2006 IIHF World Championship Division II


The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from March 27 to April 9, 2006. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria. Group B's games were played in Auckland, New Zealand. Romania and China finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2007. While South Africa finished last in Group A and hosts New Zealand last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2007.

Participants

Group A

Group B

Group A tournament

Fixtures

All times local.

Ranking and statistics

TeamGPWTLGFGAGDFPTS
55005995010
5311251787
5221191096
5212232305
51041030−202
50051259−470

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Catalin Geru513821+194F
Nutu Andrei551318+200F
Ioan Timaru57613+112F
Levente Elekes57613+84F
Laszlo Vargyas54812+170D
Ivan Prokić54711+522F
Attila Goga53710+128D
Viorel Nicolescu52810+80F
Ervin Moldovan5639+90F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
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Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
PlayerTOISAGAGAASv%SO
Konstantin Mihaylov280:00151102.1493.380
Bjorn Stejlen299:16104102.0090.382
Viorel Radu140:002831.2989.292
Adrian Catrinoi160:004762.2587.230
Jose Luis Alonso250.4292174.0781.520
TOI = Time On Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Group B tournament

Fixtures

All times local.

Ranking and statistics

TeamGPWTLGFGAGDFPTS
54103411239
54013512238
53112714137
52031024−144
5104934−252
5005626−200

GP = Games played; W = Wins; T = Ties;L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Kim Ki-sung510818+164F
Kim Kyu-hun55510+46F
Kim Kyung-tae5369+122F
Du Chao5628+512F
Chen Lei5268+714F
Wang Zhiqiang5617+34F
Lee Yong-jun5347+76D
Yin Kai5336+86D
Joseph Hughes5505+30F
Chris Sekura5505+22F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
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Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
PlayerTOISAGAGAASv%SO
Yu Yang240:0012392.2592.681
Son Ho-seung220:007661.6492.110
Mike Parsons220:00208184.9191.350
Matthew Ezzy179:319693.0190.620
Stuart Denman120:003542.0088.570
TOI = Time On Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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