2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2010 IIHF World Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 26 – January 5
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Credit Union Centre and Brandt Centre (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	266 (8.58 per match)
Attendance	301,944 (9,740 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Derek Stepan (14 points)
MVP	Jordan Eberle
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The 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships (2010 WJHC), was the 34th edition of Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted by Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, from December 26, 2009, to January 5, 2010. Saskatoon had hosted the tournament once before, in 1991. The medal round, as well as all Canada's preliminary round games, took place in Saskatoon at the Credit Union Centre. The arena underwent renovations and upgrades before the 2010 tournament, including an increase in capacity.^[1] Other games were played at the Brandt Centre in Regina, which also received upgrades.^[2] In addition, pre-tournament exhibition games were held in other towns and cities throughout the province as well as Calgary, Alberta.^[3][4] In the gold medal match, the United States defeated the pre-tournament favourites and host country Canada 6–5 in overtime on a goal by John Carlson to win their second gold medal and first since 2004, ending Canada's bid for a record-breaking sixth consecutive gold medal.^[5][6]

Other host candidates[]

Initially, Switzerland was chosen to host the tournament, but later withdrew.^[7]

Three bid groups submitted letters of intent to host the 2010 tournament prior to the February 1, 2008, deadline:^[8]

• Joint bid by Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick;
• Joint bid by Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan; and
• Joint bid by Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba

All three bid groups formally placed their bids before the April 1, 2008, deadline and made their final presentations to the selection committee in Toronto on June 9–10, 2008.^[8]

On July 7, 2008, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced Saskatoon and Regina have been chosen to host the tournament. This was Saskatchewan's first successful bid in five recent attempts, after failing to land the 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2009 tournaments.^[1]

Venues[]

Credit Union Centre Capacity: 14,705	Brandt Centre Capacity: 7,000
Canada – Saskatoon	Canada – Regina

Top division[]

The lowest-ranked teams in the top division are relegated to Division I for the following year's tournament.

Rosters[]

Preliminary round[]

Ten teams were divided into two groups of five, each of which play in a single round-robin format. The winner of each group proceeded directly to the tournament semifinals, with the second- and third-place finishers advancing to the quarterfinals. The remaining four teams participated in the relegation round to determine which teams will be relegated to Division I the following year.

Group A[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Advance to...
Canada	4	3	1	0	0	35	6	11	Semifinals
United States	4	3	0	1	0	26	9	10	Quarterfinals
Switzerland	4	2	0	0	2	11	15	6	Quarterfinals
Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	14	22	3	Relegation round
Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	9	43	0	Relegation round

All times local (CST/UTC−6)

December 26, 2009 15:00

Latvia

0 – 16

Canada

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,469 (84.8%)

Game reference
	Goals 00:36 Gabriel Bourque 04:22 (PP1) Nazem Kadri 06:39 (PP1) Gabriel Bourque 11:43 Luke Adam 17:52 Patrice Cormier 24:49 Jordan Eberle 29:28 Travis Hamonic 30:26 Nazem Kadri 38:10 (PP1) Brandon Kozun 39:40 (PP1) Jordan Eberle 39:57 Adam Henrique 41:33 Patrice Cormier 44:35 (PP1) Brandon McMillan 49:19 Brandon Kozun 58:28 (PP1) Gabriel Bourque 59:32 Luke Adam

December 26, 2009 19:00

Slovakia

3 – 7

United States

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 11,318 (77.0%)

Game reference
	(PP1) 02:15 Martin Bakoš (PP2) 05:33 Richard Pánik (PP1) 33:14 Goals 09:34 John Carlson 22:50 Jeremy Morin 25:39 Derek Stepan 26:36 (PP1) Matt Donovan 33:54 Danny Kristo 40:58 Jordan Schroeder 46:34 Jerry D'Amigo

December 27, 2009 15:00

United States

3 – 0

Switzerland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,853 (87.4%)

Game reference
	Chris Kreider (PP1) 25:27 Matt Donovan 52:35 AJ Jenks 56:36 Goals

December 27, 2009 19:00

Slovakia

8 – 3

Latvia

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,628 (85.9%)

