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1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | IIHF World Junior Championship |
| year | 1996 |
| image | 1996 WJHC logo.svg |
| size | 120px |
| country | United States |
| dates | December 26, 1995 – January 4, 1996 |
| num_teams | 10 |
| venues | 7 |
| cities | 6 |
| type | ihj |
| winners | Canada |
| count | 9 |
| second | Sweden |
| third | Russia |
| fourth | Czech Republic |
| games | 31 |
| goals | 218 |
| scoring_leader | CAN Jarome Iginla |
| points | 12 |
| prevseason | [1995](1995-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships) |
| nextseason | [1997](1997-world-junior-ice-hockey-championships) |
The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1996 WJHC) was the 20th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, hosted in Massachusetts, United States. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4–1 in the gold-medal game—earning Canada their fourth straight gold medal and ninth overall, tying the Soviet team's record in both regards.
Attendance was less than spectacular for the championships in the United States. It would be the last time the US would host the tournament until 2005 in Grand Forks.
Among this edition of the tournament's future NHL stars were Milan Hejduk, Miikka Kiprusoff, Chris Drury, Marco Sturm, José Théodore, Mattias Öhlund, Daymond Langkow, Sergei Samsonov and tournament scoring leader Jarome Iginla.
This was the first World Juniors tournament to implement the two groups, round-robin/preliminaries and playoff format. It was also Slovakia's first appearance at the top level in the junior tournament.
Round robin
Group A
Group B
Relegation round
- was relegated for the 1997 World Junior Championships.*
Playoffs
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Quarterfinals
38:45 – Molin 59:21 – Davidsson
Semifinals
Watt (Redden, Dube) (PP) – 31:11 Podollan (Botterill, Holland) – 32:43 Iginla (SH) – 46:40 35:39 – Petrochinin (Nabokov) 50:34 – Morozov (Nabokov, Shafikov) (PP)
5th place game
Riihijärvi (Salpa, Kuki) – 13:26 Salonen (Lydman, Jokinen) – 15:22 Niemi (Jokinen) – 25:08 Niemi (Elomo, Lotvonen) – 33:41 Kuki (Salpa) – 36:43 Elomo (Jokinen) – 43:59 22:35 – Drury (Sylvia) 29:52 – Cullen (Drury, Sylvia) 30:08 – York (Swanson, Clymer) 10:41 – Herr (Kealty) 52:32 – Cullen (Parrish) 53:21 – Reasoner (Swanson, Sylvia) 63:02 – McCarthy (Reasoner)
Bronze medal game
39:18 – Samsonov (Klevakin, Yepanchintsev) 43:11 – Petrunin (Korolyuk) 46:01 – Shafikov (Zyuzin)
Gold medal game
33:00 – Langkow (Iginla) 34:12 – Domenichelli (Langkow) 48:12 – McCauley (Wright, Botterill)
Scoring leaders
| Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarome Iginla | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Florian Keller | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Marco Sturm | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Miika Elomo | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Johan Davidsson | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Ruslan Shafikov | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Alexei Morozov | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Juho Jokinen | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Dmitri Nabokov | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Marcus Nilson | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Player | Country | MINS | GA | GAA | SO | W | L | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Théodore | 240 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Per-Ragnar Bergkvist | 240 | 6 | 1.50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Magnus Wennström | 180 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexei Yegorov | 358.9 | 17 | 2.84 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Miikka Kiprusoff | 159.3 | 9 | 3.39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Tournament awards
;All-star team
- Goaltender:CAN José Théodore
- Defencemen:CAN Nolan Baumgartner, SWE Mattias Öhlund
- Forwards:CAN Jarome Iginla, SWE Johan Davidsson, RUS Alexei Morozov
;IIHF best player awards
- Goaltender:CAN José Théodore
- Defenceman:SWE Mattias Öhlund
- Forward:CAN Jarome Iginla
Final standings
| Team |
|---|
| 4th |
| 5th |
| 6th |
| 7th |
| 8th |
| 9th |
| 10th |
Pool B
The second tier was held in Sosnowiec and Tychy, Poland, from December 28 to January 4. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.
Preliminary round
;Group A
;Group B
Final Round
- was promoted to Pool A for 1997.*
Relegation Round
- was relegated to Pool C for 1997.*
Pool C
Played in Jesenice, Bled, and Kranj, Slovenia, from December 30 to January 3.
Preliminary round
;Group A
;Group B
Placement Games
- 7th place: 4 – 1
- 5th place: 3 – 2
- 3rd place: 5 – 4
- 1st Place: 6 – 5
- was promoted to Pool B, and was relegated to Pool D for 1997.*
Pool D
Played in Tallinn, Estonia, from December 31 to January 4.
Preliminary round
;Group A
;Group B
Placement Games
- 5th place: 10 – 1
- 3rd place: 5 – 4
- 1st Place: 2 – 0
- was promoted to Pool C for 1997.*
References
References
- Podnieks, Andrew. (2010). "IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011". Moydart Press.
- "Championnat du Monde Junior 1995/96 des moins de 20 ans".
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