1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1995 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1994 – January 6, 1995
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (8th title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored249 (8.89 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Marty Murray (15 points)
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The 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1995 WJHC) was the 19th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was hosted in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada with games held throughout central Alberta. The host Canadians won their third straight gold medal, and its eighth overall, while Russia won silver, and Sweden the bronze.

Final standings

The 1995 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. It was the last tournament, to use this round-robin format.

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Canada 7 7 0 0 49 22 +27 14
2  Russia 7 5 2 0 36 24 +12 10
3  Sweden 7 4 2 1 35 21 +14 9
4  Finland 7 3 3 1 29 26 +3 7
5  United States 7 3 4 0 28 33 −5 6
6  Czech Republic 7 3 4 0 43 26 +17 6
7  Germany 7 1 6 0 17 55 −38 2
8  Ukraine 7 1 6 0 12 42 −30 2
Source: [citation needed]

No team was relegated to Pool B as the tournament expanded to ten teams for 1996.

Results

December 26, 1994 Canada7 – 1 UkraineRed Deer
December 26, 1994 Sweden10 – 2 GermanyLeduc
December 26, 1994 Czech Republic3 – 0 FinlandSpruce Grove
December 26, 1994 United States4 – 3 RussiaInnisfail
December 27, 1994 Canada9 – 1 GermanyRed Deer
December 27, 1994 Russia4 – 3 Czech RepublicStettler
December 27, 1994 Finland6 – 2 UkraineRocky Mountain House
December 27, 1994 Sweden4 – 2 United StatesRed Deer
December 29, 1994 Canada8 – 3 United StatesRed Deer
December 29, 1994 Sweden4 – 3 Czech RepublicRed Deer
December 29, 1994 Russia4 – 2 UkraineEdmonton
December 29, 1994 Finland7 – 1 GermanyWetaskiwin
December 30, 1994 Canada7 – 5 Czech RepublicCalgary
December 30, 1994 Sweden7 – 1 UkraineSherwood Park
December 30, 1994 Russia8 – 1 GermanyLacombe
December 30, 1994 Finland7 – 5 United StatesRed Deer
January 1, 1995 Canada6 – 4 FinlandEdmonton
January 1, 1995 Russia6 – 4 SwedenCalgary
January 1, 1995 Czech Republic10 – 1 UkraineRed Deer
January 1, 1995 United States5 – 3 GermanyEdmonton
January 2, 1995 Canada8 – 5 RussiaRed Deer
January 2, 1995 Finland3 – 3 SwedenCalgary
January 2, 1995 Czech Republic14 – 3 GermanyRed Deer
January 2, 1995 Ukraine3 – 2 United StatesCamrose
January 4, 1995 Canada4 – 3 SwedenRed Deer
January 4, 1995 Russia6 – 2 FinlandRed Deer
January 4, 1995 Germany6 – 2 UkraineStettler
January 4, 1995 United States7 – 5 Czech RepublicPonoka

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Marty Murray  Canada 6 9 15
2 Jason Allison  Canada 3 12 15
3 Bryan McCabe  Canada 3 9 12
4 Alexander Serikow  Germany 2 9 11
5 Éric Dazé  Canada 8 2 10
5 Alexander Korolyuk  Russia 8 2 10
7 Adam Deadmarsh  United States 6 4 10
7 Václav Varaďa  Czech Republic 6 4 10
9 Josef Marha  Czech Republic 5 5 10
10 Vadim Sharifyanov  Russia 4 6 10

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Russia Yevgeni Tarasov Ukraine Igor Karpenko
Defencemen Canada Bryan McCabe Canada Bryan McCabe
Sweden Anders Eriksson
Forwards Canada Marty Murray Canada Jason Allison
Canada Éric Dazé
Canada Marty Murray

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Caen, Rouen, Le Havre, and Louviers France from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Two teams were promoted, no team was relegated because of the expansion of the top tier.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1   Switzerland 7 5 0 2 40 12 +28 12 3–1 4–4 4–1 4–4 6–1 11–1 8–0
2  Slovakia 7 5 2 0 33 16 +17 10 1–3 4–2 6–1 4–1 8–2 7–3 3–4
3  Poland 7 4 2 1 26 22 +4 9 4–4 2–4 0–6 5–4 4–1 6–0 5–3
4  France 7 4 3 0 24 15 +9 8 1–4 1–6 6–0 1–2 3–0 6–3 6–0
5  Norway 7 3 3 1 27 26 +1 7 4–4 1–4 4–5 2–1 2–7 9–1 5–4
6  Austria 7 2 4 1 20 31 −11 5 1–6 2–8 1–4 0–3 7–2 4–4 5–4
7  Japan 7 1 5 1 17 44 −27 3 1–11 3–7 0–6 3–6 1–9 4–4 5–1
8  Italy 7 1 6 0 16 37 −21 2 0–8 4–3 3–5 0–6 4–5 4–5 1–5
Source: [citation needed]

  Switzerland and  Slovakia were promoted to Pool A for 1996.

Qualification for Pool C1

This would be the final year for a pre-tournament qualification. The winner of this tournament would participate in the C1 pool, second and third would participate in C2. It was played from September 3 to 5, in Minsk, Belarus.[1]

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Belarus 2 2 0 0 13 5 +8 4 8–4 5–1
 Kazakhstan 2 1 1 0 15 8 +7 2 4–8 11–0
 Slovenia 2 0 2 0 1 16 −15 0 1–5 0–11
Source: [citation needed]

Pool C1

Eight teams were divided into two round robin groups, with placement games to follow (1st played 1st, etc.). Because there were to be two teams promoted, each group winner secured promotion before the placement games. The tournament took place from December 29 to January 3, in Puigcerda Spain.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 3 0 0 22 3 +19 6 5–2 11–0 6–1
 Belarus 3 2 1 0 13 9 +4 4 2–5 3–2 8–2
 Romania 3 1 2 0 6 17 −11 2 0–11 2–3 4–3
 Great Britain 3 0 3 0 6 18 −12 0 1–6 2–8 3–4
Source: [citation needed]

 Hungary was promoted to Pool B for 1996.

Group B
Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Latvia 3 3 0 0 29 6 +23 6 7–5 9–0 13–1
 Denmark 3 2 1 0 15 11 +4 4 5–7 5–2 5–2
 Spain 3 1 2 0 6 17 −11 2 0–9 2–5 4–3
 Netherlands 3 0 3 0 6 22 −16 0 1–13 2–5 3–4
Source: [citation needed]

 Latvia was promoted to Pool B for 1996.

Placement Games

Pool C2

Six teams played a round robin, with the top two gain promotion for the following year's Pool C, the remaining teams would be placed in Pool D. It was played from December 31 to January 6, in Tallinn Estonia.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Kazakhstan 5 3 0 2 47 10 +37 8 3–3 13–1 11–2 2–2 18–2
2  Slovenia 5 3 0 2 40 15 +25 8 3–3 3–3 9–3 8–2 17–4
3  Estonia 5 2 1 2 24 25 −1 6 1–13 3–3 6–4 2–2 12–3
4  Lithuania 5 2 3 0 29 30 −1 4 2–11 3–9 4–6 7–2 13–2
5  Croatia 5 0 2 3 10 21 −11 3 2–2 2–8 2–2 2–7 2–2
6  Yugoslavia 5 0 4 1 13 62 −49 1 2–18 4–17 3–12 2–13 2–2
Source: [citation needed]

 Kazakhstan and  Slovenia were promoted to Pool C for 1996.

References

  1. ^ Championnats du monde junior 1994/95 des moins de 20 ans
  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
  • 1995 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1995.htm at Passionhockey.com
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