2017 IIHF Women's World Championship

See also: 2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2017 IIHF World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	31 March–7 April
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (8th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	115 (5.23 per match)
Attendance	20,034 (911 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Kendall Coyne (12 points)
MVP	Brianna Decker
Website	Website
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship is an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It is being contested in Plymouth, United States from 31 March to 7 April 2017.

United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime, winning their eighth title. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Germany 8–0.

Venues

USA Hockey Arena I 3,504	USA Hockey Arena II 800

Participants

Group A United States of America – Hosts Canada Finland Russia

Group B Sweden Switzerland Germany – Promoted from Division I Group A in 2016 Czech Republic

Match officials

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Dina Allen Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Nikoleta Celárová Anna Eskola Drahomira Fialova Gabriella Gran Nicole Hertrich Aina Hove Miyuki Nakayama Melissa Szkola

Linesmen Bettina Angerer Veronica Johansson Michaela Kúdeľová Jessica Leclerc Lisa Linnek Ilona Novotná Nataša Pagon Johanna Tauriainen Justine Todd

Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States of America (H)	3	3	0	0	0	14	3	+11	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	11	6	+5	3
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	8	10	−2	3	Quarterfinals
4	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	2	16	−14	3

31 March 2017 16:00

Finland

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Russia

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 146

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Nadezhda Alexandrova	Referees: Dina Allen Nicole Hertrich
	Nieminen (Karvinen, Tapani) – 26:06	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2	42:19 – Kadirova / 59:10 – Smolentseva (Vafina, Shibanova) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	19

31 March 2017 19:35

United States of America

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Canada

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 3,152

Game reference
	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referees: Gabriella Gran Aina Hove
	Decker (Bozek) – 37:54 / Marvin – 44:49	1–0 / 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	18

1 April 2017 15:35

Russia

0–7 (0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

United States of America

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 1,919

Game reference
	Maria Sorokina	Goalies	Madeline Rooney	Referees: Anna Eskola Drahomira Fialova
		0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7	18:37 – Kessel (M. Lamoureux, Decker) / 32:08 – Coyne (Decker, Bellamy) / 33:04 – J. Lamoureux (Kessel, Keller) / 39:37 – J. Lamoureux (Coyne, M. Lamoureux) (PP) / 49:15 – Decker (Knight) / 59:39 – Coyne (Knight, M. Lamoureux) / 59:53 – Decker (Bellamy, Coyne)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	34

1 April 2017 19:35

Canada

3–4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Finland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 780

Game reference
	Emerance Maschmeyer Genevieve Lacasse	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Melissa Szkola
	Poulin (Ambrose, Johnston) – 19:08 / Turnbull (Fortino, Rougeau) – 24:21 / Johnston (Poulin, Larocque) – 40:36	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4	18:42 – Hakala (Tapani) / 21:01 – Nieminen (Tapani, Tuominen) (PP) / 26:49 – Tapani (Säkkinen) / 58:19 – Savolainen
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	26

3 April 2017 15:35

Canada

8–0 (4–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Russia

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 516

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Maria Sorokina Nadezhda Alexandrova	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Anna Eskola
	Wakefield (Irwin, Agosta) (PP) – 14:30 / Clark (Johnston, Poulin) – 15:33 / Wakefield (Irwin) – 16:51 / Spooner (Potomak) – 18:37 / Ambrose (Poulin, Jenner) (PP) – 31:01 / Jenner (Johnstone) (PP) – 44:56 / Agosta (Wakefield) – 46:41 / Potomak (Larocque, Mikkelson) – 59:19	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	16

3 April 2017 19:35

United States of America

5–3 (1–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Finland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 1,368

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Miyuki Nakayama
	Knight (Kessel, Decker) (PP2) – 12:21 / Coyne (Stack, Kessel) (PP) – 23:33 / Knight (Decker, Coyne) (PP) – 35:43 / Brandt (Marvin) – 52:25 / J. Lamoureux (ENG) – 59:00	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 5–3	04:46 – Tapani (Niskanen) / 39:36 – Hiirikoski (Karvinen, Hovi) / 49:04 – Karvinen
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	24

