1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox international ice hockey competition The 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1982 WJHC) was the sixth edition Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 22, 1981, until January 2, 1982. The tournament was hosted by the United States in various cities across the state of Minnesota with some games also played in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario.

Canada won their first gold medal at the World Juniors, while Czechoslovakia and Finland won silver and bronze, respectively. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union finished fourth, marking the only time they played an entire World Juniors tournament and failed to win a medal (the USSR was disqualified in 1987). The host United States featuring future hall of famers John Vanbiesbrouck, Chris Chelios, and Phil Housley, finished sixth.

Pool A

The 1982 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Final standings

Template:Ihj was relegated to Pool B for the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Raimo Summanen	Template:Ihj	7	9	16
2	Petri Skriko	Template:Ihj	8	7	15
3	Risto Jalo	Template:Ihj	7	8	15
4	Mike Moller	Template:Ihj	5	9	14
5	Anatoli Semenov	Template:Ihj	5	8	13
6	Marc Habscheid	Template:Ihj	6	6	12
7	Scott Arniel	Template:Ihj	5	6	11
8	Bruce Eakin	Template:Ihj	4	7	11
9	Oleg Starkov	Template:Ihj	3	8	11
10	Magnus Roupé	Template:Ihj	7	3	10

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Template:Flagicon Mike Moffat	Template:Flagicon Mike Moffat
Defencemen	Template:Flagicon Gord Kluzak	Template:Flagicon Gord Kluzak Template:Flagicon Ilya Byakin
Forwards	Template:Flagicon Petri Skriko	Template:Flagicon Petri Skriko Template:Flagicon Vladimír Růžička Template:Flagicon Mike Moller

Pool B

Pool B was played on March 16–20, in Heerenveen in the Netherlands. Two groups of four played round robins, with placement games pitting the respective finishers against each other. Japan made their debut, replacing absent Poland.

Final round

1st place game

Template:IceHockeybox Template:Ihj was promoted to Pool A for the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Wolfgang Kocher	Template:Ihj	7	2	9
2	Erik Lodberg	Template:Ihj	6	0	6
3	Jean-Francois Beaudoing	Template:Ihj	4	2	6
	Motoki Ebina	Template:Ihj	4	2	6
	Finn Juhl	Template:Ihj	4	2	6
6	Franck Ganis	Template:Ihj	3	3	6
	Toshiyuki Sakai	Template:Ihj	3	3	6
	Herbert Keckeis	Template:Ihj	3	3	6
9	Milos Piperski	Template:Ihj	5	0	5

References

• 1982 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
• Results at passionhockey.com