1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 27, 1973, and January 6, 1974. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record.[1] This was the first edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by a club team, the Peterborough Petes, while the other five nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[3]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Soviet Union |
| Dates | December 27, 1973 – January 6, 1974 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Soviet Union |
Runner-up  |  Finland |
Third place  | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 135 (9 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Roland Eriksson (9 points) |
1975 → | |
Final standings
The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 10 |
 | Finland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 6 |
 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 6 |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 4 |
| 5 |  United States | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 2 |
| 6 |  Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 2 |
Results
| Czechoslovakia | 6 – 4 (3–1, 1–2, 2–1) | Sweden |
| Canada | 5 – 4 (1–1, 1–2, 3–1) | United States |
| Soviet Union | 6 – 2 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0) | Finland |
| Sweden | 9 – 4 (1–2, 6–2, 2–0) | Finland |
| United States | 1 – 11 (0–6, 1–1, 0–4) | Sweden |
| Soviet Union | 7 – 5 (1–0, 6–2, 0–3) | Czechoslovakia |
| Finland | 4 – 3 (2–1, 0–2, 2–0) | Canada |
| Soviet Union | 5 – 4 (2–2, 2–2, 1–0) | Sweden |
| Finland | 5 – 1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–1) | United States |
| Canada | 4 – 2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1) | Czechoslovakia |
| Finland | 6 – 4 (4–1, 1–2, 1–1) | Czechoslovakia |
| Canada | 5 – 4 (1–2, 1–1, 3–1) | Sweden |
| Soviet Union | 9 – 1 (3–0, 1–1, 5–0) | United States |
| United States | 3 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0) | Czechoslovakia |
| Soviet Union | 9 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 5–0) | Canada |
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roland Eriksson | Sweden | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Viktor Khatulev | Soviet Union | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Edmunds Vasiljevs | Soviet Union | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Mats Ulander | Sweden | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 5 | Boris Aleksandrov | Soviet Union | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Thomas Gradin | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Doug Jarvis | Canada | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Viktor Vakhrushev | Soviet Union | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 9 | Bo Berglund | Sweden | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Vladimir Gostyuzhev | Soviet Union | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Tournament awards
| Best Players | All-Star Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Goaltender | Frank Salive | Tapio Virhimo |
| Defencemen | Viktor Kucherenko | Jim Turkiewicz Paul McIntosh |
| Forwards | Mats Ulander | Thomas Gradin Roland Eriksson Ismo Villa |
References
- "1974 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- "Matches internationaux des moins de 20 ans 1973/74". Retrieved 2011-10-08.
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