1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1977 WJHC) were held between December 22, 1976, and January 2, 1977, in Banská Bystrica and Zvolen, Czechoslovakia. The Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 7–0 record.[1] This was the fourth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the first to be included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by the 1976 Memorial Cup champions St. Catharines Fincups with eight additions from other OHA teams,[3] but the other seven nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[4] The tournament was expanded to eight teams, with West Germany and Poland making their debut.

1977 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
DatesDecember 22, 1976 –
January 2, 1977
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored251 (8.96 per match)
Attendance53,172 (1,899 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Dale McCourt
(18 points)
← 1976
1978 →

Final standings

The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other seven teams once each.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union7700511914
 Canada7511502011
 Czechoslovakia742132179
4 Finland743035298
5 Sweden734028306
6 West Germany725018334
7 United States715125453
8 Poland706112581

While not relegated, Poland did have the opportunity to play a challenge against Switzerland for inclusion in the 1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but declined.[5]

Results
December 22, 1976United States 3 – 6
(2–3, 0–0, 1–3)		 FinlandBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Czechoslovakia 0 – 4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)		 Soviet UnionBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Poland 0 – 14
(0–3, 0–5, 0–6)		 CanadaBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Sweden 5 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 3–2)		 FinlandZvolen
December 23, 1976United States 3 – 4
(1–2, 0–2, 2–0)		 West GermanyZvolen
December 25, 1976West Germany 1 – 4 FinlandBanská Bystrica
December 25, 1976United States 8 – 5 SwedenBanská Bystrica
December 25, 1976Canada 4 – 4 CzechoslovakiaZvolen
December 25, 1976Soviet Union 10 – 1
(3–0, 3–1, 4–0)		 PolandZvolen
December 26, 1976Czechoslovakia 8 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–1)		 West GermanyBanská Bystrica
December 26, 1976Poland 2 – 2 United StatesBanská Bystrica
December 26, 1976Canada 6 – 4
(2–1, 2–2, 2–1)		 FinlandZvolen
December 26, 1976Sweden 2 – 4
(0–1, 2–3, 0–0)		 Soviet UnionZvolen
December 28, 1976Canada 5 – 3 SwedenBanská Bystrica
December 28, 1976Soviet Union 2 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 West GermanyBanská Bystrica
December 28, 1976Finland 8 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–1)		 PolandZvolen
December 28, 1976United States 2 – 5
(1–1, 1–2, 0–2)		 CzechoslovakiaZvolen
December 29, 1976West Germany 1 – 9
(0–2, 1–2, 0–5)		 CanadaBanská Bystrica
December 29, 1976Sweden 6 – 5
(2–1, 1–3, 3–1)		 PolandZvolen
December 30, 1976Soviet Union 15 – 5
(6–1, 6–1, 3–3)		 United StatesBanská Bystrica
December 30, 1976Czechoslovakia 2 – 3
(1–0, 1–3, 0–0)		 FinlandZvolen
January 1, 1977Finland 6 – 10
(0–3, 2–3, 4–4)		 Soviet UnionBanská Bystrica
January 1, 1977Poland 0 – 9
(0–3, 0–2, 0–4)		 CzechoslovakiaBanská Bystrica
January 1, 1977Canada 8 – 2
(3–2, 2–0, 3–0)		 United StatesZvolen
January 1, 1977West Germany 0 – 5
(0–1, 0–4, 0–0)		 SwedenZvolen
January 2, 1977Czechoslovakia 4 – 2
(2–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 SwedenBanská Bystrica
January 2, 1977Soviet Union 6 – 4
(6–0, 0–0, 0–4)		 CanadaZvolen
January 2, 1977West Germany 9 – 2
(3–0, 5–1, 1–1)		 PolandZvolen

Scoring leaders
Rank Player Country G A Pts
1Dale McCourt Canada10818
2John Anderson Canada11516
3Igor Romashin Soviet Union6612
4Juha Jyrkkiö Finland7411
5Aleksei Frolikov Soviet Union6511
6Erkki Laine Finland549
7Joe Contini Canada459
Gerd Truntschka West Germany459
9Dave Hunter Canada628
Jaroslav Korbela Czechoslovakia628

Tournament awards
IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender Jan Hrabák Alexander Tyzhnykh
Defencemen Viacheslav Fetisov Viacheslav Fetisov
Risto Siltanen
Forwards Dale McCourt Dale McCourt
Igor Romashin
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson

References
  1. "1977 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  3. 1977 team Canada roster
  4. "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  5. 1978 Qualification
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