2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Bid process

Five potential bid groups formally submitted their bids before the March 31, 2006, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Calgary on April 18, 2006:

• Joint bid from Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta;
• Montreal, Quebec;
• Ottawa, Ontario;
• Toronto, Ontario; and
• Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan

On May 3, 2006, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Ottawa was chosen to host the 2009 tournament.

Venues

Top Division

Main article: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

;Results All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).

1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 1–6 1–7 2–7 2–8 Pohl (Flaake) – 53:51 17:51 – Bowman (O'Brien, Wahl) 20:20 – Schroeder 32:43 – van Riemsdyk (Wilson, Schroeder) (PP) 34:27 – Johnson (Hoeffel, McDonagh) 40:35 – van Riemsdyk (Wilson, Schroeder) 46:26 – Bowman (Wahl) 59:59 – Rust Attendance: 18,795 (98.1%) Philipp Grubauer

2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 8–0 8–1 Tavares (Eberle, Hodgson) (PP) – 22:09 Esposito (Tavares) – 27:08 Ellis (Boychuk, Hodgson) – 28:13 Ennis (Sonne) – 33:33 DiDomenico (Ennis, Boychuk) – 42:08 Boychuk – 48:18 Pietrangelo (Ellis, DiDomenico) – 51:51 Dominik Furch Attendance: 19,622 (102.4%)

08:31 – Flaake (Weiss, Pohl) 18:45 – Huebscher (Fauser, Fischhaber) 21:52 – Weiss 22:06 – Rupprich (Ritter, Huebscher) 23:16 – Fauser (Forster, Oblinger) 27:56 – Nowak (Flaake) 51:21 – Flaake (Pohl) 57:15 – Morrison (Fischhaber, Fauser) Maxim Gryaznov Attendance: 18,305 (95.6%)

08:48 – Benn (Pietrangelo) (PP) 15:53 – Benn (Tavares, Hodgson) (PP) 17:26 – Subban (Tavares) 21:36 – Hodgson (Subban) 24:11 – DiDomenico (Hickey, Ennis) (PP) 24:41 – Benn (Subban, Ennis) 32:32 – Ennis (Benn, DiDomenico) (PP) 34:52 – Tavares (Hodgson, Eberle) (PP) 40:50 – Kane (Cormier, Aulie) 51:29 – Tavares 52:15 – Hodgson (Eberle, Boychuk) 54:17 – Subban (Hodgson) (PP) 56:02 – Della Rovere (Kane, Hickey) (PP) 59:17 – Myers (Benn, Goloubef) (PP) Attendance: 19,176 (100.1%) Maxim Gryaznov

M. Rust (J. Blum) – 31:46 J. van Riemsdyk (K. Shattenkirk, J. Schroeder) (PP1) – 38:34 J. Schroeder (J. van Riemsdyk) – 43:43 47:02 – M. Parýzek (R. Szturc, T. Kubalík) 56:43 – (PP1) J. Káňa (T. Kundrátek, O. Roman) Attendance: 19,847 (103.6%)

25:57 – Benn (Tavares, Ellis) (PP) 41:04 – Kane (Subban) 51:25 – Tavares (Hodgson, Eberle) (PP) 55:57 – Boychuk (DiDomenico, Pietrangelo) (PP) Attendance: 19,326 (100.9%)

Zdeněk Okál (PP1) 15:23 Ondřej Roman 35:58 Tomáš Knotek 44:02 Radko Gudas (PP1) 47:56 Ondřej Roman 49:13 Attendance: 17,976 (93.9%)

Aaron Palushaj 17:07 Drayson Bowman 18:59 Colin Wilson 20:52 Colin Wilson 21:11 James van Riemsdyk (PP1) 25:34 Danny Kristo 27:12 Aaron Palushaj (PP1) 32:28 Mike Hoeffel (PP2) 50:08 Jimmy Hayes 53:59 Mitch Wahl 55:02 Matt Rust 59:55 Attendance: 18,288 (95.5%)

Roman Szturc 05:48 Jan Káňa 08:17 Vladimír Růžička 10:14 Vladimír Růžička 12:51 Tomáš Knotek (PP1) 15:51 Zdeněk Okál 25:55 Jan Káňa (PP1) 26:31 Jan Káňa 32:34 Jan Káňa (PP1) 36:00 51:08 (SH1) Konstantin Savenkov Attendance: 17,664 (92.2%)

Tavares – 15:43 Eberle (PP) (Hodgson, Subban) – 18:10 Boychuk (Hickey, DiDomenico) (PP) 20:37 Hodgson (Ellis, Subban) (PP) – 26:56 Tavares (Esposito) (ENG) – 59:13 Ennis (ENG) – 59:50 07:15 – Hayes (Palushaj, Tangradi) (PP) 12:35 – O'Brien (Shattenkirk, Bowman) 23:40 – Blum (Schroeder, Fairchild) (PP) Attendance: 20,223 (105.6%)

Group B

;Results All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).

