2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2015 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 26, 2014 – January 5, 2015
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Air Canada Centre, Toronto Bell Centre, Montreal (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (16th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	176 (5.87 per match)
Attendance	366,370 (12,212 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Sam Reinhart (11 points)
MVP	Denis Godla
Website	2015 World Juniors
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 39th edition of Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, played from December 26, 2014 to January 5, 2015. It was co-hosted by Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada,^[1] and organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Quebec, the Ontario Hockey Federation, the Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Evenko.^[2] Games were split between Air Canada Centre in Toronto and Bell Centre in Montreal, with Montreal hosting Group A matches and two quarter finals, and Toronto hosting Group B, along with the relegation games, two quarter finals, along with the semi-finals, bronze medal, and gold medal games.^[3][4]

After failing to medal at the previous two editions of the tournament, Canada beat Russia in the final to win the gold medal, marking Canada's first medal at the World Juniors since 2012, and Canada's first gold since 2009. Slovakia defeated Sweden in the bronze medal game to win their second-ever medal. Germany finished tenth overall and was relegated to Division IA for the 2016 tournament. Slovak goaltender Denis Godla was named the tournament's most valuable player, while Sam Reinhart of Canada was the scoring leader with 11 points.

Player eligibility[]

A player is eligible to play in the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:^[5]

• the player is of male gender;
• the player was born at the earliest in 1995, and at the latest, in 2000;
• the player is a citizen in the country he represents;
• the player is under the jurisdiction of a national association that is a member of the IIHF.

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.^[6]

Top Division[]

Venues[]

Toronto	Montreal Toronto		Montreal
Air Canada Centre Capacity: 18,819			Bell Centre Capacity: 21,287

Officials[]

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:^[7]

Format[]

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed teams from each group played a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.^[8]

Rosters[]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local. (Eastern Standard Time – UTC-5)

	Team qualified to Quarterfinals
	Team will play in Relegation round

Group A[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	4	4	0	0	0	21	4	+17	12
United States	4	2	1	0	1	14	6	+8	8
Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	7	14	−7	6
Finland	4	1	0	1	2	5	8	−3	4
Germany	4	0	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

December 26, 2014 15:00

Finland

1–2 GWS (1–1, 0–0, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

United States

Bell Centre Attendance: 8,006

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	Ville Husso	Goalies	Thatcher Demko	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Tobias Wehril Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills
	M. Rantanen – 01:22 1–0 1–1 13:54 – A. Tuch (J. Eichel, A. DeAngelo) (PP)
	A. Lehkonen J. Ikonen K. Kapanen	Shootout	J. Eichel S. Milano
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	38

December 26, 2014 20:00

Canada

8–0 (3–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Bell Centre Attendance: 14,142

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	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Steve Patafie Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Simon Wust
	R. Fabbri (A. Duclair, S. Reinhart) – 4:52 1–0 A. Duclair (M. Domi) – 8:17 2–0 R. Fabbri (N. Petan, M. Bowey) – 9:09 3–0 N. Paul (L. Crouse, J. Virtanen) – 26:56 4–0 B. Point (R. Fabbri, N. Petan) – 31:35 5–0 M. Domi (S. Reinhart) – 36:14 6–0 N. Petan (R. Fabbri, J. Hicketts) – 37:21 7–0 J. Virtanen (B. Point) – 56:41 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	12

December 27, 2014 16:00

Slovakia

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Finland

Bell Centre Attendance: 6,007

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	Denis Godla	Goalies	Juuse Saros	Referees: Pascal St-Jacques Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Bevan Mills Simon Wust
	0–1 07:01 – M. Rantanen (J. Ikonen, R. Hintz) P. Cehlárik (M. Réway) (PP) – 09:19 1–1 M. Holenda (M. Réway, C. Jaroš) – 26:03 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	38

December 27, 2014 20:00

Germany

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Canada

Bell Centre Attendance: 12,733

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		Goalies	Eric Comrie	Referees: Geoffrey Miller Tobias Wehril Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist
	0–1 04:11 – C. McDavid (J. Morrissey, N. Petan) (PP) 0–2 12:42 – C. Lazar (C. McDavid, N. Petan) (PP) 0–3 49:14 – M. Domi (S. Reinhart) 0–4 55:44 – M. Bowey (N. Petan, C. McDavid) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	17	Shots	31

