2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The championships began on December 26, 2005, and finished on January 5, 2006. Games were played at GM Place and Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops and Prospera Place in Kelowna. Canada was the winner defeating Russia 5–0 in the gold medal game. Total attendance was 325,138 spread over 31 games, for an average of 10,488 per game.
Top Division
Preliminary round
All times are local .Group A
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Group B
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Relegation round
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Final round
Quarterfinals
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Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Justin Pogge | 360:00 | 6 | 1.00 | 95.20 | 3 | |
| 2 | Daniel Larsson | 249:26 | 4 | 0.96 | 95.18 | 1 | |
| 3 | Tuukka Rask | 369:26 | 13 | 2.11 | 93.98 | 1 | |
| 4 | Anton Khudobin | 300:00 | 11 | 2.20 | 93.29 | 0 | |
| 5 | Cory Schneider | 359:06 | 16 | 2.67 | 91.21 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice ; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Awards
- Best players selected by the Directorate:
- *Best Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
- *Best Defenceman: Marc Staal
- *Best Forward: Evgeni Malkin
- Media All-Stars:
- *MVP: Evgeni Malkin
- *Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
- *Defencemen: Luc Bourdon / Jack Johnson
- *Forwards: Evgeni Malkin / Lauri Tukonen / Steve Downie