# 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2009 WJHC), was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was played in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, between December 26, 2008, and January 5, 2009. Games were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place. The tournament set a record for WJC attendance at 453,282. Canada won the gold medal for a record-tying fifth consecutive time. No country would win back-to-back gold until the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Canada won the 2022 and 2023 tournaments respectively.

## 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:
* 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.

## Venues

| Scotiabank Place Capacity: 19,153 | Ottawa Civic Centre Capacity: 9,862 |
| Canada – Ottawa | Canada – Ottawa |

## Top Division
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | +29 | 12 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 46 | −44 | 0 | Relegation round |

##### Results

All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).
Game reference :
| Toni Ritter 12:08 Patrick Pohl 53:51 | Goals | 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 |
Game reference :
| Goals | 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 |
Game reference :
| David Wolf (PP1) 28:40 | Goals | 07:21 (PP1) Zach Boychuk 25:57 (PP1) Jamie Benn 41:04 Evander Kane 51:25 (PP1) John Tavares 55:57 (PP1) Zach Boychuk |
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 | Goals |
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 | Goals |
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 | Goals | 07:17 Oleg Onichshenko 51:08 (SH1) Konstantin Savenkov |
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 | Goals | 03:49 Kevin Shattenkirk 07:15 (PP2) Jimmy Hayes 12:35 Jim O'Brien 23:40 (PP1) Jonathon Blum |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 12 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Finland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 4 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Latvia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 26 | −21 | 0 | Relegation round |

##### Results

All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).
Game reference :
| Jānis Ozoliņš 58:03 | Goals | 16:56 (PP1) Vyacheslav Voinov 31:38 Pavel Chernov 47:01 Maxim Goncharov 59:48 Dmitri Klopov |
Game reference :
| Toni Rajala 21:12 | Goals | 09:15 Marcus Johansson 12:38 David Rundblad 59:20 (ENG) Mikael Backlund |
Game reference :
| Radoslav Tybor (PP1) 01:54 Ondrej Rusnák (PP1) 16:26 Marek Hrivík 33:20 Ondrej Rusnák (PP1) 33:58 Radoslav Tybor 38:21 Tomáš Tatar 42:12 Adam Bezák (SH1) 47:34 | Goals | 07:29 Jānis Straupe 14:05 (PP1) Ronalds Cinks |
Game reference :
| Nikita Filatov 07:56 Evgeni Dadonov 08:34 Dmitri Klopov 11:29 Nikita Filatov 29:56 Dmitri Klopov (PP1) 58:14 | Goals | 05:10 Jani Lajunen 23:55 (PP1) Joonas Nättinen |
Game reference :
| Simon Hjalmarsson 01:02 Mikael Backlund (PP1) 14:42 Erik Karlsson 33:30 | Goals | 45:33 (PP1) Martin Uhnák |
Game reference :
| Roberts Jekimovs 19:53 | Goals | 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 |
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 | Goals | 13:12 Adam Bezák |
Game reference :
| Tomi Sallinen (PP1) 02:03 Nestori Lähde 14:25 Mikael Granlund 23:58 Mikael Granlund (PP2) 27:17 Antti Roppo 30:34 | Goals | 34:03 (PP2) Roberts Jekimovs |
Game reference :
| André Petersson 05:01 Simon Hjalmarsson 10:00 André Petersson (PP1) 16:50 Mikael Backlund (PP1) 17:31 Marcus Johansson 43:55 | Goals |
Game reference :
| Richard Pánik (PP1) 30:36 Adam Bezák 48:32 Tomáš Tatar (GWG) 65:00 | Goals | 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 9 | |
| 8 | Latvia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 6 | |
| 9 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 3 | Relegated to the 2010 Division I |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 0 | Relegated to the 2010 Division I |

#### Results

All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).
Game reference :
| Daniel Weiß 7:06 | Goals | 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 |
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 | Goals | 21:03 Konstantin Savenkov |
Game reference :
| Tommi Kivistö 12:40 Teemu Hartikainen 13:02 Jyri Niemi (PP1) 41:31 | Goals | 29:39 Jerome Flaake |
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 | Goals | 55:01 Konstantin Savenkov |

