2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
 | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 Canada |
| Dates | December 26 - January 5 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue(s) |
Scotiabank Place and Ottawa Civic Centre (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
Canada (15th title) |
Runner-up  |
 Sweden |
Third place  |
 Russia |
| Fourth place |
 Slovakia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 241 (7.77 per match) |
| Attendance | 453,282 (14,622 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Cody Hodgson (16 points) |
| MVP |
John Tavares |
|
← 2008 2010 → | |
The 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2009 WJHC), was the 33rd edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was hosted in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Games were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place.[1] The tournament set a record for WJC attendance at 453,282. Canada won the gold medal for a record-tying fifth consecutive time.[2]
Bid process
Five potential bid groups formally submitted their bids before the March 31, 2006, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Calgary on April 18, 2006:[3]
- Joint bid from Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta;
- Montreal, Quebec;
- Ottawa, Ontario;
- Toronto, Ontario; and
- Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan
On May 3, 2006, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Ottawa was chosen to host the 2009 tournament.[4]
Venues
| Scotiabank Place Capacity: 19,153 |
Ottawa Civic Centre Capacity: 9,862 |
|---|---|
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| Canada – Ottawa |
Canada – Ottawa |
Top division
Main article: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Advance to... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 12 | Semifinals |
 United States |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
 Czech Republic |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
 Germany |
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 3 | Relegation round |
 Kazakhstan |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 0 | Relegation round |
- Schedule[5]
All times local (EST/UTC−5)
| December 26, 2008 15:30 |
Germany |
2 – 8 |
United States |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,795 (98.1%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Ritter 12:08 Patrick Pohl 53:51 |
08:23 (PP1) Colin Wilson 17:51 Drayson Bowman 20:20 Jordan Schroeder 32:43 (PP1) James van Riemsdyk 34:27 Tyler Johnson 40:35 James van Riemsdyk 46:26 Drayson Bowman 59:59 Matt Rust | |||
| December 26, 2008 19:30 |
Canada |
8 – 1 |
Czech Republic |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 19,622 (102.4%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tavares (J. Eberle, R. Ellis (PP1) – 19:56 J. Tavares (J. Eberle, C. Hodgson) (PP1) – 22:09 A. Esposito (J. Tavares) – 27:08 R. Ellis (Z. Boychuk, C. Hodgson) – 28:13 T. Ennis (B. Sonne) – 33:33 C. DiDomenico (T. Ennis, Z. Boychuk) – 42:08 Z. Boychuk – 48:18 A. Pietrangelo (R. Ellis, C. DiDomenico) – 51:51 |
58:00 – J. Káňa (O. Roman) | |||
| 6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 37 | Shots | 22 | ||
| December 27, 2008 15:30 |
Kazakhstan |
0 – 9 |
Germany |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,305 (95.6%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:43 Simon Fischhaber 08:31 Jerome Flaake 18:45 André Huebscher 21:52 Daniel Weiß 22:06 Steven Rupprich 23:16 Gerrit Fauser 27:56 Marco Nowak 51:21 Jerome Flaake 57:15 Conor Morrison | ||||
| December 28, 2008 15:30 |
Kazakhstan |
0 – 15 |
Canada |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 19,176 (100.1%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:29 – J. Eberle (C. Hodgson) 08:48 – (PP1) J. Benn (A. Pietrangelo) 15:53 – (PP2) J. Benn (J. Tavares, C. Hodgson 17:26 – P. Subban (J. Tavares) 21:36 – C. Hodgson (P. Subban) 24:11 – (PP1) C. DiDomenico (T. Hickey, T. Ennis) 24:41 – J. Benn (P. Subban, T. Ennis) 32:32 – (PP1) T. Ennis (J. Benn, C. DiDomenico) 34:52 – (PP1) J. Tavares (C. Hodgson, J. Eberle) 40:50 – E. Kane (P. Cormier, K. Aulie) 51:29 – J. Tavares 52:15 – C. Hodgson (J. Eberle, Z. Boychuk) 54:17 – (PP1) P. Subban (C. Hodgson) 56:02 – (PP1) S. Della Rovere (E. Kane, T. Hickey) 59:17 – (PP2) T. Myers (J. Benn, C. Goloubef) | ||||
| 43 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
| 11 | Shots | 69 | ||
| December 28, 2008 19:30 |
United States |
4 – 3 |
