2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2004 WJHC) was held between December 26, 2003, and January 5, 2004, in Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland. The United States won their first ever gold medal, defeating Canada 4–3 in the final.

2004 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 2003 – January 5, 2004
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	190 (6.13 per game)
Attendance	116,556 (3,760 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Nigel Dawes (11 points)
MVP	Zach Parise

Venues

Helsinki Ice Arena Capacity: 8,200	Hameenlinna Ice Arena Capacity: 5,360
Finland – Helsinki	Finland – Hämeenlinna

Rosters

Main article: 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	21	4	+17	8	Semifinals
2	Slovakia	4	2	1	1	9	7	+2	5	Quarterfinals
3	Russia	4	2	1	1	11	10	+1	5
4	Sweden	4	1	0	3	13	10	+3	2	Relegation round
5	Austria	4	0	0	4	1	24	−23	0

Source:

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003 15:00

Slovakia

2–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Russia

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,884

Game reference
	Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Konstantin Barulin	Referee: Derek Herman Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Seppo Lindroos
	0 – 1 02:43 – PP1 – Ovechkin (Shkotov, Pestunov) Ružička (Bulík, Špirko) – 21:02 1 – 1 1 – 2 40:30 – Shkotov (Ovechkin, Korneev) Šagát (Baláž) – 50:37 2 – 2
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	33

December 26, 2003 18:30

Austria

0–8 (0–2, 0–3, 0–3)

United States

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,947

Game reference
	Mathias Lange	Goalies	Al Montoya	Referee: Sergej Kafrabanov Linesmen: Stanislav Barvir Derek Doucette
	0 – 1 02:09 – PP1 – Wisniewski (Parise) 0 – 2 08:12 – Sterling (Stuart, Montoya) 0 – 3 30:49 – PP2 – Parise (Richmond, Eaves) 0 – 4 31:05 – PP1 – Kesler (Eaves) 0 – 5 34:46 – SH1 – Eaves (Likens) 0 – 6 48:55 – Parise (Fritsche) 0 – 7 52:17 – PP1 – Parise (Wisniewski) 0 – 8 54:14 – Sterling (Stuart)
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	15	Shots	61

December 27, 2003 16:00

Sweden

7–0 (1–0, 1–0, 5–0)

Austria

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 741

Game reference
	Joakim Lundstrom	Goalies	Mathias Lange	Referee: Jyri Petteri Ronn Linesmen: Thomas Geinke Christian Neubert
	Blomdahl (Björk, Eckerblom) – 10:47 1 – 0 Kalgoum (Salmonsson) – 32:19 2 – 0 Johnsson (Eckerblom, Andersson) – 46:53 3 – 0 Steen (Eriksson) – 47:42 4 – 0 Danielsson (Tang) – PP1 - 54:02 5 – 0 Fransson (Nilsson, Andersson) – 54:32 6 – 0 Fransson (Blomqvist, Danielsson) – PP2 – 58:55 7 – 0
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	43	Shots	16

December 28, 2003 15:00

United States

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,938

Game reference
	Al Montoya	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Derek Doucette Stefan Fonselius
	Booth (Dowell) - 08:05 1 – 0 Murray (Richmond) – PP1 – 27:00 2 – 0 Murray – 44:32 3 – 0 Kesler – PP1 – 48:15 4 – 0 Werner (Parise) – 50:23 5 – 0
	16 min	Penalties	28 min
	43	Shots	18

December 28, 2003 18:30

Russia

5–3 (2–0, 0–2, 3–1)

Sweden

Helsinki Attendance: 2,801

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin	Goalies	Joakim Lundström	Referee: Wilhelm Schimm Linesmen: Stanislav Barvir Seppo Lindroos
	Semin (Malkin, Anshakov) – PP1 – 07:07 1 – 0 Ovechkin (Korneev, Malkin) – PP1 – 18:30 2 – 0 2 – 1 35:08 – Andersson (Valdix) 2 – 2 36:15 – Kalgoum (Hult) Anshakov (Malkin) – 46:38 3 – 2 3 – 3 50:55 – PP1 – Nilsson (Björk, Tang) Anshakov (Spiridonov, Semin) – 56:35 4 – 3 Shkotov (Ovechkin, Pestunov) – ENG – 59:59 5 – 3
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	29	Shots	26

December 29, 2003 18:30

Austria

1–3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Russia

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 831

Game reference
	Mathias Lange Thomas Innerwinkler	Goalies	Denis Khudyakov	Referee: Derek Herman Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Christian Neubert
	0 – 1 17:38 – Anshakov (Gimaev, Semin) Vanek (Latusa, Harand) – 26:55 1 – 1 1 – 2 31:32 – Malkin (Spiridonov, Khudyakov) 1 – 3 53:14 – Ovechkin (Korneev, Shkotov)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	50

