:2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

{{Infobox international hockey competition

| tourney_name =IIHF World U20 Championship

| year = 2006

| other_titles =

| image = 2006 WJHC logo.svg

| size = 160px

| caption =

| country = Canada

| dates = 26 December 2005 – 5 January 2006

| num_teams = 10

| venues = 4

| cities = 3

| type = ihj

| winners = CAN

| count = 12

| second = RUS

| third = FIN

| fourth = USA

| games = 31

| goals = 195

| attendance = 325138

| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Kessel (11 points)

| mvp = {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgeni Malkin

| prevseason = 2005

| nextseason = 2007

}}

The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2006 WJHC) were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.{{Cite web |url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=55 |title=2006 IIHF World U20 Championship statistics |access-date=2023-01-14 |archive-date=2020-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=55 |url-status=dead }} The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place and Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops and Prospera Place in Kelowna. Canada was the winner defeating Russia 5–0 in the gold medal game. Total attendance was 325,138 (a new record) spread over 31 games, for an average of 10,488 per game.{{cite web |title=Ottawa to host 2009 world junior tourney |url=https://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/news_story/?ID=164709&hubname=world_jrs |publisher=TSN.ca |date=2006-05-03 |access-date=2008-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227023901/http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/news_story/?ID=164709&hubname=world_jrs |archive-date=2008-02-27 |url-status=dead }}

Top Division

=Venues=

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GM Place
Capacity: 18,630

! Pacific Coliseum
Capacity: 16,281

! Prospera Place
Capacity: 6,886

! Interior Savings Centre
Capacity: 5,658

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{{flagu|Canada}} – Vancouver

! {{flagu|Canada}} – Vancouver

! {{flagu|Canada}} – Kelowna

! {{flagu|Canada}} – Kamloops

=Rosters=

{{main|2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters}}

=Preliminary round=

All times are local (UTC−8).

==Group A==

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|winpoints=2

|team_order=CAN, USA, FIN, SUI, NOR

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|win_USA=2|draw_USA=1|loss_USA=1|gf_USA=21|ga_USA=12

|win_FIN=2|draw_FIN=0|loss_FIN=2|gf_FIN=19|ga_FIN=13

|win_SUI=1|draw_SUI=1|loss_SUI=2|gf_SUI=8 |ga_SUI=10

|win_NOR=0|draw_NOR=0|loss_NOR=4|gf_NOR=3 |ga_NOR=26

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|name_SUI={{ihj|SUI}}

|name_USA={{ihj|USA}}

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|col_SF=green1|text_SF=Semifinals

|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_RR=red1 |text_RR=Relegation round

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| date = December 26, 2005

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}

| score = 1–5

| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| periods = (0–2, 0–2, 1–1)

| goals1 = Seitsonen 48:49 (PP1)

| goals2 = Boyd 10:23 (PP1), 34:24
Comeau 15:52
Bolland 23:17 (PP1)
Chipchura 54:03

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 16,083

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200904115245/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055A01_74_5_0.pdf

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| date = December 26, 2005

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|NOR}}

| score = 2–11

| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}

| periods = (0–3, 1–5, 1–3)

| goals1 = Sveum 29:00 (PP1)
Olimb 43:44 (PP1)

| goals2 = Oshie 2:19
E. Johnson 12:22 (PP1)
Skille 17:30 (PP1)
Bourque 21:23, 27:32, 31:11 (PP1), 51:38, 53:03 (SH1)
Mueller 26:14
Porter 34:54 (PP1)
Schremp 40:32

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 12,232

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200904115223/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055A04_74_4_0.pdf

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| date = December 27, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}

| score = 2–0

| team2 = {{ihj|NOR}}

| periods = (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

| goals1 = Joggi 33:52 (PP1)
Burgler 54:04 (PP1)

| goals2 =

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 11,976

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200904121526/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055A05_74_3_0.pdf