Czech Republic |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 19,847 (103.6%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Schroeder (K. Shattenkirk, C. Wilson) (PP1) – 13:00 M. Rust (J. Blum) – 31:46 J. van Riemsdyk (K. Shattenkirk, J. Schroeder) (PP1) – 38:34 J. Schroeder (J. van Riemsdyk) – 43:43 |
25:14 – O. Roman (Z. Okál, R. Gudas) 47:02 – M. Parýzek (R. Szturc, T. Kubalík) 56:43 – (PP1) J. Káňa (T. Kundrátek, O. Roman) | |||
| 14 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 27 | Shots | 27 | ||
| December 29, 2008 19:30 |
Germany |
1 – 5 |
Canada |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 19,326 (100.9%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Wolf (PP1) 28:40 | 07:21 (PP1) Zach Boychuk 25:57 (PP1) Jamie Benn 41:04 Evander Kane 51:25 (PP1) John Tavares 55:57 (PP1) Zach Boychuk | |||
| December 30, 2008 15:30 |
Czech Republic |
6 – 0 |
Germany |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 17,976 (93.9%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Štich (PP1) 13:19 Zdeněk Okál (PP1) 15:23 Ondřej Roman 35:58 Tomáš Knotek 44:02 Radko Gudas (PP1) 47:56 Ondřej Roman 49:13 |
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| December 30, 2008 19:30 |
United States |
12 – 0 |
Kazakhstan |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,288 (95.5%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Cole (PP1) 16:27 Aaron Palushaj 17:07 Drayson Bowman 18:59 Colin Wilson 20:52 Colin Wilson 21:11 James van Riemsdyk (PP1) 25:34 Danny Kristo 27:12 Aaron Palushaj (PP1) 32:28 Mike Hoeffel (PP2) 50:08 Jimmy Hayes 53:59 Mitch Wahl 55:02 Matt Rust 59:55 |
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| December 31, 2008 15:30 |
Czech Republic |
10 – 2 |
Kazakhstan |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 17,664 (92.2%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomáš Knotek 01:49 Roman Szturc 05:48 Jan Káňa 08:17 Vladimír Růžička 10:14 Vladimír Růžička 12:51 Tomáš Knotek (PP1) 15:51 Zdeněk Okál 25:55 Jan Káňa (PP1) 26:31 Jan Káňa 32:34 Jan Káňa (PP1) 36:00 |
07:17 Oleg Onichshenko 51:08 (SH1) Konstantin Savenkov | |||
| December 31, 2008 19:30 |
Canada |
7 – 4 |
United States |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 20,223 (105.6%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tavares (PP1) 14:55 John Tavares 15:43 Jordan Eberle (PP1) 18:10 Zach Boychuk (PP1) 20:37 Cody Hodgson (PP1) 26:56 John Tavares (ENG) 59:13 Tyler Ennis (ENG) 59:50 |
03:49 Kevin Shattenkirk 07:15 (PP2) Jimmy Hayes 12:35 Jim O'Brien 23:40 (PP1) Jonathon Blum | |||
Group B
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Advance to... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 12 | Semifinals |
| Russia |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| Slovakia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
 Finland |
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | Relegation round |
 Latvia |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 0 | Relegation round |
- Schedule[5]
All times local (EST/UTC−5)
| December 26, 2008 14:30 |
Latvia |
1 – 4 |
Russia |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,441 (95.7%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jānis Ozoliņš 58:03 | 16:56 (PP1) Vyacheslav Voinov 31:38 Pavel Chernov 47:01 Maxim Goncharov 59:48 Dmitri Klopov | |||
| December 26, 2008 18:30 |
Finland |
1 – 3 |
Sweden |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,658 (97.9%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Rajala 21:12 | 09:15 Marcus Johansson 12:38 David Rundblad 59:20 (ENG) Mikael Backlund | |||
| December 27, 2008 18:30 |
Slovakia |
7 – 2 |
Latvia |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,370 (95.0%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radoslav Tybor (PP1) 01:54 Ondrej Rusnák (PP1) 16:26 Marek Hrivik 33:20 Ondrej Rusnák (PP1) 33:58 Radoslav Tybor 38:21 Tomáš Tatar 42:12 Adam Bezák (SH1) 47:34 |
07:29 Jānis Straupe 14:05 (PP1) Ronalds Cinks | |||
| December 28, 2008 14:30 |
Russia |
5 – 2 |
Finland |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,715 (98.5%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikita Filatov 07:56 Evgeni Dadonov 08:34 Dmitri Klopov 11:29 Nikita Filatov 29:56 Dmitri Klopov (PP1) 58:14 |
05:10 Jani Lajunen 23:55 (PP1) Joonas Nättinen | |||
| December 28, 2008 18:30 |
Sweden |
3 – 1 |
Slovakia |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,726 (98.6%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Hjalmarsson 01:02 Mikael Backlund (PP1) 14:42 Erik Karlsson 33:30 |
45:33 (PP1) Martin Uhnák | |||
| December 29, 2008 14:30 |
