The 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 27, 1973, and January 6, 1974. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record. This was the first edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records. Canada was represented by a club team, the Peterborough Petes, while the other five nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.
Final standings The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.
Results
Scoring leaders RankPlayerCountry 1 Roland Eriksson 5 4 9 2 Viktor Khatulev 3 6 9 3 Edmunds Vasiljevs 7 1 8 Mats Ulander 7 1 8 5 Boris Aleksandrov 6 1 7 6 Thomas Gradin 4 3 7 7 Doug Jarvis 2 5 7 8 Viktor Vakhrushev 1 6 7 9 Bo Berglund 2 4 6 10 Vladimir Gostyuzhev 1 5 6
Tournament awards Best Players All-Star Team Goaltender Frank Salive Tapio Virhimo Defencemen Viktor Kucherenko Jim Turkiewicz Paul McIntosh Forwards Mats Ulander Thomas Gradin Roland Eriksson Ismo Villa
References
"Matches internationaux des moins de 20 ans 1973/74". Retrieved 2011-10-08.