Under-20s tournament in Czechoslovakia
1987 IIHF World U20 Championship |
| Tournament details |
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| Host country |  Czechoslovakia |
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| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
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| Dates | December 26, 1986 – January 4, 1987 |
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| Teams | 8 |
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| Final positions |
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Champions  |  Finland (1st title) |
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Runner-up  | Czechoslovakia |
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Third place  |  Sweden |
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| Fourth place |  United States |
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| Tournament statistics |
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| Games played | 27 |
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| Goals scored | 272 (10.07 per game) |
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| Scoring leader(s) | Ulf Dahlén (15 points) |
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The 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1987 WJHC) was the 11th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Piešťany, Trenčín, Nitra, and Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia. Finland captured its first World Junior gold medal, Czechoslovakia took silver, and Sweden the bronze. The tournament is most remembered, however, for how the medals were allocated.
Punch-up in Piestany
With 6:07 left in the second period of the final game of the tournament between Canada and the Soviet Union, Pavel Kostichkin took a two-handed slash at Theoren Fleury, sparking a fight between the two; the USSR's Evgeny Davydov left the bench to assist Valeri Zelepukin in the fight, who was already playing the game with a separated shoulder, and was being pummeled by Canadian forward Mike Keane. Davydov's intervention sparked one of the most infamous bench-clearing brawls in international hockey history.[1]
The officials, unable to break up the brawl, walked off the ice and tournament officials eventually tried shutting off the arena lights, but the brawl lasted for 20 minutes before the International Ice Hockey Federation declared the contest null and void. An emergency meeting was held following the brawl that ended with the delegates voting 7–1 to eject both teams from the tournament, with the sole dissenter being Canadian Dennis McDonald. The Canadian team, disgusted at what they perceived to be a conspiracy against them, chose to leave rather than stay for the end-of-tournament dinner, from which the Soviet team were banned.
While the Soviets were out of medal contention, Canada was playing for the gold medal, and were leading 4–2 at the time of the brawl (they needed to win by at least five goals to claim the gold).[2] Even had they lost the game, they were assured at least the bronze medal. Afterwards, Soviet hockey official Anatoly Kastriukov claimed that the hostilities were fueled by a Canadian trainer who he alleged had punched one of the Soviet assistant coaches in the stomach. Some Canadians maintained that the Soviets had started the brawl by leaving their bench first, and had deliberately done so with the intention of getting Canada ejected.[3][4][5][6] Alan Eagleson suggested that the IIHF's decision would have been different had it been the Soviets in contention for a medal, and not the Canadians.[7] Soviet administrator Yuri Korolev expressed regret that the incident occurred but did not admit any guilt. He felt that the game should have been finished instead of both teams being disqualified from the tournament.
The ejections of the Canadian and Soviet teams had the retroactive effect of making the Finland-Czechoslovakia game (played earlier the same day) the gold medal game, while the Sweden-United States game became the bronze medal contest, and the Poland-Switzerland game determined who placed fifth. The loser of the latter game (Switzerland) was relegated, just as they were had the brawl not occurred. Poland avoided relegation despite giving up 80 goals in 7 games.
Final standings
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
- ^ a b The game between
Canada and the 
Soviet Union was declared null and void, and is excluded from the final standings.
Switzerland was relegated to Pool B for the 1988 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Results
All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)
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| Jimmy Waite | Goalies | Beat Aebischer | |
| Elynuik (Chiasson - 0:31 | 1-0 | | | McLlwain (Latta) - 6:45 | 2-0 | | | Elynuik (McLlwain) - 7:24 | 3-0 | | | McLlwain (SH) - 12:20 | 4-0 | | | 4-1 | 12:52 - Künzi (PP) | | Nemeth (Metcalfe) - 15:36 | 5-1 | | | 5-2 | 16:41 - Walder | | McLlwain (Latta) - 33:22 | 6-2 | | | 6-3 | 38:32 - Mattioni (Walder) (PP) | | 6-4 | 54:23 - Nyffenegger |
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| Jimmy Waite (8-11), Shawn Simpson (11-11) | Goalies | Wlodzimierz Krauzowicz (14-21), Grzegorz Wojakiewicz (21-32) | |
| Nemeth (Hawgood) - 7:50 | 1-0 | | | Sanipass (Fleury) - 13:30 | 2-0 | | | Shanahan (Metcalfe, Nemeth) - 13:43 | 3-0 | | | Fleury (Sanipass) - 15:22 | 4-0 | | | Elynuik (Metcalfe) - 16:17 | 5-0 | | | Turgeon - 16:53 | 6-0 | | | Sanipass (Huffman) - 18:05 | 7-0 | | | 7-1 | 22:46 - Neidospial (PP) | | Fleury (PP) - 26:17 | 8-1 | | | Elynuik (Roy) - 26:58 | 9-1 | | | Nemeth (Shanahan) - 33:55 | 10-1 | | | Turgeon (Joseph, Corriveau) - 36:55 | 11-1 | | | Wesley (Fleury) - 38:09 | 12-1 | | | Corriveau - 40:35 | 13-1 | | | 13-2 | 45:55 - Merta (Raszewski) | | Elynuik (Nemeth) - 46:53 | 14-2 | | | Shanahan (Nemeth, Metcalfe) - 50:05 | 15-2 | | | Latta (Shanahan, Elynuik) - 51:17 | 16-2 | | | Chiasson (Latta) - 52:26 | 17-2 | | | Joseph - 54:25 | 18-2 | | | 18-3 | 57:47 - Kasperczyk (PP) |
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| 53 | Shots | 22 |
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| Jimmy Waite | Goalies | Sam Lindståhl | |
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| 16 min | Penalties | 10 min |
| 15 | Shots | 36 |
Scoring leaders
- Canada and the USSR were disqualified from the final scoring standings; Canada's Pat Elynuik had 11 points.[9]
Tournament awards
Pool B
Took place from March 15 to 21 in Rouen France. Two groups of four played round robins, the top two and bottom two from the respective groups met up in two final round robins to determine placement. Teams did not replay opponents they were grouped with previously, their scores were carried forward to the final rounds.
Preliminary round
- Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |  |  |  |  |
| West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 5 | | | 6–3 | 2–2 | 16–3 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 4 | | 3–6 | | 3–1 | 11–7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 4–3 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 0 | | 3–16 | 7–11 | 3–4 | |
Source: [citation needed]
- Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |  |  |  |  |
| Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 | +21 | 5 | | | 11–1 | 5–5 | 12–1 |
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 3 | | 1–11 | | 6–4 | 4–4 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | | 5–5 | 4–6 | | 7–5 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 1 | | 1–12 | 4–4 | 5–7 | |
Source: [citation needed]
Final Round
- Promotion Group
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | |
| West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 6 | | | 13–3 | 6–3 | 11–0 |
| Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 4 | | 3–13 | | 7–5 | 11–1 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 2 | | 3–6 | 5–7 | | 6–3 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 28 | −24 | 0 | | 0–11 | 1–11 | 3–6 | |
Source: [citation needed]
West Germany was promoted to Pool A for 1988.
- Relegation Group
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | | |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 6 | | | 4–3 | 7–5 | 7–3 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 4 | | 3–4 | | 7–4 | 5–1 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 2 | | 5–7 | 4–7 | | 7–5 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 0 | | 3–7 | 1–5 | 5–7 | |
Source: [citation needed]
Italy was Demoted to Pool C for 1988.
Pool C
Pool C was played in Esbjerg, Denmark from March 16 to 22.
- Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12 | +44 | 10 | | | 13–4 | 6–4 | 5–1 | 11–2 | 21–1 |
| 2 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 8 | | 4–13 | | 11–4 | 8–3 | 7–3 | 14–1 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 6 | | 4–6 | 4–11 | | 4–2 | 6–2 | 7–0 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 4 | | 1–5 | 3–8 | 2–4 | | 8–5 | 7–1 |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 2 | | 2–11 | 3–7 | 2–6 | 5–8 | | 7–2 |
| 6 | Australia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 56 | −51 | 0 | | 1–21 | 1–14 | 0–7 | 1–7 | 2–7 | |
Source: [citation needed]
Yugoslavia was promoted to Pool B for 1988.
References
- ^ "Jan. 4, 1987 Canada and USSR brawl to elimination from junior tournament". CBC News. January 4, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ "The Canada-USSR brawl at the 1987 world junior hockey tournament". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Joyce 2006, p. 164
- ^ Pettit, Andrew (2017-12-27). "From the Punch-up in Piestany to Boxing Day on the Couch: The Invention of a Canadian Junior Hockey Tradition". Sport in American History. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ^ Maki, Alan (2017-12-22). "The 1987 brawl that made the world junior hockey championships what they are today". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ^ Joyce, Gare. "The Punch-Up in Piestany: 30 years later". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ^ Hornby, Lance (1987-01-05). "Real tragedy for hockey". Calgary Sun. Canadian Press. p. 33.
- ^ "Championnats du monde juniors 1987 de hockey sur glace". www.hockeyarchives.info. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- Joyce, Gare (2006). When the Lights Went Out. Random House. ISBN 978-0-385-66275-8.
- Results at Passionhockey.com
Czechoslovakia
Finland (1st title)
Sweden
United States
Poland 
Switzerland 
Canada[a] 
Soviet Union[a] 
Hans Rønning
United States
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