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| date = December 28, 2005

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}

| score = 4–3

| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}

| periods = (2–1, 2–1, 0–1)

| goals1 = Downie 8:45 (PP1)
Boyd 17:45
Pyatt 30:00
Bolland 33:39 (PP1)

| goals2 = Blum 5:33 (PP2)
Weber 34:37
Sprünger 42:42 (PP1)

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 16,123

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055A07_74_2_0.pdf

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| date = December 28, 2005

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 6–5

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| periods = (3–2, 2–1, 1–2)

| goals1 = Fritsche 9:42 (PP1)
Wheeler 17:05, 39:18
Lee 19:49 (PP1)
Ryan 28:01 (PP1)
Porter 49:49 (PP1)

| goals2 = Alikoski 6:21
Korpikoski 8:26 (SH1)
Seitsonen 21:28 (PP1)
Tukonen 55:34
Laakso 58:48 (PP1)

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 12,209

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200904115201/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055A10_74_4_0.pdf

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| date = December 29, 2005

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|NOR}}

| score = 0–4

| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| periods = (0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Barker 15:27 (PP1)
Bolland 34:50 (PP1)
Chipchura 35:16
Bourdon 36:41

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 16,083

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055A11_74_1_0.pdf

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| date = December 30, 2005

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 2–2

| team2 = {{ihj|SUI}}

| periods = (2–0, 0–0, 0–2)

| goals1 = Paukovich 6:16
Ryan 16:59

| goals2 = Blum 47:53 (PP1)
Joggi 54:08 (PP2)

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 12,130

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055A13_74_3_0.pdf

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| date = December 30, 2005

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}

| score = 9–1

| team2 = {{ihj|NOR}}

| periods = (7–0, 1–1, 1–0)

| goals1 = Seppänen 1:10, 8:49
Lindgren 3:26
Jokinen 12:34 (PP1)
Tukonen 15:30 (PP1)
Heino 17:13
Seitsonen 18:32, 29:04
Kolehmainen 49:53

| goals2 = Sveum 35:10 (PP1)

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 10,766

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055A16_74_1_0.pdf

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| date = December 31, 2005

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}

| score = 3–2

| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}

| periods = (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

| goals1 = Barker 2:35 (PP1)
Boyd 6:42
Chipchura 59:27 (EN)

| goals2 = Bourque 10:27 (PP1)
Mueller 28:10 (PP1)

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 16,083

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055A17_74_1_0.pdf

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| date = December 31, 2005

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}

| score = 1–4

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| periods = (0–1, 0–0, 1–3)

| goals1 = Joggi 52:23 (PP1)

| goals2 = Kolehmainen 2:45 (PP1)
Sinisalo 42:24
Lindgren 42:34
Laakso 59:49 (EN)

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 8,335

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200904115251/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055A20_74_1_0.pdf

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==Group B==

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|winpoints=2

|team_order=RUS, SWE, CZE, SVK, LAT

|win_RUS=4|draw_RUS=0|loss_RUS=0|gf_RUS=21|ga_RUS=6

|win_SWE=3|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=20|ga_SWE=9

|win_CZE=2|draw_CZE=0|loss_CZE=2|gf_CZE=14|ga_CZE=14

|win_SVK=1|draw_SVK=0|loss_SVK=3|gf_SVK=12|ga_SVK=21

|win_LAT=0|draw_LAT=0|loss_LAT=4|gf_LAT=8 |ga_LAT=25

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|name_LAT={{ihj|LAT}}

|name_RUS={{ihj|RUS}}

|name_SVK={{ihj|SVK}}

|name_SWE={{ihj|SWE}}

|result1=SF |result2=QF |result3=QF |result4=RR |result5=RR

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1|text_SF=Semifinals

|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_RR=red1 |text_RR=Relegation round

