2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship

2015 IIHF World U20 Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 26, 2014 – January 5, 2015
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Air Canada Centre, Toronto Bell Centre, Montreal (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (16th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	176 (5.87 per match)
Attendance	366,370 (12,212 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Sam Reinhart (11 points)
MVP	Denis Godla
Website	http://www.worldjunior2015.com
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The 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 39th edition of World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, played from December 26, 2014 to January 5, 2015. It was co-hosted by Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec, Canada,^[1] and organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Quebec, the Ontario Hockey Federation, the Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Evenko.^[2] Games were split between Air Canada Centre in Toronto and Bell Centre in Montreal, with Montreal hosting Group A matches and two quarter finals, and Toronto hosting Group B, along with the relegation games, two quarter finals, along with the semi-finals, bronze medal, and gold medal games.^[3][4]

After failing to medal at the previous two editions of the tournament, Canada beat Russia in the final to win the gold medal, marking Canada's first medal at the World Juniors since 2012, and Canada's first gold since 2009. Slovakia defeated Sweden in the bronze medal game to win their second-ever medal. Germany finished tenth overall and was relegated to Division IA for the 2016 tournament. Slovak goaltender Denis Godla was named the tournament's most valuable player, while Sam Reinhart of Canada was the scoring leader with 11 points.

Player eligibility

A player is eligible to play in the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:^[5]

• the player is of male gender;
• the player was born at the earliest in 1995, and at the latest, in 2000;
• the player is a citizen in the country he represents;
• the player is under the jurisdiction of a national association that is a member of the IIHF.

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.^[6]

Top Division

Venues

Air Canada Centre Capacity: 19,746	Bell Centre Capacity: 21,287
Canada – Toronto	Canada – Montreal

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:^[7]

Referees Vladimír Baluška Lars Bruggemann Roman Gofman Antonin Jerabek Mikko Kaukokari Geoffrey Miller Linus Ohlund Konstantin Olenin Steve Patafie Pascal St-Jaques Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli

Linesmen Jordan Browne Pierre Dehaen Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist Bevan Mills Jani Pesonen Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter Simon Wust

Format

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed teams from each group played a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.^[8]

Rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Eastern Standard Time – UTC-5)

	Team qualified to Quarterfinals
	Team will play in Relegation round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	4	4	0	0	0	21	4	+17	12
United States	4	2	1	0	1	14	6	+8	8
Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	7	14	−7	6
Finland	4	1	0	1	2	5	8	−3	4
Germany	4	0	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

December 26, 2014 15:00

Finland

1–2 GWS (1–1, 0–0, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

United States

Bell Centre Attendance: 8,006

Game reference
	Ville Husso	Goalies	Thatcher Demko	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Tobias Wehril Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills
	M. Rantanen – 01:22 1–0 1–1 13:54 – A. Tuch (J. Eichel, A. DeAngelo) (PP)
	A. Lehkonen J. Ikonen K. Kapanen	Shootout	J. Eichel S. Milano C. de Leo
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	38

December 26, 2014 20:00

Canada

8–0 (3–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Bell Centre Attendance: 14,142

Game reference
	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Denis Godla David Okolicany	Referees: Steve Patafie Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotsky Simon Wust
	R. Fabbri (A. Duclair, S. Reinhart) – 4:52 1–0 A. Duclair (M. Domi) – 8:17 2–0 R. Fabbri (N. Petan, M. Bowey) – 9:09 3–0 N. Paul (L. Crouse, J. Virtanen) – 26:56 4–0 B. Point (R. Fabbri, N. Petan) – 31:35 5–0 M. Domi (S. Reinhart) – 36:14 6–0 N. Petan (R. Fabbri, J. Hicketts) – 37:21 7–0 J. Virtanen (B. Point) – 56:41 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	12

