2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2018 IIHF World U20 Championship
2018 WJHC logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
City Buffalo
Venue(s) KeyBank Center
HarborCenter
New Era Field [1]  (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2017 – January 5, 2018
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (17th title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Fourth placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played30
Goals scored216 (7.2 per game)
Attendance211,210 (7,040 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of the United States.svg Casey Mittelstadt (11 points)
MVP Flag of the United States.svg Casey Mittelstadt
Website 2018.worldjunior.hockey
  2017
2019  

The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship was the 42nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York [2] [3] [4] at KeyBank Center and HarborCenter. It opened on December 26, 2017 and closed with the gold medal game on January 5, 2018. It was the sixth time that the United States has hosted the WJIHC, and the second time that Buffalo has done so, previously hosting in 2011.

Contents

A preliminary round game between Canada and the United States was played outdoors at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park, New York on December 29, 2017. It was the second outdoor game held at any top-level IIHF world championship, the first being the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship, and the first one held at a junior level. [5] [6]

Top Division

Venues

Buffalo Orchard Park
KeyBank Center
Capacity: 19,070
KeyBank Rink at HarborCenter
Capacity: 1,800
New Era Field
Capacity: 71,870
First Niagara Center front.jpg HarborCenter Dec2015.JPG NHL Winter Classic 2008.jpg

Host selection

On July 28, 2015, USA Hockey named the five initial finalists for hosting the event: [7]

Chicago and Tampa were eliminated on September 15. [8] Buffalo was chosen as the host site on December 3, with a formal announcement on December 4. [9]

Match officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2018 World Junior Championship. [10]

Referees

  • Flag of Latvia.svg Andris Ansons
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandre Garon
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Jacob Grumsen
  • Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kaukokari
  • Flag of Russia.svg Artur Kulev
  • Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Nikolic
  • Flag of Germany.svg Gordon Schukies
  • Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robin Šír
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Sjöqvist
  • Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Thomson
  • Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Tufts
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Wiegand

Linesmen

  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franco Castelli
  • Flag of Finland.svg Markus Hägerström
  • Flag of the United States.svg William Hancock II
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
  • Flag of Norway.svg Jon Kilian
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustin McCrank
  • Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
  • Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
  • Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Sysuev
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Yletyinen

Rosters

Format

The preliminary round was a two group of five teams each internal round-robin format, followed by a three-round playoff. In the round-robin, two points were allotted for a win, and one additional point for a regulation win. One point was allotted for an overtime or game winning shots loss.

The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to quarterfinals while the last-placed team from each group played a best-of-three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2019. All other teams will retain their Top Division status. [11]

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Eastern Standard TimeUTC-5)

