2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2018 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	December 26, 2017 – January 5, 2018
Teams	10
Venue(s)	KeyBank Center, Buffalo HarborCenter, Buffalo New Era Field, Orchard Park[1] (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (17th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	216 (7.2 per match)
Attendance	211,210 (7,040 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Casey Mittelstadt (11 points)
MVP	Casey Mittelstadt
Website	2018.worldjunior.hockey
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The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 42nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York^[2] at the 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.

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.^[3][4]

Top Division[]

Venues[]

Buffalo Orchard Park	Buffalo		Orchard Park
	KeyBank Center Capacity: 19,070	KeyBank Rink at HarborCenter Capacity: 1,800	New Era Field Capacity: 71,870

Host selection[]

On July 28, 2015, USA Hockey named the five initial finalists for hosting the event:^[5]

• Buffalo, New York
• Pittsburgh
• St. Louis
• Chicago
• Tampa, Florida

Chicago and Tampa were eliminated on September 15.^[6] Buffalo was chosen as the host site on December 3, with a formal announcement on December 4.^[7]

Officials[]

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2018 World Junior Championships.^[8]

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.^[9]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local. (Eastern Standard Time – UTC-5)

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	0	1	0	21	6	+15	10	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	2	1	0	1	20	10	+10	8
3	Finland	4	2	0	0	2	15	12	+3	6
4	Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	10	14	−4	6
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	2	26	−24	0	Advance to Relegation

December 26, 2017 16:00

Canada

4–2 (3–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Finland

KeyBank Center Attendance: 9,552

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Artur Kulev Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Jon Kilian Jiří Ondráček
	Katchouk (Thomas) – 05:34 1–0 Steel (Raddysh, Kyrou) (PP) – 06:01 2–0 2–1 12:19 – Heponiemi (Välimäki) Batherson (Gadjovich, Mete) – 12:52 3–1 3–2 27:31 – Jokiharju (Tolvanen, Koivula) (PP) Raddysh (Katchouk) – 32:47 4–2
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	31

December 26, 2017 20:00

Denmark

0–9 (0–5, 0–2, 0–2)

United States

KeyBank Center Attendance: 7,207

Game reference
		Goalies	Joseph Woll	Referees: Gordon Schukies Robin Šír Linesmen: Peter Šefčík Alexander Sysuev
	0–1 02:27 – Jones (Peeke, Norris) 0–2 05:04 – Bellows (Brown) (PP) 0–3 08:26 – Mittelstadt (Hughes, M. Anderson) 0–4 11:35 – Yamamoto (Tkachuk, Hughes) 0–5 18:48 – Mittelstadt (, Tufte) 0–6 24:08 – Bellows (PS) 0–7 39:31 – Harper (Fox) 0–8 52:30 – Peeke (Jones) (PP) 0–9 53:23 – Samberg (Perunovich, Norris)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	36

December 27, 2017 19:00

Slovakia

0–6 (0–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

KeyBank Center Attendance: 7,834

Game reference
		Goalies	Colton Point	Referees: Jeremy Tufts Marc Wiegand Linesmen: William Hancock II Rene Jensen
	0–1 03:39 – Steel (Makar, Kyrou) 0–2 21:24 – Kyrou (Mete, Dubé) (PP) 0–3 25:43 – Gadjovich (Makar) 0–4 30:33 – Raddysh (Kyrou, Steel) (PP) 0–5 55:58 – Comtois 0–6 58:30 – Gadjovich (McLeod, Timmins) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	52

December 28, 2017 12:00

Finland

4–1 (2–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Denmark

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,026

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies		Referees: Andris Ansons Alexandre Garon Linesmen: Franco Castelli Jon Kilian
	Koppanen (Välimäki, Heiskanen) – 02:49 1–0 (Tolvanen, Jokiharju) – 06:56 2–0 2–1 21:38 – Krag (Røndbjerg, Setkov) (PP) Välimäki (Heiskanen, Vaakanainen) – 35:38 3–1 Jokiharju (Koivula) – 37:44 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	62	Shots	7

December 28, 2017 20:00

United States

2–3 (0–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

KeyBank Center Attendance: 8,188

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies		Referees: Artur Kulev Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 24:52 – Krivošík (Buček) Tkachuk (Poehling, J. Anderson) – 31:07 1–1 1–2 55:15 – Krivošík (Buček) Mittelstadt – 56:49 2–2 2–3 57:52 – Buček
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	45	Shots	25

