2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2006 WJHC) were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Top Division

Venues

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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Template:Flagu – Vancouver	Template:Flagu – Vancouver	Template:Flagu – Kelowna	Template:Flagu – Kamloops

Rosters

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Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−8).

Group A

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Group B

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

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Relegation round

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

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|name_LAT=Template:Ihj |name_NOR=Template:Ihj |name_SUI=Template:Ihj |name_SVK=Template:Ihj

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Phil Kessel	Template:Ihj	7	1	10	11	0	2
2	Evgeni Malkin	Template:Ihj	6	4	6	10	+5	12
3	Lauri Tukonen	Template:Ihj	7	3	7	10	+9	0
4	Stanislav Lašček	Template:Ihj	6	6	3	9	+3	8
5	Chris Bourque	Template:Ihj	7	7	1	8	–1	12
6	Nicklas Bäckström	Template:Ihj	6	4	3	7	+3	2
6	Mathias Joggi	Template:Ihj	6	4	3	7	–2	14
8	Bobby Ryan	Template:Ihj	7	3	4	7	–1	0
8	Blake Comeau	Template:Ihj	6	3	4	7	+7	8
10	Marek Zagrapan	Template:Ihj	6	2	5	7	+3	18
10	Alexei Emelin	Template:Ihj	6	2	5	7	+3	39

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Justin Pogge	Template:Ihj	360:00	6	1.00	95.20	3
2	Daniel Larsson	Template:Ihj	249:26	4	0.96	95.18	1
3	Tuukka Rask	Template:Ihj	369:26	13	2.11	93.98	1
4	Anton Khudobin	Template:Ihj	300:00	11	2.20	93.29	0
5	Cory Schneider	Template:Ihj	359:06	16	2.67	91.21	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

• Best players selected by the Directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Template:Flagicon Tuukka Rask
  • Best Defenceman: Template:Flagicon Marc Staal
  • Best Forward: Template:Flagicon Evgeni Malkin

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Template:Flagicon Evgeni Malkin
  • Goaltender: Template:Flagicon Tuukka Rask
  • Defencemen: Template:Flagicon Luc Bourdon / Template:Flagicon Jack Johnson
  • Forwards: Template:Flagicon Evgeni Malkin / Template:Flagicon Lauri Tukonen / Template:Flagicon Steve Downie

Source: IIHF

Final standings

	Team
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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

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Group B

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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

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Group B

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Division III

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

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External links

• IIHF official website
• Official website at www.hockeycanada.ca