The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2006 WJHC) were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place and Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops and Prospera Place in Kelowna. Canada 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.
Top Division
Venues
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! GM Place<br/>Capacity: 18,630
! Pacific Coliseum<br/>Capacity: 16,281
! Prospera Place<br/>Capacity: 6,886
! Interior Savings Centre<br/>Capacity: 5,658
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! – Vancouver
! – Vancouver
! – Kelowna
! – Kamloops
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Rosters
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC−8).
Group A
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Group B
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Relegation round
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Final round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Statistics
Scoring leaders
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!width=30|Pos
!width=150|Player
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!width=20|GP
!width=20|G
!width=20|A !!width=30|Pts
!width=30|+/−
!width=30|PIM
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| 1 || align=left|Phil Kessel || align=left| || 7 || 1 || 10 || 11 || 0 || 2
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| 2 || align=left|Evgeni Malkin || align=left| || 6 || 4 || 6 || 10 || +5 || 12
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| 3 || align=left|Lauri Tukonen || align=left| || 7 || 3 || 7 || 10 || +9 || 0
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| 4 || align=left|Stanislav Lašček || align=left| || 6 || 6 || 3 || 9 || +3 || 8
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| 5 || align=left|Chris Bourque || align=left| || 7 || 7 || 1 || 8 || –1 || 12
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| 6 || align=left|Nicklas Bäckström || align=left| || 6 || 4 || 3 || 7 || +3 || 2
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| 6 || align=left|Mathias Joggi || align=left| || 6 || 4 || 3 || 7 || –2 || 14
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| 8 || align=left|Bobby Ryan || align=left| || 7 || 3 || 4 || 7 || –1 || 0
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| 8 || align=left|Blake Comeau || align=left| || 6 || 3 || 4 || 7 || +7 || 8
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| 10 || align=left|Marek Zagrapan || align=left| || 6 || 2 || 5 || 7 || +3 || 18
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| 10 || align=left|Alexei Emelin || align=left| || 6 || 2 || 5 || 7 || +3 || 39
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<small>GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes<br>Source: IIHF</small>
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
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!width=30|Pos
!width=150|Player
!Country
!width=20|TOI
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GAA
!width=20|Sv%
!width=20|SO
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| 1 || align=left|Justin Pogge || align=left| || 360:00 || 6 || 1.00 || 95.20 || 3
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| 2 || align=left|Daniel Larsson || align=left| || 249:26 || 4 || 0.96 || 95.18 || 1
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| 3 || align=left|Tuukka Rask || align=left| || 369:26 || 13 || 2.11 || 93.98 || 1
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| 4 || align=left|Anton Khudobin || align=left| || 300:00 || 11 || 2.20 || 93.29 || 0
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| 5 || align=left|Cory Schneider || align=left| || 359:06 || 16 || 2.67 || 91.21 || 0
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<small>TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts<br>Source: IIHF</small>
Awards
- Best players selected by the Directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
- Best Defenceman: Marc Staal
- Best Forward: Evgeni Malkin
<small>Source: IIHF</small>
- Media All-Stars:
- MVP: Evgeni Malkin
- Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
- Defencemen: Luc Bourdon / Jack Johnson
- Forwards: Evgeni Malkin / Lauri Tukonen / Steve Downie
<small>Source: IIHF</small>
Final standings
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Division I
The Division I Championships were played on December 11–17, 2005 in Bled, Slovenia (Group A) and on December 12–18, 2005 in Minsk, Belarus.
Group A
Group B
Division II
The Division II Championships were played on December 12–18, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania (Group A) and on January 10–16, 2006, in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
Group A
Group B
Division III
The Division III Championship was played on January 3–9, 2006, in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.
References
External links
- IIHF official website
- Official website at www.hockeycanada.ca