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2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Summary

The 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2004 WJHC) was held between December 26, 2003, and January 5, 2004, in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland.[1] The United States won their first ever gold medal, defeating Canada 4–3 in the final.

2004 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2003 – January 5, 2004
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored190 (6.13 per game)
Attendance116,556 (3,760 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Nigel Dawes (11 points)
MVPUnited States Zach Parise
← 2003
2005 →

Venues edit

Helsinki Ice Arena
Capacity: 8,200 		Hameenlinna Ice Arena
Capacity: 5,360
   
  Finland – Helsinki   Finland – Hämeenlinna

Rosters edit

Top Division edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 4 4 0 0 21 4 +17 8 Semifinals
2   Slovakia 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 5 Quarterfinals
3   Russia 4 2 1 1 11 10 +1 5
4   Sweden 4 1 0 3 13 10 +3 2 Relegation round
5   Austria 4 0 0 4 1 24 −23 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003
15:00		Slovakia  2–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)		  RussiaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,884
Game reference
Jaroslav HalákGoaliesKonstantin BarulinReferee:
  Derek Herman
Linesmen:
  Stefan Fonselius
  Seppo Lindroos
0 – 102:43 – PP1 – Ovechkin (Shkotov, Pestunov)
Ružička (Bulík, Špirko) – 21:021 – 1
1 – 240:30 – Shkotov (Ovechkin, Korneev)
Šagát (Baláž) – 50:372 – 2
12 minPenalties6 min
28Shots33
December 26, 2003
18:30		Austria  0–8
(0–2, 0–3, 0–3)		  United StatesHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,947
Game reference
Mathias LangeGoaliesAl MontoyaReferee:
  Sergej Kafrabanov
Linesmen:
  Stanislav Barvir
  Derek Doucette
0 – 102:09 – PP1 – Wisniewski (Parise)
0 – 208:12 – Sterling (Stuart, Montoya)
0 – 330:49 – PP2 – Parise (Richmond, Eaves)
0 – 431:05 – PP1 – Kesler (Eaves)
0 – 534:46 – SH1 – Eaves (Likens)
0 – 648:55 – Parise (Fritsche)
0 – 752:17 – PP1 – Parise (Wisniewski)
0 – 854:14 – Sterling (Stuart)
14 minPenalties18 min
15Shots61
December 27, 2003
16:00		Sweden  7–0
(1–0, 1–0, 5–0)		  AustriaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 741
Game reference
Joakim LundstromGoaliesMathias LangeReferee:
  Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:
  Thomas Geinke
  Christian Neubert
Blomdahl (Björk, Eckerblom) – 10:471 – 0
Kalgoum (Salmonsson) – 32:192 – 0
Johnsson (Eckerblom, Andersson) – 46:533 – 0
Steen (Eriksson) – 47:424 – 0
Danielsson (Tang) – PP1 - 54:025 – 0
Fransson (Nilsson, Andersson) – 54:326 – 0
Fransson (Blomqvist, Danielsson) – PP2 – 58:557 – 0
10 minPenalties24 min
43Shots16
December 28, 2003
15:00		United States  5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)		  SlovakiaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,938
Game reference
Al MontoyaGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferee:
  Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
  Derek Doucette
  Stefan Fonselius
Booth (Dowell) - 08:051 – 0