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 43010216+1510 Quarterfinals
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 421012010+108
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 420021512+36
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 42002101446
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 40004226240 Relegation round
Source: IIHF
December 26, 2017
16:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–2
(3–1, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland KeyBank Center
Attendance: 9,552
Game reference
Carter Hart Goalies Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Referees:
Flag of Russia.svg Artur Kulev
Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Nikolic
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Jon Kilian
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
Katchouk (Thomas) – 05:341–0
Steel (Raddysh, Kyrou) (PP) – 06:012–0
2–112:19 – Heponiemi (Välimäki)
Batherson (Gadjovich, Mete) – 12:523–1
3–227:31 – Jokiharju (Tolvanen, Koivula) (PP)
Raddysh (Katchouk) – 32:474–2
12 minPenalties6 min
32Shots31
December 26, 2017
20:00
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg0–9
(0–5, 0–2, 0–2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,207
Game reference
Kasper Krog
Emil Gransøe
Goalies Joseph Woll Referees:
Flag of Germany.svg Gordon Schukies
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Sysuev
0–102:27 – Jones (Peeke, Norris)
0–205:04 – Bellows (Brown) (PP)
0–308:26 – Mittelstadt (Hughes, M. Anderson)
0–411:35 – Yamamoto (Tkachuk, Hughes)
0–518:48 – Mittelstadt (Harper, Tufte)
0–624:08 – Bellows (PS)
0–739:31 – Harper (Fox)
0–852:30 – Peeke (Jones) (PP)
0–953:23 – Samberg (Perunovich, Norris)
10 minPenalties6 min
17Shots36
December 27, 2017
19:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg0–6
(0–1, 0–3, 0–2)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,834
Game reference
Dávid Hrenák Goalies Colton Point Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Tufts
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg William Hancock II
Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
0–103:39 – Steel (Makar, Kyrou)
0–221:24 – Kyrou (Mete, Dubé) (PP)
0–325:43 – Gadjovich (Makar)
0–430:33 – Raddysh (Kyrou, Steel) (PP)
0–555:58 – Comtois
0–658:30 – Gadjovich (McLeod, Timmins) (PP)
12 minPenalties4 min
20Shots52
December 28, 2017
12:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg4–1
(2–0, 2–1, 0–0)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,026
Game reference
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goalies Kasper Krog Referees:
Flag of Latvia.svg Andris Ansons
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandre Garon
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franco Castelli
Flag of Norway.svg Jon Kilian
Koppanen (Välimäki, Heiskanen) – 02:491–0
Räsänen (Tolvanen, Jokiharju) – 06:562–0
2–121:38 – Krag (Røndbjerg, Setkov) (PP)
Välimäki (Heiskanen, Vaakanainen) – 35:383–1
Jokiharju (Koivula) – 37:444–1
2 minPenalties14 min
62Shots7
December 28, 2017
20:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–3
(0–0, 1–1, 1–2)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia KeyBank Center
Attendance: 8,188
Game reference
Joseph Woll Goalies Roman Durný Referees:
Flag of Russia.svg Artur Kulev
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Hägerström
Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Yletyinen
0–124:52 – Krivošík (Buček)
Tkachuk (Poehling, J. Anderson) – 31:071–1
1–255:15 – Krivošík (Buček)
Mittelstadt – 56:492–2
2–357:52 – Buček
2 minPenalties4 min
45Shots25
December 29, 2017
15:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–4 GWS
(2–0, 1–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States New Era Field
Attendance: 44,592
Game reference
Carter Hart Goalies Jake Oettinger Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kaukokari
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Sysuev
Makar (Thomas) (PP) – 04:131–0
Dubé (Steel) (PP) – 15:172–0
2–136:27 – Bellows (Mittelstadt, Oettinger) (PP2)
Katchouk (Bean) – 37:393–1
3–246:09 – Perunovich (Mittelstadt) (PP)
3–346:43 – Tkachuk (Mittelstadt)
Steel Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Thomas Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Raddysh Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Batherson Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck.svg Bellows
Ice hockey puck.svg Tkachuk
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Mittelstadt
12 minPenalties6 min
22Shots36
December 30, 2017
16:00
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5–2
(0–0, 2–1, 3–1)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,229
Game reference
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goalies Roman Durný Referees:
Flag of Germany.svg Gordon Schukies
Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Thomson
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustin McCrank
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
Koppanen (Nurmi, Jääskä) – 27:021–0
1–134:14 – Bodák (Tamáši, Ivan)
Räsänen (Juolevi, Tolvanen) (PP) – 39:022–1
Heponiemi (Kuokkanen) – 46:233–1
3–249:03 – Buček (Krivošík, Ružička)
Ikonen – 52:364–2
Nurmi (Koppanen) – 54:015–2
8 minPenalties8 min
39Shots26
December 30, 2017
20:00
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg0–8
(0–3, 0–2, 0–3)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada KeyBank Center
Attendance: 8,671
Game reference
Emil Gransøe Goalies Carter Hart Referees:
Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Nikolic
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Yletyinen
0–103:52 – Thomas (Raddysh, Katchouk)
0–217:21 – Howden (Comtois, Foote)
0–319:39 – Steel (Clague, Kyrou)
0–427:52 – Makar (Bean) (PP)
0–529:20 – Howden (Foote, Formenton)
0–643:30 – Formenton (Timmins)
0–749:03 – McLeod
0–852:26 – Batherson (Foote, McLeod) (PP)
8 minPenalties4 min
18Shots44
December 31, 2017
16:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg5–4
(2–0, 2–2, 1–2)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,884
Game reference
Joseph Woll Goalies Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandre Garon
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
Frederic (Tufte, Yamamoto) – 03:591–0
Mittelstadt (Tkachuk) – 14:332–0
J. Anderson (Tkachuk, Fox) (PP2) – 26:563–0
3–129:01 – Räsänen (Tolvanen)
3–238:44 – Tolvanen (Jokiharju, Vesalainen) (PP)
J. Anderson (Fox, Mittelstadt) (PP) – 39:264–2
4–348:25 – Koppanen (Nurmi, Vaakanainen) (SH)
4–449:31 – Vesalainen (Juolevi, Välimäki)
Fox (Mittelstadt, Tkachuk) – 58:235–4
8 minPenalties10 min
37Shots24
December 31, 2017
18:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,419
Game reference
Roman Durný Goalies Kasper Krog Referees:
Flag of Latvia.svg Andris Ansons
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franco Castelli
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Sysuev
0–104:46 – Blichfield (Krag, Røndbjerg) (PP)
Roman (Tamáši) – 11:421–1
Fehérváry (Ružička, Buček) – 29:382–1
Roman (SH) – 34:383–1
Buček (Fehérváry) – 44:064–1
Liška (Kundrík, Solenský) – 45:225–1
12 minPenalties10 min
40Shots31

