1975 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries |  Canada United States |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Dates | December 27, 1974 – January 5, 1975 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Soviet Union |
Runner-up  | Canada |
Third place  |  Sweden |
| Fourth place |  Czechoslovakia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 95 (6.33 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Boris Chuchin Dag Bredberg (8 points) |
The 1975 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were between December 26, 1974, and January 5, 1975, in several venues in
. TheSoviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record.[1]
This was the second edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records.[2]
Canada was represented by an all-star team from just the Western Canada Hockey League, while the other five nations were represented by teams of all their top under-20 players.[3]
Final standings
The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 10 |
| 2 | Canada
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 8 |
| 3 | Sweden
|
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 5 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Finland
|
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 |
| 6 | United States
|
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 28 | −19 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Results
| Finland | 1 – 4 | Soviet Union |
| Canada | 10 – 2 (2–0, 6–1, 2–1) | Sweden |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 – 1 | Finland |
| Canada | 9 – 3 | United States |
| Soviet Union | 5 – 1 (2–0, 3–1, 0–0) | Czechoslovakia |
| Sweden | 7 – 3 (2–0, 1–1, 4–2) | United States |
| Canada | 2 – 1 | Finland |
| Canada | 3 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0) | Czechoslovakia |
| Soviet Union | 3 – 1 (1–0, 2–1, 0–0) | United States |
| Sweden | 5 – 3 (3–2, 0–0, 2–1) | Finland |
| Soviet Union | 6 – 2 (0–0, 2–2, 4–0) | Sweden |
| United States | 0 – 5 | Czechoslovakia |
| Canada | 3 – 4 (1–2, 0–2, 2–0) | Soviet Union |
| Finland | 4 – 2 | United States |
| Sweden | 2 – 2 (1–1, 0–1, 1–0) | Czechoslovakia |
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Chuchin | Soviet Union |
4 | 4 | 8 |
| Dag Bredberg | Sweden |
4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 3 | Dale McMullin | Canada |
3 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Vladimir Kucherenko | Soviet Union |
0 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Emil Meszáros | Sweden |
4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Kent Nilsson | Sweden |
4 | 2 | 6 |
| Bryan Trottier | Canada |
4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 8 | Mel Bridgman | Canada |
4 | 1 | 5 |
Viktor Khatulev |
Soviet Union |
4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 10 | Mark Davidson | Canada |
3 | 2 | 5 |
| Peter Šťastný | Czechoslovakia |
3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Matti Hagman | Finland |
3 | 2 | 5 |
Tournament awards
| Best Players | All-Star Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Goaltender | Ed Staniowski |
Vladimir Myshkin
|
| Defencemen | Sergei Babinov |
|
| Forwards | Viktor Khatulev |
Boris Alexandrov
|
References
- ^ "1975 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved May 27, 2008.
- ^ "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved May 27, 2008.
- ^ "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved May 27, 2008.
- "Matches internationaux des moins de 20 ans 1974/75". Retrieved 2011-10-18.