December 30, 2003 16:00

United States

4–3 (2–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Sweden

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,948

Game reference
	Al Montoya	Goalies	Magnus Åkerlund Joakim Lundström	Referee: Derek Herman Linesmen: Stanislav Barvir Seppo Lindroos
	Werner (Wisniewski, Parise) – PP1 – 05:26 1 – 0 Carle (Dowell, Stafford) – 11:29 2 – 0 2 – 1 25:34 – Steen Sterling (Moore, Suter) – 33:21 3 – 1 3 – 2 35:22 – Fransson (Valdix, Andersson) 3 – 3 47:25 – PP1 – Meijer (Enström) Werner (Parise, Wisniewski) – SH1 – 48:42 4 – 3
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	25

December 30, 2003 19:30

Slovakia

6–0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Austria

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,935

Game reference
	Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Mathias Lange Thomas Innerwinkler	Referee: Jyri Petteri Ronn Linesmen: Thomas Gienke Seppo Lindroos
	Meszároš (Pokrivčák, Špirko) – PP1 – 08:21 1 – 0 Ružička (Stehlík) – 29:21 2 – 0 Stehlík (Biermann, Lukáč) – 29:29 3 – 0 Ružička – 31:41 4 – 0 Troliga (Špirko, Baranka) – 33:49 5 – 0 Špirko (Hruška, Pokrivčák) – 50:12 6 – 0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	21

December 31, 2003 16:00

Russia

1–4 (0–3, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,874

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin Denis Khudyakov	Goalies	Al Montoya	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Derek Doucette Stanislav Barvir
	0 – 1 09:45 – PP1 – O'Sullivan (Eaves, Suter) 0 – 2 18:48 – PP2 – Parise (Eaves) 0 – 3 19:21 – PP1 – Werner (Parise) 0 – 4 35:57 – SH1 – Parise Anshakov (Gimaev, Spiridonov) – PP2 – 50:45 1 – 4
	34 min	Penalties	24 min
	30	Shots	35

December 31, 2003 19:30

Sweden

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 3,860

Game reference
	Joakim Lundström	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referee: Jyri Petteri Ronn Linesmen: Seppo Lindroos Stefan Fonselius
	0 – 1 59:24 – ENG – Fábry (Ružička, Bulík)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	24

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	25	4	+21	8	Semifinals
2	Finland	4	3	0	1	19	6	+13	6	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic	4	2	0	2	14	9	+5	4
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	14	11	+3	2	Relegation round
5	Ukraine	4	0	0	4	1	43	−42	0

Source:

All times local (EET/UTC+2).

December 26, 2003 15:00

Czech Republic

8–0 (4–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Ukraine

Helsinki

Game reference

December 26, 2003 18:30

Canada

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

Helsinki Attendance: 3,947

Game reference
				Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Mikael Ljungqvist
	Phaneuf (Stewart, Dawes) – 15:52 1 – 0 Paille (Talbot) – 32:41 2 – 0 Stewart (Richards) – 44:27 3 – 0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min

December 27, 2003 16:00

Switzerland

11–0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Ukraine

Helsinki

Game reference

December 28, 2003 15:00

Canada

7–2 (3–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Switzerland

Helsinki Attendance: 1,320

Game reference
	Marc-André Fleury	Goalies	Daniel Manzato	Referee: Peter Ország Linesmen: Christian Neubert Thomas Gienke
	0 – 1 04:43 – Grauwiler (Bärtschi) Richards – PS – 08:13 1 – 1 Coburn (Burns) – 10:46 2 – 1 Getzlaf (Seabrook) – PP1 – 16:24 3 – 1 Getzlaf (Carter, Burns) – 23:35 4 – 1 Stewart (Dawes) – 41:41 5 – 1 5 – 2 43:09 – Ehrensperger Stewart (Dawes) – 52:57 6 – 2 Crosby (Phaneuf, Stewart) – 59:46 7 – 2
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	23

December 28, 2003 18:30

Finland

3–2 (0–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Hämeenlinna Attendance: 4,418

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin	Goalies	Joakim Lundström	Referee: Sergej Karabanov Linesmen: Konstantin Gordenko Allen Stensland
	0 – 1 Olesz (Hudler, Chvátal) – 12:36 0 – 2 Olesz (Kašpar) – 17:42 39:32 – Töykkälä 1 – 2 40:17 – PP1 – Lepisto (Salmela, Filppula) 2 – 2 55:40 – Filppula (Bergenheim) 3 – 2
	39 min	Penalties	20 min
	35	Shots	24