December 27, 2014 16:00

Slovakia

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Finland

Bell Centre Attendance: 6,007

Game reference
	Denis Godla	Goalies	Juuse Saros	Referees: Pascal St-Jacques Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Bevan Mills Simon Wust
	0–1 07:01 – M. Rantanen (J. Ikonen, R. Hintz) P. Cehlarik (M. Reway) (PP) – 09:19 1–1 M. Holenda (M. Reway, C. Jaros) – 26:03 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	38

December 27, 2014 20:00

Germany

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Canada

Bell Centre Attendance: 12,733

Game reference
	Kevin Reich	Goalies	Eric Comrie	Referees: Geoffrey Miller Tobias Wehril Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist
	0–1 04:11 – C. McDavid (J. Morrissey, N. Petan) (PP) 0–2 12:42 – C. Lazar (C. McDavid, N. Petan) (PP) 0–3 49:14 – M. Domi (S. Reinhart) 0–4 55:44 – M. Bowey (N. Petan, C. McDavid) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	17	Shots	31

December 28, 2014 20:00

United States

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Germany

Bell Centre Attendance: 7,000

Game reference
	Brandon Halverson	Goalies	Ilja Sharipov	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotsky Andreas Malmqvist
	A. Matthews (N. Schmaltz) – 04:44 1–0 H. Fasching (D. Larkin) – 12:30 2–0 S. Milano – 22:48 3–0 D. Larkin (N. Hanifin) – 35:04 4–0 J. Eichel (T. Motte, A. Tuch) – 54:09 5–0 D. Larkin (H. Fasching, Z. Werenski) – 59:40 6–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	53	Shots	14

December 29, 2014 16:00

United States

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Bell Centre Attendance: 8,798

Game reference
	Thatcher Demko	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotsky Bevan Mills
	S. Milano (D. Larkin) – 37:42 1–0 D. Larkin – 42:38 2–0 J. Hayden (B. Carlo, A. Matthews) – 59:07 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	45	Shots	17

December 29, 2014 20:00

Finland

1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Canada

Bell Centre Attendance: 15,718

Game reference
	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Zachary Fucale	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Antonin Jerabek Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Simon Wust
	0–1 05:32 – S. Reinhart (S. Theodore) (PP) 0–2 33:34 – S.Reinhart (A. Duclair, M. Domi) A. Lehkonen – 38:46 1–2 1–3 51:15 – A. Duclair (M. Domi, M. Bowey) 1–4 54:25 – C. Lazar (J. Morrissey, R. Fabbri) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	36

December 30, 2014 20:00

Slovakia

5–2 (3–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Germany

Bell Centre Attendance: 5,568

Game reference
	Denis Godla	Goalies	Ilja Sharipov	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Simon Wust
	R. Lantosi (P. Cehlarik, E. Cernak) – 09:58 1–0 M. Reway (D. Soltes) – 13:10 2–0 M. Sukel (P. Koys, M. Rosandic) – 15:03 3–0 3–1 18:46 – F. Tiffels (D. Kahun) (PP) M. Reway – 44:05 4–1 4–2 45:36 – F. Tiffels (PS) M. Reway (ENG) – 59:05 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	30

December 31, 2014 16:00

Canada

5–3 (0–0, 2–1, 3–2)

United States

Bell Centre Attendance: 18,295

Game reference
	Eric Comrie	Goalies	Thatcher Demko	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotsky Andreas Malmqvist
	M. Domi (S. Reinhart) – 27:07 1–0 J. Morrissey (R. Fabbri, N. Petan) (PP) – 30:11 2–0 2–1 33:12 – A. DeAngelo (J. Eichel, S. Milano) (PP) C. Lazar (C. McDavid) – 50:01 3–1 3–2 57:26 – D. Larkin (H. Fasching, S. Milano) S. Reinhart (ENG) – 59:06 4–2 4–3 59:18 – D. Larkin M. Domi (S. Reinhart) (ENG) – 59:56 5–3
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	43	Shots	28

