1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
- 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1998 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland. The championships began on December 25, 1997 and finished on January 3, 1998. Home team Finland was the winner, defeating Russia 2-1 in the gold medal game, thanks to the goaltending of Mika Noronen and the overtime heroics of Niklas Hagman. Switzerland defeated the Czech Republic 4-3 to capture the bronze medal. Also worth noting was that Canada had its five year title streak broken with its worst placing to date (8th). Canada also suffered perhaps one of the most shocking losses in hockey (perhaps sports) history during the tournament, losing 8-3 at the hands of Kazakhstan. They were considered the "joke" of the tourney, using borrowed equipment from other teams. Ironically, Canada would miss out on gold 5 years in a row before beinging their current streak of 4 staight championships.
Championship results
=Pool A=
Group A
"Germany relegated to Pool B for 1999."
Final Ranking
coring leaders
Tournament awards
All-star team [cite web|title=All-Star Teams|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/3/5/7/2/index1.shtml|publisher=Hockey Canada|accessdate=2007-04-13]
*Goaltender: flagicon|Switzerland David Aebischer
*Defencemen: flagicon|Sweden Pierre Hedin, flagicon|Russia Andrei Markov
*Forwards: flagicon|Russia Maxim Balmochnykh, flagicon|Finland Olli Jokinen, flagicon|Finland Eero Somervuori
References
[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/ice_hockey/news/2002/02/20/sweden_belarus_ap/] - Kazakhstan's upset win over Canada mentioned
External links
* [http://www.hockeycanada.ca/2/0/1/4/index1.shtml Statistics and results from Hockey Canada]
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