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2005 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)Ralph Engelstad Arena (Grand Forks)
Ralph Engelstad Arena (Thief River Falls)
DatesDecember 25, 2004 – January 4, 2005
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Canada (11th title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Czech Republic
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored205 (6.61 per game)
Attendance193,256 (6,234 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Patrice Bergeron (13 points)
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The 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2005 WJC) was held between December 25, 2004, and January 4, 2005,[1] 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. Jim Johannson oversaw administration of the event on behalf of USA Hockey.[2]

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

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 4 3 0 1 21 9 +12 6 Semifinals
2  Czech Republic 4 3 0 1 16 9 +7 6 Quarterfinals
3  United States 4 2 0 2 15 16 −1 4
4   Switzerland 4 1 0 3 12 17 −5 2 Relegation round
5  Belarus 4 1 0 3 9 22 −13 2
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine
December 25, 2004Belarus 2–7 Czech RepublicRalph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 543
Game reference
Ugarov 30:14 (PP1)
Asmalouski 54:44 (SH1)		GoalsFrolík 14:53 (PP1)
Vrána 20:27, 59:18 (PP1)
Kvapil 33:13 (PP1)
Olesz 45:31 (SH1), 49:15
Petružálek 47:01
December 25, 2004Russia 4–5 United StatesRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 9,274
Game reference
Rylov 7:25
Shirokov 18:01 (PS)
Ovechkin 18:41
Pestunov 27:17		GoalsStafford 4:22
Bourque 5:45 (PP1)
Fritsche 18:19, 28:40 (SH1)
Schremp 23:15 (PP1)
December 26, 2004Switzerland 5–0 BelarusRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,510
Game reference
Wick 11:41
Romy 33:27 (SH1), 51:03
Stancescu 35:11
Kaser 39:37		Goals
December 27, 2004Czech Republic 1–4 RussiaRalph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 972
Game reference
Hrdel 29:36GoalsRadulov 7:03 (PP1)
Shirokov 10:44 (PP1)
Malkin 21:14
Lisin 47:05
December 27, 2004United States 6–4  SwitzerlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,133
Game reference
Callahan 9:36
Porter 28:18
Stafford 41:34 (PP1)
Hensick 42:25
Schremp 44:07
O'Sullivan 47:06		GoalsBenoît 40:45
Stancescu 41:04, 45:20
Hurlimann 44:44
December 28, 2004Russia 7–2 BelarusRalph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 825
Game reference
Shirokov 1:38 (PP1)
Ovechkin 10:12 (PP1), 33:54
Voloshenko 13:01, 48:04
Radulov 49:29
Nikulin 49:50		GoalsEfimenko 29:05
Zakharov 40:43
December 29, 2004Czech Republic 5–2  SwitzerlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,259
Game reference
Hluchý 5:13
Frolík 34:09
Vrána 36:41
Kvapil 46:02
Olesz 59:30		GoalsHurlimann 33:27, 46:45
December 29, 2004Belarus 5–3 United StatesRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,038
Game reference
Efyamenka 9:14 (SH1)
Karaha 15:38
Savin 22:10
Kukushkin 23:26
A. Kostitsyn 34:16		GoalsKessel 17:47
Stafford 39:14 (PP1)
Brown 42:11
December 30, 2004Switzerland 1–6 RussiaRalph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 1,197
Game reference
Kaser 21:09 (PP1)GoalsVorobiev 4:58 (PP1)
Pestunov 17:20
Ovechkin 27:07 (PP1), 58:16
Galimov 29:37
Misharin 51:12 (PP1)
December 30, 2004United States 1–3 Czech RepublicRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,734
Game reference
Fritsche 39:07GoalsOlesz 12:56, 59:55
Kašpar 20:57

