2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2011 IIHF World U20 Championships
2011 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  United States
Dates December 26, 2010 – January 5, 2011
Teams 10
Champions  Russia (4 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 201  (6.48 per game)
Attendance 329,687  (10,635 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Brayden Schenn (18 points)
MVP Flag of Canada Brayden Schenn

The 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships (2011 WJHC), was the 2011 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was hosted by the United States.[1] The games were played in Western New York, at HSBC Arena in Buffalo and Niagara University's Dwyer Arena in Lewiston.[2] Russia won the gold medal with a 5–3 victory over Canada in the championship game, after completing the biggest comeback in the WJHC history; being down 3–0 after two periods, the Russians scored five goals in the third period to capture their first WJHC gold medal since 2003. The host team, the United States, won the bronze medal with a 4–2 win over Sweden.

Summary

Preliminary round

The Preliminary Round robin consisted of two pools of five teams each, played in a round robin format. The United States (Pool A) and Sweden (Pool B) went undefeated to finish first in their respective pools and earn an automatic berth in the semifinals. To qualify for the quarterfinals, Canada and Russia finished second and third in Pool B while Finland and Switzerland did likewise in Pool A. The remaining teams, Slovakia, Germany, Czech Republic and Norway, were sent to the relegation round.

Relegation round

In the relegation round, Slovakia and Norway played in the first game, with Slovakia winning 5–0. The Czech Republic defeated Germany 3–2 in the second game. After the first day of action, the final results were decided and the remaining games were meaningless. Germany lost to Norway 3–1 and the Czech Republic defeated Slovakia 5–2 in the final relegation games. Norway and Germany were relegated to Division I for the 2012 tournament.[3]

Medal round

Quarterfinals

The first quarterfinal game saw Russia take on Finland. Russia trailed by two goals late in the game, but scored twice to tie and send it to overtime. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the game-winning goal in overtime.[4] In the other quarterfinal, Canada easily defeated Switzerland 4–1.

Semifinals

The first semi-final featured Russia and Sweden. Controversy erupted in the second period as an apparent icing call on Russia was waved off by the on-ice officials, allowing the Russians to score and take a 2–0 lead. The Swedish team protested the non-call, but the goal stood. The Swedes did forge a comeback and took a 3–2 lead in the third period, but the Russians scored late to force overtime for the second consecutive game. The game went to a shootout with Russia winning, 4–3.[5] The second semifinal was a highly anticipated rematch of the previous year's gold medal game between Canada and the United States, the defending champions. In front of a mainly Canadian crowd that made the trip to Buffalo, Canada earned a berth in the final with a 4–1 victory over their American rivals.[6]

Fifth place game

The fifth place game featured the losing teams of the quarter-final games. Switzerland defeated Finland 3–2 in a shootout to take fifth place.[3]

Bronze medal game

The United States defeated Sweden 4–2 to win the bronze medal, its first ever WJHC medal on home ice.[7]

Gold medal game

The gold medal game was between Canada and Russia. The game marked Canada's tenth consecutive appearance in the final. The Russians had lost their three previous gold medal games to Canada. Canada led 3-0 after two periods. However, the Russians scored five unanswered goals in the third period, including two in a span of 13 seconds, to win the game 5–3 and capture the gold medal. It was Russia's first gold medal since 2003 and Canada's second straight silver medal finish. Brayden Schenn of Canada was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.[8]

The game delivered one of the largest television audiences in Canadian history, with an average of 6.88 million viewers watching on TSN and another 652,000 watching the French-language broadcast on RDS. An estimated half of Canadians watched a portion or all of the game.[9]

Top division

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Advanced to
 United States 4 3 1 0 0 15 4 11 Semifinals
 Finland 4 3 0 1 0 17 4 10 Quarterfinals
 Switzerland 4 2 0 0 2 11 13 6 Quarterfinals
 Slovakia 4 0 1 0 3 7 19 2 Relegation round
 Germany 4 0 0 1 3 5 15 1 Relegation round

All times local (EST/UTC−5)

