World Junior Hockey Championships
Just over a week away from the 2012 IIHF U20 Championships, the 36th edition of the tournament.
This may come as a shock to anyone who follows this tournament, but yes, it is being held in Canada again. This time in the frozen tundras of Calgary and Edmonton. The medal round, which starts January 2 and ends with the gold medal game on January 5, all takes place in Calgary.
2011 Recap
Canada scored 28 goals in the round robin part of the tournament, which included a 6-5 OT loss to Sweden. They hit double digits against the mighty Norwegians.
They missed out on the bye directly into the semi-final, but got rid of Switzerland 4-1 in the QF. The heavily hyped match up against the United States in the semi-final ended with another 4-1 Canada win.
Russia only finished third in the round robin group, with losses to Canada and Sweden. They never made it easy on themselves in the playoffs. They fell behind 3-1 to Finland before winning 4-3 in OT. In the semi-final against Sweden, Russia took a 2-0 lead before needing a shootout to advance.
The final between Russia and Canada brought more of the same from the Russians. Canada ran out to a 3-0 lead before a Russian blitz in the third period. Five unanswered goals in the final 20 minutes saw Russia win their fourth title.
The US beat Sweden for the bronze medal.
2012 Groups
Group A - Calgary
Russia
Sweden
Switzerland
Slovakia
Latvia
Group B - Edmonton
Canada
United States
Finland
Czech Republic
Denmark
Tournament starts December 26. There are a few pre-tournament games this week.
Highlight of last year's tournament...
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And then...
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Go Canada
LOL Canada
Bump for 2025
Canada looked very undisciplined with their stupid antics in warm ups and after that goal
Canada Finland fire tonight
2-2 on 4 shots 5 minutes into the game.
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makes no sense that you're apparently allowed to interfere with goalies like that. might as well slash at their glove/stick or poke and prod their pads every time you shoot then. they don't even let guys slash a shooter's stick, but you can do that? idiotic officiating
edit - Referee: Lindner J. (Usa), Stachowiak R. (Usa)
ah, shocking
can't believe iginla's kid shoots left. how the hell did that happen
also just noticed that this parekh fella wasv drafted by the flames, so guess i got him destroying the canucks forever to look forward to, probably
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lol yanks
odds the slovakian starter gets back in there before this is over? or do they have a 3rd goalie?
Kicking myself for not jumping on Finland on Kalshi when they were 8%.
can't believe iginla's kid shoots left. how the hell did that happen
also just noticed that this parekh fella wasv drafted by the flames, so guess i got him destroying the canucks forever to look forward to, probably
Kinda fun that Parekh and Buium were ranked neck and neck in the 2024 draft, drafted three spots apart and are now "the future" on D with two rebuilding(?) division rivals. They're gonna have their hands full.
Lol Yanks and the relegation game was quite fun. Neither team all that bothered to defend the slot area
Referee: Osterberg A. (Swe) - Stachowiak R. (Usa)
i like how these guys keep having to huddle up because they legit don't know the rules
lol dale hunter
