IIHF to officiate the 2021 World Junior Championships. All officials are Canadian due to restrictions from COVID-19 pandemic on travel and ease of getting officials on site.

Referees Adam Bloski Michael Campbell Alexandre Garon Olivier Gouin Kyle Kowalski Guillaume Labonté Mike Langin Fraser Lawrence Kevin Maille Mathieu Menniti Mark Pearce Brett Roeland Carter Sandlak Tyson Stewart

Linesmen Guillaume Brunelle Maxime Chaput Jonathan Deschamps Deion Foster Adam Harris Brett Mackey Kelsey Mahoney Matthew Mannella Michael McGowan Ben O'Quinn Nathan Vanoosten Tarrington Wyonzek

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2020 tournament's final standings using the serpentine system. The IIHF announced the groups on January 6, 2019, with Austria being promoted from Division I A after winning the 2020 Division I A Tournament.

Group A Canada (1) Finland (4) Switzerland (5) Slovakia (8) Germany (9)

Group B Russia (2) Sweden (3) United States of America (6) Czech Republic (7) Austria (11-Promoted)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	4	4	0	0	0	33	4	+29	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Finland	4	3	0	0	1	16	8	+8	9
3	Germany	4	1	1	0	2	14	28	−14	5
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	1	2	5	13	−8	4
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	4	5	20	−15	0

December 25, 2020 12:00

Switzerland

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Thibault Fatton	Goalies	Šimon Latkóczy	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Carter Sandlak
		0–1	54:17 – Faith (Nemec, Mrázik)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	28	Shots	32

December 25, 2020 16:00

Germany

3–5 (0–2, 2–3, 1–0)

Finland

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Arno Tiefensee	Goalies	Kari Piiroinen	Referees: Kyle Kowalski Tyson Stewart
	Dubé (Volek) (PP) – 25:34 / Stützle (Peterka, Elias) – 30:35 / Elias (Stützle) – 48:13	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 3–5	03:38 – Lundell (Hatakka, Hirvonen) / 19:48 – Räty (Nikkanen, Heinola) / 21:39 – Pyyhtiä (Kokkonen, Räty) / 31:53 – Niemelä (Simontaival) / 33:51 – Nikkanen (Pärssinen, Niemelä) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	50

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December 26, 2020 16:00

Germany

2–16 (1–4, 0–7, 1–5)

Canada

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Arno Tiefensee Jonas Gahr	Goalies	Devon Levi Dylan Garand	Referees: Adam Bloski Mark Pearce
	Peterka (Elias, Alberg) (PP) – 13:12 / Elias (Peterka, Gnyp) (PP) – 59:42	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 1–9 / 1–10 / 1–11 / 1–12 / 1–13 / 1–14 / 1–15 / 1–16 / 2–16	01:54 – Guhle (Quinn, Barron) / 07:27 – Mercer (SH) / 14:20 – Tomasino / 19:58 – Krebs (Cozens, McMichael) (PP) / 22:40 – Mercer (Tomasino, Drysdale) / 25:36 – Suzuki (Mercer) / 26:40 – Newhook (Cozens) / 30:59 – Newhook (Cozens) / 33:01 – Tomasino (Barron, Mercer) / 38:14 – Cozens / 39:51 – Krebs (Byram, Perfetti) / 40:37 – Cozens (McMichael, Perfetti) (PP) / 44:33 – Cozens (Newhook, Holloway) / 45:02 – Pelletier (Byram, Byfield) / 46:24 – Harley (Perfetti, Krebs) / 46:38 – McMichael (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	33 min
	15	Shots	44

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December 27, 2020 12:00

Finland

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Roope Taponen	Goalies	Thibault Fatton	Referees: Alendre Garon Kevin Maille
	Lundell (Simontaival) – 04:20 / Pärssinen (Niemelä, Lambert) (PP) – 24:35 / Räty (Lambert, Niemelä) (PP) – 50:41 / Simontaival (Hirvonen, Lundell) (PP) – 56:49	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	03:44 – Biasca (Fust, Allenspach) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	14

December 27, 2020 16:00

Slovakia

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Canada

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Devon Levi	Referees: Mike Langin Tyson Stewart
	Chromiak (Faith, Nemec) (PP, EA) – 58:36	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3	04:08 – Spence (Tomasino, Mercer) / 56:25 – Tomasino (Cozens) / 59:47 – Quinn (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	23

