2017 IIHF World Championship Division II

2017 IIHF World Championship Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Romania  New Zealand
Dates	3–9 April (Group A) 4–10 April (Group B)
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Galati, Romania from 3 to 9 April 2017 and Group B in Auckland, New Zealand from 4 to 10 April 2017.^[1]

Bids[]

There were three official bids to host Group A Championships.^[2]

• Iceland
  • Reykjavik

Iceland had previously hosted these championships in 2015, in Reykjavik.

• Romania
  • Galați

Romania had previously hosted these championships twice, the 2001 edition in Bucharest, and again in 2008, in Miercurea Ciuc. The proposed arena was the Galați Skating Rink.

• Serbia
  • Belgrade or Novi Sad

Serbia has hosted the championships a number of times. Belgrade hosted twice, in 2005 and 2014, whilst Novi Sad hosted in 2009. In addition, Novi Sad also played host to the competition in 2002 whilst known as Serbia and Montenegro.

The decision on hosts was made on May 21, 2016. The bid from Romania gained a majority vote and as a result Galati will host the competition.^[3]

There were also two official bids to host Group B Championships.^[2]

• New Zealand
  • Auckland

New Zealand had previously hosted these championships in 2006. The proposed arena was Paradice Botany Downs.

• Turkey
  • Ankara

Turkey had previously hosted these championships in 2013, in İzmit.

The decision on hosts was made on May 21, 2016. The bid from New Zealand received the majority of the votes, and as a result Auckland will host the competition.^[4]

Venues[]

Group A tournament[]

2017 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Dates	3–9 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	103 (6.87 per match)
Attendance	14,910 (994 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(9 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Romania	Host, placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Spain	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Belgium	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Serbia	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Iceland	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Australia	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Romania (H, P)	5	4	0	0	1	24	5	+19	12	Promoted to Division I B
2	Australia	5	3	1	0	1	16	13	+3	11
3	Serbia	5	2	0	2	1	23	15	+8	8
4	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	17	27	−10	6[a]
5	Iceland	5	2	0	0	3	10	20	−10	6[a]
6	Spain (R)	5	0	1	0	4	13	23	−10	2	Relegation to Division II B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

3 April 2017 13:00

Australia

4–3 OT (1–1, 0–1, 2–1) OT: (1–0)

Serbia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 250

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Levente-Szilard Siko Vladimir Yefremov
	() – 07:28 1–0 1–1 14:47 – (, ) (PP2) 1–2 31:33 – Milovanović (, Crnogorac) () – 41:20 2–2 (, ) (PP) – 41:55 3–2 3–3 55:26 – (Popravko, ) Rezek (, ) (PP) – 61:17 4–3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	44

3 April 2017 16:30

Spain

2–3 (1–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Iceland

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 190

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Aaro Brannare Linesmen: Markus Eberl István Máthé
	0–1 00:07 – () () – 04:48 1–1 1–2 07:20 – (PP) González (, ) (PP) – 37:09 2–2 2–3 38:59 – (Maack, )
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	22

3 April 2017 20:00

Belgium

1–9 (1–2, 0–3, 0–4)

Romania

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 2,230

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Stian Losneslokken
	(, M. Morgan) – 05:29 1–0 1–1 11:23 – (, ) 1–2 19:42 – Mihály (Gliga, ) 1–3 23:11 – Mihály (, ) (PP) 1–4 27:40 – (M. Bíró, ) (PP) 1–5 34:34 – Mihály (Fodor) 1–6 43:17 – Fodor (Gliga) 1–7 47:30 – Mihály (Gliga, ) 1–8 54:36 – (, M. Bíró) 1–9 58:21 – (, Georgescu)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	39

4 April 2017 13:00

Iceland

2–3 (0–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Australia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 250

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Aaro Brannare Linesmen: Benas Jakšys István Máthé
	0–1 14:23 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 30:39 – () (, ) – 32:44 1–2 Ingason () (PP) – 36:50 2–2 2–3 43:00 – (Powell, ) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	31

4 April 2017 16:30

Spain

3–5 (0–1, 0–2, 3–2)

Belgium

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 210

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Levente-Szilard Siko
	0–1 07:46 – (M. Morgan, ) 0–2 21:26 – B. Kolodziejczyk (, ) 0–3 25:06 – M. Morgan (V. Morgan) (SH) 0–4 41:07 – (B. Kolodziejczyk, ) (PP) () – 52:51 1–4 1–5 56:53 – (Pellegrims) (PP) (, ) (PP) – 57:58 2–5 (Boronat, ) (SH) – 59:58 3–5
	20 min	Penalties	24 min
	24	Shots	32