December 26, 2010
12:30 		Germany  3–4
(0–4, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Switzerland
December 26, 2010
20:00 		Finland  2 – 3 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1) 		 United States
December 27, 2010
19:00 		Slovakia  2 – 1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Germany
December 28, 2010
12:30 		Switzerland  0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2) 		 Finland
December 28, 2010
20:00 		United States  6–1
(2–0, 4–1, 0–0) 		 Slovakia
December 29, 2010
15:30 		Finland  5–1
(1–0, 3–0, 1–1) 		 Germany
December 30, 2010
15:00 		Switzerland  6–4
(3–1, 1–1, 2–2) 		{{{team2}}}
December 30, 2010
19:00 		Germany  0–4
(0–2, 0–2, 0–0) 		 United States
December 31, 2010
12:30 		Slovakia  0–6
(0–3, 0–3, 0–0) 		 Finland
December 31, 2010
20:00 		United States  2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0) 		 Switzerland

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Advanced to
 Sweden 4 3 1 0 0 21 9 11 Semifinals
 Canada 4 3 0 1 0 28 12 10 Quarterfinals
 Russia 4 2 0 0 2 19 13 6 Quarterfinals
 Czech Republic 4 1 0 0 3 10 21 3 Relegation round
 Norway 4 0 0 0 4 4 27 0 Relegation round

All times local (EST/UTC−5)

December 26, 2010
16:00 		Russia  3–6
(1–1, 2–2, 0–3) 		 Canada
December 26, 2010
16:00 		Norway  1–7
(0–2, 0–2, 1–3) 		 Sweden
December 27, 2010
19:00 		Czech Republic  2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Norway
December 28, 2010
16:00 		Canada  7–2
(2–1, 3–0, 2–1) 		 Czech Republic
December 28, 2010
19:00 		Sweden  2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0) 		 Russia
December 29, 2010
19:30 		Norway  1–10
(1–6, 0–1, 0–3) 		 Canada
December 30, 2010
15:00 		Sweden  6–3
(3–1, 2–2, 1–0) 		 Czech Republic
December 30, 2010
19:00 		Russia  8–2
(2–2, 1–0, 5–0) 		 Norway
December 31, 2010
16:00 		Canada  5 – 6 SO
(3–2, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Sweden
December 31, 2010
19:00 		Czech Republic  3–8
(1–4, 1–4, 1–0) 		 Russia

Relegation round

The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round were carried forward to this round.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 0 10 4 9
 Slovakia 3 1 1 0 1 9 6 5
 Norway 3 1 0 0 2 3 8 3
 Germany 3 0 0 1 2 4 8 1

All times local (EST/UTC−5)

January 2, 2011
15:30 		Slovakia  5–0
(2–0, 0–0, 3–0) 		 Norway
January 2, 2011
19:30 		Czech Republic  3–2
(0–0, 1–1, 2–1) 		 Germany
January 4, 2011
15:30 		Germany  1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2) 		 Norway
January 4, 2011
19:30 		Czech Republic  5–2
(2–0, 3–2, 0–0) 		 Slovakia

 Norway and  Germany were relegated to Division I for the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2011
15:30 		Canada  4–1
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Switzerland
January 2, 2011
19:30 		Finland  3 – 4 OT
(1–1, 1–0, 1–2)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Russia

Semifinals

January 3, 2011
15:30 		Sweden  3 – 4 SO
(0–1, 1–1, 2–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Russia
January 3, 2011
19:30 		United States  1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1) 		 Canada

5th place playoff

January 4, 2011
19:30 		Finland  2–3 SO
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Switzerland

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2011
15:30 		Sweden  2–4
(0–0, 1–1, 1–3) 		 United States

Gold medal game

January 5, 2011
19:30 		Canada  3–5
(2–0, 1–0, 0–5) 		 Russia

Final standings

Team
Gold medal icon.png  Russia
Silver medal icon.png  Canada
Bronze medal icon.png  United States
4th  Sweden
5th  Switzerland
6th  Finland
7th  Czech Republic
8th  Slovakia
9th  Norway
10th  Germany