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43100207+1311 Quarterfinals
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 430011815+39
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 420111713+47
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 410031020103
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 400041020100 Relegation round
Source: IIHF
December 26, 2017
12:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg5–4
(2–2, 2–0, 1–2)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia KeyBank Center
Attendance: 4,998
Game reference
Josef Kořenář Goalies Alexei Melnichuk
Vladislav Sukhachyov
Referees:
Flag of Latvia.svg Andris Ansons
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandre Garon
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franco Castelli
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Hägerström
Nečas (Kaut, Zadina) (PP) – 04:421–0
1–105:21 – Polodyan (Altybarmakyan, Zaitsev)
Safin (Chytil, Hájek) – 07:282–1
2–209:16 – Sholokhov (Kostin, Syomin)
Zadina (Kaut, Nečas) (PP) – 25:343–2
Chytil (Safin, Zachar) – 37:264–2
Král (Kaut, Galvas) – 46:165–2
5–357:48 – Kayumov (Maunkyan, Rubstov)
5–459:02 – Syomin (Kayumov, Rubstov) (EA)
14 minPenalties6 min
24Shots38
December 26, 2017
14:00
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg1–6
(1–1, 0–3, 0–2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,754
Game reference
Andrei Grishenko Goalies Filip Gustavsson Referees:
Flag of Denmark.svg Jacob Grumsen
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg William Hancock II
Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
0–108:44 – Pettersson (Dahlin) (PP)
Sharangovich (SH) – 14:561–1
1–230:57 – Brännström (Nylander, Steen)
1–332:33 – Gustafsson (G. Lindström, Sellgren)
1–434:18 – Boqvist (Brännström, Karlström)
1–542:17 – Andersson (Nylander, Pettersson) (PP)
1–651:07 – Andersson (Dahlin, Karlström)
16 minPenalties8 min
9Shots36
December 27, 2017
15:00
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg3–2
(1–1, 0–0, 2–1)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,224
Game reference
Philip Wüthrich Goalies Andrei Grishenko Referees:
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Sjöqvist
Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Thomson
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustin McCrank
Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Yletyinen
Müller – 08:071–0
1–118:34 – Sushko (Martynyuk, Gabrus)
1–244:25 – Bovbel (Litvinov, Sushko) (PP)
Nussbaumer (Luenberger) – 48:122–2
Kurashev (Maillard, Miranda) – 51:163–2
4 minPenalties2 min
39Shots29
December 28, 2017
14:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,895
Game reference
Vladislav Sukhachyov Goalies Philip Wüthrich Referees:
Flag of Denmark.svg Jacob Grumsen
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
Syomin (Sokolov) (PP) – 10:211–0
1–120:09 – Miranda (Kurashev, Maillard)
Kostin (Svechnikov, Syomin) – 38:162–1
2–242:10 – Jäger (Heim, Sigrist)
Kayumov (Kostin) – 51:023–2
Ivanov (Svechnikov) – 58:184–2
Abramov (Sokolov) (ENG) – 58:315–2
6 minPenalties8 min
37Shots13
December 28, 2017
16:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,890
Game reference
Filip Gustavsson Goalies Jakub Škarek Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Filip Larsson
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustin McCrank
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Sysuev
Davidsson (Fjällby, Gustafsson) – 05:561–0
Pettersson (Nylander, Dahlin) (PP) – 19:042–0
2–139:02 – Zadina (Nečas, Hájek) (PP)
Nylander (Dahlin) (PP) – 44:253–1
10 minPenalties8 min
35Shots25
December 29, 2017
12:00
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg2–5
(0–2, 0–1, 2–2)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,841
Game reference
Andrei Grishenko Goalies Vladislav Sukhachyov Referees:
Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Nikolic
Flag of Germany.svg Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg William Hancock II
Flag of Norway.svg Jon Kilian
0–110:14 – Polodyan (Makeyev, Maltsev)
0–212:44 – Rubtsov (Manukyan, Minulin)
0–323:33 – Kostin (Svechnikov)
Deryabin (Pishuk) – 42:031–3
1–444:21 – Kayumov (Rubtsov, Manukyan)
1–548:12 – Kostin (Svechnikov, Ivanov)
Pishuk (Martynov) – 50:432–5
6 minPenalties10 min
19Shots40
December 30, 2017
12:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg6–5
(0–1, 5–2, 1–2)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,222
Game reference
Josef Kořenář
Jakub Škarek
Goalies Andrei Grishenko
Dmitri Rodik
Referees:
Flag of Denmark.svg Jacob Grumsen
Flag of Russia.svg Artur Kulev
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franco Castelli
Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
0–108:31 – Sharangovich (Yeryomenko, Litvinov) (PP)
0–220:48 – Drozdov (Sushko, Bovbel)
Pavlík (Safin, Reichel) – 21:291–2
Hájek (Nečas, Budík) – 21:532–2
Zadina (Michnáč, Kaut) (PP) – 25:583–2
Chytil (Zachar, Hájek) – 32:454–2
Pavlík (Chytil) – 35:265–2
5–338:45 – Sharangovich (Sushko, Bovbel) (PP)
5–450:27 – Martynov (Drozdov, Yeryomenko) (PP)
Zachar (Budík) – 53:236–4
6–554:52 – Gabrus
41 minPenalties4 min
39Shots21
December 30, 2017
14:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg7–2
(1–1, 2–1, 4–0)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland HarborCenter
Attendance: 2,115
Game reference
Filip Larsson Goalies Matteo Ritz Referees:
Flag of Latvia.svg Andris Ansons
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Hägerström
Flag of the United States.svg William Hancock II
Andersson (Nylander, Pettersson) (PP) – 05:251–0
1–110:13 – Müller
Andersson – 26:072–1
Fjällby (SH) – 32:273–1
3–239:14 – Miranda (PP)
Pettersson – 44:554–2
Söderlund (Dahlin, Brännström) – 50:015–2
Zetterlund – 51:436–2
Pettersson (Andersson, Dahlin) – 52:177–2
6 minPenalties8 min
42Shots22
December 31, 2017
12:00
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg3–6
(1–2, 2–2, 0–2)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,548
Game reference
Philip Wüthrich Goalies Jakub Škarek
Josef Kořenář
Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kaukokari
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Jon Kilian
Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Yletyinen
0–102:38 – Lauko (Hájek, Budík)
Jäger (Miranda, Kurashev) – 02:511–1
1–211:07 – Nečas (Kaut, Hájek) (PP)
1–322:11 – Reichel (Pavlík)
Rohrbach – 22:202–3
Riva (le Coultre, Heim) (PP) – 23:553–3
3–428:38 – Kaut (Michnáč, Nečas) (PP)
3–547:46 – Kurovský (Kodýtek)
3–657:40 – Reichel (Kurovský)
4 minPenalties8 min
31Shots60
December 31, 2017
20:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg3–4 GWS
(2–2, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,121
Game reference
Vladislav Sukhachyov Goalies Filip Gustavsson Referees:
Flag of Germany.svg Gordon Schukies
Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Thomson
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Hägerström
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustin McCrank
0–107:18 – Andersson (Liljegren, Nylander)
Sokolov (Maltsev, Polodyan) – 15:091–1
1–217:32 – Liljegren (Söderlund, L. Lindström)
Kostin (Ivanov, Svechnikov) – 18:182–2
2–354:21 – Gustafsson (Fjällby, Davidsson)
Polodyan (Shepelev, Ivanov) – 56:153–3
Yelizarov Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Abramov Ice hockey puck.svg
Maltsev Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Kostin Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Kayumov Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Pettersson
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Nylander
Ice hockey puck.svg L. Lindström
Ice hockey puck.svg Steen
12 minPenalties8 min
31Shots43

