The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2019 WJC) was the 43rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2018, and ended with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2019.2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship official website2019 Top Division statistics This marked the 15th time that Canada hosted the WJC.
On December 1, 2016, it was announced that Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia had won the bid to host the 2019 World Juniors. This was the second time that Vancouver served as the primary host of the tournament, and the first time that Victoria had hosted in any capacity.
Top Division Venues Vancouver Victoria Rogers ArenaCapacity: 18,910 Save-On-Foods Memorial CentreCapacity: 7,006
Match officials The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2019 World Junior Championships.
Referees Jonathan Alarie Kenneth Anderson Andris Ansons Tobias Björk Andrew Bruggeman Lassi Heikkinen Jeff Ingram Daniel Pražák Yevgeni Romasko Maxim Sidorenko Mikael Sjöqvist Peter Stano
Linesmen Maxime Chaput Dmitri Golyak Michael Harrington Daniel Hynek Balazs Kovacs Lauri Nikulainen Brian Oliver Peter Šefčík Dmitri Shishlo Emil Yletyinen
Seeding The seedings in the preliminary round were based on the 2018 tournament's final standings using the serpentine system. On 6 Jan 2018, the IIHF announced the groups. With Kazakhstan being promoted from Division I A after winning the 2018 Division I A Tournament.
Group A (Vancouver) (1) (4) (5) (8) (9)
Group B (Victoria) (2) (3) (6) (7) (11-Promoted)
Rosters
Format The preliminary round saw teams play in two groups of five teams each, using the round-robin format. The playoff consisted of three rounds. In the round-robin, three points were allotted for a regulation win, and two points for an overtime or shootout win. One point was allotted for an overtime or shootout loss.
The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to the quarterfinals, while the last-placed team from each group played a best-of-three series, with the loser being relegated to Division IA for 2020 and replaced by the winner of Division IA. All other teams retained their Top Division status for the 2020 edition.
Preliminary round All times are local. (Pacific Standard Time – UTC-8)
Group A
Group B
Relegation round
Note: was relegated to the 2020 Division I A
Playoff round Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Statistics
Scoring leaders
PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIM 1 Grigori Denisenko 7 4 5 9 +3 4 2 Aleksi Heponiemi 7 3 6 9 +7 4 3 Artur Gatiyatov 6 5 3 8 0 0 4 Ryan Poehling 7 5 3 8 +5 2 5 Morgan Frost 5 4 4 8 +8 12 6 Alexander Romanov 7 1 7 8 +12 0 7 Philipp Kurashev 7 6 1 7 -5 4 8 Kirill Slepets 7 5 2 7 +7 4 9 Alexander Chmelevski 7 4 3 7 0 2 9 Aarne Talvitie 7 4 3 7 +9 14 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASASv%SO 1 Lukáš Dostál 239:10 5 1.25 115 95.65 1 2 Pyotr Kochetkov 290:31 7 1.45 149 95.30 0 3 Michael DiPietro 243:16 5 1.23 103 95.15 1 4 Cayden Primeau 298:55 8 1.61 126 93.65 0 5 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 367:16 11 1.80 162 93.21 0 TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Pyotr Kochetkov Best Defenceman: Alexander Romanov Best Forward: Ryan Poehling Source: IIHF
Media All-Stars: MVP: Ryan Poehling Goaltender: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Defencemen: Alexander Romanov / Erik Brännström Forwards: Grigori Denisenko / Philipp Kurashev / Ryan Poehling Source: IIHF
Final standings
Division I
Group A The Division I Group A tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from December 9 to 15, 2018.2019 Division I A official website2019 Division I A statistics
Group B The Division I Group B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from December 8 to 14, 2018.2019 Division I B official website2019 Division I B statistics
Division II
Group A The Division II Group A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from January 13 to 19, 2019.2019 Division II A official website2019 Division II A statistics
Group B The Division II Group B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from January 15 to 21, 2019.2019 Division II B official website2019 Division II B statistics
Division III
The Division III tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from January 14 to 20, 2019.2019 Division III official website2019 Division III statistics
Playoffs
References
External links Official website of IIHF