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| date = December 26, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|LAT}}

| score = 1–5

| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5

| periods = (1–2, 0–3, 0–0)

| goals1 = Meija (Andersons) 11:16

| goals2 = 01:13 Hromas (Bahenský)
08:16 Kalus (Polák)
28:47 Pohl (Krejči)
29:37 Meidl (Hanzal)
37:52 Pohl (Krejči)

| goalie1 = Uģis Avotiņš

| goalie2 = Marek Schwarz

| stadium = Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops

| attendance = 4,653

| official = {{flagicon|CAN}} Guy Pellerin

| linesman = {{flagicon|CAN}} Sylvan Losier

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Geff MacDonald

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055B02_74_6_0.pdf

| penalties1 = 16

| penalties2 = 20

| shots1 = 20

| shots2 = 39

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| date = December 26, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 1–5

| team2 = {{ihj|RUS}}

| periods = (1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

| goals1 = Bergfors (PP) 07:37

| goals2 = 08:45 (PP) Malkin
13:51 (PP) Kulemin
38:03 Voloshenko
47:49 Shirokov
52:00 (SH) Kulemin

| stadium = Prospera Place, Kelowna

| attendance = 5,982

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055B03_74_4_0.pdf

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| date = December 27, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}

| score = 7–4

| team2 = {{ihj|LAT}}

| periods = (2–0, 4–3, 1–1)

| goals1 = Valábik 11:42
Lašček (PP) 18:30
Zagrapan 21:05
Lašček 28:28
Gračík 30:36
Lašček 39:03
Piatak 47:41

| goals2 = 29:27 (PP) Galviņš
37:25 Kļujevskis
39:24 Želubovskis
50:05 Želubovskis

| stadium = Prospera Place, Kelowna

| attendance = 5,790

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055B06_74_2_0.pdf

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| date = December 28, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}

| score = 2–3

| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}

| periods = (0–2, 1–1, 1–0)

| goals1 = Sobotka (PP) 36:25
Káňa (PP) 52:48

| goals2 = 02:08 Karlsson
03:49 Salmonsson
20:52 O. Hedman

| stadium = Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops

| attendance = 5,323

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055B08_74_2_0.pdf

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| date = December 28, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}

| score = 6–2

| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}

| periods = (5–0, 0–1, 1–0)

| goals1 = Churilov 07:37
Lemtyugov (PP) 09:45
Lisin 10:32
Zubov (PP) 16:41
Malkin (PP) 19:09
Emelin (PP) 47:11

| goals2 = 17:30 (PP) Sekera
30:29 Lašček

| stadium = Prospera Place, Kelowna

| attendance = 5,948

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055B09_74_2_0.pdf

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| date = December 29, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|LAT}}

| score = 1–3

| team2 = {{ihj|RUS}}

| periods = (0–2, 1–1, 0–0)

| goals1 = Kļujevskis (PP) 32:58

| goals2 = 03:54 (PP) Malkin
04:00 Lemtyugov
36:26 Lemtyugov

| stadium = Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops

| attendance = 4,831

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055B12_74_2_0.pdf

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| date = December 30, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CZE}}

| score = 5–3

| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}

| periods = (3–1, 1–0, 1–2)

| goals1 = Krejčí 00:26
Kudělka (PP) 10:01
Krejčí 10:22
Krejčí 30:36
Pohl 45:10

| goals2 = 01:38 (PP) Zagrapan
46:45 (PP) Gračík
56:05 (PP) Scurko

| stadium = Prospera Place, Kelowna

| attendance = 5,979

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055B14_74_1_0.pdf

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| date = December 30, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 10–2

| team2 = {{ihj|LAT}}

| periods = (4–1, 3–0, 3–1)

| goals1 = Karlsson 01:06
Bäckström (PP) 14:40
Viklund (PP) 15:57
Pettersson 18:17
Bergfors (PP) 20:40
Bäckström 25:25
Salmonsson (SH) 29:35
Bäckström 41:25
Ritola 51:59
Pettersson (PP) 57:42

| goals2 = 16:58 Karsums
51:52 Karkliņš

| stadium = Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops

| attendance = 4,797

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055B15_74_3_0.pdf

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| date = December 31, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}

| score = 0–6

| team2 = {{ihj|SWE}}

| periods = (0–2, 0–1, 0–3)

