2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2005 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates December 25 January 4
Teams 10
Venue(s) Ralph Engelstad Arena (Grand Forks)
Ralph Engelstad Arena (Thief River Falls) (in Grand Forks, ND and Thief River Falls, MN host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (11th title)
Runner-up   Russia
Third place   Czech Republic
Fourth place  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 205 (6.61 per match)
Attendance 193,256 (6,234 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Patrice Bergeron (13 points)
2004
2006

The 2005 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships (2005 WJHC) 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. Canada won the gold medal.

Venues

Ralph Engelstad Arena
Capacity: 11,640
Ralph Engelstad Arena
Capacity: 2,569
 United StatesGrand Forks  United StatesThief River Falls

Rosters

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Russia 43102196
 Czech Republic 43101696
 United States 422015164
  Switzerland 413012172
 Belarus 41309222
Schedule
December 25, 2004
 Czech Republic 72  Belarus
Frolík 14:53 (PP1)
Vrána 20:27, 59:18 (PP1)
Kvapil 33:13 (PP1)
Olesz 45:31 (SH1), 49:15
Petružálek 47:01 (SH1)
Ugarov 30:14 (PP1)
Asmalouski 54:44
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 543
December 25, 2004
 Russia 45  United States
Rylov 7:25
Shirokov 18:01 (PS)
Ovechkin 18:41
Pestunov 27:17
Stafford 4:22
Bourque 5:45 (PP1)
Fritsche 18:19, 28:40 (SH1)
Schremp 23:15 (PP1)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 9,274
December 26, 2004
  Switzerland 50  Belarus
Wick 11:41
Romy 33:27 (SH1), 51:03
Stancescu 35:11
Kaser 39:37
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,510
December 27, 2004
 Czech Republic 14  Russia
Hrdel 29:36 Radulov 7:03 (PP1)
Shirokov 10:44 (PP1)
Malkin 21:14
Lisin 47:05
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 972
December 27, 2004
 United States 64   Switzerland
Callahan 9:36
Porter 28:18
Stafford 41:34 (PP1)
Hensick 42:25
Schremp 44:07
O'Sullivan 47:06
Benoît 40:45
Stancescu 41:04, 45:20
Hurlimann 44:44
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,133
December 28, 2004
 Russia 72  Belarus
Shirokov 1:38 (PP1)
Ovechkin 10:12 (PP1), 33:54
Voloshenko 13:01, 48:04
Radulov 49:29
Nikulin 49:50
Efimenko 29:05
Zakharov 40:43
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 825
December 29, 2004
 Czech Republic 52   Switzerland
Hluchý 5:13
Frolík 34:09
Vrána 36:41
Kvapil 46:02
Olesz 59:30
Hurlimann 33:27, 46:45
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,259
December 29, 2004
 Belarus 53  United States
Efyamenka 9:14 (SH1)
Karaha 15:38
Savin 22:10
Kukushkin 23:26
A. Kostitsyn 34:16
Kessel 17:47
Stafford 39:14 (PP1)
Brown 42:11
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,038
December 30, 2004
  Switzerland 16  Russia
Kaser 21:09 (PP1) Vorobiev 4:58 (PP1)
Pestunov 17:20
Ovechkin 27:07 (PP1), 58:16
Galimov 29:37
Misharin 51:12 (PP1)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 1,197
December 30, 2004
 United States 13  Czech Republic
Fritsche 39:07 Olesz 12:56, 59:55
Kašpar 20:57
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,734

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 44003258
 Sweden 422014134
 Finland 422010154
 Slovakia 422010104
 Germany 40401240
Schedule
December 25, 2004
 Slovakia 37  Canada
Zagrapan 32:06 (PP1)
Lascek 37:35
Ölvecký 41:13
Bergeron 3:55, 21:05
Crosby 10:59 (PP1), 29:52 (PP1)
Carter 32:38
MacArthur 57:44, 59:52 (PS)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,540
December 25, 2004
 Germany 14  Finland
Busch 44:03 Makkonen 5:05 (PP1)
Honkaheimo 26:47
Nokelainen 33:39 (PP1)
Korpikoski 59:50 (PP1)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 752
December 26, 2004
 Sweden 60  Germany
Persson 14:18, 49:12 (PP1)
Salmonsson 20:56, 50:49
Söderberg 45:10 (SH1)
Granath 54:07 (PP1)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 951
December 27, 2004
 Canada 81  Sweden
Carter 2:28
MacArthur 20:52
Dawes 23:39
Bergeron 32:49
Crosby 35:11 (PP1), 40:21 (PP1)
Ladd 40:46
Getzlaf 52:32
Fredriksson 7:29 (PP1)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 10,739
December 27, 2004
 Finland 02  Slovakia
Bulík 34:35
Meszároš 59:01 (EN)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 1,031
December 28, 2004
 Germany 09  Canada
Ladd 10:05
MacArthur 10:51
Crosby 17:46 (PP2), 54:34
Barker 18:33 (PP1)
Getzlaf 26:32
Stewart 32:46, 47:12
Fraser 57:47
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,404
December 29, 2004
 Finland 54  Sweden
Makkonen 32:07 (PP1)
Korpikoski 42:26 (PP1)
Joensuu 42:36 (PP1)
Hokkanen 54:10
Tukonen 54:47
Åhsberg 9:11 (PP1)
Nilsson 10:33
Salmonsson 30:55
Söderberg 35:18
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 1,393
December 29, 2004
 Slovakia 50  Germany
Ružička 0:47, 7:43, 13:50 (PP1)
Meszároš 40:57, 48:56 (PP1)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 1,230
December 30, 2004
 Canada 81  Finland
Perry 4:45 (PP1), 38:45
Richards 19:38 (SH1)
Carter 21:32, 34:27, 37:29
Belle 35:32
Ladd 43:06 (SH1)
Hietanen 53:46 (PP2)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 9,697
December 30, 2004
 Sweden 30  Slovakia
Salmonsson 3:11, 33:34
Söderberg 31:51
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 1,325

Relegation round

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Slovakia 33001036
  Switzerland 32101234
 Germany 31204132
 Belarus 30304110

Note: Matches   Switzerland 5–0  Belarus and  Slovakia 5–0  Germany from the preliminary round are included as well since these results carry forward.

