| World Junior Ice Hockey Championship | |
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| 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.[1] 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.[2] 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),[3] 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.[4][5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
Germany did not have nine players available for its first two games because of COVID-19 protocols.[10]
Top division[]
Venues[]
| Edmonton |
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| Rogers Place Capacity: 18,347 |
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Officials[]
The following officials were assigned by the IIHF to officiate the 2021 World Junior Championships.[11] All officials are Canadian due to restrictions from COVID-19 pandemic on travel and ease of getting officials on site.[12]
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Referees
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Linesmen
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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. [13]
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Rosters[]
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)
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | +29 | 12 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Finland
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4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 9 | |
| 3 |  Germany
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4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 5 | |
| 4 |  Slovakia
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4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Switzerland
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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
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| 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
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| 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
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| 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
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4–5 (0–3, 0–1, 4–1) |
Germany
|
Rogers Place, Edmonton |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thibault Fatton | Goalies | Florian Bugl | Referees: Guillaume Labonte Mark Pearce
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| 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
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4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Russia
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4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 8 | |
| 3 |  Sweden
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4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 7 | |
| 4 |  Czech Republic
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4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 |  Austria
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 |
Source: IIHF
| 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
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| 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
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| Koffer (Rychlovský) – 36:38 / Lang – 45:07 | 1–0 / 2–0 | |||
| 20 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 29 | Shots | 30 | ||
| 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
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| 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
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| 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 | ||
| 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
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| 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
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| 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:[14]
- higher position in the group
- higher number of points
- better goal difference
- higher number of goals scored for
- 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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
- Best Goaltender:
Source: IIHF
- Media All-Stars:
- MVP: Trevor Zegras
- Goaltender: Devon Levi
- Defencemen: Bowen Byram / Ville Heinola
- Forwards: Trevor Zegras / Dylan Cozens / Tim Stützle
- MVP:
Source: IIHF
Division I[]
Group A[]
The tournament would have been held in Hørsholm, Denmark, from December 13 to 19, 2020.[15]
- 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.[15]
- 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.[15]
- 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.[15]
- 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.[15]
- Bulgaria
- Chinese Taipei
- Israel – Relegated from Division II B
- Mexico
- South Africa
- Turkey
References[]
- ↑ Schedule.
- ↑ "2021 World Juniors in Alberta", IIHF, December 7, 2018.
- ↑ "2021 tournament preview", IIHF, December 25, 2020. “Yet since no team will be relegated this year, the Austrians can play without pressure...”
- ↑ World Juniors will be hosted in an Edmonton bubble: TSN (en) (September 17, 2020).
- ↑ IIHF announces 2021 world juniors will be played in Edmonton bubble.
- ↑ Canada-Finland to headline New Year’s Eve games at 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship (en-ca).
- ↑ "Hockey Canada pauses world junior selection camp for two weeks due to COVID-19 – Sportsnet.ca".
- ↑ Kvarnström, Jonathan. "Juniorkronornas förbundskapten har covid-19 – tvingas avstå JVM", Sveriges Television, December 8, 2020. (sv)
- ↑ Team Canada captain Kirby Dach to miss remainder of world juniors with injury.
- ↑ One more Germany player tests positive.
- ↑ Competition officials. IIHF (24 December 2020).
- ↑ "Tournament Preview Show". 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. TSN.
- ↑ Groups for World Juniors known. IIHF.
- ↑ Tournament Format.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 World Championships – World Men U20. IIHF.
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