World junior championships Div.IA in Norway, Div.IB in Poland & div.IIA in Lithuania

Those days plenty of nations are playing the World Junior Championship in their categories, maybe minor hockey championships have less visibility than the Big One hold in Canada, but this isn't a reason not to talk about them, as many players play in Canada, Switzerland, Sweden,... as well.

In Norway the Home team, Kazakhstan, Denmark, France, Hungary & Slovenia battle to gain a spot to play against the best teams in the world in a year.

Right now, after 3 games, Norway is ahead France and Kazakhstan.

Scoring leaders are 2 french players : Matias Bacheler with 1 goal and 5 assist (6 points in 3 games) & Emil Tavernier with 4 goal and 1 assist (5 points in 3 games).

At the moment the goalie with the best stats is Roman Shefer from Kazakhstan with a very good 1.34 GAA and a 95.35% SVG%.

In Poland for the div.I Tournament we have Ukraine, Japan, Italy, South Korea, Poland and Estonia.

After 3 games this is the standing:

Scoring leaders the 2 italian sensations Alessandro Segafredo (3G+3A - 6 points in 3 games) and Tommy Purdeller (1G+4A - 5 points in 3 games), both playing abroad (Switzerland and Canada).

After 3 games the goalie with the best stats (and the only one over 90% SVG) is Savva Serdiuk playing for Ukraine, who played all 3 games with a 1.56 GAA and a 91.84% SVG%.

In Lithuania we have the home team, Great Britain, Spain, Croatia, Nederland and Romania. The British squad goal is to win and to jump into div.I next season.

In this moment, after 3 games, the situation is still open :

The best scorer with 8 points in 3 games is the englishman Jack Hopkins (3G+5A), followed by 5 players tied at 6 points.

The goalie with the best stats is Kazimieras Jukna (LTU) who posted 0.96 GAA and 96.43 SVG% in his first 2 starts.

It is possible to watch the games of the 2 World Junior Championship in Poland and Lithuania on our Youtube Channel.