Latvia |
1 – 10 |
Sweden |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,622 (97.6%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Jekimovs 19:53 | 02:13 (PP1) Mattias Tedenby 09:15 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 13:42 André Petersson 17:39 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 19:10 Nicklas Lasu 26:31 Simon Hjalmarsson 40:33 Joakim Andersson 41:33 (PP1) Erik Karlsson 48:31 (PP1) David Ullström 49:18 Nicklas Lasu | |||
| December 30, 2008 14:30 |
Russia |
8 – 1 |
Slovakia |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,419 (95.5%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikita Filatov 2:12 Maxim Goncharov (PP1) 18:34 Maxim Goncharov 21:05 Nikita Filatov (PP1) 24:29 Igor Golovkov 28:32 Nikita Filatov (PP1) 29:15 Sergei Andronov 55:37 Sergei Korostin 56:52 |
13:12 Adam Bezák | |||
| December 30, 2008 18:30 |
Finland |
5 – 1 |
Latvia |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,376 (95.1%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomi Sallinen (PP1) 02:03 Nestori Lähde 14:25 Mikael Granlund 23:58 Mikael Granlund (PP2) 27:17 Antti Roppo 30:34 |
34:03 (PP2) Roberts Jekimovs | |||
| December 31, 2008 14:30 |
Sweden |
5 – 0 |
Russia |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,675 (98.1%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| André Petersson 05:01 Simon Hjalmarsson 10:00 André Petersson (PP1) 16:50 Mikael Backlund (PP1) 17:31 Marcus Johansson 43:55 |
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| December 31, 2008 18:30 |
Slovakia |
3 – 2 GWS |
Finland |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,312 (94.4%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Pánik (PP1) 30:36 Adam Bezák 48:32 Tomáš Tatar (GWG) 65:00 |
24:40 (PP2) Niclas Lucenius 37:37 Nestori Lähde | |||
Relegation round
The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 |
| Latvia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 |
| Germany |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
Schedule
All times local (EST/UTC−5)[5]
| January 2, 2009 18:30 |
Germany |
1 – 7 |
Latvia |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,888 (100.2%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Weiß 7:06 | 7:34 Roberts Bukarts 25:23 Roberts Bukarts 27:55 Jānis Straupe 28:57 Roberts Bukarts 29:28 (SH1) Vitālijs Pavlovs 36:01 Aldis Pizāns 44:44 Ronalds Cinks | |||
| January 3, 2009 18:30 |
Finland |
7 – 1 |
Kazakhstan |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,180 (93.1%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jyri Niemi 00:22 Joonas Rask 06:29 Tomi Sallinen 16:32 Antti Roppo (SH1) 27:26 Teemu Hartikainen (PP1) 39:09 Toni Rajala (PP2) 44:33 Teemu Hartikainen (PP1) 54:13 |
21:03 Konstantin Savenkov | |||
| January 4, 2009 14:30 |
Finland |
3 – 1 |
Germany |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,192 (93.2%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommi Kivistö 12:40 Teemu Hartikainen 13:02 Jyri Niemi (PP1) 41:31 |
29:39 Jerome Flaake | |||
| January 4, 2009 18:30 |
Latvia |
7 – 1 |
Kazakhstan |
Ottawa Civic Centre (capacity: 9,862) Attendance: 9,173 (93.0%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Jekimovs 12:53 Jānis Ozoliņš 29:10 Roberts Bukarts (SH1) 41:34 Artjoms Ogorodņikovs 48:43 Ralfs Freibergs 55:15 Artjoms Ogorodņikovs (PP1) 57:58 Roberts Jekimovs (PP1) 59:49 |
55:01 Konstantin Savenkov | |||
Germany and Kazakhstan are relegated to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Final round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| B3 | Slovakia |
3 | |||||||||||
| A2 | United States |
3 | B1 | Sweden |
5 | ||||||||
| B3 | Slovakia |
5 | WSF1 | Sweden |
1 | ||||||||
| WSF2 | Canada |
5 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Russia |
5 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Russia |
5 | A1 | Canada |
6 (GWS) | Third place | |||||||
| A3 | Czech Republic |
1 | LSF1 | Slovakia |
2 | ||||||||
| LSF2 | Russia |
5 | |||||||||||
Quarterfinals
| January 2, 2009 15:30 |
United States |
3 – 5 |
Slovakia |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,042 (94.2%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Cole (PP1) 12:01 Jonathon Blum (PP1) 45:31 James van Riemsdyk 58:42 |
11:05 Adam Bezák 13:41 Tomáš Tatar 17:53 Jozef Molnár 51:38 Richard Pánik 57:46 (ENG) Tomáš Tatar | |||
| January 2, 2009 19:30 |
Russia |
5 – 1 |
Czech Republic |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,753 (97.9%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Andronov (PP1) 11:53 Nikita Filatov 41:25 Evgeny Grachev (SH2) 47:26 Evgeni Dadonov 54:02 Pavel Chernov (PP1) 59:29 |