4 April 2017 20:00

Romania

4–1 (2–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Serbia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 2,100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Markus Eberl Vladimir Yefremov
	Flinta (, ) – 06:47 1–0 (, ) – 16:05 2–0 2–1 36:10 – (, ) M. Bíró () – 40:37 3–1 Flinta (Georgescu, ) – 44:24 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	40	Shots	19

6 April 2017 13:00

Belgium

2–9 (1–2, 0–2, 1–5)

Serbia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: István Máthé Levente-Szilard Siko
	0–1 01:07 – 0–2 07:25 – (Sretović) (PP) – 16:18 1–2 1–3 23:55 – () 1–4 28:29 – (, ) (PP) 1–5 41:09 – Vučurević (Sretović, Crnogorac) 1–6 44:02 – (Vučurević, Sretović) (M. Morgan) – 50:04 2–6 2–7 53:13 – Luković (Vučurević) (PP) 2–8 54:44 – () 2–9 59:22 – Sretović (Vučurević) (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	37

6 April 2017 16:30

Spain

3–5 (1–2, 0–1, 2–2)

Australia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 300

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Stian Losneslokken Vladimir Yefremov
	0–1 00:44 – () (, ) (PP) – 04:31 1–1 1–2 06:52 – (, ) 1–3 21:59 – (Darge, ) (PP) 1–4 40:24 – Rezek (, L. Webster) Carbonell (Betran, Quevedo) (PP) – 50:59 2–4 (Quevedo, Betran) (PP) – 58:32 3–4 3–5 59:11 – Taylor (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	26

6 April 2017 20:00

Romania

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Iceland

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 2,600

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Benas Jakšys
	0–1 25:27 – () 0–2 54:07 – (, )
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	41	Shots	21

7 April 2017 13:00

Serbia

4–5 OT (0–3, 2–1, 2–0) OT: (0–1)

Spain

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 130

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Markus Eberl
	0–1 04:59 – (, ) 0–2 13:26 – (, Rubio) 0–3 18:56 – (Quevedo, ) () – 22:14 1–3 1–4 29:11 – (Puyuelo) (PP) (Ristić) – 39:14 2–4 (, ) – 44:58 3–4 ( ,Filipović) – 55:44 4–4 4–5 63:15 – González (, Fuentes)
	22 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	33

7 April 2017 16:30

Iceland

3–9 (1–3, 2–4, 0–2)

Belgium

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Benas Jakšys Vladimir Yefremov
	0–1 04:03 – (M. Morgan, ) 0–2 09:21 – (, ) (PP) 0–3 15:17 – M. Morgan (V. Morgan) (SH) (, ) – 17:37 1–3 (Pålsson) (PP) – 25:50 2–3 () – 26:24 3–3 3–4 27:31 – (, De Smet) 3–5 31:46 – Pellegrims (M. Morgan, ) (PP) 3–6 34:58 – V. Morgan (M. Morgan) 3–7 35:21 – De Smet (Van den Bogaert, B. Kolodziejczyk) 3–8 44:01 – De Smet (PS) 3–9 55:14 – V. Morgan (M. Morgan) (SH)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	31

7 April 2017 20:00

Australia

1–5 (1–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Romania

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 2,800

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Aaro Brannare Linesmen: Benas Jakšys Vladimir Yefremov
	(, ) (PP) – 17:14 1–0 1–1 17:44 – (, ) 1–2 28:36 – (, ) 1–3 37:35 – (, ) (PP) 1–4 51:11 – Mihály (Gliga, Nagy) (PP) 1–5 56:29 – (Gliga, Nagy)
	43 min	Penalties	39 min
	16	Shots	27

9 April 2017 13:00

Belgium

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Australia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Stian Losneslokken István Máthé
	0–1 15:51 – (, ) 0–2 22:27 – (, ) 0–3 45:42 – Todd (L. Webster, Cliff)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	23

9 April 2017 16:30

Serbia

6–0 (3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Iceland

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Markus Eberl Levente-Szilard Siko
	() – 03:51 1–0 (, ) – 13:55 2–0 Vučurević (, Popravko) – 16:04 3–0 Brkušanin (, Bibić) – 26:07 4–0 Brkušanin () – 34:16 5–0 Vučurević (Crnogorac, Sretoviċ) – 40:55 6–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	28

9 April 2017 20:00

Romania

6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Spain

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 3,200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Aaro Brannare Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Benas Jakšys
	() – 16:05 1–0 (, ) – 22:24 2–0 (, ) – 32:52 3–0 Mihály (M. Bíró) – 43:29 4–0 Georgescu (, ) – 43:45 5–0 () (PP) – 57:20 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	17

