2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

2017 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Dates	13–23 April 2017
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (9th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	196 (6.32 per match)
Attendance	73,690 (2,377 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Auston Matthews (14 points)
MVP	Kristian Vesalainen
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The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 19th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted by Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia. The tournament was played from 13 to 23 April 2017. Finland entered the tournament as the defending champions and once again advanced to the final, but this time they lost to the United States.

Top Division

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

Preliminary round

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups plays a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	4	4	0	0	0	23	10	+13	12
Canada	4	2	1	0	1	18	13	+5	8
Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	13	10	+3	7
Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	9	14	−5	3
Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	3	19	−16	0

13 April 2017 15:30

Latvia

1–4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,435

Game reference
	Niklavs Rauza	Goalies	Ian Scott	Referees: Alex Dipietro Mikael Holm
	Paskausks – 18:08	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4	11:50 – Mattheos (PS) / 23:36 – Comtois (Entwistle) (PP) / 28:26 – Ratcliffe (Schnarr) / 50:48 – Entwistle (Smith, Mitchell)
	16 min	Penalties	32 min
	19	Shots	54

13 April 2017 19:30

Slovakia

4–5 (0–1, 4–3, 0–1)

Finland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 3,935

Game reference
	Juraj Sklenár	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Alexandre Garon Liam Sewell
	Hrehorčák – 29:18 / Hrehorčák (Žiak) (PP) – 31:20 / Kupec (Žiak) – 35:53 / Stacho (Fehérváry) – 36:57	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 4–4 / 4–5	09:55 – Vesalainen (Ikonen) / 23:46 – Talvitie (Teräväinen) / 28:59 – Vesalainen (Heiskanen, Ylönen) (PP) / 38:40 – Ylönen (Virtanen, Talvitie) / 52:17 – Talvitie (Heiskanen, Utunen)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	29

14 April 2017 19:30

Switzerland

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,210

Game reference
	Gianluca Zaetta	Goalies	Jānis Voris Niklavs Rauza	Referees: Artur Kulev Trpimir Piragić
	Eggenberger (Müller, Hischier) – 02:57 / Kurashev (Matewa, Sigrist) – 13:12 / Sigrist (Le Coultre) (PP) – 27:40 / Eggenberger – 43:50	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	27

15 April 2017 15:30

Finland

5–1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,962

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Gianluca Zaetta Beat Trudel	Referees: Mikael Holm Manuel Nikolic
	Nyman (Talvitie, Ikonen) (PP) – 07:28 / Nyman (Vesalainen, Ikonen) – 16:14 / Kotkaniemi (Kupari) – 32:14 / Ikonen (Nyman, Vesalainen) – 33:19 / Latvala (Kotkaniemi, Koskenkorva) – 47:53	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 5–1	47:40 – Müller (Matewa, Hischier)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	26

15 April 2017 19:30

Canada

4–3 OT (3–1, 0–1, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

Slovakia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 4,318

Game reference
	Ian Scott	Goalies	Juraj Sklenár Jakub Kostelný	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Trpimir Piragić
	Olson (Entwistle) – 18:18 / Mattheos (Chainey) – 18:36 / Ratcliffe – 19:49 / Mattheos (McIsaac) – 62:38	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3	08:37 – Liška (Ružička) (PP) / 36:34 – Hrehorčák (Roman) / 42:38 – Liška (Fafrák) (SH)
	28 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	29

16 April 2017 19:30

Latvia

2–7 (1–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Finland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,116

Game reference
	Niklavs Rauza Jānis Voris	Goalies	Lassi Lehtinen	Referees: Robert Hallin Stephen Thomson
	Petrovs (Udris) – 11:59 / Paškausks (Smirnovs) – 28:51	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 2–7	12:44 – Vaakanainen (Heiskanen, Vesalainen) / 13:51 – Ikonen (Heiskanen) (PP) / 31:09 – Ikonen (Vesalainen, Heiskanen) (PP2) / 31:52 – Ylönen (Kotkaniemi, Kupari) (PP) / 39:14 – Ikonen (Vesalainen, Nyman) / 42:58 – Vesalainen (Vaakanainen, Heiskanen) / 55:45 – Ylönen (Talvitie, Virtanen)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	44