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 07:07 Lindqvist
13:01 (PP) Ritola
34:20 Ryno
43:33 Pettersson
49:44 Axelsson
52:22 Karlsson

| stadium = Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops

| attendance = 4,712

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055B18_74_1_0.pdf

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| date = December 31, 2005

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}

| score = 7–2

| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| periods = (1–0, 1–0, 5–2)

| goals1 = Shirokov (PP) 16:20
Voloshenko 33:46
Malkin 41:07
Zubov (PP) 44:15
Voloshenko 46:14
Lisin 51:09
Radulov 56:07

| goals2 = 48:47 Pohl
49:35 (PP) Sobotka

| stadium = Prospera Place, Kelowna

| attendance = 6,027

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055B19_74_1_0.pdf

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=Relegation round=

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|winpoints=2

|highest_pos=7

|team7=SUI |team8=SVK |team9=LAT |team10=NOR

|win_SUI=2|draw_SUI=1|loss_SUI=0|gf_SUI=10|ga_SUI=5

|win_SVK=2|draw_SVK=1|loss_SVK=0|gf_SVK=14|ga_SVK=10

|win_LAT=1|draw_LAT=0|loss_LAT=2|gf_LAT=10|ga_LAT=12

|win_NOR=0|draw_NOR=0|loss_NOR=3|gf_NOR=3 |ga_NOR=10

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|name_NOR={{ihj|NOR}}

|name_SUI={{ihj|SUI}}

|name_SVK={{ihj|SVK}}

|result9=REL |result10=REL

|res_col_header=R

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=2007 Division I

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| date = January 2, 2006

| time = 13:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}

| score = 5–2

| team2 = {{ihj|LAT}}

| periods = (1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 7,616

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055521_74_1_0.pdf

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| date = January 3, 2006

| time = 13:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SVK}}

| score = 4–3

| team2 = {{ihj|NOR}}

| periods = (1–1, 2–2, 1–0)

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 5,038

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055524_74_1_0.pdf

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| date = January 4, 2006

| time = 12:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|LAT}}

| score = 4–0

| team2 = {{ihj|NOR}}

| periods = (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 4,540

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055527_74_1_0.pdf

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| date = January 4, 2006

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SUI}}

| score = 3–3

| team2 = {{ihj|SVK}}

| periods = (2–1, 1–0, 0–2)

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

| attendance = 6,667

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055528_74_2_0.pdf

}}

=Final round=

==Bracket==

{{6TeamBracket

| RD1=Quarterfinals

| RD2=Semifinals

| RD3=Final

| RD1-seed1=A2

| RD1-team1={{ihj|USA}}

| RD1-score1=2

| RD1-seed2=B3

| RD1-team2={{ihj|CZE}}

| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=B2

| RD1-team3={{ihj|SWE}}

| RD1-score3=0

| RD1-seed4=A3

| RD1-team4={{ihj|FIN}} (OT)

| RD1-score4=1

| RD2-seed1=B1

| RD2-team1={{ihj|RUS}}

| RD2-score1=5

| RD2-seed2=QF1

| RD2-team2={{ihj|USA}}

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=A1

| RD2-team3={{ihj|CAN}}

| RD2-score3=4

| RD2-seed4=QF2

| RD2-team4={{ihj|FIN}}

| RD2-score4=0

| RD3-seed1=SF1

| RD3-team1={{ihj|RUS}}

| RD3-score1=0

| RD3-seed2=SF2

| RD3-team2={{ihj|CAN}}

| RD3-score2=5

| RD3-seed3=

| RD3-team3={{ihj|FIN}}

| RD3-score3=4

| RD3-seed4=

| RD3-team4={{ihj|USA}}

| RD3-score4=2

}}

==Quarterfinals==

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = January 2, 2006

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 0–1 {{small|OT}}

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| periods = (0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 69:26 (PP) Laakso

| stadium = General Motors Place, Vancouver

| attendance = 18,630

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055322_74_2_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = January 2, 2006

