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2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships


World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

FieldValue
tourney_nameIIHF World U20 Championship
year2008
image2008 WJHC logo.png
sizex240px
countryCzech Republic
cityPardubice, Liberec
dates26 December 2007 –
5 January 2008
num_teams10
venuesČEZ Arena and
Tipsport Arena
cities2
typeihj
winnersCAN
count14
secondSWE
thirdRUS
fourthUSA
games31
goals197
attendance103179
scoring_leaderUSA James van Riemsdyk
(11 points)
mvpCAN Steve Mason
prevseason2007
nextseason2009

5 January 2008 Tipsport Arena (11 points)

The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC), was the 32nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournamement was held in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, between 26 December 2007 and 5 January 2008. Canada won the gold medal for the fourth consecutive time. Sweden earned its first World Junior medal since 1996 by reaching the final.

Top Division

Venues

ČEZ Aréna
Capacity: 10,194Tipsport Arena
Capacity: 7,500CZE – PardubiceCZE – Liberec
[[File:Pardubice, Sukova str.jpg150px]][[File:Tipsport Arena, Liberec.JPG150px]]

Rosters

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Patrik Berglund 16:14 (PP) Robin Figren 48:05 (PP) Johan Alcén 55:03 (PP) Ivan Roháč 48:56 Tomáš Marcinko 50:15| Matthew Halischuk 43:57 John Tavares 51:53 (PP)

Jakub Sklenář 23:30 Petr Strapáč 51:41 (PP) Sune Hjulmand 33:09 (PP)

Tobias Forsberg 09:56 Mikael Backlund 26:20 (SH), 32:43 (SH) Tony Lagerström 30:12, 46:29 Robin Figren 34:20 Patrik Berglund 51:58 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 52:30 Patrik Lundh 54:25

Erik Čaládi (PP2) 52:20| Michael Frolík 19:59 Daniel Bártek 24:45 Martin Látal 54:27 (SH)| Shawn Matthias 42:17 Claude Giroux 56:18 (PP2) Tony Lagerström 46:45 Oscar Möller 49:09 (PP) Tobias Forsberg 59:53

Nichlas Hardt 48:01 Morten Poulsen 59:35 (PP) Matej Češík 27:43 Erik Čaládi 31:06 (PP2) Marek Slovák 48:24|

Patrik Berglund 23:37 (PP2) Thomas Larsson 24:42 Robin Figren 41:26| Jakub Sklenář 50:10 John Tavares 18:08 Kyle Turris 28:18, 54:42 (PP)

Group B

Rhett Rakhshani 24:58 Mike Carman 26:23 Colin Wilson 44:11 (PP) Kyle Okposo 57:43 Joonas Jalvanti 15:02 (PP) Juuso Puustinen 43:33 Max Wärn 43:59 Yevgeni Bodrov 26:26 Vadim Golubtsov 27:32 (PP) Artem Anisimov 32:34 Anton Korolev 34:32 Viktor Tikhonov 40:25 (PP) Dmitri Kugryshev 56:22

Konstantin Savenkov 14:21 Yakov Vorobyov 35:47 (PP) Mikhail Kachulin 53:10 Alexei Cherepanov 21:19 Evgenij Kurbatov 31:37 Artyom Gordeyev 36:27 Yuri Alexandrov 53:30 (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) Harri Pesonen 22:45 Jarkko Malinen 43:05 Sakari Salminen GWG Reto Suri 14:47 Gregory Sciaroni 59:14

Arnaud Jacquemet 55:45 (PP) Bobby Sanguinetti 22:57(PP) James van Riemsdyk 42:27 (PP2)

Joonas Kemppainen 23:37 (PP), 26:37 Niclas Lucenius 46:17 (PP2) Juuso Puustinen 48:30 Viktor Tikhonov 54:36 James van Riemsdyk 43:01 (PP) Mike Carman 47:44

Evgeny Rymarev 59:07|

Dmitri Sayustov 20:46 (PP2) Artyom Gordeyev 37:49 Viktor Tikhonov 55:31 Dino Wieser 28:45 Marco Maurer 57:40

Tyler Ruegsegger 24:44 James van Riemsdyk 29:14| Mikko Kousa 55:21 (PP) Niclas Lucenius 59:14