17 April 2017 15:30

Canada

7–3 (2–0, 1–2, 4–1)

Switzerland

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 1,562

Game reference
	Jake McGrath	Goalies	Gianluca Zaetta Akira Schmid	Referees: Robert Hallin Liam Sewell
	Studnicka (Olson) – 09:44 / Glass (Chainey) – 12:29 / Studnicka (Strome) – 23:31 / Glass (Chainey, Woo) – 41:15 / Olson (Glass, Chainey) – 49:47 / Mattheos (ENG) – 57:35 / Entwistle (McIsaac, Mitchell) – 59:19	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 5–3 / 6–3 / 7–3	32:33 – Weibel (SH) / 38:35 – Kurashev (Le Coultre, Hischier) (PP2) / 56:07 – Eggenberger (Kurashev, Hischier)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	30

17 April 2017 19:30

Slovakia

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 4,496

Game reference
	Jakub Kostelný	Goalies	Jānis Voris	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Marc Iwert
	Havrila (Regenda, Hrehorčák) – 17:05 / Ružička (Liška, Žiak) (PP) – 26:47 / Roman (Krivošík, Ivan) – 31:06 / Fehérváry (Ružička, Fafrák) (PP) – 42:56	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
	16 min	Penalties	43 min
	36	Shots	15

18 April 2017 15:30

Finland

6–3 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Canada

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 2,201

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Ian Scott Jake McGrath	Referees: Marc Iwert Artur Kulev
	Vesalainen (PP) – 00:56 / Vesalainen (Vaakanainen, Heiskanen) – 20:30 / Heiskanen (Ylönen) – 26:56 / Virtanen (SH) – 32:37 / Engberg (Kotkaniemi) – 41:24 / Vesalainen (Engberg) (ENG) – 58:22	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 5–3 / 6–3	03:55 – Studnicka (Brook) / 38:38 – Woo (Entwistle, Strome) / 51:18 – Entwistle (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	20

18 April 2017 19:30

Switzerland

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Slovakia

Poprad Ice Stadium, Poprad Attendance: 4,496

Game reference
	Akira Schmid	Goalies	Juraj Sklenár	Referees: Mikael Holm Stephen Thomson
	Kurashev (Hischier) – 32:04	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	31:20 – Fafrák (Ružička, Liška) / 41:40 – Baláž (Korenčík)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	23

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States of America	4	4	0	0	0	22	7	+15	12
Russia	4	2	1	0	1	16	11	+5	8
Sweden	4	2	0	0	2	8	12	−4	6
Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	15	17	−2	4
Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	7	21	−14	0

13 April 2017 15:30

Belarus

0–7 (0–0, 0–5, 0–2)

United States of America

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 567

Game reference
	Andrei Grischenko	Goalies	Dylan St. Cyr	Referees: Robert Hallin Oldřich Hejduk
		0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7	21:44 – Pastujov (Barratt, Gildon) / 22:26 – Reedy (Farabee, Knoepke) / 27:50 – Wahlstrom (Tkachuk, Barratt) / 33:00 – Dhooghe (Farabee, Knoepke) (SH) / 36:33 – Wahlstrom (Norris, Mismash) / 42:34 – Mismash (Barratt, Pastujov) / 44:55 – Farrance (Poehling, Reedy)
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	51

13 April 2017 19:30

Russia

3–1 (0–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Sweden

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,350

Game reference
	Maxim Zhukov	Goalies	Olle Eriksson Ek	Referees: Marc Iwert Stephen Thomson
	Maximov (Slepets) – 42:13 / Svechnikov (Chekhovich) – 51:02 / Svechnikov (Chekhovich) (ENG) – 59:58	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	09:05 – Brännström (Lundeström, Hugg) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	44

14 April 2017 19:30

Czech Republic

7–4 (2–1, 4–1, 1–2)

