2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2005 WJC) was held between December 25, 2004, and January 4, 2005,^[1] at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Canada won the gold medal. Jim Johannson oversaw administration of the event on behalf of USA Hockey.^[2]

2005 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	Ralph Engelstad Arena (Grand Forks) Ralph Engelstad Arena (Thief River Falls)
Dates	December 25, 2004 – January 4, 2005
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (11th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	205 (6.61 per game)
Attendance	193,256 (6,234 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Patrice Bergeron (13 points)
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Venues

Ralph Engelstad Arena Capacity: 11,640	Ralph Engelstad Arena Capacity: 2,569
United States – Grand Forks	United States – Thief River Falls

Rosters

Main article: 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	3	0	1	21	9	+12	6	Semifinals
2	Czech Republic	4	3	0	1	16	9	+7	6	Quarterfinals
3	United States	4	2	0	2	15	16	−1	4
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	12	17	−5	2	Relegation round
5	Belarus	4	1	0	3	9	22	−13	2

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

December 25, 2004

Belarus

2–7

Czech Republic

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 543

Game reference
	Ugarov 30:14 (PP1) Asmalouski 54:44 (SH1) Goals Frolík 14:53 (PP1) Vrána 20:27, 59:18 (PP1) Kvapil 33:13 (PP1) Olesz 45:31 (SH1), 49:15 Petružálek 47:01

December 25, 2004

Russia

4–5

United States

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,274

Game reference
	Rylov 7:25 Shirokov 18:01 (PS) Ovechkin 18:41 Pestunov 27:17 Goals Stafford 4:22 Bourque 5:45 (PP1) Fritsche 18:19, 28:40 (SH1) Schremp 23:15 (PP1)

December 26, 2004

Switzerland

5–0

Belarus

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,510

Game reference
	Wick 11:41 Romy 33:27 (SH1), 51:03 Stancescu 35:11 Kaser 39:37 Goals

December 27, 2004

Czech Republic

1–4

Russia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 972

Game reference
	Hrdel 29:36 Goals Radulov 7:03 (PP1) Shirokov 10:44 (PP1) Malkin 21:14 Lisin 47:05

December 27, 2004

United States

6–4

Switzerland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,133

Game reference
	Callahan 9:36 Porter 28:18 Stafford 41:34 (PP1) Hensick 42:25 Schremp 44:07 O'Sullivan 47:06 Goals Benoît 40:45 Stancescu 41:04, 45:20 Hurlimann 44:44

December 28, 2004

Russia

7–2

Belarus

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 825

Game reference
	Shirokov 1:38 (PP1) Ovechkin 10:12 (PP1), 33:54 Voloshenko 13:01, 48:04 Radulov 49:29 Nikulin 49:50 Goals Efimenko 29:05 Zakharov 40:43

December 29, 2004

Czech Republic

5–2

Switzerland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,259

Game reference
	Hluchý 5:13 Frolík 34:09 Vrána 36:41 Kvapil 46:02 Olesz 59:30 Goals Hurlimann 33:27, 46:45

December 29, 2004

Belarus

5–3

United States

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,038

Game reference
	Efyamenka 9:14 (SH1) Karaha 15:38 Savin 22:10 Kukushkin 23:26 A. Kostitsyn 34:16 Goals Kessel 17:47 Stafford 39:14 (PP1) Brown 42:11

December 30, 2004

Switzerland

1–6

Russia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,197

Game reference
	Kaser 21:09 (PP1) Goals Vorobiev 4:58 (PP1) Pestunov 17:20 Ovechkin 27:07 (PP1), 58:16 Galimov 29:37 Misharin 51:12 (PP1)

December 30, 2004

United States

1–3

Czech Republic

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,734

Game reference
	Fritsche 39:07 Goals Olesz 12:56, 59:55 Kašpar 20:57

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	32	5	+27	8	Semifinals
2	Sweden	4	2	0	2	14	13	+1	4	Quarterfinals
3	Finland	4	2	0	2	10	15	−5	4
4	Slovakia	4	2	0	2	10	10	0	4	Relegation round
5	Germany	4	0	0	4	1	24	−23	0

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

December 25, 2004

Slovakia

3–7

Canada

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,540

Game reference
	Zagrapan 32:06 (PP1) Lascek 37:35 Ölvecký 41:13 Goals Bergeron 3:55, 21:05 Crosby 10:59 (PP1), 29:52 (PP1) Carter 32:38 MacArthur 57:44, 59:52 (PS)

December 25, 2004

Germany

1–4

Finland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 752

Game reference
	Busch 44:03 Goals Makkonen 5:05 (PP1) Honkaheimo 26:47 Nokelainen 33:39 (PP1) Korpikoski 59:50 (PP1)

December 26, 2004

Sweden

6–0

Germany

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 951

Game reference
	Persson 14:18, 49:12 (PP1) Salmonsson 20:56, 50:49 Söderberg 45:10 (SH1) Granath 54:07 (PP1) Goals

