2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2004 WJHC) was held between December 26, 2003, and January 5, 2004, in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The United States won its first ever gold medal, defeating Canada 4–3 in the final.[1]
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | December 26 – January 5 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 190 (6.13 per match) |
Attendance | 116,556 (3,760 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() (11 points) |
MVP | ![]() |
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Venues
Helsinki Ice Arena Capacity: 8,200 |
Hameenlinna Ice Arena Capacity: 5,360 |
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Rosters
Top Division
Group A
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 8 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
All times local (EET/UTC+2).
December 26, 2003 15:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 2 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,884 |
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Jaroslav Halák | Goalies | Konstantin Barulin | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 33 |
December 26, 2003 18:30 | Austria ![]() | 0 – 8 (0–2, 0–3, 0–3) | ![]() | Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,947 |
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Mathias Lange | Goalies | Al Montoya | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Shots | 61 |
December 27, 2003 16:00 | Sweden ![]() | 7 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 5–0) | ![]() | Hämeenlinna Attendance: 741 |
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Joakim Lundstrom | Goalies | Mathias Lange | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 24 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Shots | 16 |
December 28, 2003 15:00 | United States ![]() | 5 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0) | ![]() | Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,938 |
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Al Montoya | Goalies | Jaroslav Halák | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 28 min | |||||||||||||||
43 | Shots | 18 |
December 28, 2003 18:30 | Russia ![]() | 5 – 3 (2–0, 0–2, 3–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Attendance: 2,801 |
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Konstantin Barulin | Goalies | Joakim Lundström | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 26 |
December 29, 2003 18:30 | Austria ![]() | 1 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1) | ![]() | Hämeenlinna Attendance: 831 |
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Mathias Lange Thomas Innerwinkler | Goalies | Denis Khudyakov | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
17 | Shots | 50 |
December 30, 2003 16:00 | United States ![]() | 4 – 3 (2–0, 1–2, 1–1) | ![]() | Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,948 |
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Al Montoya | Goalies | Magnus Åkerlund Joakim Lundström | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 25 |
December 30, 2003 19:30 | Slovakia ![]() | 6 – 0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,935 |
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Jaroslav Halák | Goalies | Mathias Lange Thomas Innerwinkler | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
42 | Shots | 21 |
December 31, 2003 16:00 | Russia ![]() | 1 – 4 (0–3, 0–1, 1–0) | ![]() | Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,874 |
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Konstantin Barulin Denis Khudyakov | Goalies | Al Montoya | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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34 min | Penalties | 24 min | |||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 35 |
December 31, 2003 19:30 | Sweden ![]() | 0 – 1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,860 |
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Joakim Lundström | Goalies | Jaroslav Halák | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||
28 | Shots | 24 |
Group B
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 8 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 0 |
All times local (EET/UTC+2).
December 26, 2003 15:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 8 – 0 (4–0, 4–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Helsinki |
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December 26, 2003 18:30 | Canada ![]() | 3 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Attendance: 3,947 |
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
December 27, 2003 16:00 | Switzerland ![]() | 11 – 0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0) | ![]() | Helsinki |
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December 28, 2003 15:00 | Canada ![]() | 7 – 2 (3–1, 1–0, 3–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Attendance: 1,320 |
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Marc-André Fleury | Goalies | Daniel Manzato | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Shots | 23 |
December 28, 2003 18:30 | Finland ![]() | 3 – 2 (0–2, 1–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Hämeenlinna Attendance: 4,418 |
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Konstantin Barulin | Goalies | Joakim Lundström | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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39 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 24 |
December 29, 2003 18:30 | Ukraine ![]() | 0 – 10 (0–3, 0–6, 0–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Attendance: 992 |
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Yevgeniy Galyuk Illia Tarankov | Goalies | Josh Harding | Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Shots | 55 |
December 30, 2003 16:00 | Switzerland ![]() | 1 – 2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Helsinki |
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December 30, 2003 19:30 | Ukraine ![]() | 1 – 14 (0–4, 1–4, 0–6) | ![]() | Helsinki Attendance: 4,271 |
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Illia Tarankov | Goalies | Mikael Vuorio | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Shots | 60 |
December 31, 2003 16:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 2 – 5 (0–3, 1–2, 1–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Attendance: 2,816 |
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Marek Schwarz Tomáš Pöpperle | Goalies | Marc-André Fleury | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 24 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 30 |
