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1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, hosted in Massachusetts, United States. 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, tying the Soviet team's record in both regards.

1996 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)7 (in 6[1] host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1995 – January 4, 1996
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Canada (9th title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored218 (7.03 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Jarome Iginla (12 points)
← 1995
1997 →

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, Marco Sturm, José Théodore, Mattias Öhlund, Daymond Langkow, Sergei Samsonov and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.

This was the first World Juniors tournament to implement the two groups, round-robin/preliminaries and playoff format. It was also Slovakia's first appearance at the top level in the junior tournament.

Round robin

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Group A

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Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Canada 4 4 0 0 19 4 +15 8
  United States 4 2 2 0 13 17 −4 4
  Finland 4 2 2 0 14 10 +4 4
   Switzerland 4 1 3 0 10 14 −4 2
  Ukraine 4 1 3 0 9 20 −11 2
Source: Hockey Canada
December 26, 1995Canada  6–1  United StatesCentrum in Worcester, Worcester
December 26, 1995Finland  5–1   SwitzerlandNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 27, 1995Canada  2–1   SwitzerlandMullins Center, Amherst
December 27, 1995Ukraine  4–3  United StatesMatthews Arena, Boston
December 28, 1995Finland  4–1  UkraineMatthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995Canada  3–1  FinlandMatthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995United States  4–3   SwitzerlandSpringfield Civic Center, Springfield
December 30, 1995Switzerland  5–3  UkraineNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 31, 1995Canada  8–1  UkraineMatthews Arena, Boston
December 31, 1995United States  5–4  FinlandMullins Center, Amherst

Group B

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Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Czech Republic 4 2 0 2 15 10 +5 6
  Russia 4 2 1 1 19 12 +7 5
  Sweden 4 2 1 1 14 7 +7 5
  Slovakia 4 0 1 3 11 17 −6 3
  Germany 4 0 3 1 11 24 −13 1
Source: Hockey Canada
December 26, 1995Czech Republic  5–3  RussiaMullins Center, Amherst
December 26, 1995Sweden  6–0  SlovakiaCentrum in Worcester, Worcester
December 27, 1995Slovakia  3–3  RussiaMatthews Arena, Boston
December 27, 1995Czech Republic  6–3  GermanyMullins Center, Amherst
December 28, 1995Sweden  6–2  GermanyMatthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995Czech Republic  4–4  SlovakiaMatthews Arena, Boston
December 29, 1995Russia  5–2  SwedenSpringfield Civic Center, Springfield
December 30, 1995Germany  4–4  SlovakiaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 31, 1995Czech Republic  0–0  SwedenMatthews Arena, Boston
December 31, 1995Russia  8–2  GermanyMullins Center, Amherst

Relegation round

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Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
  Slovakia 3 2 0 1 17 10 +7 5
  Germany 3 1 0 2 12 7 +5 4
   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 11 13 −2 3
  Ukraine 3 0 3 0 6 16 −10 0
Source: Hockey Canada
December 30, 1995Switzerland  5–3  UkraineNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
December 30, 1995Germany  4–4  SlovakiaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 2, 1996Switzerland  3–3  GermanyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 2, 1996Ukraine  3–6  SlovakiaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 3, 1996Switzerland  3–7  SlovakiaNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
January 3, 1996Ukraine  0–5  GermanyNew England Sports Center, Marlborough

  Ukraine was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.

Playoffs

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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
A3   Finland 2 Third place
QF1   Czech Republic 1
QF2   Russia 4

Quarterfinals

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January 1, 1996
13:00		United States  0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)		  SwedenMullins Center, Amherst
Brian BoucherGoaliesPer-Ragnar Bergkvist
0–110:12 – Ekman
0–238:45 – Molin
0–359:21 – Davidsson
24Shots31
January 1, 1996
17:00		Russia  6–2
(0–1, 5–1, 1–0)		  FinlandMullins Center, Amherst

Semifinals

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January 3, 1996
15:30		Canada  4–3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)		  RussiaMatthews Arena, Boston
Attendance: 2,500 (approx.)
José TheodoreGoaliesAlexei Yegorov
Podollan (Gauthier) (PP) – 8:411–0
1–111:24 – Morozov (Shafikov, Nabokov) (PP)
Watt (Redden, Dube) (PP) – 31:112–1
Podollan (Botterill, Holland) – 32:433–1
3–235:39 – Petrochinin (Nabokov)
Iginla (SH) – 46:404–2
4–350:34 – Morozov (Nabokov, Shafikov) (PP)
28Shots49
January 3, 1996
18:30		Sweden  8–2
(0–0, 6–1, 2–1)		  Czech RepublicMatthews Arena, Boston

5th place game

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January 4, 1996
12:00		Finland  7–8
(3–1, 3–4, 1–2, 0–1)		  United StatesNew England Sports Center, Marlborough
Vesa ToskalaGoaliesBrian Boucher
Miika Elomo – 0:581–0
1–18:41 – Swanson (Farkas, Smith)
Riihijärvi (Salpa, Kuki) – 13:262–1
Salonen (Lydman, Jokinen) – 15:223–1
3–222:35 – Drury (Sylvia)
Niemi (Jokinen) – 25:084–2
4–329:52 – Cullen (Drury, Sylvia)
4–430:08 – York (Swanson, Clymer)
4–510:41 – Herr (Kealty)
Niemi (Elomo, Lotvonen) – 33:415–5
Kuki (Salpa) – 36:436–5
Elomo (Jokinen) – 43:597–5
7–652:32 – Cullen (Parrish)
7–753:21 – Reasoner (Swanson, Sylvia)
7–863:02 – McCarthy (Reasoner)
17Shots44

