Canada men's national junior ice hockey team

Canada
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Team Canada
(Équipe Canada)
AssociationHockey Canada
Head coachDave Cameron
CaptainFraser Minten
Top scorerConnor Bedard (17)
Most pointsConnor Bedard (36)
Team colours     
IIHF codeCAN
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
Appearances45 (first in 1977)
Best resultGold Gold: 20 (1982, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023)
International record (W–L–T)
209–60–23
Medal record
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 USA Canada
Gold medal – first place 1985 Finland 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
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
Gold medal – first place 2015 Canada Canada
Gold medal – first place 2018 USA Canada
Gold medal – first place 2020 Czech Republic Canada
Gold medal – first place 2022 Canada Canada
Gold medal – first place 2023 Canada Canada
Silver medal – second place 1975 Canada/USA Canada
Silver medal – second place 1976 Finland Canada
Silver medal – second place 1977 Czechoslovakia Canada
Silver medal – second place 1986 Canada Canada
Silver medal – second place 1999 Canada Canada
Silver medal – second place 2002 Czech Republic Canada
Silver medal – second place 2003 Canada Canada
Silver medal – second place 2004 Finland Canada
Silver medal – second place 2010 Canada Canada
Silver medal – second place 2011 USA Canada
Silver medal – second place 2017 Canada Canada
Silver medal – second place 2021 Canada Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Soviet Union Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Canada Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Soviet Union Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sweden Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Russia Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2012 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 Canadian junior team is the most successful in the world, having medalled in 34 of 46 events held since 1977, winning a record 20 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 20 of 42 World Junior championships – including five in a row on two occasions, 1993–1997 and 2005–2009.


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