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December 28, 2020 19:30

Slovakia

3–4 OT (1–1, 2–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Germany

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Šimon Latkóczy	Goalies	Florian Bugl	Referees: Mathieu Menniti Brett Roeland
	Mrázik (Golian) (SH) – 10:07 / Myklukha (Kolenič, Eliaš) – 23:10 / Mrázik (Nemec, Jellúš) (PP) – 34:41	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4	05:39 – Stützle (Elias, Gnyp) / 28:13 – Stützle (Gnyp, Bugl) (PP) / 39:14 – Elias (Gnyp, Peterka) (PP) / 64:01 – Zimmermann (Peterka, Stützle) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	32

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December 29, 2020 16:00

Canada

10–0 (1–0, 4–0, 5–0)

Switzerland

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Noah Patenaude	Referees: Alexandre Garon Fraser Lawrence
	Tomasino (Byfield, Quinn) – 01:30 / Cozens (Perfetti, McMichael) (PP) – 21:40 / Pelletier (Zary, Byfield) – 28:02 / Suzuki (Byfield, Newhook) (PP) – 33:44 / McMichael (Cozens) – 37:53 / Byfield (Drysdale, Suzuki) (PP) – 45:16 / Byfield (Quinn, Pelletier) – 48:07 / Perfetti (Krebs, Newhook) – 49:09 / Guhle (Korczak, Krebs) – 53:28 / Pelletier (Byfield) – 55:35	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	52	Shots	15

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December 30, 2020 12:00

Finland

6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Kari Piiroinen	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Adam Bloski Kevin Maille
	Lundell (Simontaival, Hirvonen – 08:57 / Niemelä (Lundell) (EA) – 26:09 / Simontaival (Lundell, Niemelä) – 28:35 / Hatakka (Hirvonen) – 46:10 / Helenius (Korhonen, Petman) – 47:27 / Helenius (Korhonen) – 53:49	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	50	Shots	12

December 30, 2020 16:00

Switzerland

4–5 (0–3, 0–1, 4–1)

Germany

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Thibault Fatton	Goalies	Florian Bugl	Referees: Guillaume Labonte Mark Pearce
	Delemont (Allenspach, Canonica) – 49:59 / Daehler – 50:55 / Meier (Allenspach) (PP, EA) – 58:14 / Knak (Meier, Baragano) (PP, EA) – 59:36	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 3–5 / 4–5	04:38 – Peterka (Stützle, Elias) / 09:08 – Stützle (Elias, Peterka) / 17:16 – Peterka (Stützle, Alberg) (PP2) / 33:19 – Stützle (Peterka) (PP) / 57:39 – Peterka (Stützle) (ENG)
	16 min	Penalties	37 min
	35	Shots	25

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December 31, 2020 16:00

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Finland

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Kari Piiroinen	Referees: Michael Campbell Mike Langin
	Cozens – 03:49 / Holloway (Pelletier, Schneider) – 26:54 / Krebs (Byram, Zary) – 32:58 / Cozens (ENG) – 58:43	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1	45:05 – Lambert (Niemelä, Pärssinen) (PP)
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	19

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States of America	4	3	0	0	1	25	5	+20	9	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Russia	4	2	1	0	1	16	9	+7	8
3	Sweden	4	2	0	1	1	14	9	+5	7
4	Czech Republic	4	2	0	0	2	10	14	−4	6
5	Austria	4	0	0	0	4	1	29	−28	0

December 25, 2020 19:30

Russia

5–3 (1–1, 3–0, 1–2)

United States of America

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies	Spencer Knight Dustin Wolf	Referees: Olivier Gouin Brett Roeland
	Ponomaryov (Knyazev, Kirsanov) – 08:07 / Bardakov (Groshev) – 23:12 / Ponomaryov – 31:08 / Safonov – 32:15 / Chinakhov (Amirov, Khusnutdinov) (ENG) – 59:39	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3	14:01 – York (Caufield, Boldy) / 49:57 – Farinacci (Helleson, Brink) / 57:42 – Zegras (York) (PP, EA)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	26

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December 26, 2020 12:00

Sweden

7–1 (1–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Czech Republic

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Nick Malík	Referees: Michael Campbell Guillaume Labonté
	Costmar (Söderström, Johansson) – 10:46 / Sundsvik (Holmström, Broberg) (PP) – 29:08 / Heineman (Broberg, Björnfot) (SH) – 31:55 / Niederbach (Broberg, Söderblom) – 36:05 / Söderblom (Raymond, Söderström) (PP) – 45:04 / Bjerselius (Björnfot, Nybeck) – 52:22 / Gunler (Söderström, Holmström) (PP) – 57:37	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1	10:14 – Myšák (Pytlík, Teplý)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	25