Bronze medal game

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January 4, 1996
15:30		Czech Republic  1–4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2)		  Russia  Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill
Tomáš VokounGoaliesAlexei Yegorov
Varada (Kubina) – 1:401–0
1–127:42 – Morozov (Ryabykin, Shafikov)
1–239:18 – Samsonov (Klevakin, Yepanchintsev)
1–343:11 – Petrunin (Korolyuk)
1–446:01 – Shafikov (Zyuzin)
42Shots21

Gold medal game

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January 4, 1996
19:30		  Sweden  1–4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)		  Canada  Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill
Attendance: 5,781
Per-Ragnar BergkvistGoaliesJosé Théodore
0–11:36 – Langkow (Domenichelli, Iginla)
Nilson – 8:411–1
1–233:00 – Langkow (Iginla)
1–334:12 – Domenichelli (Langkow)
1–448:12 – McCauley (Wright, Botterill)
33Shots35

Scoring leaders

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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 1 8 9
Alexei Morozov   Russia 7 5 3 8
Juho Jokinen   Finland 6 3 5 8
Dmitri Nabokov   Russia 7 3 5 8
Marcus Nilson   Sweden 7 3 5 8

Goaltending leaders

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(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
Per-Ragnar Bergkvist   Sweden 240 6 1.50 1 2 1 1
Magnus Wennström   Sweden 180 7 2.33 0 2 1 1
Alexei Yegorov   Russia 358.9 17 2.84 0 3 2 1
Miikka Kiprusoff   Finland 159.3 9 3.39 0 1 2 0

Tournament awards

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All-star team[2]
IIHF best player awards

Final standings

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Team
    Canada
    Sweden
    Russia
4th   Czech Republic
5th   United States
6th   Finland
7th   Slovakia
8th   Germany
9th    Switzerland
10th   Ukraine

Pool B

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The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy, Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.

Preliminary round

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Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Poland 3 3 0 0 32 2 +30 6 7–2 9–0 16–0
  Hungary 3 2 1 0 14 12 +2 4 2–7 7–1 5–4
  Japan 3 1 2 0 4 17 −13 2 0–9 1–7 3–1
  Austria 3 0 3 0 5 24 −19 0 0–16 4–5 1–3
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Latvia 3 3 0 0 15 9 +6 6 5–1 5–4 5–4
  Italy 3 1 2 0 8 11 −3 2 1–5 3–4 4–2
  Norway 3 1 2 0 8 9 −1 2 4–5 4–3 0–1
  France 3 1 2 0 7 9 −2 2 4–5 2–4 1–0
Source: [citation needed]

Final Round

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Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts            
1   Poland 5 5 0 0 31 7 +24 10 5–3 3–2 7–2 7–0 9–0
2   Latvia 5 4 1 0 22 16 +6 8 3–5 5–4 5–4 5–1 4–2
3   Norway 5 3 2 0 18 15 +3 6 2–3 4–5 3–1 4–3 5–3
4   Hungary 5 2 3 0 19 16 +3 4 2–7 4–5 1–3 5–0 7–1
5   Italy 5 1 4 0 9 25 −16 2 0–7 1–5 3–4 0–5 5–4
6   Japan 5 0 5 0 10 30 −20 0 0–9 2–4 3–5 1–7 4–5
Source: [citation needed]

  Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1997.

Relegation Round

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France  4–2  Austria
France  7–3  Austria

  Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1997.

Pool C

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Played in Jesenice, Bled, and Kranj, Slovenia, from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round

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Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Slovenia 3 3 0 0 22 5 +17 6 2–1 10–4 10–0
  Denmark 3 2 1 0 18 5 +13 4 1–2 13–0 4–3
  Romania 3 1 2 0 10 26 −16 2 4–10 0–13 6–3
  Netherlands 3 0 3 0 6 20 −14 0 0–10 3–4 3–6
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts        
  Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 25 11 +14 6 7–6 7–2 11–3
  Belarus 3 2 1 0 23 11 +12 4 6–7 6–4 11–0
  Great Britain 3 1 2 0 14 14 0 2 2–7 4–6 8–1
  Spain 3 0 3 0 4 30 −26 0 3–11 0–11 1–8
Source: [citation needed]

Placement Games

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  Kazakhstan was promoted to Pool B, and   Spain was relegated to Pool D for 1997.

Pool D

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Played in Tallinn, Estonia, from December 31 to January 4.

Preliminary round

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Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts      
  Estonia 2 2 0 0 24 3 +21 4 4–2 20–1
  Yugoslavia 2 1 1 0 10 5 +5 2 2–4 8–1
  South Africa 2 0 2 0 2 28 −26 0 1–20 1–8
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts      
  Croatia 2 2 0 0 20 4 +16 4 5–2 15–2
  Lithuania 2 1 1 0 21 7 +14 2 2–5 19–2
  Bulgaria 2 0 2 0 4 34 −30 0 2–15 2–19
Source: [citation needed]

Placement Games

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  Croatia was promoted to Pool C for 1997.

References

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  1. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 198–99.
  2. ^ "Championnat du Monde Junior 1995/96 des moins de 20 ans".
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