Take the Ultimate Canadian World Junior History Quiz!

Take our Ultimate Canadian World Junior quiz! Photo by Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press

Think you know your Canadian world junior trivia?

Put your knowledge to the test with our 10-question, multiple-choice ultimate Canadian world junior quiz.

And when you're done, don't forget to share and compare your results with friends. Have fun and good luck!

Which city held the World Junior Championship for the first time in Canada?

Montreal hosted the 1978 WJC, which featured a 16-year-old Wayne Gretzky.

In what year did Canada win its first gold medal at the WJC?

Canada went 6-0-1 in 1982 to capture its first gold medal at the tournament, which was played in a simple round-robin format.

Who was the captain of Canada’s gold medal team in 2015?

As one of seven returning Canadian players that year, Lazar captained Canada en route to breaking the country’s gold medal drought that dated back to 2009.

Who did Connor Bedard surpass to become Canada’s all-time leading scorer?

Bedard registered his 32nd point (in just his 14th tournament game) at the 2023 tournament to move past Lindros.

Who was the leading scorer on the stacked 2005 Canadian world junior team?

Bergeron (13 points in six games) took home MVP honours while leading Canada to WJC gold.

Which Canadian coach has won both a WJC gold medal and a Stanley Cup?

Keenan (1994 Rangers) and Julien (2010 Bruins) are both Stanley Cup winners, but they only placed fifth and third, respectively, at the WJC. Babcock won WJC gold in 1997 and the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 2008.

Which country beat Canada in one of the biggest upsets in WJC history back in 1998?

In a game that was famously not televised, Kazakhstan handed Canada a 6-3 defeat in the seventh-place game.

In what year did Canada allow five unanswered goals in the third period to lose the gold medal game?

In 2011, Canada was leading against Russia, 3-0, entering the final period. Russia scored five even-strength goals to come back and win, 5-3.

This Canadian is the only player to ever win three consecutive World Junior Championships, doing so from 1994-96:

Across those three gold-medal-winning tournaments, Botterill had two goals and seven assists in 19 games.

Which Canadian goalie is currently Canada’s all-time leader for goals against average and save percentage at the WJC?

In 2020, Levi posted a 0.75 GAA and .964 SV% to earn the Best Goaltender award. In the process, he topped the Canadian records for GAA (previously Pogge, 1.00) and SV% (previously Price, .961).
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