The 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1985 WJHC) was the 9th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was held mainly in Turku and Helsinki, Finland. Canada won the gold medal, its second championship, Czechoslovakia silver and the Soviet Union bronze.
Final standings[]
The 1985 tournament was a round robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
 Canada
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 12 |
 |
 Czechoslovakia
|
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 12 |
 |
 Soviet Union
|
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 17 | 10 |
| 4 |  Finland
|
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 20 | 9 |
| 5 |  Sweden
|
7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 6 |
| 6 |  United States of America
|
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 37 | 4 |
| 7 |  Federal Republic of Germany
|
7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 1 |
| 8 |  Poland
|
7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 59 | 1 |
Poland was relegated to Pool B for 1986.
Results[]
| December 23, 1984 | |||
 Canada
|
8 – 2 |  Sweden
|
Helsinki |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 23, 1984 | |||
 Soviet Union
|
10 – 0 |  Poland
|
Vantaa |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 23, 1984 | |||
 Finland
|
9 – 0 |  West Germany
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 23, 1984 | |||
 Czechoslovakia
|
9 – 1 |  United States
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 25, 1984 | |||
| Canada
|
12 – 1 | Poland
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 25, 1984 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
12 – 1 | West Germany
|
Vantaa |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 25, 1984 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
4 – 3 | Sweden
|
Helsinki |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 25, 1984 | |||
| Finland
|
7 – 4 | United States
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1984 | |||
| Canada
|
6 – 0 | West Germany
|
Helsinki |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1984 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
6 – 2 | Poland
|
Espoo |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1984 | |||
| Finland
|
5 – 3 | Sweden
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1984 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
4 – 2 | United States
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1984 | |||
| Canada
|
7 – 5 | United States
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1984 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
5 – 1 | Sweden
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1984 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
7 – 3 | West Germany
|
Vantaa |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 28, 1984 | |||
| Finland
|
11 – 2 | Poland
|
Helsinki |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1984 | |||
| Canada
|
5 – 0 | Soviet Union
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1984 | |||
| Sweden
|
11 – 0 | Poland
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1984 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
1 – 1 | Finland
|
Helsinki |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 1984 | |||
| United States
|
2 – 1 | West Germany
|
Helsinki |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1984 | |||
| Finland
|
4 – 4 | Canada
|
Helsinki |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1984 | |||
| Sweden
|
5 – 1 | West Germany
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1984 | |||
| Czechoslovakia
|
3 – 1 | Soviet Union
|
Turku |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 1984 | |||
| United States
|
6 – 2 | Poland
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1985 | |||
| Canada
|
2 – 2 | Czechoslovakia
|
Helsinki |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1985 | |||
| Poland
|
3 – 3 | West Germany
|
Vantaa |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1985 | |||
| Soviet Union
|
6 – 5 | Finland
|
Helsinki |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1985 | |||
| Sweden
|
7 – 3 | United States
|
Vantaa |
|---|---|---|---|
Leading scorers[]
| GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esa Kesinen |
6 | 14 | 20 | ||
| Brian Bradley |
9 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Esa Tikkanen |
7 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Peter Andersson |
4 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Mikko Mäkelä |
11 | 2 | 13 |
Tournament all-stars[]
- Goaltender
Timo Lehkonen - Defence Bobby Dollas
- Defence Mikhail Tatarinov
- Forward Mikko Mäkelä
- Forward Michal Pivonka
- Forward Esa Tikkanen
Team Photos[]
References[]
- Podnieks, Andrew (1998). Red, White, and Gold: Canada at the World Junior Championships 1974–1999. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-382-8.
- 1985 World Junior Hockey Championships at TSN
| Preceded by 1984 World Juniors |
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 1985 World Championships |
Succeeded by 1986 World Juniors |
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