# 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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

| GM Place Capacity: 18,630 | Pacific Coliseum Capacity: 16,281 | Prospera Place Capacity: 6,886 | Interior Savings Centre Capacity: 5,658 |
| Canada – Vancouver | Canada – Vancouver | Canada – Kelowna | Canada – Kamloops |

### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−8).

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Norway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 0 | Relegation round |
Game reference :
| Seitsonen 48:49 (PP1) | Goals | Boyd 10:23 (PP1), 34:24 Comeau 15:52 Bolland 23:17 (PP1) Chipchura 54:03 |
Game reference :
| Sveum 29:00 (PP1) Olimb 43:44 (PP1) | Goals | Oshie 2:19 E. Johnson 12:22 (PP1) Skille 17:30 (PP1) Bourque 21:23, 27:32, 31:11 (PP1), 51:38, 53:03 (SH1) Mueller 26:14 Porter 34:54 (PP1) Schremp 40:32 |
Game reference :
| Joggi 33:52 (PP1) Burgler 54:04 (PP1) | Goals |
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| Downie 8:45 (PP1) Boyd 17:45 Pyatt 30:00 Bolland 33:39 (PP1) | Goals | Blum 5:33 (PP2) Weber 34:37 Sprünger 42:42 (PP1) |
Game reference :
| Fritsche 9:42 (PP1) Wheeler 17:05, 39:18 Lee 19:49 (PP1) Ryan 28:01 (PP1) Porter 49:49 (PP1) | Goals | Alikoski 6:21 Korpikoski 8:26 (SH1) Seitsonen 21:28 (PP1) Tukonen 55:34 Laakso 58:48 (PP1) |
Game reference :
| Goals | Barker 15:27 (PP1) Bolland 34:50 (PP1) Chipchura 35:16 Bourdon 36:41 |
Game reference :
| Paukovich 6:16 Ryan 16:59 | Goals | Blum 47:53 (PP1) Joggi 54:08 (PP2) |
Game reference :
| Seppänen 1:10, 8:49 Lindgren 3:26 Jokinen 12:34 (PP1) Tukonen 15:30 (PP1) Heino 17:13 Seitsonen 18:32, 29:04 Kolehmainen 49:53 | Goals | Sveum 35:10 (PP1) |
Game reference :
| Barker 2:35 (PP1) Boyd 6:42 Chipchura 59:27 (EN) | Goals | Bourque 10:27 (PP1) Mueller 28:10 (PP1) |
Game reference :
| Joggi 52:23 (PP1) | Goals | Kolehmainen 2:45 (PP1) Sinisalo 42:24 Lindgren 42:34 Laakso 59:49 (EN) |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 2 | Relegation round |
| 5 | Latvia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 0 | Relegation round |
Game reference :
| Bergfors (PP) 07:37 | Goals | 08:45 (PP) Malkin 13:51 (PP) Kulemin 38:03 Voloshenko 47:49 Shirokov 52:00 (SH) Kulemin |
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| Valábik 11:42 Lašček (PP) 18:30 Zagrapan 21:05 Lašček 28:28 Gračík 30:36 Lašček 39:03 Piatak 47:41 | Goals | 29:27 (PP) Galviņš 37:25 Kļujevskis 39:24 Želubovskis 50:05 Želubovskis |
Game reference :
| Sobotka (PP) 36:25 Káňa (PP) 52:48 | Goals | 02:08 Karlsson 03:49 Salmonsson 20:52 O. Hedman |
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| Churilov 07:37 Lemtyugov (PP) 09:45 Lisin 10:32 Zubov (PP) 16:41 Malkin (PP) 19:09 Emelin (PP) 47:11 | Goals | 17:30 (PP) Sekera 30:29 Lašček |
Game reference :
| Kļujevskis (PP) 32:58 | Goals | 03:54 (PP) Malkin 04:00 Lemtyugov 36:26 Lemtyugov |
Game reference :
| Krejčí 00:26 Kudělka (PP) 10:01 Krejčí 10:22 Krejčí 30:36 Pohl 45:10 | Goals | 01:38 (PP) Zagrapan 46:45 (PP) Gračík 56:05 (PP) Scurko |
Game reference :
| Karlsson 01:06 Bäckström (PP) 14:40 Viklund (PP) 15:57 Pettersson 18:17 Bergfors (PP) 20:40 Bäckström 25:25 Salmonsson (SH) 29:35 Bäckström 41:25 Ritola 51:59 Pettersson (PP) 57:42 | Goals | 16:58 Karsums 51:52 Karkliņš |
Game reference :
| Goals | 07:07 Lindqvist 13:01 (PP) Ritola 34:20 Ryno 43:33 Pettersson 49:44 Axelsson 52:22 Karlsson |
Game reference :
| Shirokov (PP) 16:20 Voloshenko 33:46 Malkin 41:07 Zubov (PP) 44:15 Voloshenko 46:14 Lisin 51:09 Radulov 56:07 | Goals | 48:47 Pohl 49:35 (PP) Sobotka |

