2015 IIHF World U18 Championships

2015 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	16–26 April 2015
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (9th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	211 (7.03 per match)
Attendance	48,622 (1,621 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Auston Matthews (14 points)
MVP	Auston Matthews
Website	http://u18worlds2015.iihf.com/
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The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 17th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland. The tournament began on 16 April 2015, with the gold medal game played on 26 April 2015.

Top Division

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following:

Referees Jimmy Bergamelli Andreas Harnebring Brett Iverson Andreas Koch Petri Lindqvist Robert Mullner Yuri Oskirko Vladimír Pešina Christopher Pitoscia Marian Rohatsch Ladislav Smetana Per Gustav Solem

Linesmen Markku Buese Franco Espinoza Jiří Gebauer Martin Korba Ludvig Lundgren Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov Nicolas Piche Hannu Sormunen Michael Tscherrig

Preliminary round

	Team qualified to Quarterfinals
	Team will play in Relegation round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	4	4	0	0	0	20	7	+13	12
United States of America	4	3	0	0	1	30	8	+22	9
Slovakia	4	1	1	0	2	9	18	−9	5
Sweden	4	1	0	0	3	16	17	−1	3
Germany	4	0	0	1	3	5	30	−25	1

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

16 April 2015 14:45

Sweden

1–3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 460

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Jimmy Bergamelli Yuriy Oskirko
	Eriksson Ek (Asplund, Ahl) (PP) – 45:02	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3	37:39 – Solenský (Horvath) 56:00 – Hecl (Sádecký) 59:41 – Lešťan (Bondra, Valent) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	25

16 April 2015 18:45

Russia

3–1 (0–1, 2–0, 1–0)

United States of America

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 925

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov	Goalies	Luke Opilka	Referees: Andreas Koch Robert Mullner
	Guryanov (Vorobyev) (SH) – 23:09 Zhukenov (Sokolov, Kaprizov) (PP) – 27:37 Sokolov (ENG) – 59:36	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1	07:15 – Terry
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	50

17 April 2015 14:45

Slovakia

0–10 (0–4, 0–6, 0–0)

United States of America

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 290

Game reference
	Adam Húska Vladimír Cibulka	Goalies	Evan Sarthou	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Petri Lindqvist
		0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8 0–9 0–10	01:09 – Terry (Floodstrand, Warren) 10:47 – Tkachuk (Roslovic, Matthews) (PP) 14:20 – Roslovic (Tkachuk, Matthews) (PP) 18:17 – Roslovic (Matthews, McAvoy) 20:28 – Matthews (Tkachuk, Krys) 24:49 – Matthews (Floodstrand, Tkachuk) 26:21 – Bracco (Terry, Masonius) 28:46 – Fitzgerald (Tkachuk, Roslovic) 29:46 – Kunin (Fischer, Greenway) 30:27 – Warren (Floodstrand, Fitzgerald)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	44

17 April 2015 18:45

Russia

6–0 (2–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Germany

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 362

Game reference
	Anton Krasotkin	Goalies	Mirko Pantkowski Patrick Berger	Referees: Brett Iverson Vladimír Pešina
	Yurtaikin (Sidorov) – 06:59 Guryanov (Vorobyev) – 11:05 Barabanov – 20:33 Ivanyuzhenkov (Yemets) – 24:58 Yemets (Zhukenov, Sokolov) – 36:28 Kaprizov (Yakovenko, Sokolov) – 54:01	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	33

18 April 2015 17:00

Germany

1–7 (0–1, 0–5, 1–1)

Sweden

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 532

Game reference
	Mirko Pantkowski Patrick Berger	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Andreas Koch Petri Lindqvist
	Eder (Spitzner)	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 1–6 1–7	Ohlsson – 08:58 Ohlsson (Dahlström, Grundström) – 24:18 Eriksson Ek (Lindgren, L. Carlsson) (PP) – 26:24 Asplund (Kylington, Erikson) – 29:32 (PP) Eriksson Ek (Ahl, Kylington) – 36:42 Ohlsson (Dahlén, Ölund) (PP) – 38:29 Grundström (PS) – 49:00
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	48

