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The
2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (
2007 WJHC) was the 2007 edition of the
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held in
Mora and
Leksand,
Sweden between December 26, 2006 and January 5, 2007. The venues were
FM Mattsson Arena in Mora, and
Ejendals Arena in Leksand. The total attendance was a significant drop off from the 325,000-plus visitors at the previous World Juniors in
British Columbia,
Canada.
For 2007, the tournament round-robin format was changed from previous years, to resemble more closely the format used in the
National Hockey League. Teams would receive three points for a win in regulation, while teams winning in overtime would receive two points. Teams losing in overtime would receive one point. During the round-robin portion of the tournament, a five-minute four-on-four sudden-victory overtime would be played, while the knockout games and the gold medal game would use full-strength ten- and twenty-minute sudden-victory overtimes, respectively. If the game remained tied after overtime, an NHL-style shootout (with three skaters instead of five, as per other international competitions) would be held.
Team
Canada won its third consecutive gold medal, capping an undefeated tournament with a 4-2 victory over
Russia in the gold medal game. The world championship for Canada was also their first on European ice in a decade; the Canadians had not won a World Junior gold medal in Europe since 1997 in
Geneva,......
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