1977 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

IIHF World Junior Championship 1977 Czechoslovakia December 22, 1976 –January 2, 1977 8 2 2 ihj Soviet Union 1 Canada Czechoslovakia Finland 28 251 53172 CAN Dale McCourt 18 1976 1978 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.1977 World Junior Championship Hockey Canada http://www.hockeycanada.ca/1/8/8/2/index1.shtml 2008-05-29 This was the fourth edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the first to be included in official IIHF records.IIHF World U20 Championships IIHF http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/all-medallists/u20.html 2008-05-29 Canada was represented by the 1976 Memorial Cup champions St. Catharines Fincups with eight additions from other OHA teams,1977 team Canada roster but the other seven nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.IIHF World Junior Championship History Hockey Canada http://www.hockeycanada.ca/3/5/6/7/index1.shtml 2008-05-29 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. main WDL 2 y USS USSR CAN CAN TCH TCH FIN FIN SWE SWE FRG FRG USA USA POL POL 7 0 0 51 19 5 1 1 50 20 4 1 2 32 17 4 0 3 35 29 3 0 4 28 30 2 0 5 18 33 1 1 5 25 45 0 1 6 12 58 #f7f6a8 1ST #dce5e5 2ND #ffdab9 3RD complete Hockey Canada 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.1978 Qualification Results #eee December 22, 1976 USA 3 – 6 FIN (2–3, 0–0, 1–3) Banská Bystrica #eff December 23, 1976 TCH 0 – 4 USSR (0–0, 0–2, 0–2) Banská Bystrica #eee December 23, 1976 POL 0 – 14 CAN (0–3, 0–5, 0–6) Banská Bystrica #eff December 23, 1976 SWE 5 – 4 FIN (1–2, 1–0, 3–2) Zvolen #eee December 23, 1976 USA 3 – 4 FRG (1–2, 0–2, 2–0) Zvolen #eff December 25, 1976 FRG 1 – 4 FIN Banská Bystrica #eee December 25, 1976 USA 8 – 5 SWE Banská Bystrica #eff December 25, 1976 CAN 4 – 4 TCH Zvolen #eee December 25, 1976 USSR 10 – 1 POL (3–0, 3–1, 4–0) Zvolen #eff December 26, 1976 TCH 8 – 2 FRG (2–1, 3–0, 3–1) Banská Bystrica #eee December 26, 1976 POL 2 – 2 USA Banská Bystrica #eff December 26, 1976 CAN 6 – 4 FIN (2–1, 2–2, 2–1) Zvolen #eee December 26, 1976 SWE 2 – 4 USSR (0–1, 2–3, 0–0) Zvolen #eff December 28, 1976 CAN 5 – 3 SWE Banská Bystrica #eee December 28, 1976 USSR 2 – 1 FRG (1–0, 1–1, 0–0) Banská Bystrica #eff December 28, 1976 FIN 8 – 2 POL (2–1, 3–0, 3–1) Zvolen #eee December 28, 1976 USA 2 – 5 TCH (1–1, 1–2, 0–2) Zvolen #eff December 29, 1976 FRG 1 – 9 CAN (0–2, 1–2, 0–5) Banská Bystrica #eee December 29, 1976 SWE 6 – 5 POL (2–1, 1–3, 3–1) Zvolen #eff December 30, 1976 USSR 15 – 5 USA (6–1, 6–1, 3–3) Banská Bystrica #eee December 30, 1976 TCH 2 – 3 FIN (1–0, 1–3, 0–0) Zvolen #eff January 1, 1977 FIN 6 – 10 USSR (0–3, 2–3, 4–4) Banská Bystrica #eee January 1, 1977 POL 0 – 9 TCH (0–3, 0–2, 0–4) Banská Bystrica #eff January 1, 1977 CAN 8 – 2 USA (3–2, 2–0, 3–0) Zvolen #eee January 1, 1977 FRG 0 – 5 SWE (0–1, 0–4, 0–0) Zvolen #eff January 2, 1977 TCH 4 – 2 SWE (2–0, 0–0, 2–2) Banská Bystrica #eee January 2, 1977 USSR 6 – 4 CAN (6–0, 0–0, 0–4) Zvolen #eff January 2, 1977 FRG 9 – 2 POL (3–0, 5–1, 1–1) Zvolen Scoring leaders RankPlayerCountryG GoalsA AssistsPts Points 1 Dale McCourt CAN 10 8 18 2 John Anderson CAN 11 5 16 3 Igor Romashin USSR 6 6 12 4 Juha Jyrkkiö FIN 7 4 11 5 Aleksei Frolikov USSR 6 5 11 6 Erkki Laine FIN 5 4 9 7 Joe Contini CAN 4 5 9 Gerd Truntschka FRG 4 5 9 9 Dave Hunter CAN 6 2 8 Jaroslav Korbela TCH 6 2 8 Tournament awards IIHF Directorate Awards Media All-Star Team Goaltender TCH Jan Hrabák USSR Alexander Tyzhnykh Defencemen USSR Viacheslav Fetisov USSR Viacheslav FetisovFIN Risto Siltanen Forwards CAN Dale McCourt CAN Dale McCourtUSSR Igor RomashinSWE Bengt-Åke Gustafsson References External links IIHF World Junior Championship All-Star Teams Hockey Canada http://www.hockeycanada.ca/3/5/7/2/index1.shtml 2008-05-29 WJHC History - 1977–1981 TSN.ca CTVglobemedia https://www.tsn.ca/World_jrs/feature/?fid=3224 2008-05-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20101221053931/http://tsn.ca/World_jrs/feature/?fid=3224 2010-12-21 dead Championnat du monde 1977 des moins de 20 ans http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-20_1977.htm 2011-10-19 Category:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Category:1976 in Czechoslovak sport Category:1976 in ice hockey Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia Category:December 1976 sports events in Europe Category:January 1977 sports events in Europe Category:Sport in Banská Bystrica Category:Sport in Zvolen