2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 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 spread over 31 games, for an average of 10,488 per game.

Venues

Rosters

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

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All times local

Group B

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All times local

Relegation round

Note: Matches 7–4 and 2–0 from the preliminary round are included as well since these results carry forward.
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All times local
Note: and were relegated for the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Final round

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All times local

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1Justin Pogge360:0061.0095.203
2Daniel Larsson249:2640.9695.181
3Tuukka Rask369:26132.1193.981
4Anton Khudobin300:00112.2093.290
5Cory Schneider359:06162.6791.210
TOI = Time On Ice ; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

All-Star Team

Selected by the media.
Goaltender:
Tuukka Rask
Defense:
Luc Bourdon,
Jack Johnson
Forwards:
Evgeni Malkin,
Lauri Tukonen,
Steve Downie

Best players

Selected by the directorate.
Goaltender:
Tuukka Rask
Defenseman:
Marc Staal
Forward:
Evgeni Malkin

Division I

Group A

Held December 11–17, 2005, in Bled, Slovenia.

Group B

Held December 12–18, 2005, in Minsk, Belarus.

Division II

Group A

Held December 12–18, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania.

Group B

Held January 10–16, 2006, in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

Division III

Held at Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania January 3–9, 2006.