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 5 | |
| 8 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 5 | |
| 9 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 2 | 2007 Division I |
| 10 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | 2007 Division I |

### Final round
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | Russia | 5 | | | |
| A2 | United States | 2 | QF1 | United States | 1 | | | |
| B3 | Czech Republic | 1 | | | | SF1 | Russia | 0 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | A1 | Canada | 4 |
| B2 | Sweden | 0 | QF2 | Finland | 0 |
| A3 | Finland (OT) | 1 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | | Finland | 4 |
| | | | | | | | United States | 2 |

#### Quarterfinals

Game reference :
| Goals | 69:26 (PP) Laakso |
Game reference :
| Kessel (PP) 03:23 Bourque 11:08 | Goals | 12:17 (PP) Šmíd |

#### Semifinals

Game reference :
| Russell 18:16 Comeau 38:58 Letang (PP) 49:40 Cogliano 53:32 | Goals |

#### Fifth place game

Game reference :
| Rynol 41:42 Bergfors 42:07 Bäckström 59:12 | Goals | 43:16 Káňa |

#### Bronze medal game

Game reference :
| Sailio 33:32 Joensuu 34:51 Tukonen 53:20 Joensuu 55:24 | Goals | 12:11 Ryan 51:03 (PP) J. Johnson |

#### Final
### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Phil Kessel | United States | 7 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Evgeni Malkin | Russia | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +5 | 12 |
| 3 | Lauri Tukonen | Finland | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +9 | 0 |
| 4 | Stanislav Lašček | Slovakia | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +3 | 8 |
| 5 | Chris Bourque | United States | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | –1 | 12 |
| 6 | Nicklas Bäckström | Sweden | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +3 | 2 |
| 6 | Mathias Joggi | Switzerland | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | –2 | 14 |
| 8 | Bobby Ryan | United States | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –1 | 0 |
| 8 | Blake Comeau | Canada | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 8 |
| 10 | Marek Zagrapan | Slovakia | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 18 |
| 10 | Alexei Emelin | Russia | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 39 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Justin Pogge | Canada | 360:00 | 6 | 1.00 | 95.20 | 3 |
| 2 | Daniel Larsson | Sweden | 249:26 | 4 | 0.96 | 95.18 | 1 |
| 3 | Tuukka Rask | Finland | 369:26 | 13 | 2.11 | 93.98 | 1 |
| 4 | Anton Khudobin | Russia | 300:00 | 11 | 2.20 | 93.29 | 0 |
| 5 | Cory Schneider | United States | 359:06 | 16 | 2.67 | 91.21 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

### Awards

* Best players selected by the Directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
** Best Defenceman: Marc Staal
** Best Forward: Evgeni Malkin
Source: IIHF
* Media All-Stars:
** MVP: Evgeni Malkin
** Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
** Defencemen: Luc Bourdon / Jack Johnson
** Forwards: Evgeni Malkin / Lauri Tukonen / Steve Downie
Source: IIHF

### Final standings

| | Team |
| | Canada |
| | Russia |
| | Finland |
| 4th | United States |
| 5th | Sweden |
| 6th | Czech Republic |
| 7th | Switzerland |
| 8th | Slovakia |
| 9th | Latvia |
| 10th | Norway |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 10 | Promoted to the 2007 Top Division |
| 2 | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 6 | |
| 4 | France | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 3 | |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 29 | −19 | 0 | Relegated to the 2007 Division II |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Belarus | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 9 | Promoted to the 2007 Top Division |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 8 | |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 4 | |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 2 | |
| 6 | Hungary | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 2 | Relegated to the 2007 Division II |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3 | +50 | 10 | Promoted to the 2007 Division I |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 8 | +30 | 7 | |
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 7 | |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 4 | |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 2 | |
| 6 | New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 64 | −62 | 0 | Relegated to the 2007 Division III |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Estonia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 8 | +38 | 10 | Promoted to the 2007 Division I |
| 2 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 5 | |
| 4 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 5 | |
| 5 | Mexico | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 40 | −29 | 2 | |
| 6 | China | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 31 | −19 | 2 | Relegated to the 2007 Division III |

## Division III

The Division III Championship was played on January 3–9, 2006, in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3 | +78 | 8 | Promoted to the 2007 Division II |
| 2 | Iceland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 6 | +73 | 6 | Promoted to the 2007 Division II |
| 3 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 2 | |
| 5 | Armenia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 146 | −140 | 0 | |