48:01 (PP2) Radko Gudas | |||
Semifinals
| January 3, 2009 15:30 |
Sweden |
5 – 3 |
Slovakia |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,112 (94.6%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikael Backlund 30:19 Mikael Backlund (PP1) 47:04 David Ullström 48:52 Simon Hjalmarsson 51:42 Oscar Möller (ENG) 58:43 |
19:56 (PP1) Marek Mertel 35:47 Tomáš Tatar 55:58 Tomáš Tatar | |||
| January 3, 2009 19:30 |
Canada |
6 – 5 GWS |
Russia |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 19,327 (100.9%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Sonne 02:02 Patrice Cormier 07:04 Jordan Eberle (PP1) 36:40 Angelo Esposito (SH1) 45:44 Jordan Eberle 59:55 Jordan Eberle (GWG) 70:00 |
05:18 Maxim Goncharov 07:20 Dmitri Klopov 40:51 Evgeny Grachev 46:22 (PP2) Sergei Andronov 57:40 Dmitri Klopov | |||
5th place playoff
| January 4, 2009 19:30 |
United States |
3 – 2 OT |
Czech Republic |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 17,936 (93.6%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Tangradi 08:36 Cade Fairchild 53:02 James van Riemsdyk 62:49 |
42:23 Zdeněk Okál 50:59 Ondřej Roman | |||
3rd place playoff
| January 5, 2009 15:30 |
Slovakia |
2 – 5 |
Russia |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 18,763 (98.0%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Štajnoch 30:14 Tomáš Tatar (PP1) 57:01 |
04:30 Pavel Chernov 25:56 Maxim Goncharov 39:28 Nikita Filatov 51:11 Nikita Filatov 58:07 (ENG) Dmitri Kugryshev | |||
Final
| January 5, 2009 19:30 |
Sweden |
1 – 5 |
Canada |
Scotiabank Place (capacity: 19,153) Attendance: 20,380 (106.4%) |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joakim Andersson 48:30 | 00:38 P. K. Subban (PP1) 24:06 Angelo Esposito 40:33 Cody Hodgson (PP1) 58:07 (ENG) Jordan Eberle 59:28 (ENG) Cody Hodgson | |||
Top 10 scorers
| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cody Hodgson | Canada | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | +8 | 2 |
| 2 | John Tavares | Canada | 6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | +7 | 0 |
| 3 | Jordan Eberle | Canada | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +9 | 2 |
| 4 | Nikita Filatov | Russia | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | +3 | 6 |
| 5 | Tomáš Tatar | Slovakia | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Jordan Schroeder | United States | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +1 | 2 |
| 7 | James van Riemsdyk | United States | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +1 | 4 |
| 8 | Jan Káňa | Czech Republic | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +2 | 0 |
| 9 | Teemu Hartikainen | Finland | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 4 |
| 9 | P. K. Subban | Canada | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +12 | 6 |
| 9 | Colin Wilson | United States | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +1 | 4 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source:[6]
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Markström | Sweden | 298 | 8 | .943 | 1.61 | 1 |
| 2 | Juha Metsola | Finland | 245 | 6 | .939 | 1.47 | 0 |
| 3 | Vadim Zhelobnyuk | Russia | 292 | 11 | .925 | 2.26 | 0 |
| 4 | Dustin Tokarski | Canada | 248 | 11 | .906 | 2.65 | 1 |
| 5 | Nauris Enkuzens | Latvia | 346 | 25 | .903 | 4.33 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:[7]
09:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
Tournament awards
Source:[8]
- Most Valuable Player
- All-star team
- Goaltender: Jaroslav Janus
- Defencemen: P. K. Subban, Erik Karlsson
- Forwards: John Tavares, Cody Hodgson, Nikita Filatov
- IIHF best player awards
- Goaltender: Jacob Markström
- Defenceman: Erik Karlsson
- Forward: John Tavares
Final standings
| Team | |
|---|---|
 | Canada |
 | Sweden |
 | Russia |
| 4th | Slovakia |
| 5th | United States |
| 6th | Czech Republic |
| 7th | Finland |
| 8th | Latvia |
| 9th | Germany |
| 10th | Kazakhstan |
Division I
Main article: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A was played in Herisau, Switzerland between December 14 and December 20, 2008. Group B was played in Aalborg, Denmark between December 15 and December 21, 2008:[1]
Group A
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Switzerland |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 15 |
 Belarus |
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 7 | 32 | 12 |
 France |
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 9 |