Game reference
	Richard Pánik 00:33 Richard Pánik 03:44 Marek Viedenský (PP1) 05:31 Tomáš Tatar 13:14 17:06 Matúš Rais 29:34 Tomáš Tatar 33:00 Radoslav Illo 49:48 Goals 33:27 Miks Lipsbergs 34:21 (PP1) Roberts Bukarts 50:44 Roberts Bukarts

December 28, 2009 15:00

Canada

6 – 0

Switzerland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 13,301 (90.5%)

Game reference
	Brandon McMillan 00:23 Alex Pietrangelo (PP1) 08:14 Nazem Kadri (PP1) 21:06 Jordan Eberle (PP1) 21:26 Brandon McMillan 23:42 Brandon McMillan (PP1) 59:23 Goals

December 29, 2009 15:00

Latvia

1 – 12

United States

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 11,494 (78.2%)

Game reference
	(PP1) 27:00 Goals 02:30 Danny Kristo 09:40 Jason Zucker 11:12 (PP1) Danny Kristo 14:40 (PP1) AJ Jenks 19:02 (PP1) Chris Kreider 19:38 Tyler Johnson 29:38 (PP1) Chris Kreider 41:22 Derek Stepan 47:49 Jason Zucker 49:42 Derek Stepan 58:46 (PS) Chris Kreider 59:30 (PP1) Jeremy Morin

December 29, 2009 19:00

Canada

8 – 2

Slovakia

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 13,232 (90.0%)

Game reference
	Taylor Hall (PP1) 07:18 Alex Pietrangelo 07:39 Taylor Hall 10:43 Luke Adam 25:08 Ryan Ellis (PP1) 33:20 Taylor Hall 37:41 Brayden Schenn 38:39 Stefan Della Rovere (SH1) 52:41 Goals 37:25 Richard Pánik 53:43 Martin Bakoš

December 30, 2009 15:00

Switzerland

7 – 5

Latvia

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 13,193 (89.7%)

Game reference
	Benjamin Antonietti 02:40 (PP1) 04:59 Roman Josi 24:26 Nino Niederreiter (PP1) 44:42 Tim Webber 45:26 48:53 Mauro Jorg 54:32 Goals 06:15 Ronalds Ķēniņš 09:24 Ronalds Ķēniņš 10:58 Roberts Bukarts (PP1) 26:29 54:46 Roberts Bukarts

December 31, 2009 15:00

Switzerland

4 – 1

Slovakia

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 13,177 (89.6%)

Game reference
	Nino Niederreiter 27:27 Nino Niederreiter 47:33 Tristan Scherwey (PP1) 56:08 Mauro Jörg (ENG) 57:33 Goals 53:02 Richard Pánik

December 31, 2009 19:00

United States

4 – 5 GWS

Canada

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 15,171 (103.2%)

Game reference
	Philip McRae (PP1) 03:40 Jordan Schroeder (SH) 27:08 Tyler Johnson (SH) 39:50 Danny Kristo 41:01 Goals 02:03 Stefan Della Rovere 31:15 Jordan Eberle 50:03 Jordan Eberle 55:45 (SH) Alex Pietrangelo 65:00 (GWG) Brandon Kozun

Group B[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Advance to...
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	28	6	12	Semifinals
Russia	4	3	0	0	1	14	8	9	Quarterfinals
Finland	4	2	0	0	2	15	13	6	Quarterfinals
Czech Republic	4	1	0	0	3	13	20	3	Relegation round
Austria	4	0	0	0	4	7	30	0	Relegation round

All times local (CST/UTC−6)

December 26, 2009 13:00

Czech Republic

1 – 10

Sweden

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,191 (74.2%)

Game reference
	J. Káňa (T. Knotek, T. Vincour) (PP1) 25:01 Goals 07:42 A. Petersson (T. Erixon, M. Pääjärvi-Svensson) 15:20 A. Rödin (O. Ekman-Larsson, M. Krüger) 17:25 M. Tedenby (M. Krüger, D. Rundblad) 19:05 A. Lander (A. Petersson, M. Pääjärvi-Svensson) 22:34 (PP1) M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (T. Erixon, A. Petersson) 25:22 C. Klingberg ( 40:51 (PP1) T. Erixon (M. Pääjärvi-Svensson, M. Johansson) 43:00 A. Lander (A. Rödin) 51:21 J. Silfverberg (A. Rödin) 54:08 A. Larsson (M. Pääjärvi-Svensson, M. Johansson)