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|USA}}

| score = 2–1

| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| periods = (2–1, 0–0, 0–0)

| goals1 = Kessel (PP) 03:23
Bourque 11:08

| goals2 = 12:17 (PP) Šmíd

| stadium = General Motors Place, Vancouver

| attendance = 14,890

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055323_74_1_0.pdf

}}

==Semifinals==

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = January 3, 2006

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|CAN}}

| score = 4–0

| team2 = {{ihj|FIN}}

| periods = (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

| goals1 = Russell 18:16
Comeau 38:58
Letang (PP) 49:40
Cogliano 53:32

| goals2 =

| stadium = General Motors Place, Vancouver

| attendance = 18,630

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055225_74_2_0.pdf

}}

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{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = January 3, 2006

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}

| score = 5–1

| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1

| periods = (1–0, 0–0, 4–1)

| goalie1 = Anton Khudobin

| goalie2 = Cory Schneider

| goals1 = Kulemin (Zubov, Malkin) – 12:32 / Kulemin (PP) – 41:42 / Emelin (Malkin) – 43:13 / Shirokov (Lemtyugov) – 53:01 / Lemtyugov (Shirokov, Buravchikov) – 55:15

| goals2 = 42:34 – Skille (J. Johnson, Bourque) (PP)

| stadium = General Motors Place, Vancouver

| attendance = 18,630

| official = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jyri Ronn

| linesman = {{flagicon|CAN}} Jeff MacDonald

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Fredrik Ulriksson

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055226_74_1_0.pdf

| penalties1 = 51

| penalties2 = 41

| shots1 = 34

| shots2 = 35

}}

==Fifth place game==

{{Ice hockey box

| bg =

| date = January 4, 2006

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SWE}}

| score = 3–1

| team2 = {{ihj|CZE}}

| periods = (0–0, 0–0, 3–1)

| goals1 = Rynol 41:42
Bergfors 42:07
Bäckström 59:12

| goals2 = 43:16 Káňa

| stadium = General Motors Place, Vancouver

| attendance = 10,684

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055329_74_1_0.pdf

}}

==Bronze medal game==

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #ffdab9

| date = January 5, 2006

| time = 12:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|FIN}}

| score = 4–2

| team2 = {{ihj|USA}}

| periods = (0–1, 2–0, 2–1)

| goals1 = Sailio 33:32
Joensuu 34:51
Tukonen 53:20
Joensuu 55:24

| goals2 = 12:11 Ryan
51:03 (PP) J. Johnson

| stadium = General Motors Place, Vancouver

| attendance = 15,107

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055130_74_3_0.pdf

}}

==Final==

{{Ice hockey box

| bg = #F7F6A8

| date = January 5, 2006

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{ihj-rt|RUS}}

| score = 0–5

| team2 = {{ihj|CAN}}

| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5

| periods = (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

| goalie1 = Anton Khudobin

| goalie2 = Justin Pogge

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 17:13 – Downie (Cogliano, Comeau) / 18:56 – Comeau / 32:02 – Blunden (Barker, Pouliot) (PP) / 34:44 – Blunden (Barker, Russell) (PP) / 57:15 – Chipchura (Cogliano, Bolland)

| stadium = General Motors Place, Vancouver

| attendance = 18,630

| official = {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Thul

| linesman = {{flagicon|CZE}} František Kalivoda

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} Juho Kautto

| reference = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055131_74_1_0.pdf

| penalties1 = 20

| penalties2 = 14

| shots1 = 35

| shots2 = 34

}}

=Statistics=

==Scoring leaders==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
width=30|Pos

!width=150|Player

!Country

!width=20|GP

!width=20|G

!width=20|A

width=30|Pts

!width=30|+/−

!width=30|PIM

1align=left|Phil Kesselalign=left|{{ihj|USA}}71101102
2align=left|Evgeni Malkinalign=left|{{ihj|RUS}}64610+512
3align=left|Lauri Tukonenalign=left|{{ihj|FIN}}73710+90
4align=left|Stanislav Laščekalign=left|{{ihj|SVK}}6639+38
5align=left|Chris Bourquealign=left|{{ihj|USA}}7718–112
6align=left|Nicklas Bäckströmalign=left|{{ihj|SWE}}6437+32
6align=left|Mathias Joggialign=left|{{ihj|SUI}}6437–214
8align=left|Bobby Ryanalign=left|{{ihj|USA}}7347–10
8align=left|Blake Comeaualign=left|{{ihj|CAN}}6347+78
10align=left|Marek Zagrapanalign=left|{{ihj|SVK}}6257+318
10align=left|Alexei Emelinalign=left|{{ihj|RUS}}6257+339

