The 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Six teams played in each of the two groups. In addition to the usual promotion and relegation, the format (following this year) changed from two parallel tournaments, to two tiered tournaments. This means that the teams who finished 2nd and 3rd will be grouped together with the two relegated teams from the top division, and the teams who finished 4th and 5th will be grouped with the two promoted teams from Division II.
Group A The Group A tournament was played in Babruysk, Belarus, from 13 to 19 December 2010.2011 Division I Group A statistics
Participating teams Team Qualification Placed 9th in Top Division last year and were relegated. Hosts; placed 2nd in Division I (Group B) last year. Placed 3rd in Division I (Group B) last year. Placed 4th in Division I (Group A) last year. Placed 5th in Division I (Group A) last year. Placed 1st in Division II (Group A) last year and were promoted.
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).
Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerGPGA Pts +/-PIM 1 Nikolai Suslo 5 5 3 8 +5 4 2 Juris Upītis 5 3 5 8 +6 0 3 Zemgus Girgensons 5 4 3 7 +6 8 4 Elvijs Biezais 5 3 3 6 +4 6 5 Mikhail Khoromando 5 1 5 6 –1 4 6 Jack Prince 5 5 0 5 +3 2 7 Ruslam Azimov 5 2 3 5 +2 4 8 Robert Farmer 5 1 4 5 +1 2 8 Roman Malinovski 5 1 4 5 +4 2 10 Enrico Miglioranzi 5 0 5 5 –1 0 source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Jānis Kalniņš 240:00 2 97.50 0.50 2 2 Massimo Quagliato 239:29 4 96.26 1.00 1 3 Ben Bowns 300:00 10 95.19 2.00 1 4 Alexander Borodulya 298:35 8 91.75 1.61 0 5 Ren Yamaguchi 240:00 11 90.43 2.75 1 source: IIHF.com
IIHF Directorate awards Goaltender: Ben Bowns Defenceman: Ralfs Freibergs Forward: Nikolai Suslo
Group B The Group B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 December 2010.2011 Division I Group B statistics
Participating teams Team Qualification Placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated. Placed 2nd in Division I (Group A) last year. Hosts; placed 3rd in Division I (Group A) last year. Placed 4th in Division I (Group B) last year. Placed 5th in Division I (Group B) last year. Placed 1st in Division II (Group B) last year and were promoted.
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerGPGA Pts +/-PIM 1 Nicolai Meyer 5 8 4 12 +5 0 2 Eric Pance 5 7 5 12 +9 2 3 Kevin Puschnik 5 6 5 11 +7 10 4 Konstantin Komarek 5 5 5 10 +3 0 5 Borna Rendulić 5 4 5 9 –1 2 6 Patrick Russell 5 7 1 8 +8 2 7 Anton Petrov 5 5 3 8 +2 6 8 Gal Koren 5 3 5 8 +8 10 9 Mislav Blagus 5 2 6 8 0 0 10 Ken Ograjenšek 5 6 1 7 +2 4 source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Lasse Jensen 120:00 2 96.72 1.00 0 2 Andreas Brenkusch 124:24 3 94.00 1.45 1 3 Christoph Lindenhofer 178:40 10 90.91 3.36 0 4 Luka Gračnar 248:56 12 89.47 2.89 0 5 Roman Shtefan 239:45 20 87.34 5.01 0 source: IIHF.com
IIHF Directorate awards Goaltender: Luka Gračnar Defenceman: Jesper Jensen Forward: Eric Pance
References
External links Official website of IIHF