1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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| 1996 IIHF World U20 Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host nation |  United States |
| Dates | December 26, 1995 - January 4, 1996 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Champions |  Canada (9 titles) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 51 |
| Goals scored | 266 (5.22 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Jarome Iginla (12 points) |
The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, hosted in Boston, MA. The tournament was won by Canada – defeating Sweden 4-1 in the gold-medal game – earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall.
Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks
Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.
Contents |
[edit] Round robin
[edit] Group A
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 8 |
 United States |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 4 |
 Finland |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
 Switzerland |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
 Ukraine |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 2 |
[edit] Group B
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Czech Republic |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 |
 Russia |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 5 |
 Sweden |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 |
 Slovakia |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 3 |
 Germany |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 1 |
[edit] Relegation round
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 |
| Germany |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 3 |
| Ukraine |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 |
Switzerland and Ukraine were relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.
[edit] Playoffs
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | |||||||||||
| QF1 | Sweden |
8 | |||||||||||
| A2 | United States |
0 | B1 | Czech Republic |
2 | ||||||||
| B3 | Sweden |
3 | SF1 | Sweden |
1 | ||||||||
| SF2 | Canada |
4 | |||||||||||
| QF2 | Russia |
3 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Russia |
6 | A1 | Canada |
4 | Third place | |||||||
| A3 | Finland |
2 | QF1 | Czech Republic |
1 | ||||||||
| QF2 | Russia |
4 | |||||||||||
[edit] Scoring leaders
| Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarome Iginla |  Canada |
6 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Florian Keller |  Germany |
6 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Marco Sturm | Germany |
6 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Miika Elomo |  Finland |
6 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Johan Davidsson |  Sweden |
7 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Ruslan Shafikov |  Russia |
7 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Dmitri Nabokov | Russia |
7 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Markus Nilsson | Sweden |
7 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
[edit] Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Player | Country | MINS | GA | GAA | SO | W | L | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Théodore | Canada |
240 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Perragnar Bergkvist | Sweden |
240 | 6 | 1.50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Magnust Nilsson | Sweden |
180 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Alexei Egorov | Russia |
358.9 | 17 | 2.84 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Miikka Kiprusoff | Finland |
159.3 | 9 | 3.39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
[edit] Tournament awards
- All-star team[citation needed]
- Goaltender: José Théodore
- Defencemen: Nolan Baumgartner, Mattias Öhlund
- Forwards: Jarome Iginla, Johan Davidsson, Alexei Morozov
- IIHF best player awards[citation needed]
- Goaltender: José Théodore
- Defenceman: Mattias Öhlund
- Forward: Jarome Iginla
[edit] Final standings
| Team | |
|---|---|
 |
Canada |
 |
Sweden |
 |
Russia |
| 4th | Czech Republic |
| 5th | United States |
| 6th | Finland |
| 7th | Slovakia |
| 8th | Germany |
| 9th | Switzerland |
| 10th | Ukraine |
[edit] References
| Preceded by 1995 World Juniors |
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 1996 World Championships |
Succeeded by 1997 World Juniors |