19 April 2015 13:00

Slovakia

2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Russia

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 660

Game reference
	Adam Húska	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Per Gustav Solem
	Horvath (Solenský) – 17:25 Lešťan (Vadovic, Valent) – 48:26	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–4	05:25 – Rubtsov (Ivanyuzhenkov) 06:54 – Guryanov (Kaprizov, Vorobyev) 23:10 – Zhukenov (Belyayev, Kaprizov) 53:57 – Yurtaikin (Kvartalnov, Sidorov)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	35

19 April 2015 17:00

United States of America

6–4 (1–1, 2–2, 3–1)

Sweden

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 1,222

Game reference
	Luke Opilka	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Brett Iverson Marian Rohatsch
	Keller (White) – 05:22 Fischer (Keller, McAvoy) (PP) – 33:03 White (Bracco, Greenway) – 37:56 Keller (White, Bracco) – 43:45 Matthews (Fitzgerald) – 51:43 Krys (Fischer, Keller) (ENG) – 59:59	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–3 4–3 4–4 5–4 6–4	04:48 – Grundström (Larsson, Ohlsson) 36:49 – Eriksson Ek (Asplund, Ahl) (PP) 39:21 – Dahlén (Larsson, Ölund) 50:35 – Asplund (Dahlén, Ölund)
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	18

20 April 2015 18:45

Germany

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

Slovakia

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 332

Game reference
	Patrick Berger	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Christopher Pitoscia Per Gustav Solem
	Eder (Mayenschein) (PP) – 07:51 Mayenschein (Napravnik) – 34:06 Kalble – 55:20	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–3	20:25 – Bondra (Valent) (PP) 42:59 – Andrisik (Bondra) 51:17 – Valent (Bondra, Andrisik)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	23

21 April 2015 14:45

United States of America

13–1 (4–0, 5–1, 3–0)

Germany

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 317

Game reference
	Evan Sarthou	Goalies	MIrko Pantkowski Patrick Berger	Referees: Robert Mullner Yuriy Oskirko
	Roslovic (Matthews, Jones) – 07:23 Kunin (Boka) – 10:32 Roslovic (Matthews, Tkachuk) (PP) – 12:34 Tkachuk (Matthews, Roslovic) – 13:19 White (Fischer, Bracco) (PP) – 26:39 Kunin (McAvoy, Bracco) – 30:12 Terry (Jones, Fischer) (PP) – 30:42 Boka (Bracco, Jones) – 34:45 Kunin (Greenway) (SH) – 38:13 Bracco (Floodstrand, Keller) – 44:51 Matthews (Krys) – 47:58 Warren (Greenway, Thompson) – 51:47 Roslovic (Tkachuk) – 52:32	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 8–1 9–1 10–1 11–1 12–1 13–1	22:56 – Schutz (Glassl, Daubner) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	49	Shots	15

21 April 2015 18:45

Sweden

4–7 (2–1, 1–2, 1–3)

Russia

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 732

Game reference
	Daniel Marmenlind	Goalies	Anton Krasotkin	Referees: Petri Lindqvist Christopher Pitoscia
	Lindgren (Asplund) – 00:46 Lindström (Younan, Davidsson) – 11:58 Ölund (Dahlén) (PP) – 22:02 Olhaver (Larsson, Dahlén) – 42:06	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 3–3 4–3 4–4 4–5 4–6 4–7	00:17 – Vorobyev (Yurtaikin, Guryanov) 29:13 – Guryanov (SH) 37:22 – Zhukenov (Yurtaikin) 48:43 – Guryanov (Yakovenko, Zhukenov) (PP) 52:41 – Sokolov (Zhukenov, Yurtaikin) 53:33 – Ivanyuzhenkov (Yemets) 57:17 – Guryanov (SH,ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	52	Shots	36

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	4	4	0	0	0	21	11	+10	12
Finland	4	3	0	0	1	14	6	+8	9
Czech Republic	4	2	0	0	2	12	10	+2	6
Switzerland	4	0	1	0	3	5	14	−9	2
Latvia	4	0	0	1	3	10	21	−11	1