December 31, 2014 20:00

Germany

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Finland

Bell Centre Attendance: 3,991

Game reference
	Kevin Reich	Goalies	Ville Husso	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills
	0–1 02:47 – J. Honka 0–2 34:22 – M. Rantanen (J. Lyytinen, A. Makela)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	38

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	18	6	+12	12
Czech Republic	4	1	1	0	2	12	14	−2	5
Russia	4	1	1	0	2	13	9	+4	5
Denmark	4	0	1	2	1	10	15	−5	4
Switzerland	4	1	0	1	2	9	18	−9	4

December 26, 2014 13:00

Russia

3–2 GWS (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,412

Game reference
	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Antonin Jerabek Linesmen: Jordan Browne Jani Pesonen
	0–1 13:15 – O. Bjorkstrand (M. Larsen, M. Asperup) (PP) 0–2 15:49 – N.Ehlers (O. Bjorkstrand, M. Larsen) (PP) N. Goldobin (I. Provorov, R. Valiev) (PP) – 39:13 1–2 M. Mamin (V. Bryukvin, A. Sharov) – 44:37 2–2
	S. Tolchinski N. Goldobin	Shootout	N. Ehlers O. Bjorkstrand
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	26

December 26, 2014 17:00

Sweden

5–2 (2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,077

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Vitek Vanecek	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Judson Ritter
	A. Kempe (O. Lindblom, G. Forsling) (PP) – 14:46 1–0 J. Lööke (L. Wallmark) – 19:13 2–0 2–1 23:33 – J. Vrána 2–2 30:02 – J. Vrana (O. Kaše, D. Kämpf) W. Nylander (O. Lindblom) – 30:29 3–2 A. Kempe (A. Holmström, O. Lindblom) (PP) – 45:37 4–2 J. de la Rose (A. Blidh, G. Forsling) – 47:38 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	30 min
	27	Shots	29

December 27, 2014 13:00

Denmark

1–5 (0–3, 1–2, 0–0)

Sweden

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,018

Game reference
	Georg Sørensen Thomas Lillie	Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Roman Gofman Antonin Jerabek Linesmen: Jani Pesonen Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 09:48 – L. Wallmark 0–2 11:36 – A. Blidh (S. Aho, W. Lagesson) 0–3 19:27 – W. Nylander (J. de la Rose, J. Bergman) 0–4 20:13 – J. de la Rose (A. Karlsson, A. Blidh) N. Olesen (M. Nielsen, J. Holmberg) – 21:01 1–4 1–5 37:26 – S. Aho (L. Wallmark, J. de la Rose) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	44

December 27, 2014 17:00

Czech Republic

2–5 (2–2, 0–3, 0–0)

Switzerland

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,926

Game reference
	Vitek Vanecek	Goalies	Gauthier Descloux	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Jordan Browne Pierre Dehaen
	0–1 00:46 – K. Fiala (T. Meier) M. Ruzicka (D. Nemecek, M. Spacek) – 01:44 1–1 L. Klok (P. Zdrahal, D. Pastrňák) – 04:42 2–1 2–2 11:37 – K. Fiala (D. Malgin, T. Meier) (PP) 2–3 20:45 – N. Rod (L. Fazzini) 2–4 21:29 – T. Weiser (K. Schweri) 2–5 34:41 – L. Fazzini (M. Müller, N. Rod) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	35

December 28, 2014 17:00

Switzerland

0–7 (0–3, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 15,125

Game reference
	Gauthier Descloux Ludovic Waeber	Goalies	Igor Shestyorkin	Referees: Linus Ohlund Steve Patafie Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter
	0–1 11:28 – R. Rafikov (A. Golyshev, P. Buchnevich) (PP) 0–2 18:26 – A. Dergachyov (A. Bryntsev) 0–3 19:37 – P. Buchnevich (I. Barbashev, R. Rafikov) 0–4 35:29 – S. Tolchinski (N. Goldobin, V. Kamenev) 0–5 37:36 – A. Sharov (M. Mamin) 0–6 54:59 – V. Kamenev (PP) 0–7 55:41 – V. Leshchenko (I. Barbashev, P. Buchnevich)
	41 min	Penalties	22 min
	32	Shots	23