December 29, 2003 18:30

Ukraine

0–10 (0–3, 0–6, 0–1)

Canada

Helsinki Attendance: 992

Game reference
	Yevgeniy Galyuk Illia Tarankov	Goalies	Josh Harding	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Allen Stensland Thomas Gienke
	0 – 1 00:33 – Carter (Burns) 0 – 2 01:17 – Stewart (Richards, Seabrook) 0 – 3 14:17 – PP1 – Seabrook (Getzlaf, Gorges) 0 – 4 23:10 – Tambellini (Dixon) 0 – 5 28:25 – Crosby (Tambellini) 0 – 6 29:54 – Dawes (Carter, Stewart) 0 – 7 32:05 – Brent (Talbot) 0 – 8 32:56 – Dawes (Gorges) 0 – 9 37:12 – PP1 – Paille (Talbot, Brent) 0 – 10 54:50 – PP1 – Paille (Tambellini, Belle)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	11	Shots	55

December 30, 2003 16:00

Switzerland

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Helsinki

Game reference

December 30, 2003 19:30

Ukraine

1–14 (0–4, 1–4, 0–6)

Finland

Helsinki Attendance: 4,271

Game reference
	Illia Tarankov	Goalies	Mikael Vuorio	Referee: Peter Ország Linesmen: Christian Neubert Miroslav Halecký
	0 – 1 05:50 – Tukonen (Oksa) 0 – 2 11:13 – Kontiola (Tukonen) 0 – 3 12:34 – Lepistö (Filppula, Bergenheim) 0 – 4 18:16 – Lepistö (Immonen, Marjamäki) 0 – 5 20:59 – PP1 – Immonen (Kantee) 0 – 6 29:31 – Jalasvaara (Töykkälä) Lubnin (Katrych, Kyrychenko) – PP1 – 32:31 1 – 6 1 – 7 38:26 – PP2 – Filppula (Varakas, Bergenheim) 1 – 8 39:13 – PP2 – Lepistö (Salmela) 1 – 9 43:43 – Salmela (Töykkälä, Immonen) 1 – 10 48:59 – SH1 – Filppula 1 – 11 51:18 – PP1 – Bergenheim (Lepistö) 1 – 12 53:28 – Piispanen (Nurmi) 1 – 13 54:11 – Immonen (Varakas) 1 – 14 59:41 – Nurmi (Kalteva)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	60

December 31, 2003 16:00

Czech Republic

2–5 (0–3, 1–2, 1–0)

Canada

Helsinki Attendance: 2,816

Game reference
	Marek Schwarz Tomáš Pöpperle	Goalies	Marc-André Fleury	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Mikael Ljungqvist Allen Stensland
	0 – 1 06:53 – Tambellini (Crosby) 0 – 2 16:01 – Carter (Getzlaf, Burns) 0 – 3 19:30 – PP2 – Dawes (Stewart, Meech) 0 – 4 29:59 – PP1 – Phaneuf (Getzlaf) Ovčáčík (Kanko, Koreis) – 34:47 1 – 4 1 – 5 39:41 – Carter (Phaneuf) Šmíd (Hudler) – PP1 – 50:18 2 – 5
	12 min	Penalties	24 min
	29	Shots	30

December 31, 2003 19:30

Finland

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Helsinki Attendance: 3,680

Game reference
	Hannu Toivonen	Goalies	Michael Tobler	Referee: Wilhelm Schimm Linesmen: Konstantin Gordenko Miroslav Halecký
	Nokelainen (Filppula) – 19:11 1 – 0 Junnila (Varakas) – 55:37 2 – 0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	40	Shots	8

Relegation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	6
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	20	6	+14	4
3	Austria	3	0	1	2	4	15	−11	1	Relegated to the 2005 Division I
4	Ukraine	3	0	1	2	2	17	−15	1

Source:

(all games at Hämeenlinna)

January 2

• Sweden 4–0 Ukraine
• Switzerland 6–2 Austria

January 3

• Austria 2–2 Ukraine
• Sweden 4–3 Switzerland

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

2

B2

Finland

4

B2

Finland

1

A3

Russia

3

A1

United States

4

B1

Canada

3

B1

Canada

7

A2

Slovakia

2

B3

Czech Republic

1

B3

Czech Republic

4

Third place

B2

Finland

2

B3

Czech Republic

1

Quarterfinals

2 January 2004 16:00

Slovakia

2–4 (1–1, 1–3, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,502

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	47

2 January 2004 20:00

Finland

4–3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Russia

Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,720

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	22

Semifinals

3 January 2004 15:00

Canada

7–1 (2–1, 1–0, 4–0)

Czech Republic

Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,911

Game reference
	35 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	16

3 January 2004 19:00

United States

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Finland

Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,965

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	26

Fifth place game

4 January 2004 15:00

Russia

3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Slovakia

Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 1,940

Game reference
	33 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	21

Bronze medal game

5 January 2004 15:00

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Finland

Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	30

Final

5 January 2004 19:00

Canada

3–4 (1–1, 2–0, 0–3)

United States

Helsinki Ice Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 7,364

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	28

The victory gave the United States its first WJC gold medal ever, and its first medal since a silver medal in 1997 when it lost 2–0 to Canada in the final.

