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The Soviet Union was the top team at the first official World Junior Championships in Banske, Czechoslovakia, finishing the 1977 tournament with a perfect record of 7-0. The Soviets scored 51 goals to set a record which would not be beaten until the Canadian junior team scored 54 goals in 1986. Still, it was Dale McCourt of the second-place Canadians who led the tournament with 18 points (10 goals and eight assists). Viacheslav Fetisov began his brilliant career by being named
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