### Final round
#### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| | | | B3 | Slovakia | 3 | | | |
| A2 | United States | 3 | B1 | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| B3 | Slovakia | 5 | | | | B1 | Sweden | 1 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | B2 | Russia | 5 |
| B2 | Russia | 5 | A1 | Canada (GWS) | 6 |
| A3 | Czech Republic | 1 | | | | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| | | | | | | B3 | Slovakia | 2 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Russia | 5 |

#### Quarterfinals

Game reference :
| Ian Cole (PP1) 12:01 Jonathon Blum (PP1) 45:31 James van Riemsdyk 58:42 | Goals | 11:05 Adam Bezák 13:41 Tomáš Tatar 17:53 Jozef Molnár 51:38 Richard Pánik 57:46 (ENG) Tomáš Tatar |
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 | Goals | 48:01 (PP2) Radko Gudas |

#### Semifinals

Game reference :
| Mikael Backlund 30:19 Mikael Backlund (PP1) 47:04 David Ullström 48:52 Simon Hjalmarsson 51:42 Oscar Möller (ENG) 58:43 | Goals | 19:56 (PP1) Marek Mertel 35:47 Tomáš Tatar 55:58 Tomáš Tatar |
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 | Goals | 05:18 Maxim Goncharov 07:20 Dmitri Klopov 40:51 Evgeny Grachev 46:22 (PP2) Sergei Andronov 57:40 Dmitri Klopov |

#### 5th place playoff

Game reference :
| Eric Tangradi 08:36 Cade Fairchild 53:02 James van Riemsdyk 62:49 | Goals | 42:23 Zdeněk Okál 50:59 Ondřej Roman |

#### 3rd place playoff

Game reference :
| 04:30 Pavel Chernov 25:56 Maxim Goncharov 39:28 Nikita Filatov 51:11 Nikita Filatov 58:07 (ENG) Dmitri Kugryshev | Goals | Martin Štajnoch 30:14 Tomáš Tatar (PP1) 57:01 |

#### Final

Game reference :
| 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 | Goals | Joakim Andersson 48:30 |

### 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 |

### 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: 09:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

### Tournament awards

Source:

#### Most Valuable Player

* John Tavares

#### 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 |
* Relegated to the 2010 Division I

## Division I

The Division I Championships were played between December 14 and December 20, 2008, in Herisau, Switzerland (Group A), and between December 15 and December 21, 2008 in Aalborg, Denmark (Group B).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Switzerland (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | +24 | 15 | Promoted to the 2010 Top Division |
| 2 | Belarus | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 7 | +32 | 12 | |
| 3 | France | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 9 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 6 | |
| 5 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 3 | |
| 6 | Estonia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 76 | −70 | 0 | Relegated to the 2010 Division II |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Austria | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 13 | Promoted to the 2010 Top Division |
| 2 | Denmark (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 12 | |
| 3 | Norway | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 8 | |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 8 | |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 3 | |
| 6 | Hungary | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 1 | Relegated to the 2010 Division II |

## Division II

The Division II Championships were played between December 15 and December 21, 2008, in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania (Group A), and between January 10 and January 15, 2009 in Logroño, Spain (Group B).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 11 | +34 | 12 | Promoted to the 2010 Division I |
| 2 | Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | +26 | 12 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 10 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 6 | |
| 5 | Serbia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 33 | −23 | 3 | |
| 6 | Romania (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 32 | −23 | 2 | |

### Group B

China, having been relegated to Division III in 2008, was returned to Division II after New Zealand forfeited due to finances.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 15 | Promoted to the 2010 Division I |
| 2 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 12 | |
| 3 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 9 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 6 | |
| 5 | Spain (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 3 | |
| 6 | China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 40 | −31 | 0 | |

## Division III

The Division III tournament was to have been played in North Korea, but was cancelled. The Division III was scheduled to include the following:
| 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 New Zealand forfeited. |
| 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 | Hosts, first appearance since 1993. |