31:38 Pavel Chernov 47:01 Maxim Goncharov 59:48 Dmitri Klopov Attendance: 9,441 (95.7%)

12:38 – Rundblad (Petersson, Ullström) 59:20 – Backlund (ENG) Attendance: 9,658 (97.9%)

Ondrej Rusnák (PP1) 16:26 Marek Hrivík 33:20 Ondrej Rusnák (PP1) 33:58 Radoslav Tybor 38:21 Tomáš Tatar 42:12 Adam Bezák (SH1) 47:34 14:05 (PP1) Ronalds Cinks Attendance: 9,370 (95.0%)

Evgeni Dadonov 08:34 Dmitri Klopov 11:29 Nikita Filatov 29:56 Dmitri Klopov (PP1) 58:14 23:55 (PP1) Joonas Nättinen Attendance: 9,715 (98.5%)

Mikael Backlund (PP1) 14:42 Erik Karlsson 33:30 Attendance: 9,726 (98.6%)

09:15 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 13:42 André Petersson 17:39 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 19:10 Nicklas Lasu 26:31 Simon Hjalmarsson 40:33 Joakim Andersson 41:33 (PP1) Erik Karlsson 48:31 (PP1) David Ullström 49:18 Nicklas Lasu Attendance: 9,622 (97.6%)

Maxim Goncharov (PP1) 18:34 Maxim Goncharov 21:05 Nikita Filatov (PP1) 24:29 Igor Golovkov 28:32 Nikita Filatov (PP1) 29:15 Sergei Andronov 55:37 Sergei Korostin 56:52 Attendance: 9,419 (95.5%)

Nestori Lähde 14:25 Mikael Granlund 23:58 Mikael Granlund (PP2) 27:17 Antti Roppo 30:34 Attendance: 9,376 (95.1%)

Simon Hjalmarsson 10:00 André Petersson (PP1) 16:50 Mikael Backlund (PP1) 17:31 Marcus Johansson 43:55 Attendance: 9,675 (98.1%)

OT: 0–0, GWS: 1–0 Adam Bezák 48:32 Tomáš Tatar (GWG) 65:00 37:37 Nestori Lähde Attendance: 9,312 (94.4%)

Relegation round

The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.

Results

All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).

25:23 Roberts Bukarts 27:55 Jānis Straupe 28:57 Roberts Bukarts 29:28 (SH1) Vitālijs Pavlovs 36:01 Aldis Pizāns 44:44 Ronalds Cinks Attendance: 9,888 (100.2%)

Joonas Rask 06:29 Tomi Sallinen 16:32 Antti Roppo (SH1) 27:26 Teemu Hartikainen (PP1) 39:09 Toni Rajala (PP2) 44:33 Teemu Hartikainen (PP1) 54:13 Attendance: 9,180 (93.1%)

Teemu Hartikainen 13:02 Jyri Niemi (PP1) 41:31 Attendance: 9,192 (93.2%)

Jānis Ozoliņš 29:10 Roberts Bukarts (SH1) 41:34 Artjoms Ogorodņikovs 48:43 Ralfs Freibergs 55:15 Artjoms Ogorodņikovs (PP1) 57:58 Roberts Jekimovs (PP1) 59:49 Attendance: 9,173 (93.0%)

Final round

Bracket

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Quarterfinals

Jonathon Blum (PP1) 45:31 James van Riemsdyk 58:42 13:41 Tomáš Tatar 17:53 Jozef Molnár 51:38 Richard Pánik 57:46 (ENG) Tomáš Tatar Attendance: 18,042 (94.2%)

Nikita Filatov 41:25 Evgeny Grachev (SH2) 47:26 Evgeni Dadonov 54:02 Pavel Chernov (PP1) 59:29 Attendance: 18,753 (97.9%)

Semifinals

Mikael Backlund (PP1) 47:04 David Ullström 48:52 Simon Hjalmarsson 51:42 Oscar Möller (ENG) 58:43 35:47 Tomáš Tatar 55:58 Tomáš Tatar Attendance: 18,112 (94.6%)

OT: 0–0, GWS: 1–0 Patrice Cormier 07:04 Jordan Eberle (PP1) 36:40 Angelo Esposito (SH1) 45:44 Jordan Eberle 59:55 Jordan Eberle (GWG) 70:00 07:20 Dmitri Klopov 40:51 Evgeny Grachev 46:22 (PP2) Sergei Andronov 57:40 Dmitri Klopov Attendance: 19,327 (100.9%)

5th place playoff

OT: 1–0 Cade Fairchild 53:02 James van Riemsdyk 62:49 50:59 Ondřej Roman Attendance: 17,936 (93.6%)

3rd place playoff

Tomáš Tatar (PP1) 57:01 25:56 Maxim Goncharov 39:28 Nikita Filatov 51:11 Nikita Filatov 58:07 (ENG) Dmitri Kugryshev Attendance: 18,763 (98.0%)

Final

24:06 Angelo Esposito 40:33 Cody Hodgson (PP1) 58:07 (ENG) Jordan Eberle 59:28 (ENG) Cody Hodgson Attendance: 20,380 (106.4%)

Top 10 scorers

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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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

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Tournament awards

Source:

;Most Valuable Player

• CAN John Tavares

;All-star team

• Goaltender:SVK Jaroslav Janus
• Defencemen:CAN P. K. Subban, SWE Erik Karlsson
• Forwards:CAN John Tavares, CAN Cody Hodgson, RUS Nikita Filatov

;IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender:SWE Jacob Markström
• Defenceman:SWE Erik Karlsson
• Forward:CAN John Tavares

Final standings

Division I

Main article: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The Division I Championships were played between December 14 and December 20, 2008, in Herisau, Switzerland (Group A), and between December 15 and December 21, 2008 in Aalborg, Denmark (Group B).

Group A

Group B

Division II

Main article: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The Division II Championships were played between December 15 and December 21, 2008, in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania (Group A), and between January 10 and January 15, 2009 in Logroño, Spain (Group B).

Group A

Group B

, having been relegated to Division III in 2008, was returned to Division II after forfeited due to finances.

Division III

The Division III tournament was to have been played in North Korea, but was cancelled. The Division III was scheduled to include the following:

References

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