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

16 April 2015 15:45

Canada

11–6 (2–3, 6–0, 3–3)

Latvia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 170

Game reference
	Zach Sawchenko	Goalies	Denijs Romanovskis Marek Mitens	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Per Gustav Solem
	N. Roy (Gawdin) – 11:57 J. Roy (Stephens) – 17:04 Howden (Benson, Spencer) – 23:05 Harkins (Benson, Wotherspoon) – 24:14 J. Roy (Barzal) – 26:09 Stephens (Benson) – 26:22 Capobianco (Spencer) – 27:20 Brisebois – 29:54 J. Roy (Barzal) (PP) – 43:42 Stephens (Beauvillier, Barzal) – 46:46 N. Roy (Wotherspoon) – 49:55	0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 3–3 4–3 5–3 6–3 7–3 8–3 8–4 9–4 10–4 11–4 11–5 11–6	10:17 – Zile (Cukste, Dzierkals) (PP) 14:40 – Priede (Tralmaks) (SH) 17:14 – Bernhards (Blugers) 41:06 – Buncis (Zile) (PP) 50:39 – Cukste (Buncis) (PP) 56:02 – Tralmaks (SH)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	22

16 April 2015 19:45

Finland

6–1 (1–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 315

Game reference
	Veini Vehvilainen	Goalies	Daniel Vladař	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Ladislav Smetana
	Niemelä (Tavernier) (PP) – 08:50 Saarijärvi (Nättinen, Laine) (PP) – 23:05 Laine (Puljujärvi) – 25:25 Saarijärvi (Nättinen, Palmu) (PP) – 27:36 Tammela (Saarijärvi, Laine) (PP) – 42:25 Palmu (Tammela, Laine) (PP) – 46:35	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1	10:27 – Hájek (Zbořil, Kobližek)
	14 min	Penalties	30 min
	43	Shots	27

17 April 2015 15:45

Latvia

1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 721

Game reference
	Mareks Mitens	Goalies	Daniel Vladař	Referees: Andreas Koch Marian Rohatsch
	Dzierkals (Zohovs, Baranovskis) – 35:47	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4	04:05 – Kaše (Špaček, Hronek) 24:56 – Zacha (Krenzelok) (PP) 50:25 – Anděl (Špaček, Kaše) 59:07 – Zacha (Špaček) (ENG)
	37 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	47

17 April 2015 19:45

Finland

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 3,370

Game reference
	Veini Vehvilainen	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Robert Mullner Christopher Pitoscia
	Puljujärvi (Laine, Välimäki) – 06:22 Laine (Saarijärvi) (PP) – 21:15 Saarijärvi (Saarela) – 51:53	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1	13:07 – Malgin
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	26	Shots	23

18 April 2015 18:45

Switzerland

1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Canada

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 5,277

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Evan Cormier	Referees: Jimmy Bergamelli Yuriy Oskirko
	Diem (Malgin, Siegenthaler) (PP) – 38:21	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4	04:00 – Barzal (Stephens, Chabot) (PP) 22:58 – Barzal 29:59 – N. Roy (Harkins, Wotherspoon) (PP) 40:30 – Beauvillier (Stephens, Barzal) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	20	Shots	29

19 April 2015 14:45

Latvia

1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 363

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals Denis Romanovskis	Goalies	Veini Vehvilainen	Referees: Jimmy Bergamelli Andreas Harnebring
	Puide (Priede, Tralmaks) – 13:56	1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3	28:40 – Nättinen (Tammela, Saarijärvi) (PP) 35:44 – Laine (Tammela, Saarijärvi) (PP) 46:42 – Laine (Saarijärvi, Saarela)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	32	Shots	29

19 April 2015 18:45

Czech Republic

2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Canada

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 749

Game reference
	Ales Stezka	Goalies	Zach Sawchenko	Referees: Christopher Pitoscia Ladislav Smetana
	Zacha (Svoboda) – 06:21 Koblizek – 33:06	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3	16:04 – Wotherspoon (Dubois, Bear) 25:57 – Beauvillier (Barzal, Stephens) 44:21 – Beauvillier (Barzal, Chabot) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	45	Shots	39

