The 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2005 WJC) was held between December 25, 2004, and January 4, 2005, at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Canada won the gold medal. Jim Johannson oversaw administration of the event on behalf of USA Hockey.

Venues

Rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

Note: Matches   Switzerland 5–0  Belarus and  Slovakia 5–0  Germany from the preliminary round are included as well since these results carry forward.

 Germany and  Belarus are relegated to Division I for the 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Awards

All-Star Team

Goaltender: Marek Schwarz

Defense: Dion Phaneuf, Ryan Suter

Forwards: Alexander Ovechkin, Patrice Bergeron, Jeff Carter

Most Valuable Player

Patrice Bergeron

Final standings

Division I

The Division I Championships were played on December 13–19, 2004 in Sheffield, United Kingdom (Group A), and Narva, Estonia (Group B).

Group A

Leading scorer: Mathis Olimb, Norway (4 goals, 5 assists; 9 points).

Group B

Leading scorer: Anže Kopitar, Slovenia (10 goals, 3 assists; 13 points).

Division II

The Division II Championships were played on January 3–9, 2005 in Bucharest, Romania (Group A), and on December 13–19, 2004 in Puigcerdà, Spain (Group B).

Group A

Group B

Leading scorer: Park Woo-Sang,  South Korea (12 goals, 8 assists; 20 points).

Division III

The Division III Championship was played on January 10–16, 2005 in Mexico City, Mexico.

References

External links

• Team Canada