Division I

Main article: 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A was played in Babruysk, Belarus, between December 13 and December 19, 2010.[10] Group B was played in Bled, Slovenia, between December 12 and December 18, 2010.[11]

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 Latvia 5 5 0 0 0 21 3 +18 15
 Belarus 5 4 0 0 1 18 9 +9 12
 Great Britain 5 3 0 0 2 12 10 +2 9
 Italy 5 2 0 0 3 13 8 +5 6
 Japan 5 1 0 0 4 9 15 −6 3
 Ukraine 5 0 0 0 5 4 32 −28 0
Promoted to Top Division Relegated to Division II

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 Denmark 5 4 0 0 1 35 14 +21 12
 Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 31 14 +17 12
 Austria 5 3 1 0 1 24 13 +11 11
 Kazakhstan 5 2 0 0 3 19 24 −5 6
 Croatia 5 1 0 1 3 16 35 −19 4
 Lithuania 5 0 0 0 5 10 35 −25 0
Promoted to Top Division Relegated to Division II

Division II

Main article: 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played in Tallinn, Estonia.[12] Group B was played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania, between December 13 and December 19, 2010.[13]

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 France 5 5 0 0 0 49 5 +44 15
 Netherlands 5 3 0 1 1 19 16 +3 10
 Spain 5 3 0 0 2 12 16 −4 9
 Belgium 5 1 1 0 3 17 34 −17 5
 Estonia 5 1 0 0 4 16 29 −13 3
 Iceland 5 1 0 0 4 10 23 −13 3
Promoted to Division I Relegated to Division III

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF Pts
 Poland 5 5 0 0 0 61 10 +51 15
 Hungary 5 4 0 0 1 50 16 +34 12
 South Korea 5 3 0 0 2 27 30 −3 9
 Romania 5 2 0 0 3 16 24 −8 6
 Australia 5 1 0 0 4 21 39 −18 3
 China 5 0 0 0 5 10 66 −56 0
Promoted to Division I Relegated to Division III

Division III

Main article: 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

References

  1. ↑ "Buffalo, NY to host 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship". Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. http://www.buffaloworldjuniors.com/. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  2. ↑ "World Juniors to Buffalo?". WGR 550 Sports Radio. 26 June 2008. http://wgr550.com/World-Juniors-to-Buffalo-/2487169. Retrieved 2008-07-08. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Swiss finish fifth with shootout win over Finland". tsn. 5 January 2011. http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/story/?id=348064. 
  4. ↑ "Russia rallies to stun Canada 5-3 for WJC gold". nhl.com. 5 January 2011. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=548539. 
  5. ↑ "RUSSIA DOWNS SWEDEN IN SO TO ADVANCE TO GOLD MEDAL GAME". tsn. 5 January 2011. http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/story/?id=347896. 
  6. ↑ "Canada advances to final with convincing 4–1 win against U.S.". nhl.com. 5 January 2011. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=548302. 
  7. ↑ "U.S. takes Bronze with 4–2 defeat of Sweden". nhl.com. 5 January 2011. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=548518. 
  8. ↑ "Russia rallies to stun Canada 5–3 for WJC gold". nhl.com. 5 January 2011. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=548539. 
  9. ↑ "Gold medal game delivers record audience on TSN, RDS". tsn.ca. 5 January 2011. http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/story/?id=348302. 
  10. ↑ "2011 IIHF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIP Div. I Group A". iihf.com. http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm20-ia/statistics.html. 
  11. ↑ "2011 IIHF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIP Div. I Group B". iihf.com. http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm20-ib/statistics.html. 
  12. ↑ "2011 IIHF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIP Div. II Group A". iihf.com. http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm20-iia/statistics.html. 
  13. ↑ "2011 IIHF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIP Div. II Group B". iihf.com. http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/wm20-iib/statistics.html. 

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2011
See also: 2011 World Championships 		Succeeded by
2012 World Juniors


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