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1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 15th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won it's second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.


Final standings

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

Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 7 5 1 1 40 18 11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union 7 5 1 1 44 15 11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 0 44 19 10
4  United States 7 4 2 1 45 19 9
5  Finland 7 3 3 1 35 30 7
6  Sweden 7 3 4 0 32 29 6
7   Switzerland 7 1 6 0 5 48 2
8  Norway 7 0 7 0 8 75 0

Norway was relegated to Pool B for 1992.

Results

December 26, 1990 Canada6 – 0 SwitzerlandSaskatoon
December 26, 1990 Czechoslovakia11 – 3 NorwayRosetown
December 26, 1990 Finland8 – 5 SwedenSaskatoon
December 26, 1990 Soviet Union4 – 2 United StatesPrince Albert
December 27, 1990 Canada4 – 4 United StatesSaskatoon
December 27, 1990 Sweden4 – 3 CzechoslovakiaRegina
December 28, 1990 Finland7 – 1 SwitzerlandMoose Jaw
December 28, 1990 Soviet Union13 – 0 NorwaySaskatoon
December 29, 1990 Canada10 – 1 NorwayRegina
December 29, 1990 Soviet Union5 – 1 SwedenSaskatoon
December 29, 1990 Czechoslovakia10 – 0 SwitzerlandKindersley
December 29, 1990 United States6 – 3 FinlandNorth Battleford
December 30, 1990 Canada7 – 4 SwedenRegina
December 30, 1990 Czechoslovakia5 – 1 United StatesSaskatoon
December 31, 1990 Finland10 – 2 NorwaySaskatoon
December 31, 1990 Soviet Union10 – 1 SwitzerlandYorkton
January 1, 1991 Canada5 – 1 FinlandSaskatoon
January 1, 1991 United States19 – 1 NorwayRegina
January 1, 1991 Sweden6 – 1 SwitzerlandSaskatoon
January 1, 1991 Soviet Union5 – 3 CzechoslovakiaRegina
January 2, 1991 Czechoslovakia6 – 5 CanadaSaskatoon
January 2, 1991 United States5 – 2 SwedenHumboldt
January 3, 1991 Soviet Union5 – 5 FinlandRegina
January 3, 1991 Switzerland2 – 1 NorwaySaskatoon
January 4, 1991 Canada3 – 2 Soviet UnionSaskatoon
January 4, 1991 Sweden10 – 0 NorwayPrince Albert
Januay 4, 1991 Czechoslovakia6 – 1 FinlandSaskatoon
January 4, 1991 United States8 – 0 SwitzerlandRegina


Leading scorers

  GP G A Pts PIM
United States Doug Weight 11 10 21
Canada Eric Lindros 6 11 17
Soviet Union Pavel Bure 12 3 15
Czechoslovakia Martin Rucinsky 9 5 14
Czechoslovakia Ziggy Palffy 7 6 13

Tournament all-stars

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