December 31, 2003 19:30 | Finland ![]() | 2 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Attendance: 3,680 |
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Hannu Toivonen | Goalies | Michael Tobler | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||
40 | Shots | 8 |
Relegation Round
Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
(all games at Hämeenlinna)
January 2
- Sweden 4–0 Ukraine
- Switzerland 6–2 Austria
January 3
- Austria 2–2 Ukraine
- Sweden 4–3 Switzerland
Austria and Ukraine were relegated to Division I for the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Playoff round
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2 | B3 | ![]() |
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B3 | ![]() |
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Quarterfinals
2 January 2004 16:00 | Slovakia ![]() | 2–4 (1–1, 1–3, 0–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,502 |
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12 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
32 | Shots | 47 |
2 January 2004 20:00 | Finland ![]() | 4–3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,720 |
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8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
36 | Shots | 22 |
Semifinals
3 January 2004 15:00 | Canada ![]() | 7–1 (2–1, 1–0, 4–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,911 |
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35 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
34 | Shots | 16 |
3 January 2004 19:00 | United States ![]() | 2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,965 |
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10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
29 | Shots | 26 |
Fifth place game
4 January 2004 15:00 | Russia ![]() | 3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 1,940 |
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33 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
28 | Shots | 21 |
Bronze medal game
5 January 2004 15:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki |
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10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
17 | Shots | 30 |
Final
5 January 2004 19:00 | Canada ![]() | 3–4 (1–1, 2–0, 0–3) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 7,364 |
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
30 | Shots | 28 |
The victory gave the United States its first WJC gold medal ever, and its first medal since a silver medal in 1997 when it lost 2–0 to Canada in the final.
Scoring leaders
Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts |
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1 | Nigel Dawes | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
2 | Zach Parise | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
2 | Anthony Stewart | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
4 | Valtteri Filppula | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
5 | Sami Lepistö | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
6 | Patrik Bärtschi | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
7 | Sergei Anshakov | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
7 | Jeff Carter | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
7 | Gianni Ehrensperger | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
7 | Alexander Ovechkin | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Goaltending leaders
Minimum 40% of team's ice time.
Rank | Player | Country | TOI | SOG | GA | GAA | Saves | Sv % | SO |
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1 | Al Montoya | ![]() | 360:00 | 144 | 8 | 1.33 | 136 | 94.44 | 2 |
2 | Joakim Lundström | ![]() | 299:08 | 105 | 7 | 1.40 | 98 | 93.33 | 1 |
3 | Denis Khudyakov | ![]() | 160:00 | 58 | 4 | 1.50 | 54 | 93.10 | 0 |
4 | Jaroslav Halák | ![]() | 360:00 | 194 | 14 | 2.33 | 180 | 92.78 | 2 |
5 | Hannu Toivonen | ![]() | 357:25 | 137 | 11 | 1.85 | 126 | 91.97 | 1 |
Tournament awards
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Defencemen | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Forwards | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Most Valuable Player
Final standings
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Division I Standings
The Division I Championships were played December 14-December 20, 2003 in Berlin, Germany (Group A) and December 13-December 19, 2003 in Briançon, France (Group B).
Division II Standings
The Division II Championships were played December 28, 2003 – January 3, 2004 in Sosnowiec, Poland (Group A) and January 5-January 11, 2004 in Kaunas and Elektrenai, Lithuania (Group B)
Group A
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 10 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 7 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 19 | 6 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 32 | 5 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 2 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 80 | 0 |
Group B
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 10 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 8 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 4 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 4 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 4 |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 0 |
Poland and the Great Britain advance to the 2005 Division I Championships, Iceland and South Africa are relegated to the 2005 Division III Championships'
Division III Standings
The Division III Championships were held January 5-January 11, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 10 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 20 | 8 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 6 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 38 | 2 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 34 | 2 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 2 |
Australia and the People's Republic of China advance to 2005 Division II Championships
See also
Preceded by 2003 World Juniors |
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2004 World Championships |
Succeeded by 2005 World Juniors |
References
- "2004 IIHF World U20 Championship". IIHF. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
- Archived version of official site with links to stats leaders and award winners
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–32, 171.