December 28, 2014 20:00

United States

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Germany

Bell Centre Attendance: 7,000

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	Brandon Halverson	Goalies		Referees: Vladimír Baluška Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	A. Matthews (N. Schmaltz) – 04:44 1–0 H. Fasching (D. Larkin) – 12:30 2–0 S. Milano – 22:48 3–0 D. Larkin (N. Hanifin) – 35:04 4–0 J. Eichel (T. Motte, A. Tuch) – 54:09 5–0 D. Larkin (H. Fasching, Z. Werenski) – 59:40 6–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	53	Shots	14

December 29, 2014 16:00

United States

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Bell Centre Attendance: 8,798

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	Thatcher Demko	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotsky Bevan Mills
	S. Milano (D. Larkin) – 37:42 1–0 D. Larkin – 42:38 2–0 J. Hayden (B. Carlo, A. Matthews) – 59:07 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	45	Shots	17

December 29, 2014 20:00

Finland

1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Canada

Bell Centre Attendance: 15,718

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	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Zachary Fucale	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Antonin Jeřábek Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Simon Wust
	0–1 05:32 – S. Reinhart (S. Theodore) (PP) 0–2 33:34 – S.Reinhart (A. Duclair, M. Domi) A. Lehkonen – 38:46 1–2 1–3 51:15 – A. Duclair (M. Domi, M. Bowey) 1–4 54:25 – C. Lazar (J. Morrissey, R. Fabbri) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	36

December 30, 2014 20:00

Slovakia

5–2 (3–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Germany

Bell Centre Attendance: 5,568

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	Denis Godla	Goalies		Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Simon Wust
	R. Lantoši (P. Cehlárik, E. Černák) – 09:58 1–0 M. Réway (D. Soltes) – 13:10 2–0 M. Sukeľ (P. Koyš, M. Rosandić) – 15:03 3–0 3–1 18:46 – F. Tiffels (D. Kahun) (PP) M. Réway – 44:05 4–1 4–2 45:36 – F. Tiffels (PS) M. Reway (ENG) – 59:05 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	30

December 31, 2014 16:00

Canada

5–3 (0–0, 2–1, 3–2)

United States

Bell Centre Attendance: 18,295

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	Eric Comrie	Goalies	Thatcher Demko	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	M. Domi (S. Reinhart) – 27:07 1–0 J. Morrissey (R. Fabbri, N. Petan) (PP) – 30:11 2–0 2–1 33:12 – A. DeAngelo (J. Eichel, S. Milano) (PP) C. Lazar (C. McDavid) – 50:01 3–1 3–2 57:26 – D. Larkin (H. Fasching, S. Milano) S. Reinhart (ENG) – 59:06 4–2 4–3 59:18 – D. Larkin M. Domi (S. Reinhart) (ENG) – 59:56 5–3
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	43	Shots	28

December 31, 2014 20:00

Germany

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Finland

Bell Centre Attendance: 3,991

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		Goalies	Ville Husso	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills
	0–1 02:47 – J. Honka 0–2 34:22 – M. Rantanen (J. Lyytinen, A. Mäkelä)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	38

Group B[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	18	6	+12	12
Czech Republic	4	1	1	0	2	12	14	−2	5
Russia	4	1	1	0	2	13	9	+4	5
Denmark	4	0	1	2	1	10	15	−5	4
Switzerland	4	1	0	1	2	9	18	−9	4

December 26, 2014 13:00

Russia

3–2 GWS (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,412

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	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Jordan Browne Jani Pesonen
	0–1 13:15 – O. Bjorkstrand (, M. Asperup) (PP) 0–2 15:49 – N. Ehlers (O. Bjorkstrand, M. Larsen) (PP) N. Goldobin (I. Provorov, R. Valiev) (PP) – 39:13 1–2 M. Mamin (, A. Sharov) – 44:37 2–2
	S. Tolchinski N. Goldobin	Shootout	N. Ehlers O. Bjorkstrand
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	26