Murray (Richmond) – PP1 – 27:002 – 0
Murray – 44:323 – 0
Kesler – PP1 – 48:154 – 0
Werner (Parise) – 50:235 – 0
16 minPenalties28 min
43Shots18
December 28, 2003
18:30		Russia  5–3
(2–0, 0–2, 3–1)		  SwedenHelsinki
Attendance: 2,801
Game reference
Konstantin BarulinGoaliesJoakim LundströmReferee:
  Wilhelm Schimm
Linesmen:
  Stanislav Barvir
  Seppo Lindroos
Semin (Malkin, Anshakov) – PP1 – 07:071 – 0
Ovechkin (Korneev, Malkin) – PP1 – 18:302 – 0
2 – 135:08 – Andersson (Valdix)
2 – 236:15 – Kalgoum (Hult)
Anshakov (Malkin) – 46:383 – 2
3 – 350:55 – PP1 – Nilsson (Björk, Tang)
Anshakov (Spiridonov, Semin) – 56:354 – 3
Shkotov (Ovechkin, Pestunov) – ENG – 59:595 – 3
10 minPenalties20 min
29Shots26
December 29, 2003
18:30		Austria  1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)		  RussiaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 831
Game reference
Mathias Lange
Thomas Innerwinkler		GoaliesDenis KhudyakovReferee:
  Derek Herman
Linesmen:
  Stefan Fonselius
  Christian Neubert
0 – 117:38 – Anshakov (Gimaev, Semin)
Vanek (Latusa, Harand) – 26:551 – 1
1 – 231:32 – Malkin (Spiridonov, Khudyakov)
1 – 353:14 – Ovechkin (Korneev, Shkotov)
12 minPenalties8 min
17Shots50
December 30, 2003
16:00		United States  4–3
(2–0, 1–2, 1–1)		  SwedenHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,948
Game reference
Al MontoyaGoaliesMagnus Åkerlund
Joakim Lundström		Referee:
  Derek Herman
Linesmen:
  Stanislav Barvir
  Seppo Lindroos
Werner (Wisniewski, Parise) – PP1 – 05:261 – 0
Carle (Dowell, Stafford) – 11:292 – 0
2 – 125:34 – Steen
Sterling (Moore, Suter) – 33:213 – 1
3 – 235:22 – Fransson (Valdix, Andersson)
3 – 347:25 – PP1 – Meijer (Enström)
Werner (Parise, Wisniewski) – SH1 – 48:424 – 3
12 minPenalties14 min
40Shots25
December 30, 2003
19:30		Slovakia  6–0
(1–0, 4–0, 1–0)		  AustriaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,935
Game reference
Jaroslav HalákGoaliesMathias Lange
Thomas Innerwinkler		Referee:
  Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:
  Thomas Gienke
  Seppo Lindroos
Meszároš (Pokrivčák, Špirko) – PP1 – 08:211 – 0
Ružička (Stehlík) – 29:212 – 0
Stehlík (Biermann, Lukáč) – 29:293 – 0
Ružička – 31:414 – 0
Troliga (Špirko, Baranka) – 33:495 – 0
Špirko (Hruška, Pokrivčák) – 50:126 – 0
10 minPenalties6 min
42Shots21
December 31, 2003
16:00		Russia  1–4
(0–3, 0–1, 1–0)		  United StatesHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,874
Game reference
Konstantin Barulin
Denis Khudyakov		GoaliesAl MontoyaReferee:
  Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
  Derek Doucette
  Stanislav Barvir
0 – 109:45 – PP1 – O'Sullivan (Eaves, Suter)
0 – 218:48 – PP2 – Parise (Eaves)
0 – 319:21 – PP1 – Werner (Parise)
0 – 435:57 – SH1 – Parise
Anshakov (Gimaev, Spiridonov) – PP2 – 50:451 – 4
34 minPenalties24 min
30Shots35
December 31, 2003
19:30		Sweden  0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		  SlovakiaHämeenlinna
Attendance: 3,860
Game reference
Joakim LundströmGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferee:
  Jyri Petteri Ronn
Linesmen:
  Seppo Lindroos
  Stefan Fonselius
0 – 159:24 – ENG – Fábry (Ružička, Bulík)
4 minPenalties4 min
28Shots24

