2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

2017 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	13–23 April 2017
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	United States (10th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	196 (6.32 per game)
Attendance	73,690 (2,377 per game)
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[edit]

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)

Preliminary round[edit]

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[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	0	23	10	+13	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	2	1	0	1	18	13	+5	8
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	13	10	+3	7
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	9	14	−5	3
5	Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	3	19	−16	0	Advance to Relegation round

13 April 2017 15:30

Latvia

1–4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,435

Game reference
	Niklavs Rauza	Goalies	Ian Scott	Referees: Alex Dipietro Mikael Holm Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Park Jun-soo
	0–1 11:50 – Mattheos (PS) Paskausks – 18:08 1–1 1–2 23:36 – Comtois (Entwistle) (PP) 1–3 28:26 – Ratcliffe (Schnarr) 1–4 50:48 – Entwistle (Smith, Mitchell)
	16 min	Penalties	32 min
	19	Shots	54

13 April 2017 19:30

Slovakia

4–5 (0–1, 4–3, 0–1)

Finland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 3,935

Game reference
	Juraj Sklenár	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Alexandre Garon Liam Sewell Linesmen: William Hancock II Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 09:55 – Vesalainen (Ikonen) 0–2 23:46 – Talvitie (Teräväinen) 0–3 28:59 – Vesalainen (Heiskanen, Ylönen) (PP) Hrehorčák – 29:18 1–3 Hrehorčák (Žiak) (PP) – 31:20 2–3 Kupec (Žiak) – 35:53 3–3 Stacho (Fehérváry) – 36:57 4–3 4–4 38:40 – Ylönen (Virtanen, Talvitie) 4–5 52:17 – Talvitie (Heiskanen, Utunen)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	29

14 April 2017 19:30

Switzerland

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,210

Game reference
	Gianluca Zaetta	Goalies	Jānis Voris Niklavs Rauza	Referees: Artur Kulev Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Emil Yletyinen
	Eggenberger (Müller, Hischier) – 02:57 1–0 Kurashev (Matewa, Sigrist) – 13:12 2–0 Sigrist (Le Coultre) (PP) – 27:40 3–0 Eggenberger – 43:50 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	27

15 April 2017 15:30

Finland

5–1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,962

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Gianluca Zaetta Beat Trudel	Referees: Mikael Holm Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: William Hancock II Jiří Ondráček
	Nyman (Talvitie, Ikonen) (PP) – 07:28 1–0 Nyman (Vesalainen, Ikonen) – 16:14 2–0 Kotkaniemi (Kupari) – 32:14 3–0 Ikonen (Nyman, Vesalainen) – 33:19 4–0 4–1 47:40 – Müller (Matewa, Hischier) Latvala (Kotkaniemi, Koskenkorva) – 47:53 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	26

15 April 2017 19:30

Canada

4–3 OT (3–1, 0–1, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

Slovakia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 4,318

Game reference
	Ian Scott	Goalies	Juraj Sklenár Jakub Kostelný	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 08:37 – Liška (Ružička) (PP) Olson (Entwistle) – 18:18 1–1 Mattheos (Chainey) – 18:36 2–1 Ratcliffe – 19:49 3–1 3–2 36:34 – Hrehorčák (Roman) 3–3 42:38 – Liška (Fafrák) (SH) Mattheos (McIsaac) – 62:38 4–3
	28 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	29

16 April 2017 19:30

Latvia

2–7 (1–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Finland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,116

Game reference
	Niklavs Rauza Jānis Voris	Goalies	Lassi Lehtinen	Referees: Robert Hallin Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Lukáš Kacej
	Petrovs (Udris) – 11:59 1–0 1–1 12:44 – Vaakanainen (Heiskanen, Vesalainen) 1–2 13:51 – Ikonen (Heiskanen) (PP) Paškausks (Smirnovs) – 28:51 2–2 2–3 31:09 – Ikonen (Vesalainen, Heiskanen) (PP2) 2–4 31:52 – Ylönen (Kotkaniemi, Kupari) (PP) 2–5 39:14 – Ikonen (Vesalainen, Nyman) 2–6 42:58 – Vesalainen (Vaakanainen, Heiskanen) 2–7 55:45 – Ylönen (Talvitie, Virtanen)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	44

