Helsinki, Finland
December 25 - January 3

Scoring Leaders

Final Stats

    Player               Team  Pos   GP  G   A  TP  PIM
1   Jeff Farkas          USA   LW    7   6   4  10   6
2   Olli Jokinen         FIN   C     7   4   6  10   6
3   Eero Somervuori      FIN   RW    7   3   6   9   2
4   Ladislav Nagy        SVK   LW    6   6   2   8  12
5   Brian Gionta         USA   C     7   5   3   8   4
6   Timo Vertala         FIN   RW    7   4   4   8   4
7   Marian Hossa         SVK   RW    6   4   4   8  12
8   Marcus Nilson        SWE   LW    7   3   5   8   4
9   Andrej Podkonicky    SVK   C     6   3   5   8  27
10  Maxim Balmochnykh    RUS   LW    7   2   6   8   4
11  Kamil Piros          CZE   C     7   2   6   8   6
12  Alexei Krovopuskov   RUS   C     7   4   3   7   8
13  Jyrki Louhi          FIN   LW    7   3   4   7   0
14  Niko Kapanen         FIN   C     7   2   5   7   2
15  Sergei Alexandrov    KAZ   LW    7   4   2   6   2
16  Oleg Kvasha          RUS   LW    7   4   2   6   4
17  Teemu Elomo          FIN   RW    7   4   2   6   6
18  Andrei Troschinsky   KAZ   C     7   4   2   6  10
19  Pavel Skrbek         CZE   D     7   2   4   6   8
20  Nikolai Antropov     KAZ   C     7   0   6   6   8
21  Niklas Hagman        FIN   LW    7   4   1   5   0
22  Michel Riesen        SUI   RW    7   4   1   5   0
23  Daniel Sedin         SWE   LW    7   4   1   5   2
24  Marian Cisar         SVK   RW    6   4   1   5  29
25  Artem Chubarov       RUS   C     7   3   2   5   0
26  Timo Seikkula        FIN   C     7   3   2   5   4
27  Maxim Afinogenov     RUS   RW    7   3   2   5   4
28  Pierre Hedin         SWE   D     7   3   2   5   4
29  Andrei Markov        RUS   D     7   3   2   5   6
30  Mike York            USA   RW    7   3   2   5   6
31  Johan Forsander      SWE   C     7   2   3   5   0
32  Sergei Shikhanov     RUS   RW    7   2   3   5   8
33  Vladimir Nemec       SVK   RW    6   1   4   5   0
34  Pavol Rieciciar      SVK   RW    6   1   4   5   6
35  Pasi Petriläinen     FIN   D     7   0   5   5   2
36  Dimitri Vlassenkov   RUS   LW    7   4   0   4   2
37  Josh Holden          CAN   C     7   4   0   4  14
38  Ales Kotalik         CZE   RW    7   3   1   4   0
39  Jan Simko            SVK   C     6   3   1   4   0
40  Thomas Ziegler       SUI   LW    7   3   1   4   2
41  Björn Christen       SUI   RW    7   3   1   4   4
42  Laurent Müller       SUI   C     6   2   2   4   0
43  Mattias Karlin       SWE   RW    7   2   2   4   0

1997-98 World Junior Hockey Championship All Star Teams

First Team
Goalie	David Aebischer	SUI
Right Defence	Pierre Hedin	SWE
Left Defence	Andrei Markov	RUS
Centre	Olli Jokinen	FIN
Right Wing	Eero Somervuori	FIN
Left Wing	Maxim Balmochnykh	RUS
Second Team
Goalie	Mika Noronen	FIN
Right Defence	Pavel Skrbek	CZE
Left Defence	Pasi Petriläinen	FIN
Centre	Oleg Kvasha	RUS
Right Wing	Michel Riesen	SUI
Left Wing	Timo Vertala	FIN

1997-98 Canadian Team Roster

No.	Player	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Birthdate	1997-98 Team	Rights
1	Roberto Luongo	G	6-2	185	04/04/79	Val d'Or (QMJHL)	NYI
32	Mathieu Garon	G	6-1	193	01/09/78	Victoriaville (QMJHL)	MON
	Defence
2	Brad Ference	D	6-3	190	04/02/79	Spokane (WHL)	VAN
3	Eric Brewer	D	6-3	196	04/17/79	Prince George (WHL)	NYI
4	Jesse Wallin	D	6-2	190	03/10/78	Red Deer (WHL)	DET
5	Zenith Komarniski	D	6-0	190	08/13/78	Spokane (WHL)	VAN
7	Sean Blanchard	D	6-0	201	03/29/78	Ottawa (OHL)	LA
22	Cory Sarich	D	6-3	190	08/16/78	Saskatoon (WHL)	BUF
26	Mike Van Ryn	D	6-2	186	05/14/79	Michigan(CCHA)
	Forwards
6	Manny Malhotra	F	6-2	210	05/18/80	Guelph (OHL)
10	Daniel Tkaczuk	F	6-1	190	06/10/79	Barrie (OHL)	CAL
11	Steve Bégin	F	6-0	188	06/14/78	Val d'Or (QMJHL)	CAL
12	Matt Cooke	F	6-1	195	09/07/78	Windsor (OHL)	VAN
14	Vincent Lecavalier	F	6-4	180	04/21/80	Rimouski (QMJHL)
15	Daniel Corso	F	5-10	161	04/03/78	Victoriaville (QMJHL)	STL
16	Brett McLean	F	5-10	187	08/14/78	Kelowna (WHL)	DAL
18	Jean-Pierre Dumont	F	6-1	195	04/01/78	Val d'Or (QMJHL)	NYI
19	Alex Tanguay	F	6-0	180	11/21/79	Halifax (QMJHL)
20	Jason Ward	F	6-2	193	01/16/79	Erie (OHL)	MON
21	Josh Holden	F	6-1	170	01/18/78	Regina (WHL)	VAN
24	Brian Willsie	F	6-1	179	03/16/78	Guelph (OHL)	COL
28	Matt Bradley	F	6-2	188	06/13/78	Kingston (OHL)	SJ