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. 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 U20 Championship
Tournament details

Host country	United States
Dates	December 26, 1995 – January 4, 1996
Teams	10
Venue(s)	7 (in 6[1] host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (9th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	218 (7.03 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	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

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

December 26, 1995

6 – 1

Centrum in Worcester, Worcester

December 26, 1995

5 – 1

New England Sports Center, Marlborough

December 27, 1995

2 – 1

Mullins Center, Amherst

December 27, 1995

4 – 3

Matthews Arena, Boston

December 28, 1995

4 – 1

Matthews Arena, Boston

December 29, 1995

3 – 1

Matthews Arena, Boston

December 29, 1995

4 – 3

Springfield Civic Center, Springfield

December 30, 1995

5 – 3

New England Sports Center, Marlborough

December 31, 1995

8 – 1

Matthews Arena, Boston

December 31, 1995

5 – 4

Mullins Center, Amherst

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

December 26, 1995

5 – 3

Mullins Center, Amherst

December 26, 1995

6 – 0

Centrum in Worcester, Worcester

December 27, 1995

3 – 3

Matthews Arena, Boston

December 27, 1995

6 – 3

Mullins Center, Amherst

December 28, 1995

6 – 2

Matthews Arena, Boston

December 29, 1995

4 – 4

Matthews Arena, Boston

December 29, 1995

5 – 2

Springfield Civic Center, Springfield

December 30, 1995

4 – 4

New England Sports Center, Marlborough

December 31, 1995

0 – 0

Matthews Arena, Boston

December 31, 1995

8 – 2

Mullins Center, Amherst

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

December 30, 1995

5 – 3

New England Sports Center, Marlborough

December 30, 1995

4 – 4

New England Sports Center, Marlborough

January 2, 1996

3 – 3

New England Sports Center, Marlborough

January 2, 1996

3 – 6

New England Sports Center, Marlborough

January 3, 1996

3 – 7

New England Sports Center, Marlborough

January 3, 1996

0 – 5

New England Sports Center, Marlborough

Ukraine was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.

Playoffs

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

QF1

Sweden

8

A2

0

B1

2

B3

Sweden

3

SF1

1

SF2

Canada

4

QF2

3

B2

Russia

6

A1

Canada

4

Third place

A3

2

QF1

1

QF2

Russia

4

Quarterfinals

January 1, 1996
13:00

0 – 3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Mullins Center, Amherst

January 1, 1996
17:00

6 – 2
(0–1, 5–1, 1–0)

Mullins Center, Amherst

Semifinals

January 3, 1996
15:30

4 – 3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)

Matthews Arena, Boston
Attendance: 2,500 (approx.)

José Theodore

Goalies

Podollan (Gauthier) (PP) - 8:41	1-0
	1-1	11:24 - Morozov (Shafikov, Nabokov) (PP)
Watt (Redden, Dube) (PP) - 31:11	2-1
Podollan (Botterill, Holland) - 32:43	3-1
	3-2	35:39 - Petrochinin (Nabokov)
Iginla (SH) - 46:40	4-2
	4-3	50:34 - Morozov (Nabokov, Shafikov) (PP)

28

Shots

49

January 3, 1996
18:30

8 – 2
(0–0, 6–1, 2–1)

Matthews Arena, Boston

5th place game

January 4, 1996
12:00

7 – 8
(3–1, 3–4, 1–2, 0-1)

United States

New England Sports Center, Marlborough

Goals

Jeremiah McCarthy 3:02 OT

Bronze medal game

January 4, 1996
15:30

1 – 4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill

Gold medal game

January 4, 1996
19:30

1 – 4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill
Attendance: 5,781

Per-Ragnar Bergkvist

Goalies

José Théodore

	0-1	1:36 - Langkow (Domenichelli, Iginla)
Nilson - 8:41	1-1
	1-2	33:00 - Langkow (Iginla)
	1-3	34:12 - Domenichelli (Langkow)
	1-4	48:12 - McCauley (Wright, Botterill)

