2017 IIHF World Championship Group A

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Group A was one of two groups of the 2017 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2018. [1]

Contents

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 760013114+1718 Playoff round
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 751013510+2517
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 750112913+1616
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (H)722122023311
5Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 730131418410
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 71204132297
7Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 701241228164
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (R)70016632261Relegation to Division I A [lower-alpha 1]
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2018 hosts (Denmark) cannot be relegated by rule. [2]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Matches

Sweden vs Russia

5 May 2017
16:15
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,357
Game reference
Viktor Fasth Goalies Andrei Vasilevskiy Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Salonen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Kaderli
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan Vanoosten
Lindholm (Rask, Hedman) – 14:401–0
1–143:58 – Andronov (Barabanov, Provorov)
Lindholm Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Ekman-Larsson Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Nylander Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Gusev
Ice hockey puck.svg Panarin
4 minPenalties2 min
23Shots30

United States vs Germany

5 May 2017
20:15
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,688
Game reference
Jimmy Howard Goalies Thomas Greiss Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Gouin
Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Sormunen
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Suchánek
0–110:50 – Rieder (Reimer, Kahun)
Murphy (Larkin, Nelson) – 51:001–1
1–253:58 – Hager (D. Seidenberg, Gogulla) (PP)
4 minPenalties4 min
43Shots27

Latvia vs Denmark

6 May 2017
12:15
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 13,453
Game reference
Elvis Merzļikins Goalies Sebastian Dahm Referees:
Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Öhlund
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Kaderli
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Suchánek
Meija (Kulda) – 23:081–0
Indrašis (Sprukts, Ri. Bukarts) – 41:482–0
Indrašis (Ro. Bukarts, Balinskis) (PP2) – 52:403–0
6 minPenalties12 min
35Shots27

Slovakia vs Italy

6 May 2017
16:15
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT 1–0)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 12,229
Game reference
Július Hudáček Goalies Andreas Bernard Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Gouin
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joep Leermakers
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Otmakhov
Miklík (Jánošík, Čerešňák) – 06:581–0
1–135:06 – Morini (Frigo)
1–242:41 – Frigo (Scandella)
L. Hudáček (Miklík, Sersen) (EA) – 58:562–2
Čerešňák (Bližňák, Skokan) – 62:453–2
2 minPenalties8 min
32Shots19

Germany vs Sweden

6 May 2017
20:15
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–7
(1–1, 1–3, 0–3)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,673
Game reference
Thomas Greiss
Danny aus den Birken
Goalies Viktor Fasth Referees:
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Gofman
Flag of Latvia.svg Eduards Odiņš
Linesmen:
Flag of Belarus.svg Ivan Dedyulya
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Oliver
0–106:56 – Ekman-Larsson (Landeskog, Rask)
Hager (D. Seidenberg, Ehliz) – 16:141–1
1–220:23 – Rask (Hedman, Strålman) (PP)
Gogulla (Hager, Schütz) (PP) – 25:262–2
2–335:14 – Omark (Krüger)
2–439:57 – Brodin (Nylander, Eriksson Ek)
2–549:42 – Landeskog (Rask, Söderberg)
2–650:40 – Nylander (Strålman)
2–751:59 – Nylander (Landeskog)
10 minPenalties10 min
24Shots44

Italy vs Russia

7 May 2017
12:15
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–10
(0–2, 1–3, 0–5)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,893
Game reference
Frederic Cloutier Goalies Andrei Vasilevskiy
Ilya Sorokin
Referees:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kubuš
Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Oliver
Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Suominen
0–109:35 – Andronov (Barabanov, Gavrikov)
0–218:59 – Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) (PP)
Traversa (Bernard, Helfer) – 23:401–2
1–324:51 – Kucherov (Namestnikov, Gusev) (PP)
1–435:04 – Namestnikov (Kucherov)
1–536:21 – Panarin (Mozyakin, Shipachyov) (PP)
1–643:39 – Plotnikov (Kucherov, Namestnikov) (PP)
1–745:29 – Mozyakin (Shipachyov, Panarin) (PP)
1–845:48 – Namestnikov (Kucherov, Gusev)
1–950:21 – Panarin (Mozyakin, Shipachyov) (PP)
1–1058:54 – Andronov (Barabanov, Provorov)
12 minPenalties6 min
15Shots36

