Soviet Union men's national junior ice hockey team explained

Soviet Union
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Badge Size:150px
Most Points:Pavel Bure (39)
Iihf Code:URS
First Game: 6-2
(Leningrad, Soviet Union; December 27, 1973)
Largest Win: 19-1
(Augsburg, Germany; December 27, 1980)
Largest Loss: 7-0
(Winnipeg, Manitoba; December 26, 1981
World Champ2 Name:IIHF World U20 Championship
World Champ2 Apps:15
World Champ2 First:1977
World Champ2 Best: Gold: 8 (9) – (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992)

The Soviet Union men's national under 20 ice hockey team was the national under-20 ice hockey team in the Soviet Union. The team represented the Soviet Union at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World U20 Championship.[1] The team has won eleven gold medals (first three unofficial, once more as CIS), three silver medals, and two bronze medals at the World U20 Championships.

At the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, the team was disqualified as a result of the Punch-up in Piestany versus the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team. Soviet administrator Yuri Korolev expressed regret that the incident occurred but did not admit any guilt. He felt that the game should have been finished instead of both teams being disqualified from the tournament.[2]

World Junior Championships

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soviet Union. National Teams of Ice Hockey. 2013-06-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160514165301/http://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/Soviet_Union.html. 2016-05-14.
  2. Book: Joyce, Gare. When the Lights Went Out: How One Brawl Ended Hockey's Cold War and Changed the Game. Anchor Canada. 2006. Canada. 213 . 978-0-385-66275-8. Google Books.