December 26, 2014 17:00

Sweden

5–2 (2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,077

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	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Vítek Vaněček	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Judson Ritter
	A. Kempe (O. Lindblom, G. Forsling) (PP) – 14:46 1–0 J. Lööke (L. Wallmark) – 19:13 2–0 2–1 23:33 – J. Vrána 2–2 30:02 – J. Vrana (O. Kaše, D. Kämpf) W. Nylander (O. Lindblom) – 30:29 3–2 A. Kempe (A. Holmström, O. Lindblom) (PP) – 45:37 4–2 J. de la Rose (A. Blidh, G. Forsling) – 47:38 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	30 min
	27	Shots	29

December 27, 2014 13:00

Denmark

1–5 (0–3, 1–2, 0–0)

Sweden

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,018

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	Georg Sørensen	Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Roman Gofman Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Jani Pesonen Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 09:48 – L. Wallmark 0–2 11:36 – A. Blidh (S. Aho, W. Lagesson) 0–3 19:27 – W. Nylander (J. de la Rose, J. Bergman) 0–4 20:13 – J. de la Rose (A. Karlsson, A. Blidh) N. Olesen (, ) – 21:01 1–4 1–5 37:26 – S. Aho (L. Wallmark, J. de la Rose) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	44

December 27, 2014 17:00

Czech Republic

2–5 (2–2, 0–3, 0–0)

Switzerland

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,926

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	Vítek Vaněček	Goalies	Gauthier Descloux	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Jordan Browne Pierre Dehaen
	0–1 00:46 – K. Fiala (T. Meier) M. Růžička (D. Němeček, M. Špaček) – 01:44 1–1 L. Klok (P. Zdráhal, D. Pastrňák) – 04:42 2–1 2–2 11:37 – K. Fiala (D. Malgin, T. Meier) (PP) 2–3 20:45 – N. Rod (L. Fazzini) 2–4 21:29 – (K. Schweri) 2–5 34:41 – L. Fazzini (M. Müller, N. Rod) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	35

December 28, 2014 17:00

Switzerland

0–7 (0–3, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 15,125

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	Gauthier Descloux	Goalies	Igor Shestyorkin	Referees: Linus Öhlund Steve Patafie Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter
	0–1 11:28 – R. Rafikov (A. Golyshev, P. Buchnevich) (PP) 0–2 18:26 – A. Dergachyov () 0–3 19:37 – P. Buchnevich (I. Barbashev, R. Rafikov) 0–4 35:29 – S. Tolchinski (N. Goldobin, V. Kamenev) 0–5 37:36 – A. Sharov (M. Mamin) 0–6 54:59 – V. Kamenev (PP) 0–7 55:41 – V. Leshchenko (I. Barbashev, P. Buchnevich)
	41 min	Penalties	22 min
	32	Shots	23

December 29, 2014 13:00

Czech Republic

4–3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,038

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	Vítek Vaněček	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jordan Browne Judson Ritter
	0–1 03:58 – J. Štencel (D. Kaše, D. Pastrňák) (PP) – 10:22 1–1 J. Košťálek (D. Pastrňák, M. Baránek) – 24:36 2–1 2–2 37:08 – O. Bjorkstrand (N. Ehlers, ) (PP) 2–3 46:05 – M. Asperup (N. Ehlers) (PP) D. Kubalík (J. Štencel, P. Zacha) – 56:58 3–3 D. Pastrňák (J. Štencel) – 61:01 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	48	Shots	14

December 29, 2014 17:00

Sweden

3–2 (1–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 16,710

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	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Geoffrey Miller Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Jani Pesonen
	G. Forsling (A. Kempe, A. Holmström) (PP) – 10:38 1–0 1–1 34:15 – (, I. Barbashev) 1–2 42:23 – V. Leshenko (P. Buchnevich, R. Rafikov) G. Forsling (W. Nylander, A. Kempe) (PP) – 46:44 2–2 A. Holmström (O. Lindblom, W. Nylander) – 50:53 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	29