December 26, 2020 19:30

United States of America

11–0 (1–0, 6–0, 4–0)

Austria

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Dustin Wolf	Goalies	Sebastian Wraneschitz Jakob Brandner	Referees: Mike Langin Mathieu Menniti
	Turcotte (Helleson, Zegras) – 15:31 / Zegras (Turcotte, Kaliyev) – 24:35 / Farinacci (Johnson, Berard) – 25:03 / Brisson (Sanderson) (PP) – 28:05 / Zegras (Turcotte) – 31:59 / Boldy (Beniers, Faber) – 34:15 / Boldy (Kaliyev, York) (PP) – 38:24 / Berard (Farinacci) – 42:25 / Brisson (Kleven, Moynihan) – 43:07 / Boldy (Zegras, Moynihan) – 45:52 / Colangelo (Faber, Berard) – 49:45	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 11–0
	4 min	Penalties	29 min
	73	Shots	10

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December 27, 2020 19:30

Czech Republic

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Russia

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Lukáš Pařík	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Oliver Gouin Kyle Kowalski
	Koffer (Rychlovský) – 36:38 / Lang – 45:07	1–0 / 2–0
	20 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	30

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December 28, 2020 16:00

Austria

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Sebastian Wraneschitz	Goalies	Hugo Alnefelt	Referees: Guillaume Labonte Kevin Maille
		0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	17:45 – Gunler (Johansson, Holmström) (PP) / 24:36 – Niederbach (Söderström, Raymond) (PP) / 30:57 – Gunler (Holmström, Berglund) / 52:37 – Raymond (Holtz, Sundsvik)
	8 min	Penalties	0 min
	6	Shots	65

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December 29, 2020 12:00

United States of America

7–0 (0–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Czech Republic

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Lukáš Pařík Nick Malik	Referees: Michael Campbell Carter Sandlak
	Brink (Berard) – 25:33 / Zegras (Thrun) – 33:30 / Brink (Beniers, Johnson) – 35:56 / Zegras (Faber, York) (EA) – 46:03 / Kaliyev (York, Zegras) (PP) – 48:18 / Caufield (Zegras, York) (PP) – 50:22 / Boldy (Zegras, Caufield) (PP) – 51:22	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0
	4 min	Penalties	24 min
	32	Shots	22

December 29, 2020 19:30

Austria

1–7 (0–4, 1–0, 0–3)

Russia

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Jakob Brandner	Goalies	Artur Akhtyamov	Referees: Adam Bloski Mark Pearce
	Peeters (Kasper) – 27:38	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7	04:40 – Amirov (PS) / 06:11 – Podkolzin (Bychkov, Chistyakov) / 13:44 – Podkolzin (Knyazev, Amirov) / 16:19 – Khusnutdinov (Podkolzin, Bychkov) / 41:46 – Knyazev (Afanasyev, Khusnutdinov) (PP) / 57:44 – Afanasyev (Abramov, Gritsyuk) / 58:29 – Gritsyuk (Afanasyev, Bychkov)
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	50

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December 30, 2020 19:30

Russia

4–3 OT (2–1, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Sweden

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies	Jesper Wallstedt	Referees: Brett Roeland Carter Sandlak
	Afanasyev (Abramov, Gritsyuk) – 07:28 / Amirov (Podkolzin, Khusnutdinov) (PP) – 19:14 / Kirsanov (Knyazev, Amirov) (PP) – 49:46 / Khusnutdinov (Amirov, Chistyakov) (PP) – 64:54	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3	14:33 – Costmar (Gunler, Holmström) / 35:59 – Holtz (Sundsvik, Andrae) / 59:00 – Gunler (Holtz, Söderström) (EA)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	36

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December 31, 2020 12:00

Czech Republic

7–0 (0–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Austria

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Nick Malik	Goalies	Sebastian Wraneschitz	Referees: Alexandre Garon Kyle Kowalski
	Kubíček (Vitouch, Novák) – 26:21 / Lang (Haš, Svozil) – 32:05 / Lang (Myšák, Kubíček) – 38:11 / Přikryl (Mužík, Beránek) – 39:27 / Novák (Raška, Jiříček) – 41:39 / Jiříček (Vitouch, Novák) – 56:45 / Myšák (Lang, Teplý) – 59:34	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	61	Shots	15