December 27, 2004

Canada

8–1

Sweden

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 10,739

Game reference
	Carter 2:28 MacArthur 20:52 Dawes 23:39 Bergeron 32:49 Crosby 35:11 (PP1), 40:21 (PP1) Ladd 40:46 Getzlaf 52:32 Goals Fredriksson 7:29 (PP1)

December 27, 2004

Finland

0–2

Slovakia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,031

Game reference
	Goals Bulík 34:35 Meszároš 59:01 (EN)

December 28, 2004

Germany

0–9

Canada

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,404

Game reference
	Goals Ladd 10:05 MacArthur 10:51 Crosby 17:46 (PP2), 54:34 Barker 18:33 (PP1) Getzlaf 26:32 Stewart 32:46, 47:12 Fraser 57:47

December 29, 2004

Finland

5–4

Sweden

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,393

Game reference
	Makkonen 32:07 (PP1) Korpikoski 42:26 (PP1) Joensuu 42:36 (PP1) Hokkanen 54:10 Tukonen 54:47 Goals Åhsberg 9:11 (PP1) Nilsson 10:33 Salmonsson 30:55 Söderberg 35:18

December 29, 2004

Slovakia

5–0

Germany

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,230

Game reference
	Ružička 0:47, 7:43, 13:50 (PP1) Meszároš 40:57, 48:56 (PP1) Goals

December 30, 2004

Canada

8–1

Finland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,697

Game reference
	Perry 4:45 (PP1), 38:45 Richards 19:38 (SH1) Carter 21:32, 34:27, 37:29 Belle 35:32 Ladd 43:06 (SH1) Goals Hietanen 53:46 (PP2)

December 30, 2004

Sweden

3–0

Slovakia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Thief River Falls Attendance: 1,325

Game reference
	Salmonsson 3:11, 33:34 Söderberg 31:51 Goals

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	6
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	4
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	4	13	−9	2	Relegated to the 2006 Division I
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Note: Matches   Switzerland 5–0  Belarus and  Slovakia 5–0  Germany from the preliminary round are included as well since these results carry forward.

January 1, 2005

Switzerland

5–0

Germany

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,540

Game reference
	Diaz 28:26 Kaser 33:28 (PP1) Schüler 39:22 Stancescu 40:53, 46:08 Goals

January 2, 2005

Slovakia

2–1

Belarus

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,650

Game reference
	Sekera 50:03 Ölvecký 56:35 Goals Zakharov 34:44

January 3, 2005

Belarus

3–4

Germany

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,580

Game reference
	Ugarov 1:29, 13:52 (PP1) Zakharov 25:22 Goals Carciola 17:15 Janzen 32:45 Kink 53:44 (PP1) Reiss 58:07 (PP1)

January 3, 2005

Slovakia

3–2

Switzerland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,820

Game reference
	Bulík 0:29 Ölvecký 18:13 Haščák 53:07 Goals Benoît 26:28 Romy 48:36

 Germany and  Belarus are relegated to Division I for the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Bracket

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

QF1

Czech Republic

1

A2

Czech Republic

3

B1

Canada

3

B3

Finland

0

SF1

Canada

6

SF2

Russia

1

QF2

United States

2

B2

Sweden

2

A1

Russia

7

A3

United States

8

Quarterfinals

January 1, 2005

Czech Republic

3–0

Finland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 7,465

Game reference
	Vrána 36:57 (PP1) Olesz 43:35 (SH1) Červenka 57:58 Goals

January 1, 2005

Sweden

2–8

United States

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,258

Game reference
	Eriksson 4:12, 33:26 Goals Porter 12:07 Stafford 23:08 Kessel 26:58, 44:15, 47:21 Schremp 51:08 (PP1) Suter 52:46 (PP1) Hensick 59:45

Semifinals

January 2, 2005

Canada

3–1

Czech Republic

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 10,266

Game reference
	Carter 18:38 Dawes 30:02 (PP1) Bergeron 32:34 Goals Olesz 43:36 (SH1)

January 2, 2005

United States

2–7

Russia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,024

Game reference
	Schremp 8:55 (PP1) O'Sullivan 14:44 (PP1) Goals Lisin 1:58 (PP1) Ovechkin 4:46 (PP1), 57:46 (EN) Shirokov 16:01 Malkin 51:03, 58:49 (EN) Yunkov 59:59 (PP2)

Fifth place game

January 3, 2005

Sweden

3–4 OT

Finland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 9,252

Game reference
	Söderberg 7:12 Bergfors 34:13 (PP1), 52:35 Goals Mäntymaa 15:21 Seitsonen 47:08 Nurmi 59:10 Kolehmainen 61:37

Bronze medal game

January 4, 2005

Czech Republic

3–2 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

United States

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 8,992

Game reference
	Polák 3:26 (PP1) Frolík 26:03 Vrána 62:38 Goals Porter 16:16 (PP1) Stafford 33:12 (PP1)

Gold medal game

January 4, 2005 19:00

Canada

6–1 (2–1, 4–0, 0–0)