Belarus

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,231

Game reference
	Jakub Škarek	Goalies	Andrei Grischenko Nikita Tolopilo	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Manuel Nikolic
	Hrabík (Kvasnička, Nečas) (PP) – 02:13 / Hladonik (Chytil, Bukač) (SH) – 05:41 / Kondelík (Škvrně, Šalda) – 30:25 / Král (Zadina, Chytil) – 30:49 / Kaut (Zadina) (PP) – 33:38 / Kern (Galvas) – 34:01 / Chytil (Nečas, Kondelík) – 50:17	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 6–2 / 7–2 / 7–3 / 7–4	19:59 – Martynov (Savritski) (SH) / 36:18 – Kot (Martynov) / 58:26 – Martynov (PS) / 59:51 – Baltruk
	28 min	Penalties	32 min
	45	Shots	33

15 April 2017 15:30

United States of America

5–4 (0–1, 3–0, 2–3)

Russia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 3,503

Game reference
	Dylan St. Cyr	Goalies	Maxim Zhukov	Referees: Alexandre Garon Lassi Heikkinen
	Mismash (Barratt, Pastujov) – 33:57 / Poehling (Dhooghe, Farabee) – 36:28 / Poehling (Miller, Knoepke) (SH) – 39:30 / Norris (Tkachuk, Dhooghe) – 41:16 / Barratt (Mismash, Dhooghe) – 49:59	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 5–3 / 5–4	10:59 – Koltygin (Rubinchik, Toropchenko) (SH) / 45:19 – Bitsadze (Samorukov, Perelyayev) / 56:33 – Slepets (Rubinchik, Lipanov) (PP) / 57:09 – Chekhovich (Svechnikov, Koltygin)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	28

15 April 2017 19:30

Sweden

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 3,126

Game reference
	Adam Åhman	Goalies	Jakub Škarek	Referees: Alex Dipietro Artur Kulev
	Peterson (Elvenes, Westerlund) – 03:40 / Zetterlund – 20:35 / Gustafsson (Ginning) – 47:30	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	37:30 – Zadina (Kvasnička, Kondelík) (PP) / 46:08 – Kern (Safin)
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	38	Shots	34

16 April 2017 19:30

Belarus

2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 1,503

Game reference
	Andrei Grischenko	Goalies	Olle Eriksson Ek	Referees: Marc Iwert Liam Sewell
	Yeryomenko (Kot, Martynov) – 12:38 / Baltruk (Pavlenko, Drozdov) – 33:11	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	01:12 – Gustafsson (Zetterlund) / 04:09 – Miketinac (Peterson) / 59:48 – Bemström (Hugg, Lundeström) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	52

17 April 2017 15:30

United States of America

5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 3,856

Game reference
	Dylan St. Cyr	Goalies	Jakub Škarek Jiři Patera	Referees: Mikael Holm Trpimir Piragić
	Tkachuck (Kemp) (SH) – 12:24 / Gildon (Mismash) – 13:46 / Tortora (Farrance) – 23:43 / Gildon (Cockerill, Tortora) – 31:22 / Gildon (Hughes, Wahlstrom) (PP) – 58:00	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2	01:51 – Machala (Kern) / 31:50 – Safin (Kern, Machala)
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	26

17 April 2017 19:30

Russia

4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 1,123

Game reference
	Kirill Ustimenko	Goalies	Andrei Grischenko	Referees: Alex Dipietro Oldřich Hejduk
	Chekhovich (Lipanov, Svechnikov) (PP) – 28:11 / Slepets – 29:28 / Svechnikov (Rubinchik) – 50:11 / Chekhovich (Samorukov) (PP) – 55:01	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	26:12 – Anosov (Azhgirei)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	32

18 April 2017 15:30

Sweden

1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

United States of America

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,354

Game reference
	Adam Åhman	Goalies	Dylan St. Cyr	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Manuel Nikolic
	Westerlund (Brännström, Elvenes) (PP) – 39:01	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5	08:40 – Dhooghe (Pastujov, Cockerill) / 19:37 – Wahlstrom (Mismash, Gildon) / 22:40 – Farabee (PS) / 50:45 – Poehling (Dhooghe) (SH) / 58:05 – Wahlstrom (Hughes) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	29