December 30, 2014 17:00

Switzerland

3–4 GWS (2–1, 1–2, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,263

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	Gauthier Descloux	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Steve Patafie Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	(L. Hischier) – 10:48 1–0 K. Fiala (D. Malgin, T. Meier) – 11:54 2–0 2–1 17:58 – O. Bjorkstrand (N. Ehlers, ) 2–2 32:19 – A. Krogsgaard (, M. Aagaard) (PP) T. Meier (J. Siegenthaler, D. Malgin) – 32:43 3–2 3–3 35:40 – M. Aagaard (N. Olesen) (PP)
	K. Fiala T. Meier N. Rod	Shootout	N. Ehlers O. Bjorkstrand M. Aagaard
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	23

December 31, 2014 13:00

Switzerland

1–5 (1–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Sweden

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,857

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		Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Geoffrey Miller Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter
	Y. Rathgeb (L. Fazzini) – 03:29 1–0 1–1 04:52 – A. Kempe (G. Forsling, A. Holmström) (PP) 1–2 23:27 – O. Lindblom (W. Nylander, A. Holmström) (PP) 1–3 26:03 – O. Lindblom (R. Hägg, W. Nylander) 1–4 34:45 – O. Lindblom (G. Forsling, S. Aho) (PP) 1–5 35:11 – J. Lööke (A. Karlsson, C. Ehn) (PP)
	31 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	39

December 31, 2014 17:00

Russia

1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,566

showGame reference
	Igor Shestyorkin	Goalies	Miroslav Svoboda	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Jordan Browne Jani Pesonen
	0–1 11:05 – P. Zdráhal (D. Pastrňák, J. Košťálek) 0–2 24:32 – P. Zacha (D. Pastrňák, J. Košťálek) I. Barbashev () (PP) – 35:44 1–2 1–3 42:54 – P. Zdráhal (D. Pastrňák, D. Mašín) 1–4 59:13 – O. Kaše (J. Vrána, D. Kämpf) (ENG)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	26

Relegation round[]

January 2, 2015 11:00

Switzerland

5–2 (1–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Germany

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 7,409

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	Gauthier Descloux	Goalies		Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Geoffrey Miller Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Jani Pesonen
	K. Fiala (N. Rod, D. Malgin) – 03:50 1–0 N. Rod (M. Fora, D. Malgin) – 20:54 2–0 L. Fazzini (L. Hischier) – 25:20 3–0 3–1 28:20 – (F. Tiffels) L. Hischier (M. Fora, L. Fazzini) – 33:56 4–1 N. Rod (D. Malgin) – 45:46 5–1 5–2 55:14 – (M. Michaelis)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	32	Shots	31

January 3, 2015 19:00

Germany

2–5 (1–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Switzerland

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 8,392

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		Goalies	Gauthier Descloux	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Jordan Browne Judson Ritter
	(, M. Michaelis) (PP) – 13:58 1–0 1–1 15:10 – (L. Fazzini, T. Meier) 1–2 16:17 – D. Malgin (N. Rod, K. Fiala) 1–3 31:12 – P. Suter (L. Hischier) A. Eder (F. Tiffels) (PP) – 38:10 2–3 2–4 53:25 – P. Suter (L. Hischier) 2–5 54:19 – T. Meier (J. Fuchs, L. Fazzini)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	27

Note:  Germany was relegated for the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Playoff round[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

1A

Canada

8

4B

Denmark

0

1A

Canada

5

3A

Slovakia

1

2B

Czech Republic

0

Final

3A

Slovakia

3

1A

Canada

5

3B

Russia

4

1B

Sweden

6

4A

Finland

3

1B

Sweden

1

Bronze medal game

3B

Russia

4

2A

United States

2

1B

Sweden

2

3B

Russia

3

3A

Slovakia

4

Quarterfinals[]

January 2, 2015 13:00

United States

2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

Russia

Bell Centre Attendance: 8,694

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	Thatcher Demko	Goalies	Igor Shestyorkin	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	0–1 02:31 – I. Barbashev (, P. Buchnevich) (PP2) 0–2 15:25 - A. Sharov (A. Dergachyov, M. Mamin) A. DeAngelo (W. Butcher, J. Eichel) (PP2) – 32:43 1–2 1–3 41:27 - S. Tolchinski (, N. Goldobin) (PP) Z. Werenski (A. Matthews) - 48:56 2–3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	25

January 2, 2015 15:00

Sweden

6–3 (0–0, 3–3, 3–0)