December 29, 2014 13:00

Czech Republic

4–3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,038

Game reference
	Vitek Vanecek	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jordan Browne Judson Ritter
	0–1 03:58 – M. Eller J. Štencel (D. Kaše, D. Pastrňák) (PP) – 10:22 1–1 J. Košťálek (D. Pastrňák, M. Baranek) – 24:36 2–1 2–2 37:08 – O. Bjorkstrand (N. Ehlers, M. Asperup) (PP) 2–3 46:05 – M. Asperup (N. Ehlers) (PP) D. Kubalík (J. Štencel, P. Zacha) – 56:58 3–3 D. Pastrňák (J. Štencel) – 61:01 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	48	Shots	14

December 29, 2014 17:00

Sweden

3–2 (1–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 16,710

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Geoffrey Miller Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Jani Pesonen
	G. Forsling (A. Kempe, A. Holmström) (PP) – 10:38 1–0 1–1 34:15 – V. Leshenko (Z. Paigin, I. Barbashev) 1–2 42:23 – V. Leshenko (P. Buchnevich, R. Rafikov) G. Forsling (W. Nylander, A. Kempe) (PP) – 46:44 2–2 A. Holmström (O. Lindblom, W. Nylander) – 50:53 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	29

December 30, 2014 17:00

Switzerland

3–4 GWS (2–1, 1–2, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,263

Game reference
	Gauthier Descloux	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Steve Patafie Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	K. Schmidli (L. Hischier) – 10:48 1–0 K. Fiala (D. Malgin, T. Meier) – 11:54 2–0 2–1 17:58 – O. Bjorkstrand (N. Ehlers, M. Eller) 2–2 32:19 – A. Krogsgaard (S. Hertzberg, M. Aagaard) (PP) T. Meier (J. Siegenthaler, D. Malgin) – 32:43 3–2 3–3 35:40 – M. Aagaard (N. Olesen) (PP)
	K. Fiala T. Meier N. Rod	Shootout	N. Ehlers O. Bjorkstrand M. Aagaard
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	23

December 31, 2014 13:00

Switzerland

1–5 (1–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Sweden

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,857

Game reference
	Ludovic Waeber	Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Geoffrey Miller Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter
	Y. Rathgeb (L. Fazzini) – 03:29 1–0 1–1 04:52 – A. Kempe (G. Forsling, A. Holmström) (PP) 1–2 23:27 – O. Lindblom (W. Nylander, A. Holmström) (PP) 1–3 26:03 – O. Lindblom (R. Hägg, W. Nylander) 1–4 34:45 – O. Lindblom (G. Forsling, S. Aho) (PP) 1–5 35:11 – J. Lööke (A. Karlsson, C. Ehn) (PP)
	31 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	39

December 31, 2014 17:00

Russia

1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,566

Game reference
	Igor Shestyorkin	Goalies	Miroslav Svoboda	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Jordan Browne Jani Pesonen
	0–1 11:05 – P. Zdrahal (D. Pastrňák, J. Košťálek) 0–2 24:32 – P. Zacha (D. Pastrňák, J. Košťálek) I. Barbashev (V. Leshenko) (PP) – 35:44 1–2 1–3 42:54 – P. Zdrahal (D. Pastrňák, D. Masin) 1–4 59:13 – O. Kaše (J. Vrána, D. Kämpf) (ENG)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	26

