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The 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships (''2011 WJHC''), was the 35th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was hosted by the United States. The games were played in
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, at
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in Buffalo and
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's Dwyer Arena in Lewiston.
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won their 4th gold medal and 13th overall with a 5–3 victory over
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in the championship game, after completing the biggest comeback in the WJHC history; being down 3–0 after two periods, the Russians scored five goals in the third period to capture their first WJHC gold medal since
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. The host team, the
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, won the bronze medal with a 4–2 win over
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.


Bid process

Co-host of the 2005 tournament,
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, also submitted a bid to host the 2011 tournament. In addition,
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was mentioned as a possible host city.


Venues


Summary


Exhibition games

A series of five exhibition games were held between several of the teams at Sports Centre at MCC in Brighton, New York and the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena in
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in conjunction with, and immediately prior to, the tournament.


Preliminary round

The Preliminary Round robin consisted of two pools of five teams each, played in a round robin format. The United States (Pool A) and Sweden (Pool B) went undefeated to finish first in their respective pools and earn an automatic berth in the semifinals. To qualify for the quarterfinals, Canada and Russia finished second and third in Pool B while Finland and Switzerland did likewise in Pool A. The remaining teams, Slovakia, Germany, Czech Republic and Norway, were sent to the relegation round.


Relegation round

In the relegation round, Slovakia and Norway played in the first game, with Slovakia winning 5–0. The Czech Republic defeated Germany 3–2 in the second game. After the first day of action, the final results were decided and the remaining games were meaningless. Germany lost to Norway 3–1 and the Czech Republic defeated Slovakia 5–2 in the final relegation games. Norway and Germany were relegated to Division I for the 2012 tournament.


Medal round


Quarterfinals

The first quarterfinal game saw Russia take on Finland. Russia trailed by two goals late in the game, but scored twice to tie and send it to overtime.
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scored the game-winning goal in overtime. In the other quarterfinal, Canada easily defeated Switzerland 4–1.


Semifinals

The first semi-final featured Russia and Sweden. Controversy erupted in the second period as an apparent icing call on Russia was waved off by the on-ice officials, allowing the Russians to score and take a 2–0 lead. The Swedish team protested the non-call, but the goal stood. The Swedes did forge a comeback and took a 3–2 lead in the third period, but the Russians scored late to force overtime for the second consecutive game. The game went to a shootout with Russia winning, 4–3. The second semifinal was a highly anticipated rematch of the previous year's gold medal game between Canada and the United States, the defending champions. In front of a mainly Canadian crowd that made the trip to Buffalo, Canada earned a berth in the final with a 4–1 victory over their American
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Fifth place game

The fifth place game featured the losing teams of the quarter-final games. Switzerland defeated Finland 3–2 in a shootout to take fifth place.


Bronze medal game

The United States defeated Sweden 4–2 to win the bronze medal, its first ever WJHC medal on home ice.


Gold medal game

The gold medal game was between Canada and Russia. The game marked Canada's tenth consecutive appearance in the final. The Russians had lost their three previous gold medal games to Canada. Canada led 3–0 after two periods. However, the Russians scored five unanswered goals in the third period, including two in a span of 13 seconds, to win the game 5–3 and capture the gold medal. It was Russia's first gold medal since 2003 and Canada's second straight silver medal finish. Brayden Schenn of Canada was named the tournament's
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. The game delivered one of the largest television audiences in Canadian history, with an average of 6.88 million viewers watching on TSN and another 652,000 watching the French-language broadcast on RDS. An estimated half of Canadians watched a portion or all of the game.


Top division


Rosters


Preliminary round


Group A

''All times are local (
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UTC−5).''


Group B

''All times are local (
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UTC−5).''


Relegation round

The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round were carried forward to this round. ''All times are local (
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UTC−5).''


Final round


Quarterfinals


Semifinals


5th place playoff


Bronze medal game


Gold medal game


Scoring leaders


Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)


Tournament awards

;Most Valuable Player * Brayden Schenn ;All-star team * Goaltender: Jack Campbell * Defencemen: Ryan Ellis, Dmitri Orlov * Forwards: Brayden Schenn, Ryan Johansen,
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;IIHF best player awards * Goaltender: Jack Campbell * Defenceman: Ryan Ellis * Forward: Brayden Schenn


Final standings


Division I


Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in
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, Belarus, from December 13 to December 19, 2010.


Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in
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, Slovenia, from December 12 to December 18, 2010.


Division II


Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in
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, Estonia, from December 13 to December 19, 2010.


Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, from December 13 to December 19, 2010.


Division III

The Division III tournament was played in
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Rosters


References


External links


Buffalo World Junior Hockey Championship Website

Official website of IIHF
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