2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	January 1 – 8
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (3rd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	138 (6.27 per match)
Attendance	3,146 (143 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Alexandra Carpenter (10 points) Hannah Brandt (10 points) Amanda Pelkey (10 points)

The 2011 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship will be held in in Stockholm, Sweden and games will be played from January 1 to 9, 2011. The arenas hosting the games include Husby Ishall and Stora Mossens. Canada is the defending champion in the tournament.

Group A

	Teams advanced to Semifinals
	Teams advanced to Quarterfinals
	Teams sent to Relegation Round

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	0	23	2	+21	9
Germany	3	2	0	0	1	6	10	−4	6
Finland	3	1	0	0	2	4	8	−4	3
Switzerland	3	0	0	0	3	4	17	−13	0

Group B

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
United States of America	3	3	0	0	0	28	1	+27	9
Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	5	13	−8	6
Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	6	15	−9	3
Japan	3	0	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

News and notes

• On Thursday, December 30, the Canadian team will face a team of Swedish bantam boys at the Husby Ishall Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Japan has been relegated to Division I for the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

Schedule

Date	Teams	Group	Score
Jan. 1	Switzerland vs. Canada	A	Canada, 9-1
Jan. 1	Czech vs. USA	B	USA, 11-0
Jan. 1	Finland vs. Germany	A	Germany, 1-0
Jan. 1	Japan vs. Sweden	B	Sweden, 2-1
Jan. 2	Switzerland vs. Germany	A	Germany, 4-2
Jan. 2	USA vs. Japan	B	USA, 7-1
Jan. 2	Canada vs. Finland	A	Canada, 6-0
Jan. 2	Czech vs. Sweden	B	Sweden, 3-2
Jan. 4	Finland vs. Switzerland	A	Finland, 4-1
Jan. 4	Japan vs. Czech	B	Czech, 4-1
Jan. 4	Germany vs. Canada	A	Canada, 8-1
Jan. 4	Sweden vs. USA	B	USA, 10-0
Jan. 5	Relegation, Switzerland vs. Japan	N/A	Switzerland, 4-0
Jan. 5	Quarter final, Germany vs. Czech	N/A	Czech, 3-1
Jan. 5	Quarter final, Sweden vs. Finland	N/A	Finland, 3-2 (OT)
Jan. 7	Fifth place, Germany vs. Sweden	N/A	Sweden, 2-0
Jan. 7	Semifinal, Canada vs. Finland	N/A	Canada, 6-1
Jan. 7	Relegation, Japan vs. Switzerland	N/A	Japan, 5-1
Jan. 7	Semifinal, United States vs. Czech	N/A	United States, 14-1
Jan. 8	Relegation, Japan vs. Switzerland	N/A	Switzerland, 5-1
Jan. 8	Bronze Medal, Czech vs. Finland	N/A	Finland, 3-0
Jan. 8	Gold Medal, Canada vs. United States	N/A	United States, 5-2

Awards and honors

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Isabella Portnoj
  • Best Defenseman: Milica McMillen
  • Best Forward: Alex Carpenter

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Stats

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Alex Carpenter	5	6	4	10	+4	0	FW
Hannah Brandt	5	5	5	10	+11	2	FW
Amanda Pelkey	5	4	6	10	+9	2	FW
Emily Field	5	4	5	9	+8	0	FW
Nicole Kosta	5	5	3	8	+5	6	FW
Haley Skarupa	5	3	5	8	+5	0	FW
Meghan Dufault	5	2	6	8	+6	2	FW
Layla Marvin	5	6	1	7	+9	2	FW
Laura Stacey	5	3	4	7	+1	2	FW
Phoebe Stänz	6	3	4	7	-4	14	FW
Lara Stalder	6	3	4	7	-3	6	DF

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.

• Legend: TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Amanda Makela	120:00	2	1.00	94.59	0
Nadja Gruber	239:27	7	1.75	94.35	1
Tamara Klossner	237:34	8	2.02	92.98	1
Isabella Portnoj	341:46	15	2.63	92.82	1
Veronika Hladikova	270:31	14	3.11	91.57	0