2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2005 World Junior (Under 20) Ice Hockey Championships (2005 WJHC) was held between December 25, 2004, and January 4, 2005, at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Canada won the gold medal.

2005 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	December 25 – January 4
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Ralph Engelstad Arena (Grand Forks) Ralph Engelstad Arena (Thief River Falls) (in Grand Forks, ND and Thief River Falls, MN host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (11th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	205 (6.61 per match)
Attendance	193,256 (6,234 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Patrice Bergeron (13 points)
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Venues

Ralph Engelstad Arena Capacity: 11,640	Ralph Engelstad Arena Capacity: 2,569
United States – Grand Forks	United States – Thief River Falls

Rosters

Main article: 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Russia	4	3	1	0	21	9	6
Czech Republic	4	3	1	0	16	9	6
United States	4	2	2	0	15	16	4
Switzerland	4	1	3	0	12	17	2
Belarus	4	1	3	0	9	22	2

Schedule

December 25, 2004 Czech Republic 7–2 Belarus Frolík 14:53 (PP1) Vrána 20:27, 59:18 (PP1) Kvapil 33:13 (PP1) Olesz 45:31 (SH1), 49:15 Petružálek 47:01 (SH1) Ugarov 30:14 (PP1) Asmalouski 54:44 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 543

December 25, 2004 Russia 4–5 United States Rylov 7:25 Shirokov 18:01 (PS) Ovechkin 18:41 Pestunov 27:17 Stafford 4:22 Bourque 5:45 (PP1) Fritsche 18:19, 28:40 (SH1) Schremp 23:15 (PP1) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,274

December 26, 2004 Switzerland 5–0 Belarus Wick 11:41 Romy 33:27 (SH1), 51:03 Stancescu 35:11 Kaser 39:37 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,510

December 27, 2004 Czech Republic 1–4 Russia Hrdel 29:36 Radulov 7:03 (PP1) Shirokov 10:44 (PP1) Malkin 21:14 Lisin 47:05 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 972

December 27, 2004 United States 6–4 Switzerland Callahan 9:36 Porter 28:18 Stafford 41:34 (PP1) Hensick 42:25 Schremp 44:07 O'Sullivan 47:06 Benoît 40:45 Stancescu 41:04, 45:20 Hurlimann 44:44 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,133

December 28, 2004 Russia 7–2 Belarus Shirokov 1:38 (PP1) Ovechkin 10:12 (PP1), 33:54 Voloshenko 13:01, 48:04 Radulov 49:29 Nikulin 49:50 Efimenko 29:05 Zakharov 40:43 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 825

December 29, 2004 Czech Republic 5–2 Switzerland Hluchý 5:13 Frolík 34:09 Vrána 36:41 Kvapil 46:02 Olesz 59:30 Hurlimann 33:27, 46:45 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,259

December 29, 2004 Belarus 5–3 United States Efyamenka 9:14 (SH1) Karaha 15:38 Savin 22:10 Kukushkin 23:26 A. Kostitsyn 34:16 Kessel 17:47 Stafford 39:14 (PP1) Brown 42:11 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,038

December 30, 2004 Switzerland 1–6 Russia Kaser 21:09 (PP1) Vorobiev 4:58 (PP1) Pestunov 17:20 Ovechkin 27:07 (PP1), 58:16 Galimov 29:37 Misharin 51:12 (PP1) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,197

December 30, 2004 United States 1–3 Czech Republic Fritsche 39:07 Olesz 12:56, 59:55 Kašpar 20:57 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,734

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	4	4	0	0	32	5	8
Sweden	4	2	2	0	14	13	4
Finland	4	2	2	0	10	15	4
Slovakia	4	2	2	0	10	10	4
Germany	4	0	4	0	1	24	0

Schedule

December 25, 2004 Slovakia 3–7 Canada Zagrapan 32:06 (PP1) Lascek 37:35 Ölvecký 41:13 Bergeron 3:55, 21:05 Crosby 10:59 (PP1), 29:52 (PP1) Carter 32:38 MacArthur 57:44, 59:52 (PS) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,540

December 25, 2004 Germany 1–4 Finland Busch 44:03 Makkonen 5:05 (PP1) Honkaheimo 26:47 Nokelainen 33:39 (PP1) Korpikoski 59:50 (PP1) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 752