17 April 2017 15:30

Canada

7–3 (2–0, 1–2, 4–1)

Switzerland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,562

Game reference
	Jake McGrath	Goalies	Gianluca Zaetta Akira Schmid	Referees: Robert Hallin Liam Sewell Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Emil Yletyinen
	Studnicka (Olson) – 09:44 1–0 Glass (Chainey) – 12:29 2–0 Studnicka (Strome) – 23:31 3–0 3–1 32:33 – Weibel (SH) 3–2 38:35 – Kurashev (Le Coultre, Hischier) (PP2) Glass (Chainey, Woo) – 41:15 4–2 Olson (Glass, Chainey) – 49:47 5–2 5–3 56:07 – Eggenberger (Kurashev, Hischier) Mattheos (ENG) – 57:35 6–3 Entwistle (McIsaac, Mitchell) – 59:19 7–3
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	30

17 April 2017 19:30

Slovakia

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 4,496

Game reference
	Jakub Kostelný	Goalies	Jānis Voris	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Marc Iwert Linesmen: Thomas Caillot William Hancock II
	Havrila (Regenda, Hrehorčák) – 17:05 1–0 Ružička (Liška, Žiak) (PP) – 26:47 2–0 Roman (Krivošík, Ivan) – 31:06 3–0 Fehérváry (Ružička, Fafrák) (PP) – 42:56 4–0
	16 min	Penalties	43 min
	36	Shots	15

18 April 2017 15:30

Finland

6–3 (1–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Canada

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 2,201

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Ian Scott Jake McGrath	Referees: Marc Iwert Artur Kulev Linesmen: William Hancock II Emil Yletyinen
	Vesalainen (PP) – 00:56 1–0 1–1 03:55 – Studnicka (Brook) Vesalainen (Vaakanainen, Heiskanen) – 20:30 2–1 Heiskanen (Ylönen) – 26:56 3–1 Virtanen (SH) – 32:37 4–1 4–2 38:38 – Woo (Entwistle, Strome) Engberg (Kotkaniemi) – 41:24 5–2 5–3 51:18 – Entwistle (PP) Vesalainen (Engberg) (ENG) – 58:22 6–3
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	20

18 April 2017 19:30

Switzerland

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Slovakia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 4,496

Game reference
	Akira Schmid	Goalies	Juraj Sklenár	Referees: Mikael Holm Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 31:20 – Fafrák (Ružička, Liška) Kurashev (Hischier) – 32:04 1–1 1–2 41:40 – Baláž (Korenčík)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	23

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	22	7	+15	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Russia	4	2	1	0	1	16	11	+5	8
3	Sweden	4	2	0	0	2	8	12	−4	6
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	15	17	−2	4
5	Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	7	21	−14	0	Advance to Relegation round

13 April 2017 15:30

Belarus

0–7 (0–0, 0–5, 0–2)

United States

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 567

Game reference
	Andrei Grischenko	Goalies	Dylan St. Cyr	Referees: Robert Hallin Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Lukáš Kacej
	0–1 21:44 – Pastujov (Barratt, Gildon) 0–2 22:26 – Reedy (Farabee, Knoepke) 0–3 27:50 – Wahlstrom (Tkachuk, Barratt) 0–4 33:00 – Dhooghe (Farabee, Knoepke) (SH) 0–5 36:33 – Wahlstrom (Norris, Mismash) 0–6 42:34 – Mismash (Barratt, Pastujov) 0–7 44:55 – Farrance (Poehling, Reedy)
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	51

13 April 2017 19:30

Russia

3–1 (0–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Sweden

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,350

Game reference
	Maxim Zhukov	Goalies	Olle Eriksson Ek	Referees: Marc Iwert Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Roman Výleta
	0–1 09:05 – Brännström (Lundeström, Hugg) (PP) Maximov (Slepets) – 42:13 1–1 Svechnikov (Chekhovich) – 51:02 2–1 Svechnikov (Chekhovich) (ENG) – 59:58 3–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	44

