# 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships (2010 WJHC), was the 34th edition of Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted by Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, from December 26, 2009, to January 5, 2010. Saskatoon had hosted the tournament once before, in 1991. The medal round, as well as all Canada's preliminary round games, took place in Saskatoon at the Credit Union Centre. The arena underwent renovations and upgrades before the 2010 tournament, including an increase in capacity. Other games were played at the Brandt Centre in Regina, which also received upgrades. In addition, pre-tournament exhibition games were held in other towns and cities throughout the province as well as Calgary, Alberta. In the gold medal match, the United States defeated the pre-tournament favourites and host country Canada 6–5 in overtime on a goal by John Carlson to win their second gold medal and first since 2004, ending Canada's bid for a record-breaking sixth consecutive gold medal.

## Other host candidates

Initially, Switzerland was chosen to host the tournament, but later withdrew.
Three bid groups submitted letters of intent to host the 2010 tournament prior to the February 1, 2008, deadline:
* Joint bid by Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick;
* Joint bid by Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan; and
* Joint bid by Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba
All three bid groups formally placed their bids before the April 1, 2008, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Toronto on June 9–10, 2008.
On July 7, 2008, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced Saskatoon and Regina have been chosen to host the tournament. This was Saskatchewan's first successful bid in five recent attempts, after failing to land the 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2009 tournaments.

## Venues

| Credit Union Centre Capacity: 14,705 | Brandt Centre Capacity: 7,000 |
| Canada – Saskatoon | Canada – Regina |

## Top division

The lowest-ranked teams in the top division are relegated to Division I for the following year's tournament.