United States vs Denmark

7 May 2017
16:15
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7–2
(3–1, 3–1, 1–0)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,764
Game reference
Connor Hellebuyck Goalies Sebastian Dahm Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Jeřábek
Flag of Latvia.svg Eduards Odiņš
Linesmen:
Flag of Belarus.svg Ivan Dedyulya
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joep Leermakers
Lee (Gaudreau, Larkin) (PP) – 05:371–0
Keller (McAvoy, Schmaltz) – 13:062–0
2–116:10 – Madsen (Ehlers, J. Jensen) (PP)
Gaudreau (Larkin) (PP) – 18:593–1
3–221:08 – Hardt (Jakobsen)
Keller (Bjugstad) – 34:334–2
Lee (Hanifin, Eichel) (PP) – 37:095–2
Nelson (Schmaltz) – 37:376–2
Keller – 53:007–2
12 minPenalties24 min
34Shots25

Latvia vs Slovakia

7 May 2017
20:15
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,149
Game reference
Elvis Merzļikins Goalies Ján Laco Referees:
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Gofman
Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Otmakhov
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan Vanoosten
Sprukts (Ri. Bukarts, Girgensons) (PP) – 10:241–0
Girgensons (Ri. Bukarts, Ro. Bukarts) (PP) – 27:262–0
2–149:09 – Miklík (Dravecký, Haščák) (PP)
Džeriņš (Cibuļskis, Daugaviņš) (PP) – 50:363–1
12 minPenalties37 min
22Shots30

Germany vs Russia

8 May 2017
16:15
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–6
(0–3, 0–2, 3–1)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,734
Game reference
Thomas Greiss Goalies Andrei Vasilevskiy Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Gouin
Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Suchánek
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan Vanoosten
0–101:04 – Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin)
0–217:10 – Shipachyov (Gusev, Panarin) (PP)
0–318:15 – Plotnikov (Antipin, Provorov) (PP)
0–431:10 – Gusev (Panarin, Belov) (PP)
0–535:16 – Kucherov
Macek (Müller, D. Seidenberg) – 45:531–5
Gogulla (Ehrhoff, Kahun) (PP) – 48:342–5
2–651:40 – Kucherov (Panarin)
Tiffels (Kink, D. Seidenberg) – 59:103–6
29 minPenalties12 min
29Shots35

United States vs Sweden

8 May 2017
20:15
United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–3
(2–3, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,398
Game reference
Jimmy Howard Goalies Viktor Fasth Referees:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kubuš
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Kaderli
Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Sormunen
0–102:14 – Lindholm (Strålman) (PP)
Keller (Eichel, Trouba) – 03:211–1
1–213:23 – Lindholm (Ekman-Larsson)
Gaudreau (Larkin) – 18:122–2
2–318:47 – Hedman (Nordström, Klingberg)
Gaudreau (Eichel, Lee) – 22:573–3
Compher (Murphy, Larkin) – 51:474–3
12 minPenalties6 min
27Shots42

Italy vs Latvia

9 May 2017
16:15
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 6,332
Game reference
Andreas Bernard Goalies Elvis Merzļikins Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Iverson
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Flag of Belarus.svg Ivan Dedyulya
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Otmakhov
Insam (Traversa) – 03:381–0
1–112:09 – Džeriņš (Galviņš, Daugaviņš) (PP)
1–258:41 – Džeriņš (Ro. Bukarts)
2 minPenalties6 min
21Shots24

Slovakia vs Denmark

9 May 2017
20:15
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–4 GWS
(0–1, 0–2, 3–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 4,454
Game reference
Július Hudáček Goalies Sebastian Dahm Referees:
Flag of Austria.svg Mark Lemelin
Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Linde
Linesmen:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joep Leermakers
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Oliver
0–116:20 – Hardt (Storm, Green) (PP)
0–224:46 – Russell (Bau, O. Lauridsen)
0–339:57 – Poulsen (O. Lauridsen, Green)
Gernát (Miklík, Haščák) – 41:221–3
Bližňák (Haščák, Dravecký) (PP) – 46:052–3
Miklík (Čerešňák, Dravecký) (PP) – 51:533–3
L. Hudáček Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Haščák Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Dravecký Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Ehlers
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Christensen
Ice hockey puck.svg Green
14 minPenalties16 min
32Shots26

United States vs Italy

10 May 2017
16:15
United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 7,168
Game reference
Jimmy Howard Goalies Andreas Bernard Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hribik
Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Linde
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Gleb Lazarev
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Malmqvist
Nelson – 05:171–0
Nelson (Larkin) (SH) – 25:532–0
Lee (Gaudreau, Larkin) (PP) – 27:473–0
4 minPenalties6 min
32Shots8