Finland

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 14,440

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	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Ville Husso	Referees: Steve Patafie Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Jordan Browne Simon Wust
	0–1 21:44 – J. Ikonen G. Forsling (W. Nylander, A. Kempe) (PP2) – 24:03 1–1 L. Wallmark (S. Aho, V. Olofsson) (PP) – 24:50 2–1 A. Brodecki (R. Norell, G. Forsling) – 28:11 3–1 3–2 29:54 – M. Rantanen (J. Ikonen, R. Hintz) 3–3 35:49 – K. Kapanen (A. Mustonen, J. Honka) A. Kempe (O. Lindblom, A. Holmström) (PP2) – 41:24 4–3 O. Lindblom (W. Nylander) – 53:52 5–3 L. Wallmark (R. Hägg) (ENG) – 59:56 6–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	33

January 2, 2015 17:00

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Bell Centre Attendance: 7,696

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	Miroslav Svoboda	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills
	0–1 M. Kabáč (P. Koyš) – 18:46 0–2 P. Cehlárik (R. Lantoši, M. Rosandić) – 54:18 0–3 M. Réway (ENG) – 59:51
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	36

January 2, 2015 20:00

Canada

8–0 (2–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 18,448

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	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Georg Sorensen	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter
	C. Lazar (C. McDavid) – 10:37 1–0 S. Reinhart (A. Duclair) – 15:17 2–0 L. Crouse (F. Gauthier) – 27:50 3–0 C. McDavid – 30:21 4–0 C. Lazar (J. Hicketts) – 33:21 5–0 N. Paul (J. Virtanen, N. Petan) – 43:08 6–0 B. Point (C. McDavid, C. Lazar) – 45:09 7–0 N. Ritchie (L. Crouse, J. Hicketts) (PP) – 59:06 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	50	Shots	14

Semifinals[]

January 4, 2015 16:00

Sweden

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 15,400

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	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Igor Shestyorkin	Referees: Steve Patafie Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Bevan Mills Judson Ritter
	0–1 31:18 – A. Sharov (A. Golyshev, A. Dergachyov) 0–2 32:50 – (R. Valiev, V. Kamenev) (PP) 0–3 41:31 – A. Sharov (, M. Mamin) L. Wallmark (A. Brodecki, A. Kempe) – 51:30 1–3 1–4 52:39 – M. Mamin (, V. Bryukvin)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	31

January 4, 2015 20:00

Canada

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 18,002

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	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist
	N. Petan (C. McDavid, C. Lazar) (PP) – 04:27 1–0 N. Petan (C. McDavid, C. Lazar) – 38:06 2–0 S. Theodore (A. Duclair) – 39:32 3–0 3–1 39:57 – D. Šoltés (M. Paulovič) A. Duclair (D. Nurse, S. Reinhart) – 42:47 4–1 N. Petan (C. Lazar, C. McDavid) (PP) – 51:59 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	13

Bronze medal game[]

January 5, 2015 16:00

Sweden

2–4 (2–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,625

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	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Bevan Mills Judson Ritter
	0–1 02:43 – D. Šoltés (R. Lantoši) 0–2 03:22 – M. Rosandić (P. Skalický, M. Réway) W. Nylander (S. Aho, A. Holmström) – 10:22 1–2 J. Lööke (C. Ehn) – 16:12 2–2 2–3 42:52 – P. Skalický (M. Réway, E. Černák) (PP) 2–4 59:04 – P. Koyš (M. Réway) (ENG)
	29 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	28

Final[]

January 5, 2015 20:00

Canada

5–4 (2–1, 3–3, 0–0)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 19,014

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	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Igor Shestyorkin Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	A. Duclair (M. Domi) – 00:23 1–0 N. Paul (B. Point, J. Virtanen) – 02:32 2–0 2–1 09:20 – D. Yudin (A. Golyshev, A. Dergachyov) C. McDavid (J. Morrissey) – 25:08 3–1 M. Domi – 27:22 4–1 M. Domi (S. Reinhart) – 32:30 5–1 5–2 34:21 – I. Barbashev (P. Buchnevich, D. Yudin) (PP) 5–3 34:53 – S. Tolchinski (N. Goldobin, R. Valiev) 5–4 37:37 – N. Goldobin (S. Tolchinski, ) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	21	Shots	30

