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Canada men's national junior ice hockey team

Canada
Association Hockey Canada
General Manager Scott Salmond
Head coach Dominique Ducharme
Assistants Fred Brathwaite, Tim Hunter, Kris Knoblauch
Captain Dylan Strome
Top scorer Jordan Eberle (14)
Most points Eric Lindros (31)
Team colours               
IIHF code CAN
First international
 Canada 5 – 4 United States 
(Leningrad, Soviet Union; December 27, 1973)
Biggest win
 Canada 18 – 2 West Germany 
(Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; December 27, 1985)
 Canada 16 – 0 Latvia 
(Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; December 26, 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 17 – 1 Canada 
(Tampere, Finland; December 26, 1975)
IIHF World U20 Championship
Appearances 43 (first in 1974)
Best result Gold medal with cup.svg Gold: 16 – (1982, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015)
International record (W–L–T)
209–60–23
Medal record
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Soviet Union Canada
Silver medal – second place 1975 Canada/USA Canada
Silver medal – second place 1976 Finland Canada
Silver medal – second place 1977 Czechoslovakia Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Canada Canada
Gold medal – first place 1982 USA Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Soviet Union Canada
Gold medal – first place 1985 Finland Canada
Silver medal – second place 1986 Canada Canada
Gold medal – first place 1988 Soviet Union Canada
Gold medal – first place 1990 Finland Canada
Gold medal – first place 1991 Canada Canada
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sweden Canada
Gold medal – first place 1994 Czech Republic Canada
Gold medal – first place 1995 Canada Canada
Gold medal – first place 1996 USA Canada
Gold medal – first place 1997 Switzerland Canada
Silver medal – second place 1999 Canada Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sweden Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Russia Canada
Silver medal – second place 2002 Czech Republic Canada
Silver medal – second place 2003 Canada Canada
Silver medal – second place 2004 Finland Canada
Gold medal – first place 2005 USA Canada
Gold medal – first place 2006 Canada Canada
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sweden Canada
Gold medal – first place 2008 Czech Republic Canada
Gold medal – first place 2009 Canada Canada
Silver medal – second place 2010 Canada Canada
Silver medal – second place 2011 USA Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Canada Canada
Gold medal – first place 2015 Canada Canada
Silver medal – second place 2017 Canada Canada

The Canadian men's national under-20 ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Canada internationally in under-20 competition. Their primary participation in this age group comes at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Championship, held annually every December and January. The team also participates in various exhibition matches and occasional exhibition series, such as the 2007 Super Series against their Russian counterparts, an eight-game exhibition series commemorating the 35th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series .

The national junior team is extremely popular in Canada, even more so than the men's senior team which plays at the World Championships. World Junior events in Canada are often sold out, television ratings are extremely high, and even events in Europe are well attended by a contingent of Canadian fans.

The Canadian junior team is one of the most successful in the world, having medalled in 29 of 39 events held since 1977, winning a record 16 gold medals. Its success can be traced back to the formation of the Program of Excellence in 1982 by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, which created the first true national junior team. Since that time, Canada has won 16 of 34 World Junior championships – including five in a row on two occasions, 1993–1997 and 2005–2009 – and medalled in all but seven tournaments.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) created an invitation-only junior tournament for the top ice hockey nations in the world to be held in late December 1973 and early January 1974 in Leningrad, Soviet Union. It featured six teams: the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Finland, the United States and Canada. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) hoped to send the defending Memorial Cup champion Toronto Marlboros to represent Canada, but after they declined, the Peterborough Petes, runner up to Toronto in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) standings, was sent. The Petes finished third, despite being the only club team in the tournament


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