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 4 4 0 0 25 4 +21 8 Semifinals
2   Finland 4 3 0 1 19 6 +13 6 Quarterfinals
3   Czech Republic 4 2 0 2 14 9 +5 4
4    Switzerland 4 1 0 3 14 11 +3 2 Relegation round
5   Ukraine 4 0 0 4 1 43 −42 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003
15:00		Czech Republic  8–0
(4–0, 4–0, 0–0)		  UkraineHelsinki
Game reference
December 26, 2003
18:30		Canada  3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		  FinlandHelsinki
Attendance: 3,947
Game reference
Referee:
  Thomas Andersson
Linesmen:
  Miroslav Halecký
  Mikael Ljungqvist
Phaneuf (Stewart, Dawes) – 15:521 – 0
Paille (Talbot) – 32:412 – 0
Stewart (Richards) – 44:273 – 0
8 minPenalties4 min
December 27, 2003
16:00		Switzerland  11–0
(3–0, 5–0, 3–0)		  UkraineHelsinki
Game reference
December 28, 2003
15:00		Canada  7–2
(3–1, 1–0, 3–1)		   SwitzerlandHelsinki
Attendance: 1,320
Game reference
Marc-André FleuryGoaliesDaniel ManzatoReferee:
  Peter Ország
Linesmen:
  Christian Neubert
  Thomas Gienke
0 – 104:43 – Grauwiler (Bärtschi)
Richards – PS – 08:131 – 1
Coburn (Burns) – 10:462 – 1
Getzlaf (Seabrook) – PP1 – 16:243 – 1
Getzlaf (Carter, Burns) – 23:354 – 1
Stewart (Dawes) – 41:415 – 1
5 – 243:09 – Ehrensperger
Stewart (Dawes) – 52:576 – 2
Crosby (Phaneuf, Stewart) – 59:467 – 2
6 minPenalties6 min
42Shots23
December 28, 2003
18:30		Finland  3–2
(0–2, 1–0, 2–0)		  Czech RepublicHämeenlinna
Attendance: 4,418
Game reference
Konstantin BarulinGoaliesJoakim LundströmReferee:
  Sergej Karabanov
Linesmen:
  Konstantin Gordenko
  Allen Stensland
0 – 1Olesz (Hudler, Chvátal) – 12:36
0 – 2Olesz (Kašpar) – 17:42
39:32 – Töykkälä1 – 2
40:17 – PP1 – Lepisto (Salmela, Filppula)2 – 2
55:40 – Filppula (Bergenheim)3 – 2
39 minPenalties20 min
35Shots24
December 29, 2003
18:30		Ukraine  0–10
(0–3, 0–6, 0–1)		  CanadaHelsinki
Attendance: 992
Game reference
Yevgeniy Galyuk
Illia Tarankov		GoaliesJosh HardingReferee:
Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
  Allen Stensland
  Thomas Gienke
0 – 100:33 – Carter (Burns)
0 – 201:17 – Stewart (Richards, Seabrook)
0 – 314:17 – PP1 – Seabrook (Getzlaf, Gorges)
0 – 423:10 – Tambellini (Dixon)
0 – 528:25 – Crosby (Tambellini)
0 – 629:54 – Dawes (Carter, Stewart)
0 – 732:05 – Brent (Talbot)
0 – 832:56 – Dawes (Gorges)
0 – 937:12 – PP1 – Paille (Talbot, Brent)
0 – 1054:50 – PP1 – Paille (Tambellini, Belle)
14 minPenalties8 min
11Shots55
December 30, 2003
16:00		Switzerland  1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		  Czech RepublicHelsinki
Game reference
December 30, 2003
19:30		Ukraine  1–14
(0–4, 1–4, 0–6)		  FinlandHelsinki
Attendance: 4,271
Game reference
Illia TarankovGoaliesMikael VuorioReferee:
  Peter Ország
Linesmen:
  Christian Neubert
  Miroslav Halecký
0 – 105:50 – Tukonen (Oksa)
0 – 211:13 – Kontiola (Tukonen)
0 – 312:34 – Lepistö (Filppula, Bergenheim)
0 – 418:16 – Lepistö (Immonen, Marjamäki)
0 – 520:59 – PP1 – Immonen (Kantee)
0 – 629:31 – Jalasvaara (Töykkälä)
Lubnin (Katrych, Kyrychenko) – PP1 – 32:311 – 6
1 – 738:26 – PP2 – Filppula (Varakas, Bergenheim)
1 – 839:13 – PP2 – Lepistö (Salmela)
1 – 943:43 – Salmela (Töykkälä, Immonen)
1 – 1048:59 – SH1 – Filppula
1 – 1151:18 – PP1 – Bergenheim (Lepistö)
1 – 1253:28 – Piispanen (Nurmi)
1 – 1354:11 – Immonen (Varakas)
1 – 1459:41 – Nurmi (Kalteva)
14 minPenalties10 min
15Shots60
December 31, 2003
16:00		Czech Republic  2–5
(0–3, 1–2, 1–0)		  CanadaHelsinki
Attendance: 2,816
Game reference
Marek Schwarz
Tomáš Pöpperle		GoaliesMarc-André FleuryReferee:
  Thomas Andersson
Linesmen:
  Mikael Ljungqvist
  Allen Stensland
0 – 106:53 – Tambellini (Crosby)
0 – 216:01 – Carter (Getzlaf, Burns)
0 – 319:30 – PP2 – Dawes (Stewart, Meech)
0 – 429:59 – PP1 – Phaneuf (Getzlaf)
Ovčáčík (Kanko, Koreis) – 34:471 – 4
1 – 539:41 – Carter (Phaneuf)
Šmíd (Hudler) – PP1 – 50:182 – 5
12 minPenalties24 min
29Shots30
December 31, 2003
19:30		Finland  2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		   SwitzerlandHelsinki
Attendance: 3,680
Game reference
Hannu ToivonenGoaliesMichael ToblerReferee:
  Wilhelm Schimm
Linesmen:
  Konstantin Gordenko
  Miroslav Halecký
Nokelainen (Filppula) – 19:111 – 0
Junnila (Varakas) – 55:372 – 0
2 minPenalties4 min
40Shots8

Relegation round edit

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1   Sweden 3 3 0 0 15 3 +12 6
2    Switzerland 3 2 0 1 20 6 +14 4
3   Austria 3 0 1 2 4 15 −11 1 Relegated to the 2005 Division I
4   Ukraine 3 0 1 2 2 17 −15 1
Source: [citation needed]

(all games at Hämeenlinna)

January 2 edit

  • Sweden 4–0 Ukraine
  • Switzerland 6–2 Austria

January 3 edit

  • Austria 2–2 Ukraine
  • Sweden 4–3 Switzerland

Playoff round edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1   United States 2
B2   Finland 4 B2   Finland 1
A3   Russia 3 A1   United States 4
B1   Canada 3
B1   Canada 7
A2   Slovakia 2 B3   Czech Republic 1
B3   Czech Republic 4 Third place
B2   Finland 2
B3   Czech Republic 1

Quarterfinals edit

2 January 2004
16:00		Slovakia  2–4
(1–1, 1–3, 0–0)		  Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,502
Game reference
12 minPenalties14 min
32Shots47
2 January 2004
20:00		Finland  4–3
(1–1, 1–1, 2–1)		  RussiaHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,720
Game reference
8 minPenalties12 min
36Shots22

Semifinals edit

3 January 2004
15:00		Canada  7–1
(2–1, 1–0, 4–0)		  Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,911
Game reference
35 minPenalties10 min
34Shots16
3 January 2004
19:00		United States  2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		  FinlandHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,965
Game reference
10 minPenalties8 min
29Shots26

Fifth place game edit

4 January 2004
15:00		Russia  3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)		  SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 1,940
Game reference
33 minPenalties14 min
28Shots21

Bronze medal game edit

5 January 2004
15:00		Czech Republic  1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)		  FinlandHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Game reference
10 minPenalties4 min
17Shots30

Final edit

5 January 2004
19:00		Canada  3–4
(1–1, 2–0, 0–3)		  United StatesHelsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,364
Game reference
6 minPenalties6 min
30Shots28

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 edit

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts
1 Nigel Dawes   Canada 6 6 5 11
2 Zach Parise   United States 6 5 6 11
2 Anthony Stewart   Canada 6 5 6 11
4 Valtteri Filppula   Finland 7 4 5 9
5 Sami Lepistö   Finland 7 4 4 8
6 Patrik Bärtschi    Switzerland 6 3 5 8
7 Sergei Anshakov   Russia 6 5 2 7
7 Jeff Carter   Canada 6 5 2 7
7 Gianni Ehrensperger    Switzerland 6 5 2 7
7 Alexander Ovechkin   Russia 6 5 2 7

