The 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2005 WJC) was held between December 25, 2004, and January 4, 2005, 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.
Venues Ralph Engelstad ArenaCapacity: 11,640 Ralph Engelstad ArenaCapacity: 2,569 – Grand Forks – Thief River Falls
Rosters
Top Division Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Relegation round
Note: Matches 5–0 and 5–0 from the preliminary round are included as well since these results carry forward.
and are relegated to Division I for the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Final round Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Patrice Bergeron 6 5 8 13 +5 6 2 Ryan Getzlaf 6 3 9 12 +14 8 3 Alexander Ovechkin 6 7 4 11 +6 4 4 Jeff Carter 6 7 3 10 +10 6 5 Rostislav Olesz 7 7 3 10 +8 12 6 Evgeni Malkin 6 3 7 10 0 16 7 Sidney Crosby 6 6 3 9 +4 4 8 Drew Stafford 7 5 4 9 –3 14 9 Johannes Salmonsson 6 5 3 8 +2 0 10 Petr Vrána 7 5 3 8 +8 16GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Marek Schwarz 361:57 13 2.15 92.49 1 2 Jeff Glass 300:00 7 1.40 92.22 0 3 Jaroslav Halák 360:00 13 2.17 91.56 2 4 Al Montoya 393:15 22 3.36 90.39 0 5 Tuukka Rask 243:26 12 2.96 90.16 0TOI = 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 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
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
Leading scorer: Mathis Olimb, Norway (4 goals, 5 assists; 9 points).
Group B
Leading scorer: Anže Kopitar, (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
Group B
Leading scorer: Park Woo-Sang, (12 goals, 8 assists; 20 points).
Division III The Division III Championship was played on January 10–16, 2005, in Mexico City, Mexico.
References
External links Team Canada