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Defenseman:
  • Best Forward:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	5	8	1	9	+6	4	F
	5	3	6	9	+9	0	F
Mitch Morgan	5	2	7	9	−2	2	F
	5	5	3	8	+5	12	F
	5	2	6	8	+5	0	F
	5	0	8	8	+5	0	F
	5	3	4	7	−2	4	F
	5	2	5	7	+5	4	F
	5	0	7	7	+3	2	D
	5	0	7	7	+2	14	D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
	288:21	5	1.04	90	94.44	1
	301:17	13	2.59	160	91.88	1
	304:21	15	2.96	156	90.38	1
	274:38	17	3.71	158	89.24	1
	286:00	21	4.41	138	84.78	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

Group B tournament[]

2017 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	4–10 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	113 (7.53 per match)
Attendance	3,229 (215 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(11 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
China	Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
Mexico	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Israel	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
New Zealand	Host, placed 4th in Division II B last year.
North Korea	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Turkey	Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[7]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	China (P)	5	5	0	0	0	29	12	+17	15	Promoted to Division II A
2	New Zealand (H)	5	4	0	0	1	23	11	+12	12
3	Israel	5	3	0	0	2	24	14	+10	9
4	North Korea	5	1	0	0	4	18	33	−15	3[a]
5	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4	12	16	−4	3[a]
6	Turkey (R)	5	1	0	0	4	7	27	−20	3[a]	Relegation to Division III

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+12).

4 April 2017 13:00

Mexico

5–1 (1–0, 3–1, 1–0)

North Korea

, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Justin Cornell Frederic Monnaie
	(, ) – 18:52 1–0 (Majul) – 25:47 2–0 De la Vega (Gómez, Majul) – 26:50 3–0 Pérez (, ) – 32:06 4–0 4–1 35:51 – () (, ) – 53:46 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	30

4 April 2017 16:30

Israel

2–5 (1–2, 1–0, 0–3)

China

, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Edward Howard
	0–1 00:53 – () 0–2 01:58 – Ying () () – 19:40 1–2 () – 39:21 2–2 2–3 47:24 – () 2–4 55:39 – Zhang Z. (, ) 2–5 59:59 – (, Ying) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	35

4 April 2017 20:00

Turkey

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

New Zealand

, Auckland Attendance: 350

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Nicholas Lee Sotaro Yamaguchi
	0–1 17:57 – () 0–2 20:29 – Challis 0–3 24:58 – (, ) 0–4 55:14 – Challis (Cox) (Coşkun) – 59:55 1–4
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	44

5 April 2017 13:00

Mexico

2–6 (0–0, 0–4, 2–2)

Israel

, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kenji Kosaka Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Tyler Haslemore
	0–1 30:49 – (PP) 0–2 32:51 – () 0–3 33:10 – (R. Aharonovich, ) 0–4 39:13 – (, Klein) (PP) (, ) – 50:27 1–4 () – 51:44 2–4 2–5 52:16 – Spektor (Klein) 2–6 55:54 – Mazour (Kozevnikov, ) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	33

5 April 2017 16:30

North Korea

11–3 (6–0, 4–2, 1–1)

Turkey

, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Nicholas Lee Sotaro Yamaguchi
	– 02:58 1–0 () – 07:09 2–0 () – 07:33 3–0 (Hong, Ri P.) (SH) – 10:30 4–0 Kim.S () – 12:59 5–0 Hong (Ri C., Kim S.) (PP) – 18:47 6–0 Ri C. (PP) – 25:27 7–0 7–1 27:11 – Halil (, Çetinkaya) (PP) (Ri P.) – 29:04 8–1 () – 32:56 9–1 Hong (Ri P.) – 34:33 10–1 10–2 36:21 – Gümüş Kim Kw. (Kang M.) – 42:15 11–2 11–3 49:18 – Halil (, Gümüş) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	16

5 April 2017 20:00

China

5–2 (1–1, 1–1, 3–0)

New Zealand

, Auckland Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies		Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Justin Cornell Frederic Monnaie
	0–1 11:59 – (, ) (, ) (PP) – 18:24 1–1 1–2 24:54 – Ruddle (, ) (PP2) (, ) (PP) – 27:40 2–2 (Yang, ) – 47:31 3–2 (Hu) – 50:23 4–2 Xiang (ENG) – 59:33 5–2
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	25

7 April 2017 13:00

China

8–3 (6–1, 1–1, 1–1)

North Korea

, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies		Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Edward Howard Frederic Monnaie
	(, Ying) – 01:57 1–0 () – 02:31 2–0 () – 07:15 3–0 () (PP) – 12:18 4–0 4–1 14:49 – Kim C.-g. (, ) (PP) – 16:46 5–1 (Chen) – 19:59 6–1 6–2 23:20 – Kim C.-g. Yang (, Zhang C.) (PP2) – 30:34 7–2 (Guan) (SH) – 50:47 8–2 8–3 59:59 – Kim Kw. () (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	37	Shots	28

7 April 2017 16:30

Mexico

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Turkey

, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Tyler Haslemore
	0–1 17:11 – () (SH)
	12 min	Penalties	35 min
	24	Shots	18

