1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Geneva and Morges, Switzerland. The tournament was won by Canada, who won their record fifth-straight gold medal with a 2–0 victory over the United States in the gold-medal match. Mike York of the United States was the top scorer in the tournament, with five goals and five assists for ten points.

The tournament all-star team selected upon the conclusion of the tournament included forwards Mike York (United States), Sergei Samsonov (Russia) and Christian Dube (Canada); defencemen Mark Streit (Switzerland) and Chris Phillips (Canada); and goaltender Brian Boucher (United States).

Notable future National Hockey League (NHL) stars that played in this year's tournament included Joe Thornton (Canada), Daniel Brière (Canada) and Marián Hossa (Slovakia).

Relegation round

Template:Ihj was relegated for the 1998 World Junior Championships.

Final standings

	Team
Template:Gold1	Template:Ihj
Template:Silver2	Template:Ihj
Template:Bronze3	Template:Ihj
4th	Template:Ihj
5th	Template:Ihj
6th	Template:Ihj
7th	Template:Ihj
8th	Template:Ihj
9th	Template:Ihj
10th	Template:Ihj

Template:Ihj was relegated for the 1998 World Juniors

Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts
Mike York	Template:Ihj	6	5	5	10
Tomi Kallio	Template:Ihj	6	5	4	9
Erik Rasmussen	Template:Ihj	6	4	5	9
Rastislav Pavlikovský	Template:Ihj	7	2	7	9
Alexei Morozov	Template:Ihj	6	5	3	8
Niko Kapanen	Template:Ihj	6	4	4	8
Alexei Kolkounov	Template:Ihj	6	4	4	8
Ľubomír Vaic	Template:Ihj	6	1	7	8
Sergei Samsonov	Template:Ihj	6	6	1	7
Marián Hossa	Template:Ihj	6	5	2	7
Mark Parrish	Template:Ihj	6	5	2	7
Brad Isbister	Template:Ihj	6	4	3	7
Christian Dubé	Template:Ihj	6	4	3	7
Cameron Mann	Template:Ihj	6	4	3	7
Marek Melenovský	Template:Ihj	6	4	3	7
Boris Lingemann	Template:Ihj	6	4	3	7
Ondrej Kratena	Template:Ihj	6	3	4	7
Ville Nieminen	Template:Ihj	6	2	5	7

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player	Country	MINS	GAA
Denis Khlopotnov	Template:Ihj	180	0.33
Brian Boucher	Template:Ihj	357.13	1.51
Marc Denis	Template:Ihj	419.52	1.86
David Aebischer	Template:Ihj	300	2.00
Adam Svoboda	Template:Ihj	428.27	2.66

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Template:Flagicon Marc Denis	Template:Flagicon Brian Boucher
Defencemen	Template:Flagicon Joe Corvo	Template:Flagicon Chris Phillips Template:Flagicon Mark Streit
Forwards	Template:Flagicon Alexei Morozov	Template:Flagicon Christian Dubé Template:Flagicon Sergei Samsonov Template:Flagicon Michael York

Pool B

This tournament was played in Kyiv Ukraine, from December 27 to January 5.

Standings

Template:Ihj was promoted to Pool A, and Template:Ihj was relegated to Pool C, for 1998.

Pool C

Played in Gheorgheni and Miercurea Ciuc, Romania from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Placement Games

• 7th place:Template:Ihj 5 - 3 Template:Ihj
• 5th place:Template:Ihj 3 - 1 Template:Ihj
• 3rd place:Template:Ihj 5 - 4 Template:Ihj
• 1st Place:Template:Ihj 8 - 2 Template:Ihj

Template:Ihj was promoted to Pool B, and Template:Ihj was relegated to Pool D for 1998.

Pool D

Played in Sofia Bulgaria from December 30 to January 3.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Placement Games

• 7th place:Template:Ihj 5 - 3 Template:Ihj
• 5th place:Template:Ihj 7 - 3 Template:Ihj
• 3rd place:Template:Ihj 4 - 1 Template:Ihj
• 1st Place:Template:Ihj 8 - 4 Template:Ihj

Template:Ihj was promoted to Pool C for 1998.

External links

• 1997 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN.ca
• Complete details in French at Passionhockey.com