### Preliminary round

Ten teams were divided into two groups of five, each of which play in a single round-robin format. The winner of each group proceeded directly to the tournament semifinals, with the second- and third-place finishers advancing to the quarterfinals. The remaining four teams participated in the relegation round to determine which teams will be relegated to Division I the following year.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | +29 | 11 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Latvia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 43 | −34 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times are local (Central Time Zone – UTC−6).
Game reference :
| Taylor Hall (PP1) 07:18 Alex Pietrangelo 07:39 Taylor Hall 10:43 Luke Adam 25:08 Ryan Ellis (PP1) 33:20 Taylor Hall 37:41 Brayden Schenn 38:39 Stefan Della Rovere (SH1) 52:41 | Goals | 37:25 Richard Pánik 53:43 Martin Bakoš |
Game reference :
| Benjamin Antonietti 02:40 Jeffrey Fuglister (PP1) 04:59 Roman Josi 24:26 Nino Niederreiter (PP1) 44:42 Tim Webber 45:26 Ryan McGregor 48:53 Mauro Jorg 54:32 | Goals | 06:15 Ronalds Ķēniņš 09:24 Ronalds Ķēniņš 10:58 Roberts Bukarts (PP1) 26:29 Ronalds Vigners 54:46 Roberts Bukarts |
Game reference :
| Nino Niederreiter 27:27 Nino Niederreiter 47:33 Tristan Scherwey (PP1) 56:08 Mauro Jörg (ENG) 57:33 | Goals | 53:02 Richard Pánik |
Game reference :
| Philip McRae (PP1) 03:40 Jordan Schroeder (SH) 27:08 Tyler Johnson (SH) 39:50 Danny Kristo 41:01 | Goals | 02:03 Stefan Della Rovere 31:15 Jordan Eberle 50:03 Jordan Eberle 55:45 (SH) Alex Pietrangelo 65:00 (GWG) Brandon Kozun |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 12 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Austria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 30 | −23 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times are local (Central Time Zone – UTC−6).
Game reference :
| J. Káňa (T. Knotek, T. Vincour) (PP1) 25:01 | Goals | 07:42 A. Petersson (T. Erixon, M. Pääjärvi-Svensson) 15:20 A. Rödin (O. Ekman-Larsson, M. Krüger) 17:25 M. Tedenby (M. Krüger, D. Rundblad) 19:05 A. Lander (A. Petersson, M. Pääjärvi-Svensson) 22:34 (PP1) M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (T. Erixon, A. Petersson) 25:22 C. Klingberg ( 40:51 (PP1) T. Erixon (M. Pääjärvi-Svensson, M. Johansson) 43:00 A. Lander (A. Rödin) 51:21 J. Silfverberg (A. Rödin) 54:08 A. Larsson (M. Pääjärvi-Svensson, M. Johansson) |
Game reference :
| Maxim Trunev 01:58 Maxim Chudinov (PP1) 14:32 Yevgeni Kuznetsov 18:26 Vladimir Tarasenko (PP1) 19:54 Yevgeni Kuznetsov 26:20 Kirill Petrov (SH1) 52:00 | Goals | 11:38 (PP1) Konstantin Komarek 30:50 Nikolaus Harlt |
Game reference :
| A. Pallestrang (N. Hartl) (PP1) 26:54 D. Heinrich (A. Kristler, S. Ulmer) (PP1) 36:41 K. Komarek (D. Heinrich, A. Kristler) 38:13 | Goals | 00:41 J. Josefson (O. Ekman-Larsson) 18:36 (PP1) O. Ekman-Larsson (A. Larsson, J. Josefson) 22:41 A. Rödin (J. Silfverberg, A. Lander) 39:47 A. Rödin (A. Larsson) 53:33 M. Ekholm (M. Krüger, J. Josefson) 58:12 (PP2) A. Petersson (P. Andersson, M. Johansson) 59:22 (PP1) O. Ekman-Larsson (A. Lander, A. Rödin) |
Game reference :
| Tomáš Kubalík (PP1) 12:23 Jan Káňa (PP1) 16:01 Roman Horák 27:53 | Goals | 37:13 Teemu Hartikainen 43:40 (PP1) Sami Vatanen 56:46 Sami Vatanen 57:48 Joonas Rask |
Game reference :
| Dominique Heinrich 15:38 | Goals | 14:21 (PP1) Tomáš Knotek 23:27 (PP2) Štěpán Novotný 31:58 (PP1) Vladimír Roth 39:53 (PP1) Andrej Nestrasil 49.40 Tomáš Kubalík 51:40 (PP1) Robert Kousal 56.25 David Ostřížek |
Game reference :
| André Petersson 03:32 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson(SH1) 07:24 André Petersson 38:03 Daniel Brodin 45:30 | Goals | 31:29 Kirill Petrov |
Game reference :
| Joonas Rask 00:58 Jani Lajunen 02:04 Mikael Granlund (PP1) 05:49 Aleksi Laakso (PP1) 07:37 Toni Rajala (PP1) 11:07 Jyri Niemi (PP1) 29:28 Teemu Hartikainen (PP1) 32:17 Jyri Niemi (PP1) 39:39 Matias Sointu (PP1) 50:56 Eero Elo (PP1) 51:31 | Goals | 35:26 (PP1) Konstantin Komarek |
Game reference :
| André Petersson 16:52 Dennis Rasmussen 25:24 Mattias Tedenby 33:44 Jacob Josefson 39:52 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 41:13 Jacob Josefson 52:53 Marcus Johansson 58:54 | Goals | 42:38 Teemu Hartikainen |
Game reference :
| Vladimir Tarasenko (PP1) 06:46 Kirill Petrov 32:01 Vladimir Tarasenko 54:53 Maxim Chudinov 58:48 Alexander Burmistrov 59:19 | Goals | 36:30 (PP1) Jan Káňa 54:01 Štěpán Novotný |

### Relegation round

Results from any games that were played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 9 | |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 3 | Relegated to the 2011 Division I |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 0 | Relegated to the 2011 Division I |
All times are local (Central Time Zone – UTC−6).
Game reference :
| Tomáš Tatar (PP1) 06:47 Richard Pánik (PP1) 14:34 Andrej Šťastný 40:27 | Goals | 22:30 Andreas Kristler 33:09 (PP1) Dominique Heinrich |
Game reference :
| Tomáš Knotek 02:29 David Ostřížek 03:31 Štěpán Novotný (PP1) 14:44 Michal Poletín 18:50 Jan Káňa 19:25 Tomáš Knotek 25:45 Robert Kousal (SH1) 38:18 Jakub Jeřábek (PP1) 43:08 Tomáš Kubalík (PP1) 53:38 | Goals | 22:57 Raimonds Vilkoits 33:23 Raimonds Vilkoits |
Game reference :
| Radoslav Illo 07:48 Samuel Mlynarovič 36:08 | Goals | 09:55 (PP1) Vladimír Roth 30:19 Jan Kovář 36:45 (PP1) Jan Kovář 38:12 Tomáš Kubalík 55:44 Jan Kovář |
Game reference :
| Robert Bukarts (PP1) 6:14 Gunārs Skvorcovs 12:42 Robert Mazins 12:59 Robert Bukarts 14:10 Mike Indrasis (PP1) 48:55 Robert Mazins (PP1) 51:16 | Goals | 7:50 (PP1) Konstantin Komarek 21:18 (PP1) Andreas Kristler 25:36 (PP2) Konstantin Komarek 53:28 (PP1) Markus Unterweger |

