1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

1977 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country Czechoslovakia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 22, 1976 –
January 2, 1977
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played28
Goals scored251 (8.96 per game)
Attendance53,172 (1,899 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Dale McCourt (18 points)
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The 1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1977 WJHC) were held between December 22, 1976, and January 2, 1977, in Banská Bystrica and Zvolen, Czechoslovakia. The Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 7–0 record.[1] This was the fourth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the first to be included in official IIHF records.[2] Canada was represented by the 1976 Memorial Cup champions St. Catharines Fincups with eight additions from other OHA teams,[3] but the other seven nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.[4] The tournament was expanded to eight teams, with West Germany and Poland making their debut.

Final standings

The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other seven teams once each.

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1  Soviet Union 7 7 0 0 51 19 +32 14
2  Canada 7 5 1 1 50 20 +30 11
3  Czechoslovakia 7 4 2 1 32 17 +15 9
4  Finland 7 4 3 0 35 29 +6 8
5  Sweden 7 3 4 0 28 30 −2 6
6  West Germany 7 2 5 0 18 33 −15 4
7  United States 7 1 5 1 25 45 −20 3
8  Poland 7 0 6 1 12 58 −46 1
Source: [citation needed]

While not relegated, Poland did have the opportunity to play a challenge against Switzerland for inclusion in the 1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, but declined.[5]

Results

December 22, 1976United States 3 – 6
(2–3, 0–0, 1–3)		 FinlandBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Czechoslovakia 0 – 4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)		 Soviet UnionBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Poland 0 – 14
(0–3, 0–5, 0–6)		 CanadaBanská Bystrica
December 23, 1976Sweden 5 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 3–2)		 FinlandZvolen
December 23, 1976United States 3 – 4
(1–2, 0–2, 2–0)		 West GermanyZvolen
December 25, 1976West Germany 1 – 4 FinlandBanská Bystrica
December 25, 1976United States 8 – 5 SwedenBanská Bystrica
December 25, 1976Canada 4 – 4 CzechoslovakiaZvolen
December 25, 1976Soviet Union 10 – 1
(3–0, 3–1, 4–0)		 PolandZvolen
December 26, 1976Czechoslovakia 8 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–1)		 West GermanyBanská Bystrica
December 26, 1976Poland 2 – 2 United StatesBanská Bystrica
December 26, 1976Canada 6 – 4
(2–1, 2–2, 2–1)		 FinlandZvolen
December 26, 1976Sweden 2 – 4
(0–1, 2–3, 0–0)		 Soviet UnionZvolen
December 28, 1976Canada 5 – 3 SwedenBanská Bystrica
December 28, 1976Soviet Union 2 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 West GermanyBanská Bystrica
December 28, 1976Finland 8 – 2
(2–1, 3–0, 3–1)		 PolandZvolen
December 28, 1976United States 2 – 5
(1–1, 1–2, 0–2)		 CzechoslovakiaZvolen
December 29, 1976West Germany 1 – 9
(0–2, 1–2, 0–5)		 CanadaBanská Bystrica
December 29, 1976Sweden 6 – 5
(2–1, 1–3, 3–1)		 PolandZvolen
December 30, 1976Soviet Union 15 – 5
(6–1, 6–1, 3–3)		 United StatesBanská Bystrica
December 30, 1976Czechoslovakia 2 – 3
(1–0, 1–3, 0–0)		 FinlandZvolen
January 1, 1977Finland 6 – 10
(0–3, 2–3, 4–4)		 Soviet UnionBanská Bystrica
January 1, 1977Poland 0 – 9
(0–3, 0–2, 0–4)		 CzechoslovakiaBanská Bystrica
January 1, 1977Canada 8 – 2
(3–2, 2–0, 3–0)		 United StatesZvolen
January 1, 1977West Germany 0 – 5
(0–1, 0–4, 0–0)		 SwedenZvolen
January 2, 1977Czechoslovakia 4 – 2
(2–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 SwedenBanská Bystrica
January 2, 1977Soviet Union 6 – 4
(6–0, 0–0, 0–4)		 CanadaZvolen
January 2, 1977West Germany 9 – 2
(3–0, 5–1, 1–1)		 PolandZvolen

Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country G A Pts
1 Dale McCourt  Canada 10 8 18
2 John Anderson  Canada 11 5 16
3 Igor Romashin  Soviet Union 6 6 12
4 Juha Jyrkkiö  Finland 7 4 11
5 Aleksei Frolikov  Soviet Union 6 5 11
6 Erkki Laine  Finland 5 4 9
7 Joe Contini  Canada 4 5 9
Gerd Truntschka  West Germany 4 5 9
9 Dave Hunter  Canada 6 2 8
Jaroslav Korbela  Czechoslovakia 6 2 8

Tournament awards

IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team
Goaltender Czechoslovakia Jan Hrabák Soviet Union Alexander Tyzhnykh
Defencemen Soviet Union Viacheslav Fetisov Soviet Union Viacheslav Fetisov
Finland Risto Siltanen
Forwards Canada Dale McCourt Canada Dale McCourt
Soviet Union Igor Romashin
Sweden Bengt-Åke Gustafsson

References

  1. ^ "1977 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. ^ "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  3. ^ 1977 team Canada roster
  4. ^ "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  5. ^ 1978 Qualification
  • "IIHF World Junior Championship All-Star Teams". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  • "WJHC History - 1977–1981". TSN.ca. CTVglobemedia. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  • "Championnat du monde 1977 des moins de 20 ans". Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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