2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2008 WJHC), was the 32nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournamement was held in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, between 26 December 2007 and 5 January 2008.^[1][2] Canada won the gold medal for the fourth consecutive time. Sweden earned its first World Junior medal since 1996 by reaching the final.

2008 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
City	Pardubice, Liberec
Venue(s)	ČEZ Arena and Tipsport Arena (in 2 host cities)
Dates	26 December 2007 – 5 January 2008
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (14th title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	197 (6.35 per game)
Attendance	103,179 (3,328 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	James van Riemsdyk (11 points)
Awards
MVP	Steve Mason
← 2007 2009 →

Top Division

Venues

ČEZ Aréna Capacity: 10,194	Tipsport Arena Capacity: 7,500
Czech Republic – Pardubice	Czech Republic – Liberec

Rosters

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	22	9	+13	12	Semifinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	12	5	+7	9	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic (H)	4	2	0	0	2	12	11	+1	6
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	9	14	−5	3	Relegation round
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	7	23	−16	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

26 December 2007 16:00

Sweden

4–3 (2–1, 0–0, 2–2)

Slovakia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 7,692

Game reference
	Robin Figren 10:20 (SH) Patrik Berglund 16:14 (PP) Robin Figren 48:05 (PP) Johan Alcén 55:03 (PP) Goals Milan Bališ 02:10 (PP2) Ivan Roháč 48:56 Tomáš Marcinko 50:15

26 December 2007 20:00

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,057

Game reference
	Goals John Tavares 31:21 (PP) Matthew Halischuk 43:57 John Tavares 51:53 (PP)

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27 December 2007 16:00

Slovakia

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 3,657

Game reference
	Goals Kyle Turris 20:54 (PP2), 53:20 (PP)

27 December 2007 20:00

Czech Republic

5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 3,260

Game reference
	Michael Frolík 00:22, 03:26 (PP), 13:09 Jakub Sklenář 23:30 Petr Strapáč 51:41 (PP) Goals Kevin Leder 28:00 Sune Hjulmand 33:09 (PP)

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28 December 2007 18:00

Denmark

1–10 (1–2, 0–4, 0–4)

Sweden

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 654

Game reference
	Morten Poulsen 01:06 Goals Oscar Möller 07:19 Tobias Forsberg 09:56 Mikael Backlund 26:20 (SH), 32:43 (SH) Tony Lagerström 30:12, 46:29 Robin Figren 34:20 Patrik Berglund 51:58 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 52:30 Patrik Lundh 54:25

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29 December 2007 16:00

Slovakia

2–5 (0–2, 1–2, 1–1)

Czech Republic

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 10,194

Game reference
	Oliver Ďuriš 38:17 Erik Čaládi (PP2) 52:20 Goals Jakub Sklenář 7:11, 26:10 Michael Frolík 19:59 Daniel Bártek 24:45 Martin Látal 54:27 (SH)

29 December 2007 20:00

Canada

3–4 (1–0, 0–0, 2–4)

Sweden

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 8,547

Game reference
	Brad Marchand 19:05 Shawn Matthias 42:17 Claude Giroux 56:18 (PP2) Goals Eric Moe 45:14 (PP) Tony Lagerström 46:45 Oscar Möller 49:09 (PP) Tobias Forsberg 59:53

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30 December 2007 18:00

Denmark

3–4 (0–1, 0–2, 3–1)

Slovakia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 468

Game reference
	Mikkel Bødker 43:36 (PP) Nichlas Hardt 48:01 Morten Poulsen 59:35 (PP) Goals Ivan Roháč 8:25 (PP) Matej Češík 27:43 Erik Čaládi 31:06 (PP2) Marek Slovák 48:24

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31 December 2007 14:00

Sweden

4–2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Czech Republic

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 6,272

Game reference
	Oscar Möller 4:11 Patrik Berglund 23:37 (PP2) Thomas Larsson 24:42 Robin Figren 41:26 Goals Antonín Bořuta 40:44 (PP) Jakub Sklenář 50:10

31 December 2007 18:00

Canada

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Denmark

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 1,158

Game reference
	Shawn Matthias 12:44 (PP) John Tavares 18:08 Kyle Turris 28:18, 54:42 (PP) Goals Mikkel Bødker 49:36 (PP2)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	17	8	+9	12	Semifinals
2	Russia	4	3	0	0	1	18	14	+4	9	Quarterfinals
3	Finland	4	1	1	0	2	16	15	+1	5
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	0	0	3	8	16	−8	3	Relegation round
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	1	3	9	15	−6	1

