2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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] and organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Quebec, the Ontario Hockey Federation, the Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Evenko.[2] 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.[3][4]
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| Host country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Dates | December 26, 2014 – January 5, 2015 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue(s) | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Bell Centre, Montreal (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Canada (16th title) |
Runner-up  |  Russia |
Third place  |  Slovakia |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 176 (5.87 per match) |
| Attendance | 366,370 (12,212 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Sam Reinhart (11 points) |
| MVP | Denis Godla |
| Website | 2015 World Juniors |
← 2014 2016 → | |
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 IA 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:[5]
- 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.[6]
Top Division
Venues
| Toronto | Montreal | ||
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| Air Canada Centre Capacity: 18,819 |
Bell Centre Capacity: 21,287 | ||
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Officials
The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:[7]
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Referees
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Linesmen
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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.[8]
Rosters
Preliminary round
All times are local. (Eastern Standard Time – UTC-5)
| Team qualified to Quarterfinals | |
| Team will play in Relegation round |
Group A
| Team | GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| Canada |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 12 |
 United States |
4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 8 |
| Slovakia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 |
 Finland |
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 |
 Germany |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0 |
| December 26, 2014 15:00 | Finland | 1–2 GWS (1–1, 0–0, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–2) | United States | Bell Centre Attendance: 8,006 |
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| Ville Husso | Goalies | Thatcher Demko | Referees: Konstantin Olenin Tobias WehrilLinesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills | |||||
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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 | Bell Centre Attendance: 14,142 |
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| Zachary Fucale | Goalies | Denis Godla Dávid Okoličány | Referees: Steve Patafie Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen:  Miroslav Lhotský Simon Wust | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Shots | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 27, 2014 16:00 | Slovakia | 2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0) | Finland | Bell Centre Attendance: 6,007 |
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| Denis Godla | Goalies | Juuse Saros | Referees: Pascal St-Jacques Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Bevan Mills Simon Wust | ||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
| 12 | Shots | 38 | |||||||||
| December 27, 2014 20:00 | Germany | 0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2) | Canada | Bell Centre Attendance: 12,733 |
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| Kevin Reich | Goalies | Eric Comrie | Referees: Geoffrey Miller Tobias Wehril Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist | |||||||||||
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| 18 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Shots | 31 | ||||||||||||
| December 28, 2014 20:00 | United States | 6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0) | Germany | Bell Centre Attendance: 7,000 |
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| Brandon Halverson | Goalies | Ilja Sharipov | Referees: Vladimír Baluška Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist | |||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 53 | Shots | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| December 29, 2014 16:00 | United States | 3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) | Slovakia | Bell Centre Attendance: 8,798 |
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| Thatcher Demko | Goalies | Denis Godla | Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotsky Bevan Mills | ||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
| 45 | Shots | 17 | |||||||||
| December 29, 2014 20:00 | Finland | 1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2) | Canada | Bell Centre Attendance: 15,718 |
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| Juuse Saros | Goalies | Zachary Fucale | Referees: Lars Bruggemann Antonin Jeřábek Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Simon Wust | ||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 36 | |||||||||||||||
| December 30, 2014 20:00 | Slovakia | 5–2 (3–1, 0–0, 2–1) | Germany | Bell Centre Attendance: 5,568 |
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| Denis Godla | Goalies | Ilja Sharipov | Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Simon Wust | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | Shots | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2014 16:00 | Canada | 5–3 (0–0, 2–1, 3–2) | United States | Bell Centre Attendance: 18,295 |
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| Eric Comrie | Goalies | Thatcher Demko | Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 43 | Shots | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2014 20:00 | Germany | 0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0) | Finland | Bell Centre Attendance: 3,991 |
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| Kevin Reich | Goalies | Ville Husso | Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills | |||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||
| 24 | Shots | 38 | ||||||
Group B
| Team | GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| Sweden |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 12 |
| Czech Republic |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 5 |
| Russia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 5 |
 Denmark |
4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 4 |
| Switzerland |
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 4 |
| 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 |
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| Ilya Sorokin | Goalies | Georg Sørensen | Referees: Lars Bruggemann Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Jordan Browne Jani Pesonen | |||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Linus Söderström | Goalies | Vítek Vaněček | Referees: Vladimír Baluška Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen:  Pierre Dehaen Judson Ritter | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Georg Sørensen Thomas Lillie | Goalies | Linus Söderström | Referees: Roman Gofman Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Jani Pesonen Nikolaj Ponomarjow | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Vítek Vaněček | Goalies | Gauthier Descloux | Referees: Lars Bruggemann Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Jordan Browne Pierre Dehaen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Gauthier Descloux Ludovic Waeber | Goalies | Igor Shestyorkin | Referees: Linus Öhlund Steve Patafie Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Vítek Vaněček | Goalies | Georg Sørensen | Referees: Konstantin Olenin Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jordan Browne Judson Ritter | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Linus Söderström | Goalies | Ilya Sorokin | Referees: Geoffrey Miller Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Jani Pesonen | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Gauthier Descloux | Goalies | Georg Sørensen | Referees: Steve Patafie Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Nikolaj Ponomarjow | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Ludovic Waeber | Goalies | Linus Söderström | Referees: Vladimír Baluška Geoffrey Miller Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Igor Shestyorkin | Goalies | Miroslav Svoboda | Referees: Lars Bruggemann Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Jordan Browne Jani Pesonen | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Gauthier Descloux | Goalies | Kevin Reich Ilja Sharipov | Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Geoffrey Miller Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Jani Pesonen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Kevin Reich | Goalies | Gauthier Descloux | Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Jordan Browne Judson Ritter | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Shots | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Note: Germany was relegated for the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Playoff round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