December 29, 2017 15:00

Canada

3–4 GWS (2–0, 1–1, 0–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–2)

United States

New Era Field Attendance: 44,592

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Jake Oettinger	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Alexander Sysuev
	Makar (Thomas) (PP) – 04:13 1–0 Dubé (Steel) (PP) – 15:17 2–0 2–1 36:27 – Bellows (Mittelstadt, Oettinger) (PP2) Katchouk (Bean) – 37:39 3–1 3–2 46:09 – Perunovich (Mittelstadt) (PP) 3–3 46:43 – Tkachuk (Mittelstadt)
	Steel Thomas Raddysh Batherson	Shootout	Bellows Tkachuk Mittelstadt
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	36

December 30, 2017 16:00

Finland

5–2 (0–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Slovakia

KeyBank Center Attendance: 6,229

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies		Referees: Gordon Schukies Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Jiří Ondráček
	Koppanen (Nurmi, Jääskä) – 27:02 1–0 1–1 34:14 – Bodák (Tamáši, Ivan) (Juolevi, Tolvanen) (PP) – 39:02 2–1 Heponiemi (Kuokkanen) – 46:23 3–1 3–2 49:03 – Buček (Krivošík, Ružička) Ikonen – 52:36 4–2 Nurmi (Koppanen) – 54:01 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	26

December 30, 2017 20:00

Denmark

0–8 (0–3, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

KeyBank Center Attendance: 8,671

Game reference
		Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Manuel Nikolic Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Peter Šefčík Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 03:52 – Thomas (Raddysh, Katchouk) 0–2 17:21 – Howden (Comtois, Foote) 0–3 19:39 – Steel (Clague, Kyrou) 0–4 27:52 – Makar (Bean) (PP) 0–5 29:20 – Howden (Foote, Formenton) 0–6 43:30 – Formenton (Timmins) 0–7 49:03 – McLeod 0–8 52:26 – Batherson (Foote, McLeod) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	44

December 31, 2017 16:00

United States

5–4 (2–0, 2–2, 1–2)

Finland

KeyBank Center Attendance: 7,884

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Alexandre Garon Robin Šír Linesmen: Rene Jensen Peter Šefčík
	Frederic (Tufte, Yamamoto) – 03:59 1–0 Mittelstadt (Tkachuk) – 14:33 2–0 J. Anderson (Tkachuk, Fox) (PP2) – 26:56 3–0 3–1 29:01 – (Tolvanen) 3–2 38:44 – Tolvanen (Jokiharju, Vesalainen) (PP) J. Anderson (Fox, Mittelstadt) (PP) – 39:26 4–2 4–3 48:25 – Koppanen (Nurmi, Vaakanainen) (SH) 4–4 49:31 – Vesalainen (Juolevi, Välimäki) Fox (Mittelstadt, Tkachuk) – 58:23 5���4
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	24

December 31, 2017 18:00

Slovakia

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Denmark

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,419

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Andris Ansons Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Franco Castelli Alexander Sysuev
	0–1 04:46 – (Krag, Røndbjerg) (PP) Roman (Tamáši) – 11:42 1–1 Fehérváry (Ružička, Buček) – 29:38 2–1 Roman (SH) – 34:38 3–1 Buček (Fehérváry) – 44:06 4–1 Liška (, ) – 45:22 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	31

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	3	1	0	0	20	7	+13	11	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	4	3	0	0	1	18	15	+3	9
3	Russia	4	2	0	1	1	17	13	+4	7
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	10	20	−10	3
5	Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	10	20	−10	0	Advance to Relegation

December 26, 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

5–4 (2–2, 2–0, 1–2)

Russia

KeyBank Center Attendance: 4,998

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář	Goalies	Alexei Melnichuk	Referees: Andris Ansons Alexandre Garon Linesmen: Franco Castelli Markus Hägerström
	Nečas (Kaut, Zadina) (PP) – 04:42 1–0 1–1 05:21 – (Altybarmakyan, ) Safin (Chytil, Hájek) – 07:28 2–1 2–2 09:16 – (Kostin, ) Zadina (Kaut, Nečas) (PP) – 25:34 3–2 Chytil (Safin, Zachar) – 37:26 4–2 Král (Kaut, Galvas) – 46:16 5–2 5–3 57:48 – Kayumov (, ) 5–4 59:02 – Syomin (Kayumov, Rubstov) (EA)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	38