Slovakia vs Germany

10 May 2017
20:15
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 17,647
Game reference
Július Hudáček Goalies Thomas Greiss
Danny aus den Birken
Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Stefan Fonselius
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
Flag of the United States.svg Judson Ritter
Matoušek (Zigo, Šedivý) – 09:231–0
Hudáček (Čajkovský) – 21:582–0
2–136:11 – Reimer (Ehrhoff, Kahun) (PP)
2–236:38 – Ehliz (D. Seidenberg, Müller)
Hrnka Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Bližňák Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Miklík Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck.svg Kahun
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Macek
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Ehliz
4 minPenalties4 min
28Shots31

Russia vs Denmark

11 May 2017
16:15
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg3–0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 6,932
Game reference
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goalies Georg Sørensen Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Reneau
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Kohlmüller
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Lhotský
Kiselevich (Panarin, Kucherov) – 35:361–0
Plotnikov (Andronov, Telegin) – 35:542–0
Gusev (Kucherov, Dadonov) – 36:463–0
2 minPenalties4 min
33Shots21

Sweden vs Latvia

11 May 2017
20:15
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,276
Game reference
Eddie Läck Goalies Elvis Merzļikins Referees:
Flag of Austria.svg Mark Lemelin
Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Suominen
Landeskog (Rask, Lindholm) – 09:131–0
Lindholm (Rask) – 56:422–0
16 minPenalties6 min
30Shots19

Sweden vs Italy

12 May 2017
16:15
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg8–1
(2–0, 1–1, 5–0)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,878
Game reference
Viktor Fasth Goalies Frédéric Cloutier Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Stefan Fonselius
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Suominen
Rask (Lindholm) – 03:241–0
Holm (Nylander, Brodin) – 08:342–0
2–123:50 – Morini (Scandella, Insam) (PP)
Brodin (Holm) – 29:523–1
Lindholm (Landeskog, Strålman) – 40:414–1
Omark (Söderberg, Edler) – 50:095–1
C. Klingberg (Nordström) – 54:536–1
Eriksson Ek (Nylander) – 56:517–1
J. Klingberg (Holm, Nylander) – 58:258–1
4 minPenalties4 min
45Shots15

Denmark vs Germany

12 May 2017
20:15
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg3–2 OT
(2–2, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,629
Game reference
Sebastian Dahm Goalies Danny aus den Birken Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hribik
Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Linde
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Gleb Lazarev
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Lhotský
0–108:26 – Reimer (Ehliz, D. Seidenberg)
0–209:43 – Macek (Y. Seidenberg, Kahun)
Storm (Kristensen, Jakobsen) – 16:091–2
Poulsen (Christensen) – 16:342–2
Regin (Ehlers, Dahm) – 61:403–2
10 minPenalties12 min
29Shots29

Latvia vs United States

13 May 2017
12:15
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg3–5
(1–0, 2–3, 0–2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 17,936
Game reference
Elvis Merzļikins Goalies Connor Hellebuyck Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Stefan Fonselius
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
Flag of Russia.svg Gleb Lazarev
Bļugers (Bičevskis) – 11:231–0
Daugaviņš (Džeriņš, Ro. Bukarts) – 20:072–0
2–129:00 – Compher (Lee)
Cibuļskis (Indrašis) (PP) – 31:373–1
3–233:44 – Bjugstad (Schmaltz, Keller)
3–338:37 – Gaudreau (Trouba, Bjugstad)
3–456:38 – Copp (Hellebuyck)
3–558:58 – Larkin (ENG)
6 minPenalties8 min
23Shots33

Russia vs Slovakia

13 May 2017
16:15
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,591
Game reference
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goalies Július Hudáček Referees:
Flag of Austria.svg Mark Lemelin
Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Kohlmüller
Flag of the United States.svg Judson Ritter
Dadonov (Gusev, Shipachyov) – 01:121–0
Dadonov (Gusev, Shipachyov) (PP) – 13:322–0
Mironov – 19:193–0
Kucherov (Tkachyov, Kiselevich) – 22:534–0
Telegin (Zub, Plotnikov) – 32:505–0
Gavrikov (Shipachyov, Dadonov) – 55:476–0
6 minPenalties8 min
39Shots22

Italy vs Germany

13 May 2017
20:15
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–4
(1–2, 0–2, 0–0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,712
Game reference
Andreas Bernard Goalies Danny aus den Birken Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Reneau
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Malmqvist
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
0–103:34 – Ehrhoff (Draisaitl)
M. Marchetti (S. Kostner, S. Marchetti) – 04:211–1
1–218:16 – Plachta (D. Seidenberg, Kahun) (PP)
1–322:46 – Y. Seidenberg (Hördler)
1–426:00 – Kahun (Y. Seidenberg)
4 minPenalties8 min
18Shots37