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Sam Reinhart	Canada	7	5	6	11	+13	6
2	Nic Petan	Canada	7	4	7	11	+4	0
3	Connor McDavid	Canada	7	3	8	11	+8	0
4	Max Domi	Canada	7	5	5	10	+10	4
5	William Nylander	Sweden	7	3	7	10	–2	0
6	Curtis Lazar	Canada	7	5	4	9	+8	0
7	Oskar Lindblom	Sweden	7	4	5	9	–1	0
7	Martin Réway	Slovakia	7	4	5	9	–1	2
9	Adrian Kempe	Sweden	6	4	4	8	0	2
10	Anthony Duclair	Canada	7	4	4	8	+11	16

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Zachary Fucale	Canada	300:00	6	1.20	93.94	2
2	Igor Shestyorkin	Russia	242:13	8	1.98	93.80	1
3	Thatcher Demko	United States	241:42	7	1.74	93.75	1
4	Denis Godla	Slovakia	391:35	18	2.76	92.56	1
5	Ville Husso	Finland	183:12	7	2.29	92.31	1

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Tournament awards[]

Reference: [1] Most Valuable Player

• Goaltender: Denis Godla

All-star team

• Goaltender: Denis Godla
• Defencemen: Gustav Forsling, Josh Morrissey
• Forwards: Sam Reinhart, Max Domi, Connor McDavid

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Denis Godla
• Defenceman: Vladislav Gavrikov
• Forward: Max Domi

Final standings[]

Note that due to the lack of playoff games for determining the spots 5–8, these spots were determined by the preliminary round records for each team.

Division I[]

Division I A[]

The Division I A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 14 to 20 December 2014.^[9]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belarus	5	4	1	0	0	22	9	+13	14
Norway	5	2	2	0	1	16	11	+5	10
Latvia	5	2	0	1	2	15	11	+4	7
Italy	5	1	1	0	3	16	22	−6	5
Austria	5	1	0	2	2	21	27	−6	5
Slovenia	5	1	0	1	3	17	27	−10	4

Promoted to the 2016 Top Division

Relegated to the 2016 Division I B

Division I B[]

The Division I B tournament was played in Dunaújváros, Hungary, from 14 to 20 December 2014.^[10]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	0	23	9	+14	15
Ukraine	5	2	1	0	2	10	11	−1	8
Poland	5	2	0	1	2	13	15	−2	7
France	5	2	0	1	2	11	13	−2	7
Japan	5	1	1	0	3	15	17	−2	5
Hungary	5	0	1	1	3	9	16	−7	3

Promoted to the 2016 Division I A

Relegated to the 2016 Division II A

Division II[]

Division II A[]

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 7 to 13 December 2014.^[11]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Great Britain	5	4	1	0	0	22	13	+9	14
Lithuania	5	2	1	1	1	24	19	+5	9
South Korea	5	2	1	1	1	18	18	0	9
Netherlands	5	1	1	0	3	18	16	+2	5
Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	12	22	−10	4
Romania	5	1	0	1	3	18	24	−6	4

Promoted to the 2016 Division I B

Relegated to the 2016 Division II B

Division II B[]

The Division II B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 13 to 19 December 2014.^[12]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	5	5	0	0	0	22	9	+13	15
Spain	5	4	0	0	1	27	10	+17	12
Australia	5	2	0	1	2	15	15	0	7
Belgium	5	1	1	1	2	15	17	−2	6
Serbia	5	1	1	0	3	9	19	−10	5
Iceland	5	0	0	0	5	11	29	−18	0

Promoted to the 2016 Division II A

Relegated to the 2016 Division III

Division III[]

The Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 20 to 25 January 2015.^[13]

On December 27, 2014 organizers announced that the Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation withdrew their U20 team from the tournament.^[14]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	0	29	3	+26	12
New Zealand	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	+2	7
Mexico	4	1	1	0	2	8	10	−2	5
South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	4	22	−18	3
Turkey	4	1	0	0	3	7	15	−8	3

Promoted to the 2016 Division II B

References[]

External links[]

• http://www.worldjunior2015.com Official site
• [2] Hockey Canada site