Relegation round

January 2, 2018
14:00
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg4–5
(0–2, 2–0, 2–3)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,245
Game reference
Andrei Grishenko Goalies Kasper Krog Referees:
Flag of Germany.svg Gordon Schukies
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franco Castelli
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Hägerström
0–115:56 – Røndbjerg (Blichfeld)
0–216:48 – Schultz (Madsen, Grundtvig)
Litvinov (SH) – 21:011–2
Yeryomenko (Sushko, Sharangovich) (PP) – 29:132–2
Drozdov (SH) – 41:443–2
Martynov (Sushko, Sharangovich) (PP) – 48:304–2
4–349:04 – Blichfeld (Røndbjerg, Jessen)
4–459:26 – Blichfeld (Setkov) (EA)
4–559:45 – Grundtvig (Røndbjerg, Mogensen)
20 minPenalties14 min
28Shots29
January 4, 2018
12:00
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg3–2 GWS
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 4–2)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus KeyBank Center
Attendance: 4,295
Game reference
Kasper Krog Goalies Andrei Grishenko
Dmitri Rodik
Referees:
Flag of Latvia.svg Andris Ansons
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandre Garon
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg William Hancock II
Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Yletyinen
Nielsen (Blichfeld, Røndbjerg) – 10:471–0
Røndbjerg (Blichfeld, Schmidt-Svestrup) – 12:232–0
2–148:54 – Sushko (Yeryomenko) (PP2)
2–249:40 – Litvinov (Bovbel, Sushko) (PP)
Molge Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Grundtvig Ice hockey puck.svg
Andersen Ice hockey puck.svg
Schmidt-Svejstrup Ice hockey puck.svg
Røndbjerg Ice hockey puck.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck.svg Drozdov
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Sharangovich
Ice hockey puck.svg Mikhalchuk
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Martynov
10 minPenalties33 min
28Shots30

Note: Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus was relegated to the 2019 Division I A