14 April 2017 19:30

Czech Republic

7–4 (2–1, 4–1, 1–2)

Belarus

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,231

Game reference
	Jakub Škarek	Goalies	Andrei Grischenko Nikita Tolopilo	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Michael Harrington Park Jun-soo
	Hrabík (Kvasnička, Nečas) (PP) – 02:13 1–0 Hladonik (Chytil, Bukač) (SH) – 05:41 2–0 2–1 19:59 – Martynov (Savritski) (SH) Kondelík (Škvrně, Šalda) – 30:25 3–1 Král (Zadina, Chytil) – 30:49 4–1 Kaut (Zadina) (PP) – 33:38 5–1 Kern (Galvas) – 34:01 6–1 6–2 36:18 – Kot (Martynov) Chytil (Nečas, Kondelík) – 50:17 7–2 7–3 58:26 – Martynov (PS) 7–4 59:51 – Baltruk
	28 min	Penalties	32 min
	45	Shots	33

15 April 2017 15:30

United States

5–4 (0–1, 3–0, 2–3)

Russia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 3,503

Game reference
	Dylan St. Cyr	Goalies	Maxim Zhukov	Referees: Alexandre Garon Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Michael Harrington Roman Výleta
	0–1 10:59 – Koltygin (Rubinchik, Toropchenko) (SH) Mismash (Barratt, Pastujov) – 33:57 1–1 Poehling (Dhooghe, Farabee) – 36:28 2–1 Poehling (Miller, Knoepke) (SH) – 39:30 3–1 Norris (Tkachuk, Dhooghe) – 41:16 4–1 4–2 45:19 – Bitsadze (Samorukov, Perelyayev) Barratt (Mismash, Dhooghe) – 49:59 5–2 5–3 56:33 – Slepets (Rubinchik, Lipanov) (PP) 5–4 57:09 – Chekhovich (Svechnikov, Koltygin)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	28

15 April 2017 19:30

Sweden

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 3,126

Game reference
	Adam Åhman	Goalies	Jakub Škarek	Referees: Alex Dipietro Artur Kulev Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Lukáš Kacej
	Peterson (Elvenes, Westerlund) – 03:40 1–0 Zetterlund – 20:35 2–0 2–1 37:30 – Zadina (Kvasnička, Kondelík) (PP) 2–2 46:08 – Kern (Safin) Gustafsson (Ginning) – 47:30 3–2
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	38	Shots	34

16 April 2017 19:30

Belarus

2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 1,503

Game reference
	Andrei Grischenko	Goalies	Olle Eriksson Ek	Referees: Marc Iwert Liam Sewell Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Kriss Kupcus
	0–1 01:12 – Gustafsson (Zetterlund) 0–2 04:09 – Miketinac (Peterson) Yeryomenko (Kot, Martynov) – 12:38 1–2 Baltruk (Pavlenko, Drozdov) – 33:11 2–2 2–3 59:48 – Bemström (Hugg, Lundeström) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	52

17 April 2017 15:30

United States

5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 3,856

Game reference
	Dylan St. Cyr	Goalies	Jakub Škarek Jiri Patera	Referees: Mikael Holm Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Michael Harrington Lukáš Kacej
	0–1 01:51 – Machala (Kern) Tkachuck (Kemp) (SH) – 12:24 1–1 Gildon (Mismash) – 13:46 2–1 Tortora (Farrance) – 23:43 3–1 Gildon (Cockerill, Tortora) – 31:22 4–1 4–2 31:50 – Safin (Kern, Machala) Gildon (Hughes, Wahlstrom) (PP) – 58:00 5–2
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	26

17 April 2017 19:30

Russia

4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 1,123

Game reference
	Kirill Ustimenko	Goalies	Andrei Grischenko	Referees: Alex Dipietro Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Roman Výleta
	0–1 26:12 – Anosov (Azhgirei) Chekhovich (Lipanov, Svechnikov) (PP) – 28:11 1–1 Slepets – 29:28 2–1 Svechnikov (Rubinchik) – 50:11 3–1 Chekhovich (Samorukov) (PP) – 55:01 4–1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	32