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20200904115155/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055Z12_85B_1_0.pdf IIHF]

==Goaltending leaders==

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
width=30|Pos

!width=150|Player

!Country

!width=20|TOI

!width=20|GA

!width=20|GAA

!width=20|Sv%

!width=20|SO

1align=left|Justin Poggealign=left|{{ihj|CAN}}360:0061.0095.203
2align=left|Daniel Larssonalign=left|{{ihj|SWE}}249:2640.9695.181
3align=left|Tuukka Raskalign=left|{{ihj|FIN}}369:26132.1193.981
4align=left|Anton Khudobinalign=left|{{ihj|RUS}}300:00112.2093.290
5align=left|Cory Schneideralign=left|{{ihj|USA}}359:06162.6791.210

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055Z12_85A_1_0.pdf IIHF]

=Awards=

Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055000_85I_1_0.pdf IIHF]

Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20200919212429/http://webarchive.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/w20/hydra.iihf.com/data/iihf/output/xml/55/IHM055000_98_2_0.pdf IIHF]

= Final standings =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!width=15|

!Team

bgcolor="#F7F6A8"

| {{gold1}}

align=left|{{ihj|CAN}}
bgcolor="#DCE5E5"

| {{silver2}}

align=left|{{ihj|RUS}}
bgcolor="#FFDAB9"

| {{Bronze3}}

align=left|{{ihj|FIN}}
4thalign=left|{{ihj|USA}}
5thalign=left|{{ihj|SWE}}
6thalign=left|{{ihj|CZE}}
7thalign=left|{{ihj|SUI}}
8thalign=left|{{ihj|SVK}}
style="background:#ffcccc;"

| 9th

align=left|{{ihj|LAT}}
style="background:#ffcccc;"

| 10th

align=left|{{ihj|NOR}}

Division I

The Division I Championships were played on December 11–17, 2005 in Bled, Slovenia (Group A) and on December 12–18, 2005 in Minsk, Belarus.

