1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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The 1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 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 IIHF World U20 Championship, but the first to be included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by a club team, the St. Catherines Fincups (as the 1976 Memorial Cup champions), but the other seven nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[3] The tournament was expanded to eight teams, with West Germany and Poland making their debut appearance.
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[edit] Tournament results
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 |  |
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Soviet Union |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 19 | 14 | — | 6–4 | 4–0 | 10–6 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 15–5 | 10–1 | |
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Canada |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 20 | 11 | 4–6 | — | 4–4 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 9–1 | 8–2 | 14–0 | |
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Czechoslovakia |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 0–4 | 4–4 | — | 2–3 | 4–2 | 8–2 | 5–2 | 9–0 | |
| 4 | Finland |
7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 29 | 8 | 6–10 | 4–6 | 3–2 | — | 4–5 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 8–2 | |
| 5 | Sweden |
7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 30 | 6 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 2–4 | 5–4 | — | 5–0 | 5–8 | 6–5 | |
| 6 | West Germany |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 1–2 | 1–9 | 2–8 | 1–4 | 0–5 | — | 4–3 | 9–2 | |
| 7 | United States |
7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 45 | 3 | 5–15 | 2–8 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 8–5 | 3–4 | — | 2–2 | |
| 8 | Poland |
7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 58 | 1 | 1–10 | 0–14 | 0–9 | 2–8 | 5–6 | 2–9 | 2–2 | — |
[edit] Scoring leaders
| Player | Team | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale McCourt | Canada |
10 | 8 | 18 |
| John Anderson | Soviet Union |
11 | 5 | 16 |
| Igor Romashin | Soviet Union |
6 | 6 | 12 |
| Juha Jurkkio | Finland |
7 | 4 | 11 |
| Alexei Frolikov | Soviet Union |
6 | 5 | 11 |
| Sergei Makarov | Soviet Union |
4 | 7 | 11 |
[edit] All-star team
- Goaltender
- Alexander Tyzhunyk (URS)
- Defencemen
- Viacheslav Fetisov (URS)
- Risto Siltanen (FIN)
- Forwards
- Dale McCourt (CAN)
- Igor Romashin (URS)
- Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (SWE)
[edit] References
- ^ 1977 World Junior Championship. Hockey Canada. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
- ^ IIHF World U20 Championships. IIHF. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
- ^ IIHF World Junior Championship History. Hockey Canada. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
- IIHF World Junior Championship All-Star Teams. Hockey Canada. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
- WJHC History - 1977–1981. TSN.ca. CTVglobemedia. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
| Preceded by 1976 World Juniors |
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 1977 World Championships |
Succeeded by 1978 World Juniors |