18 April 2017 15:30

Sweden

1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

United States

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,354

Game reference
	Adam Åhman	Goalies	Dylan St. Cyr	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Roman Výleta
	0–1 08:40 – Dhooghe (Pastujov, Cockerill) 0–2 19:37 – Wahlstrom (Mismash, Gildon) 0–3 22:40 – Farabee (PS) Westerlund (Brännström, Elvenes) (PP) – 39:01 1–3 1–4 50:45 – Poehling (Dhooghe) (SH) 1–5 58:05 – Wahlstrom (Hughes) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	29

18 April 2017 19:30

Czech Republic

4–5 OT (1–1, 1–1, 2–2) OT: (0–1)

Russia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,764

Game reference
	Jiri Patera	Goalies	Maxim Zhukov	Referees: Alexandre Garon Robert Hallin Linesmen: Michael Harrington Kriss Kupcus
	0–1 10:48 – Rubinchik (Galenyuk, Bitsadze) (PP) Kvasnička (Kondelík, Safin) (EA) – 17:21 1–1 1–2 29:31 – Shashkov (Baranov) Zadina (Chytil) (PP) – 33:43 2–2 2–3 43:23 – Svechnikov (Lipanov, Chekhovich) Hrabík (Král, Kaut) (EA) – 44:43 3–3 Kern (Kvasnička, Kondelík) – 48:40 4–3 4–4 57:55 – Maximov (Slepets, Rubinchik) 4–5 64:06 – Rubinchik (Muranov, Koltygin)
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	32

Relegation round[edit]

20 April 2017 11:30

Belarus

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 356

Game reference
	Andrei Grischenko	Goalies	Niklavs Rauza	Referees: Alexandre Garon Robert Hallin Linesmen: Michael Harrington Lukáš Kacej
	Martynov (Yeryomenko, Gabrus) – 38:53 1–0 Yeryomenko (Baltruk) (SH, ENG) – 59:23 2–0
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	17

21 April 2017 17:30

Latvia

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Belarus

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 309

Game reference
	Niklavs Rauza	Goalies	Andrei Grischenko	Referees: Alexandre Garon Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Park Jun-soo
	Egle (Bērziņš, Krollis) (PP) – 08:23 1–0 1–1 30:19 – Sapego (Drozdov, Yeryomenko) Smirnovs (Paškausks, Egle) – 37:06 2–1 2–2 49:58 – Pavlenko (Sapego, Baltruk) (PP) Egle (Jašunovs, Bērziņš) – 55:07 3–2
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	33

23 April 2017 13:30

Belarus

3–1 (2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 131

Game reference
	Andrei Grischenko	Goalies	Niklavs Rauza	Referees: Marc Iwert Liam Sewell Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Jiří Ondráček
	Drozdov (Martynov, Borshov) – 06:27 1–0 Deryabin (Martynov) – 19:25 2–0 Pavlenko (Borshov, Savritski) – 44:00 3–0 3–1 50:33 – Jašunovs (Kārkls, Smirnovs) (PP2)
	20 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	24

• Latvia is relegated to the 2018 Division I A.

Playoff round[edit]

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

Bronze medal game

3B

Sweden

3

2A

Canada

3

2B

Russia

3

3B

Sweden

7

3B

Sweden

0

Quarterfinals[edit]

20 April 2017 13:30

Finland

6–5 OT (4–1, 1–3, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

Czech Republic

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 1,194

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Jakub Škarek Jiri Patera	Referees: Artur Kulev Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Emil Yletyinen
	Heiskanen (Vaakanainen, Vesalainen) – 02:19 1–0 1–1 07:11 – Mikyska (Hrabík, Dvořák) Nyman (Vesalainen) – 14:09 2–1 Vaakanainen (Ikonen, Heiskanen) (PP) – 18:26 3–1 Talvitie (Heiskanen, Ylönen) – 19:14 4–1 Talvitie (Virtanen, Ylönen) – 25:24 5–1 5–2 27:02 – Chytil (Zadina, Safin) (PP) 5–3 32:00 – Škvrně (Kondelík, Mikyska) 5–4 38:35 – Machala (Nečas, Kvasnička) (PP) 5–5 57:23 – Zadina (Hladonik, Hrabík) Virtanen (Heiskanen, Ylönen) – 69:02 6–5
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	47