Playoff round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
1B Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
4A Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2
1B Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4
2A Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
2A Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4
3B Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2
1B Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
1A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3
1A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8
4B Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2
1A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7Bronze medal game
2B Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2
2B Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (GWS)42B Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3
3A Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3 2A Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2018
12:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,109
Game reference
Josef Kořenář Goalies Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Thomson
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Jon Kilian
Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Yletyinen
Zadina (Nečas, Hájek) (PP) – 06:201–0
1–123:04 – Räsänen (Vesalainen, Juolevi) (PP)
1–229:53 – Juolevi (Vesalainen, Kuokkanen)
Reichel (Pavlík, Budík) – 34:172–2
2–346:30 – Vesalainen (Tolvanen)
Zadina (Galvas, Nečas) (EA) – 57:343–3
Reichel Ice hockey puck.svg
Zadina Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Nečas Ice hockey puck.svg
Kaut Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Zachar Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Räsänen
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Tolvanen
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Kuokkanen
Ice hockey puck.svg Vesalainen
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Juolevi
8 minPenalties4 min
30Shots54
January 2, 2018
16:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8–2
(3–0, 3–1, 2–1)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,533
Game reference
Carter Hart Goalies Philip Wüthrich
Matteo Ritz
Referees:
Flag of Denmark.svg Jacob Grumsen
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Sysuev
Howden (Comtois, Makar) – 00:481–0
Makar (Timmins, Comtois) – 08:292–0
Batherson (Katchouk, Thomas) (PP) – 12:063–0
Batherson (Howden) – 26:124–0
Kyrou (Steel) – 27:245–0
5–128:46 – Rohrbach (Le Coultre, Maillard)
Timmins (Steenbergen, Howden) – 32:196–1
6–250:26 – Simic (Maillard) (SH)
Dubé (Kyrou, Raddysh) (PP) – 51:127–2
Comtois (Howden) – 59:098–2
6 minPenalties8 min
60Shots15
January 2, 2018
18:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,445
Game reference
Philip Larsson Goalies Roman Durný Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandre Garon
Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Nkolic
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg William Hancock II
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
Lundeström (Söderlund) – 20:091–0
Zetterlund – 26:552–0
2–137:41 – Bodák (Čacho, Buček) (PP)
Lundeström (Söderlund, Steen) – 50:173–1
3–251:58 – Bodák (Kelemen, Smolka)
10 minPenalties4 min
39Shots22
January 2, 2018
20:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–2
(2–1, 0–0, 2–1)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,242
Game reference
Joseph Woll Goalies Vladislav Sukhachyov Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kaukokari
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustin McCrank
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
Bellows (Tkachuk, Fox) (PP) – 02:181–0
1–110:32 – Sholokhov (Kostin, Yelizarov)
Yamamoto (Mittelstadt, Samberg) – 14:342–1
2–243:39 – Altybarmakyan (Samorukov)
Bellows (Samberg) – 52:313–2
J. Anderson (Poehling, Lindgren) (ENG) – 59:184–2
8 minPenalties33 min
43Shots29

Semifinals

January 4, 2018
16:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–2
(0–0, 1–0, 3–2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,524
Game reference
Filip Gustavsson Goalies Joseph Woll
Jake Oettinger
Referees:
Flag of Austria.svg Manuel Nikolic
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Flag of Denmark.svg Rene Jensen
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
Pettersson (Nylander, L. Lindström) (PP) – 33:301–0
Andersson (Karlström) – 46:172–0
Steen (SH) – 47:473–0
Fjällby (Davidsson) (SH) – 48:254–0
4–152:24 – Bellows (Yamamoto) (PP)
4–256:59 – Tkachuk (J. Anderson) (EA)
16 minPenalties8 min
20Shots31
January 4, 2018
20:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg7–2
(2–1, 4–0, 1–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,941
Game reference
Carter Hart Goalies Josef Kořenář
Jakub Škarek
Referees:
Flag of Germany.svg Gordon Schukies
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Hägerström
Flag of Norway.svg Jon Kilian
0–105:55 – Zadina (Nečas, Michnáč)
Steel (Clague, Kyrou) (PP) – 15:051–1
Batherson (Makar, Thomas) (PP) – 18:082–1
Batherson (Makar, Bean) (PP) – 27:483–1
Comtois (Howden, Formenton) – 29:434–1
Kyrou (Steel, Dubé) – 32:155–1
Batherson (McLeod) – 36:586–1
Katchouk (Thomas) – 45:157–1
7–250:11 – Zadina (Budík)
10 minPenalties8 min
39Shots20

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2018
16:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–9
(0–1, 0–6, 3–2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,122
Game reference
Josef Kořenář
Jakub Škarek
Goalies Jake Oettinger
Jeremy Swayman
Referees:
Flag of Germany.svg Gordon Schukies
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Jon Kilian
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustin McCrank
0–119:56 – Frederic (SH)
0–220:09 – Poehling (J. Anderson, Perunovich) (SH)
0–324:18 – J. Anderson (Tkachuk, Mittelstadt)
0–425:52 – Frederic (Hughes, Tufte)
0–527:23 – Bellows (PS)
0–632:55 – Frederic
0–739:01 – Bellows (Norris)
Kaut (Hájek, Nečas) (PP) – 40:431–7
Pavlík (Kodýtek, Vála) – 42:112–7
2–845:41 – Frederic (Bellows, Harper) (PP)
Kurovský (Kodýtek, Pavlík) – 47:453–8
3–957:10 – Harper (Samberg)
4 minPenalties8 min
35Shots39