December 26, 2004 Sweden 6–0 Germany Persson 14:18, 49:12 (PP1) Salmonsson 20:56, 50:49 Söderberg 45:10 (SH1) Granath 54:07 (PP1) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 951

December 27, 2004 Canada 8–1 Sweden Carter 2:28 MacArthur 20:52 Dawes 23:39 Bergeron 32:49 Crosby 35:11 (PP1), 40:21 (PP1) Ladd 40:46 Getzlaf 52:32 Fredriksson 7:29 (PP1) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 10,739

December 27, 2004 Finland 0–2 Slovakia Bulík 34:35 Meszároš 59:01 (EN) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,031

December 28, 2004 Germany 0–9 Canada Ladd 10:05 MacArthur 10:51 Crosby 17:46 (PP2), 54:34 Barker 18:33 (PP1) Getzlaf 26:32 Stewart 32:46, 47:12 Fraser 57:47 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,404

December 29, 2004 Finland 5–4 Sweden Makkonen 32:07 (PP1) Korpikoski 42:26 (PP1) Joensuu 42:36 (PP1) Hokkanen 54:10 Tukonen 54:47 Åhsberg 9:11 (PP1) Nilsson 10:33 Salmonsson 30:55 Söderberg 35:18 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,393

December 29, 2004 Slovakia 5–0 Germany Ružička 0:47, 7:43, 13:50 (PP1) Meszároš 40:57, 48:56 (PP1) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,230

December 30, 2004 Canada 8–1 Finland Perry 4:45 (PP1), 38:45 Richards 19:38 (SH1) Carter 21:32, 34:27, 37:29 Belle 35:32 Ladd 43:06 (SH1) Hietanen 53:46 (PP2) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,697

December 30, 2004 Sweden 3–0 Slovakia Salmonsson 3:11, 33:34 Söderberg 31:51 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,325

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	10	3	6
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	12	3	4
Germany	3	1	2	0	4	13	2
Belarus	3	0	3	0	4	11	0

Note: Matches Switzerland 5–0 Belarus and Slovakia 5–0 Germany from the preliminary round are included as well since these results carry forward.

Schedule

January 1, 2005 Switzerland 5–0 Germany Diaz 28:26 Kaser 33:28 (PP1) Schüler 39:22 Stancescu 40:53, 46:08 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,540

January 2, 2005 Slovakia 2–1 Belarus Sekera 50:03 Ölvecký 56:35 Zakharov 34:44 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,650

January 3, 2005 Belarus 3–4 Germany Ugarov 1:29, 13:52 (PP1) Zakharov 25:22 Carciola 17:15 Janzen 32:45 Kink 53:44 (PP1) Reiss 58:07 (PP1) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,580

January 3, 2005 Slovakia 3–2 Switzerland Bulík 0:29 Ölvecký 18:13 Haščák 53:07 Benoît 26:28 Romy 48:36 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,820

Germany and Belarus are relegated to Division I for the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

QF1

Czech Republic

1

A2

Czech Republic

3

B1

Canada

3

B3

Finland

0

SF1

Canada

6

SF2

Russia

1

QF2

United States

2

B2

Sweden

2

A1

Russia

7

A3

United States

8

Schedule

Quarterfinals

January 1, 2005 Czech Republic 3–0 Finland Vrána 36:57 (PP1) Olesz 43:35 (SH1) Červenka 57:58 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,465

January 1, 2005 Sweden 2–8 United States Eriksson 4:12, 33:26 Porter 12:07 Stafford 23:08 Kessel 26:58, 44:15, 47:21 Schremp 51:08 (PP1) Suter 52:46 (PP1) Hensick 59:45 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,258

Semifinals

January 2, 2005 Canada 3–1 Czech Republic Carter 18:38 Dawes 30:02 (PP1) Bergeron 32:34 Olesz 43:36 (SH1) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 10,266

January 2, 2005 United States 2–7 Russia Schremp 8:55 (PP1) O'Sullivan 14:44 (PP1) Lisin 1:58 (PP1) Ovechkin 4:46 (PP1), 57:46 (EN) Shirokov 16:01 Malkin 51:03, 58:49 (EN) Yunkov 59:59 (PP2) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,024