December 31, 2020 19:30

Sweden

0–4 (0–2, 0–2, 0–0)

United States of America

Rogers Place, Edmonton

Game reference
	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Spencer Knight	Referees: Olivier Gouin Tyson Stewart
		0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	01:09 – Helleson (Farinacci, Brink) / 03:58 – Zegras (Faber) / 22:00 – Johnson (Zegras, Turcotte) / 23:55 – Turcotte (Kaliyev, Zegras)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	37

Playoff round

Winning teams will be reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:

1. higher position in the group
2. higher number of points
3. better goal difference
4. higher number of goals scored for
5. better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships).

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	Canada	A	1	12	+29	33	1
2	United States of America	B	1	9	+20	25	6
3	Finland	A	2	9	+8	16	4
4	Russia	B	2	8	+7	16	2
5	Sweden	B	3	7	+5	14	3
6	Germany	A	3	5	−14	14	9
7	Czech Republic	B	4	6	–4	10	7
8	Slovakia	A	4	4	–8	5	8

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Game
	January 2 – Edmonton
	2B Russia	2
					January 4 – Edmonton
	3A Germany	1
					1 Canada	5
	January 2 – Edmonton
					4 Russia	0
	2A Finland	3
									January 5 – Edmonton
	3B Sweden	2
									1 Canada	0
	January 2 – Edmonton
									2 United States of America	2
	1A Canada	3
					January 4 – Edmonton
	4B Czech Republic	0
					2 United States of America	4
	January 2 – Edmonton
					3 Finland	3			Bronze Medal Game
	1B United States of America	5
									January 5 – Edmonton
	4A Slovakia	2
									3 Finland	4
									4 Russia	1

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2021 10:00

Russia

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Germany

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies	Florian Bugl	Referees: Kyle Kowalski Mathieu Menniti
	Ponomaryov (Chistyakov, Bardakov) (SH) – 09:06 / Bashkirov (Afanasyev, Gritsyuk) – 28:27	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1	43:24 – Elias
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	19

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January 2, 2021 13:30

Finland

3–2 (0–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Kari Piiroinen	Goalies	Hugo Alnefelt	Referees: Olivier Gouin Mike Langin
	Nikkanen (Viro, Lambert) – 25:32 / Lundell (Heinola) (PP) – 51:04 / Hirvonen (Petman) – 59:35	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	14:28 – Raymond (Johansson) / 16:05 – Söderblom (Raymond) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	24

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January 2, 2021 17:00

Canada

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Nick Malik	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Tyson Stewart
	Cozens (McMichael) – 08:22 / Byram (Krebs, Cozens) – 11:39 / McMichael (Guhle, Krebs) (ENG) – 57:11	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	29

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January 2, 2021 20:30

United States of America

5–2 (1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Slovakia

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Šimon Latkóczy	Referees: Guillaume Labonte Mark Pearce
	Kaliyev (Boldy, Zegras) (PP) – 10:44 / Farinacci (Johnson, Berard) – 31:55 / Caufield (Zegras) (PP2) – 36:53 / Farinacci (Brink) – 55:46 / Beniers (Brink) (ENG) – 58:36	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2	38:32 – Kašlík (Nemec, Kolenič) / 49:50 – Sojka (Kňažko) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	18

Semifinals

January 4, 2021 16:00

Canada

5–0 (3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Russia

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Olivier Gouin Brett Roeland
	Newhook (Schneider, Quinn) – 00:59 / McMichael (Pelletier, Cozens) – 10:33 / Perfetti (Byram, Cozens) (PP) – 15:05 / Schneider (Suzuki, Mercer) – 24:09 / Cozens (Pelletier) (ENG) – 58:31	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5-0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	28

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January 4, 2021 19:30

United States of America

4–3 (1–1, 2–0, 1–2)

Finland

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Kari Piiroinen	Referees: Michael Campbell Carter Sandlak
	Turcotte (Kaliyev, Faber) – 12:39 / Farinacci (Lacombe) – 35:53 / Boldy (Zegras, Caufield) (PP) – 37:00 / Kaliyev (Turcotte, Sanderson) – 58:44	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3	14:06 – Simontaival (Puutio, Heinola) (PP) / 51:38 – Simontaival (Puutio, Helenius) / 56:17 – Hirvonen (Lundell, Heinola) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	36