December 26, 2017 14:00

Belarus

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Sweden

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,754

Game reference
		Goalies	Filip Gustavsson	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: William Hancock II Rene Jensen
	0–1 08:44 – Pettersson (Dahlin) (PP) Sharangovich (SH) – 14:56 1–1 1–2 30:57 – Brännström (Nylander, Steen) 1–3 32:33 – Gustafsson (G. Lindström, Sellgren) 1–4 34:18 – Boqvist (Brännström, Karlström) 1–5 42:17 – Andersson (Nylander, Pettersson) (PP) 1–6 51:07 – Andersson (Dahlin, Karlström)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	9	Shots	36

December 27, 2017 15:00

Switzerland

3–2 (1–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Belarus

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,224

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Mikael Sjöqvist Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Emil Yletyinen
	– 08:07 1–0 1–1 18:34 – Sushko (, ) 1–2 44:25 – (, Sushko) (PP) () – 48:12 2–2 Kurashev (Maillard, Miranda) – 51:16 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	39	Shots	29

December 28, 2017 14:00

Russia

5–2 (1–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Switzerland

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,895

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Jacob Grumsen Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Peter Šefčík
	() (PP) – 10:21 1–0 1–1 20:09 – Miranda (Kurashev, Maillard) Kostin (Svechnikov, Syomin) – 38:16 2–1 2–2 42:10 – (, ) Kayumov (Kostin) – 51:02 3–2 (Svechnikov) – 58:18 4–2 Abramov (Sokolov) (ENG) – 58:31 5–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	13

December 28, 2017 16:00

Sweden

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

KeyBank Center Attendance: 6,890

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Jakub Škarek	Referees: Filip Larsson Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Alexander Sysuev
	Davidsson (Fjällby, Gustafsson) – 05:56 1–0 Pettersson (Nylander, Dahlin) (PP) – 19:04 2–0 2–1 39:02 – Zadina (Nečas, Hájek) (PP) Nylander (Dahlin) (PP) – 44:25 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	25

December 29, 2017 12:00

Belarus

2–5 (0–2, 0–1, 2–2)

Russia

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,841

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Manuel Nikolic Gordon Schukies Linesmen: William Hancock II Jon Kilian
	0–1 10:14 – (, Maltsev) 0–2 12:44 – Rubtsov (, ) 0–3 23:33 – Kostin (Svechnikov) () – 42:03 1–3 1–4 44:21 – Kayumov (Rubtsov, Manukyan) 1–5 48:12 – Kostin (Svechnikov, ) Pishuk () – 50:43 2–5
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	40

December 30, 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

6–5 (0–1, 5–2, 1–2)

Belarus

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,222

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář Jakub Škarek	Goalies		Referees: Jacob Grumsen Artur Kulev Linesmen: Franco Castelli Rene Jensen
	0–1 08:31 – Sharangovich (Yeryomenko, ) (PP) 0–2 20:48 – (Sushko, ) Pavlík (Safin, ) – 21:29 1–2 Hájek (Nečas, ) – 21:53 2–2 Zadina (, Kaut) (PP) – 25:58 3–2 Chytil (Zachar, Hájek) – 32:45 4–2 Pavlík (Chytil) – 35:26 5–2 5–3 38:45 – Sharangovich (Sushko, Bovbel) (PP) 5–4 50:27 – (Drozdov, Yeryomenko) (PP) Zachar (Budík) – 53:23 6–4 6–5 54:52 –
	41 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	21

December 30, 2017 14:00

Sweden

7–2 (1–1, 2–1, 4–0)

Switzerland

HarborCenter Attendance: 2,115

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Andris Ansons Robin Šír Linesmen: Markus Hägerström William Hancock II
	Andersson (Nylander, Pettersson) (PP) – 05:25 1–0 1–1 10:13 – Andersson – 26:07 2–1 Fjällby (SH) – 32:27 3–1 3–2 39:14 – Miranda (PP) Pettersson – 44:55 4–2 Söderlund (Dahlin, Brännström) – 50:01 5–2 Zetterlund – 51:43 6–2 Pettersson (Andersson, Dahlin) – 52:17 7–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	42	Shots	22

December 31, 2017 12:00

Switzerland

3–6 (1–2, 2–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,548

Game reference
		Goalies	Jakub Škarek Josef Kořenář	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Jon Kilian Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 02:38 – Lauko (Hájek, ) (Miranda, Kurashev) – 02:51 1–1 1–2 11:07 – Nečas (Kaut, Hájek) (PP) 1–3 22:11 – (Pavlík) – 22:20 2–3 (, ) (PP) – 23:55 3–3 3–4 28:38 – Kaut (, Nečas) (PP) 3–5 47:46 – () 3–6 57:40 – Reichel (Kurovský)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	60