Final

January 5, 2018
20:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada KeyBank Center
Attendance: 17,544
Game reference
Filip Gustavsson Goalies Carter Hart Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kaukokari
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robin Šir
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Šefčík
0–121:49 – Dubé (Kyrou, Steel)
Söderlund (L. Lindström, Brännström) (SH) – 33:071–1
1–258:20 – Steenbergen (Timmins)
1–358:46 – Formenton (Mete) (ENG)
22 minPenalties2 min
36Shots28

Statistics

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM
1 Casey Mittelstadt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 74711+82
2 Martin Nečas Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 73811−50
3 Kieffer Bellows Flag of the United States.svg  United States 79110+24
4 Jordan Kyrou Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 73710+20
5 Sam Steel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7459+30
6 Brady Tkachuk Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7369+62
7 Filip Zadina Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7718-42
8 Klim Kostin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5538+72
9 Cale Makar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7358+50
10 Maxim Sushko Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 6268−14

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Source: IIHF [12]

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1 Carter Hart Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 365:00111.8192.951
2 Roman Durný Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 240:00112.7592.860
3 Filip Gustavsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 364:36111.8192.410
4 Vladislav Sukhachyov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 262:30122.7490.400
5 Philip Wüthrich Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 207:22174.9288.740

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF [13]

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

Flag of the United States.svg Casey Mittelstadt

All-star team

IIHF best player awards

Final standings

PosGrpTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1 A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 760103911+2819Champions
2 B Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 751012814+1417Runners-up
3 A Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)741023519+1614Third place
4 B Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 731032734711Fourth place
5 B Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 520121917+27Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 A Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 520121816+27
7 A Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 52003121756
8 B Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 510041228163
9 A Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 611041032225Advanced in Relegation round
10 B Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 600151628121Relegated to the 2019 Division I A
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Courchevel and Méribel, France, from December 10 to 16, 2017. [14] [15]

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 532002010+1013Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 53110135+812
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53011177+1010
4Flag of France.svg  France (H)51112111546
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 510041020103
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 500141125141Relegated to the 2019 Division I B
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

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from December 9 to 15, 2017. [16] [17]

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 53200185+1313Promoted to the 2019 Division I A
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 531102314+912
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (H)530111815+310
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5111291126
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 50104923142 [lower-alpha 1]
6Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 5002371692 [lower-alpha 1] Relegated to the 2019 Division II A
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
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Italy defeated Lithuania 2–1

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, United Kingdom, from December 10 to 16, 2017. [18] [19]

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54100237+1614Promoted to the 2019 Division I B
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 522012119+210 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (H)530112315+810 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 51013202554 [lower-alpha 2]
5Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 51013172034 [lower-alpha 2]
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 510041331183Relegated to the 2019 Division II B
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
Notes:
  1. 1 2 South Korea defeated Great Britain 5–4
  2. 1 2 Estonia defeated Romania 8–4

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from January 10 to 16, 2018. [20] [21]

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 54100268+1814Promoted to the 2019 Division II A
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (H)540102212+1013
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 530021611+59
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 51004222863 [lower-alpha 1]
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 510041222103 [lower-alpha 1]
6Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 510041330173 [lower-alpha 1] Relegated to the 2019 Division III
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
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Belgium 3 Pts, +4 GD; Mexico 3 Pts, –1 GD; Turkey 3 Pts, –3 GD

Division III

Main tournament

The Division III main tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from January 22 to 28, 2018. [22] [23]

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 550002511+1415Promoted to the 2019 Division II B
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 530023012+189
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (H)53002222429
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 520122015+57
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 51103182465
6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 500051140290
Source: IIHF.com
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

Qualification

The Division III qualification tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from February 5 to 7, 2018. [24]

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (H)2200064+26Promoted to the 2019 Division III
2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 200024620
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) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

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