1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
91 WJHC Canada logo.gif
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesDecember 26 – January 4
Teams8
Venue(s)9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Canada (5th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Soviet Union
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Czechoslovakia
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored253 (9.04 per match)
Attendance137,067 (4,895 per match)
Scoring leader(s)United States Doug Weight
(19 points)
← 1990
1992 →

The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.

Final standings[]

The 1991 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 7 5 1 1 40 18 11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union 7 5 1 1 44 15 11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 0 44 19 10
4  United States 7 4 2 1 45 19 9
5  Finland 7 3 3 1 35 30 7
6  Sweden 7 3 4 0 32 29 6
7   Switzerland 7 1 6 0 5 48 2
8  Norway 7 0 7 0 8 75 0

Norway was relegated to Pool B for 1992.

Results[]

December 26, 1990Canada 6 – 0  SwitzerlandSaskatoon
December 26, 1990Czechoslovakia 11 – 3 NorwayRosetown
December 26, 1990Finland 8 – 5 SwedenSaskatoon
December 26, 1990Soviet Union 4 – 2 United StatesPrince Albert
December 27, 1990Canada 4 – 4 United StatesSaskatoon
December 27, 1990Sweden 4 – 3 CzechoslovakiaRegina
December 28, 1990Finland 7 – 1  SwitzerlandMoose Jaw
December 28, 1990Soviet Union 13 – 0 NorwaySaskatoon
December 29, 1990Canada 10 – 1 NorwayRegina
December 29, 1990Soviet Union 5 – 1 SwedenSaskatoon
December 29, 1990Czechoslovakia 10 – 0  SwitzerlandKindersley
December 29, 1990United States 6 – 3 FinlandNorth Battleford
December 30, 1990Canada 7 – 4 SwedenRegina
December 30, 1990Czechoslovakia 5 – 1 United StatesSaskatoon
December 31, 1990Finland 10 – 2 NorwaySaskatoon
December 31, 1990Soviet Union 10 – 1  SwitzerlandYorkton
January 1, 1991Canada 5 – 1 FinlandSaskatoon
January 1, 1991United States 19 – 1 NorwayRegina
January 1, 1991Sweden 6 – 1  SwitzerlandSaskatoon
January 1, 1991Soviet Union 5 – 3 CzechoslovakiaRegina
January 2, 1991Czechoslovakia 6 – 5 CanadaSaskatoon
January 2, 1991United States 5 – 2 SwedenHumboldt
January 3, 1991Soviet Union 5 – 5 FinlandRegina
January 3, 1991Switzerland  2 – 1 NorwaySaskatoon
January 4, 1991Canada 3 – 2 Soviet UnionSaskatoon
January 4, 1991Sweden 10 – 0 NorwayPrince Albert
January 4, 1991Czechoslovakia 6 – 1 FinlandSaskatoon
January 4, 1991United States 8 – 0  SwitzerlandRegina

Scoring leaders[]

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Doug Weight  United States 5 14 19
2 Eric Lindros  Canada 6 11 17
3 Pavel Bure  Soviet Union 12 3 15
4 Martin Ručínský  Czechoslovakia 9 5 14
5 Žigmund Pálffy  Czechoslovakia 7 6 13
6 Marko Jantunen  Finland 3 10 13
7 Trent Klatt  United States 6 6 12
8 Ted Drury  United States 5 7 12
9 Vyacheslav Kozlov  Soviet Union 3 9 12
10 Mike Craig  Canada 6 5 11
10 Michael Nylander  Sweden 6 5 11
10 Vesa Viitakoski  Finland 6 5 11

Tournament awards[]

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Switzerland Pauli Jaks Switzerland Pauli Jaks
Defencemen Czechoslovakia Jiří Šlégr Soviet Union Dmitry Yushkevich
United States Scott Lachance
Forwards Canada Eric Lindros Canada Mike Craig
Canada Eric Lindros
Czechoslovakia Martin Ručínský

Pool B[]

Eight teams contested the second tier in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Germany Poland France Japan Romania Netherlands Austria Denmark
1  Germany 7 6 0 1 49 15 13 5 - 3 2 - 2 7 - 4 9 - 1 8 - 1 11 - 2 7 - 2
2  Poland 7 6 1 0 53 17 12 3 - 5 5 - 4 7 - 2 6 - 3 10 - 0 14 - 0 8 - 3
3  France 7 4 1 2 42 19 10 2 - 2 4 - 5 4 - 4 13 - 3 7 - 1 5 - 1 7 - 3
4  Japan 7 4 2 1 34 22 9 4 - 7 2 - 7 4 - 4 7 - 0 4 - 2 6 - 1 7 - 1
5  Romania 7 2 4 1 23 43 5 1 - 9 3 - 6 3 - 13 0 - 7 3 - 3 4 - 2 9 - 3
6  Netherlands 7 1 5 1 16 43 3 1 - 8 0 - 10 1 - 7 2 - 4 3 - 3 6 - 3 3 - 8
7  Austria 7 1 6 0 13 48 2 2 - 11 0 - 14 1 - 5 1 - 6 2 - 4 3 - 6 4 - 2
8  Denmark 7 1 6 0 22 45 2 2 - 7 3 - 8 3 - 7 1 - 7 3 - 9 8 - 3 2 - 4

Germany was promoted to Pool A and Denmark was relegated to Pool C for 1992.

Pool C[]

Eight teams contested the third tier in Belgrade Yugoslavia from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year.

Standings
Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS North Korea Italy Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia United Kingdom South Korea Bulgaria Hungary Greece
1  North Korea 7 6 1 0 50 18 12 4 - 3 1 - 9 4 - 2 5 - 2 10 - 1 6 - 1 20 - 0
2  Italy 7 6 1 0 57 11 12 3 - 4 6 - 2 5 - 2 5 - 1 8 - 1 9 - 0 21 - 1
3  Yugoslavia 7 5 1 1 77 21 11 9 - 1 2 - 6 5 - 2 7 - 7 13 - 2 8 - 2 33 - 1
4  Great Britain 7 4 3 0 45 20 8 2 - 4 2 - 5 2 - 5 3 - 2 5 - 1 9 - 3 22 - 0
5  South Korea 7 3 3 1 55 28 7 2 - 5 1 - 5 7 - 7 2 - 3 8 - 2 9 - 5 26 - 1
6  Bulgaria 7 2 5 0 34 48 4 1 - 10 1 - 8 2 - 13 1 - 5 2 - 8 5 - 3 22 - 1
7  Hungary 7 1 6 0 28 46 2 1 - 6 0 - 9 2 - 8 3 - 9 5 - 9 3 - 5 14 - 0
8  Greece 7 0 7 0 4 158 0 0 - 20 1 - 21 1 - 33 0 - 22 1 - 26 1 - 22 0 - 14

North Korea was promoted to Pool B for 1992.

References[]

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
  • 1991 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • Results at Passionhockey.com
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