December 31, 2017 20:00

Russia

3–4 GWS (2–2, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Sweden

KeyBank Center Attendance: 6,121

Game reference
		Goalies	Filip Gustavsson	Referees: Gordon Schukies Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Dustin McCrank
	0–1 07:18 – Andersson (Liljegren, Nylander) (Maltsev, ) – 15:09 1–1 1–2 17:32 – Liljegren (Söderlund, L. Lindström) Kostin (, Svechnikov) – 18:18 2–2 2–3 54:21 – Gustafsson (Fjällby, Davidsson) Polodyan (, Ivanov) – 56:15 3–3
	Abramov Maltsev Kostin Kayumov	Shootout	Pettersson Nylander L. Lindström Steen
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	43

Relegation[]

January 2, 2018 14:00

Belarus

4–5 (0–2, 2–0, 2–3)

Denmark

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,245

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Gordon Schukies Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Franco Castelli Markus Hägerström
	0–1 15:56 – Røndbjerg (Blichfeld) 0–2 16:48 – (, ) (SH) – 21:01 1–2 Yeryomenko (Sushko, Sharangovich) (PP) – 29:13 2–2 (SH) – 41:44 3–2 (Sushko, Sharangovich) (PP) – 48:30 4–2 4–3 49:04 – Blichfeld (Røndbjerg, ) 4–4 59:26 – Blichfeld (Setkov) (EA) 4–5 59:45 – Grundtvig (Røndbjerg, )
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	29

January 4, 2018 12:00

Denmark

3–2 GWS (2–0, 0–0, 0–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 4–2)

Belarus

KeyBank Center Attendance: 4,295

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Andris Ansons Alexandre Garon Linesmen: William Hancock II Emil Yletyinen
	(Blichfeld, Røndbjerg) – 10:47 1–0 Røndbjerg (Blichfeld, ) – 12:23 2–0 2–1 48:54 – Sushko (Yeryomenko) (PP2) 2–2 49:40 – (, Sushko) (PP)
	Schmidt-Svejstrup Røndbjerg	Shootout	Sharangovich
	10 min	Penalties	33 min
	28	Shots	30

Note:  Belarus was relegated for the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Playoff round[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

1B

Sweden

3

4A

Slovakia

2

1B

Sweden

4

2A

United States

2

2A

United States

4

Final

3B

Russia

2

1B

Sweden

1

1A

Canada

3

1A

Canada

8

4B

Switzerland

2

1A

Canada

7

Bronze medal game

2B

Czech Republic

2

2B

Czech Republic (GWS)

4

2B

Czech Republic

3

3A

Finland

3

2A

United States

9

Quarterfinals[]

January 2, 2018 12:00

Czech Republic

4–3 GWS (1–0, 1–2, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–1)

Finland

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,109

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Stephen Thomson Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Jon Kilian Emil Yletyinen
	Zadina (Nečas, Hájek) (PP) – 06:20 1–0 1–1 23:04 – (Vesalainen, Juolevi) (PP) 1–2 29:53 – Juolevi (Vesalainen, Kuokkanen) (Pavlík, ) – 34:17 2–2 2–3 46:30 – Vesalainen (Tolvanen) Zadina (Galvas, Nečas) (EA) – 57:34 3–3
	Reichel Zadina Nečas Kaut Zachar	Shootout	Räsänen Tolvanen Kuokkanen Vesalainen Juolevi
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	54

January 2, 2018 16:00

Canada

8–2 (3–0, 3–1, 2–1)

Switzerland

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,533

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies		Referees: Jacob Grumsen Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Rene Jensen Alexander Sysuev
	Howden (Comtois, Makar) – 00:48 1–0 Makar (Timmins, Comtois) – 08:29 2–0 Batherson (Katchouk, Thomas) (PP) – 12:06 3–0 Batherson (Howden) – 26:12 4–0 Kyrou (Steel) – 27:24 5–0 5–1 28:46 – (Le Coultre, Maillard) Timmins (, Howden) – 32:19 6–1 6–2 50:26 – (Maillard) (SH) Dubé (Kyrou, Raddysh) (PP) – 51:12 7–2 Comtois (Howden) – 59:09 8–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	60	Shots	15