20 April 2015 19:45

Switzerland

3–2 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Latvia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 2,561

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Denijs Romanovskis	Referees: Brett Iverson Ladislav Smetana
	Thurkauf – 22:57 Fuchs (EA) – 41:34 Malgin (Riat) (PP) – 63:42	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2	25:09 – Balcers (Dzierkals) (PP) 44:25 – Balcers (Dzierkals)
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	45	Shots	25

21 April 2015 15:45

Canada

3–2 (0–2, 3–0, 0–0)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1133

Game reference
	Evan Cormier	Goalies	Veini Vehvilainen	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina
	Barzal (Chabot) (PP) – 29:49 Chabot (Barzal) (PP) – 30:55 Benson (Gawdin) – 36:21	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2	09:03 – Saarela (Saarijärvi, Petrus Palmu) (EA) 19:32 – Laine (Puljujärvi, Saarela)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	33

21 April 2015 19:45

Czech Republic

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 2,468

Game reference
	Daniel Vladař	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Brett Iverson Per Gustav Solem
	Kaše (Zbořil) – 15:25 Špaček (Kaše) – 17:13 Zacha (Špaček) – 28:58 Zbořil – 33:05 Suchý (Hronek) (PP) – 59:27	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	20

Relegation round

The last-placed teams played a best-of-three series.

23 April 2015 12:15

Latvia

5–3 (3–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Germany

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 276

Game reference
	Mareks Mitens	Goalies	Patrick Berger Mirko Pantkowski	Referees: Brett Iverson Christopher Pitoscia
	Dzierkals (Buncis, Balcers) – 04:32 Cukste (Balcers, Dzierkals) (PP) – 15:17 Tralmaks (Priede, Puide) – 19:58 Buncis (Dzierkals, Cukste) – 26:15 Zīle (Dzierkals, Cukste) – 47:43	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–2 5–3	01:01 – Kiefersauer (Eder) 56:06 – Mayenschein (Halbauer, Korner) 58:16 – Kalble (Drews, Halbauer) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	36

24 April 2015 18:00

Germany

3–5 (1–0, 1–2, 1–3)

Latvia

Ice Center Lucerne, Lucerne Attendance: 387

Game reference
	Patrick Berger	Goalies	Mareks Mitens	Referees: Jimmy Bergamelli Petri Lindqvist
	Korner (Schutz) – 00:16 Eder (Bernhardt, Schutz) (PP) – 24:46 Napravnik (Kalble, Spitzner) – 51:43	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4 3–4 3–5	26:58 – Dzierkals (Balcers) 34:05 – Buncis (Rubins, Balcers) 42:31 – Bernhards (Cukste) 43:23 – Zohovs (Rubins) (SH) 57:05 – Zohovs (E. Jansons) (SH)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	27

• Germany is relegated to next year's Division I A; the third game was not played because the result of the relegation series had been decided.

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

A1

Russia

0

B4

Switzerland

5

Semifinals

B4

Switzerland

4

Quarterfinals

B2

Finland

5

B2

Finland

3

A3

Slovakia

0

Gold Medal

A2

United States of America

2

Quarterfinals

B2

Finland

1

A2

United States of America

7

B3

Czech Republic

2

Semifinals

Bronze Medal

A2

United States of America

7

B1

Canada

5

Quarterfinals

B1

Canada

2

B4

Switzerland

2

B1

Canada

5

A4

Sweden

3

Quarterfinals

23 April 2015 14:45

United States of America

7–2 (4–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Czech Republic

Ice Center Lucerne, Lucerne Attendance: 542

Game reference
	Evan Sarthou	Goalies	Ales Stezka Daniel Vladař	Referees: Andreas Koch Per Gustav Solem
	Matthews (Fischer, Tkachuk) (PP) – 11:02 Keller (Bracco) – 11:09 Floodstrand (Warren, Terry) – 13:00 Kunin (Fischer, Greenway) – 15:07 Matthews (Tkachuk, Roslovic) – 40:39 Bracco (Fitzgerald, White) – 42:39 Kunin (Jones, Greenway) – 53:44	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1 6–1 6–2 7–2	27:38 – Svoboda (Furch, Kalina) 52:39 – Zacha (Kaše, Hronek)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	14