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 4 4 0 0 32 5 +27 8 Semifinals
2  Sweden 4 2 0 2 14 13 +1 4 Quarterfinals
3  Finland 4 2 0 2 10 15 −5 4
4  Slovakia 4 2 0 2 10 10 0 4 Relegation round
5  Germany 4 0 0 4 1 24 −23 0
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine
December 25, 2004Slovakia 3–7 CanadaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,540
Game reference
Zagrapan 32:06 (PP1)
Lascek 37:35
Ölvecký 41:13		GoalsBergeron 3:55, 21:05
Crosby 10:59 (PP1), 29:52 (PP1)
Carter 32:38
MacArthur 57:44, 59:52 (PS)
December 25, 2004Germany 1–4 FinlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 752
Game reference
Busch 44:03GoalsMakkonen 5:05 (PP1)
Honkaheimo 26:47
Nokelainen 33:39 (PP1)
Korpikoski 59:50 (PP1)
December 26, 2004Sweden 6–0 GermanyRalph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 951
Game reference
Persson 14:18, 49:12 (PP1)
Salmonsson 20:56, 50:49
Söderberg 45:10 (SH1)
Granath 54:07 (PP1)		Goals
December 27, 2004Canada 8–1 SwedenRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 10,739
Game reference
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		GoalsFredriksson 7:29 (PP1)
December 27, 2004Finland 0–2 SlovakiaRalph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 1,031
Game reference
GoalsBulík 34:35
Meszároš 59:01 (EN)
December 28, 2004Germany 0–9 CanadaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,404
Game reference
GoalsLadd 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
December 29, 2004Finland 5–4 SwedenRalph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 1,393
Game reference
Makkonen 32:07 (PP1)
Korpikoski 42:26 (PP1)
Joensuu 42:36 (PP1)
Hokkanen 54:10
Tukonen 54:47		GoalsÅhsberg 9:11 (PP1)
Nilsson 10:33
Salmonsson 30:55
Söderberg 35:18
December 29, 2004Slovakia 5–0 GermanyRalph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 1,230
Game reference
Ružička 0:47, 7:43, 13:50 (PP1)
Meszároš 40:57, 48:56 (PP1)		Goals
December 30, 2004Canada 8–1 FinlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 9,697
Game reference
Perry 4:45 (PP1), 38:45
Richards 19:38 (SH1)
Carter 21:32, 34:27, 37:29
Belle 35:32
Ladd 43:06 (SH1)		GoalsHietanen 53:46 (PP2)
December 30, 2004Sweden 3–0 SlovakiaRalph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls
Attendance: 1,325
Game reference
Salmonsson 3:11, 33:34
Söderberg 31:51		Goals

Relegation round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1  Slovakia 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 6
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 12 3 +9 4
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 4 13 −9 2 Relegated to the 2006 Division I
4  Belarus 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

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

January 1, 2005Switzerland 5–0 GermanyRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,540
Game reference
Diaz 28:26
Kaser 33:28 (PP1)
Schüler 39:22
Stancescu 40:53, 46:08		Goals
January 2, 2005Slovakia 2–1 BelarusRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,650
Game reference
Sekera 50:03
Ölvecký 56:35		GoalsZakharov 34:44
January 3, 2005Belarus 3–4 GermanyRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,580
Game reference
Ugarov 1:29, 13:52 (PP1)
Zakharov 25:22		GoalsCarciola 17:15
Janzen 32:45
Kink 53:44 (PP1)
Reiss 58:07 (PP1)
January 3, 2005Slovakia 3–2  SwitzerlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,820
Game reference
Bulík 0:29
Ölvecký 18:13
Haščák 53:07		GoalsBenoît 26:28
Romy 48:36

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

Final round

Bracket

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

Quarterfinals

January 1, 2005Czech Republic 3–0 FinlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 7,465
Game reference
Vrána 36:57 (PP1)
Olesz 43:35 (SH1)
Červenka 57:58		Goals
January 1, 2005Sweden 2–8 United StatesRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,258
Game reference
Eriksson 4:12, 33:26GoalsPorter 12:07
Stafford 23:08
Kessel 26:58, 44:15, 47:21
Schremp 51:08 (PP1)
Suter 52:46 (PP1)
Hensick 59:45

Semifinals

January 2, 2005Canada 3–1 Czech RepublicRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 10,266
Game reference
Carter 18:38
Dawes 30:02 (PP1)
Bergeron 32:34		GoalsOlesz 43:36 (SH1)
January 2, 2005United States 2–7 RussiaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 9,024
Game reference
Schremp 8:55 (PP1)
O'Sullivan 14:44 (PP1)		GoalsLisin 1:58 (PP1)
Ovechkin 4:46 (PP1), 57:46 (EN)
Shirokov 16:01
Malkin 51:03, 58:49 (EN)
Yunkov 59:59 (PP2)

Fifth place game

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

Bronze medal game

January 4, 2005Czech Republic 3–2 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 United StatesRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 8,992
Game reference
Polák 3:26 (PP1)
Frolík 26:03
Vrána 62:38		GoalsPorter 16:16 (PP1)
Stafford 33:12 (PP1)

