1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Scoring leaders
Table:
Player

Country

GP

G

A

Pts

Mike York
United States
6
5
5
10

Tomi Kallio
Finland
6
5
4
9

Erik Rasmussen
United States
6
4
5
9

Rastislav Pavlikovský
Slovakia
7
2
7
9

Alexei Morozov
Russia
6
5
3
8

Niko Kapanen
Finland
6
4
4
8

Alexei Kolkounov
Russia
6
4
4
8

Ľubomír Vaic
Slovakia
6
1
7
8

Sergei Samsonov
Russia
6
6
1
7

Marián Hossa
Slovakia
6
5
2
7

Mark Parrish
United States
6
5
2
7

Consulting the table plus the supporting evidence provided.

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Michael Allan York ( born January 3 , 1978 ) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger . He last played and captained the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga ( DEL ) .
The United States of America ( USA ) , commonly known as the United States ( U.S. or US ) or America , is a country consisting of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions . [ g ] At 3.8 million square miles ( 9.8 million km2 ) , it is the world 's third or fourth-largest country by total area [ b ] and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe . Most of the country is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico . With an estimated population of over 328 million , the U.S. is the third most populous country in the world . The capital is Washington , D.C. , and the most populous city is New York City . Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago . European colonization began in the 16th century . The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast . Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies led to the American Revolutionary War lasting between 1775 and 1783 , leading to independence . The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century - gradually acquiring new territories , displacing Native Americans , and admitting new states - until by 1848 it spanned the continent . During the second half of the 19th century , the American Civil War led to the abolition of slavery in the United States . The Spanish-American War and World War I confirmed the country 's status as a global military power .
Tomi Kristian Kallio ( born 27 January 1977 ) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey right winger who last played for HC TPS in the Finnish Liiga . After retiring from TPS in 2018 , Kallio remained with the team and assumed the role of Director of European Scouting .
Finland ( Finnish : Suomi [ ˈsuo̯mi ] ( listen ) ; Swedish : Finland [ ˈfɪ̌nland ] ( listen ) , Finland Swedish : [ ˈfinlɑnd ] ) , officially the Republic of Finland ( Finnish : Suomen tasavalta , Swedish : Republiken Finland ( listen to all ) ) , [ note 1 ] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea , Gulf of Bothnia , and Gulf of Finland , between Sweden to the west , Russia to the east , Estonia to the south , and north-eastern Norway to the north . The capital and largest city is Helsinki . Other major cities are Espoo , Tampere , Vantaa , Oulu , Turku , Jyväskylä , Lahti and Kuopio . Finland 's population is 5.52 million as of July 2019 , the majority of whom live in the central and south of the country and speak Finnish , a Finnic language from the Uralic language family , unrelated to the Scandinavian languages . Finland is the eighth-largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union . It is a parliamentary republic of 310 municipalities , and includes an autonomous region , the Åland Islands . Over 1.4 million people live in the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area , which produces one third of the country 's GDP . Swedish is the second official language of Finland , which is mainly spoken in certain coastal areas and on Åland . A large majority of Finns are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church . Finland was inhabited when the last ice age ended , approximately 9000 BC . Comb Ceramic culture introduced pottery 5200 BC and Corded Ware culture coincided with the start of agriculture between 3000 and 2500 BC . The Bronze Age and Iron Age were characterised by extensive contacts with other cultures in the Fennoscandian and Baltic regions .
Erik Wayne Rasmussen ( born March 28 , 1977 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American former professional ice hockey player who formerly played center and left wing for the National Hockey League 's New Jersey Devils . He won the Mr. Hockey award in 1995 as the best high school player in Minnesota . He played for the University of Minnesota for two years before going pro . Rasmussen was drafted in the first round , seventh overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft . He then played for the Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings . He played 2007-08 on New Jersey 's AHL affiliate in Lowell and made a contract for season 2008-09 to Porin Ässät .
Rastislav Pavlikovský ( born March 2 , 1977 ) is a retired Slovak professional ice hockey centre . He last played for MHK Dubnica in the Slovak 2 . Liga . Pavlikovský was part of the Slovakia men 's national ice hockey team which won the 2002 IIHF World Championships . He also competed in the men 's tournament at the 2002 Winter Olympics . He last played the 2012-13 season with Linköping in the Elitserien .