23 April 2015 16:00

Canada

5–3 (3–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1,248

Game reference
	Zach Sawchenko	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Marian Rohatsch
	Harkins (Bear) – 05:11 / Stephens (Knott, Barzal) – 06:07 / Sideroff (Harkins, N. Roy) – 19:26 / Stephens (Knott, Barzal) – 37:23 / Knott (Stephens, J. Roy) (PP) – 55:56	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3	07:11 – Carlsson (Ölund, Ohlsson) (PP) / 22:51 – Eriksson Ek (Grundström) (SH) / 55:34 – Grundström (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	13 min
	34	Shots	38

23 April 2015 18:45

Finland

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Ice Center Lucerne, Lucerne Attendance: 469

Game reference
	Veini Vehvilainen	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Yuriy Oskirko
	Laine – 06:39 Tavernier (Ruotsalainen) – 45:27 Tavernier (Ruotsalainen) – 48:01	1–0 2–0 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	21

23 April 2015 20:00

Russia

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 2,381

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov	Goalies	Joren van Pottleberghe	Referees: Petri Lindqvist Robert Mullner
		0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5	07:51 – Forrer 32:26 – Impose (Riat) (PP) 39:40 – Impose (Malgin) 43:21 – Malgin 51:22 – Volejnicek
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	35

Semifinals

25 April 2015 15:00

Canada

2–7 (0–0, 1–2, 1–5)

United States of America

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,170

Game reference
	Zach Sawchenko Evan Cormier	Goalies	Evan Sarthou	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Petri Lindqvist
	Sideroff (Wotherspoon, N. Roy) (PP) – 31:49 Stephens (Howden, Bear) – 44:18	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 2–4 2–5 2–6 2–7	22:25 – Keller (Bracco, Krys) 37:58 – Matthews (Floodstrand) 42:23 – Matthews (Tkachuk, Roslovic) 42:55 – White (Jones) 44:39 – Greenway (Fischer) 47:09 – White (Keller, Bracco) 49:45 – White (Keller, Bracco)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	38

25 April 2015 19:00

Finland

5–4 OT (2–2 0–0, 2–2) (OT 1–0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 7,015

Game reference
	Veini Vehvilainen	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Brett Iverson Marian Rohatsch
	Puljujärvi (Valimaki) – 01:15 Laine (Saarela) – 19:04 Saarela (Niemelä) (PP) – 42:54 Laine (Puljujärvi) – 48:17 Saarela (J. Mattila) – 65:19	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–2 4–3 4–4 5–4	04:45 – Riat (Siegenthaler, Impose) 16:59 – Suleski (Malgin) 58:04 – Hischier (Siegenthaler, Thurkauf) 59:19 – Riat (Impose, Malgin) (EA)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	33

Bronze medal game

26 April 2015 15:00

Canada

5–2 (3–2, 2–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,718

Game reference
	Zach Sawchenko	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Christopher Pitoscia
	Gawdin (Soy) – 07:09 Harkins (Benson) – 09:39 Siderhoff (Knott, Capobianco) – 11:54 Howden (N. Roy, Siderhoff) – 36:25 Gawdin (Spencer, Soy) – 38:43	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 4–2 5–2	17:30 – Riat (Pinana, Marchon) (PP) 18:55 – Fuchs (Pinana, Prassl)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	30

Gold medal game

26 April 2015 19:00

United States of America

2–1 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT 1–0)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,457

Game reference
	Evan Sarthou	Goalies	Veini Vehvilainen	Referees: Brett Iverson Marian Rohatsch
	Roslovic (Tkachuk, Matthews) – 40:41 White (Bracco, McAvoy Jr.) – 72:44	0–1 1–1 2–1	00:17 – Nättinen (Aho)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	62	Shots	20