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | Sweden | 2 | | | |
| A2 | United States | 6 | A2 | United States | 5 | | | |
| B3 | Finland | 2 | | | | A2 | United States (OT) | 6 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | A1 | Canada | 6 |
| B2 | Russia | 2 | A3 | Switzerland | 1 |
| A3 | Switzerland (OT) | 3 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | B1 | Sweden | 11 |
| | | | | | | A3 | Switzerland | 4 |

#### Quarterfinals

Game reference :
| Vladimir Tarasenko 38:44 Kirill Petrov 39:00 | Goals | 28:25 Michael Loichat 59:27 Nino Niederreiter 69:46 Nino Niederreiter |
Game reference :
| Kyle Palmieri 02:14 Matt Donovan (PP1) 06:34 Jerry D'Amigo 32:51 Chris Kreider 42:05 Jerry D'Amigo (ENG) 59:07 Danny Kristo 59:16 | Goals | 35:17 Eero Elo 54:31 Joonas Rask |

#### Semifinals

Game reference :
| Jordan Eberle (PP1) 03:48 Marco Scandella (SH1) 27:26 Taylor Hall 29:11 Brayden Schenn 42:58 Stefan Della Rovere 56:40 Taylor Hall 57:09 | Goals | Mauro Jörg (PP1) 32:27 |
Game reference :
| Anton Lander 24:17 Anton Lander 32:17 | Goals | 1:24 Tyler Johnson 35:06 Jerry D'Amigo 52:34 John Carlson 55:32 (SH1) Jerry D'Amigo 59:05 (ENG) AJ Jenks |

#### 5th place playoff

Game reference :
| Maxim Trunev 05:36 Alexander Burmistrov 19:37 Alexander Burmistrov 51:07 | Goals | 16:08 (PP1) Teemu Eronen 38:32 (PP1) Pekka Jormakka 46:14 (PP2) Jyri Niemi 54:02 (PP1) Teemu Hartikainen |

#### Bronze medal game

Game reference :
| Michael Loichat (PP1) 26:30 Dominik Schlumpf (PP1) 35:44 Jeffrey Fuglister 35:55 Nino Niederreiter (PP2) 37:51 | Goals | 03:59 Dennis Rasmussen 11:44 Anton Lander 14:32 (PP1) André Petersson 18:50 André Petersson 19:04 Mattias Tedenby 23:17 Jakob Silfverberg 23:56 Daniel Brodin 30:05 (PP1) Jakob Silfverberg 33:50 (PP1) Daniel Brodin 38:40 (SH1) André Petersson 53:37 (PP1) David Rundblad |

#### Gold medal game
### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Derek Stepan | United States | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +9 | 4 |
| 2 | Jordan Eberle | Canada | 6 | 8 | 5 | 13 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 | Taylor Hall | Canada | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +3 | 0 |
| 4 | Jerry D'Amigo | United States | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +7 | 0 |
| 5 | Alex Pietrangelo | Canada | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +9 | 14 |
| 6 | André Petersson | Sweden | 6 | 8 | 3 | 11 | +8 | 4 |
| 7 | Nino Niederreiter | Switzerland | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Kirill Petrov | Russia | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +7 | 6 |
| 9 | Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +6 | 2 |
| 9 | Anton Rödin | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +4 | 2 |