Source: IIHF

26 December 2007 16:00

United States

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,029

Game reference
	James van Riemsdyk 19:57 Rhett Rakhshani 24:58 Mike Carman 26:23 Colin Wilson 44:11 (PP) Kyle Okposo 57:43 Goals Alexandr Kurshuk 14:46 (PP)

26 December 2007 20:00

Finland

4–7 (2–1, 0–4, 2–2)

Russia

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,720

Game reference
	Nico Aaltonen 07:20 (PP) Joonas Jalvanti 15:02 (PP) Juuso Puustinen 43:33 Max Wärn 43:59 Goals Marat Kalimulin 11:47 (PP) Yevgeni Bodrov 26:26 Vadim Golubtsov 27:32 (PP) Artem Anisimov 32:34 Anton Korolev 34:32 Viktor Tikhonov 40:25 (PP) Dmitri Kugryshev 56:22

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27 December 2007 16:00

Kazakhstan

4–5 (2–0, 1–4, 1–1)

Russia

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 796

Game reference
	Evgeny Rymarev 03:58 Konstantin Savenkov 14:21 Yakov Vorobyov 35:47 (PP) Mikhail Kachulin 53:10 Goals Viktor Tikhonov 20:25 (PP) Alexei Cherepanov 21:19 Evgenij Kurbatov 31:37 Artyom Gordeyev 36:27 Yuri Alexandrov 53:30

27 December 2007 20:00

Finland

4–3 GWS (1–2, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Switzerland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 980

Game reference
	Juuso Puustinen 17:36 (PP) Harri Pesonen 22:45 Jarkko Malinen 43:05 Sakari Salminen GWG Goals Kevin Lotscher 09:37 Reto Suri 14:47 Gregory Sciaroni 59:14

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28 December 2007 18:00

Switzerland

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

United States

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,222

Game reference
	Andrej Bykov 24:17 Arnaud Jacquemet 55:45 (PP) Goals Colin Wilson 05:08 (PP), 49:30 (PP2) Bobby Sanguinetti 22:57(PP) James van Riemsdyk 42:27 (PP2)

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29 December 2007 16:00

Kazakhstan

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,354

Game reference
	Goals Nico Aaltonen 02:59 Joonas Kemppainen 23:37 (PP), 26:37 Niclas Lucenius 46:17 (PP2) Juuso Puustinen 48:30

29 December 2007 20:00

Russia

2–3 (0–1, 1–0, 1–2)

United States

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 4,654

Game reference
	Alexei Cherepanov 28:36 Viktor Tikhonov 54:36 Goals Tyler Ruegsegger 11:31 (PP2) James van Riemsdyk 43:01 (PP) Mike Carman 47:44

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30 December 2007 18:00

Switzerland

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 513

Game reference
	Yannick Weber 53:49 (PP) Goals Yakov Vorobiev 7:39, 28;19 (PP) Evgeny Rymarev 59:07

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31 December 2007 14:00

Russia

4–3 (1–1, 2–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 551

Game reference
	Anton Korolev 1:31 Dmitri Sayustov 20:46 (PP2) Artyom Gordeyev 37:49 Viktor Tikhonov 55:31 Goals Arnauld Jacquemet 9:41 (PP) Dino Wieser 28:45 Marco Maurer 57:40

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31 December 2007 18:00

United States

5–3 (2–0, 3–0, 0–3)

Finland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,133

Game reference
	Colin Wilson 9:29, 13:20 (PP), 21:43 Tyler Ruegsegger 24:44 James van Riemsdyk 29:14 Goals Nico Aaltonen 50:52 (PP) Mikko Kousa 55:21 (PP) Niclas Lucenius 59:14

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	0	17	5	+12	9
8	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	9	12	−3	6
9	Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	8	10	−2	3	Relegated to the 2009 Division I
10	Denmark	3	0	0	0	3	8	15	−7	0

Source: IIHF

2 January 2008 16:00

Slovakia

5–2 (1–0, 2–0, 2–2)

Switzerland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 564

Game reference
	Marek Slovák 5:50 (PP) Dalibor Jančovič 31:13 Tomáš Marcinko 39:48 Erik Čaládi 58:54 (ENG) Juraj Mikuš 59:51 (ENG) Goals Étienne Froidevaux 40:40 Aurelio Lemm 46:07 (PP)