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Auston Matthews	7	8	7	15	+11	0
Jeremy Bracco	7	3	10	13	+10	2
Mathew Barzal	7	3	9	12	+2	0
Matthew Tkachuk	7	2	10	12	+10	2
Patrik Laine	7	8	3	11	+6	0
Jack Roslovic	7	6	5	11	+11	4
Mitchell Stephens	7	5	5	10	+1	10
Colin White	7	6	3	9	+8	0
Clayton Keller	7	4	5	9	+7	0
Martins Dzierkals	6	3	6	9	+2	10

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

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
Anton Krasotkin	120:00	85	4	2.00	95.29	1
Veini Vehvilainen	437:12	233	12	1.65	94.85	1
Ilya Samsonov	180:00	121	8	2.67	93.39	0
Evan Sarthou	312:44	82	6	1.15	92.68	1
Adam Húska	278:39	160	14	3.01	91.25	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 Goalkeepers statistics

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

• Forward: Auston Matthews

All-star team

• Goaltender: Veini Vehviläinen
• Defencemen: Vili Saarijärvi, Jonas Siegenthaler
• Forwards: Patrik Laine, Denis Malgin, Auston Matthews

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Ilya Samsonov
• Defenceman: Vili Saarijärvi
• Forward: Auston Matthews

References: [1], [2]

Final standings

Team 01 United States of America 2 Finland 3 Canada 4th Switzerland 5th Russia 6th Czech Republic 7th Slovakia 8th Sweden 9th Latvia 10th Germany Relegated to the 2016 Division I A

2014 IIHF U18 World Champions  United States of America 9th title

Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Debrecen, Hungary, from 12 to 18 April 2015.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	4	1	0	0	28	8	+20	14
Belarus	5	3	1	1	0	19	11	+8	12
France	5	2	1	0	2	16	13	+3	8
Norway	5	2	0	2	1	14	12	+2	8
Kazakhstan	5	1	0	0	4	15	28	−13	3
Hungary	5	0	0	0	5	11	31	−20	0

Promoted to the 2016 Top Division

Relegated to the 2016 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 April 2015.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	5	5	0	0	0	26	6	+20	15
Slovenia	5	3	0	1	1	27	21	+6	10
Japan	5	2	1	0	2	16	16	0	8
Ukraine	5	2	0	0	3	13	14	−1	6
Italy	5	1	0	0	4	16	24	−8	3
Lithuania	5	1	0	0	4	8	25	−17	3

Promoted to the 2016 Division I A

Relegated to the 2016 Division II A

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 22 to 28 March 2015.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	28	7	+21	15
Poland	5	4	0	0	1	18	10	+8	12
United Kingdom	5	2	1	0	2	18	13	+5	8
Netherlands	5	1	1	1	2	18	22	−4	6
Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	9	24	−15	3
Estonia	5	0	0	1	4	11	26	−15	1

Promoted to the 2016 Division I B

Relegated to the 2016 Division II B

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 16 to 22 March 2015.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	5	4	1	0	0	46	12	+34	14
Spain	5	4	0	1	0	28	13	+15	13
Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	21	13	+8	9
Belgium	5	1	1	0	3	20	26	−6	5
China	5	1	0	0	4	14	27	−13	3
Australia	5	0	0	1	4	11	49	−38	1

Promoted to the 2016 Division II A

Relegated to the 2016 Division III A

Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 22 to 28 March 2015.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iceland	5	3	2	0	0	19	13	+6	13
Mexico	5	1	2	2	0	17	10	+7	9
Bulgaria	5	2	0	2	1	14	12	+2	8
Chinese Taipei	5	2	1	0	2	28	16	+12	8
Israel	5	2	0	1	2	16	15	+1	7
South Africa	5	0	0	0	5	7	35	−28	0

Promoted to the 2016 Division II B

Relegated to the 2016 Division III B

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Auckland, New Zealand, from 17 to 19 March 2015.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	2	2	0	0	0	14	5	+9	6
New Zealand	2	1	0	0	1	12	10	+2	3
Hong Kong	2	0	0	0	2	6	17	−11	0

Promoted to the 2016 Division III A

External links

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