2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2017 IIHF World U20 Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 26, 2016 – January 5, 2017
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Centre Bell, Montreal Air Canada Centre, Toronto (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (4th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	183 (6.1 per match)
Attendance	257,882 (8,596 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Kirill Kaprizov (12 points)
MVP	Thomas Chabot
Website	http://www.worldjunior2017.com
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The 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 41st World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (WJC or WM20). The main tournament was co-hosted in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, in Canada. This was the twelfth championship that Canada had hosted. Montreal and Toronto also jointly hosted the 2015 edition.The tournament consisted of 30 games between 10 nations.

Group A preliminary games, as well as the medal rounds, were hosted by Centre Bell in Montreal. Air Canada Centre in Toronto hosted preliminaries in Group B, including the host country of Canada. The tournament also initiated several year-long celebrations, the 375th anniversary of Montreal's founding; the 100th anniversary of the National Hockey League's founding in Montreal; the 100th anniversary of Hockey Canada's origins; the 50th anniversary of Montreal's Expo 67; the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation; and the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs had planned to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th anniversary celebrations.

The event was organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Quebec, Ontario Hockey Federation, Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Evenko. Montreal and Quebec provided C$1 million and C$2 million in funding, respectively, for both the 2015 and 2017 editions.

For the first time in the history of the event, the defending champion (Finland) had to compete in the relegation round. Latvia was relegated to Division I-A for 2018 by merit of their tenth-place finish.

Player eligibility

A player was eligible to play in the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:

• the player was of male gender;
• the player was born at the earliest in 1997, and at the latest, in 2002;
• the player was a citizen in the country he represented;
• the player was under the jurisdiction of a national association that was a member of the IIHF.

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.

Top Division

Venues

Centre Bell Capacity: 21,287	Air Canada Centre Capacity: 19,746
Canada – Montreal	Canada – Toronto

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:

Referees Tobias Björk Darcy Burchell Jan Hribik Jozef Kubus Mark Lemelin Marcus Linde Marian Rohatsch Anssi Salonen Brett Sheva Maxim Sidorenko Robin Šír Daniel Stricker

Linesmen Jimmy Dahmen Jake Davis Nicolas Fluri Dmitry Golyak Henrik Haurum Lukas Kohlmuller Yakov Paley Libor Suchanek Sakari Suominen Nathan Vanoosten

Results

Format

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

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Eastern Standard Time – UTC−5)

Group A

Team	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	18	6	12
Denmark	4	1	1	1	1	11	15	6
Czech Republic	4	1	0	2	1	9	13	5
Switzerland	4	0	2	0	2	11	13	4
Finland	4	1	0	0	3	6	8	3

December 26, 2016 13:00

Denmark

1–6 (0–2, 0–4, 1–0)

Sweden

Centre Bell Attendance: 4,518

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Anssi Salonen
	Krag Christensen (J. Røndbjerg) – 57:53	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 1–6	10:11 – Nylander / 18:24 – Eriksson Ek (Dahlin, Kylington) / 24:30 – Dahlén (Grundström, L. Carlsson) / 26:26 – Grundström (SH) / 33:12 – Dahlin (G. Carlsson) / 38:22 – Nylander (Bernhardt, Eriksson Ek)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	33

December 26, 2016 17:00

Finland

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Centre Bell Attendance: 4,703

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Jakub Škarek	Referees: Tobias Björk Daniel Stricker
	Luoto – 08:46	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	04:27 – Krenželok (Nečas) / 58:42 – Špaček (Musil, Zbořil)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	30

December 27, 2016 13:00

Czech Republic

3–4 OT (0–0, 0–2, 3–1) (OT: 0–1)

Switzerland

Centre Bell Attendance: 4,683

Game reference
	Jakub Škarek	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Mark Lemelin Anssi Salonen
	Koblížek (Zbořil) – 45:02 / Chlapík (Hronek, Špaček) (PP) – 50:41 / Chlapík (Špaček, Zbořil) (EA) – 59:44	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4	29:19 – In Albon (Hischier, Diem) / 36:03 – Thürkauf (Riat, Hischier) (PP) / 48:34 – Riat (Siegenthaler, Thurkauf) (PP) / 60:23 – Hischier (Riat)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	22

December 27, 2016 17:30

Denmark

3–2 (2–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Finland

Centre Bell Attendance: 4,733

Game reference
	Kasper Krog	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen Karolus Kaarlehto	Referees: Tobias Björk Robin Šír
	Boysen (Weichel, True) (PP) – 05:20 / Madsen (Jensen, Høeg) – 17:40 / Blichfeld (J. Røndbjerg, Koch) – 35:53	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2	44:17 – Vaakanainen (Mattila, Väyrynen) / 55:30 – Björkqvist (Luoto, Mattila)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	10	Shots	36

December 28, 2016 17:00

Switzerland

2–4 (1–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Centre Bell Attendance: 5,630

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Robin Šír
	Siegenthaler (Riat, In Albon) (PP) – 05:08 / Thürkauf (Hischier, Siegenthaler) (PP) – 26:17	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4	04:13 – Eriksson Ek (Nylander, Bernhardt) / 06:38 – Andersson (Grundström) / 54:52 – Eriksson Ek (Grundström, Nylander) / 57:11 – L. Carlsson (Asplund)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	15	Shots	46