### Top 10 goalscorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | Shots | SG% | PPG | SHG |
| 1 | Jordan Eberle | Canada | 6 | 8 | 25 | 32.00 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | André Petersson | Sweden | 6 | 8 | 17 | 47.06 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Roberts Bukarts | Latvia | 6 | 6 | 25 | 24.00 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Taylor Hall | Canada | 6 | 6 | 21 | 28.57 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Richard Pánik | Slovakia | 6 | 6 | 32 | 18.75 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Jerry D'Amigo | United States | 7 | 6 | 23 | 26.09 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Kreider | United States | 7 | 6 | 25 | 24.00 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Nino Niederreiter | Switzerland | 7 | 6 | 26 | 23.08 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Konstantin Komarek | Austria | 6 | 5 | 12 | 41.67 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Anton Lander | Sweden | 6 | 5 | 18 | 27.78 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Igor Bobkov | Russia | 343:05 | 14 | 93.00 | 2.45 | 1 |
| 2 | Jacob Markström | Sweden | 298:50 | 11 | 92.72 | 2.21 | 0 |
| 3 | Mike Lee | United States | 263:56 | 11 | 90.76 | 2.50 | 0 |
| 4 | Jake Allen | Canada | 291:23 | 10 | 90.20 | 2.06 | 2 |
| 5 | Benjamin Conz | Switzerland | 428:10 | 34 | 89.31 | 4.76 | 0 |

### Tournament awards
#### Most Valuable Player

* Jordan Eberle

#### All-star team

* Goaltender: Benjamin Conz
* Defencemen: Alex Pietrangelo, John Carlson
* Forwards: Jordan Eberle, Derek Stepan, Nino Niederreiter

#### IIHF best player awards

* Goaltender: Benjamin Conz
* Defenceman: Alex Pietrangelo
* Forward: Jordan Eberle

### Final standings

| | Team |
| | United States |
| | Canada |
| | Sweden |
| 4th | Switzerland |
| 5th | Finland |
| 6th | Russia |
| 7th | Czech Republic |
| 8th | Slovakia |
| 9th | Latvia |
| 10th | Austria |
* Relegated to the 2011 Division I

### IIHF broadcasting rights

| Country | Broadcaster |
| Canada | TSN* |
| Canada | TSN2 |
| Canada | RDS |
| Czech Republic | Czech Television |
| France Great Britain Ireland Italy Germany Greece Hungary Russia Bulgaria Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Turkey Denmark Ukraine | Eurosport 2 |
| Finland | MTV3 |
| Russia | NTV Plus Sport |
| Slovakia | STV |
| Sweden | SVT |
| United States | NHL Network |

## Division I
### Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Megève and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France, from December 14 to December 20, 2009.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | +24 | 15 | Promoted to the 2011 Top Division |
| 2 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 12 | |
| 3 | Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 4 | |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 3 | |
| 6 | France (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | Relegated to the 2011 Division II |

### Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Gdańsk, Poland, from December 14 to December 20, 2009.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Norway | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 14 | Promoted to the 2011 Top Division |
| 2 | Belarus | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 12 | +18 | 11 | |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 51 | −37 | 3 | |
| 6 | Poland (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 3 | Relegated to the 2011 Division II |

## Division II
### Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Debrecen, Hungary, from December 13 to December 19, 2009.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | +40 | 13 | Promoted to the 2011 Division I |
| 2 | Hungary (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 8 | +58 | 13 | |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 10 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 6 | |
| 5 | China | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 48 | −40 | 3 | |
| 6 | Mexico | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 77 | −73 | 0 | Relegated to the 2011 Division III |

### Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Narva, Estonia, from December 12 to December 18, 2009.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Lithuania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 15 | Promoted to the 2011 Division I |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 12 | |
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 5 | |
| 5 | Estonia (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 3 | |
| 6 | Serbia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 2 | Relegated to the 2011 Division III |

## Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from January 4 to January 10, 2010.

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Australia | 4 | | | |
| B2 | North Korea | 3 | | | |
| B2 | North Korea | 3 | A1 | Australia | 3 |
| | | | B1 | Iceland | 1 |
| B1 | Iceland | 4 | B1 | Iceland | 1 |
| A2 | New Zealand | 0 | 3rd place game | 3rd place game | 3rd place game |
| | | | B2 | North Korea | 6 |
| | | | A2 | New Zealand | 5 |
| 5th–7th place semifinal | 5th–7th place semifinal | 5th–7th place semifinal | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| | | | B3 | Chinese Taipei | 6 |
| A3 | Bulgaria | 7 | B4 | Turkey | 3 |
| B4 | Turkey | 8 | | | |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Australia |
| 2 | Iceland |
| 3 | North Korea |
| 4 | New Zealand |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei |
| 6 | Turkey |
| 7 | Bulgaria |
* Promoted to the 2011 Division II