1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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

1995 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesDecember – January 4
Teams8
Venue(s)13 (in 13 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (8th title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored249 (8.89 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Marty Murray
(15 points)
1994
1996

Final standings

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

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Canada 7700492214
 Russia 7520362410
 Sweden 742135219
4 Finland 733129267
5 United States 734028336
6 Czech Republic 734043266
7 Germany 716017552
8 Ukraine 716012422

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
1Marty Murray Canada6915
2Jason Allison Canada31215
3Bryan McCabe Canada3912
4Alexander Serikow Germany2911
5Éric Dazé Canada8210
5Alexander Korolyuk Russia8210
7Adam Deadmarsh United States6410
7Václav Varaďa Czech Republic6410
9Josef Marha Czech Republic5510
10Vadim Sharifyanov Russia4610

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender Yevgeni Tarasov Igor Karpenko
Defencemen Bryan McCabe Bryan McCabe
Anders Eriksson
Forwards Marty Murray Jason Allison
Éric Dazé
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
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1  Switzerland 75024012123 - 14 - 44 - 14 - 46 - 111 - 18 - 0
2 Slovakia 75203316101 - 34 - 26 - 14 - 18 - 27 - 33 - 4
3 Poland 7421262294 - 42 - 40 - 65 - 44 - 16 - 05 - 3
4 France 7430241581 - 41 - 66 - 01 - 23 - 06 - 36 - 0
5 Norway 7331272674 - 41 - 44 - 52 - 12 - 79 - 15 - 4
6 Austria 7241203151 - 62 - 81 - 40 - 37 - 24 - 45 - 4
7 Japan 7151174431 - 113 - 70 - 63 - 61 - 94 - 45 - 1
8 Italy 7160163720 - 84 - 33 - 50 - 64 - 54 - 51 - 5

  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 GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Belarus 220013548 - 45 - 1
 Kazakhstan 211015824 - 811 - 0
 Slovenia 202011601 - 50 - 11

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 GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Hungary 330022365 - 211 - 06 - 1
 Belarus 321013942 - 53 - 28 - 2
 Romania 312061720 - 112 - 34 - 3
 Great Britain 303061801 - 62 - 83 - 4

 Hungary was promoted to Pool B for 1996.

Group B
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Latvia 330029667 - 59 - 013 - 1
 Denmark 3210151145 - 75 - 25 - 2
 Spain 312061720 - 92 - 54 - 3
 Netherlands 303062201 - 132 - 53 - 4

 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
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1 Kazakhstan 5302471083 - 313 - 111 - 22 - 218 - 2
2 Slovenia 5302401583 - 33 - 39 - 38 - 217 - 4
3 Estonia 5212242561 - 133 - 36 - 42 - 212 - 3
4 Lithuania 5230293042 - 113 - 94 - 67 - 213 - 2
5 Croatia 5023102132 - 22 - 82 - 22 - 72 - 2
6 FR Yugoslavia 5041136212 - 184 - 173 - 122 - 132 - 2

 Kazakhstan and  Slovenia were promoted to Pool C for 1996.

References

  • 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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