Relegation round

January 2, 2015 11:00

Switzerland

5–2 (1–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Germany

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 7,409

Game reference
	Gauthier Descloux	Goalies	Kevin Reich Ilja Sharipov	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Geoffrey Miller Linesmen: Pierre Dehaen Jani Pesonen
	K. Fiala (N. Rod, D. Malgin) – 03:50 1–0 N. Rod (M. Fora, D. Malgin) – 20:54 2–0 L. Fazzini (L. Hischier) – 25:20 3–0 3–1 28:20 – P. Tuomie (F. Tiffels) L. Hischier (M. Fora, L. Fazzini) – 33:56 4–1 N. Rod (D. Malgin) – 45:46 5–1 5–2 55:14 – P. Kurz (M. Michaelis)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	32	Shots	31

January 3, 2015 19:00

Germany

2–5 (1–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Switzerland

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 8,392

Game reference
	Kevin Reich	Goalies	Gauthier Descloux	Referees: Antonin Jerabek Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Jordan Browne Judson Ritter
	P. Tuomie (T. Bender, M. Michaelis) (PP) – 13:58 1–0 1–1 15:10 – J. Fuchs (L. Fazzini, T. Meier) 1–2 16:17 – D. Malgin (N. Rod, K. Fiala) 1–3 31:12 – P. Suter (L. Hischier) A. Eder (F. Tiffels) (PP) – 38:10 2–3 2–4 53:25 – P. Suter (L. Hischier) 2–5 54:19 – T. Meier (J. Fuchs, L. Fazzini)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	27

Playoff round

Quarterfinal

1A

Canada

8

4B

Denmark

0

Semifinal

1A

Canada

5

Quarterfinal

3A

Slovakia

1

2B

Czech Republic

0

3A

Slovakia

3

Final

1A

Canada

5

Quarterfinal

3B

Russia

4

1B

Sweden

6

4A

Finland

3

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

1B

Sweden

1

1B

Sweden

2

Quarterfinal

3B

Russia

4

3A

Slovakia

4

2A

United States

2

3B

Russia

3

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2015 13:00

United States

2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

Russia

Bell Centre Attendance: 8,694

Game reference
	Thatcher Demko	Goalies	Igor Shestyorkin	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	0–1 02:31 – I. Barbashev (V. Leshenko, P. Buchnevich) (PP2) 0–2 15:25 - A. Sharov (A. Dergachyov, M. Mamin) A. DeAngelo (W. Butcher, J. Eichel) (PP2) – 32:43 1–2 1–3 41:27 - S. Tolchinski (Z. Paigin, N. Goldobin) (PP) Z. Werenski (A. Matthews) - 48:56 2–3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	25

January 2, 2015 15:00

Sweden

6–3 (0–0, 3–3, 3–0)

Finland

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 14,440

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Ville Husso	Referees: Steve Patafie Pascal St-Jacques Linesmen: Jordan Browne Simon Wust
	0–1 21:44 – J. Ikonen G. Forsling (W. Nylander, A. Kempe) (PP2) – 24:03 1–1 L. Wallmark (S. Aho, V. Olofsson) (PP) – 24:50 2–1 A. Brodecki (R. Norell, G. Forsling) – 28:11 3–1 3–2 29:54 – M. Rantanen (J. Ikonen, R. Hintz) 3–3 35:49 – K. Kapanen (A. Mustonen, J. Honka) A. Kempe (O. Lindblom, A. Holmström) (PP2) – 41:24 4–3 O. Lindblom (W. Nylander) – 53:52 5–3 L. Wallmark (R. Hägg) (ENG) – 59:56 6–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	33

January 2, 2015 17:00

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Bell Centre Attendance: 7,696

Game reference
	Miroslav Svoboda	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Bevan Mills
	0–1 M. Kabac (P. Koys) – 18:46 0–2 P. Cehlarik (R. Lantosi, M. Rosandic) – 54:18 0–3 M. Reway (ENG) – 59:51
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	36

