2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

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2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Venue(s) HarborCenter  (in 1 host city)
Dates5 – 12 January 2015
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4th title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Fourth placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played21
Goals scored101 (4.81 per game)
Attendance13,788 (657 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sarah Potomak (9 points)
MVP Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sarah Potomak
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The 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships was the eighth World Women's U18 Championship. The top division tournament was played in Buffalo, United States, from 5 to 12 January 2015. Twenty nations played in three levels, with promotion and relegation for the top and bottom teams at each level.

Contents

The United States won their fourth title defeating Canada in overtime in the gold medal game, with Jincy Roese scoring on the power play. This was the eighth consecutive final between the two nations, evening their all-time records. The bronze medal game was also a rematch from the previous year, this time the Russians defeated the Czechs earning their first ever medal at this level.

In Division I play the French earned their first ever promotion to the top level. They opened the tournament with a shootout win over Norway and won the rest of their games earning a trip to St. Catherines for 2016. [1]

Format

The preliminary round is divided into two pools that placed the top four seeds into Group A, and the bottom four in Group B. The top two finishers in Group A advances directly to the semifinals, while the two remaining teams and the top two in Group B will play a quarterfinal round. The bottom two teams from Group B will play a relegation series to determine the one team that gets relegated. [2]

HarborCenter the venue for the tournament HarborCenter dec2014.JPG
HarborCenter the venue for the tournament

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–5).

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)32100122+108Advance to semifinals
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 32010115+67
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 31002611−53Advance to quarterfinals
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 30003213−110
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
5 January 2015
15:30		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference
5 January 2015
19:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–2 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–2)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference
6 January 2015
15:30		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia HarborCenter Rink 1
Attendance: 522
Game reference
Kristen Campbell Goalies Valeria Tarakanova Referee:
Flag of Germany.svg Ramona Weiss
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Jacqueline Spresser
Flag of Finland.svg Johanna Tauriainen
Giguère (Gebhard, Sucharda) – 1:421–0
Potomak (Labbe, O'Neill) – 10:062–0
2–138:25 – Kadirova (Teryoshkina, Korotkikh)
Giguère (Gebhard, Potomak) – 39:183–1
3–257:56 – Pirogova (Kadirova, Ganeyeva (PP)
12 minPenalties8 min
39Shots13
6 January 2015
19:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference
8 January 2015
15:30		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1–7
(1–1, 0–4, 0–2)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference
8 January 2015
19:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg7–1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3200185+36Advance to quarterfinals
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3200175+26
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 320015506Advance to relegation round
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 30003510−50
Source: IIHF
5 January 2015
12:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1)		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference
5 January 2015
16:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 2
Game reference
6 January 2015
12:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–0
(3–0, 0–0, 1–0)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference
6 January 2015
16:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–4
(2–0, 0–2, 0–2)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland HarborCenter Rink 2
Game reference
8 January 2015
12:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference
8 January 2015
16:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3–1
(0–1, 3–0, 0–0)		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden HarborCenter Rink 2
Game reference

Relegation series

The third and fourth placed team from Group B will play a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

9 January 2015
12:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference
11 January 2015
12:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–3 GWS
(0–1, 2–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 2
Game reference

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5
A4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4A4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0
B1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3 A1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3 OT
A2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2  
A2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3
A3 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4A3 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1
B2 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3 Third place
A4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1
A3 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5

Quarterfinals

9 January 2015
15:30		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg4–3
(0–3, 1–0, 3–0)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference
9 January 2015
19:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–2)		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference

Semifinals

11 January 2015
15:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference
11 January 2015
19:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1
Game reference

Fifth place game

11 January 2015
15:30		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland HarborCenter Rink 2
Game reference

Bronze medal game

12 January 2015
15:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1
Attendance: 515
Game reference
Valeria Tarakanova Goalies Blanka Škodová Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Jerilyn Glenn
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Jacqueline Spresser
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vanessa Stratton
Shtaryova (Shokhina, Kadirova) – 00:401–0
Kadirova (Shtaryova, Shokhina) – 22:272–0
2–122:50 – Bukolská (Neubauerová)
Likhachyova (Falyakhova) – 30:183–1
Korotkikh – 41:524–1
Shokhina (Pirogova) – 50:185–1
6 minPenalties4 min
34Shots24

Gold medal game

12 January 2015
19:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–2 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada HarborCenter Rink 1
Attendance: 1,800
Game reference
Kaitlin Burt Goalies Marlène Boissonnault Referee:
Flag of Germany.svg Ramona Weiss
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovenia.svg Nataša Pagon
Flag of Finland.svg Johanna Tauriainen
0–103:14 – Labbe (Giguère, McGill)
Dunne – 19:271–1
Gorecki (Norby, Woken) – 25:002–1
2–228:23 – Cogan (Agnew, Gebhard)
Dunne (Gilmore) (PP) – 60:513–2
6 minPenalties16 min
41Shots18

Final rankings

PosGrpTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1 A Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)53200204+1613Champions
2 A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53020169+711Runners-up
3 A Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 630031618−29Third place
4 A Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 61005726−193Fourth place
5 B Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 53002139+49Fifth place game
6 B Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 520031112−16
7 B Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 53101108+211Win Relegation game
8 B Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50014815−71Relegation to Division I A

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate

Best Goalkeeper Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Tarakanova
Best Defenseman Flag of the United States.svg Jincy Roese
Best Forward Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sarah Potomak

Source: [3]

Media All Stars

Goalkeeper Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Tarakanova
Defenceman Flag of the United States.svg Jincy Roese
Defenceman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Micah Hart
Forward Flag of Russia.svg Fanuza Kadirova
Forward Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sarah Potomak
Forward Flag of the United States.svg Melissa Samoskevich
Most Valuable Player Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sarah Potomak

Source: [4]

Statistics

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM
1 Sarah Potomak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5549+84
2 Rebecca Gilmore Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5279+46
3 Melissa Samoskevich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5628+66
4 Fanuza Kadirova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6538+50
5 Jincy Roese Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5358+40
6 Élizabeth Giguère Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5347+76
6 Anna Shokhina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5347+70
8 Anniina Kaitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5246+30
9 Sanni Hakala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5505+14
9 Alina Müller Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 5505–4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1 Andrea Brändli Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 310:0081.5594.941
2 Anni Keisala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 240:0051.2594.741
3 Kaitlin Burt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 225:5141.0692.310
4 Marlène Boissonnault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 245:5171.7191.950
5 Valeria Tarakanova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 328:02152.7491.850

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Division I

Division I 'A'

The Division I 'A' tournament was played in Vaujany, France, from 4 to 10 January 2015. [5]

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
Flag of France.svg  France 54100219+1214Promoted to the 2016 Top Division
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 53110149+512
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 520121824−67
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 520032015+56
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 520031013−36
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 50005619−130Relegated to the 2016 Division I Qualification
Source: IIHF

Division I Qualification

The Division I Qualification tournament was played in Katowice, Poland, from 19 to 25 January 2015. [6] Denmark won all five games in their debut, earning promotion to the Division I 'A' tournament for 2016.

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 55000292+2715Promoted to the 2016 Division I
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54001118+312
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 530022112+99
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 51103614−85
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 51013319−164
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 50005318−150
Source: IIHF

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References

  1. ↑ French fly to Canada
  2. ↑ detailed format and tie-breaking procedure
  3. ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation . Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Media All Stars" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. January 12, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  5. ↑ Division I statistics
  6. ↑ Division I Qual. statistics
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