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	0	0	1	7	6	+1	6	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	7	5	+2	5	Relegation round
4	Czech Republic	3	0	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

31 March 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 428

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Miyuki Nakayama Melissa Szkola
	Vanišová (SH) – 34:18	1–0 / 1–1	56:15 – Raselli (Müller) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	31

31 March 2017 15:35

Sweden

1–3 (0–0, 1–3, 0–0)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 480

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Anna Eskola
	L. Johansson – 26:11	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3	22:40 – N. Eisenschmid (Lanzl, Kluge) (PP) / 38:47 – Anwander (Strobel, Kluge) / 39:08 – Lanzl (Zorn)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	32	Shots	23

1 April 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 496

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Ivonne Schröder	Referees: Dina Allen Nikoleta Celárová
	Lédlová (Polenská, Zedníková) – 49:40	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	34:39 – Zorn (Kluge) / 58:23 – Kluge (Delarbre)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	12

1 April 2017 18:00

Switzerland

1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Sweden

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 168

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Aina Hove Miyuki Nakayama
	Bullo (I. Waidacher, Staenz) – 33:25	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	05:24 – Olsson / 46:48 – Johansson (Olsson, Winberg) (PP2)
	18 min	Penalties	0 min
	15	Shots	24

3 April 2017 12:00

Germany

2–4 (0–3, 0–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 404

Game reference
	Franziska Albl Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Gabriella Gran
	Delarbre (Kratzer) – 40:23 / Fiegert (Zorn, Anwander) (PP2) – 55:22	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4	11:22 – Stalder (Meier) / 12:00 – Müller (Stalder) / 15:05 – Müller (Stalder, Raselli) (PP) / 59:08 – Müller (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	30

3 April 2017 18:00

Sweden

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 111

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Dina Allen Melissa Szkola
	Fallman (Lindh) – 15:48 / Fallman (Nordin, Svedin) (PP) – 25:12 / Rask (Lowenhielm) – 27:59	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	10:39 – Pejzlová (Tejralová) (PP)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	20

Relegation round

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

4 April 2017 12:00

Switzerland

2–4 (0–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Czech Republic

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 355

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Nicole Hertrich
	Stalder (Stiefel, Bullo) – 52:23 / Altmann (Stalder) – 54:05	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4	14:29 – Vanišová (Lédlová, Mrázová) / 18:59 – Mrázová / 30:43 – Lédlová / 59:42 – Lédlová (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	22

6 April 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–2, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

Switzerland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 478

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Melissa Szkola
	Vanišová (Lédlová) – 28:39 / Vanišová (Herzigová) – 43:55	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	32:59 – Bullo (Staenz, Raselli) / 39:47 – Stalder / 64:26 – Meier (Stalder, Benz)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	29

7 April 2017 12:00

Switzerland

3–1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 457

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Blanka Škodová	Referees: Dina Allen Aina Hove
	Rüegg (Müller, Stalder) – 07:01 / Müller (Meier, Schelling) (PP) – 09:35 / Stalder (Müller, Meier) (PP) – 41:03	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1	11:28 – Vanišová (Lédlová)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	19

Switzerland won series 2–1

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States of America

11

A4

Russia

1

B1

Germany

0

B1

Germany

2

A1

United States of America

3

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

4

A3

Finland

4

A3

Finland

0

Third place

B2

Sweden

0

A3

Finland

8

B1

Germany

0

Quarterfinals

4 April 2017 15:35

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 397

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Dina Allen Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
	Säkkinen (Lindstedt, Karna) – 04:19 / Välimäki (Tuominen, Tapani) (PP) – 06:55 / Hiirikoski (Tapani) (PP) – 23:03 / Tapani (Valila, Karvinen) – 48:53	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	16

4 April 2017 19:35

Russia

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 486

Game reference
	Nadezhda Alexandrova	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referees: Anna Eskola Aina Hove
	Shokhina (Shtaryova, Dergachyova) – 02:36	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2	34:44 – Spielberger (Zorn, Fiegert) (PP2) / 49:12 – Delarbre (Graeve, Spielberger)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	22

