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Canada: 4 W - 1 T - 2 L, Bronze Medal

With the Russian hosts fizzling and fighting on home ice, the Czech Republic won a second straight world junior gold medal, this time going undefeated.

Canada got off to a slow start but improved steadily. The turning point was a 3-1 loss to Russia, which changed the fortunes of both teams. Russia's final goal was a break-away empty-netter by top prospect Ilya Kovalchuk, who pumped his fist several times before scoring the easy clincher.

The Russians, fighting among themselves, would not win another game until their last, and they slid down to seventh place.

The Canadians, fired up by Kovalchuk's display, rebounded to beat Switzerland 8-4 and then got a late goal by Jamie Lundmark to beat the United States 2-1 in the quarterfinals. Just one win away from the gold medal game, however, Canada ran into a hot goaltender in Finland's Ari Ahonen and lost 5-2.

Undaunted, the Canadians won the bronze medal with a 2-1 overtime win over Sweden. Raffi Torres scored 37 seconds in to the extra frame to give Canada a solid third place finish.

After dominating the round-robin, the Czechs won three straight one-goal games to claim the gold medal. After edging Switzerland 4-3 in the quarterfinals, the Czech Republic earned a narrow 1-0 win over Sweden in the semifinals.

The Finns, led by Ahonen and top goal scorer Jani Rita, awaited the Czechs in the gold medal game, and it was another tight affair. Vaclav Nedorost scored the winner in the second period as the Czechs prevailed 2-1 to win their second straight title.

Although the playoff games were close, the Czechs swept the awards show, claiming all three trophies. Tomas Duba was the top goaltender, Rostislav Klesla was the best defenceman, and Pavel Brendl, who won the scoring title with 10 points, was the top forward. 

 

Group A

 
COUNTRY GP W T L GF GA PTS
Czech Rep.  4 4  0  0  20  4  8 
United States  4  3  0  1  21  8  6 
Sweden  4  2  0  2  13  8  4 
Slovakia  4  1  0  3  10  15  2 
Kazakhstan  4  0  0  4  4  33  0 
 

Group B

 
COUNTRY GP W T L GF GA PTS
Finland  4  3  1  0  13  5  7 
Russia  4  2  1  1  19  8  5 
Canada  4  2  1  1  20  9  5 
Switzerland  4  1  1  2  12  15  3 
Belarus  4  0  0  4  2  29  0 
 

 

MEDAL GAMES
 Gold - Czech Republic 2, Finland 1
 Bronze - Canada 2, Sweden 1 (OT)

 

Team Canada Roster (GP - G - A - Pts)

Jamie Lundmark (7 - 4 - 3 - 7)
Mike Cammalleri (7 - 4 - 2 - 6)
Jason Spezza (7 - 3 - 3 - 6)
Dany Heatley (7 - 3 - 2 - 5)
Raffi Torres (7 - 3 - 2 - 5)
Mike Zigomanis (7 - 2 - 2 - 4)
Brad Boyes (7 - 1 - 3 - 4)
Brandon Reid (7 - 1 - 3 - 4)
Steve Ott (7 - 2 - 1 - 3)
Derek MacKenzie (7 - 1 - 2 - 3)
Barret Jackman (7 - 0 - 3 - 3)
Steve McCarthy (7 - 1 - 1 - 2)
Jay Bouwmeester (7 - 0 - 2 - 2)
Mark Popovic (7 - 0 - 2 - 2)
Jarret Stoll (7 - 0 - 2 - 2)
Jason Jaspers (7 - 1 - 0 - 1)
David Morisset (7 - 0 - 1 - 1)
Dan Hamhuis (7 - 0 - 1 - 1)
Jay Harrison (7 - 0 - 0 - 0)
Nick Schultz (7 - 0 - 0 - 0) 

Team Canada Goaltending (W-L-T - GAA - SO)

Maxim Ouellet (4-2-1 - 1.50 - 1)
Alex Auld (0-0-0 - 12.00 - 0) 

 

Tournament All-Stars

   
G - Ari Ahonen (FIN) F - Pavel Brendl (CZE)
D - Rostislav Klesla (CZE)  F - Jason Spezza (CAN) 
D - Tuuka Mantyla (FIN) F - Jani Rita (FIN)

Top Scorers

 
PLAYER GP G A P
Pavel Brendl (CZE)   7  4  6  10 
Jani Rita (FIN)  7  8  1  9 
Jon DiSalvatore (USA)  7  6  3  9 
Vaclav Nedorost (CZE)  7  4  5  9 
Andy Hilbert (USA)  7  4  5 9