December 26, 2009 17:00

Russia

6 – 2

Austria

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 4,990 (71.3%)

Game reference
	Maxim Trunev 01:58 Maxim Chudinov (PP1) 14:32 Yevgeni Kuznetsov 18:26 Vladimir Tarasenko (PP1) 19:54 Yevgeni Kuznetsov 26:20 Kirill Petrov (SH1) 52:00 Goals 11:38 (PP1) Konstantin Komarek 30:50

December 27, 2009 13:00

Austria

3 – 7

Sweden

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,025 (71.8%)

Game reference
	A. Pallestrang () (PP1) 26:54 D. Heinrich (A. Kristler, S. Ulmer) (PP1) 36:41 K. Komarek (D. Heinrich, A. Kristler) 38:13 Goals 00:41 J. Josefson (O. Ekman-Larsson) 18:36 (PP1) O. Ekman-Larsson (A. Larsson, J. Josefson) 22:41 A. Rödin (J. Silfverberg, A. Lander) 39:47 A. Rödin (A. Larsson) 53:33 M. Ekholm (M. Krüger, J. Josefson) 58:12 (PP2) A. Petersson (P. Andersson, M. Johansson) 59:22 (PP1) O. Ekman-Larsson (A. Lander, A. Rödin)

December 27, 2009 17:00

Czech Republic

3 – 4

Finland

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,572 (79.6%)

Game reference
	Tomáš Kubalík (PP1) 12:23 Jan Káňa (PP1) 16:01 Roman Horák 27:53 Goals 37:13 Teemu Hartikainen 43:40 (PP1) Sami Vatanen 56:46 Sami Vatanen 57:48 Joonas Rask

December 28, 2009 17:00

Finland

0 – 2

Russia

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,675 (81.1%)

Game reference
	Goals 06:51 29:16 (PP1) Nikita Filatov

December 29, 2009 13:00

Austria

1 – 7

Czech Republic

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,334 (76.2%)

Game reference
	Dominique Heinrich 15:38 Goals 14:21 (PP1) Tomáš Knotek 23:27 (PP2) Štěpán Novotný 31:58 (PP1) Vladimír Roth 39:53 (PP1) Andrej Nestrasil 49.40 Tomáš Kubalík 51:40 (PP1) Robert Kousal 56.25 David Ostřížek

December 29, 2009 17:00

Sweden

4 – 1

Russia

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 6,234 (89.1%)

Game reference
	André Petersson 03:32 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson(SH1) 07:24 André Petersson 38:03 Daniel Brodin 45:30 Goals 31:29 Kirill Petrov

December 30, 2009 13:00

Finland

10 – 1

Austria

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,193 (74.2%)

Game reference
	Joonas Rask 00:58 Jani Lajunen 02:04 Mikael Granlund (PP1) 05:49 Aleksi Laakso (PP1) 07:37 Toni Rajala (PP1) 11:07 Jyri Niemi (PP1) 29:28 Teemu Hartikainen (PP1) 32:17 Jyri Niemi (PP1) 39:39 Matias Sointu (PP1) 50:56 Eero Elo (PP1) 51:31 Goals 35:26 (PP1) Konstantin Komarek

December 31, 2009 13:00

Sweden

7 – 1

Finland

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,145 (73.5%)

Game reference
	André Petersson 16:52 Dennis Rasmussen 25:24 Mattias Tedenby 33:44 Jacob Josefson 39:52 Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson 41:13 Jacob Josefson 52:53 Marcus Johansson 58:54 Goals 42:38 Teemu Hartikainen

December 31, 2009 17:00

Russia

5 – 2

Czech Republic

Brandt Centre (capacity: 7,000) Attendance: 5,293 (75.6%)

