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2006 World Junior Hockey Championship

By Jamie Fitzpatrick, About.com

For this year's World Junior Hockey Championship, with game schedule, television coverage, and updated results, plus the tournament format and history, see the World Junior Hockey Page.

January 5, 2006 - Canada won the World Junior Hockey Championship for the second straight year, defeating Russia 5-0 in the final game.

Medal Round -

Thursday, January 5, 2006 -

  • Gold Medal Game: Canada 5 - Russia 0
    Goals: Canada - Steve Downey, Blake Comeau, Michael Blunden (2), Kyle Chipchura
    Shots on Goal: Russia 35 - Canada 34

  • Bronze Medal Game: Finland 4 - USA 2
    Goals: Finland - Jesse Joensuu (2), Lauri Tukonen, Jari Sailio. USA - Bobby Ryan, Jack Johnson.
    Shots on Goal: Finland 49 - USA 39

    Tuesday, January 3, 2006 -

  • Semifinal: Canada 4 - Finland 0
    Goals: Canada - Kris Russell, Blake Comeau, Andrew Cogliano, Kris Letang
    Shots on goal: Canada 43 - Finland 19

  • Semifinal: Russia 5 - USA 1
    Goals: Russia - Nikolai Kulemin (2), Alexei Emelin, Sergei Shirokov, Nikolai Lemtyugov. USA - Jack Skille.
    Shots on goal: USA 35 - Russia 34

    Monday, January 2, 2006 -

  • Quarterfinal: Finland 1 - Sweden 0 (OT)
    Goal: Finland - Teemu Laakso
    Shots on goal: Sweden 53 - Finland 25

  • Quarterfinal: USA 2 - Czech Republic 1
    Goals: USA - Phil Kessel, Chris Bourque. Czech Republic - Ladislav Smid
    Shots on goal: USA 31 - Czech Republic 31

    Wednesday, January 4, 2006 -

  • Czech Republic vs. Sweden (fifth place game), 8 p.m.

    Round-Robin Results -

    Saturday, December 31, 2005 -

  • Canada 3 - USA 2
  • Finland 4 - Switzerland 1
  • Russia 7 - Czech Republic 2
  • Sweden 6 - Slovakia 0

    Friday, December 30, 2005 -

  • USA 2 - Switzerland 2
  • Finland 9 - Norway 1
  • Sweden 10 - Latvia 2
  • Czech Republic 5 - Slovakia 3

    Thursday, December 29, 2005 -

  • Canada 4 - Norway 0
  • Russia 3 - Latvia 1

    Wednesday, December 28, 2005 -

  • Canada 4 - Switzerland 3
  • USA 6 - Finland 5
  • Russia 6 - Slovakia 2
  • Sweden 3 - Czech Republic 2

    Tuesday, December 27, 2005 -

  • Switzerland 2 - Norway 0
  • Slovakia 7 - Latvia 4

    Monday, December 26, 2005 -

  • Canada 5 - Finland 1
  • USA 12 - Norway 2
  • Russia 5 - Sweden 1
  • Czech Republic 5 - Latvia 1
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