January 2, 2018 18:00

Sweden

3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Slovakia

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,445

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Alexandre Garon Manuel Nkolic Linesmen: William Hancock II Jiří Ondráček
	Lundeström (Söderlund) – 20:09 1–0 Zetterlund – 26:55 2–0 2–1 37:41 – Bodák (, Buček) (PP) Lundeström (Söderlund, Steen) – 50:17 3–1 3–2 51:58 – Bodák (Kelemen, )
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	22

January 2, 2018 20:00

United States

4–2 (2–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Russia

KeyBank Center Attendance: 6,242

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies		Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Robin Šír Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Peter Šefčík
	Bellows (Tkachuk, Fox) (PP) – 02:18 1–0 1–1 10:32 – (Kostin, ) Yamamoto (Mittelstadt, Samberg) – 14:34 2–1 2–2 43:39 – Altybarmakyan () Bellows (Samberg) – 52:31 3–2 J. Anderson (Poehling, Lindgren) (ENG) – 59:18 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	33 min
	43	Shots	29

Semifinals[]

January 4, 2018 16:00

Sweden

4–2 (0–0, 1–0, 3–2)

United States

KeyBank Center Attendance: 7,524

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Joseph Woll Jake Oettinger	Referees: Manuel Nikolic Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Rene Jensen Peter Šefčík
	Pettersson (Nylander, L. Lindström) (PP) – 33:30 1–0 Andersson (Karlström) – 46:17 2–0 Steen (SH) – 47:47 3–0 Fjällby (Davidsson) (SH) – 48:25 4–0 4–1 52:24 – Bellows (Yamamoto) (PP) 4–2 56:59 – Tkachuk (J. Anderson) (EA)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	31

January 4, 2018 20:00

Canada

7–2 (2–1, 4–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

KeyBank Center Attendance: 6,941

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Josef Kořenář Jakub Škarek	Referees: Gordon Schukies Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Jon Kilian
	0–1 05:55 – Zadina (Nečas, ) Steel (Clague, Kyrou) (PP) – 15:05 1–1 Batherson (Makar, Thomas) (PP) – 18:08 2–1 Batherson (Makar, Bean) (PP) – 27:48 3–1 Comtois (Howden, Formenton) – 29:43 4–1 Kyrou (Steel, Dubé) – 32:15 5–1 Batherson (McLeod) – 36:58 6–1 Katchouk (Thomas) – 45:15 7–1 7–2 50:11 – Zadina ()
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	20

Bronze medal game[]

January 5, 2018 16:00

Czech Republic

3–9 (0–1, 0–6, 3–2)

United States

KeyBank Center Attendance: 7,122

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář Jakub Škarek	Goalies	Jake Oettinger Jeremy Swayman	Referees: Gordon Schukies Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Jon Kilian Dustin McCrank
	0–1 19:56 – Frederic (SH) 0–2 20:09 – Poehling (J. Anderson, Perunovich) (SH) 0–3 24:18 – J. Anderson (Tkachuk, Mittelstadt) 0–4 25:52 – Frederic (Hughes, Tufte) 0–5 27:23 – Bellows (PS) 0–6 32:55 – Frederic 0–7 39:01 – Bellows (Norris) Kaut (Hájek, Nečas) (PP) – 40:43 1–7 Pavlík (, ) – 42:11 2–7 2–8 45:41 – Frederic (Bellows, ) (PP) (Kodýtek, Pavlík) – 47:45 3–8 3–9 57:10 – Harper (Samberg)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	39

Gold medal game[]

January 5, 2018 20:00

Sweden

1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2)

Canada

KeyBank Center Attendance: 17,544

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Robin Šir Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Peter Šefčík
	0–1 21:49 – Dubé (Kyrou, Steel) Söderlund (L. Lindström, Brännström) (SH) – 33:07 1–1 1–2 58:20 – (Timmins) 1–3 58:46 – Formenton (Mete) (ENG)
	22 min	Penalties	2 min
	36	Shots	28

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Casey Mittelstadt	United States	7	4	7	11	+8	2
2	Martin Nečas	Czech Republic	7	3	8	11	−5	0
3	Kieffer Bellows	United States	7	9	1	10	+2	4
4	Jordan Kyrou	Canada	7	3	7	10	+2	0
5	Sam Steel	Canada	7	4	5	9	+3	0
6	Brady Tkachuk	United States	7	3	6	9	+6	2
7	Filip Zadina	Czech Republic	7	7	1	8	-4	2
8	Klim Kostin	Russia	5	5	3	8	+7	2
9	Cale Makar	Canada	7	3	5	8	+5	0
10	Maxim Sushko	Belarus	6	2	6	8	−1	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF ^[10]

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Carter Hart	Canada	365:00	11	1.81	92.95	1
2		Slovakia	240:00	11	2.75	92.86	0
3	Filip Gustavsson	Sweden	364:36	11	1.81	92.41	0
4		Russia	262:30	12	2.74	90.40	0
5		Switzerland	207:22	17	4.92	88.74	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF^[11]

Tournament awards[]

Most Valuable Player

Casey Mittelstadt

All-star team

• Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
• Defencemen: Rasmus Dahlin, Cale Makar
• Forwards: Casey Mittelstadt, Filip Zadina, Kieffer Bellows

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
• Defenceman: Rasmus Dahlin
• Forward: Casey Mittelstadt

Final standings[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Canada	7	6	0	1	0	39	11	+28	19	Champions
2	B	Sweden	7	5	1	0	1	28	14	+14	17	Runners-up
3	A	United States (H)	7	4	1	0	2	35	19	+16	14	Third place
4	B	Czech Republic	7	3	1	0	3	27	34	−7	11	Fourth place
5	B	Russia	5	2	0	1	2	19	17	+2	7	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	A	Finland	5	2	0	1	2	18	16	+2	7
7	A	Slovakia	5	2	0	0	3	12	17	−5	6
8	B	Switzerland	5	1	0	0	4	12	28	−16	3
9	A	Denmark	6	1	1	0	4	10	32	−22	5	Avoided Relegation
10	B	Belarus	6	0	0	1	5	16	28	−12	1	Relegated to 2019 Division I

Division I[]

The Division IA tournament was held in Courchevel and Meribel, France from December 10-16, 2017. The Division IB tournament was held in Bled, Slovenia from December 9-15, 2017. As a result of the Division IA tournament, Kazakhstan was promoted to the Top Division, and Hungary was relegated to Division IB. As a result of the Division IB tournament, Norway was promoted to Division IA, and Lithuania was relegated to Division IIA.

Division IA[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	0	0	20	10	+10	13	Promoted to Top Division
2	Latvia	5	3	1	1	0	13	5	+8	12
3	Germany	5	3	0	1	1	17	7	+10	10
4	France (H)	5	1	1	1	2	11	15	−4	6
5	Austria	5	1	0	0	4	10	20	−10	3
6	Hungary	5	0	0	1	4	11	25	−14	1	Relegated to Division I B

Division IB[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norway	5	3	2	0	0	18	5	+13	13	Promoted to Division I A
2	Poland	5	3	1	1	0	23	14	+9	12
3	Slovenia (H)	5	3	0	1	1	18	15	+3	10
4	Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	9	11	−2	6
5	Italy	5	0	1	0	4	9	23	−14	2[a]
6	Lithuania	5	0	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2[a]	Relegated to Division II A

Division II[]

The Division IIA tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from December 10-16, 2017. The Division IIB tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from January 10-16, 2018. As a result of the Division IIA tournament, Japan was promoted to Division IB, and Netherlands was relegated to Division IIB.

Division IIA[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Japan	5	4	1	0	0	23	7	+16	14	Promotion to Division I B
2	South Korea	5	2	2	0	1	21	19	+2	10[a]
3	Great Britain (H)	5	3	0	1	1	23	15	+8	10[a]
4	Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	20	25	−5	4[b]
5	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	17	20	−3	4[b]
6	Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4	13	31	−18	3	Relegation to Division II B

Division II B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	0	26	8	+18	14	Promoted to Division II A
2	Serbia (H)	5	4	0	1	0	22	12	+10	13
3	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	16	11	+5	9
4	Belgium	5	1	0	0	4	22	28	−6	3
5	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4	12	22	−10	3
6	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4	13	30	−17	3	Relegation to Division III

Division III[]

The Division III tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from January 22–28, 2018. The Division III qualification tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from February 5–7, 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Israel	5	5	0	0	0	25	11	+14	15	Promoted to Division II B
2	China	5	3	0	0	2	30	12	+18	9
3	Bulgaria (H)	5	3	0	0	2	22	24	−2	9
4	Iceland	5	2	0	1	2	20	15	+5	7
5	Australia	5	1	1	0	3	18	24	−6	5
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	0	5	11	40	−29	0	Relegation to Division III qualification

Division III qualification[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Africa	2	2	0	0	0	6	4	+2	6	Promoted to Division III
2	Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	0	2	4	6	−2	0

References[]

External links[]

• Official website