Fifth place game

January 3, 2005 Sweden 3–4 OT Finland Söderberg 7:12 Bergfors 34:13 (PP1), 52:35 Mäntymaa 15:21 Seitsonen 47:08 Nurmi 59:10 Kolehmainen 61:37 Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,252

Bronze medal game

January 4, 2005 Czech Republic 3–2 OT United States Polák 3:26 (PP1) Frolík 26:03 Vrána 62:38 Porter 16:16 (PP1) Stafford 33:12 (PP1) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,992

Gold medal game

January 4, 2005 Canada 6–1 Russia Getzlaf 0:51 Syvret 8:00 (PP1) Carter 23:33 Bergeron 27:53 (PP1) Stewart 28:54 Phaneuf 33:19 (PP1) Emelin 19:28 (PP1) Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 11,862

Scoring leaders

	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Patrice Bergeron	6	5	8	13	6
Ryan Getzlaf	6	3	9	12	8
Alexander Ovechkin	6	7	4	11	4
Jeff Carter	6	7	3	10	6
Rostislav Olesz	7	7	3	10	12
Evgeni Malkin	6	3	7	10	16
Sidney Crosby	6	6	3	9	4
Drew Stafford	7	5	4	9	14
Johannes Salmonsson	6	5	3	8	0
Petr Vrána	7	5	3	8	16

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Marek Schwarz	Czech Republic	361:57	13	2.15	92.49	1
2	Jeff Glass	Canada	300:00	7	1.40	92.22	0
3	Jaroslav Halák	Slovakia	360:00	13	2.17	91.56	2
4	Al Montoya	United States	393:15	22	3.36	90.39	0
5	Tuukka Rask	Finland	243:26	12	2.96	90.16	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Awards

All-Star Team

Goaltender: Marek Schwarz

Defense: Dion Phaneuf, Ryan Suter

Forwards: Alexander Ovechkin, Patrice Bergeron, Jeff Carter

Most Valuable Player

Patrice Bergeron

Division I

The Division I Championships were held December 13-December 19, 2004, in Sheffield, United Kingdom (Group A), and in Narva, Estonia (Group B).

Final standings

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Norway	5	5	0	0	29	12	10
Kazakhstan	5	4	1	0	29	15	8
Austria	5	3	2	0	12	16	6
France	5	2	3	0	18	19	4
Italy	5	1	4	0	11	16	2
Great Britain	5	0	5	0	8	29	0

Leading scorer: Mathis Olimb, Norway (4 goals, 5 assists; 9 points).

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Latvia	5	4	0	1	28	12	9
Slovenia	5	3	2	0	28	12	6
Denmark	5	3	2	0	22	13	6
Poland	5	2	1	2	15	13	6
Ukraine	5	1	3	1	11	19	3
Estonia	5	0	5	0	6	41	0

Leading scorer: Anže Kopitar, Slovenia (10 goals, 3 assists; 13 points).

Norway and Latvia advance to the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships while Great Britain and Estonia are relegated to Division II.

Division II

The Division II Championships were held January 3-January 9, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania (Group A), and December 13-December 19, 2004, in Puigcerdà, Spain (Group B).

Group A

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	5	4	0	1	32	4	9
Romania	5	3	1	1	23	13	7
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	29	14	6
People's Republic of China	5	3	2	0	16	14	6
Serbia and Montenegro	5	1	4	0	11	36	2
Lithuania	5	0	5	0	5	35	0

Group B

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Hungary	5	5	0	0	41	10	10
South Korea	5	4	1	0	46	12	8
Croatia	5	3	2	0	27	21	6
Spain	5	2	3	0	14	32	4
Australia	5	1	4	0	16	40	2
Belgium	5	0	5	0	12	41	0

Leading scorer: Park Woo-Sang, South Korea (12 goals, 8 assists; 20 points).

Hungary and Japan are promoted to Division I; Belgium and Lithuania are relegated to Division III.

Division III

The Division III Championships were held January 10-January 16, 2005, in Mexico City, Mexico.

Teams

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Mexico	5	5	0	0	37	6	10
New Zealand	5	3	1	1	28	15	7
Iceland	5	3	2	0	30	19	6
South Africa	5	2	2	1	15	24	5
Turkey	5	1	4	0	10	27	2
Bulgaria	5	0	5	0	10	39	0

External links

• Live Updates at IIHF.com
• Team Canada