The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2006 WJHC) were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place and Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops and Prospera Place in Kelowna. Canada was the winner defeating Russia 5–0 in the gold medal game. Total attendance was 325,138 (a new record) spread over 31 games, for an average of 10,488 per game.

Top Division Venues GM PlaceCapacity: 18,630 Pacific ColiseumCapacity: 16,281 Prospera PlaceCapacity: 6,886 Interior Savings CentreCapacity: 5,658 – Vancouver – Vancouver – Kelowna – Kamloops

Rosters

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC−8).

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

Final round Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Statistics Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIM 1 Phil Kessel 7 1 10 11 0 2 2 Evgeni Malkin 6 4 6 10 +5 12 3 Lauri Tukonen 7 3 7 10 +9 0 4 Stanislav Lašček 6 6 3 9 +3 8 5 Chris Bourque 7 7 1 8 –1 12 6 Nicklas Bäckström 6 4 3 7 +3 2 6 Mathias Joggi 6 4 3 7 –2 14 8 Bobby Ryan 7 3 4 7 –1 0 8 Blake Comeau 6 3 4 7 +7 8 10 Marek Zagrapan 6 2 5 7 +3 18 10 Alexei Emelin 6 2 5 7 +3 39 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)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Justin Pogge 360:00 6 1.00 95.20 3 2 Daniel Larsson 249:26 4 0.96 95.18 1 3 Tuukka Rask 369:26 13 2.11 93.98 1 4 Anton Khudobin 300:00 11 2.20 93.29 0 5 Cory Schneider 359:06 16 2.67 91.21 0 TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF

Awards Best players selected by the Directorate: Best Goaltender: Tuukka Rask Best Defenceman: Marc Staal Best Forward: Evgeni Malkin Source: IIHF Media All-Stars: MVP: Evgeni Malkin Goaltender: Tuukka Rask Defencemen: Luc Bourdon / Jack Johnson Forwards: Evgeni Malkin / Lauri Tukonen / Steve Downie Source: IIHF

Final standings Team 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

Division I The Division I Championships were played on December 11–17, 2005 in Bled, Slovenia (Group A) and on December 12–18, 2005 in Minsk, Belarus.

Group A

Group B

Division II The Division II Championships were played on December 12–18, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania (Group A) and on January 10–16, 2006, in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

Group A

Group B

Division III The Division III Championship was played on January 3–9, 2006, in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.

References

External links IIHF official website Official website at www.hockeycanada.ca