2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2015 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	Air Canada Centre Centre Bell  (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 2014 – January 5, 2015
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (16th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	176 (5.87 per game)
Attendance	366,370 (12,212 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Sam Reinhart (11 points)
MVP	Denis Godla
Official website
2015 World Juniors
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The 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 39th edition of Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, played from December 26, 2014 to January 5, 2015. It was co-hosted by Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada, ^{[1] [2] [3]} and organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Quebec, the Ontario Hockey Federation, the Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Evenko. ^[4] Games were split between Air Canada Centre in Toronto and Bell Centre in Montreal, with Montreal hosting Group A matches and two quarter finals, and Toronto hosting Group B, along with the relegation games, two quarter finals, along with the semi-finals, bronze medal, and gold medal games. ^{[5] [6]}

After failing to medal at the previous two editions of the tournament, Canada beat Russia in the final to win the gold medal, marking Canada's first medal at the World Juniors since 2012, and Canada's first gold since 2009. Slovakia defeated Sweden in the bronze medal game to win their second-ever medal. Germany finished tenth overall and was relegated to Division I-A for the 2016 tournament. Slovak goaltender Denis Godla was named the tournament's most valuable player, while Sam Reinhart of Canada was the scoring leader with 11 points.

Player eligibility

A player is eligible to play in the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if: ^[7]

• the player is of male gender;
• the player was born at the earliest in 1995, and at the latest, in 2000;
• the player is a citizen in the country he represents;
• the player is under the jurisdiction of a national association that is a member of the IIHF.

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once. ^[8]

Top Division

Venues

Toronto	Montreal Toronto		Montreal
Air Canada Centre Capacity: 18,800			Bell Centre Capacity: 21,287

Match officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament: ^[9]

Referees

• Vladimír Baluška
• Lars Bruggemann
• Roman Gofman
• Antonin Jeřábek
• Mikko Kaukokari
• Geoffrey Miller
• Linus Öhlund
• Konstantin Olenin
• Steve Patafie
• Pascal St-Jaques
• Marcus Vinnerborg
• Tobias Wehrli

Linesmen

• Jordan Browne
• Pierre Dehaen
• Gleb Lazarev
• Miroslav Lhotský
• Andreas Malmqvist
• Bevan Mills
• Jani Pesonen
• Nikolaj Ponomarjow
• Judson Ritter
• Simon Wust

Format

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed teams from each group played a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team. ^[10]

Rosters

Main article: 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Eastern Standard Time – UTC-5)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	0	21	4	+17	12	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	2	1	0	1	14	6	+8	8
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	7	14	−7	6
4	Finland	4	1	0	1	2	5	8	−3	4
5	Germany	4	0	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

December 26, 2014 15:00

Finland

1–2 GWS (1–1, 0–0, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

United States

Centre Bell Attendance: 8,006

Game reference
	Ville Husso	Goalies	Thatcher Demko	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Tobias Wehril Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills
	M. Rantanen – 01:22 1–0 1–1 13:54 – A. Tuch (J. Eichel, T. DeAngelo) (PP)
	A. Lehkonen J. Ikonen K. Kapanen	Shootout	J. Eichel S. Milano C. de Leo
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	38

December 26, 2014 20:00

Canada

8–0 (3–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Centre Bell Attendance: 14,142

Game reference
	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Denis Godla Dávid Okoličány	Referees: Steve Patafie Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Simon Wust
	R. Fabbri (A. Duclair, S. Reinhart) – 4:52 1–0 A. Duclair (M. Domi) – 8:17 2–0 R. Fabbri (N. Petan, M. Bowey) – 9:09 3–0 N. Paul (L. Crouse, J. Virtanen) – 26:56 4–0 B. Point (R. Fabbri, N. Petan) – 31:35 5–0 M. Domi (S. Reinhart) – 36:14 6–0 N. Petan (R. Fabbri, J. Hicketts) – 37:21 7–0 J. Virtanen (B. Point) – 56:41 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	12

December 27, 2014 16:00

Slovakia

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Finland

Centre Bell Attendance: 6,007

Game reference
	Denis Godla	Goalies	Juuse Saros	Referees: Pascal St-Jacques Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Bevan Mills Simon Wust
	0–1 07:01 – M. Rantanen (J. Ikonen, R. Hintz) P. Cehlárik (M. Réway) (PP) – 09:19 1–1 M. Holenda (M. Réway, C. Jaroš) – 26:03 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	38

December 27, 2014 20:00

Germany

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Canada

Centre Bell Attendance: 12,733

Game reference
	Kevin Reich	Goalies	Eric Comrie	Referees: Geoffrey Miller Tobias Wehril Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist
	0–1 04:11 – C. McDavid (J. Morrissey, N. Petan) (PP) 0–2 12:42 – C. Lazar (C. McDavid, N. Petan) (PP) 0–3 49:14 – M. Domi (S. Reinhart) 0–4 55:44 – M. Bowey (N. Petan, C. McDavid) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	17	Shots	31

December 28, 2014 20:00

United States

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Germany

Centre Bell Attendance: 7,000

Game reference
	Brandon Halverson	Goalies	Ilja Sharipov	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	A. Matthews (N. Schmaltz) – 04:44 1–0 H. Fasching (D. Larkin) – 12:30 2–0 S. Milano – 22:48 3–0 D. Larkin (N. Hanifin) – 35:04 4–0 J. Eichel (T. Motte, A. Tuch) – 54:09 5–0 D. Larkin (H. Fasching, Z. Werenski) – 59:40 6–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	53	Shots	14

December 29, 2014 16:00

United States

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Centre Bell Attendance: 8,798

Game reference
	Thatcher Demko	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotsky Bevan Mills
	S. Milano (D. Larkin) – 37:42 1–0 D. Larkin – 42:38 2–0 J. Hayden (B. Carlo, A. Matthews) – 59:07 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	45	Shots	17

December 29, 2014 20:00

Finland

1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Canada

Centre Bell Attendance: 15,718

Game reference
	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Zachary Fucale	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Antonin Jeřábek Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Simon Wust
	0–1 05:32 – S. Reinhart (S. Theodore) (PP) 0–2 33:34 – S.Reinhart (A. Duclair, M. Domi) A. Lehkonen – 38:46 1–2 1–3 51:15 – A. Duclair (M. Domi, M. Bowey) 1–4 54:25 – C. Lazar (J. Morrissey, R. Fabbri) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	36

December 30, 2014 20:00

Slovakia

5–2 (3–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Germany

Centre Bell Attendance: 5,568

Game reference
	Denis Godla	Goalies	Ilja Sharipov	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Simon Wust
	R. Lantoši (P. Cehlárik, E. Černák) – 09:58 1–0 M. Réway (D. Soltes) – 13:10 2–0 M. Sukeľ (P. Koyš, M. Rosandić) – 15:03 3–0 3–1 18:46 – F. Tiffels (D. Kahun) (PP) M. Réway – 44:05 4–1 4–2 45:36 – F. Tiffels (PS) M. Reway (ENG) – 59:05 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	30

December 31, 2014 16:00

Canada

5–3 (0–0, 2–1, 3–2)

United States

Centre Bell Attendance: 18,295

Game reference
	Eric Comrie	Goalies	Thatcher Demko	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	M. Domi (S. Reinhart) – 27:07 1–0 J. Morrissey (R. Fabbri, N. Petan) (PP) – 30:11 2–0 2–1 33:12 – T. DeAngelo (J. Eichel, S. Milano) (PP) C. Lazar (C. McDavid) – 50:01 3–1 3–2 57:26 – D. Larkin (H. Fasching, S. Milano) S. Reinhart (ENG) – 59:06 4–2 4–3 59:18 – D. Larkin M. Domi (S. Reinhart) (ENG) – 59:56 5–3
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	43	Shots	28

December 31, 2014 20:00

Germany

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Finland

Centre Bell Attendance: 3,991

Game reference
	Kevin Reich	Goalies	Ville Husso	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills
	0–1 02:47 – J. Honka 0–2 34:22 – M. Rantanen (J. Lyytinen, A. Mäkelä)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	38

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	18	6	+12	12	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	4	1	1	0	2	12	14	−2	5
3	Russia	4	1	1	0	2	13	9	+4	5
4	Denmark	4	0	1	2	1	10	15	−5	4
5	Switzerland	4	1	0	1	2	9	18	−9	4	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

December 26, 2014 13:00

Russia

3–2 GWS (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,412

Game reference
	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Jordan Browne Jani Pesonen
	0–1 13:15 – O. Bjorkstrand (M. Larsen, M. Asperup) (PP) 0–2 15:49 – N. Ehlers (O. Bjorkstrand, M. Larsen) (PP) N. Goldobin (I. Provorov, R. Valiev) (PP) – 39:13 1–2 M. Mamin (V. Bryukvin, A. Sharov) – 44:37 2–2
	S. Tolchinski N. Goldobin	Shootout	N. Ehlers O. Bjorkstrand
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	26

December 26, 2014 17:00

Sweden

5–2 (2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,077

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Vítek Vaněček	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Judson Ritter
	A. Kempe (O. Lindblom, G. Forsling) (PP) – 14:46 1–0 J. Lööke (L. Wallmark) – 19:13 2–0 2–1 23:33 – J. Vrána 2–2 30:02 – J. Vrana (O. Kaše, D. Kämpf) W. Nylander (O. Lindblom) – 30:29 3–2 A. Kempe (A. Holmström, O. Lindblom) (PP) – 45:37 4–2 J. de la Rose (A. Blidh, G. Forsling) – 47:38 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	30 min
	27	Shots	29

December 27, 2014 13:00

Denmark

1–5 (0–3, 1–2, 0–0)

Sweden

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,018

Game reference
	Georg Sørensen Thomas Lillie	Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Roman Gofman Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Jani Pesonen Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 09:48 – L. Wallmark 0–2 11:36 – A. Blidh (S. Aho, W. Lagesson) 0–3 19:27 – W. Nylander (J. de la Rose, J. Bergman) 0–4 20:13 – J. de la Rose (A. Karlsson, A. Blidh) N. Olesen (M. Nielsen, J. Holmberg) – 21:01 1–4 1–5 37:26 – S. Aho (L. Wallmark, J. de la Rose) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	44

December 27, 2014 17:00

Czech Republic

2–5 (2–2, 0–3, 0–0)

Switzerland

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,926

Game reference
	Vítek Vaněček	Goalies	Gauthier Descloux	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Jordan Browne Pierre Dehaen
	0–1 00:46 – K. Fiala (T. Meier) M. Růžička (D. Němeček, M. Špaček) – 01:44 1–1 L. Klok (P. Zdráhal, D. Pastrňák) – 04:42 2–1 2–2 11:37 – K. Fiala (D. Malgin, T. Meier) (PP) 2–3 20:45 – N. Rod (L. Fazzini) 2–4 21:29 – T. Weiser (K. Schweri) 2–5 34:41 – L. Fazzini (M. Müller, N. Rod) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	35

December 28, 2014 17:00

Switzerland

0–7 (0–3, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 15,125

Game reference
	Gauthier Descloux Ludovic Waeber	Goalies	Igor Shesterkin	Referees: Linus Öhlund Steve Patafie Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter
	0–1 11:28 – R. Rafikov (A. Golyshev, P. Buchnevich) (PP) 0–2 18:26 – A. Dergachyov (A. Bryntsev) 0–3 19:37 – P. Buchnevich (I. Barbashev, R. Rafikov) 0–4 35:29 – S. Tolchinski (N. Goldobin, V. Kamenev) 0–5 37:36 – A. Sharov (M. Mamin) 0–6 54:59 – V. Kamenev (PP) 0–7 55:41 – V. Leshchenko (I. Barbashev, P. Buchnevich)
	41 min	Penalties	22 min
	32	Shots	23

December 29, 2014 13:00

Czech Republic

4–3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,038

Game reference
	Vítek Vaněček	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jordan Browne Judson Ritter
	0–1 03:58 – M. Eller J. Štencel (D. Kaše, D. Pastrňák) (PP) – 10:22 1–1 J. Košťálek (D. Pastrňák, M. Baránek) – 24:36 2–1 2–2 37:08 – O. Bjorkstrand (N. Ehlers, M. Asperup) (PP) 2–3 46:05 – M. Asperup (N. Ehlers) (PP) D. Kubalík (J. Štencel, P. Zacha) – 56:58 3–3 D. Pastrňák (J. Štencel) – 61:01 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	48	Shots	14

December 29, 2014 17:00

Sweden

3–2 (1–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 16,710

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Geoffrey Miller Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Jani Pesonen
	G. Forsling (A. Kempe, A. Holmström) (PP) – 10:38 1–0 1–1 34:15 – V. Leshenko (Z. Paigin, I. Barbashev) 1–2 42:23 – V. Leshenko (P. Buchnevich, R. Rafikov) G. Forsling (W. Nylander, A. Kempe) (PP) – 46:44 2–2 A. Holmström (O. Lindblom, W. Nylander) – 50:53 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	29

December 30, 2014 17:00

Switzerland

3–4 GWS (2–1, 1–2, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,263

Game reference
	Gauthier Descloux	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Steve Patafie Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	K. Schmidli (L. Hischier) – 10:48 1–0 K. Fiala (D. Malgin, T. Meier) – 11:54 2–0 2–1 17:58 – O. Bjorkstrand (N. Ehlers, M. Eller) 2–2 32:19 – A. Krogsgaard (S. Hertzberg, M. Aagaard) (PP) T. Meier (J. Siegenthaler, D. Malgin) – 32:43 3–2 3–3 35:40 – M. Aagaard (N. Olesen) (PP)
	K. Fiala T. Meier N. Rod	Shootout	N. Ehlers O. Bjorkstrand M. Aagaard
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	23

December 31, 2014 13:00

Switzerland

1–5 (1–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Sweden

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,857

Game reference
	Ludovic Waeber	Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Geoffrey Miller Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter
	Y. Rathgeb (L. Fazzini) – 03:29 1–0 1–1 04:52 – A. Kempe (G. Forsling, A. Holmström) (PP) 1–2 23:27 – O. Lindblom (W. Nylander, A. Holmström) (PP) 1–3 26:03 – O. Lindblom (R. Hägg, W. Nylander) 1–4 34:45 – O. Lindblom (G. Forsling, S. Aho) (PP) 1–5 35:11 – J. Lööke (A. Karlsson, C. Ehn) (PP)
	31 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	39

December 31, 2014 17:00

Russia

1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,566

Game reference
	Igor Shestyorkin	Goalies	Miroslav Svoboda	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Jordan Browne Jani Pesonen
	0–1 11:05 – P. Zdráhal (D. Pastrňák, J. Košťálek) 0–2 24:32 – P. Zacha (D. Pastrňák, J. Košťálek) I. Barbashev (V. Leshenko) (PP) – 35:44 1–2 1–3 42:54 – P. Zdráhal (D. Pastrňák, D. Mašín) 1–4 59:13 – O. Kaše (J. Vrána, D. Kämpf) (ENG)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	26

Relegation round

January 2, 2015 11:00

Switzerland

5–2 (1–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Germany

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 7,409

Game reference
	Gauthier Descloux	Goalies	Kevin Reich Ilja Sharipov	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Geoffrey Miller Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Jani Pesonen
	K. Fiala (N. Rod, D. Malgin) – 03:50 1–0 N. Rod (M. Fora, D. Malgin) – 20:54 2–0 L. Fazzini (L. Hischier) – 25:20 3–0 3–1 28:20 – P. Tuomie (F. Tiffels) L. Hischier (M. Fora, L. Fazzini) – 33:56 4–1 N. Rod (D. Malgin) – 45:46 5–1 5–2 55:14 – P. Kurz (M. Michaelis)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	32	Shots	31

January 3, 2015 19:00

Germany

2–5 (1–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Switzerland

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 8,392

Game reference
	Kevin Reich	Goalies	Gauthier Descloux	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Jordan Browne Judson Ritter
	P. Tuomie (T. Bender, M. Michaelis) (PP) – 13:58 1–0 1–1 15:10 – J. Fuchs (L. Fazzini, T. Meier) 1–2 16:17 – D. Malgin (N. Rod, K. Fiala) 1–3 31:12 – P. Suter (L. Hischier) A. Eder (F. Tiffels) (PP) – 38:10 2–3 2–4 53:25 – P. Suter (L. Hischier) 2–5 54:19 – T. Meier (J. Fuchs, L. Fazzini)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	27

Note:   Germany was relegated to the 2016 Division I A

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1A

Canada

8

4B

Denmark

0

1A

Canada

5

3A

Slovakia

1

2B

Czech Republic

0

3A

Slovakia

3

1A

Canada

5

3B

Russia

4

1B

Sweden

6

4A

Finland

3

1B

Sweden

1

Bronze medal game

3B

Russia

4

2A

United States

2

1B

Sweden

2

3B

Russia

3

3A

Slovakia

4

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2015 13:00

United States

2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

Russia

Centre Bell Attendance: 8,694

Game reference
	Thatcher Demko	Goalies	Igor Shesterkin	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	0–1 02:31 – I. Barbashev (V. Leshenko, P. Buchnevich) (PP2) 0–2 15:25 - A. Sharov (A. Dergachyov, M. Mamin) A. DeAngelo (W. Butcher, J. Eichel) (PP2) – 32:43 1–2 1–3 41:27 - S. Tolchinski (Z. Paigin, N. Goldobin) (PP) Z. Werenski (A. Matthews) - 48:56 2–3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	25

January 2, 2015 15:00

Sweden

6–3 (0–0, 3–3, 3–0)

Finland

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 14,440

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Ville Husso	Referees: Steve Patafie Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Jordan Browne Simon Wust
	0–1 21:44 – J. Ikonen G. Forsling (W. Nylander, A. Kempe) (PP2) – 24:03 1–1 L. Wallmark (S. Aho, V. Olofsson) (PP) – 24:50 2–1 A. Brodecki (R. Norell, G. Forsling) – 28:11 3–1 3–2 29:54 – M. Rantanen (J. Ikonen, R. Hintz) 3–3 35:49 – K. Kapanen (A. Mustonen, J. Honka) A. Kempe (O. Lindblom, A. Holmström) (PP2) – 41:24 4–3 O. Lindblom (W. Nylander) – 53:52 5–3 L. Wallmark (R. Hägg) (ENG) – 59:56 6–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	33

January 2, 2015 17:00

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Centre Bell Attendance: 7,696

Game reference
	Miroslav Svoboda	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills
	0–1 M. Kabáč (P. Koyš) – 18:46 0–2 P. Cehlárik (R. Lantoši, M. Rosandić) – 54:18 0–3 M. Réway (ENG) – 59:51
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	36

January 2, 2015 20:00

Canada

8–0 (2–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 18,448

Game reference
	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Georg Sorensen Thomas Lillie	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter
	C. Lazar (C. McDavid) – 10:37 1–0 S. Reinhart (A. Duclair) – 15:17 2–0 L. Crouse (F. Gauthier) – 27:50 3–0 C. McDavid – 30:21 4–0 C. Lazar (J. Hicketts) – 33:21 5–0 N. Paul (J. Virtanen, N. Petan) – 43:08 6–0 B. Point (C. McDavid, C. Lazar) – 45:09 7–0 N. Ritchie (L. Crouse, J. Hicketts) (PP) – 59:06 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	50	Shots	14

Semifinals

January 4, 2015 16:00

Sweden

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 15,400

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Igor Shesterkin	Referees: Steve Patafie Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Bevan Mills Judson Ritter
	0–1 31:18 – A. Sharov (A. Golyshev, A. Dergachyov) 0–2 32:50 – Z. Paigin (R. Valiev, V. Kamenev) (PP) 0–3 41:31 – A. Sharov (V. Bryukvin, M. Mamin) L. Wallmark (A. Brodecki, A. Kempe) – 51:30 1–3 1–4 52:39 – M. Mamin (I. Fishenko, V. Bryukvin)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	31

January 4, 2015 20:00

Canada

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 18,002

Game reference
	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist
	N. Petan (C. McDavid, C. Lazar) (PP) – 04:27 1–0 N. Petan (C. McDavid, C. Lazar) – 38:06 2–0 S. Theodore (A. Duclair) – 39:32 3–0 3–1 39:57 – D. Šoltés (M. Paulovič) A. Duclair (D. Nurse, S. Reinhart) – 42:47 4–1 N. Petan (C. Lazar, C. McDavid) (PP) – 51:59 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	13

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2015 16:00

Sweden

2–4 (2–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,625

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Bevan Mills Judson Ritter
	0–1 02:43 – D. Šoltés (R. Lantoši) 0–2 03:22 – M. Rosandić (P. Skalický, M. Réway) W. Nylander (S. Aho, A. Holmström) – 10:22 1–2 J. Lööke (C. Ehn) – 16:12 2–2 2–3 42:52 – P. Skalický (M. Réway, E. Černák) (PP) 2–4 59:04 – P. Koyš (M. Réway) (ENG)
	29 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	28

Final

January 5, 2015 20:00

Canada

5–4 (2–1, 3–3, 0–0)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 19,014

Game reference
	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Igor Shesterkin Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	A. Duclair (M. Domi) – 00:23 1–0 N. Paul (B. Point, J. Virtanen) – 02:32 2–0 2–1 09:20 – D. Yudin (A. Golyshev, A. Dergachyov) C. McDavid (J. Morrissey) – 25:08 3–1 M. Domi – 27:22 4–1 S. Reinhart (M. Domi) – 32:30 5–1 5–2 34:21 – I. Barbashev (P. Buchnevich, D. Yudin) (PP) 5–3 34:53 – S. Tolchinski (N. Goldobin, R. Valiev) 5–4 37:37 – N. Goldobin (S. Tolchinski, V. Kamenev) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	21	Shots	30

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Sam Reinhart	Canada	7	5	6	11	+13	6
2	Nic Petan	Canada	7	4	7	11	+4	0
3	Connor McDavid	Canada	7	3	8	11	+8	0
4	Max Domi	Canada	7	5	5	10	+10	4
5	William Nylander	Sweden	7	3	7	10	–2	0
6	Curtis Lazar	Canada	7	5	4	9	+8	0
7	Oskar Lindblom	Sweden	7	4	5	9	–1	0
7	Martin Réway	Slovakia	7	4	5	9	–1	2
9	Adrian Kempe	Sweden	6	4	4	8	0	2
10	Anthony Duclair	Canada	7	4	4	8	+11	16

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)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Zachary Fucale	Canada	300:00	6	1.20	93.94	2
2	Igor Shesterkin	Russia	242:13	8	1.98	93.80	1
3	Thatcher Demko	United States	241:42	7	1.74	93.75	1
4	Denis Godla	Slovakia	391:35	18	2.76	92.56	1
5	Ville Husso	Finland	183:12	7	2.29	92.31	1

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Tournament awards

Reference: Most Valuable Player

• Goaltender: Denis Godla

All-star team

• Goaltender: Denis Godla
• Defencemen: Gustav Forsling, Josh Morrissey
• Forwards: Sam Reinhart, Max Domi, Connor McDavid

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Denis Godla
• Defenceman: Vladislav Gavrikov
• Forward: Max Domi

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Canada
	Russia
	Slovakia
4th	Sweden
5th	United States
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Finland
8th	Denmark
9th	Switzerland
10th	Germany

Relegated to the 2016 Division I A

2015 IIHF Junior World champions
Canada 16th title

Note that due to the lack of playoff games for determining the spots 5–8, these spots were determined by the preliminary round records for each team.

Division I

Main article: 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 14 to 20 December 2014. ^[11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belarus	5	4	1	0	0	22	9	+13	14	Promoted to the 2016 Top Division
2	Norway	5	2	2	0	1	16	11	+5	10
3	Latvia	5	2	0	1	2	15	11	+4	7
4	Italy (H)	5	1	1	0	3	16	22	−6	5
5	Austria	5	1	0	2	2	21	27	−6	5
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	1	3	17	27	−10	4	Relegated to the 2016 Division I B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Dunaújváros, Hungary, from 14 to 20 December 2014. ^[12]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	0	23	9	+14	15	Promoted to the 2016 Division I A
2	Ukraine	5	2	1	0	2	10	11	−1	8
3	Poland	5	2	0	1	2	13	15	−2	7
4	France	5	2	0	1	2	11	13	−2	7
5	Japan	5	1	1	0	3	15	17	−2	5
6	Hungary (H)	5	0	1	1	3	9	16	−7	3	Relegated to the 2016 Division II A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division II

Main article: 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 7 to 13 December 2014. ^[13]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Britain	5	4	1	0	0	22	13	+9	14	Promoted to the 2016 Division I B
2	Lithuania	5	2	1	1	1	24	19	+5	9
3	South Korea	5	2	1	1	1	18	18	0	9
4	Netherlands	5	1	1	0	3	18	16	+2	5
5	Estonia (H)	5	1	0	1	3	12	22	−10	4
6	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	18	24	−6	4	Relegated to the 2016 Division II B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 13 to 19 December 2014. ^[14]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Croatia	5	5	0	0	0	22	9	+13	15	Promoted to the 2016 Division II A
2	Spain (H)	5	4	0	0	1	27	10	+17	12
3	Australia	5	2	0	1	2	15	15	0	7
4	Belgium	5	1	1	1	2	15	17	−2	6
5	Serbia	5	1	1	0	3	9	19	−10	5
6	Iceland	5	0	0	0	5	11	29	−18	0	Relegated to the 2016 Division III

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division III

Main article: 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 20 to 25 January 2015. ^[15]

On December 27, 2014 organizers announced that the Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation withdrew their U20 team from the tournament. ^[16]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	China	4	4	0	0	0	29	3	+26	12	Promoted to the 2016 Division II B
2	New Zealand (H)	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	+2	7
3	Mexico	4	1	1	0	2	8	10	−2	5
4	South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	4	22	−18	3
5	Turkey	4	1	0	0	3	7	15	−8	3

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

References

1. 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship official website
2. 2015 Top Division statistics
3. "Canada to host more tourneys". International Ice Hockey Federation. May 9, 2010. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
4. "Heading to hockey’s meccas" Archived June 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , IIHF.com. June 20, 2013
5. "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015, 2017 world junior championships", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
6. The Gazette (Montreal), "World Junior Championship is coming to town" Archived June 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , Brenda Branswell, June 20, 2013
7. "IIHF statutes and bylaws" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved January 1, 2014.
8. "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF . Retrieved January 1, 2014.
9. "Officials Known". IIHF.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
10. "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF.com. May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
11. 2015 Division I A statistics
12. 2015 Division I B statistics
13. 2015 Division II A statistics
14. 2015 Division II B statistics
15. 2015 Division III statistics
16. Bulgaria withdraws

External links

• Hockey Canada site
• Official website of IIHF