| 1A | Canada |
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| 4B | Denmark |
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| 1A | Canada |
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| 3A | Slovakia |
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| 2B | Czech Republic |
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| 3A | Slovakia |
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| 1A | Canada |
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| 3B | Russia |
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| 1B | Sweden |
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| 4A | Finland |
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| 1B | Sweden |
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| 3B | Russia |
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| 2A | United States |
2 | 1B | Sweden |
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| 3B | Russia |
3 | 3A | Slovakia |
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Quarterfinals
| January 2, 2015 13:00 | United States | 2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1) | Russia | Bell Centre Attendance: 8,694 |
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| Thatcher Demko | Goalies | Igor Shestyorkin | Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Linus Söderström | Goalies | Ville Husso | Referees: Steve Patafie Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Jordan Browne Simon Wust | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Shots | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 2, 2015 17:00 | Czech Republic | 0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2) | Slovakia | Bell Centre Attendance: 7,696 |
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| Miroslav Svoboda | Goalies | Denis Godla | Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills | ||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Zachary Fucale | Goalies | Georg Sorensen Thomas Lillie | Referees: Lars Bruggemann Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Linus Söderström | Goalies | Igor Shestyorkin | Referees: Steve Patafie Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Bevan Mills Judson Ritter | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Zachary Fucale | Goalies | Denis Godla | Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Linus Söderström | Goalies | Denis Godla | Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Bevan Mills Judson Ritter | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Zachary Fucale | Goalies | Igor Shestyorkin Ilya Sorokin | Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 22 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Shots | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scoring leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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| 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 |
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| 1 | Zachary Fucale | Canada | 300:00 | 6 | 1.20 | 93.94 | 2 |
| 2 | Igor Shestyorkin | 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
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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
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 14 to 20 December 2014.[9]
| Team | GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belarus |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 14 |
 Norway |
5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 10 |
 Latvia |
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 7 |
 Italy |
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 5 |
 Austria |
5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 5 |
 Slovenia |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 4 |
| Promoted to the 2016 Top Division | Relegated to the 2016 Division I B |
Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Dunaújváros, Hungary, from 14 to 20 December 2014.[10]
| Team | GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kazakhstan |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 15 |
 Ukraine |
5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 8 |
 Poland |
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 7 |
| France |
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 7 |
 Japan |
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 5 |
 Hungary |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 |
| Promoted to the 2016 Division I A | Relegated to the 2016 Division II A |
Division II
Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 7 to 13 December 2014.[11]
| Team | GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Great Britain |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 14 |
 Lithuania |
5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 9 |
 South Korea |
5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 9 |
 Netherlands |
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 5 |
 Estonia |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 4 |
 Romania |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 4 |
| Promoted to the 2016 Division I B | Relegated to the 2016 Division II B |
Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 13 to 19 December 2014.[12]
| Team | GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Croatia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 15 |
 Spain |
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 12 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 6 |
 Serbia |
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 5 |
 Iceland |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 0 |
| Promoted to the 2016 Division II A | Relegated to the 2016 Division III |
Division III
The Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 20 to 25 January 2015.[13]
On December 27, 2014 organizers announced that the Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation withdrew their U20 team from the tournament.[14]
| Team | GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | +26 | 12 |
 New Zealand |
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 7 |
 Mexico |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 |
 South Africa |
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 3 |
 Turkey |
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 |
| Promoted to the 2016 Division II B |
References
- "Canada to host more tourneys". International Ice Hockey Federation. May 9, 2010. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- "Heading to hockey’s meccas" Archived June 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, IIHF.com. June 20, 2013
- "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015, 2017 world junior championships", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
- The Gazette (Montreal), "World Junior Championship is coming to town" Archived June 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Brenda Branswell, June 20, 2013
- "IIHF statutes and bylaws" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- "Officials Known". IIHF.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF.com. May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- Division I A statistics
- Division I B statistics
- Division II A statistics
- Division II B statistics
- Division III statistics
- Bulgaria withdraws
External links
- http://www.worldjunior2015.com Official site
- Hockey Canada site
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