1978 World Junior Championship

The 1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1978 WJHC) was the 2nd edition World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held from December 22, 1977 until January 3, 1978. The tournament was held in Canada, mainly in Montreal and Quebec City. The Soviet Union won its second consecutive gold medal, while Sweden won the silver, and Canada the bronze.
==Tournament format==
The 1978 tournament divided participants into two divisions of four teams, each playing three games. The top two teams in each division advanced to the medal round, while the bottom two were placed in a "B pool". Each division played another round robin. The top two teams in the medal round played a one game final for the gold medal. 
===Overall standings===
This is the aggregate standings, ordered according to final placing. The four teams in the medal round were ranked one through four, while the four teams in the B pool were ranked five through eight regardless of overall record.
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
 	 	7 	6	1	0	50	16
 	 	7 	4	2	1	28	24
 	 	6 	4	2	0	36	18
4 	 	6 	2	4	0	21	32
5 	 	6 	4	2	0	41	30
6 	 	6 	3	2	1	45	25
7 	 	6 	1	5	0	20	33
8 	 	6 	0	6	0	7 	70
Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for 1979.
===Preliminary round===
;Gold Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	2	0	1	18	8 	5
 	3 	2	1	0	31	11	4
 	3 	1	1	1	26	15	3
 	3 	0	3	0	3 	44	0
;Blue Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	23	6 	6
 	3 	2	1	0	16	18	4
 	3 	1	2	0	16	18	2
 	3 	0	3	0	8 	21	0
===Medal round===
;A Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	14	3 	6
 	3 	2	1	0	8 	11	4
 	3 	1	2	0	13	12	2
 	3 	0	3	0	5 	14	0
;B Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	3 	3	0	0	25	12	6
 	3 	2	1	0	19	10	4
 	3 	1	2	0	12	12	2
 	3 	0	3	0	4 	26	0
===Gold medal game===
==Leading scorers==
  	GP	G 	A	Pts	PIM
Wayne Gretzky 	 	8 	9	17 	
Victor Skurdyuk	 	10	6	16 	
Sergei Makarov 	 	8 	7	15 	
Bobby Crawford 	 	4 	9	13 	
Jorma Sevon 	 	7 	5	12 	
Mark Green 	 	7 	5	12 	
==Tournament all-stars==
* Goaltender Alexander Tyznych
* Defence Risto Siltanen
* Defence Viacheslav Fetisov
* Forward Wayne Gretzky
* Forward Mats Näslund
* Forward Anton Šťastný
==Game Ads==
78WorldJrMontrealGameAd.jpg|Montreal
==References==
* 
*1977–81 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
Category:1978 in hockey
Category:World Junior Championships