Game reference
	Vladimir Tarasenko (PP1) 06:46 Kirill Petrov 32:01 Vladimir Tarasenko 54:53 Maxim Chudinov 58:48 Alexander Burmistrov 59:19 Goals 36:30 (PP1) Jan Káňa 54:01 Štěpán Novotný

Relegation round[]

Results from any games that were played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	0	22	5	9
Slovakia	3	2	0	0	1	13	10	6
Latvia	3	1	0	0	2	11	22	3
Austria	3	0	0	0	3	7	16	0

All times local (CST/UTC−6)

January 2, 2010 12:00

Slovakia

3 – 2

Austria

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 8,634 (58.7%)

Game reference
	Tomáš Tatar (PP1) 06:47 Richard Pánik (PP1) 14:34 Andrej Šťastný 40:27 Goals 22:30 Andreas Kristler 33:09 (PP1) Dominique Heinrich

January 3, 2010 12:00

Czech Republic

10 – 2

Latvia

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 8,294 (56.4%)

Game reference
	Tomáš Knotek 02:29 David Ostřížek 03:31 Štěpán Novotný (PP1) 14:44 Michal Poletín 18:50 Jan Káňa 19:25 Tomáš Knotek 25:45 Robert Kousal (SH1) 38:18 Jakub Jeřábek (PP1) 43:08 Tomáš Kubalík (PP1) 53:38 Goals 22:57 Raimonds Vilkoits 33:23 Raimonds Vilkoits

January 4, 2010 12:00

Slovakia

2 – 5

Czech Republic

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 6,221 (42.3%)

Game reference
	Radoslav Illo 07:48 Samuel Mlynarovič 36:08 Goals 09:55 (PP1) Vladimír Roth 30:19 Jan Kovář 36:45 (PP1) Jan Kovář 38:12 Tomáš Kubalík 55:44 Jan Kovář

January 4, 2010 16:00

Latvia

6 – 4

Austria

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 7,238 (49.2%)

Game reference
	(PP1) 6:14 Gunārs Skvorcovs 12:42 12:59 14:10 (PP1) 48:55 (PP1) 51:16 Goals 7:50 (PP1) Konstantin Komarek 21:18 (PP1) Andreas Kristler 25:36 (PP2) Konstantin Komarek 53:28 (PP1)

 Latvia and  Austria were relegated to Division I for the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Sweden

2

A2

United States

6

A2

United States

5

B3

Finland

2

A2

United States

6*

A1

Canada

5

A1

Canada

6

B2

Russia

2

A3

Switzerland

1

A3

Switzerland

3*

Third place

B1

Sweden

11

A3

Switzerland

4

* Decided in overtime.

Quarterfinals[]

January 2, 2010 16:00

Russia

2 – 3 OT

Switzerland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,278 (83.5%)

Game reference
	Vladimir Tarasenko 38:44 Kirill Petrov 39:00 Goals 28:25 59:27 Nino Niederreiter 69:46 Nino Niederreiter

January 2, 2010 20:00

United States

6 – 2

Finland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,701 (86.4%)

Game reference
	Kyle Palmieri 02:14 Matt Donovan (PP1) 06:34 Jerry D'Amigo 32:51 Chris Kreider 42:05 Jerry D'Amigo (ENG) 59:07 Danny Kristo 59:16 Goals 35:17 Eero Elo 54:31 Joonas Rask

Semifinals[]

January 3, 2010 16:00

Canada

6 – 1

Switzerland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 13,427 (91.3%)

Game reference
	Jordan Eberle (PP1) 03:48 Marco Scandella (SH1) 27:26 Taylor Hall 29:11 Brayden Schenn 42:58 Stefan Della Rovere 56:40 Taylor Hall 57:09 Goals Mauro Jörg (PP1) 32:27

January 3, 2010 20:00

Sweden

2 – 5

United States

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,137 (82.5%)

Game reference
	Anton Lander 24:17 Anton Lander 32:17 Goals 1:24 Tyler Johnson 35:06 Jerry D'Amigo 52:34 John Carlson 55:32 (SH1) Jerry D'Amigo 59:05 (ENG) AJ Jenks

5th place playoff[]

