2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 2007 edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Mora and Leksand, Sweden between December 26, 2006 and January 5, 2007. The venues were FM Mattsson Arena in Mora, and Ejendals Arena in Leksand.

For 2007, the tournament round-robin format was changed from previous years, to resemble more closely the format used in the National Hockey League. Teams would receive three points for a win in regulation, while teams winning in overtime would receive two points. Teams losing in overtime would receive one point. During the round-robin portion of the tournament, a five-minute four-on-four sudden-victory overtime would be played, while the knockout games and the gold medal game would use full-strength ten- and twenty-minute sudden-victory overtimes, respectively. If the game remained tied after overtime, an NHL-style shootout (with three skaters instead of five, as per other international competitions) would be held.

Team Canada won its third consecutive gold medal, capping an undefeated tournament with a 4-2 victory over Russia in the gold medal game. The world championship for Canada was also their first on European ice in a decade; the Canadians had not won a World Junior gold medal in Europe since 1997 in Geneva, Switzerland, when they defeated the United States in the gold medal game.

Canadian goaltender Carey Price was named tournament MVP, garnering a 1.14 goals-against average.

Championship Results

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
	4	4	0	0	0	14	4	12
	4	2	1	0	1	11	9	7
	4	1	1	1	1	13	11	6
	4	1	2	1	0	8	9	5
	4	0	4	0	0	6	19	0

Schedule All times local (UTC +1)

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
	4	4	0	0	0	20	3	12
	4	2	2	0	0	13	11	6
	4	2	2	0	0	10	12	6
	4	1	3	0	0	6	15	3
	4	1	3	0	0	7	15	3

Schedule All times local (UTC +1)

Relegation Round

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
	3	3	0	0	0	11	5	9
	3	1	2	0	0	12	6	3
	3	1	2	0	0	8	10	3
	3	1	2	0	0	4	14	3

Note: Matches 2–4 and 4–1 from the Preliminary Round (both on Dec 27th, 2006) are included as well since these results carry forwardSchedule All times local (UTC +1)

Final Round

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals Note: Bye Teams will be the home team, but due to Canada being the home team in the first meeting, USA was the home team for their semi final game.

5th Place Playoff Bronze Medal Game Gold Medal Game

Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Mikko Lehtonen		6	4	6	10	+1	0
Perttu Lindgren		6	2	8	10	+1	8
Erik Johnson		7	4	6	10	+3	16
Patrick Kane		7	5	4	9	+2	4
Alexei Cherepanov		6	5	3	8	+2	2
Oskar Osala		6	5	3	8	+2	4
Felix Schütz		6	5	3	8	+2	8
Vladimir Sobotka		6	4	4	8	+2	12
Alexander Bumagin		6	2	6	8	+1	16
Jonathan Toews		6	4	3	7	+1	12

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Carey Price		370:00	7	.9609	1.14	2
Semen Varlamov		358:12	9	.9338	1.51	2
Jeff Frazee		313:16	9	.9388	1.72	0
Joel Gistedt		275:34	9	.9118	1.96	0
Branislav Konrad		269:59	11	.9060	2.44	1

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

• Carey PriceAll-star team
• Goaltender: Carey Price
• Defencemen: Erik Johnson, Kristopher Letang
• Forwards: Alexei Cherepanov, Patrick Kane, Jonathan ToewsIIHF best player awards
• Goaltender: Carey Price
• Defenceman: Erik Johnson
• Forward: Alexei Cherepanov

Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament, that was held from December 11, 2006 through December 17, 2006. Group A was played at Odense, Denmark. Group B was played at Torre Pellice, Italy:

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
	5	4	1	0	0	23	11	12
	5	4	1	0	0	29	13	12
	5	4	1	0	0	15	9	12
	5	2	3	0	0	14	21	6
	5	1	4	0	0	12	19	3
	5	0	5	0	0	5	25	0

All times local

is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
	5	3	1	1	0	14	9	11
	5	3	1	0	1	18	15	10
	5	3	2	0	0	15	13	9
	5	2	2	0	1	15	17	7
	5	1	3	1	0	15	14	5
	5	1	4	0	0	8	17	3

All times local

is promoted to Pool A and is relegated to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Division II

The following teams will take part in the Division II tournament. Group A was played at Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania from December 11, 2006 through December 17, 2006. Group B was played at Elektrėnai, Lithuania from December 10, 2006 through December 16, 2006:

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
	5	5	0	0	0	52	12	15
	5	3	1	1	0	23	13	11
	5	3	1	0	1	23	16	10
	5	2	3	0	0	16	30	6
	5	1	4	0	0	13	35	3
	5	0	5	0	0	11	32	0

All times local

is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Group B

Note: has been entered in place of .

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
	5	4	0	1	0	30	7	14
	5	3	0	0	2	30	13	10
	5	2	1	2	0	31	14	8
	5	1	3	0	1	13	18	4
	5	1	4	0	0	7	37	3
	5	1	4	0	0	12	34	3

All times local

is promoted to Division I and is relegated to Division III for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division III tournament, which was played at the Ankara Ice Palace in Ankara, Turkey from January 8, 2007 through January 14, 2007:

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
	5	4	0	1	0	37	12	14
	5	4	0	0	1	38	12	13
	5	2	2	1	0	22	18	8
	5	2	2	0	1	26	27	7
	5	1	4	0	0	9	31	3
	5	0	5	0	0	13	45	0

All times local

and are promoted to Division II for the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

See also

• 2007 in ice hockey

References

External links

• IIHF Official Site
• Official Site of the 2007 World Junior Championships