Juniors 1991

World Junior Championship Pool A,
1991, Saskatoon, Canada

1. Canada                    7 5 1 1 40:18 11
2. Soviet Union              7 5 1 1 44:15 11
3. Czechoslovakia            7 5 0 5 44:19 10
4. USA                       7 4 1 2 45:19  9
5. Finland                   7 3 1 3 35:30  7
6. Sweden                    7 3 0 4 32:29  6
7. Switzerland               7 1 0 6  5:48  2
8. Norway                    7 0 0 7  8:75  0
 
Scoring Leaders                   G  A TP
1. Doug Weight               USA  5 14 19
2. Eric Lindros              CAN  6 11 17
3. Pavel Bure                URS 12  3 15
4. Martin Ručinský           CZE  9  5 14
5. Žigmund Pálffy            CZE  7  6 13
6. Marko Jantunen            FIN  3 10 13

Best Players: Pauli Jacks (SWE) - Jiří Šlégr (CZE) - Eric Lindros (CAN)

All Stars: Pauli Jacks (SWI) - Martin Ručínský (CZE), Mike Craig (CAN),
Eric Lindros (CAN), Scott LaChance (USA), Dmitrij Juškevič (USSR)

World Champions
Kidd, Potvin - Brisebois, Snell, J. Marshall, Slaney, Dykhuis, Harlock, S. Niedermayer -
E. Lindros, Craigwell, Manderville, G. Johnson, Sillinger, Sevigny, Falloon, Rice,
Thornton, K. Draper, Crag, M. Lapointe, B. May

Czechoslovakia
Milan Hnilička, Roman Čechmánek - Jiří Šlégr, Jiří Kuntoš, Martin Hamrlík, Jiří Malinský, Miloš Holaň,
Jaroslav Modrý, Ivan Droppa, Patrik Luža - Martin Ručinský, Žigmund Pálffy, Martin Madový, Branislav Jánoš,
Jozef Stümpel, Jaromír Kverka, Marián Uharček, Martin Straka, Martin Procházka, Roman Meluzín,
Jaroslav Brabec, Tomáš Mikolášek coach: Josef Vimmer, Július Šupler

World Junior Championship Pool B

1. Germany                 
2. Poland                  
3. France                  
4. Japan                   
5. Romania                 
6. Netherlands             
7. Austria                 
8. Denmark

World Junior Championship Pool C

Pool B[edit] Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Tychy and Oswiecim Poland from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Standings Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Germany Poland France Japan Romania Netherlands Austria Denmark 1 Germany 7 6 0 1 49 15 13 5 - 3 2 - 2 7 - 4 9 - 1 8 - 1 11 - 2 7 - 2 2 Poland 7 6 1 0 53 17 12 3 - 5 5 - 4 7 - 2 6 - 3 10 - 0 14 - 0 8 - 3 3 France 7 4 1 2 42 19 10 2 - 2 4 - 5 4 - 4 13 - 3 7 - 1 5 - 1 7 - 3 4 Japan 7 4 2 1 34 22 9 4 - 7 2 - 7 4 - 4 7 - 0 4 - 2 6 - 1 7 - 1 5 Romania 7 2 4 1 23 43 5 1 - 9 3 - 6 3 - 13 0 - 7 3 - 3 4 - 2 9 - 3 6 Netherlands 7 1 5 1 16 43 3 1 - 8 0 - 10 1 - 7 2 - 4 3 - 3 6 - 3 3 - 8 7 Austria 7 1 6 0 13 48 2 2 - 11 0 - 14 1 - 5 1 - 6 2 - 4 3 - 6 4 - 2 8 Denmark 7 1 6 0 22 45 2 2 - 7 3 - 8 3 - 7 1 - 7 3 - 9 8 - 3 2 - 4 Germany was promoted to Pool A and Denmark was relegated to Pool C for 1992. Pool C[edit] Eight teams contested the third tier this year in Belgrade Yugoslavia from December 27 to January 5. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games. Greece's national junior team made their debut this year. Standings Rank Team GP W L T GF GA PTS North Korea Italy Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia United Kingdom South Korea Bulgaria Hungary Greece 1 North Korea 7 6 1 0 50 18 12 4 - 3 1 - 9 4 - 2 5 - 2 10 - 1 6 - 1 20 - 0 2 Italy 7 6 1 0 57 11 12 3 - 4 6 - 2 5 - 2 5 - 1 8 - 1 9 - 0 21 - 1 3 Yugoslavia 7 5 1 1 77 21 11 9 - 1 2 - 6 5 - 2 7 - 7 13 - 2 8 - 2 33 - 1 4 Great Britain 7 4 3 0 45 20 8 2 - 4 2 - 5 2 - 5 3 - 2 5 - 1 9 - 3 22 - 0 5 South Korea 7 3 3 1 55 28 7 2 - 5 1 - 5 7 - 7 2 - 3 8 - 2 9 - 5 26 - 1 6 Bulgaria 7 2 5 0 34 48 4 1 - 10 1 - 8 2 - 13 1 - 5 2 - 8 5 - 3 22 - 1 7 Hungary 7 1 6 0 28 46 2 1 - 6 0 - 9 2 - 8 3 - 9 5 - 9 3 - 5 14 - 0 8 Greece 7 0 7 0 4 158 0 0 - 20 1 - 21 1 - 33 0 - 22 1 - 26 1 - 22 0 - 14 North Korea was promoted to Pool B for 1992. References[edit]