18 April 2017 19:30

Czech Republic

4–5 OT (1–1, 1–1, 2–2) OT: (0–1)

Russia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,764

Game reference
	Jiři Patera	Goalies	Maxim Zhukov	Referees: Alexandre Garon Robert Hallin
	Kvasnička (Kondelík, Safin) (EA) – 17:21 / Zadina (Chytil) (PP) – 33:43 / Hrabík (Král, Kaut) (EA) – 44:43 / Kern (Kvasnička, Kondelík) – 48:40	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 4–4 / 4–5	10:48 – Rubinchik (Galenyuk, Bitsadze) (PP) / 29:31 – Shashkov (Baranov) / 43:23 – Svechnikov (Lipanov, Chekhovich) / 57:55 – Maximov (Slepets, Rubinchik) / 64:06 – Rubinchik (Muranov, Koltygin)
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	32

Relegation round

20 April 2017 11:30

Belarus

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 356

Game reference
	Andrei Grischenko	Goalies	Niklavs Rauza	Referees: Alexandre Garon Robert Hallin
	Martynov (Yeryomenko, Gabrus) – 38:53 / Yeryomenko (Baltruk) (SH, ENG) – 59:23	1–0 / 2–0
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	17

21 April 2017 17:30

Latvia

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Belarus

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 309

Game reference
	Niklavs Rauza	Goalies	Andrei Grischenko	Referees: Alexandre Garon Trpimir Piragić
	Egle (Bērziņš, Krollis) (PP) – 08:23 / Smirnovs (Paškausks, Egle) – 37:06 / Egle (Jašunovs, Bērziņš) – 55:07	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	30:19 – Sapego (Drozdov, Yeryomenko) / 49:58 – Pavlenko (Sapego, Baltruk) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	33

23 April 2017 13:30

Belarus

3–1 (2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 131

Game reference
	Andrei Grischenko	Goalies	Niklavs Rauza	Referees: Marc Iwert Liam Sewell
	Drozdov (Martynov, Borshov) – 06:27 / Deryabin (Martynov) – 19:25 / Pavlenko (Borshov, Savritski) – 44:00	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1	50:33 – Jašunovs (Kārkls, Smirnovs) (PP2)
	20 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	24

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1A

Finland

6

4B

Czech Republic

5

1A

Finland

2

2B

Russia

1

2B

Russia

3

3A

Slovakia

2

1A

Finland

2

1B

United States of America

4

1B

United States of America

4

4A

Switzerland

2

1B

United States of America

4

Bronze medal game

3B

Sweden

3

2A

Canada

3

2B

Russia

3

3B

Sweden

7

3B

Sweden

0

Quarterfinals

20 April 2017 13:30

Finland

6–5 OT (4–1, 1–3, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

Czech Republic

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 1,194

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Jakub Škarek Jiři Patera	Referees: Artur Kulev Manuel Nikolic
	Heiskanen (Vaakanainen, Vesalainen) – 02:19 / Nyman (Vesalainen) – 14:09 / Vaakanainen (Ikonen, Heiskanen) (PP) – 18:26 / Talvitie (Heiskanen, Ylönen) – 19:14 / Talvitie (Virtanen, Ylönen) – 25:24 / Virtanen (Heiskanen, Ylönen) – 69:02	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 5–2 / 5–3 / 5–4 / 5–5 / 6–5	07:11 – Mikyska (Hrabík, Dvořák) / 27:02 – Chytil (Zadina, Safin) (PP) / 32:00 – Škvrně (Kondelík, Mikyska) / 38:35 – Machala (Nečas, Kvasnička) (PP) / 57:23 – Zadina (Hladonik, Hrabík)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	47

20 April 2017 15:30

Canada

3–7 (0–1, 2–3, 1–3)