2 January 2008 20:00

Kazakhstan

6–3 (1–0, 2–2, 3–1)

Denmark

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 149

Game reference
	Evgeny Gasnikov 08:53 (PP) Yakov Vorobiev 33:42 Evgeny Rymarev 38:36 (SH), 52:08 (PP), 59:11 (ENG), 59:25 (ENG) Goals Lars Eller 22:38 (PP), 38:59 (PP) Nichlas Hardt 43:43 (PP)

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3 January 2008 16:00

Switzerland

5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 251

Game reference
	Yannick Weber 15:31 Aurelio Lemm 32:36, 39:29 (PP) Reto Suri 43:12 Roman Schlagenhauf 58:37 (PP) Goals Lars Eller 04:38 Philip Larsen 26:57 (PP)

3 January 2008 20:00

Slovakia

8–0 (4–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 359

Game reference
	Oliver Ďuriš 6:40 Dávid Skokan 14:00 (PP), 19:39 (PP2) Ivan Roháč 15:45 Erik Čaládi 32:33 (PP) Patrik Lušňák 35:13 (PP), 37:32 Dalibor Jančovič 50:05 Goals

Final round

Bracket

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Gold Medal Game

A1

Sweden (OT)

2

B2

Russia

4

B2

Russia

1

A3

Czech Republic

1

A1

Sweden

2

A2

Canada (OT)

3

B1

United States

1

A2

Canada

4

A2

Canada

4

B3

Finland

2

Bronze Medal Game

B1

United States

2

B2

Russia

4

Quarterfinals

2 January 2008 16:00

Canada

4–2 (0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Finland

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 5,187

Game reference
	John Tavares 27:23 (PP) Steven Stamkos 42:20 Brad Marchand 50:32 Stefan Legein 59:30 (ENG) Goals Juuso Puustinen 7:23 Jan-Mikael Juutilainen 45:42

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2 January 2008 20:00

Russia

4–1 (0–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 8,420

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Michal Neuvirth	Referees: Danny Kurmann Thomas Stearns Linesmen: Peter Feola Felix Winnekens
	Seleznev (Filatov, Mamin) – 27:58 1–0 Tikhonov (Golubtsov) (PP) – 35:04 2–0 Filatov (Anisimov, Kugryshev) – 36:57 3–0 3–1 37:20 – Meidl (Voráček) Korolev (Bodrov) – 50:10 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	13

Fifth place game

3 January 2008 18:00

Czech Republic

5–1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Finland

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 483

Game reference
	Daniel Bártek 26:44 Michael Frolík 27:59 Tomáš Kundrátek 39:20 (PP) Zbyněk Hampl 47:46 Martin Látal 57:07 (ENG) Goals Harri Pesonen

Semifinals

4 January 2008 16:00

Sweden

2–1 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Russia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 3,286

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Danny Kurmann Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Petr Blümel Jeff Jobson
	0–1 38:27 – Filatov (Cherepanov) Figren (Andersson, Moe) (PP) – 51:50 1–1 Backlund (Pääjärvi, Moe) – 66:18 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	24

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4 January 2008 20:00

United States

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 5,621

Game reference
	James van Riemsdyk 53:26 Goals Shawn Matthias 22:46 Karl Alzner 30:00 (PP) Colton Gillies 47:04 Brad Marchand 47:24

Bronze medal game

5 January 2008 16:00

United States

2–4 (0–3, 1–1, 1–0)

Russia

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 5,468

Game reference
	Jeremy Smith Joe Palmer	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Danny Kurmann Jyri Petteri Ronn Linesmen: Jeff Jobson Felix Winnekens
	0–1 03:59 – Cherepanov (Filatov, Mamin) 0–2 11:04 – Kurbatov (Tikhonov) (PP) 0–3 16:57 – Filatov (Cherepanov) 0–4 21:30 – Filatov (Mamin, Cherepanov) (PP) Rakhshani (Okposo) – 30:47 1–4 Schroeder (Sanguinetti) (PP2) – 53:39 2–4
	24 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	25

Final

5 January 2008 20:00

Sweden

2–3 OT (0–2, 0–0, 2–0) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

ČEZ Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 7,480

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Steve Mason	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Peter Feola Milan Mášik
	0–1 01:27 – Marchand 0–2 17:01 – Giroux (Marchand, Turris) (PP) Carlsson (Alcén, P. Berglund) (PP) – 45:13 1–2 Larsson (EA) – 59:22 2–2 2–3 63:36 – Halischuk
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	21