Slovakia vs United States

14 May 2017
16:15
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg1–6
(0–1, 1–3, 0–2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 13,267
Game reference
Július Hudáček Goalies Jimmy Howard Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hribik
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Malmqvist
Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Suominen
0–108:12 – Keller (Lee, Skjei)
0–225:57 – Gaudreau (Hayes)
Gernát (L. Hudáček, Dravecký) – 30:401–2
1–336:04 – Dvorak (Gaudreau)
1–438:01 – Trouba
1–542:16 – Gaudreau (Hayes)
1–647:23 – Lee (Eichel, Hanifin) (PP)
10 minPenalties8 min
20Shots28

Denmark vs Sweden

14 May 2017
20:15
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–4
(0–1, 0–2, 2–1)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,314
Game reference
Georg Sørensen Goalies Henrik Lundqvist Referees:
Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Piechaczek
Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Kohlmüller
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
0–102:19 – J. Lundqvist (Krüger, Eriksson Ek)
0–235:20 – Nylander (J. Klingberg, Lindberg)
0–339:06 – Nylander (Bäckström)
Madsen (Ehlers) – 49:111–3
Lauridsen (Ehlers, Regin) – 55:172–3
2–457:31 – Bäckström (J. Klingberg, Nylander) (PP)
4 minPenalties12 min
21Shots33

Denmark vs Italy

15 May 2017
16:15
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 5,653
Game reference
Sebastian Dahm Goalies Andreas Bernard Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Stefan Fonselius
Flag of Latvia.svg Eduards Odiņš
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Judson Ritter
Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Suominen
Hardt (Storm, Jakobsen) (PP) – 57:361–0
Regin (ENG) – 58:472–0
2 minPenalties4 min
38Shots16

Russia vs Latvia

15 May 2017
20:15
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 16,439
Game reference
Ilya Sorokin Goalies Ivars Punnenovs Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hribik
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Lhotský
Kiselevich (Panarin, Kucherov) – 12:101–0
Telegin (Plotnikov) – 18:412–0
Namestnikov (Panarin, Kucherov) (PP) – 20:573–0
Kucherov (Panarin, Belov) – 39:004–0
Belov (Gusev, Shipachyov) (PP) – 53:175–0
8 minPenalties8 min
36Shots24

Sweden vs Slovakia

16 May 2017
12:15
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,259
Game reference
Henrik Lundqvist Goalies Július Hudáček
Jaroslav Janus
Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Jeřábek
Flag of Latvia.svg Eduards Odiņš
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Kohlmüller
Flag of Russia.svg Gleb Lazarev
Nylander (Bäckström, Klingberg) – 04:021–0
Ekman-Larsson (Everberg, Karlsson) – 08:142–0
2–124:08 – Matoušek (Skalický, Zigo)
Everberg (Karlsson) – 25:453–1
3–241:34 – Kudrna (Cingeľ)
Karlsson (Edler) (ENG) – 59:284–2
8 minPenalties4 min
38Shots15

Russia vs United States

16 May 2017
16:15
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg3–5
(1–0, 2–3, 0–2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,756
Game reference
Andrei Vasilevskiy Goalies Jimmy Howard Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Salonen
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Lhotský
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Malmqvist
Gusev (Kiselevich) – 12:291–0
1–121:00 – Hayes (Nelson, Keller) (PP)
Belov (Plotnikov, Andronov) – 27:332–1
2–232:18 – Larkin (Nelson)
Gusev (Shipachyov, Dadonov) – 36:153–2
3–337:43 – Hayes (Gaudreau, Bjugstad)
3–452:57 – Lee (Gaudreau, Eichel) (PP)
3–559:38 – Nelson (Larkin) (ENG)
16 minPenalties8 min
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Germany vs Latvia

16 May 2017
20:15
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–3 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,797
Game reference
Philipp Grubauer Goalies Elvis Merzļikins Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Gouin
Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Judson Ritter
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
Wolf (Ehrhoff, Reimer) (PP) – 31:021–0
Seidenberg (Kink, Müller) – 31:292–0
2–138:42 – Skvorcovs (Sotnieks)
2–248:22 – Sprukts (Indrašis, Sotnieks)
2–356:08 – Džeriņš (Balinskis, Bukarts) (PP)
Schütz (Draisaitl) (PP, EA) – 59:273–3
Kahun Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Draisaitl Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Tiffels Ice hockey puck.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Indrašis
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Daugaviņš
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Bukarts
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