Relegation round

Dalibor Jančovič 31:13 Tomáš Marcinko 39:48 Erik Čaládi 58:54 (ENG) Juraj Mikuš 59:51 (ENG)| Aurelio Lemm 46:07 (PP) Yakov Vorobiev 33:42 Evgeny Rymarev 38:36 (SH), 52:08 (PP), 59:11 (ENG), 59:25 (ENG) Nichlas Hardt 43:43 (PP)

Aurelio Lemm 32:36, 39:29 (PP) Reto Suri 43:12 Roman Schlagenhauf 58:37 (PP) Philip Larsen 26:57 (PP) Dávid Skokan 14:00 (PP), 19:39 (PP2) Ivan Roháč 15:45 Erik Čaládi 32:33 (PP) Patrik Lušňák 35:13 (PP), 37:32 Dalibor Jančovič 50:05

Final round

Bracket

| RD1-seed1=B2 | RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=A3 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=A2 | RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4=B3 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=2 | RD2-seed1=A1 | RD2-team1=**** (OT) | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2=B2 | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=1 | RD2-seed3=B1 | RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=1 | RD2-seed4=A2 | RD2-team4=**** | RD2-score4=4 | RD3-seed1=A1 | RD3-team1= | RD3-score1=2 | RD3-seed2=A2 | RD3-team2=**** (OT) | RD3-score2=3 | RD3-seed3=B1 | RD3-team3= | RD3-score3=2 | RD3-seed4=B2 | RD3-team4=**** | RD3-score4=4

Quarterfinals

Steven Stamkos 42:20 Brad Marchand 50:32 Stefan Legein 59:30 (ENG)| Jan-Mikael Juutilainen 45:42|

Fifth place game

Michael Frolík 27:59 Tomáš Kundrátek 39:20 (PP) Zbyněk Hampl 47:46 Martin Látal 57:07 (ENG)

Semifinals

(OT: 1–0)

Karl Alzner 30:00 (PP) Colton Gillies 47:04 Brad Marchand 47:24

Bronze medal game

Joe Palmer

Final

(OT: 0–1)

Statistics

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM
1James van Riemsdyk65611+42
2Nikita Filatov7459+710
3Marek Slovák6279+212
4Kyle Turris7448+32
5Arnaud Jacquemet6268+14
5Dávid Skokan6268+16
7Jordan Schroeder6178+12
8Yevgeni Rymarev6617+20
8Colin Wilson5617+24
10Robin Figren6527+42

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASASv%SO
1Steve Mason303:3661.1912395.121
2Július Hudáček359:08162.6720292.081
3Sergei Bobrovsky366:07152.4618491.850
4Michal Neuvirth240:00102.5011190.990
5Jhonas Enroth308:56122.3312690.480

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

Awards

  • Best players selected by the Directorate:

    • Best Goaltender: CAN Steve Mason
    • Best Defenceman: CAN Drew Doughty
    • Best Forward: RUS Viktor Tikhonov
    • MVP: CAN Steve Mason Source: IIHF
  • Media All-Stars:

    • Goaltender: CAN Steve Mason
    • Defencemen: SWE Victor Hedman / CAN Drew Doughty
    • Forwards: SWE Patrik Berglund / RUS Viktor Tikhonov / USA James van Riemsdyk Source: IIHF

Final standings

Team
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Relegated to the 2009 Division I

Division I

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The Division I Championships were played from 9 to 15 December 2007 in Bad Tölz, Germany (Group A), and from 12 to 18 December 2007 in Riga, Latvia (Group B).

Group A

Group B

Division II

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The Division II Championships were played from 9 to 15 December 2007 in Canazei, Italy (Group A), and from 10 to 16 December 2007 in Tallinn, Estonia (Group B).

Group A

Group B

Division III

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III Championship was played from 16 to 24 January 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.

References

References

  1. "2008 IIHF World U20 Championship official website".
  2. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/142/ Top Division statistics]
  3. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/143/ Division I Group A statistics]
  4. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/144/ Division I Group B statistics]
  5. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/145/ Division II Group A statistics]
  6. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/146/ Division II Group B statistics]
  7. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/147/ Division III statistics]
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