7 April 2017 20:00

Israel

2–5 (1–3, 0–2, 1–0)

New Zealand

, Auckland Attendance: 500

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kenji Kosaka Linesmen: Justin Cornell Sotaro Yamaguchi
	0–1 01:48 – (Henderson, Cox) (PP) 0–2 03:31 – (, Jackson) 0–3 16:46 – Ratcliffe (, Henderson) () (SH) – 18:24 1–3 1–4 27:34 – Ratcliffe (Eaden, ) (PP) 1–5 36:41 – (Ratcliffe) Spektor () – 44:56 2–5
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	39	Shots	38

9 April 2017 13:00

Turkey

2–7 (1–2, 0–2, 1–3)

China

, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Kenji Kosaka Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Tyler Haslemore
	0–1 07:30 – () (PP) 0–2 10:09 – (, ) (, ) (PP) – 16:59 1–2 1–3 27:10 – (Liu Q., Zhang H.) (PP) 1–4 39:42 – Zhang C. (Chen) (PP) 1–5 43:49 – Zhang C. 1–6 49:59 – (Zhang Z., Ying) Bakal (Semiz) – 53:29 2–6 2–7 54:46 – Zhang H. (, )
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	32

9 April 2017 16:30

North Korea

2–9 (0–1, 1–6, 1–2)

Israel

, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Edward Howard Sotaro Yamaguchi
	0–1 12:47 – () (PP) 0–2 28:43 – Spektor (R. Aharonovich, ) (PP) 0–3 32:09 – R. Aharonovich (Spektor, ) (PP) 0–4 33:06 – () 0–5 34:30 – (Mazour) 0–6 35:30 – Klein (Vernyy) 0–7 35:57 – Kozevnikov (Kozhevnikov) (, ) – 37:13 1–7 1–8 43:26 – Klein (Kozhevnikov) (PP) Ri C. (SH) – 53:49 2–8 2–9 57:03 – Spektor (Klein) (SH)
	30 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	47

9 April 2017 20:00

New Zealand

4–2 (2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Mexico

, Auckland Attendance: 518

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Nicholas Lee Frederic Monnaie
	– 18:52 1–0 () (PP) – 19:39 2–0 2–1 23:54 – () – 36:14 3–1 3–2 38:46 – De la Vega (, ) (PP) (Eaden, ) – 55:40 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	32

10 April 2017 13:00

Israel

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Turkey

, Auckland Attendance: 101

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Edward Howard Frederic Monnaie
	(, ) – 08:46 1–0 () – 22:03 2–0 Klein (Vernyy, ) (PP2) – 46:16 3–0 Mazour (, ) (PP) – 47:11 4–0 Mazour (Kozhevnikov, Kozevnikov) (PP) – 51:49 5–0
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	26

10 April 2017 16:30

China

4–3 (2–0, 2–3, 0–0)

Mexico

, Auckland Attendance: 103

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies		Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Tyler Haslemore Nicholas Lee
	() (PP) – 07:46 1–0 (, ) (PP) – 18:18 2–0 2–1 26:39 – (, ) Lu – 35:40 3–1 Xia (SH) – 36:47 4–1 4–2 37:55 – Colás (, Gómez) (PP) 4–3 39:18 �� Majul (, Gómez) (PP)
	50 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	40

10 April 2017 20:00

New Zealand

8–1 (2–1, 4–0, 2–0)

North Korea

, Auckland Attendance: 407

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Justin Cornell Sotaro Yamaguchi
	(, ) – 00:57 1–0 1–1 15:20 – Kim C.-g. (, ) () – 19:42 2–1 – 22:24 3–1 Cox (Henderson, Challis) (PP) – 26:44 4–1 Ruddle (, Ratcliffe) (PP) – 34:12 5–1 Ruddle (Craig, Ratcliffe) (PP) – 39:58 6–1 Challis (Henderson) – 59:17 7–1 (Polozov, ) – 59:40 8–1
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	43	Shots	25

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Defenseman:
  • Best Forward:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	5	4	7	11	+3	4	F
	5	6	4	10	+4	4	F
	5	6	3	9	+2	4	F
	5	5	2	7	0	6	F
	5	4	3	7	+3	12	F
	5	3	4	7	−4	2	F
	5	2	5	7	+3	4	F
	5	2	5	7	0	6	F
	5	4	2	6	+3	0	F
	5	4	2	6	+1	4	F
	5	4	2	6	+7	6	F
	5	4	2	6	+1	4	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
	239:45	9	2.25	134	93.28	0
Sun Zehao	300:00	12	2.40	148	91.89	0
	289:28	12	2.49	142	91.55	1
	218:39	13	3.57	133	90.23	0
	190:30	13	4.09	115	88.70	1

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

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