Slovakia ( /sloʊˈvækiə , -ˈvɑːk-/ ( listen ) ; Slovak : Slovensko [ ˈslɔʋɛnskɔ ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Slovak Republic ( Slovak : Slovenská republika , listen ( help·info ) ) , is a landlocked country in the eastern part of Central Europe . It is bordered by Poland to the north , Ukraine to the east , Hungary to the south , Austria to the southwest , and the Czech Republic to the northwest . Slovakia 's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres ( 19,000 sq mi ) and is mostly mountainous . The population is over 5.6 million and consists mostly of Slovaks . The capital and largest city is Bratislava , and the second-largest city is Košice . The official language is Slovak . The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries . In the 7th century they played a significant role in the creation of Samo 's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra , which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia . In the 10th century , after the dissolution of Great Moravia , the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary , which would become the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000 . In 1241 and 1242 , much of the territory was destroyed by the Mongols during their invasion of Central and Eastern Europe . The area was recovered largely thanks to Béla IV of Hungary who also settled Germans who became an important ethnic group in the area , especially in what are today parts of central and eastern Slovakia . After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , the Czechoslovak National Council established Czechoslovakia ( 1918-1939 ) .
Alexei Alekseyevich Morozov ( Russian : Алексей Алексе́евич Морозов ; born 16 February 1977 ) is a retired Russian professional ice hockey player and the newly elected president of the KHL . He played professional hockey with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) and in the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) with Ak Bars Kazan and CSKA Moscow . He is the former captain of the Russian national team , having held the post from 2007-2011 , with the team winning 2 gold , 1 silver ( missed tournament due to injury , Kovalchuk captained ) and 1 bronze medal at the World Championships during this time . He was succeeded , as national team captain , by his Ak Bars team mate Ilya Nikulin , in 2012 .
Russia ( Russian : Росси́я , tr . Rossiya , IPA : [ rɐˈsʲijə ] ) , or the Russian Federation , [ e ] is a European country located in Eastern Europe with a vast expanse of territory that stretches across Northern Asia . At 17,125,200 square kilometres ( 6,612,100 sq mi ) , it is by far the largest country in the world by area , covering more than one-eighth of the Earth 's inhabited land area , spanning eleven time zones , and bordering 16 sovereign nations . The territory of Russia extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east , and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caucasus in the south . With 146.7 million inhabitants living in the country 's 85 federal subjects as of 2020 , Russia is the most populous nation in Europe and the ninth-most populous nation in the world . Russia 's capital and largest city is Moscow ; other major urban areas include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod , Kazan and Chelyabinsk . The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD . Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants , the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century . In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire , beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium . Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states , until it was finally reunified by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 15th century . By the 18th century , the nation had greatly expanded through conquest , annexation , and exploration to become the Russian Empire , which was the third largest empire in history , stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east . Following the Russian Revolution , the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( Russian SFSR ) became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR/Soviet Union ) , the world 's first constitutionally socialist state .
Niko Klaus Petteri Kapanen ( born 29 April 1978 ) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey centre , who last played for HPK of the Finnish Liiga .
Ľubomír Vaic ( born 6 March 1977 ) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player , who briefly played in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks and also played for HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga .
Sergei Viktorovich Samsonov ( Russian : Серге́й Ви́кторович Самсо́нов , Sergej Viktorovič Samsonov ; born October 27 , 1978 ) is a former Russian professional ice hockey forward who is now a scout for the Carolina Hurricanes .
Marián Hossa ( Slovak pronunciation : [ ˈmaɾijaːn ˈɦɔsa ] ; born 12 January 1979 ) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey right winger under contract for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . Hossa was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the first round , 12th overall , of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft . After spending his first seven NHL seasons with the Senators , he played for the Atlanta Thrashers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Detroit Red Wings , and Chicago Blackhawks . Over the course of his career , he made five NHL All-Star Game appearances and played in three consecutive Stanley Cup Finals with three different teams , finally winning the Stanley Cup in 2009-10 with Chicago . He won two additional Stanley Cup championships with Chicago during the 2012-13 and 2014-15 seasons . Hossa accumulated 525 goals and 609 assists for 1,134 points in 1,309 regular-season games over his 19-year NHL career . He was the 44th player in NHL history to score 500 goals , and the 80th player to score 1,000 points . Prior to the 2017-18 season , the Blackhawks announced that Hossa was suffering from a progressive skin disorder and would miss the entire 2017-18 season . He announced he would no longer play professional hockey in May 2018 and intends to retire after his contract expires in 2021 . Hossa 's contract was traded to the Arizona Coyotes in July 2018 as part of a seven-player deal .
Mark Daniel Parrish ( born February 2 , 1977 ) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger . Parrish has played 11 seasons and over 700 games in the NHL with the Florida Panthers , New York Islanders , Los Angeles Kings , Minnesota Wild , Dallas Stars , Tampa Bay Lightning , and Buffalo Sabres .