1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 27, 1973, and January 6, 1974. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record.[1] This was the first edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by a club team, the Peterborough Petes, while the other five nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[3]

1974 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Soviet Union
DatesDecember 27, 1973 –
January 6, 1974
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Canada
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored135 (9 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Roland Eriksson
(9 points)
1975

Final standings

The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union5500361210
 Finland532021236
 Canada532017236
4 Sweden523032214
5 United States514010322
6 Czechoslovakia514019242

Results

Czechoslovakia 6 – 4
(3–1, 1–2, 2–1)
 Sweden
Canada 5 – 4
(1–1, 1–2, 3–1)
 United States
Soviet Union 6 – 2
(1–1, 3–1, 2–0)
 Finland
Sweden 9 – 4
(1–2, 6–2, 2–0)
 Finland
United States 1 – 11
(0–6, 1–1, 0–4)
 Sweden
Soviet Union 7 – 5
(1–0, 6–2, 0–3)
 Czechoslovakia
Finland 4 – 3
(2–1, 0–2, 2–0)
 Canada
Soviet Union 5 – 4
(2–2, 2–2, 1–0)
 Sweden
Finland 5 – 1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 United States
Canada 4 – 2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 Czechoslovakia
Finland 6 – 4
(4–1, 1–2, 1–1)
 Czechoslovakia
Canada 5 – 4
(1–2, 1–1, 3–1)
 Sweden
Soviet Union 9 – 1
(3–0, 1–1, 5–0)
 United States
United States 3 – 2
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0)
 Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union 9 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 5–0)
 Canada

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1Roland Eriksson Sweden549
2Viktor Khatulev Soviet Union369
3Edmunds Vasiljevs Soviet Union718
Mats Ulander Sweden718
5Boris Aleksandrov Soviet Union617
6Thomas Gradin Sweden437
7Doug Jarvis Canada257
8Viktor Vakhrushev Soviet Union167
9Bo Berglund Sweden246
10Vladimir Gostyuzhev Soviet Union156

Tournament awards

Best PlayersAll-Star Team
Goaltender Frank Salive Tapio Virhimo
Defencemen Viktor Kucherenko Jim Turkiewicz
Paul McIntosh
Forwards Mats Ulander Thomas Gradin
Roland Eriksson
Ismo Villa

References

  1. "1974 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  2. "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  3. "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
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