January 2, 2015 20:00

Canada

8–0 (2–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Denmark

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 18,448

Game reference
	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Georg Sorensen Thomas Lillie	Referees: Lars Bruggemann Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter
	C. Lazar (C. McDavid) – 10:37 1–0 S. Reinhart (A. Duclair) – 15:17 2–0 L. Crouse (F. Gauthier) – 27:50 3–0 C. McDavid – 30:21 4–0 C. Lazar (J. Hicketts) – 33:21 5–0 N. Paul (J. Virtanen, N. Petan) – 43:08 6–0 B. Point (C. McDavid, C. Lazar) – 45:09 7–0 N. Ritchie (L. Crouse, J. Hicketts) (PP) – 59:06 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	50	Shots	14

Semifinals

January 4, 2015 16:00

Sweden

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 15,400

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Igor Shestyorkin	Referees: Steve Patafie Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Bevan Mills Judson Ritter
	0–1 31:18 – A. Sharov (A. Golyshev, A. Dergachyov) 0–2 32:50 – Z. Paigin (R. Valiev, V. Kamenev) (PP) 0–3 41:31 – A. Sharov (V. Bryukvin, M. Mamin) L. Wallmark (A. Brodecki, A. Kempe) – 51:30 1–3 1–4 52:39 – M. Mamin (I. Fishenko, V. Bryukvin)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	31

January 4, 2015 20:00

Canada

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 18,002

Game reference
	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist
	N. Petan (C. McDavid, C. Lazar) (PP) – 04:27 1–0 N. Petan (C. McDavid, C. Lazar) – 38:06 2–0 S. Theodore (A. Duclair) – 39:32 3–0 3–1 39:57 – D. Soltes (M. Paulovic) A. Duclair (D. Nurse, S. Reinhart) – 42:47 4–1 N. Petan (C. Lazar, C. McDavid) (PP) – 51:59 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	13

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2015 16:00

Sweden

2–4 (2–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,625

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Bevan Mills Judson Ritter
	0–1 02:43 – D. Soltes (R. Lantosi) 0–2 03:22 – M. Rosandic (P. Skalicky, M. Reway) W. Nylander (S. Aho, A. Holmström) – 10:22 1–2 J. Lööke (C. Ehn) – 16:12 2–2 2–3 42:52 – P. Skalicky (M. Reway, E. Cernak) (PP) 2–4 59:04 – P. Koys (M. Reway) (ENG)
	29 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	28

Final

January 5, 2015 20:00

Canada

5–4 (2–1, 3–3, 0–0)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 19,014

Game reference
	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Igor Shestyorkin Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotsky Andreas Malmqvist
	A. Duclair (M. Domi) – 00:23 1–0 N. Paul (B. Point, J. Virtanen) – 02:32 2–0 2–1 09:20 – D. Yudin (A. Golyshev, A. Dergachyov) C. McDavid (J. Morrissey) – 25:08 3–1 M. Domi – 27:22 4–1 M. Domi (S. Reinhart) – 32:30 5–1 5–2 34:21 – I. Barbashev (P. Buchnevich, D. Yudin) (PP) 5–3 34:53 – S. Tolchinski (N. Goldobin, R. Valiev) 5–4 37:37 – N. Goldobin (S. Tolchinski, V. Kamenev) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	21	Shots	30

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Sam Reinhart	Canada	7	5	6	11	+13	6
2	Nicolas Petan	Canada	7	4	7	11	+4	0
3	Connor McDavid	Canada	7	3	8	11	+8	0
4	Max Domi	Canada	7	5	5	10	+10	4
5	William Nylander	Sweden	7	3	7	10	–2	0
6	Curtis Lazar	Canada	7	5	4	9	+8	0
7	Oskar Lindblom	Sweden	7	4	5	9	–1	0
7	Martin Reway	Slovakia	7	4	5	9	–1	2
9	Adrian Kempe	Sweden	6	4	4	8	0	2
10	Anthony Duclair	Canada	7	4	4	8	+11	16

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Zachary Fucale	Canada	300:00	6	1.20	93.94	2
2	Igor Shestyorkin	Russia	242:13	8	1.98	93.80	1
3	Thatcher Demko	United States	241:42	7	1.74	93.75	1
4	Denis Godla	Slovakia	391:35	18	2.76	92.56	1
5	Ville Husso	Finland	183:12	7	2.29	92.31	1