20 April 2017 15:30

Canada

3–7 (0–1, 2–3, 1–3)

Sweden

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,259

Game reference
	Ian Scott	Goalies	Adam Åhman	Referees: Alex Dipietro Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Roman Výleta
	0–1 19:57 – Zetterlund Strome – 21:58 1–1 1–2 30:36 – Back (Hugg, Zetterlund) 1–3 33:33 – Olofsson (Lundeström) Entwistle (Brook) – 34:38 2–3 2–4 39:38 – Hugg (Liljegren, Brännström) (PP) 2–5 44:20 – Olofsson 2–6 48:30 – Brännström (Elvenes, Fjellström) Comtois – 54:07 3–6 3–7 57:53 – Lundeström (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	34

20 April 2017 17:30

Russia

3–2 OT (1–0, 0–2, 1–0) OT: (1–0)

Slovakia

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 4,496

Game reference
	Maxim Zhukov	Goalies	Juraj Sklenár	Referees: Mikael Holm Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Thomas Caillot William Hancock II
	Chekhovich (Svechnikov) – 05:36 1–0 1–1 30:35 – Ružička (Liška, Baláž) 1–2 34:02 – Fafrák (Liška) Chekhovich (Svechnikov, Samorukov) (PP) – 41:14 2–2 Slepets (Koltygin, Samorukov) – 68:42 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	42	Shots	41

20 April 2017 19:30

United States

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,342

Game reference
	Dylan St. Cyr	Goalies	Akira Schmid	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Liam Sewell Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Park Jun-soo
	Pastujov (Tkachuk, Norris) – 00:51 1–0 1–1 23:51 – Hischier (Gross) 1–2 30:49 – Müller (Patry, Sigrist) (PP) Farrance (Barratt, Tkachuk) – 34:02 2–2 Norris (Pastujov, Tkachuk) – 56:43 3–2 Tortora (Dhooghe, Kemp) – 57:10 4–2
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	47	Shots	17

Semifinals[edit]

22 April 2017 15:30

Finland

2–1 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

Russia

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 2,936

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Maxim Zhukov	Referees: Alex Dipietro Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: William Hancock II Roman Výleta
	Ylönen (Virtanen, Kotkaniemi) (PP) – 25:14 1–0 1–1 41:37 – Slepets (Toropchenko) Utunen (Anttalainen, Kupari) – 67:01 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	29

22 April 2017 19:30

United States

4–3 OT (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) OT: (1–0)

Sweden

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 2,732

Game reference
	Dylan St. Cyr	Goalies	Adam Åhman	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Artur Kulev Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Jiří Ondráček
	Pastujov (Dhooghe, Miller) – 10:28 1–0 1–1 20:39 – Olofsson (Bemström, Lundeström) Gildon (Mismash, Hughes) (PP) – 26:29 2–1 2–2 44:11 – Zetterlund (Brännström, Liljegren) (PP) 2–3 46:46 – Sylvegård (Johansson) Hughes (Norris) – 47:50 3–3 Dhooghe (Poehling) – 69:39 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	29

Bronze medal game[edit]

23 April 2017 15:30

Russia

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 2,923

Game reference
	Kirill Ustimenko	Goalies	Adam Åhman	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Markus Hägerström William Hancock II
	Galenyuk (Chekhovich, Svechnikov) (PP) – 16:27 1–0 Samorukov – 24:21 2–0 Maximov (ENG) – 59:45 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	30

Final[edit]

23 April 2017 19:30

United States

4–2 (2–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Finland

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 3,904

Game reference
	Dylan St. Cyr	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Alexandre Garon Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Michael Harrington Emil Yletyinen
	Norris (Tkachuk) – 03:51 1–0 Farabee (Tortora) – 16:47 2–0 Farabee (Cockerill, St. Cyr) (SH) – 21:03 3–0 3–1 27:05 – Räsänen (Koskenkorva, Kotkaniemi) Mismash (Hughes, Norris) (PP) – 31:03 4–1 4–2 56:44 – Vaakanainen (EA)
	24 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	24

