2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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The 2005 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships was held between December 25, 2004 and January 4, 2005 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota and at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Team Canada was the winner, and greatly benefited from the 2004-05 NHL Lockout. They were able to dress several players who would have otherwise been playing professional hockey in the National Hockey League, and as a result played to some of the most lop-sided scores in tournament history.

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Results

Group A

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Russia	4	3	1	21	9	6
Czech Republic	4	3	1	16	9	6
United States	4	2	2	15	16	4
Switzerland	4	1	3	12	17	2
Belarus	4	1	3	9	22	2

December 25

Czech Republic 7 - 2 Belarus @ Thief River Falls
Russia 4 - 5 United States @ Grand Forks

December 26

Switzerland 5 - 0 Belarus @ Grand Forks

December 27

Russia 4 - 1 Czech Republic @ Thief River Falls
United States 6 - 4 Switzerland @ Grand Forks

December 28

Russia 7 - 2 Belarus @ Thief River Falls

December 29

Czech Republic 5 - 2 Switzerland @ Grand Forks
Belarus 5 - 3 United States @ Grand Forks

December 30

Russia 6 - 1 Switzerland @ Thief River Falls
United States 1 - 3 Czech Republic @ Grand Forks

Group B

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	4	4	0	32	5	8
Sweden	4	2	2	14	13	4
Finland	4	2	2	10	15	4
Slovakia	4	2	2	10	10	4
Germany	4	0	4	1	24	0

December 25

Canada 7 - 3 Slovakia @ Grand Forks
Finland 4 - 1 Germany @ Thief River Falls

December 26

Sweden 6 - 0 Germany @ Thief River Falls

December 27

Canada 8 - 1 Sweden @ Grand Forks
Slovakia 2 - 0 Finland @ Thief River Falls

December 28

Canada 9 - 0 Germany @ Grand Forks

December 29

Finland 5 - 4 Sweden @ Thief River Falls
Slovakia 5 - 0 Germany @ Thief River Falls

December 30

Canada 8 - 1 Finland @ Grand Forks
Sweden 3 - 0 Slovakia @ Thief River Falls

Playoffs

All games at Grand Forks

Quarterfinals

January 1

Czech Republic 3 - 0 Finland
United States 8 - 2 Sweden

Semifinals

January 2

Canada 3 - 1 Czech Republic
Russia 7 - 2 United States

5th place game

January 3

Finland 4 - 3 Sweden (OT)

Bronze medal final

January 4

Czech Republic 3 - 2 United States (OT)

Gold medal final

January 4

Canada 6 - 1 Russia

Relegation matches

January 1

Switzerland 5 - 0 Germany

January 2

Slovakia 2 - 1 Belarus

January 3

Belarus 3 - 4 Germany (9th place game)
Slovakia 3 - 2 Switzerland (7th place game)

Final standings

	Country
Gold	Canada
Silver	Russia
Bronze	Czech Republic
4th	United States
5th	Finland
6th	Sweden
7th	Slovakia
8th	Switzerland
9th	Germany
10th	Belarus

Germany and Belarus are relegated to Division I for the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Scoring leaders

	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Patrice Bergeron	6	5	8	13	6
Ryan Getzlaf	6	3	9	12	8
Alexander Ovechkin	6	7	4	11	4
Jeff Carter	6	7	3	10	6
Rostislav Olesz	7	7	3	10	12
Evgeni Malkin	6	3	7	10	16
Sidney Crosby	6	6	3	9	4
Drew Stafford	7	5	4	9	14
Johannes Salmonsson	6	5	3	8	0
Petr Vrana	7	5	3	8	16

Goaltending leaders

	Mins	GA	GAA	Sv%
Rejean Beauchemin	60	0	0.00	1.000
Dzmitry Milchakou	9	0	0.00	1.000
Vladislav Koutsky	60	1	1.00	.974
Jeff Glass	300	7	1.40	.922
Marek Schwarz	362	13	2.15	.925
Jaroslav Halak	360	13	2.17	.916
Anton Khudobin	263	12	2.73	.901
Tuukka Rask	243	12	2.96	.902
Andrei Kuznetsov	96	5	3.11	.868
Michael Tobler	359	20	3.34	.880

Awards

All-Star Team

Goaltender:

Marek Schwarz

Defense:

Dion Phaneuf,

Ryan Suter

Forwards:

Alexander Ovechkin,

Patrice Bergeron,

Jeff Carter

Most Valuable Player

Patrice Bergeron

Division I

The Division I Championships were held December 13-December 19, 2004 in Sheffield, United Kingdom (Group A) and in Narva, Estonia (Group B)

Final Standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Norway	5	5	0	29	12	10
	5	4	1	29	15	8
Austria	5	3	2	12	16	6
France	5	2	3	18	19	4
Italy	5	1	4	11	16	2
United Kingdom	5	0	5	8	29	0

Leading scorer: Mathis Olimb, Norway (4 goals, 5 assists; 9 points)

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Latvia	5	4	0	1	28	12	9
Slovenia	5	3	2	0	28	12	6
Denmark	5	3	2	0	22	13	6
Poland	5	2	1	2	15	13	6
Ukraine	5	1	3	1	11	19	3
Estonia	5	0	5	0	6	41	0

Leading scorer: Anze Kopitar, Slovenia (10 goals, 3 assists; 13 points)

Norway and Latvia advance to the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships while the United Kingdom and Estonia are relegated to Division II.

Division II

The Division II Championships were held January 3-January 9, 2005 in Bucharest, Romania (Group A) and December 13-December 19, 2004 in Puigcerdà, Spain (Group B)

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	5	4	0	1	32	4	9
Romania	5	3	1	1	23	13	7
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	29	14	6
People's Republic of China	5	3	2	0	16	14	6
Serbia and Montenegro	5	1	4	0	11	36	2
Lithuania	5	0	5	0	5	35	0

Group B

	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Hungary	5	5	0	41	10	10
South Korea	5	4	1	46	12	8
Croatia	5	3	2	27	21	6
Spain	5	2	3	14	32	4
Australia	5	1	4	16	40	2
Belgium	5	0	5	12	41	0

Leading scorer: Park Woo-Sang, South Korea (12 goals, 8 assists; 20 points)

Hungary is promoted to Division I; Belgium is relegated to Division III

Division III

The Division III Championships were held January 10-January 16 2005 in Mexico City, Mexico

Teams

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Mexico	5	5	0	0	37	6	10
New Zealand	5	3	1	1	28	15	7
Iceland	5	3	2	0	30	19	6
South Africa	5	2	2	1	15	24	5
Turkey	5	1	4	0	10	27	2
Bulgaria	5	0	5	0	10	39	0

External links

[Live Updates] at IIHF.com
Team Canada: http://www.hockeycanada.ca/e/teams/mens/junior/2005/index.html
Team USA: http://www.usahockey.com/2005wjc/

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