Sweden

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,259

Game reference
	Ian Scott	Goalies	Adam Åhman	Referees: Alex Dipietro Stephen Thomson
	Strome – 21:58 / Entwistle (Brook) – 34:38 / Comtois – 54:07	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 3–6 / 3–7	19:57 – Zetterlund / 30:36 – Back (Hugg, Zetterlund) / 33:33 – Olofsson (Lundeström) / 39:38 – Hugg (Liljegren, Brännström) (PP) / 44:20 – Olofsson / 48:30 – Brännström (Elvenes, Fjellström) / 57:53 – Lundeström (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	34

20 April 2017 17:30

Russia

3–2 OT (1–0, 0–2, 1–0) OT: (1–0)

Slovakia

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 4,496

Game reference
	Maxim Zhukov	Goalies	Juraj Sklenár	Referees: Mikael Holm Trpimir Piragić
	Chekhovich (Svechnikov) – 05:36 / Chekhovich (Svechnikov, Samorukov) (PP) – 41:14 / Slepets (Koltygin, Samorukov) – 68:42	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	30:35 – Ružička (Liška, Baláž) / 34:02 – Fafrák (Liška)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	42	Shots	41

20 April 2017 19:30

United States of America

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

Spiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves Attendance: 2,342

Game reference
	Dylan St. Cyr	Goalies	Akira Schmid	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Liam Sewell
	Pastujov (Tkachuk, Norris) – 00:51 / Farrance (Barratt, Tkachuk) – 34:02 / Norris (Pastujov, Tkachuk) – 56:43 / Tortora (Dhooghe, Kemp) – 57:10	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2	23:51 – Hischier (Gross) / 30:49 – Müller (Patry, Sigrist) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	47	Shots	17

Semifinals

22 April 2017 15:30

Finland

2–1 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

Russia

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 2,936

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Maxim Zhukov	Referees: Alex Dipietro Manuel Nikolic
	Ylönen (Virtanen, Kotkaniemi) (PP) – 25:14 / Utunen (Anttalainen, Kupari) – 67:01	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1	41:37 – Slepets (Toropchenko)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	29

22 April 2017 19:30

United States of America

4–3 OT (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) OT: (1–0)

Sweden

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 2,732

Game reference
	Dylan St. Cyr	Goalies	Adam Åhman	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Artur Kulev
	Pastujov (Dhooghe, Miller) – 10:28 / Gildon (Mismash, Hughes) (PP) – 26:29 / Hughes (Norris) – 47:50 / Dhooghe (Poehling) – 69:39	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3	20:39 – Olofsson (Bemström, Lundeström) / 44:11 – Zetterlund (Brännström, Liljegren) (PP) / 46:46 – Sylvegård (Johansson)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	29

Bronze medal game

23 April 2017 15:30

Russia

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 2,923

Game reference
	Kirill Ustimenko	Goalies	Adam Åhman	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Stephen Thomson
	Galenyuk (Chekhovich, Svechnikov) (PP) – 16:27 / Samorukov – 24:21 / Maximov (ENG) – 59:45	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	30

Final

23 April 2017 19:30

United States of America

4–2 (2–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Finland

Poprad Ice Stadium Poprad Attendance: 3,904

Game reference
	Dylan St. Cyr	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Alexandre Garon Trpimir Piragić
	Norris (Tkachuk) – 03:51 / Farabee (Tortora) – 16:47 / Farabee (Cockerill, St. Cyr) (SH) – 21:03 / Mismash (Hughes, Norris) (PP) – 31:03	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2	27:05 – Räsänen (Koskenkorva, Kotkaniemi) / 56:44 – Vaakanainen (EA)
	24 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	24

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kristian Vesalainen	7	6	7	13	+5	8
Miro Heiskanen	7	2	10	12	+8	0
Ivan Chekhovich	7	5	4	9	+3	4
Andrei Svechnikov	7	4	5	9	+3	10
Jesse Ylönen	7	4	5	9	+6	0
Sean Dhooghe	7	3	6	9	+8	2
Joni Ikonen	7	4	4	8	+4	8
Grant Mismash	7	3	5	8	+4	10
MacKenzie Entwistle	5	4	3	7	+1	6
Aarne Talvitie	7	4	3	7	+1	6

