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1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


FieldValue
tourney_nameIIHF World U20 Championship
year1982
countryUnited States
country2Canada
datesDecember 22, 1981 –
January 2, 1982
num_teams8
venues15
cities15
typeihj
winnersCAN
count1
secondTCH
thirdFIN
fourthUSSR
games28
goals282
attendance86941
scoring_leaderFIN Raimo Summanen
points16
prevseason[1981](1981-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships)
nextseason[1983](1983-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships)

January 2, 1982 The 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1982 WJHC) was the sixth edition Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 22, 1981, until January 2, 1982. The tournament was hosted by the United States in various cities across the state of Minnesota with some games also played in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario.

Canada won their first gold medal at the World Juniors, while Czechoslovakia and Finland won silver and bronze, respectively. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union finished fourth, marking the only time they played an entire World Juniors tournament and failed to win a medal (the USSR was disqualified in 1987). The host United States featuring future hall of famers John Vanbiesbrouck, Chris Chelios, and Phil Housley, finished sixth.

Pool A

The 1982 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Final standings

Results

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerCountryGAPts
1Raimo Summanen7916
2Petri Skriko8715
3Risto Jalo7815
4Mike Moller5914
5Anatoli Semenov5813
6Marc Habscheid6612
7Scott Arniel5611
8Bruce Eakin4711
9Oleg Starkov3811
10Magnus Roupé7310

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star TeamGoaltenderDefencemenForwards
CAN Mike MoffatCAN Mike Moffat
CAN Gord KluzakCAN Gord Kluzak
URS Ilya Byakin
FIN Petri SkrikoFIN Petri Skriko
TCH Vladimír Růžička
CAN Mike Moller

Pool B

Pool B was played on March 16–20, in Heerenveen in the Netherlands. Two groups of four played round robins, with placement games pitting the respective finishers against each other. Japan made their debut, replacing absent Poland.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

7th place game

5th place game

3rd place game

1st place game

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerCountryGAPts
1Wolfgang Kocher729
2Erik Lodberg606
3Jean-Francois Beaudoing426
Motoki Ebina426
Finn Juhl426
6Franck Ganis336
Toshiyuki Sakai336
Herbert Keckeis336
9Milos Piperski505

References

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