- 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
tourney_name =IIHF World U20 Championship
year = 2006
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country = Canada
dates =December 26 -January 5
num_teams = 10
venues = 4
cities = 3
winners = Canada
count = 12
games = 31
goals = 195
attendance = 325138
scoring_leader = flagicon|USAPhil Kessel (11 points)
mvp = flagicon|RUSEvgeni Malkin The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in
Vancouver ,Kelowna , andKamloops ,British Columbia ,Canada . The championships began onDecember 26 ,2005 , and finished onJanuary 5 ,2006 . Games were played atGM Place and thePacific Coliseum in Vancouver, theInterior Savings Centre in Kamloops andProspera Place in Kelowna. TeamCanada was the winner defeating Russia 5 - 0 in the gold medal game. Total attendance was 325,138 (a new record) spread over 31 games, for an average of 10,488 per game. [citeweb|title=Ottawa to host 2009 world junior tourney|url=http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/news_story/?ID=164709&hubname=world_jrs|publisher=TSN.ca|date=2006-05-03|accessdate=2008-05-13]Championship Results
Preliminary Round
Group A
"Note: Matches" SVK 7–4 LAT "and" SUI 2–0 NOR "from the Preliminary Round (both on Dec 27th, 2006) are included as well since these results carry forward"
;ScheduleAll times local (UTC -8)
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date =January 2 ,2006
13:00
team1 = SUI
score = 5–2
team2 = LAT
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium =Pacific Coliseum , Vancouver
Attendance: 7,616hockeybox
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date =January 3 ,2006
13:00
team1 = SVK
score = 4–3
team2 = NOR
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium =Pacific Coliseum , Vancouver
Attendance: 5,038hockeybox
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date =January 4 ,2006
12:00
team1 = LAT
score = 4–0
team2 = NOR
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium =Pacific Coliseum , Vancouver
Attendance: 4,540hockeybox
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date =January 4 ,2006
16:00
team1 = SUI
score = 3–3
team2 = SVK
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goals2 =
stadium =Pacific Coliseum , Vancouver
Attendance: 6,667Final Round
6TeamBracket
RD1=Quarter finals
RD2=Semi finals
RD3=Final
group1=
group2=RD1-seed1=A2
RD1-team1=USA
RD1-score1=2
RD1-seed2=B3
RD1-team2=CZE
RD1-score2=1RD1-seed3=B2
RD1-team3=FIN
RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4=A3
RD1-team4=SWE
RD1-score4=0RD2-seed1=QF1
RD2-team1=USA
RD2-score1=1
RD2-seed2=B1
RD2-team2=RUS
RD2-score2=5RD2-seed3=QF2
RD2-team3=FIN
RD2-score3=0
RD2-seed4=A1
RD2-team4=CAN
RD2-score4=4RD3-seed1=SF1
RD3-team1=RUS
RD3-score1=0
RD3-seed2=SF2
RD3-team2=CAN
RD3-score2=5;ScheduleAll times local (UTC -8)
Quarterfinals
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date =January 2 ,2006
16:00
team1 = SWE
score = 0–1 OT
team2 = FIN
goals1 =
goals2 = 69:26 (PP) T. Laakso
stadium =General Motors Place , Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630hockeybox
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date =January 2 ,2006
20:00
team1 = USA
score = 2–1
team2 = CZE
goals1 = P. Kessel (PP) 03:23
C. Bourque (ES) 11:08
goals2 = 12:17 (PP) L. Smid
stadium =General Motors Place , Vancouver
Attendance: 14,890emifinals
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date =January 3 ,2006
16:00
team1 = CAN
score = 4–0
team2 = FIN
goals1 = K. Russell (ES) 18:16
B. Comeau (ES) 38:58
K. Letang (PP) 49:40
A. Cogliano (ES) 53:32
goals2 =
stadium =General Motors Place , Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630hockeybox
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date =January 3 ,2006
20:00
team1 = RUS
score = 5–1
team2 = USA
goals1 = N. Kulemin (ES) 12:32
N. Kulemin (PP) 41:42
A. Emelin (ES) 43:13
S. Shirokov (ES) 53:01
N. Lemtyugov (ES) 55:15
goals2 = 42:34 (PP) J. Skille
stadium =General Motors Place , Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630Fifth place game
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date =January 4 ,2006
20:00
team1 = SWE
score = 3–1
team2 = CZE
goals1 = J. Ryno (ES) 41:42
N. Bergfors (ES) 42:07
N. Backstrom (EN) 59:12
goals2 = 43:16 (ES) T. Kana
stadium =General Motors Place , Vancouver
Attendance: 10,684Bronze Medal game
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date =January 5 ,2006
12:00
team1 = FIN
score = 4–2
team2 = USA
goals1 = J. Sailio (ES) 33:32
J. Joensuu (ES) 34:51
L. Tukonen (ES) 53:20
J. Joensuu (ES) 55:24
goals2 = 12:11 (ES) B. Ryan
51:03 (PP) J. Johnson
stadium =General Motors Place , Vancouver
Attendance: 15,107Gold Medal game
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date =January 5 ,2006
16:00
team1 = RUS
score = 0–5
team2 = CAN
goals1 =
goals2 = 17:13 (ES) S. Downie
18:56 (ES) B. Comeau
32:02 (PP) M. Blunden
34:44 (PP) M. Blunden
57:15 (ES) K. Chipchura
stadium =General Motors Place , Vancouver
Attendance: 18,630coring leaders
Group B
"Held December 12-18, 2005 in
Minsk ,Belarus "Division III
"Held at
Elektrenai andKaunas ,Lithuania January 3-9, 2006"External links
* [http://www.iihf.com IIHF Official Site]
* [http://www.hockeycanada.ca/3/5/2/0/index1.shtml Official website] at www.hockeycanada.caReferences
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