1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

August 2023 IIHF World U20 Championship 1982 United States Canada December 22, 1981 –January 2, 1982 8 15 15 ihj CAN 1 TCH FIN USSR 28 282 86941 FIN Raimo Summanen 16 1981 1983 The 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1982 WJHC) was the sixth edition Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held from December 22, 1981, until January 2, 1982. The tournament was hosted by the United States in various cities across the state of Minnesota with some games also played in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. Canada won their first gold medal at the World Juniors, while Czechoslovakia and Finland won silver and bronze, respectively. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union finished fourth, marking the only time they played an entire World Juniors tournament and failed to win a medal (the USSR was disqualified in 1987). The host United States featuring future hall of famers John Vanbiesbrouck, Chris Chelios, and Phil Housley, finished sixth. Pool A The 1982 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. Final standings main WDL QR 2 y CAN CAN TCH TCH FIN FIN URS URS SWE SWE USA USA FRG FRG SUI SUI 6 1 0 45 14 5 1 1 44 17 5 0 2 47 29 4 0 3 42 25 4 0 3 42 26 2 0 5 28 34 1 0 6 19 56 0 0 7 15 81 #F7F6A8 1ST #DCE5E5 2ND #FFDAB9 3RD red1 R complete Hockey Canada SUI was relegated to Pool B for the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Results #eee December 22, 1981 FIN 1 – 5 CAN (0–3, 1–1, 0–1) Winnipeg, Manitoba #eff December 22, 1981 SWE 17 – 0 SUI (5–0, 4–0, 8–0) Kenora, Ontario #eee December 22, 1981 URS 12 – 3 FRG Duluth #eff December 22, 1981 USA 4 – 6 TCH (1–4, 2–0, 1–2) Duluth #eee December 23, 1981 CAN 3 – 2 SWE (0–1, 1–0, 2–1) Winnipeg, Manitoba #eff December 23, 1981 FIN 14 – 2 SUI Brandon, Manitoba #eee December 23, 1981 USA 8 – 1 FRG Duluth #eff December 23, 1981 URS 2 – 3 TCH (2-2, 0–0, 0–1) Duluth #eee December 26, 1981 URS 0 – 7 CAN (0–2, 0–1, 0–4) 21 36 Winnipeg, Manitoba #eff December 26, 1981 USA 6 – 3 SUI (3–0, 2–2, 1–1) Grand Rapids #eee December 26, 1981 SWE 5 – 1 FRG (1–1, 3–0, 1–0) Brainerd #eff December 26, 1981 TCH 5 – 1 FIN (2–0, 2–0, 1–1) Virginia #eee December 27, 1981 USA 4 – 5 CAN (2–0, 1–4, 1–1) Bloomington #eff December 27, 1981 SWE 6 – 4 TCH (1–2, 5–0, 0–2) Bloomington #eee December 27, 1981 URS 11 – 4 SUI International Falls #eff December 27, 1981 FRG 4 – 8 FIN St. Cloud #eee December 29, 1981 CAN 11 – 3 FRG (4–0, 4–2, 3–1) Bloomington #eff December 29, 1981 TCH 16 – 0 SUI (7–0, 5–0, 4–0) Bloomington #eee December 29, 1981 USA 0 – 7 URS (0–5, 0–1, 0–1) Bloomington #eff December 30, 1981 SWE 6 – 9 FIN (1–3, 2–2, 3–4) Burnsville #eee December 31, 1981 FRG 1 – 7 TCH (0–3, 1–1, 0–3) New Ulm #eff December 31, 1981 FIN 6 – 3 URS (0–1, 4–1, 2–1) Bloomington #eee December 31, 1981 USA 2 – 4 SWE (0–3, 1–1, 1–0) Bloomington #eff January 1, 1982 CAN 11 – 1 SUI (4–0, 3–1, 4–0) Minneapolis #eee January 2, 1982 FRG 6 – 5 SUI (3–2, 0–2, 3–1) Mankato #eff January 2, 1982 SWE 2 – 7 URS (0–0, 0–4, 2–3) Bloomington #eee January 2, 1982 USA 4 – 8 FIN Bloomington #eff January 2, 1982 CAN 3 – 3 TCH (1–1, 0–1, 2–1) Rochester Scoring leaders RankPlayerCountryG GoalsA