1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1974 IIHF World U20 Championship
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   Canada
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 135 (9 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Sweden Roland Eriksson
(9 points)
1975 →

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 IIHF World U20 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]

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
1st  Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 36 12 10
2nd  Finland 5 3 2 0 21 23 6
3rd  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 Canada Frank Salive Finland Tapio Virhimo
Defencemen Soviet Union Viktor Kucherenko Canada Jim Turkiewicz
Canada Paul McIntosh
Forwards Sweden Mats Ulander Sweden Thomas Gradin
Sweden Roland Eriksson
Finland Ismo Villa

References

  1. ↑ "1974 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  2. ↑ "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  3. ↑ "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
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