Schedule
January 1, 2005
  Switzerland 50  Germany
Diaz 28:26
Kaser 33:28 (PP1)
Schüler 39:22
Stancescu 40:53, 46:08
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,540
January 2, 2005
 Slovakia 21  Belarus
Sekera 50:03
Ölvecký 56:35
Zakharov 34:44
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,650
January 3, 2005
 Belarus 34  Germany
Ugarov 1:29, 13:52 (PP1)
Zakharov 25:22
Carciola 17:15
Janzen 32:45
Kink 53:44 (PP1)
Reiss 58:07 (PP1)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,580
January 3, 2005
 Slovakia 32   Switzerland
Bulík 0:29
Ölvecký 18:13
Haščák 53:07
Benoît 26:28
Romy 48:36
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,820

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

Final round

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      QF1  Czech Republic 1  
  A2  Czech Republic 3     B1  Canada 3    
  B3  Finland 0         SF1  Canada 6
      SF2  Russia 1
      QF2  United States 2    
  B2  Sweden 2     A1  Russia 7  
  A3  United States 8  
Schedule

Quarterfinals

January 1, 2005
 Czech Republic 30  Finland
Vrána 36:57 (PP1)
Olesz 43:35 (SH1)
Červenka 57:58
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,465
January 1, 2005
 Sweden 28  United States
Eriksson 4:12, 33:26 Porter 12:07
Stafford 23:08
Kessel 26:58, 44:15, 47:21
Schremp 51:08 (PP1)
Suter 52:46 (PP1)
Hensick 59:45
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,258

Semifinals

January 2, 2005
 Canada 31  Czech Republic
Carter 18:38
Dawes 30:02 (PP1)
Bergeron 32:34
Olesz 43:36 (SH1)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 10,266
January 2, 2005
 United States 27  Russia
Schremp 8:55 (PP1)
O'Sullivan 14:44 (PP1)
Lisin 1:58 (PP1)
Ovechkin 4:46 (PP1), 57:46 (EN)
Shirokov 16:01
Malkin 51:03, 58:49 (EN)
Yunkov 59:59 (PP2)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 9,024

Fifth place game

January 3, 2005
 Sweden 34 OT  Finland
Söderberg 7:12
Bergfors 34:13 (PP1), 52:35
Mäntymaa 15:21
Seitsonen 47:08
Nurmi 59:10
Kolehmainen 61:37
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 9,252

Bronze medal game

January 4, 2005
 Czech Republic 32 OT  United States
Polák 3:26 (PP1)
Frolík 26:03
Vrána 62:38
Porter 16:16 (PP1)
Stafford 33:12 (PP1)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,992

Gold medal game

January 4, 2005
 Canada 61  Russia
Getzlaf 0:51
Syvret 8:00 (PP1)
Carter 23:33
Bergeron 27:53 (PP1)
Stewart 28:54
Phaneuf 33:19 (PP1)
Emelin 19:28 (PP1)
Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 11,862

Scoring leaders

  GP G A Pts PIM
Canada Patrice Bergeron 658136
Canada Ryan Getzlaf 639128
Russia Alexander Ovechkin 674114
Canada Jeff Carter 673106
Czech Republic Rostislav Olesz 7731012
Russia Evgeni Malkin 6371016
Canada Sidney Crosby 66394
United States Drew Stafford 754914
Sweden Johannes Salmonsson 65380
Czech Republic Petr Vrána 753816

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Marek Schwarz  Czech Republic 361:57 13 2.15 92.49 1
2 Jeff Glass  Canada 300:00 7 1.40 92.22 0
3 Jaroslav Halák  Slovakia 360:00 13 2.17 91.56 2
4 Al Montoya  United States 393:15 22 3.36 90.39 0
5 Tuukka Rask  Finland 243:26 12 2.96 90.16 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Awards

All-Star Team

Goaltender: Czech Republic Marek Schwarz

Defense: Canada Dion Phaneuf, United States Ryan Suter

Forwards: Russia Alexander Ovechkin, Canada Patrice Bergeron, Canada Jeff Carter

Most Valuable Player

Canada 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 T GF GA Pts
 Norway 5500291210
 Kazakhstan 541029158
 Austria 532012166
 France 523018194
 Italy 514011162
 Great Britain 50508290

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

Group B

  GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Latvia 540128129
 Slovenia 532028126
 Denmark 532022136
 Poland 521215136
 Ukraine 513111193
 Estonia 50506410

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

Norway and Latvia advance to the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships while Great Britain 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 54013249
 Romania 531123137
 Netherlands 532029146
 People's Republic of China 532016146
 Serbia and Montenegro 514011362
 Lithuania 50505350

Group B

  GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Hungary 5500411010
 South Korea 541046128
 Croatia 532027216
 Spain 523014324
 Australia 514016402
 Belgium 505012410

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

Hungary and Japan are promoted to Division I; Belgium and Lithuania are 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 550037610
 New Zealand 531128157
 Iceland 532030196
 South Africa 522115245
 Turkey 514010272
 Bulgaria 505010390
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