=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|winpoints=2

|team1=GER|name_GER={{ihj|Germany}}

|team2=DEN|name_DEN={{ihj|Denmark}}

|team3=SLO|name_SLO={{ihj|Slovenia}}

|team4=FRA|name_FRA={{ihj|France}}

|team5=UKR|name_UKR={{ihj|Ukraine}}

|team6=JPN|name_JPN={{ihj|Japan}}

|win_GER=5|draw_GER=0|loss_GER=0|gf_GER=20|ga_GER=2

|win_DEN=3|draw_DEN=1|loss_DEN=1|gf_DEN=20|ga_DEN=17

|win_SLO=3|draw_SLO=0|loss_SLO=2|gf_SLO=17|ga_SLO=8

|win_FRA=1|draw_FRA=2|loss_FRA=2|gf_FRA=8|ga_FRA=7

|win_UKR=1|draw_UKR=1|loss_UKR=3|gf_UKR=10|ga_UKR=22

|win_JPN=0|draw_JPN=0|loss_JPN=5|gf_JPN=10|ga_JPN=29

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2007 Top Division

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2007 Division II

|update=complete|source=

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|winpoints=2

|team1=BLR|name_BLR={{ihj|Belarus|1995}}

|team2=KAZ|name_KAZ={{ihj|Kazakhstan}}

|team3=ITA|name_ITA={{ihj|Italy}}

|team4=POL|name_POL={{ihj|Poland}}

|team5=AUT|name_AUT={{ihj|Austria}}

|team6=HUN|name_HUN={{ihj|Hungary}}

|win_BLR=4|draw_BLR=1|loss_BLR=0|gf_BLR=24|ga_BLR=6

|win_KAZ=4|draw_KAZ=0|loss_KAZ=1|gf_KAZ=21|ga_KAZ=8

|win_ITA=2|draw_ITA=1|loss_ITA=2|gf_ITA=14|ga_ITA=15

|win_POL=1|draw_POL=2|loss_POL=2|gf_POL=9|ga_POL=14

|win_AUT=0|draw_AUT=2|loss_AUT=3|gf_AUT=5|ga_AUT=16

|win_HUN=0|draw_HUN=2|loss_HUN=3|gf_HUN=6|ga_HUN=20

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2007 Top Division

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2007 Division II

|update=complete|source=

}}

Division II

The Division II Championships were played on December 12–18, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania (Group A) and on January 10–16, 2006, in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|winpoints=2

|team1=GBR|name_GBR={{ihj|GBR}}

|team2=NED|name_NED={{ihj|Netherlands}}

|team3=ROM|name_ROM={{ihj|ROM}}

|team4=ESP|name_ESP={{ihj|Spain}}

|team5=AUS|name_AUS={{ihj|Australia}}

|team6=NZL|name_NZL={{ihj|New Zealand}}

|win_GBR=5|draw_GBR=0|loss_GBR=0|gf_GBR=53|ga_GBR=3

|win_NED=3|draw_NED=1|loss_NED=1|gf_NED=38|ga_NED=8

|win_ROM=3|draw_ROM=1|loss_ROM=1|gf_ROM=31|ga_ROM=11

|win_ESP=2|draw_ESP=0|loss_ESP=3|gf_ESP=15|ga_ESP=33

|win_AUS=1|draw_AUS=0|loss_AUS=4|gf_AUS=17|ga_AUS=37

|win_NZL=0|draw_NZL=0|loss_NZL=5|gf_NZL=2|ga_NZL=64

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2007 Division I

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2007 Division III

|update=complete|source=

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|winpoints=2

|team1=EST|name_EST={{ihj|EST}}

|team2=CRO|name_CRO={{ihj|CRO}}

|team3=KOR|name_KOR={{ihj|KOR}}

|team4=SCG|name_SCG={{ihj|SCG}}

|team5=MEX|name_MEX={{ihj|Mexico}}

|team6=CHN|name_CHN={{ihj|China}}

|win_EST=5|draw_EST=0|loss_EST=0|gf_EST=46|ga_EST=8

|win_CRO=3|draw_CRO=0|loss_CRO=2|gf_CRO=22|ga_CRO=15

|win_KOR=2|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=2|gf_KOR=20|ga_KOR=15

|win_SCG=2|draw_SCG=1|loss_SCG=2|gf_SCG=14|ga_SCG=16

|win_MEX=1|draw_MEX=0|loss_MEX=4|gf_MEX=11|ga_MEX=40

|win_CHN=1|draw_CHN=0|loss_CHN=4|gf_CHN=12|ga_CHN=31

|res_col_header=PR

|result1=P|result6=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2007 Division I

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2007 Division III

|update=complete|source=

}}

Division III

The Division III Championship was played on January 3–9, 2006, in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|winpoints=2

|team1=LTU|name_LTU={{ihj|LTU}}

|team2=ISL|name_ISL={{ihj|ISL}}

|team3=TUR|name_TUR={{ihj|TUR}}

|team4=BUL|name_BUL={{ihj|BUL}}

|team5=ARM|name_ARM={{ihj|ARM}}

|win_LTU=4|draw_LTU=0|loss_LTU=0|gf_LTU=81|ga_LTU=3

|win_ISL=3|draw_ISL=0|loss_ISL=1|gf_ISL=79|ga_ISL=6

|win_TUR=2|draw_TUR=0|loss_TUR=2|gf_TUR=35|ga_TUR=40

|win_BUL=1|draw_BUL=0|loss_BUL=3|gf_BUL=26|ga_BUL=32

|win_ARM=0|draw_ARM=0|loss_ARM=4|gf_ARM=6|ga_ARM=146

|res_col_header=P

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2007 Division II

|update=complete|source=

}}

References

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