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Looking back at recent World Junior history, there are some amazing contrasts that stand out between 2015 and previous tournaments.
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With the conclusion of the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship, the groups for the 2016 World Juniors in Helsinki are now known.
He was the hero in Slovakia’s bronze-medal campaign. Now Denis Godla was named Most Valuable Player, Best Goalkeeper and All-Star Goalkeeper.
Canada twice had the Russians on the ropes, and twice the Russians got back into the game, falling just short in a dramatic and tense gold-medal showdown.
Czech head coach Miroslav Prerost collapsed around noon on Monday and was taken to hospital. Fortunately, his situation has improved.
In a true Cinderella story, Slovakia upset Sweden 4-2 in the bronze medal game. Pavol Skalicky got the third-period winner during a five-minute power play.
On the day of the medal games new Hockey Canada President and CEO Tom Renney met members of the media to discuss the 2015 World Junior Championship.
It’s rare that a coach who uses both his goalies in one game wins. Yet Russia has employed that strategy successfully against Canada in the recent past.
For much of the Preliminary Round it looked as though Russia was a disinterested team playing just barely well enough not to be in the Relegation Round.
As the 2015 World Juniors winds down, just over the border the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship kicks off today in Buffalo, USA.
When Canada faces Russia for gold on Monday, the host nation will aim to end one of its longest championship droughts ever at six years.
It was his two goals that led Russia to a 4-1 semi-final win over Sweden. But who is Alexander Sharov? He’s suddenly gone from the third line to the spotlight.
Canada has booked a date with Russia for the gold medal tomorrow night after defeating a determined Slovak team 5-1 at the Air Canada Centre tonight.
Two goals by Alexander Sharov buoyed the Russians to a 4-1 semi-final win over Sweden. Russia will play the Canada-Slovakia winner for gold on Monday.
Traditionally, towards the end of the World Juniors, the media has the chance to have their questions answered by the IIHF at a press conference.
There is no way to sugarcoat it—Canada will have to implode in unimaginable ways if it’s going to lose the semi-final game against Slovakia tonight in Toronto.
Switzerland scored twice in the third period to salt away a 5-2 win and win the relegation round against Germany. The Germans are now sent down to Division I.
Do you remember what you were doing on January 4, 2007? The Belarusian Ice Hockey Association remembers that date, but not fondly.
It was during one of the IIHF’s time-honoured ceremonies that perhaps the finest gesture of the 2015 World Juniors played out.
A playoff round showdown between Sweden and Russia has become a World Junior tradition. And it’s a tradition the Swedes usually enjoy these days.
Canada has booked the final spot in the semi-finals with a dominant 8-0 win over Denmark before a raucous crowd of 18,448 at the Air Canada Centre tonight.
Slovakia beat the Czech Republic 3-0 on Friday to make the semi-finals for the first time in six years. Michal Kabac scored the winner in the first period.
The Swedes beat the Finns, 6-3, to advance to the semi-finals, but a more important score is 12-0. That's the difference in power-play goals scored this year.
With a 3-2 quarter-final win over the U.S., the Russians advanced to a semi-final clash with the winner of Sweden-Finland. Sin bin time was a big story.
Switzerland woke up early and beat a sluggish German team 5-2 in an 11.00 start at the Air Canada Centre to open the best-of-three Relegation Round.