The 1997 World Junior Hockey Championships (1997 WJHC) were held in Geneva and Morges, Switzerland. The tournament was won by Canada who won their record fifth straight gold medal with a 2-0 victory over the United States in the gold-medal match. Mike York of the United States was the top scorer in the tournament with 5 goals and 5 assists for 10 points.

The tournament all-star team selected upon the conclusion of the tournament included forwards Mike York (United States), Sergei Samsonov (Russia), and Christian Dube (Canada); defensemen Mark Streit (Switzerland), and Chris Phillips (Canada); and goaltender Brian Boucher (United States).

Notable NHL stars that played in this tournament include Joe Thornton (Canada), Danny Briere (Canada), and Marian Hossa (Slovakia).

Contents 1 Round robin 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 2 Medal Rounds 3 Final standings 4 Scoring leaders 5 Goaltending leaders 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Round robin

[edit] Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
United States	4	3	0	1	18	5	7
Canada	4	2	0	2	15	9	6
Czech Republic	4	1	1	2	13	8	4
Switzerland	4	1	2	1	8	11	3
Germany	4	0	4	0	5	26	0

[edit] Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	4	3	0	1	20	5	7
Finland	4	3	1	0	17	9	6
Slovakia	4	2	2	0	17	13	4
Sweden	4	1	2	1	10	10	3
Poland	4	0	4	0	6	33	0

[edit] Medal Rounds

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

QF1

Canada

3

A2

Canada

7

B1

Russia

2

B3

Slovakia

2

SF1

Canada

2

SF2

United States

0

QF2

Czech Republic

2

B2

Finland

3

A1

United States

5

Third place

A3

Czech Republic

5

QF1

Russia

4

QF2

Czech Republic

1

Bronze Medal Game

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4 January 1997
	Russia	4-1	Czech Republic	Vernets Arena Attendance: 855
	Alexei Morozov 6:23 (SH) Alexei Kolkunin 15:10 (PP) Oleg Kvasha 22:33 Sergei Samsonov 49:04		Marek Melenovsky 36:47

Gold Medal Game

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4 January 1997
	Canada	2-0	United States	Vernets Arena Attendance: 4,269
	Boyd Devereaux 28:38 Brad Isbister 43:09

[edit] Final standings

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

 Poland was relegated for the 1998 World Juniors

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts
Mike York	United States	6	5	5	10
Tomi Kallio	Finland	6	5	4	9
Erik Rasmussen	United States	6	4	5	9
Alexei Morozov	Russia	6	5	3	8
Niko Kapanen	Finland	6	4	4	8
Alexei Kolkounov	Russia	6	4	4	8
Sergei Samsonov	Russia	6	6	1	7
Marián Hossa	Slovakia	6	5	2	7
Mark Parrish	United States	6	5	2	7
Christian Dubé	Canada	7	4	3	7

[edit] Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player	Country	MINS	GAA
Denis Khlopotnov	Russia	180	0.33
Brian Boucher	United States	357.13	1.51
Marc Denis	Canada	419.52	1.86
David Aebischer	Switzerland	300	2.00
Adam Svoboda	Czech Republic	428.27	2.66
Radmir Faizov	Russia	178.29	2.69
Vesa Toskala	Finland	250	2.88
Robert Borgqvist	Sweden	240	3.00

[edit] External links

• slam.canoe.ca: 1997 World Junior Hockey Championships

[edit] References

1. ^ slam.canoe.ca (Canadian Press): Russians capture bronze with win over Czechs 4 January 1997 (accessed 2008-01-01)
2. ^ slam.canoe.ca (Toronto Sun): Gritty juniors keep world title TIM WHARNSBY 4 January 1997 (accessed 2008-01-01)

Preceded by 1996 World Juniors

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 1997 World Championships

Succeeded by 1998 World Juniors

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