Scoring leaders[edit]

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
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[edit]

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
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[edit]

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[edit]

Rank Team  United States  Finland  Russia 4th  Sweden 5th  Canada 6th  Slovakia 7th  Czech Republic 8th   Switzerland 9th  Belarus 10th  Latvia Relegated to the 2018 Division I A Division I[edit] Further information: 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I Division I A[edit] The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 April 2017.[3] Pos Team v t e Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1  France 5 4 0 0 1 17 14 +3 12 Promoted to the 2018 Top Division 2  Kazakhstan 5 3 1 0 1 18 8 +10 11 3  Denmark 5 3 0 1 1 17 15 +2 10 4  Norway 5 2 1 0 2 22 13 +9 8 5  Germany 5 1 0 1 3 23 21 +2 4 6  Hungary 5 0 0 0 5 6 32 −26 0 Relegated to the 2018 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. Division I B[edit] The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 15 to 21 April 2017.[4] Pos Team v t e Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1  Slovenia (H) 5 4 0 0 1 22 8 +14 12 Promoted to the 2018 Division I A 2  Austria 5 2 2 0 1 14 13 +1 10 3  Japan 5 1 2 1 1 15 23 −8 8 4  Italy 5 2 0 1 2 17 17 0 7 5  Ukraine 5 1 1 1 2 15 15 0 6 6  Poland 5 0 0 2 3 9 16 −7 2 Relegated to the 2018 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 Division II[edit] Further information: 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Division II A[edit] The Division II A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017.[5] Pos Team v t e Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1  Romania 5 4 0 1 0 20 8 +12 13 Promoted to the 2018 Division I B 2  Estonia 5 1 3 0 1 17 16 +1 9 3  Lithuania 5 2 1 0 2 15 12 +3 8 4  South Korea (H) 5 2 0 1 2 13 13 0 7[a] 5  Great Britain 5 2 0 1 2 18 17 +1 7[a] 6  Croatia 5 0 0 1 4 9 26 −17 1 Relegated to the 2018 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: ^ a b South Korea 3–2 Great Britain Division II B[edit] The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 13 to 19 March 2017.[6] Pos Team v t e Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1  Australia 5 4 0 0 1 19 7 +12 12[a] Promoted to the 2018 Division II A 2  Spain 5 4 0 0 1 24 10 +14 12[a] 3  Serbia (H) 5 3 0 0 2 14 13 +1 9[b] 4  Netherlands 5 3 0 0 2 16 12 +4 9[b] 5  Iceland 5 1 0 0 4 8 23 −15 3 6  Belgium 5 0 0 0 5 7 23 −16 0 Relegated to the 2018 Division III 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: ^ a b Spain 1–4 Australia ^ a b Serbia 3–2 Netherlands Division III[edit] Further information: 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Division III A[edit] The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 21 to 27 March 2017.[7] Pos Team v t e Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1  China 5 5 0 0 0 36 1 +35 15 Promoted to the 2018 Division II B 2  Israel 5 4 0 0 1 21 8 +13 12 3  Chinese Taipei (H) 5 2 1 0 2 16 13 +3 8 4  Bulgaria 5 2 0 0 3 18 18 0 6 5  Turkey 5 1 0 0 4 19 39 −20 3 6  New Zealand 5 0 0 1 4 11 42 −31 1 Relegated to the 2018 Division III 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 III B[edit] The Division III B tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 17 to 19 March 2017.[8] Pos Team v t e Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 1  Mexico (H) 2 2 0 0 0 18 3 +15 6 Promoted to the 2018 Division III A 2  Hong Kong 2 1 0 0 1 4 13 −9 3 3  South Africa 2 0 0 0 2 4 10 −6 0 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 References[edit] ^ 2017 Top Division statistics ^ "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF.com. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-05-29. ^ 2017 Division I A statistics ^ 2017 Division I B statistics ^ 2017 Division II A statistics ^ 2017 Division II B statistics ^ 2017 Division III A statistics ^ 2017 Division III B statistics External links[edit] Tournament official website IIHF official website