The 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2009 WJHC) was the 33rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was played in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, between December 26, 2008, and January 5, 2009.2009 IIHF World U20 Championship statistics Games were held at the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scotiabank Place. The tournament set a record for WJC attendance at 453,282. Canada won the gold medal for a record-tying fifth consecutive time. No country would win back-to-back gold until the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Canada won the 2022 and 2023 tournaments respectively.
Bid process Five potential bid groups formally submitted their bids before the March 31, 2006, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Calgary on April 18, 2006: Joint bid from Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; Montreal, Quebec; Ottawa, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; and Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan
On May 3, 2006, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that Ottawa was chosen to host the 2009 tournament.
Venues Scotiabank PlaceCapacity: 19,153 Ottawa Civic CentreCapacity: 9,862 – Ottawa – Ottawa
Top Division
Preliminary round
Group A
Results All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).
Group B
Results All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).
Relegation round The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.
Results All times are local (Eastern Time Zone – UTC−5).
Final round Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
5th place playoff
3rd place playoff
Final
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts +/-PIM 1 Cody Hodgson 6 5 11 16 +8 2 2 John Tavares 6 8 7 15 +7 0 3 Jordan Eberle 6 6 7 13 +9 2 4 Nikita Filatov 7 8 3 11 +3 6 5 Tomáš Tatar 7 7 4 11 -2 4 6 Jordan Schroeder 6 3 8 11 +1 2 7 James van Riemsdyk 6 6 4 10 +1 4 8 Jan Káňa 6 6 3 9 +2 0 9 Teemu Hartikainen 6 3 6 9 +4 4 9 P. K. Subban 6 3 6 9 +12 6 9 Colin Wilson 6 3 6 9 +1 4
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Jacob Markström 298 8 .943 1.61 1 2 Juha Metsola 245 6 .939 1.47 0 3 Vadim Zhelobnyuk 292 11 .925 2.26 0 4 Dustin Tokarski 248 11 .906 2.65 1 5 Nauris Enkuzens 346 25 .903 4.33 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: 09:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
Tournament awards Source:
Most Valuable Player John Tavares
All-star team
Goaltender: Jaroslav Janus Defencemen: P. K. Subban, Erik Karlsson Forwards: John Tavares, Cody Hodgson, Nikita Filatov
IIHF best player awards
Goaltender: Jacob Markström Defenceman: Erik Karlsson Forward: John Tavares
Final standings Team 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Relegated to the 2010 Division I
Division I
The Division I Championships were played between December 14 and December 20, 2008, in Herisau, Switzerland (Group A),Division I Group A statistics and between December 15 and December 21, 2008 in Aalborg, Denmark (Group B).Division I Group B statistics
Group A
Group B
Division II
The Division II Championships were played between December 15 and December 21, 2008, in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania (Group A),Division II Group A statistics and between January 10 and January 15, 2009 in Logroño, Spain (Group B).Division II Group B statistics
Group A
Group B , having been relegated to Division III in 2008, was returned to Division II after forfeited due to finances.
Division III The Division III tournament was to have been played in North Korea, but was cancelled. The Division III was scheduled to include the following: Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II Group A last year and was relegated.Placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and was relegated, but returned to Division II after forfeited.Placed 4th in Division III last year.Placed 6th in Division III last year.Placed 7th in Division III last year.Hosts, first appearance since 1993.
References
External links Official website of IIHF