Final Standings for the 2011 IIHF U20 World Juniors

1. Gold:  Russia (3-2-0-2)
2. Silver:  Canada (5-0-1-1)
   
3. Bronze:  United States of America (4-1-0-1)
   
4. Sweden (3-1-1-1)
   
5. Switzerland (2-1-0-3)
   
6. Finland  (3-1-2-0)
   
7. Czech Republic (3-0-0-3)
   
8. Slovakia (1-1-0-4)
   
9. Norway (1-0-0-5)
   
10. Germany (0-0-1-5)
    

Next year's Championship group looks like this, with 2011 placing in brackets:

Calgary is getting the medal rounds, so Edmonton is getting the carrot of having Team Canada for the preliminary round.  And yes, there will be a Canada/USA New Year's Eve game.  So hey, Canadian fans, at least there's a silver lining there.