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	James van Riemsdyk	United States	6	5	6	11	+4	2
2	Nikita Filatov	Russia	7	4	5	9	+7	10
3	Marek Slovák	Slovakia	6	2	7	9	+2	12
4	Kyle Turris	Canada	7	4	4	8	+3	2
5	Arnaud Jacquemet	Switzerland	6	2	6	8	+1	4
5	Dávid Skokan	Slovakia	6	2	6	8	+1	6
7	Jordan Schroeder	United States	6	1	7	8	+1	2
8	Yevgeni Rymarev	Kazakhstan	6	6	1	7	+2	0
8	Colin Wilson	United States	5	6	1	7	+2	4
10	Robin Figren	Sweden	6	5	2	7	+4	2

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	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Steve Mason	Canada	303:36	6	1.19	123	95.12	1
2	Július Hudáček	Slovakia	359:08	16	2.67	202	92.08	1
3	Sergei Bobrovsky	Russia	366:07	15	2.46	184	91.85	0
4	Michal Neuvirth	Czech Republic	240:00	10	2.50	111	90.99	0
5	Jhonas Enroth	Sweden	308:56	12	2.33	126	90.48	0

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

Awards

• Best players selected by the Directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Steve Mason
  • Best Defenceman: Drew Doughty
  • Best Forward: Viktor Tikhonov
  • MVP: Steve Mason

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • Goaltender: Steve Mason
  • Defencemen: Victor Hedman / Drew Doughty
  • Forwards: Patrik Berglund / Viktor Tikhonov / James van Riemsdyk

Source: IIHF

Final standings

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

Relegated to the 2009 Division I

Division I

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The Division I Championships were played from 9 to 15 December 2007 in Bad Tölz, Germany (Group A),^[3] and from 12 to 18 December 2007 in Riga, Latvia (Group B).^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany (H)	5	5	0	0	0	42	6	+36	15	Promoted to the 2009 Top Division
2	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	36	11	+25	12
3	Norway	5	3	0	0	2	19	16	+3	9
4	Poland	5	1	0	1	3	7	24	−17	4
5	Ukraine	5	0	1	1	3	10	26	−16	3
6	Lithuania	5	0	1	0	4	8	39	−31	2	Relegated to the 2009 Division II

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Latvia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	28	9	+19	12	Promoted to the 2009 Top Division
2	Belarus	5	4	0	0	1	21	8	+13	12
3	Slovenia	5	3	1	0	1	17	8	+9	11
4	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	17	21	−4	6
5	France	5	1	0	0	4	14	29	−15	3
6	Great Britain	5	0	0	1	4	8	30	−22	1	Relegated to the 2009 Division II

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division II

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The Division II Championships were played from 9 to 15 December 2007 in Canazei, Italy (Group A),^[5] and from 10 to 16 December 2007 in Tallinn, Estonia (Group B).^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Italy (H)	5	5	0	0	0	37	8	+29	15	Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	37	7	+30	12
3	South Korea	5	3	0	0	2	18	11	+7	9
4	Belgium	5	1	1	0	3	12	21	−9	5
5	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	13	30	−17	4
6	Iceland	5	0	0	0	5	7	47	−40	0	Relegated to the 2009 Division III

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Estonia (H)	5	4	1	0	0	35	8	+27	14	Promoted to the 2009 Division I
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	0	36	5	+31	13
3	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	24	19	+5	9
4	Spain	5	2	0	0	3	24	27	−3	6
5	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4	8	27	−19	3
6	China	5	0	0	0	5	8	49	−41	0	Relegated to the 2009 Division III

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division III

Main article: 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III Championship was played from 16 to 24 January 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	New Zealand	6	6	0	0	0	66	15	+51	18	Promoted to the 2009 Division II
2	Serbia (H)	6	5	0	0	1	55	7	+48	15
3	Armenia	6	4	0	0	2	47	23	+24	12
4	Australia	6	3	0	0	3	44	23	+21	9
5	South Africa	6	2	0	0	4	26	52	−26	6
6	Turkey	6	1	0	0	5	18	62	−44	3
7	Bulgaria	6	0	0	0	6	10	84	−74	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

See also

• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters