1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)9 (in 9 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 1990 – January 4, 1991
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (5th title)
Runner-up  Soviet Union
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored253 (9.04 per game)
Attendance137,067 (4,895 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Doug Weight (19 points)

The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.[1]

Final standings

The 1991 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Canada 7 5 1 1 40 18 +22 11
2  Soviet Union 7 5 1 1 44 15 +29 11
3  Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 0 44 19 +25 10
4  United States 7 4 2 1 45 19 +26 9
5  Finland 7 3 3 1 35 30 +5 7
6  Sweden 7 3 4 0 32 29 +3 6
7   Switzerland 7 1 6 0 5 48 43 2
8  Norway 7 0 7 0 8 75 67 0
Source:

Norway was relegated to Pool B for 1992.

Results

December 26, 1990Canada 6 – 0  SwitzerlandSaskatoon
December 26, 1990Czechoslovakia 11 – 3 NorwayRosetown
December 26, 1990Finland 8 – 5 SwedenSaskatoon
December 26, 1990Soviet Union 4 – 2 United StatesPrince Albert
December 27, 1990Canada 4 – 4 United StatesSaskatoon
December 27, 1990Sweden 4 – 3 CzechoslovakiaRegina
December 28, 1990Finland 7 – 1  SwitzerlandMoose Jaw
December 28, 1990Soviet Union 13 – 0 NorwaySaskatoon
December 29, 1990Canada 10 – 1 NorwayRegina
December 29, 1990Soviet Union 5 – 1 SwedenSaskatoon
December 29, 1990Czechoslovakia 10 – 0  SwitzerlandKindersley
December 29, 1990United States 6 – 3 FinlandNorth Battleford
December 30, 1990Canada 7 – 4 SwedenRegina
December 30, 1990Czechoslovakia 5 – 1 United StatesSaskatoon
December 31, 1990Finland 10 – 2 NorwaySaskatoon
December 31, 1990Soviet Union 10 – 1  SwitzerlandYorkton
January 1, 1991Canada 5 – 1 FinlandSaskatoon
January 1, 1991United States 19 – 1 NorwayRegina
January 1, 1991Sweden 6 – 1  SwitzerlandSaskatoon
January 1, 1991Soviet Union 5 – 3 CzechoslovakiaRegina
January 2, 1991Czechoslovakia 6 – 5 CanadaSaskatoon
January 2, 1991United States 5 – 2 SwedenHumboldt
January 3, 1991Soviet Union 5 – 5 FinlandRegina
January 3, 1991Switzerland 2 – 1 NorwaySaskatoon
January 4, 1991Canada 3 – 2 Soviet UnionSaskatoon
January 4, 1991Sweden 10 – 0 NorwayPrince Albert
January 4, 1991Czechoslovakia 6 – 1 FinlandSaskatoon
January 4, 1991United States 8 – 0  SwitzerlandRegina

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1Doug Weight United States51419
2Eric Lindros Canada61117
3Pavel Bure Soviet Union12315
4Martin Ručinský Czechoslovakia9514
5Žigmund Pálffy Czechoslovakia7613
6Marko Jantunen Finland31013
7Trent Klatt United States6612
8Ted Drury United States5712
9Vyacheslav Kozlov Soviet Union3912
10Mike Craig Canada6511
10Michael Nylander Sweden6511
10Vesa Viitakoski Finland6511

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate AwardsMedia All-Star Team
Goaltender Switzerland Pauli JaksSwitzerland Pauli Jaks
Defencemen Czechoslovakia Jiří ŠlégrSoviet Union Dmitry Yushkevich
United States Scott Lachance
Forwards Canada Eric LindrosCanada Mike Craig
Canada Eric Lindros
Czechoslovakia Martin Ručinský

Pool B

Eight teams contested the second tier in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Germany 7 6 0 1 49 15 +34 13 5–3 2–2 7–4 9–1 8–1 11–2 7–2
2  Poland 7 6 1 0 53 17 +36 12 3–5 5–4 7–2 6–3 10–0 14–0 8–3
3  France 7 4 1 2 42 19 +23 10 2–2 4–5 4–4 13–3 7–1 5–1 7–3
4  Japan 7 4 2 1 34 22 +12 9 4–7 2–7 4–4 7–0 4–2 6–1 7–1
5  Romania 7 2 4 1 23 43 20 5 1–9 3–6 3–13 0–7 3–3 4–2 9–3
6  Netherlands 7 1 5 1 16 43 27 3 1–8 0–10 1–7 2–4 3–3 6–3 3–8
7  Austria 7 1 6 0 13 48 35 2 2–11 0–14 1–5 1–6 2–4 3–6 4–2
8  Denmark 7 1 6 0 22 45 23 2 2–7 3–8 3–7 1–7 3–9 8–3 2–4
Source:

Germany was promoted to Pool A and Denmark was relegated to Pool C for 1992.

Pool C

Eight teams contested the third tier in Belgrade Yugoslavia from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  North Korea 7 6 1 0 50 18 +32 12 4–3 1–9 4–2 5–2 10–1 6–1 20–0
2  Italy 7 6 1 0 57 11 +46 12 3–4 6–2 5–2 5–1 8–1 9–0 21–1
3  Yugoslavia 7 5 1 1 77 21 +56 11 9–1 2–6 5–2 7–7 13–2 8–2 33–1
4  Great Britain 7 4 3 0 45 20 +25 8 2–4 2–5 2–5 3–2 5–1 9–3 22–0
5  South Korea 7 3 3 1 55 28 +27 7 2–5 1–5 7–7 2–3 8–2 9–5 26–1
6  Bulgaria 7 2 5 0 34 48 14 4 1–10 1–8 2–13 1–5 2–8 5–3 22–1
7  Hungary 7 1 6 0 28 46 18 2 1–6 0–9 2–8 3–9 5–9 3–5 14–0
8  Greece 7 0 7 0 4 158 154 0 0–20 1–21 1–33 0–22 1–26 1–22 0–14
Source:

North Korea was promoted to Pool B for 1992.

References

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
  • 1991 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
  • Results at Passionhockey.com
  1. Maron, Brandon (2020-12-12). "Canadian Gold: Remembering the 1991 World Junior Championship". theScore.com. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
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