Canada men's national junior ice hockey team
| Association | Hockey Canada |
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| 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) |
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| Biggest win | |
Canada 18 – 2 West Germany  (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; December 27, 1985) Canada 16 – 0 Latvia  (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; December 26, 2009) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Sweden 17 – 1 Canada (Tampere, Finland; December 26, 1975) |
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| IIHF World U20 Championship | |
| Appearances | 43 (first in 1974) |
| Best result |
 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 | ||
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| World Junior Championships | ||
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1974 Soviet Union | Canada |
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1975 Canada/USA | Canada |
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1976 Finland | Canada |
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1977 Czechoslovakia | Canada |
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1978 Canada | Canada |
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1982 USA | Canada |
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1983 Soviet Union | Canada |
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1985 Finland | Canada |
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1986 Canada | Canada |
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1988 Soviet Union | Canada |
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1990 Finland | Canada |
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1991 Canada | Canada |
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1993 Sweden | Canada |
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1994 Czech Republic | Canada |
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1995 Canada | Canada |
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1996 USA | Canada |
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1997 Switzerland | Canada |
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1999 Canada | Canada |
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2000 Sweden | Canada |
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2001 Russia | Canada |
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2002 Czech Republic | Canada |
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2003 Canada | Canada |
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2004 Finland | Canada |
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2005 USA | Canada |
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2006 Canada | Canada |
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2007 Sweden | Canada |
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2008 Czech Republic | Canada |
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2009 Canada | Canada |
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2010 Canada | Canada |
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2011 USA | Canada |
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2012 Canada | Canada |
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2015 Canada | Canada |
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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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