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Nigel Dawes	Canada	6	6	5	11
2	Zach Parise	United States	6	5	6	11
2	Anthony Stewart	Canada	6	5	6	11
4	Valtteri Filppula	Finland	7	4	5	9
5	Sami Lepistö	Finland	7	4	4	8
6	Patrik Bärtschi	Switzerland	6	3	5	8
7	Sergei Anshakov	Russia	6	5	2	7
7	Jeff Carter	Canada	6	5	2	7
7	Gianni Ehrensperger	Switzerland	6	5	2	7
7	Alexander Ovechkin	Russia	6	5	2	7

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

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

Rank	Player	Country	TOI	SOG	GA	GAA	Saves	Sv %	SO
1	Al Montoya	United States	360:00	144	8	1.33	136	94.44	2
2	Joakim Lundström	Sweden	299:08	105	7	1.40	98	93.33	1
3	Denis Khudyakov	Russia	160:00	58	4	1.50	54	93.10	0
4	Jaroslav Halák	Slovakia	360:00	194	14	2.33	180	92.78	2
5	Hannu Toivonen	Finland	357:25	137	11	1.85	126	91.97	1

Tournament awards

	IIHF Directorate Awards	Media All-Star Team
Goaltender	Al Montoya	Al Montoya
Defencemen	Sami Lepistö	Dion Phaneuf Sami Lepistö
Forwards	Zach Parise	Valtteri Filppula Jeff Carter Zach Parise

Most Valuable Player

Zach Parise

Final standings

	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Finland
4	Czech Republic
5	Russia
6	Slovakia
7	Sweden
8	Switzerland
9	Austria
10	Ukraine

Division I

The Division I Championships were played on December 14–20, 2003 in Berlin, Germany (Group A) and on December 13–19, 2003 in Briançon, France (Group B).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany	5	3	2	0	29	10	+19	8	Promoted to the 2005 Top Division
2	Denmark	5	3	1	1	23	16	+7	7
3	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	18	19	−1	6
4	Latvia	5	2	2	1	35	19	+16	6
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	16	19	−3	3
6	Hungary	5	0	0	5	8	46	−38	0	Relegated to the 2005 Division II

Source: IIHF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belarus	5	5	0	0	34	11	+23	10	Promoted to the 2005 Top Division
2	Norway	5	3	0	2	21	10	+11	6
3	France	5	3	0	2	22	16	+6	6
4	Italy	5	3	0	2	15	18	−3	6
5	Estonia	5	1	0	4	9	33	−24	2
6	Japan	5	0	0	5	9	22	−13	0	Relegated to the 2005 Division II

Source:

Division II

The Division II Championships were played on December 28, 2003 – January 3, 2004 in Sosnowiec, Poland (Group A) and on January 5–11, 2004 in Kaunas and Elektrėnai, Lithuania (Group B).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Poland	5	5	0	0	59	4	+55	10	Promoted to the 2005 Division I
2	Romania	5	3	1	1	44	16	+28	7
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	32	19	+13	6
4	Spain	5	2	1	2	21	32	−11	5
5	Belgium	5	1	0	4	16	31	−15	2
6	Iceland	5	0	0	5	10	80	−70	0	Relegated to the 2005 Division III

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	38	5	+33	10	Promoted to the 2005 Division I
2	South Korea	5	4	0	1	45	7	+38	8
3	Croatia	5	2	0	3	18	18	0	4
4	Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	0	3	15	21	−6	4
5	Lithuania	5	2	0	3	12	25	−13	4
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	4	56	−52	0	Relegated to the 2005 Division III

Source:

Division III

The Division III Championship was played on January 5–11, 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	42	13	+29	10	Promoted to the 2005 Division II
2	China	5	4	0	1	41	10	+31	8
3	Mexico	5	3	0	2	25	16	+9	6
4	Turkey	5	1	0	4	10	38	−28	2
5	Bulgaria	5	1	0	4	13	34	−21	2
6	New Zealand	5	1	0	4	10	30	−20	2

Source: IIHF

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–32, 171.