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 the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops and Prospera Place in Kelowna. Team 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.
==Championship results==
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
Team 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada 	4 	4	0	0	16	6 	8
United States	4 	2	1	1	21	12	5
Finland 	4 	2	2	0	19	13	4
Switzerland 	4 	1	2	1	8 	10	3
Norway 	4 	0	4	0	3 	30	0
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====Group B====
Team 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Russia 	4 	4	0	0	21	6 	8
Sweden 	4 	3	1	0	20	9 	6
Czech Republic	4 	2	2	0	14	14	4
Slovakia 	4 	1	3	0	12	21	2
Latvia 	4 	0	4	0	8 	25	0
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===Relegation round===
Team 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Switzerland	3 	2	0	1	10	5 	5
Slovakia 	3 	2	0	1	14	10	5
Latvia 	3 	1	2	0	10	12	2
Norway 	3 	0	3	0	3 	10	0
Note: Matches Slovakia 7–4 Latvia and Switzerland 2–0 Norway from the preliminary round (both on December 27, 2005) are included as well since these results carry forward.
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===Final round===
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====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	Nationality 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
Phil Kessel 	United States	7 	1	10	11 	2
Evgeni Malkin 	Russia 	6 	4	6 	10 	12
Lauri Tukonen 	Finland 	7 	3	7 	10 	0
Stanislav Lascek 	Slovakia 	6 	6	3 	9 	8
Chris Bourque 	United States	7 	7	1 	8 	12
Nicklas Bäckström	Sweden 	6 	4	3 	7 	2
Mathias Joggi 	Switzerland 	6 	4	3 	7 	14
Blake Comeau 	Canada 	6 	3	4 	7 	8
Bobby Ryan 	United States	7 	3	4 	7 	0
Marek Zagrapan 	Slovakia 	6 	2	5 	7 	18
Alexei Emelin 	Russia 	6 	2	5 	7 	39
===Goaltending leaders===
(Minimum 90 minutes played) 
Player 	Nationality	Mins	GA	GAA 	SO	Pct.
Daniel Larsson	Sweden 	249 	4 	0.96	1 	.952
Justin Pogge 	Canada 	360 	6 	1.00	3 	.952
Tuukka Rask 	Finland 	369 	13	2.11	1 	.940
Anton Khudobin	Russia 	300 	11	2.20	0 	.933
Reto Berra 	Switzerland	358 	14	2.34	1 	.910
===Tournament awards===
====All-Star Team====
Selected by the media.
Goaltender: 
 Finland Tuukka Rask
Defense: 
 Canada Luc Bourdon, 
 United States Jack Johnson
Forwards: 
 Russia Evgeni Malkin, 
 Finland Lauri Tukonen, 
 Canada Steve Downie
====Best players====
Selected by the directorate.
Goaltender:
 Finland Tuukka Rask
Defenseman:
 Canada Marc Staal
Forward:
 Russia Evgeni Malkin
==Division I==
===Group A===
Held December 11-17, 2005, in Bled, Slovenia.
 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	20	2 	10
 	5 	3	1	1	20	17	7
 	5 	3	2	0	17	8 	6
 	5 	1	2	2	8 	7 	4
 	5 	1	3	1	10	22	3
 	5 	0	5	0	10	29	0
===Group B===
Held December 12-18, 2005, in Minsk, Belarus.
 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	4	0	1	24	6 	9
 	5 	4	1	0	21	8 	8
 	5 	2	2	1	14	15	5
 	5 	1	2	2	9 	14	4
 	5 	0	3	2	5 	16	2
 	5 	0	3	2	6 	20	2
==Division II==
===Group A===
Held December 12-18, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania.
 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	53	3 	10
 	5 	3	1	1	38	8 	7
 	5 	4	1	1	31	11	7
 	5 	1	3	0	15	33	4
 	5 	1	4	0	17	37	2
 	5 	0	5	0	2 	64	0
===Group B===
Held January 10-16, 2006, in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	46	8 	10
 	5 	3	2	0	22	15	6
 	5 	2	2	1	20	15	5
 	5 	2	2	1	14	16	5
 	5 	1	4	0	11	40	2
 	5 	1	4	0	12	31	2
==Division III==
Held at Elektrenai and Kaunas, Lithuania January 3-9, 2006.
 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA 	Pts
 	4 	4	0	0	81	3 	8
 	4 	3	1	0	79	6 	6
 	4 	2	2	0	35	40 	4
 	4 	1	3	0	26	32 	2
 	4 	0	4	0	6 	146	0
==Team Photos==
06CanadaJunior.jpg|Canada
==External links==
* IIHF official site
* Official website at www.hockeycanada.ca
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