 Slovenia |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 6 |
 Poland |
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 23 | -16 | 3 |
 Estonia |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 76 | -70 | 0 |
Switzerland is promoted to the Top Division and Estonia is relegated to Division II for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Group B
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 13 |
 Denmark |
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 12 |
 Norway |
5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 8 |
 Italy |
5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 8 |
 Ukraine |
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 3 |
 Hungary |
5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 1 |
Austria is promoted to the Top Division and Hungary is relegated to Division II for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Division II
Main article: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania between December 15 and December 21, 2008. Group B was played in Logroño, Spain between January 10 and January 15, 2009:[1]
Group A
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan |
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 34 | 12 |
 Lithuania |
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 26 | 12 |
 South Korea |
5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 10 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 32 | -15 | 6 |
 Serbia |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 33 | -23 | 3 |
 Romania |
5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 32 | -23 | 2 |
Japan was promoted to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Group B
China, having been relegated to Division III in 2008, was returned to Division II after 
New Zealand forfeited due to finances.[9]
Croatian national team, winners of Group B.
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Croatia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 15 |
 Great Britain |
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 12 |
 Netherlands |
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 9 |
 Mexico |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 27 | -16 | 6 |
 Spain |
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 3 |
| China |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 40 | -31 | 0 |
Croatia was promoted to Division I for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Division III
The Division III tournament was to have been played in North Korea, but was cancelled.[9] The division was scheduled to include the following:[10]
| Team | Qualification |
|---|---|
 Iceland |
Placed 6th in Division II Group A last year and was relegated. |
| China |
Placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and was relegated,
but returned to Division II after |
 Australia |
Placed 4th in Division III last year. |
 Turkey |
Placed 6th in Division III last year. |
 Bulgaria |
Placed 7th in Division III last year. |
 North Korea |
Host, first appearance since 1993. |
See also
- 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
- 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II
References
- 1 2 3 "2009 World Championship Program". iihf.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ↑ "Canada Defeats Sweden to Win Fifth Straight WJHC Gold". TSN. 2009-01-05. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ↑ "Hockey Canada announces bid finalists for the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship". hockeycanada.ca. April 10, 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- ↑ "Ottawa chosen to host 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship". hockeycanada.ca. May 3, 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- 1 2 3 "2009 World Junior Schedule". tsn.ca. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ↑ http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/172/IHM172Z12_85B_1_0.pdf
- ↑ http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/172/IHM172Z12_85A_1_0.pdf
- ↑ "Tavares named MVP". IIHF. January 6, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
- 1 2 "Championnat du monde des moins de 20 ans 2008/2009". Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "2009 IIHF Championship Program". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 30 Jul 2008. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
"2009 IIHF World U20 Championship". IIHF. Archived from the original on 1 January 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
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