33

Shots

35

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	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

(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

All-star team[2]

Goaltender: José Théodore
Defencemen: Nolan Baumgartner, Mattias Öhlund
Forwards: Jarome Iginla, Johan Davidsson, Alexei Morozov

IIHF best player awards

Goaltender: José Théodore
Defenceman: Mattias Öhlund
Forward: Jarome Iginla

Final standings

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

Pool B

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

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Poland	3	3	0	0	32	2	6			7 - 2	9 - 0	16 - 0
Hungary	3	2	1	0	14	12	4		2 - 7		7 - 1	5 - 4
Japan	3	1	2	0	4	17	2		0 - 9	1 - 7		3 - 1
Austria	3	0	3	0	5	24	0		0 - 16	4 - 5	1 - 3

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Latvia	3	3	0	0	15	9	6			5 - 1	5 - 4	5 - 4
Italy	3	1	2	0	8	11	2		1 - 5		3 - 4	4 - 2
Norway	3	1	2	0	8	9	2		4 - 5	4 - 3		0 - 1
France	3	1	2	0	7	9	2		4 - 5	2 - 4	1 - 0

Final Round

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Poland	5	5	0	0	31	7	10			5 - 3	3 - 2	7 - 2	7 - 0	9 - 0
2	Latvia	5	4	1	0	22	16	8		3 - 5		5 - 4	5 - 4	5 - 1	4 - 2
3	Norway	5	3	2	0	18	15	6		2 - 3	4 - 5		3 - 1	4 - 3	5 - 3
4	Hungary	5	2	3	0	19	16	4		2 - 7	4 - 5	1 - 3		5 - 0	7 - 1
5	Italy	5	1	4	0	9	25	2		0 - 7	1 - 5	3 - 4	0 - 5		5 - 4
6	Japan	5	0	5	0	10	30	0		0 - 9	2 - 4	3 - 5	1 - 7	4 - 5

Poland was promoted to Pool A for 1997.

Relegation Round

4 – 2

7 – 3

Austria was relegated to Pool C for 1997.

Pool C

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

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	22	5	6			2 - 1	10 - 4	10 - 0
Denmark	3	2	1	0	18	5	4		1 - 2		13 - 0	4 - 3
Romania	3	1	2	0	10	26	2		4 - 10	0 - 13		6 - 3
Netherlands	3	0	3	0	6	20	0		0 - 10	3 - 4	3 - 6

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	25	11	6			7 - 6	7 - 2	11 - 3
Belarus	3	2	1	0	23	11	4		6 - 7		6 - 4	11 - 0
Great Britain	3	1	2	0	14	14	2		2 - 7	4 - 6		8 - 1
Spain	3	0	3	0	4	30	0		3 - 11	0 - 11	1 - 8

Placement Games

7th place: Netherlands 4 - 1 Spain
5th place: Great Britain 3 - 2 Romania
3rd place: Denmark 5 - 4 Belarus
1st Place: Kazakhstan 6 - 5 Slovenia

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

Pool D

Played in Tallinn Estonia from December 31 to January 4.

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Estonia	2	2	0	0	24	3	4			4 - 2	20 - 1
FR Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	10	5	2		2 - 4		8 - 1
South Africa	2	0	2	0	2	28	0		1 - 20	1 - 8

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Croatia	2	2	0	0	20	4	4			5 - 2	15 - 2
Lithuania	2	1	1	0	21	7	2		2 - 5		19 - 2
Bulgaria	2	0	2	0	4	34	0		2 - 15	2 - 19

Placement Games

5th place: Bulgaria 10 - 1 South Africa
3rd place: FR Yugoslavia 5 - 4 Lithuania
1st Place: Croatia 2 - 0 Estonia

Croatia was promoted to Pool C for 1997.

References

Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 198–99.
http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1996.htm

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