2017 IIHF World U18 Championships
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Slovakia |
Dates | 13–23 April 2017 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (10th title) |
Runner-up | Finland |
Third place | Russia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 196 (6.32 per match) |
Attendance | 73,690 (2,377 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | Kristian Vesalainen (13 points) |
MVP | Kristian Vesalainen |
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The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 19th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted by Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia.[1] The tournament was played from 13 to 23 April 2017. Finland entered the tournament as the defending champions and once again advanced to the final, but this time they lost to the United States.
Top Division
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)
Preliminary round
The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups plays a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.[2]
Group A
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Group B
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Relegation round
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- Latvia is relegated to the 2018 Division I A.
Playoff round
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1A | Finland | 6 | ||||||||||||
4B | Czech Republic | 5 | ||||||||||||
1A | Finland | 2 | ||||||||||||
2B | Russia | 1 | ||||||||||||
2B | Russia | 3 | ||||||||||||
3A | Slovakia | 2 | ||||||||||||
1A | Finland | 2 | ||||||||||||
1B | United States | 4 | ||||||||||||
1B | United States | 4 | ||||||||||||
4A | Switzerland | 2 | ||||||||||||
1B | United States | 4 | ||||||||||||
3B | Sweden | 3 | ||||||||||||
2A | Canada | 3 | ||||||||||||
3B | Sweden | 7 | ||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
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Final
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Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Kristian Vesalainen | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +5 | 8 |
Miro Heiskanen | 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +8 | 0 |
Ivan Chekhovich | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +3 | 4 |
Andrei Svechnikov | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +3 | 10 |
Jesse Ylönen | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +6 | 0 |
Sean Dhooghe | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +8 | 2 |
Joni Ikonen | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 8 |
Grant Mismash | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +4 | 10 |
MacKenzie Entwistle | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
Aarne Talvitie | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
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Maxim Zhukov | 319:19 | 189 | 14 | 2.63 | 92.59 | 0 |
Dylan St. Cyr | 429:39 | 177 | 14 | 1.96 | 92.09 | 1 |
Niklavs Rauza | 316:49 | 193 | 17 | 3.22 | 91.19 | 0 |
Andrei Grischenko | 416:38 | 243 | 23 | 3.31 | 90.53 | 1 |
Akira Schmid | 153:16 | 92 | 9 | 3.52 | 90.22 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Tournament awards
Most Valuable Player
- Forward: Kristian Vesalainen
All-star team
- Goaltender: Dylan St. Cyr
- Defencemen: Miro Heiskanen, Max Gildon
- Forwards: Kristian Vesalainen, Sean Dhooghe, Ivan Chekhovich
Source: IIHF.com
IIHF best player awards
- Goaltender: Maxim Zhukov
- Defenceman: Miro Heiskanen
- Forward: Kristian Vesalainen
Source: IIHF.com
Final standings
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