Semifinals

6 April 2017 15:35

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 1,166

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Dina Allen Gabriella Gran
	Potomak (Jenner, Spooner) – 17:35 / Poulin (Spooner) – 25:08 / Johnston (Poulin) (PP) – 27:33 / Clark (Rougeau) (SH,ENG) – 55:31	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	23

6 April 2017 19:35

United States of America

11–0 (2–0, 5–0, 4–0)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 1,872

Game reference
	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Jennifer Harß Ivonne Schröder	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Aina Hove
	Knight (Coyne) – 01:06 / Stack (Skarupa, M. Lamoureux) – 08:47 / Coyne (Decker, M. Lamoureux) (PP) – 22:02 / Pfalzer (Kessel, Keller) – 22:38 / J. Lamoureux (Stack) – 23:24 / Coyne (Knight, Decker} – 24:22 / Keller (Kessel) – 26:15 / Pelkey (Bellamy, Kessel) – 44:19 / M. Lamoureux (Decker, Knight) – 53:06 / Skarupa (Stack) – 54:10 / Carpenter (Keller) (PP) – 59:47	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 11–0
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	50	Shots	8

Fifth place game

6 April 2017 17:00

Russia

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

Sweden

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Maria Sorokina Nadezhda Alexandrova	Goalies	Lovisa Berndtsson	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Drahomira Fialova
	Belyakova (Dergachyova) – 42:30 / Smolentseva (Shtaryova, Pirogova) – 50:47 / Sosina (Shokhina) – 53:48	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3	17:07 – Fallman (Udén Johansson, Lindh) / 20:42 – Fallman (Nordin) (PP2) / 57:52 – Winberg (Nordin) (PP)
	32 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	23

Bronze medal game

7 April 2017 15:35

Finland

8–0 (3–0, 5–0, 0–0)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 836

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Jennifer Harß Ivonne Schröder	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Melissa Szkola
	Nieminen (Välimäki, Hiirikoski) – 00:53 / Savolainen (Hovi, Tuominen) – 16:17 / Hovi (Välimäki) (SH) – 17:30 / Hiirikoski (Valila, Karvinen) (PP) – 21:42 / Tulus (Hiirikoski, Niskanen) – 29:08 / Valkama (Tulus, Lindstedt) – 31:15 / Nieminen (Kilponen) – 35:15 / Jalosuo (Tapani) – 39:42	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	38	Shots	11

Gold medal game

7 April 2017 19:35

United States of America

3–2 OT (1–1, 0–0, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Canada

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 3,917

Game reference
	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referees: Anna Eskola Gabriella Gran
	Bellamy (Coyne, Decker) – 04:34 / Bellamy (Knight, Decker) – 40:42 / Knight (Coyne) – 70:17	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	01:01 – Agosta (Wakefield) / 49:44 – Jenner (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	30

Statistics

Final standings

	United States of America
	Canada
	Finland
4	Germany
5	Russia
6	Sweden
7	Switzerland
8	Czech Republic

Relegated to Division I A

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Kendall Coyne	5	5	7	12	+10	0	F
Brianna Decker	5	3	9	12	+11	8	F
Hilary Knight	5	4	5	9	+10	0	F
Lara Stalder	6	4	5	9	+5	2	F
Susanna Tapani	6	3	6	9	0	2	F
Alina Müller	6	4	4	8	+2	2	F
Aneta Lédlová	6	3	3	6	+7	12	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	5	2	4	6	+3	2	F
Amanda Kessel	5	1	5	6	+4	0	F
Monique Lamoureux	5	1	5	6	+11	0	D

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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Nicole Hensley	190:17	2	0.63	56	96.43	2
Shannon Szabados	248:29	5	1.21	109	95.41	2
Florence Schelling	368:00	11	1.79	160	93.12	0
Noora Räty	355:03	12	2.03	157	92.36	2
Nadezhda Alexandrova	183:18	6	1.96	70	91.43	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

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Noora Räty
  • Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
  • Best Forward: Brianna Decker

Source: IIHF.com

• All-star team
  • Goaltender: Noora Räty
  • Defense: Monique Lamoureux, Jenni Hiirikoski
  • Forwards: Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianna Decker, Kendall Coyne
• MVP: Brianna Decker

Source: IIHF.com

External links

• Official website