Gold medal game

January 4, 2005
19:00		Canada 6–1
(2–1, 4–0, 0–0)		 RussiaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 11,862
Game reference
Jeff GlassGoaliesAnton Khudobin
Andrei Kuznetsov		Referee:
United States David Hansen
Linesmen:
Finland Juha Kautto
United States Kevin Redding
Getzlaf (Carter, Ladd) – 00:511–0
Syvret (Coburn, Bergeron) (PP) – 08:002–0
2–119:28 – Emelin (Shafigulin, Galimov) (PP)
Carter (Ladd, Getzlaf) – 23:333–1
Bergeron (Perry, Crosby) (PP) – 27:534–1
Stewart (Dawes, Richards) – 28:545–1
Phaneuf (Getzlaf, Carter) (PP) – 33:196–1
16 minPenalties33 min
32Shots19

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Patrice Bergeron  Canada 6 5 8 13 +5 6
2 Ryan Getzlaf  Canada 6 3 9 12 +14 8
3 Alexander Ovechkin  Russia 6 7 4 11 +6 4
4 Jeff Carter  Canada 6 7 3 10 +10 6
5 Rostislav Olesz  Czech Republic 7 7 3 10 +8 12
6 Evgeni Malkin  Russia 6 3 7 10 0 16
7 Sidney Crosby  Canada 6 6 3 9 +4 4
8 Drew Stafford  United States 7 5 4 9 –3 14
9 Johannes Salmonsson  Sweden 6 5 3 8 +2 0
10 Petr Vrána  Czech Republic 7 5 3 8 +8 16

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

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: Czech Republic Marek Schwarz

Defense: Canada Dion Phaneuf, United States Ryan Suter

Forwards: Russia Alexander Ovechkin, Canada Patrice Bergeron, Canada Jeff Carter

Most Valuable Player

Canada Patrice Bergeron

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czech Republic
4th  United States
5th  Finland
6th  Sweden
7th  Slovakia
8th   Switzerland
9th  Germany
10th  Belarus

Division I

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Norway 5 5 0 0 29 12 +17 10 Promoted to the 2006 Top Division
2  Kazakhstan 5 4 0 1 29 15 +14 8
3  Austria 5 3 0 2 12 16 −4 6
4  France 5 2 0 3 18 19 −1 4
5  Italy 5 1 0 4 11 16 −5 2
6  Great Britain 5 0 0 5 8 29 −21 0 Relegated to the 2006 Division II
Source: [citation needed]

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

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Latvia 5 4 1 0 28 12 +16 9 Promoted to the 2006 Top Division
2  Slovenia 5 3 0 2 28 12 +16 6
3  Denmark 5 3 0 2 22 13 +9 6
4  Poland 5 2 2 1 15 13 +2 6
5  Ukraine 5 1 1 3 11 19 −8 3
6  Estonia 5 0 0 5 6 41 −35 0 Relegated to the 2006 Division II
Source: [citation needed]

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

Division II

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Japan 5 4 1 0 32 4 +28 9 Promoted to the 2006 Division I
2  Romania 5 3 1 1 23 13 +10 7
3  Netherlands 5 3 0 2 29 14 +15 6
4  China 5 3 0 2 16 14 +2 6
5  Serbia and Montenegro 5 1 0 4 11 36 −25 2
6  Lithuania 5 0 0 5 5 35 −30 0 Relegated to the 2006 Division III
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Hungary 5 5 0 0 41 10 +31 10 Promoted to the 2006 Division I
2  South Korea 5 4 0 1 46 12 +34 8
3  Croatia 5 3 0 2 27 21 +6 6
4  Spain 5 2 0 3 14 32 −18 4
5  Australia 5 1 0 4 16 40 −24 2
6  Belgium 5 0 0 5 12 41 −29 0 Relegated to the 2006 Division III
Source: [citation needed]

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

Division III

The Division III Championship was played on January 10–16, 2005, in Mexico City, Mexico.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Mexico 5 5 0 0 37 6 +31 10 Promoted to the 2006 Division II
2  New Zealand 5 3 1 1 28 15 +13 7
3  Iceland 5 3 0 2 30 19 +11 6
4  South Africa 5 2 1 2 15 24 −9 5
5  Turkey 5 1 0 4 10 27 −17 2
6  Bulgaria 5 0 0 5 10 39 −29 0
Source: [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "2005 IIHF World U20 Championship statistics". Archived from the original on June 28, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Executive Director – Jim Johannson, USA Hockey". Hockey Canada. 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2021.