AssistsPts Points 1 Raimo Summanen FIN 7 9 16 2 Petri Skriko FIN 8 7 15 3 Risto Jalo FIN 7 8 15 4 Mike Moller CAN 5 9 14 5 Anatoli Semenov URS 5 8 13 6 Marc Habscheid CAN 6 6 12 7 Scott Arniel CAN 5 6 11 8 Bruce Eakin CAN 4 7 11 9 Oleg Starkov URS 3 8 11 10 Magnus Roupé SWE 7 3 10 Tournament awards IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team Goaltender CAN Mike Moffat CAN Mike Moffat Defencemen CAN Gord Kluzak CAN Gord KluzakURS Ilya Byakin Forwards FIN Petri Skriko FIN Petri SkrikoTCH Vladimír RůžičkaCAN Mike Moller Pool B Pool B was played on March 16–20, in Heerenveen in the Netherlands. Two groups of four played round robins, with placement games pitting the respective finishers against each other. Japan made their debut, replacing absent Poland. Preliminary round Group A main WDL 2 n y AUT AUT DEN DEN FRA FRA YUG YUG 3 0 0 19 10 2 0 1 18 12 1 0 2 12 14 0 0 3 9 22 complete #eee DEN YUG 7 – 3 Heerenveen #eff AUT FRA 4 – 3 Heerenveen #eee AUT YUG 9 – 5 Heerenveen #eff DEN FRA 9 – 3 Heerenveen #eee AUT DEN 6 – 2 Heerenveen #eff FRA YUG 6 – 1 Heerenveen Group B main WDL 2 n y NOR NOR JPN JPN ITA ITA NED NED 3 0 0 15 6 2 0 1 16 8 0 1 2 6 13 0 1 2 6 16 complete #eee NOR JPN 4 – 2 Heerenveen #eff NED ITA 2 – 2 Heerenveen #eee NOR ITA 6 – 2 Heerenveen #eff JPN NED 9 – 2 Heerenveen #eee JPN ITA 5 – 2 Heerenveen #eff NOR NED 5 – 2 Heerenveen Final round 7th place game #eee NED YUG 6 – 3 (2–2, 2–0, 3–1) Heerenveen 5th place game #eee FRA ITA 6 – 2 (3–0, 1–1, 2–1) Heerenveen 3rd place game #eee JPN DEN 6 – 4 (2–2, 2–2, 2–0) Heerenveen 1st place game #eee NOR AUT 3 – 2 (2–1, 1–1, 0–0) Heerenveen NOR was promoted to Pool A for the 1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Scoring leaders RankPlayerCountryG GoalsA AssistsPts Points 1 Wolfgang Kocher AUT 7 2 9 2 Erik Lodberg DEN 6 0 6 3 Jean-Francois Beaudoing FRA 4 2 6 Motoki Ebina JPN 4 2 6 Finn Juhl DEN 4 2 6 6 Franck Ganis FRA 3 3 6 Toshiyuki Sakai JPN 3 3 6 Herbert Keckeis AUT 3 3 6 9 Milos Piperski YUG 5 0 5 References Podnieks Andrew Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999 1998 ECW Press 1-55022-382-8 registration https://archive.org/details/redwhitegoldcana0000podn 1982 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN Results at passionhockey.com Category:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Canada World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by the United States Category:Ice hockey competitions in Minnesota Category:Ice hockey competitions in Ontario World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 1982 Category:Ice hockey competitions in Minneapolis World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 1982 Category:Bloomington, Minnesota Category:Sports competitions in Duluth, Minnesota Category:20th century in Duluth, Minnesota Category:New Ulm, Minnesota Category:Sports in Mankato, Minnesota Category:Ice hockey competitions in Brandon, Manitoba Category:International Falls, Minnesota Category:Sports in St. Cloud, Minnesota Category:Sports in Kenora World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Category:1981–82 in Dutch ice hockey World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 1982 Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands