2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Belarus
Dates	April 13 – April 23, 2010
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (5th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	207 (6.9 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Teemu Pulkkinen (10 goals, 5 assists)

The 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships was the twelfth edition of the IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was held in Minsk and Babruysk, Belarus between April 13 and April 23, 2010. The United States won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 3-1 victory over Sweden in the championship game. The gold medal was the fifth for the United States since the tournament began in 1999; Sweden matched their best ever performance with a silver medal.

Top Division

Preliminary Round

	1st place: Team qualifies to Semifinals
	2nd-3rd place: Teams qualify to Quarterfinals
	4th-5th place: Teams play in Relegation Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	26	8	18	12
United States of America	4	3	0	0	1	18	6	12	9
Switzerland	4	2	0	0	2	9	18	-9	6
Canada	4	1	0	0	3	16	16	0	3
Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	6	28	-22	0

Fixtures

The Group A games will take place in Bobruisk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 18.

All times local.

April 13 15:00

Canada

1 – 3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 2100

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Lukas Meili	Referees: Antti Boman Viktor Gashilov
	29:41 – Howden (Weal)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3	9:38 – Hofmann (Trutmann) 17:33 – Guerra (Trutmann) (PP) 59:55 – Vermin (Kukan, Haas) (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	33

April 13 19:00

Sweden

4 – 2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0)

United States of America

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 4100

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	Johan Gustafsson	Goalies	Jack Campbell	Referees: Martin Frano Sami Partanen
	33:32 – Larsson (Berglind (PP) 46:29 – Snall (Friberg) 49:14 – Larsson (Granberg) 59:41 – Larsson (Rensfeldt) (EN)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 4 – 2	3:36 – Balisy (Nieto, Faulk) (PP) 22:24 – Saad (Johns)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	28

April 14 15:30

Switzerland

1 – 5 (1–1, 0–2, 0–2)

United States of America

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 2700

Game reference
	Dennis Saikkonen	Goalies	Jack Campbell	Referees: Josef Kubus Eduards Odins
	11:58 – Hofmann (Sutter)	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5	12:25 – Czarnik (Grimaldi, Moffatt) 24:01 – Czarnik (Clendening, Campbell) 39:46 – Arnold (Faulk, Rust) 48:41 – Clendening (Grimaldi) 52:03 – Zucker (Shore, Clendening)
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	29

April 14 19:00

Sweden

7 – 0 (0–0, 5–0, 2–0)

Belarus

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 6200

Game reference
	Jonas Gunnarsson	Goalies	Yan Shelepnev	Referees: Antti Boman Viktor Gashilov
	20:56 – Rensfeldt (Friberg, J. Larsson) (PP) 23:59 – Rensfeldt (Mannberg, J. Larsson) 31:08 – A. Larsson (Rensfeldt, Berglind) (PP) 33:49 – Friberg (Berglind, Rensfeldt) (PP) 35:29 – J. Larsson 40:52 – J. Larsson (Berglind, A. Larsson) (PP) 44:36 – Thorell (Ottosson, Pettersson)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 7 – 0
	16 min	Penalties	26 min
	46	Shots	8

April 15 19:00

Belarus

3 – 11 (1–4, 2–2, 0–5)

Canada

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 7000

Game reference
	Sergei Stepanov Yan Shelepnev	Goalies	Calvin Pickard Kent Simpson	Referees: Martin Frano Jozef Kubus
	13:02 – Levsha 20:24 – Kardashev (Lemachko, Lopachuk) (PP2) 24:22 – Zhevlochenko (Leonov) (PP)	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 4 2 – 4 3 – 4 3 – 5 3 – 6 3 – 7 3 – 8 3 – 9 3 – 10 3 – 11	3:31 – Connolly 5:00 – McFarland (Weal, McKegg) 5:24 – O'Connor (Desjardins, Reinhart) 14:26 – Howden (Buekeboom) (SH) 28:12 – McFarland (O'Connor) (PP) 34:39 – O'Connor (McKegg) (PP) 42:55 – Bournival (Silas) 44:39 – McKegg (PP) 45:01 – Spooner (Schemtisch, Hamilton) 52:08 – Weal (SH) 56:24 – McFarland (Weal, McKegg)
	16 min	Penalties	45 min
	26	Shots	42

April 16 15:30

Switzerland

2 – 10 (0–2, 1–4, 1–4)

Sweden

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 2000

Game reference
	Lukas Meili, Dennis Saikkonen	Goalies	Johan Gustafsson	Referees: Martin Frano Eduards Odins
	22:40 – Lammer (Kuonen, Leu) 44:59 – Martschini (Sutter, Bartschi)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 1 – 6 1 – 7 2 – 7 2 – 8 2 – 9 2 – 10	10:22 – Vestin (Snall) 13:58 – Larsson (Mannberg, Berglind) 23:21 – Friberg (Larsson) 29:33 – Vestin (Larsson) 30:11 – Rensfeldt (Mannberg) 35:39 – Rask (Nermark) 44:13 – Larsson (Rensfeldt, Brodin) (PP) 48:06 – Thorell (Nordstrom, Mannberg) 53:51 – Thorell (Nordstrom, Claesson) 54:11 – Snall (Rensfeldt, Larsson)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	16	Shots	43

April 16 19:00

United States of America

5 – 0 (3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Canada

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 4500

Game reference
	Jack Campbell	Goalies	Calvin Pickard	Referees: Antti Boman Sami Partanen
	5:35 – Zucker (Saad, Shore) 6:58 – Rust (Balisy, Merrill) (PP) 17:09 – Zucker (Clendening) (PP) 37:08 – Watson (Brickley) 46:02 – Rust (Arnold, Nieto)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	30

April 17 19:00

Belarus

2 – 3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 6500

Game reference
	Yan Shelepnev	Goalies	Lukas Meili	Referees: Viktor Gashilov Jozef Kubus
	23:34 – Gavrus (Lopachuk, Leonov) (PP) 42:56 – Lopachuk (Parfeyevets) <PP)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3	10:41 – Guerra (Trutmann, Andrighetto) 19:01 – Bartschi (Trutmann) (PP) 58:28 – Hachler (Vermin, Andrighetto)
	16 min	Penalties	24 min
	27	Shots	30

April 18 15:30

Canada

4 – 5 (0–2, 0–2, 4–1)

Sweden

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 3500

Game reference
	Kent Simpson Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Jonas Gunnarsson	Referees: Martin Frano Eduards Odins
	42:02 – O'Connor (Silas, McKegg) 44:58 – Thomas (McKegg, Shipley) 54:37 – Hamilton (Howden) 58:13 – Howden (Hamilton, Weal)	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 1 – 4 2 – 4 2 – 5 3 – 5 4 – 5	4:07 – Rask (Nermark) 10:54 – Vestin (Berglind, Friberg) (PP) 29:11 – Rensefeldt (Nemeth) 39:45 – Granlund (Nemeth, Rask) (PP) 46:15 – Granlund (Rask, Nermark)
	32 min	Penalties	18 min
	19	Shots	30

April 18 19:00

United States of America

7 – 1 (2–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 7000

Game reference
	Andy Iles	Goalies	Anton Ahres	Referees: Antti Boman Sami Partanen
	17:50 – Saad (Zucker, Shore) 19:46 – Watson (Brickley, Johns) 24:31 – Grimaldi (Johns) 27:54 – Clendening (Saad) 34:29 – Moffatt (Tinordi, Grimaldi) 40:52 – Rust (Shore) (PP) 44:39 – Zucker (Grimaldi, Clendening) (PP)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 5 – 1 6 – 1 7 – 1	35:32 – Abmiotka (Zhevlochenko, Lopachuk) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	35 min
	46	Shots	18

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Finland	4	3	1	0	0	21	11	10	11
Russia	4	3	0	0	1	20	7	13	9
Czech Republic	4	2	0	1	1	13	15	-2	7
Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	10	15	-5	3
Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	9	25	-16	0

Fixtures

The Group B games will take place in Minsk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 18.

All times local.

April 13 15:00

Finland

7 – 2 (2–1, 4–1, 1–0)

Latvia

Minsk Palace Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Jonathan Iilahti	Goalies	Kristers Gudlevskis	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Pat Smith
	6:25 – Pulkkinen (Donskoi, Granlund) 15:46 – Salmivirta (Rautianinen, Partanen) 24:02 – Pulkkinen (Granlund) (PP) 35:13 – Rautiainen (Granlund, Partanen) 36:36 – Hakanpaa (Pulkkinen, Vakiparta) (PP) 39:53 – Hovinen (Pulkkinen, Granlund) (PP2) 57:27 – Teppo (Partanen, Granlund) (PP2)	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 5 – 2 6 – 2 7 – 2	13:51 – Kolesnikovs (Nimanis) (PP2) 38:47 – Dilveka (Kuzmenkovs) (SH)
	30 min	Penalties	20 min
	35	Shots	29

April 13 19:00

Czech Republic

1 – 4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Russia

Minsk Palace Attendance: 2300

Game reference
	Libor Kasik	Goalies	Sergei Kostenko	Referees: Stephan Bauer Pehr Claesson
	39:10 – Vachovec (Jank, Frk) (PP)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4	7:01 – Barbashev (Berdnikov) 29:45 – Shalunov (Kartayev, Berdnikov) 48:49 – Antipin (Shalunov, Stepanov) (PP2) 57:00 – Namestnikov (Kuznetsov, Barbashev)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	15	Shots	40

April 14 15:30

Latvia

0 – 9 (0–2, 0–4, 0–3)

Russia

Minsk Palace Attendance: 2000

Game reference
	Vadims Miscuks, Kristers Gudlevskis	Goalies	Andrei Vasilevski	Referees: Scott Bokal Richard Schuetz
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 0 – 7 0 – 8 0 – 9	5:09 – Nesterov (Arzamastsev) (PP) 7:32 – Namestnikov (Barbarshev) 20:29 – Kuznetsov (Gurkin, Barbashev) 22:23 – Namestnikov (Arzamastsev, Barbashev) 25:51 – Namestnikov (Galimov) 33:17 – Zheldakov (Namestnikov) (PP) 40:23 – Kuznetsov (Barbashev) 43:42 – Kuznetsov (Stepanov) 57:49 – Shalunov
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	50

April 14 19:00

Czech Republic

4 – 3 (1–0, 2–0, 1–3)

Slovakia

Minsk Palace Attendance: 2600

Game reference
	Libor Kasik	Goalies	Dominik Riecicky	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Pat Smith
	19:46 – Vachovec (Holik, Frk) (PP2) 21:37 – Zamorsky (Frk, Jank) 27:46 – Frk 55:49 – Uher (Zamorsky, Dvoracek)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 4 – 2 4 – 3	54:05 – Mraz (Roznik, Tvrdon) (PP) 56:15 – Simcak (Toman) 59:55 – Simcak (Mraz, Bondra) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	22

April 15 19:00

Slovakia

2 – 5 (0–1, 2–1, 0–3)

Finland

Minsk Palace Attendance: 2500

Game reference
	Dominik Riecicky	Goalies	Jonathan Iilahti	Referees: Pehr Claesson Richard Schuetz
	32:47 – Cingel (Simcak, Toman) 37:46 – Murcek (Daras, Roznik)	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5	9:46 – Granlund (Donskoi, Pulkkinen) 39:17 – Pulkkinen (Makinen, Donskoi) (PP) 47:23 – Pulkkinen (Granlund) 56:41 – Paajanen (Asten, Hamalainen) 59:46 – Granlund (Donskoi, Pulkkinen)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	35

April 16 15:30

Latvia

4 – 5 (0–1, 1–2, 3–2)

Czech Republic

Minsk Palace Attendance: 2500

Game reference
	Kristers Gudlevskis	Goalies	Roman Will	Referees: Stephan Bauer Richard Schuetz
	25:20 – Pelss (Dilevka, Freibergs) 45:45 – Dilevka (Dasutins, Kuzmenkovs) (PP) 52:58 – Dilevka (Kuzmenkovs, Siksna) 57:53 – Straupe (Kolesnikovs)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 2 – 4 3 – 4 3 – 5 4 – 5	15:56 – Holik (Filippi, Frk) 22:17 – Holik (Frk, Zovinec) 32:01 – Holik (Vachovec) (PP) 41:08 – Sekac (Lenoch) 54:14 – Hantak (Uher, Dvoracek)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	26

April 17 19:00

Russia

4 – 5 (1–1, 0–2, 3–2)

Finland

Minsk Palace Attendance: 3000

Game reference
	Sergei Kostenko Andrei Vasilevski	Goalies	Jonathan Iilahti	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Pat Smith
	7:47 – Galimov (Lyubimov, Arzamastsev) 50:09 – Kuznetsov 52:13 – Namestnikov (Kuznetsov, Barbashev) 59:11 – Barbashev (Antipin, Kuznetsov)	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 3 – 4 3 – 5 4 – 5	1:55 – Granlund (Salomaki) 22:29 – Pulkkinen (Granlund, Donskoi) (PP) 26:16 – Pulkkinen (Donskoi) 53:14 – Makinen (Granlund) 57:48 – Asten (Teppo) (EN)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	23

April 17 19:00

Slovakia

4 – 3 (1–0, 2–2, 1–1)

Latvia

Minsk Palace Attendance: 3100

Game reference
	Dominik Riecicky	Goalies	Kristers Gudlevskis	Referees: Scott Bokal Pehr Claesson
	13:50 – Simcak (Toman) (PP) 21:48 – Matousek (Krempasky) 34:32 – Toman (Cingel) 59:20 – Tvrdon (Marincin)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 4 – 3	39:36 – Girgensons (Straupe) 39:52 – Kuzmenkovs (Dilevka) 51:36 – Freibergs (Kuzmenkovs) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	34

April 18 15:30

Russia

3 – 1 (3–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

Minsk Palace Attendance: 3100

Game reference
	Sergei Kostenko	Goalies	Dominik Riecicky	Referees: Stephan Bauer Richard Schuetz
	00:39 - Nesterov N (Namestnikov) 05:54 - Gurkin (Berdnikov, Zheldakov) 17:53 - Gurkin (Berdnikov, Kuznetsov)	1-0 2-0 2-1 3-1	15:08 - Matousek T(Krempasky B)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	20

April 18 19:00

Finland

4 – 3 GWS (0–1, 1–2, 2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Minsk Palace Attendance: 3000

Game reference
	Jonathan Iilahti	Goalies	Libor Kasik	Referees: Scott Bokal Pehr Claesson
	22:35 – Halinen (Granlund) 45:57 – Granlund (Donskoi, Pulkkinen (PP) 56:02 – Partanen (Salmivirta) 65:00 – Donskoi (GWG)	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 4 – 3	1:19 – Holik 24:53 – Jank (Vachovec) (PP) 33:21 – Sekac
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	26

Relegation round

	Team qualified for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championship
	Team relegated to 2011 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	0	20	6	14	9
Slovakia	3	2	0	0	1	11	8	3	6
Latvia	3	0	1	0	2	9	13	-4	2
Belarus	3	0	0	1	2	8	21	-13	1

Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

• April 15, 2010: Canada 11–3 Belarus
• April 17, 2010: Slovakia 4-3 Latvia

April 20 19:00

Slovakia

5 – 1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 6000

Game reference
	Dominik Riecicky	Goalies	Yan Shelepnev Anton Ahres	Referees: Stephan Bauer Scott Bokal
	0:19 – Trska (Simcak, Toman) 20:40 – Cingel (Simcak) 33:30 – Marincin (Murcek) 56:07 – Tvrdon (Bondra) 59:44 – Tvrdon (Bondra, Trska) (PP)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1	38:48 – Ageyenko (Dalidovich, Skabelka) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	23

April 21 19:00

Canada

5 – 1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Latvia

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 3200

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Kristers Gudlevskis	Referees: Antti Boman Sami Partanen
	12:36 – Weal (Hamilton) 13:27 – Sgarbossa (Bournival, Desjardins) 26:11 – Bournival (Desjardins, Sgarbossa) 48:47 – McFarland (Weal, O'Connor) (PP2) 55:28 – Weal (Hamilton, Howden)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1	39:42 – Siksna (Kuzmenkovs, Pelss) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	30 min
	39	Shots	16

April 22 15:30

Canada

4 – 2 (4–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Slovakia

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 2000

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Dominik Riecicky	Referees: Pehr Claesson Viktor Gashilov
	1:01 – Shipley (Thomas, McKegg) 14:24 – Howden (Gudbranson, Hamilton) 18:58 – Spooner (Weal, McFarland) (PP2) 19:09 – Thomas (Shipley) (PP)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 4 – 1 4 – 2	26:51 – Marincin (Cingel) (PP2) 46:13 – Kalinac (Krempasky, Trska)
	22 min	Penalties	22 min
	42	Shots	19

April 22 19:00

Belarus

4 – 5 GWS (1–1, 1–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Latvia

Bobruisk Arena Attendance: 6000

Game reference
	Anton Ahres	Goalies	Kristers Gudlevskis	Referees: Martin Frano Richard Schuetz
	12:50 – Zhevlochenko (Leonov, Lopachuk) (PP) 35:31 – Lopachuk (Levsha) 40:40 – Leonov (Zhevlochenko) 46:13 – Levsha (Lopachuk, Abimotka)	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 4 – 3 4 – 4 4 – 5	13:21 – Kurmis (Girgensons, Straupe) 27:12 – Daustins (Upenieks, Lavins) 33:57 – Dudins (Ziemins, Upenieks) 55:53 – Pelss 65:00 – Girgensons (GWG)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	30

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Finland

0

A2

United States of America

6

A2

United States of America

5

B3

Czech Republic

0

A2

United States of America

3

A1

Sweden

1

A1

Sweden

3

B2

Russia

4

B2

Russia

1

Third place

A3

Switzerland

3

B1

Finland

5

B2

Russia

1

Quarterfinals

April 20, 2010 15:30

United States of America

6 – 0 (2–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Minsk Palace Attendance: 3000

Game reference
	Jack Campbell	Goalies	Libor Kasik, Roman Will	Referees: Viktor Gashilov Jozef Kubus
	13:34 – Saad (Zucker, Forbort) 15:56 – Czarnik (Grimaldi) 31:44 – Czarnik (Clendening, Watson) 36:53 – Shore (Balisy, Clendening) 37:13 – Czarnik (Brickley, Grimaldi) 43:36 – Rust (Watson, Shore)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	11

April 20, 2010 19:00

Russia

4 – 3 (2–0, 1–0, 1–3)

Switzerland

Minsk Palace Attendance: 3200

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevski	Goalies	Lukas Meili	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Pat Smith
	05:45 – Kuznetsov 08:16 – Shalunov (Gurkin) 30:15 – Berdnikov (Stepanov, Kuznetsov) 42:16 – Berdnikov (Kuznetsov, Kartayev)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 4 – 1 4 – 2 4 – 3	55:07 – Schmutz (Kukan) 55:42 – Leuenberger (Martschini, Trutmann) 58:56 – Hofmann (Bartschi)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	29

Semifinals

April 21, 2010 15:30

Finland

0 – 5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

United States of America

Minsk Palace Attendance: 1200

Game reference
	Iilahti Jonathan	Goalies	Gibson Christopher	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Pat Smith
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5	05:44 – Shore (Saad) 26:19 – Nieto (Rust, Campbell) 39:59 – Clendening (Shore, Brickley) 49:22 – Shore (Faulk) 50:56 – Tinordi (Arnold, Nieto)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	27

April 21, 2010 19:00

Sweden

3 – 1 (1–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Russia

Minsk Palace Attendance: 3150

Game reference
	Johan Gustafsson	Goalies	Andrei Vasilevski	Referees: Jozef Kubus Eduards Odins
	12:58 – Rensfeldt (Berglind, J. Larsson) (PP) 48:32 – A. Larsson (J. Larsson, Rensfeldt) (PP) 49:52 – Granlund (Vestin)	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1	8:07 – Kartayev (Kuznetsov) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	22 min
	35	Shots	21

Fifth place game

April 22, 2010 19:00

Czech Republic

5 – 6 (0–1, 4–4, 1–1)

Switzerland

Minsk Palace Attendance: 2200

Game reference
	Roman Will Libor Kasik	Goalies	Lukas Meili	Referees: Scott Bokal Eduards Odins
	20:44 – Holik (Vachovec) (SH) 27:55 – Filippi (Klimicek) 32:25 – Frk (Holik) 33:25 – Sekac (Jank, Koudela) 59:26 – Sekac (Jank, Klimicek) (SH)	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 4 3 – 4 4 – 4 4 – 5 4 – 6 5 – 6	18:00 – Lammer (Rexha) 21:01 – Hofmann (Schmutz, Andrighetto) 26:24 – Hofmann (Kukan, Martschini) (PP) 28:40 – Lammer (Vermin) 39:25 – Vermin (Lammer) 43:08 – Vermin (Haas, Lammer)
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	36

Bronze medal game

April 23, 2010 15:00

Finland

5 – 1 (0–0, 1–0, 4–1)

Russia

Minsk Palace Attendance: 2220

Game reference
	Jonathan Iilahti	Goalies	Andrei Vasilevski	Referees: Pehr Claesson Martin Frano
	35:17 – Pulkkinen (Hakanpaa) (PP) 42:33 – Mi. Granland (Ma. Granlund) (PP) 47:52 – Donskoi (Mi. Granlund, Vakiparta) 49:39 – Pulkkinen (Ma. Granlund, Mi. Granlund) (PP) 55:00 – Pulkkinen (Mi. Granlund)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 5 – 1	58:41 – Galimov (Kulikov) (SH)
	87 min	Penalties	95 min
	27	Shots	19

Gold medal game

April 23, 2010 19:00

United States of America

3 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Minsk Palace Attendance: 12820

Game reference
	Jack Campbell	Goalies	Johan Gustafsson	Referees: Stephan Bauer Sami Partanen
	2:10 – Moffatt (Forbort, Grimaldi) 27:31 – Faulk (Shore, Czarnik) 33:47 – Grimaldi (Zucker, Clendening) (PP)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1	46:54 – Rensfeldt (Brodin, Ottosson
	29 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	34

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate

• Best Goalkeeper: Jack Campbell United States of America
• Best Forward: Teemu Pulkkinen Finland
• Best Defenseman: Adam Larsson Sweden

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Teemu Pulkkinen	6	10	5	15	-2	10
Johan Larsson	5	6	8	14	+8	0
Mikael Granlund	6	4	9	13	0	4
Ludvig Rensfeldt	6	6	6	12	+7	4
Evgeni Kuznetsov	7	5	7	12	+8	6
Adam Clendening	7	3	7	10	+9	4
Nick Shore	7	3	7	10	+7	0
Rocco Grimaldi	7	2	8	10	+6	6
Jordan Weal	6	3	6	9	+8	30
Sergei Barbashev	7	2	6	8	+5	6
Joonas Donskoi	6	1	7	8	-1	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position

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
Jack Campbell	359:39	143	5	0.83	96.50	3
Johan Gustafsson	238:10	98	8	2.02	91.84	0
Andrei Vasilevski	272:03	116	12	2.65	89.66	1
Dominik Riecicky	359:38	190	20	3.34	89.47	0
Calvin Pickard	313:50	141	15	2.87	89.36	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

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	United States of America
	Sweden
	Finland
4	Russia
5	Switzerland
6	Czech Republic
7	Canada
8	Slovakia
9	Latvia
10	Belarus

Belarus and Latvia are relegated to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division I

Group A was played in Denmark between April 12 and April 18, 2010. Group B was played in Poland between April 11 and April 17, 2010.

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Norway*	5	4	0	0	1	33	15	18	12
Denmark	5	4	0	0	1	34	14	20	12
Japan	5	3	0	0	2	27	25	2	9
France	5	3	0	0	2	21	21	0	9
South Korea	5	0	1	0	4	18	45	-27	2
Austria	5	0	0	1	4	12	25	-13	1

• Norway earns first place with 5-4 victory over Denmark.

Norway is promoted to the Top Division for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Austria is relegated to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Germany	5	5	0	0	0	51	2	49	15
Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	19	17	2	10
Poland	5	3	0	0	2	21	21	0	9
Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	9	16	-7	6
United Kingdom	5	1	1	0	3	13	24	-11	5
Lithuania	5	0	0	0	5	6	39	-33	0

Germany is promoted to the Top Division for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Lithuania is relegated to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships

Division II

Group A was played in Estonia between March 13 and March 19, 2010. Group B was played in Ukraine between March 22 and March 28, 2010.

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Italy	5	5	0	0	0	55	3	52	15
Romania	5	3	0	1	1	22	23	-1	10
Croatia	5	1	3	0	1	20	16	4	9
Serbia	5	1	0	1	3	11	19	-8	4
Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	17	32	-15	4
Iceland	5	1	0	0	4	12	44	-32	3

Italy is promoted to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Iceland is relegated to Division III for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Slovenia	5	5	0	0	0	63	4	59	15
Ukraine	5	4	0	0	1	26	3	23	12
Spain	5	2	1	0	2	17	22	-5	8
Netherlands	5	2	0	1	2	14	27	-13	7
Belgium	5	0	1	0	4	7	41	-34	2
Australia	5	0	0	1	4	7	37	-30	1

Slovenia is promoted to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships

Division III

Group A was played in Turkey between March 8 and March 14, 2010. Group B was played in Mexico between March 14 and March 20, 2010.

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
China	4	4	0	0	0	53	11	42	12
Turkey	4	2	1	0	1	33	13	20	8
Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	0	2	30	18	12	6
Bulgaria	4	1	0	1	2	24	22	2	4
Mongolia	4	0	0	0	4	2	78	-76	0

China is promoted to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	0	26	16	10	12
Mexico	4	3	0	0	1	15	11	4	9
South Africa	4	1	1	0	2	15	14	1	5
Israel	4	1	0	1	2	21	16	5	4
Ireland	4	0	0	0	4	6	26	-20	0

New Zealand is promoted to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships

Team Photos

New Zealand

South Africa

External links

• IIHF