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

Goaltending leaders edit

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

Rank Player Country TOI SOG GA GAA Saves Sv % SO
1 Al Montoya   United States 360:00 144 8 1.33 136 94.44 2
2 Joakim Lundström   Sweden 299:08 105 7 1.40 98 93.33 1
3 Denis Khudyakov   Russia 160:00 58 4 1.50 54 93.10 0
4 Jaroslav Halák   Slovakia 360:00 194 14 2.33 180 92.78 2
5 Hannu Toivonen   Finland 357:25 137 11 1.85 126 91.97 1

Tournament awards edit

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender   Al Montoya   Al Montoya
Defencemen   Sami Lepistö   Dion Phaneuf
  Sami Lepistö
Forwards   Zach Parise   Valtteri Filppula
  Jeff Carter
  Zach Parise

Most Valuable Player edit

  Zach Parise

Final standings edit

Team
    United States
    Canada
    Finland
4   Czech Republic
5   Russia
6   Slovakia
7   Sweden
8    Switzerland
9   Austria
10   Ukraine

Division I edit

The Division I Championships were played on December 14–20, 2003 in Berlin, Germany (Group A) and on December 13–19, 2003 in Briançon, France (Group B).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Germany 5 3 2 0 29 10 +19 8 Promoted to the 2005 Top Division
2   Denmark 5 3 1 1 23 16 +7 7
3   Slovenia 5 3 0 2 18 19 −1 6
4   Latvia 5 2 2 1 35 19 +16 6
5   Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 16 19 −3 3
6   Hungary 5 0 0 5 8 46 −38 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division II
Source: [citation needed]

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Belarus 5 5 0 0 34 11 +23 10 Promoted to the 2005 Top Division
2   Norway 5 3 0 2 21 10 +11 6
3   France 5 3 0 2 22 16 +6 6
4   Italy 5 3 0 2 15 18 −3 6
5   Estonia 5 1 0 4 9 33 −24 2
6   Japan 5 0 0 5 9 22 −13 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division II
Source: [citation needed]

Division II edit

The Division II Championships were played on December 28, 2003 – January 3, 2004 in Sosnowiec, Poland (Group A) and on January 5–11, 2004 in Kaunas and Elektrėnai, Lithuania (Group B).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Poland 5 5 0 0 59 4 +55 10 Promoted to the 2005 Division I
2   Romania 5 3 1 1 44 16 +28 7
3   Netherlands 5 3 0 2 32 19 +13 6
4   Spain 5 2 1 2 21 32 −11 5
5   Belgium 5 1 0 4 16 31 −15 2
6   Iceland 5 0 0 5 10 80 −70 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division III
Source: [citation needed]

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Great Britain 5 5 0 0 38 5 +33 10 Promoted to the 2005 Division I
2   South Korea 5 4 0 1 45 7 +38 8
3   Croatia 5 2 0 3 18 18 0 4
4   Serbia and Montenegro 5 2 0 3 15 21 −6 4
5   Lithuania 5 2 0 3 12 25 −13 4
6   South Africa 5 0 0 5 4 56 −52 0 Relegated to the 2005 Division III
Source: [citation needed]

Division III edit

The Division III Championship was played on January 5–11, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Australia 5 5 0 0 42 13 +29 10 Promoted to the 2005 Division II
2   China 5 4 0 1 41 10 +31 8
3   Mexico 5 3 0 2 25 16 +9 6
4   Turkey 5 1 0 4 10 38 −28 2
5   Bulgaria 5 1 0 4 13 34 −21 2
6   New Zealand 5 1 0 4 10 30 −20 2
Source: [citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ "2004 IIHF World U20 Championship statistics". Archived from the original on 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2023-01-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–32, 171.
Preceded by World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

See also: 2004 World Championships 		Succeeded by

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