1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 27, 1973, and January 6, 1974. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record.^[1] This was the first edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records.^[2] Canada was represented by a club team, the Peterborough Petes, while the other five nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.^[3]

1974 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Soviet Union
Dates	December 27, 1973 – January 6, 1974
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	135 (9 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Roland Eriksson (9 points)
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Final standings

The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	36	12	+24	10
2	Finland	5	3	2	0	21	23	−2	6
3	Canada	5	3	2	0	17	23	−6	6
4	Sweden	5	2	3	0	32	21	+11	4
5	United States	5	1	4	0	10	32	−22	2
6	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	0	19	24	−5	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Czechoslovakia

6 – 4 (3–1, 1–2, 2–1)

Sweden

Canada

5 – 4 (1–1, 1–2, 3–1)

United States

Soviet Union

6 – 2 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Finland

Sweden

9 – 4 (1–2, 6–2, 2–0)

Finland

United States

1 – 11 (0–6, 1–1, 0–4)

Sweden

Soviet Union

7 – 5 (1–0, 6–2, 0–3)

Czechoslovakia

Finland

4 – 3 (2–1, 0–2, 2–0)

Canada

Soviet Union

5 – 4 (2–2, 2–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Finland

5 – 1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–1)

United States

Canada

4 – 2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Czechoslovakia

Finland

6 – 4 (4–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Czechoslovakia

Canada

5 – 4 (1–2, 1–1, 3–1)

Sweden

Soviet Union

9 – 1 (3–0, 1–1, 5–0)

United States

United States

3 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Czechoslovakia

Soviet Union

9 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Canada

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	G	A	Pts
1	Roland Eriksson	Sweden	5	4	9
2	Viktor Khatulev	Soviet Union	3	6	9
3	Edmunds Vasiljevs	Soviet Union	7	1	8
	Mats Ulander	Sweden	7	1	8
5	Boris Aleksandrov	Soviet Union	6	1	7
6	Thomas Gradin	Sweden	4	3	7
7	Doug Jarvis	Canada	2	5	7
8	Viktor Vakhrushev	Soviet Union	1	6	7
9	Bo Berglund	Sweden	2	4	6
10	Vladimir Gostyuzhev	Soviet Union	1	5	6

Tournament awards

	Best Players	All-Star Team
Goaltender	Frank Salive	Tapio Virhimo
Defencemen	Viktor Kucherenko	Jim Turkiewicz   Paul McIntosh
Forwards	Mats Ulander	Thomas Gradin   Roland Eriksson   Ismo Villa

References

1. "1974 World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
2. "IIHF World U20 Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
3. "IIHF World Junior Championship History". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-22.

• "Matches internationaux des moins de 20 ans 1973/74". Retrieved 2011-10-08.