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Tournament awards

Reference: Most Valuable Player

• Goaltender: Denis Godla

All-star team

• Goaltender: Denis Godla
• Defencemen: Gustav Forsling, Josh Morrissey
• Forwards: Sam Reinhart, Max Domi, Connor McDavid

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Denis Godla
• Defenceman: Vladislav Gavrikov
• Forward: Max Domi

Final standings

Team  Canada  Russia  Slovakia 4th  Sweden 5th  United States 6th  Czech Republic 7th  Finland 8th  Denmark 9th   Switzerland 10th  Germany Relegated to the 2016 Division I A

2015 IIHF Junior World Champions  Canada 16th title

Note that due to the lack of playoff games for determining the spots 5–8, these spots were determined by the preliminary round records for each team.

Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 14 to 20 December 2014.^[9]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belarus	5	4	1	0	0	22	9	+13	14
Norway	5	2	2	0	1	16	11	+5	10
Latvia	5	2	0	1	2	15	11	+4	7
Italy	5	1	1	0	3	16	22	−6	5
Austria	5	1	0	2	2	21	27	−6	5
Slovenia	5	1	0	1	3	17	27	−10	4

Promoted to the 2016 Top Division

Relegated to the 2016 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Dunaújváros, Hungary, from 14 to 20 December 2014.^[10]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	0	23	9	+14	15
Ukraine	5	2	1	0	2	10	11	−1	8
Poland	5	2	0	1	2	13	15	−2	7
France	5	2	0	1	2	11	13	−2	7
Japan	5	1	1	0	3	15	17	−2	5
Hungary	5	0	1	1	3	9	16	−7	3

Promoted to the 2016 Division I A

Relegated to the 2016 Division II A

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 7 to 13 December 2014.^[11]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Great Britain	5	4	1	0	0	22	13	+9	14
Lithuania	5	2	1	1	1	24	19	+5	9
South Korea	5	2	1	1	1	18	18	0	9
Netherlands	5	1	1	0	3	18	16	+2	5
Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	12	22	−10	4
Romania	5	1	0	1	3	18	24	−6	4

Promoted to the 2016 Division I B

Relegated to the 2016 Division II B

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 13 to 19 December 2014.^[12]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	5	5	0	0	0	22	9	+13	15
Spain	5	4	0	0	1	27	10	+17	12
Australia	5	2	0	1	2	15	15	0	7
Belgium	5	1	1	1	2	15	17	−2	6
Serbia	5	1	1	0	3	9	19	−10	5
Iceland	5	0	0	0	5	11	29	−18	0

Promoted to the 2016 Division II A

Relegated to the 2016 Division III

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 20 to 25 January 2015.^[13]

On December 27, 2014 organizers announced that the Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation withdrew their U20 team from the tournament.^[14]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	0	29	3	+26	12
New Zealand	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	+2	7
Mexico	4	1	1	0	2	8	10	−2	5
South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	4	22	−18	3
Turkey	4	1	0	0	3	7	15	−8	3

Promoted to the 2016 Division II B

References

1. "Canada to host more tourneys". International Ice Hockey Federation. May 9, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
2. "Heading to hockey’s meccas", IIHF.com. June 20, 2013
3. "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015, 2017 world junior championships", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
4. The Gazette (Montreal), "World Junior Championship is coming to town", Brenda Branswell, June 20, 2013
5. "IIHF statutes and bylaws" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
6. "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
7. "Officials Known". IIHF.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
8. "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF.com. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
9. Division I A statistics
10. Division I B statistics
11. Division II A statistics
12. Division II B statistics
13. Division III statistics
14. Bulgaria withdraws

External links

• http://www.worldjunior2015.com Official site
• http://hockeycanada.ca/2015juniors Hockey Canada site