Russia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 11,862

Game reference
	Jeff Glass	Goalies	Anton Khudobin Andrei Kuznetsov	Referee: David Hansen Linesmen: Juha Kautto Kevin Redding
	Getzlaf (Carter, Ladd) – 00:51 1–0 Syvret (Coburn, Bergeron) (PP) – 08:00 2–0 2–1 19:28 – Emelin (Shafigulin, Galimov) (PP) Carter (Ladd, Getzlaf) – 23:33 3–1 Bergeron (Perry, Crosby) (PP) – 27:53 4–1 Stewart (Dawes, Richards) – 28:54 5–1 Phaneuf (Getzlaf, Carter) (PP) – 33:19 6–1
	16 min	Penalties	33 min
	32	Shots	19

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Patrice Bergeron	Canada	6	5	8	13	+5	6
2	Ryan Getzlaf	Canada	6	3	9	12	+14	8
3	Alexander Ovechkin	Russia	6	7	4	11	+6	4
4	Jeff Carter	Canada	6	7	3	10	+10	6
5	Rostislav Olesz	Czech Republic	7	7	3	10	+8	12
6	Evgeni Malkin	Russia	6	3	7	10	0	16
7	Sidney Crosby	Canada	6	6	3	9	+4	4
8	Drew Stafford	United States	7	5	4	9	–3	14
9	Johannes Salmonsson	Sweden	6	5	3	8	+2	0
10	Petr Vrána	Czech Republic	7	5	3	8	+8	16

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Marek Schwarz	Czech Republic	361:57	13	2.15	92.49	1
2	Jeff Glass	Canada	300:00	7	1.40	92.22	0
3	Jaroslav Halák	Slovakia	360:00	13	2.17	91.56	2
4	Al Montoya	United States	393:15	22	3.36	90.39	0
5	Tuukka Rask	Finland	243:26	12	2.96	90.16	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Awards

All-Star Team

Goaltender: Marek Schwarz

Defense: Dion Phaneuf, Ryan Suter

Forwards: Alexander Ovechkin, Patrice Bergeron, Jeff Carter

Most Valuable Player

Patrice Bergeron

Final standings

	Team
	Canada
	Russia
	Czech Republic
4th	United States
5th	Finland
6th	Sweden
7th	Slovakia
8th	Switzerland
9th	Germany
10th	Belarus

Division I

The Division I Championships were played on December 13–19, 2004, in Sheffield, United Kingdom (Group A), and Narva, Estonia (Group B).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	29	12	+17	10	Promoted to the 2006 Top Division
2	Kazakhstan	5	4	0	1	29	15	+14	8
3	Austria	5	3	0	2	12	16	−4	6
4	France	5	2	0	3	18	19	−1	4
5	Italy	5	1	0	4	11	16	−5	2
6	Great Britain	5	0	0	5	8	29	−21	0	Relegated to the 2006 Division II

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Leading scorer: Mathis Olimb, Norway (4 goals, 5 assists; 9 points).

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Latvia	5	4	1	0	28	12	+16	9	Promoted to the 2006 Top Division
2	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	28	12	+16	6
3	Denmark	5	3	0	2	22	13	+9	6
4	Poland	5	2	2	1	15	13	+2	6
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	3	11	19	−8	3
6	Estonia	5	0	0	5	6	41	−35	0	Relegated to the 2006 Division II

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Leading scorer: Anže Kopitar, Slovenia (10 goals, 3 assists; 13 points).

Division II

The Division II Championships were played on January 3–9, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania (Group A), and on December 13–19, 2004, in Puigcerdà, Spain (Group B).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	4	1	0	32	4	+28	9	Promoted to the 2006 Division I
2	Romania	5	3	1	1	23	13	+10	7
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	29	14	+15	6
4	China	5	3	0	2	16	14	+2	6
5	Serbia and Montenegro	5	1	0	4	11	36	−25	2
6	Lithuania	5	0	0	5	5	35	−30	0	Relegated to the 2006 Division III

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	41	10	+31	10	Promoted to the 2006 Division I
2	South Korea	5	4	0	1	46	12	+34	8
3	Croatia	5	3	0	2	27	21	+6	6
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	14	32	−18	4
5	Australia	5	1	0	4	16	40	−24	2
6	Belgium	5	0	0	5	12	41	−29	0	Relegated to the 2006 Division III

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Leading scorer: Park Woo-Sang,  South Korea (12 goals, 8 assists; 20 points).

Division III

The Division III Championship was played on January 10–16, 2005, in Mexico City, Mexico.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Mexico	5	5	0	0	37	6	+31	10	Promoted to the 2006 Division II
2	New Zealand	5	3	1	1	28	15	+13	7
3	Iceland	5	3	0	2	30	19	+11	6
4	South Africa	5	2	1	2	15	24	−9	5
5	Turkey	5	1	0	4	10	27	−17	2
6	Bulgaria	5	0	0	5	10	39	−29	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}