January 4, 2010 20:00

Russia

3 – 4

Finland

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 11,214 (76.3%)

Game reference
	Maxim Trunev 05:36 Alexander Burmistrov 19:37 Alexander Burmistrov 51:07 Goals 16:08 (PP1) Teemu Eronen 38:32 (PP1) Pekka Jormakka 46:14 (PP2) Jyri Niemi 54:02 (PP1) Teemu Hartikainen

Bronze medal game[]

January 5, 2010 15:00

Switzerland

4 – 11

Sweden

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 12,121 (82.4%)

Game reference
	(PP1) 26:30 Dominik Schlumpf (PP1) 35:44 35:55 Nino Niederreiter (PP2) 37:51 Goals 03:59 Dennis Rasmussen 11:44 Anton Lander 14:32 (PP1) André Petersson 18:50 André Petersson 19:04 Mattias Tedenby 23:17 Jakob Silfverberg 23:56 Daniel Brodin 30:05 (PP1) Jakob Silfverberg 33:50 (PP1) Daniel Brodin 38:40 (SH1) André Petersson 53:37 (PP1) David Rundblad

Gold medal game[]

January 5, 2010 19:00

Canada

5 – 6 OT

United States

Credit Union Centre (capacity: 14,705) Attendance: 15,171 (103.2%)

Game reference
	Luke Adam 2:40 Greg Nemisz 16:03 Taylor Hall 23:56 Jordan Eberle (PP1) 57:11 Jordan Eberle 58:25 Goals 13:56 Chris Kreider 14:32 Jordan Schroeder 21:03 (PP1) John Carlson 44:12 Jerry D'Amigo 46:23 Derek Stepan 64:31 John Carlson

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Derek Stepan	United States	7	4	10	14	+9	4
2	Jordan Eberle	Canada	6	8	5	13	+3	4
3	Taylor Hall	Canada	6	6	6	12	+3	0
4	Jerry D'Amigo	United States	7	6	6	12	+7	0
5	Alex Pietrangelo	Canada	6	3	9	12	+9	14
6	André Petersson	Sweden	6	8	3	11	+8	4
7	Nino Niederreiter	Switzerland	7	6	4	10	-2	10
8	Kirill Petrov	Russia	6	4	6	10	+7	6
9	Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson	Sweden	6	3	7	10	+6	2
9	Anton Rödin	Sweden	6	3	7	10	+4	2

Top 10 goalscorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	Shots	SG%	PPG	SHG
1	Jordan Eberle	Canada	6	8	25	32.00	4	0
1	André Petersson	Sweden	6	8	17	47.06	2	1
3	Roberts Bukarts	Latvia	6	6	25	24.00	3	0
3	Taylor Hall	Canada	6	6	21	28.57	2	0
3	Richard Pánik	Slovakia	6	6	32	18.75	3	0
6	Jerry D'Amigo	United States	7	6	23	26.09	0	1
6	Chris Kreider	United States	7	6	25	24.00	3	0
6	Nino Niederreiter	Switzerland	7	6	26	23.08	2	0
9	Konstantin Komarek	Austria	6	5	12	41.67	4	0
9	Anton Lander	Sweden	6	5	18	27.78	0	0

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Igor Bobkov	Russia	343:05	14	93.00	2.45	1
2	Jacob Markström	Sweden	298:50	11	92.72	2.21	0
3	Mike Lee	United States	263:56	11	90.76	2.50	0
4	Jake Allen	Canada	291:23	10	90.20	2.06	2
5	Benjamin Conz	Switzerland	428:10	34	89.31	4.76	0

Tournament awards[]

Most Valuable Player

• Jordan Eberle

All-star team

• Goaltender: Benjamin Conz
• Defencemen: Alex Pietrangelo, John Carlson
• Forwards: Jordan Eberle, Derek Stepan, Nino Niederreiter

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Benjamin Conz
• Defenceman: Alex Pietrangelo
• Forward: Jordan Eberle

Final standings[]

	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Sweden
4th	Switzerland
5th	Finland
6th	Russia
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Slovakia
9th	Latvia
10th	Austria

IIHF broadcasting rights[]