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
Maxim Zhukov	319:19	189	14	2.63	92.59	0
Dylan St. Cyr	429:39	177	14	1.96	92.09	1
Niklavs Rauza	316:49	193	17	3.22	91.19	0
Andrei Grischenko	416:38	243	23	3.31	90.53	1
Akira Schmid	153:16	92	9	3.52	90.22	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

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

• Forward: Kristian Vesalainen

All-star team

• Goaltender: Dylan St. Cyr
• Defencemen: Miro Heiskanen, Max Gildon
• Forwards: Kristian Vesalainen, Sean Dhooghe, Ivan Chekhovich

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Maxim Zhukov
• Defenceman: Miro Heiskanen
• Forward: Kristian Vesalainen

Source: IIHF.com

Final standings

Team 1 United States of America 2 Finland 3 Russia 4th Sweden 5th Canada 6th Slovakia 7th Czech Republic 8th Switzerland 9th Belarus 10th Latvia Relegated to the 2016 Division I A Division I Division I A The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 April 2017. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts France 5 4 0 0 1 17 14 +3 12 Kazakhstan 5 3 1 0 1 18 8 +10 11 Denmark 5 3 0 1 1 17 15 +2 10 Norway 5 2 1 0 2 22 13 +9 8 Germany 5 1 0 1 3 23 21 +2 4 Hungary 5 0 0 0 5 6 32 −26 0 Promoted to the 2018 Top Division Relegated to the 2018 Division I B Division I B The Division I B tournament will be played in Bled, Slovenia, from 15 to 21 April 2017. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 22 8 +14 12 Austria 5 2 2 0 1 14 13 +1 10 Japan 5 1 2 1 1 15 23 −8 8 Italy 5 2 0 1 2 17 17 0 7 Ukraine 5 1 1 1 2 15 15 0 6 Poland 5 0 0 2 3 9 16 −7 2 Promoted to the 2018 Division I A Relegated to the 2018 Division II A Division II Division II A The Division II A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Romania 5 4 0 1 0 20 8 +12 13 Estonia 5 1 3 0 1 17 16 +1 9 Lithuania 5 2 1 0 2 15 12 +3 8 South Korea 5 2 0 1 2 13 13 0 7 United Kingdom 5 2 0 1 2 18 17 +1 7 Croatia 5 0 0 1 4 9 26 −17 1 Promoted to the 2018 Division I B Relegated to the 2018 Division II B Division II B The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 13 to 19 March 2017. Australia achieved the unusual distinction of being promoted in consecutive years. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Australia 5 4 0 0 1 19 7 +12 12 Spain 5 4 0 0 1 24 10 +14 12 Serbia 5 3 0 0 2 14 13 +1 9 Netherlands 5 3 0 0 2 16 12 +4 9 Iceland 5 1 0 0 4 8 23 −15 3 Belgium 5 0 0 0 5 7 23 −16 0 Promoted to the 2018 Division II A Relegated to the 2018 Division III A Division III Division III A The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 21 to 27 March 2017. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts China 5 5 0 0 0 36 1 +35 15 Israel 5 4 0 0 1 21 8 +13 12 Chinese Taipei 5 2 1 0 2 16 13 +3 8 Bulgaria 5 2 0 0 3 18 18 0 6 Turkey 5 1 0 0 4 19 39 −20 3 New Zealand 5 0 0 1 4 11 42 −31 1 Promoted to the 2018 Division II B Relegated to the 2018 Division III B Division III B The Division III B tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 17 to 19 March 2017. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Mexico 2 2 0 0 0 18 3 +15 6 Hong Kong 2 1 0 0 1 4 13 −9 3 South Africa 2 0 0 0 2 4 10 −6 0 Promoted to the 2018 Division III A References External links Website IIHF.com