2006 IIHF World Championship Division III explained

See main article: 2006 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships.

Tourney Name:IIHF World Championship
Division III
Year:2006
Country:Iceland
Dates:April 24 – April 29
Num Teams:5
Games:10
Type:ih
Winners:Iceland
Second:Turkey
Third:Armenia
Scoring Leader: Cengiz Çıplak (14 pts)
Nextseason:2007

The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested on April 24–29, 2006 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Iceland won the championship and gained promotion, along with Turkey, into the 2007 Division II tournament.

Participants

Team2005 result
Host, placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated.[1]
Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated.[2]
Placed 3rd in Division III.[3]
Placed 4th in Division III.
Placed 5th in Division III.

Fixtures

All times local.

Ranking and statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Cengiz Çıplak 4 11 3 14 +5 47 F
Gevork Kandakharyan 4 7 7 14 +3 0 F
Emil Allengard 4 2 11 13 +6 35 F
Manuk Balyan 4 7 2 9 +1 2 F
Erdogan Coskun 4 3 6 9 +3 2 F
Robert Beran 4 5 3 8 0 6 F
Runar Freyr Runarsson 4 4 4 8 +5 0 F
Gauti Thormodsson 4 3 5 8 +6 4 F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

PlayerTOISAGAGAASv%SO
Birgir Orn Sveinsson 220:00 69 6 1.64 91.30 2
Kevin Kelly 229:54 138 15 3.91 89.13 0
Lavik Ghazaryan 240:00 142 19 4.75 86.62 1
Michel Welter 209:00 150 21 6.03 86.00 0
Çağıl Uyar 186:24 63 9 2.90 85.71 0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2005 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B . . 2009-11-16.
  2. Web site: 2005 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A . . 2009-11-16.
  3. Web site: 2005 IIHF World Championship Div III . . 2009-11-16.