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1976 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

{{Infobox international ice hockey competition

| tourney_name =IIHF World Junior Championship

| year = 1976

| country = Finland

| dates = December 26, 1975 –
January 1, 1976

| num_teams = 5

| venues = 4

| cities = 4

| type = ihj

| winners = Soviet Union

| second = Canada

| third = Czechoslovakia

| fourth = Finland

| games = 10

| goals = 78

| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|USSR}} Valeri Evstifeev

| points = 8

| prevseason = 1975

| nextseason = 1977

}}

The 1976 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were between December 26, 1975, and January 1, 1976, in Tampere, Turku, Pori and Rauma Finland.

The Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 4–0 record.{{cite web |title=1976 World Junior Championship |publisher=Hockey Canada |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/1/8/7/7/index1.shtml |accessdate=2008-05-27}}

This was the third edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records.{{cite web |title=IIHF World U20 Championships |publisher=IIHF |url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/all-medallists/u20.html |accessdate=2008-05-27}}

Canada was represented by a club team, the Sherbrooke Castors, while the other four nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.{{cite web |title=IIHF World Junior Championship History |publisher=Hockey Canada |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/3/5/6/7/index1.shtml |accessdate=2008-05-27}} The United States did not participate in this tournament, after having competed in the 1974 and 1975 tournaments.

Final standings

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

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|win_FIN=1|draw_FIN=0|loss_FIN=3|gf_FIN=12|ga_FIN=14

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}}

Results

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| periods = (3–1, 9–0, 5–0)

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| score = 7 – 2

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| periods = (2–0, 1–2, 4–0)

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Scoring leaders

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

!width=150|Player

!Country

!width=20|{{Tooltip|G|Goals}}

!width=20|{{Tooltip|A|Assists}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

1align=left| Valeri Evstifeevalign=left| {{ihj|USSR}}448
2align=left| Karel Holýalign=left| {{ihj|TCH}}527
3align=left| Valeri Braginalign=left| {{ihj|USSR}}426
4align=left| Sergei Prdgortsevalign=left| {{ihj|USSR}}246
5align=left| Matti Forssalign=left| {{ihj|FIN}}415
6align=left| Björn Johanssonalign=left| {{ihj|SWE}}325
7align=left| Josef Lukácalign=left| {{ihj|TCH}}235
8align=left| Peter Marshalign=left| {{ihj|CAN}}404
rowspan=3| 9align=left| Thomas Gradinalign=left| {{ihj|SWE}}314
align=left| Hannu Helanderalign=left| {{ihj|FIN}}314
align=left| Anders Håkanssonalign=left| {{ihj|SWE}}314

Tournament awards

class="wikitable"

!width=120|

width=180| Best Playerswidth=180| All-Star Team
Goaltender

| {{flagicon|USSR}} Sergei Babariko || {{flagicon|TCH}} Pavol Švárny

Defencemen

| {{flagicon|USSR}} Vasili Pervukhin || {{flagicon|USSR}} Vassili Pervukhin
{{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Johansson

Forwards

| {{flagicon|USSR}} Valeri Evstifeev || {{flagicon|CAN}} Peter Marsh
{{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Holý
{{flagicon|USSR}} Valeri Evstifeev

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/int-20_1976.htm "Matches internationaux des moins de 20 ans 1975/76"]. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

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