1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 Sweden
|
| Dates | 23 April – 7 May |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
|
 Finland (1st title)
|
Runner-up 
|
Sweden
|
Third place 
|
 Canada
|
| Fourth place |
 Czech Republic
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 40 |
| Goals scored | 229 (5.73 per match) |
| Attendance | 326,571 (8,164 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Andrew McKim 14 points
|
|
← 1994
1996 →
|
|
The 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was played in and Gävle Sweden, from 23 April to 7 May 1995. In the tournament finals, Finland won the gold medal by winning over Sweden 4–1 at the Globen arena in . The Finnish goals were scored by Timo Jutila and Ville Peltonen, who scored a hat trick.
The gold medal was the first in Finland's history. Sweden had written a fight song, "Den glider in", which also was intended to be the official song of the championships. After the finals, the song became very popular in Finland.
Because of the 1994–95 NHL lockout, it originally created a dream scenario for the tournament hosts. With a cancelled NHL season, all NHL players free from injuries would have been available. But when the NHL season began in late January 1995, it instead created a scenario where less NHL players than usual became available. The Canadian and American teams would logically be hit the hardest, but the Americans found a way to lead their group in the first round. The Canadians, who struggled in the early tournament, beat the Americans in the quarter-finals, lost in overtime to the Swedes, and then beat the Czechs for the bronze. Andrew McKim, playing in the minors for the Adirondack Red Wings ended up being the tournament scoring leader.
Switzerland was relegated to Group B.
Time is local (UTC+2).
Played in Bratislava, 12–21 April. The hosts bettered their Group C record of the previous year, this time winning all their games. Thirty-eight-year-old Peter Stastny led the tournament in scoring.
Slovakia was promoted to Group A while Romania was relegated to Group C.
...
Wikipedia