Bronze Medal Game

January 5, 2021 15:30

Finland

4–1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Russia

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Kari Piiroinen	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Michael Campbell Kyle Kowalski
	Lundell (Niemelä, Mäntykivi) – 25:05 / Petman (Viro, Helenius) – 41:13 / Lundell (ENG) – 58:32 / Pärssinen (Pyyhtiä) (ENG) – 59:47	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	06:03 – Safonov (Groshev)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	29

Gold Medal Game

January 5, 2021 19:30

Canada

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

United States of America

Rogers Place, Edmonton Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Devon Levi	Goalies	Spencer Knight	Referees: Olivier Gouin Carter Sandlak
		0–1 / 0–2	13:25 – Turcotte (Helleson, Zegras) / 20:32 – Zegras (Kaliyev)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	21

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Trevor Zegras	United States of America	7	7	11	18	+9	0
2	Dylan Cozens	Canada	7	8	8	16	+11	6
3	Anton Lundell	Finland	7	6	4	10	+7	4
4	Tim Stützle	Germany	5	5	5	10	−4	8
5	John-Jason Peterka	Germany	5	4	6	10	–5	2
6	Florian Elias	Germany	5	4	5	9	−2	4
7	Connor McMichael	Canada	7	4	4	8	+8	4
8	Arthur Kaliyev	United States of America	7	3	5	8	+9	4
8	Peyton Krebs	Canada	7	3	5	8	+8	4
8	Alex Turcotte	United States of America	7	3	5	8	+8	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Devon Levi	Canada	398:07	5	0.75	139	96.40	3
2	Spencer Knight	United States of America	332:15	9	1.63	149	93.96	3
3	Šimon Latkóczy	Slovakia	183:54	8	2.61	102	92.16	1
4	Kari Piiroinen	Finland	357:57	13	2.18	152	91.45	1
5	Yaroslav Askarov	Russia	360:11	15	2.50	174	91.38	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	United States of America	7	6	0	0	1	36	10	+26	18	Champions
2	A	Canada (H)	7	6	0	0	1	41	6	+35	18	Runners-up
3	A	Finland	7	5	0	0	2	26	15	+11	15	Third place
4	B	Russia	7	3	1	0	3	19	19	0	11	Fourth place
5	B	Sweden	5	2	0	1	2	16	12	+4	7	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	A	Germany	5	1	1	0	3	15	30	−15	5
7	B	Czech Republic	5	2	0	0	3	10	17	−7	6
8	A	Slovakia	5	1	0	1	3	7	18	−11	4
9	A	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	4	5	20	−15	0	Eliminated in Preliminary round
10	B	Austria	4	0	0	0	4	1	29	−28	0

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Devon Levi
  • Best Defenceman: Topi Niemelä
  • Best Forward: Tim Stützle

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Trevor Zegras
  • Goaltender: Devon Levi
  • Defencemen: Bowen Byram / Ville Heinola
  • Forwards: Trevor Zegras / Dylan Cozens / Tim Stützle

Source: IIHF

Division I

Group A

The tournament would have been held in Hørsholm, Denmark, from December 13 to 19, 2020.

• Belarus
• Denmark
• Hungary – Promoted from Division I B
• Kazakhstan – Relegated from Top Division
• Latvia
• Norway

Group B

The tournament would have been held in Tallinn, Estonia, from February 10 to 17, 2021.

• Estonia
• France
• Japan – Promoted from Division II A
• Poland
• Slovenia – Relegated from Division I A
• Ukraine

Division II

Group A

The tournament would have been held in Brașov, Romania, from February 8 to 14, 2021.

• United Kingdom
• Italy – Relegated from Division I B
• Lithuania
• Romania
• South Korea – Promoted from Division II B
• Spain

Group B

The tournament would have been held in Belgrade, Serbia, from February 8 to 14, 2021.

• Belgium
• China
• Croatia
• Iceland – Promoted from Division III
• Netherlands
• Serbia – Relegated from Division II A

Division III

The tournament would have been held in Mexico City, Mexico, from January 10 to 17, 2021.

• Bulgaria
• Chinese Taipei
• Israel – Relegated from Division II B
• Mexico
• South Africa
• Turkey

External links

• IIHF World Juniors Official Site