1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1997 World Junior Hockey Championships (1997 WJHC) were held in Geneva and Morges, Switzerland. The tournament was won by Canada who won their record fifth straight gold medal with a 2-0 victory over the United States in the gold-medal match. Mike York of the United States was the top scorer in the tournament with 5 goals and 5 assists for 10 points.
The tournament all-star team selected upon the conclusion of the tournament included forwards Mike York (United States), Sergei Samsonov (Russia), and Christian Dube (Canada); defensemen Mark Streit (Switzerland), and Chris Phillips (Canada); and goaltender Brian Boucher (United States).
Notable NHL stars that played in this tournament include Joe Thornton (Canada), Danny Briere (Canada), and Marian Hossa (Slovakia).
==Round Robin==
===Group A===
Team 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	3	0	1	18	5 	7
Canada	4 	2	0	2	15	9 	6
 	4 	1	1	2	13	8 	4
 	4 	1	2	1	8 	11	3
 	4 	0	4	0	5 	26	0
===Group B===
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	3	0	1	20	5 	7
 	4 	3	1	0	17	9 	6
 	4 	2	2	0	17	13	4
 	4 	1	2	1	10	10	3
 	4 	0	4	0	6 	33	0
==Medal Rounds==
;Bronze Medal Game
;Gold Medal Game
==Final standings==
 	Team
 	Canada
 	
 	
4th 	
5th 	
6th 	
7th 	
8th 	
9th 	
10th	
 was relegated for the 1998 World Juniors
==Scoring leaders==
Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts
Mike York 	 	6 	5	5	10
Tomi Kallio 	 	6 	5	4	9
Erik Rasmussen 	 	6 	4	5	9
Alexei Morozov 	 	6 	5	3	8
Niko Kapanen 	 	6 	4	4	8
Alexei Kolkounov	 	6 	4	4	8
Sergei Samsonov 	 	6 	6	1	7
Marián Hossa 	 	6 	5	2	7
Mark Parrish 	 	6 	5	2	7
Christian Dubé 	Canada 	7 	4	3	7
==Goaltending leaders==
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Player 	Country	MINS 	GAA
Denis Khlopotnov	 	180 	0.33
Brian Boucher 	 	357.13	1.51
Marc Denis 	Canada 	419.52	1.86
David Aebischer 	 	300 	2.00
Adam Svoboda 	 	428.27	2.66
Radmir Faizov 	 	178.29	2.69
Vesa Toskala 	 	250 	2.88
Robert Borgqvist	 	240 	3.00
==External links==
* slam.canoe.ca: 1997 World Junior Hockey Championships
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