1. P. R. Korea              
2. Italy                   
3. Yugoslavia              
4. Great Britain           
5. Korea                   
6. Bulgaria                
7. Hungary                  
8. Greece

European U18 Championship,
4. - 11.4.1990, Spišská Nová Ves, Prešov, Czechoslovakia

Group A                         GF:GA PTS
1. Finland                   27: 2  6
2. Sweden                    33: 9  4
3. Norway                    11:33  2
4. France                     2:29  0

Group B                         GF:GA PTS
1. Czechoslovakia            23: 4  5
2. Soviet Union              23: 8  5
3. Germany                    6:21  2
4. Poland                     9:28  0

Final Group                     GF:GA PTS
1. Czechoslovakia            37: 7  9
2. Soviet Union              32: 5  9
3. Finland                   29:15  6
4. Sweden                    41:20  4
5. Germany                   13:57  2
6. Norway                    11:65  0

Relegation 
Poland - France                        6:2, 8:3

All Stars: Hnilička (CZE) - M. Hamrlík (CZE), Grönvall (FIN) -
Pavlík (CZE), Magnussen (NOR), Kovaljov (URS)

Best Players: Milan Hnilička - Roman Hamrlík - Alexej Kovaljov (URS)

Scoring Leader: Trond Magnussen (NOR) 5G + 6A

European Champions
Hnilička, J. Kučera, Maláč - M. &. R. Hamrlík, Vopat, Touľimský, Kaberle, M. Sýkora,
Smolka, Smetana, Rajnoha - Boháč, Prikryl, Černý, T. Němčický, Pavlík, Klimt, Petrovický,
Petrovič, Kapuš, Škovíra, Šimčík, Kastl, M. Prokůpek - coach: Míšek & Šimčík sen.

Czechoslovakia: - Finland 8:1, - Poland 13:1, - Soviet Union 3:3,
- Sweden 5:1, - Norway 14:2, - Germany 7:0

European U18 Championship Pool B

1. Switzerland             
2. Yugoslavia              
3. Denmark                 
4. Italy                   
5. Austria                 
6. Romania                 
7. Spain                   
8. Netherlands

European U18 Championship Pool C

1. Great Britain           
2. Hungary                 
4. Bulgaria

Asian U18 Championship,
China 1991, Jilin

1. Japan                     62:  6  7
2. China                     49: 11  7
2. PR Korea                  18: 11  4
3. Korea                     31: 20  2
4. Mexico                     3:115  0

World Junior Championship Pool A, 1991, Saskatoon, Canada