December 29, 2016 13:00

Denmark

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Centre Bell Attendance: 4,536

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen	Goalies	Daniel Vladař	Referees: Marcus Linde Brett Sheva
	Blichfeld (Boysen, Larsen) (PP) – 28:41 / Krag Christensen (Blichfeld) – 53:36 / From (Krag Christensen) – 60:47	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	07:56 – Nečas (Musil) / 30:29 – Hronek (Suchý)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	34

December 29, 2016 17:30

Finland

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Centre Bell Attendance: 9,062

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Jan Hribik Jozef Kubus
	Räsänen (Tolvanen, Juolevi) (PP) – 16:35	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3	32:16 – Andersson (Nylander) / 41:24 – Nylander (Grundström, Eriksson Ek) / 59:00 – Nylander (ENG)
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	20

December 30, 2016 17:00

Switzerland

5–4 GWS (1–3, 2–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Denmark

Centre Bell Attendance: 6,006

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Kasper Krog	Referees: Darcy Burchell Jozef Kubus
	Hischier (Riat, Siegenthaler) – 17:56 / Zehnder (Weber, Gross) – 26:29 / Eggenberger (Prassl, Miranda) – 32:26 / Zehnder (In-Albon, Siegenthaler) – 43:35	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 3–4 / 4–4	00:20 – True (Gatz) / 03:45 – Blichfeld (Krag Christensen, Gatz) / 13:40 – Andersen (From, Weichel) (PP) / 20:28 – From (True, M. Røndbjerg)
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	22

December 31, 2016 13:00

Sweden

5–2 (3–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Centre Bell Attendance: 6,259

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Daniel Vladař	Referees: Brett Sheva Maxim Sidorenko
	Asplund (Ahl, Pettersson) – 00:37 / Dahlén (Asplund, Nylander) (PP) – 08:56 / Lööke (Karlström, Bernhardt) – 16:46 / Dahlén (Karlström) – 37:09 / Dahlén (Nylander, Kylington) (PP) – 43:34	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 5–1 / 5–2	53:09 – Kaše (Kurovský) / 57:28 – Hronek (Kaše, Chlapík) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	38

December 31, 2016 17:30

Finland

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Centre Bell Attendance: 4,013

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Darcy Burchell Marcus Linde
	Räsänen (Vesalainen, Tolvanen) – 24:35 / Tolvanen (Saarijärvi, Räsänen) (PP) – 33:53	1–0 / 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	17

Group B

Team	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	PTS
United States of America	4	4	0	0	0	17	6	12
Canada	4	3	0	0	1	21	8	9
Russia	4	2	0	0	2	16	9	6
Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	6	14	3
Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	6	29	0

December 26, 2016 15:30

United States of America

6–1 (1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Latvia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 7,014

Game reference
	Tyler Parsons	Goalies	Mareks Mitens	Referees: Jozef Kubus Maxim Sidorenko
	Harper (Fitzgerald, Ahcan) – 06:27 / White (Thompson, Fox) – 26:29 / Keller (White, Thompson) – 38:45 / Keller – 52:19 / Bracco (Terry) (PP) – 57:41 / Greenway (Kunin, Terry) – 59:20	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1	15:22 – Krastenbergs (E. Jansons)
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	30	Shots	12

December 26, 2016 20:00

Canada

5–3 (1–1, 2–0, 2–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 18,099

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Jan Hribik Marcus Linde
	Jost (Myers, Dubé) – 03:11 / Strome (Barzal, Chabot) (PP) – 33:15 / Roy (Gauthier) – 37:08 / Barzal (Dubois) (PP) – 43:03 / Strome (Barzal) (PP) – 49:06	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 5–3	09:47 – Sergachev (Guryanov) / 45:12 – Kaprizov (Vorobyev, Rykov) (PP) / 50:36 – Rykov (Yurtaikin, Kaprizov)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	17

December 27, 2016 16:00

Latvia

1–9 (0–3, 1–3, 0–3)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 6,789

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals Denijs Romanovskis	Goalies	Vladislav Sukhachyov	Referees: Darcy Burchell Marcus Linde
	Balcers (Dzierkals) (PP) – 23:42	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 1–9	05:33 – Yurtaikin (Dronov) / 12:10 – Polunin (Kaprizov, Sidorov) / 17:39 – Karnaukhov (Guryanov, Kudako) / 20:56 – Kaprizov (Vorobyev, Polunin) / 24:21 – Polunin (Rykov, Vorobyov) / 25:04 – Belyayev (Yurtaikin, Alexeyev) / 46:07 – Kaprizov (Rykov, Vorobyov) (PP) / 49:28 – Trenin (Kaprizov, Polunin) (PP2) / 56:07 – Kaprizov (Rykov, Vorobyov) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	40

December 27, 2016 20:00

Canada

5–0 (0–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 12,694

Game reference
	Connor Ingram	Goalies	Adam Huska	Referees: Jan Hribik Brett Sheva
	Lauzon (Gauthier, Jost) – 25:30 / Raddysh (Dubois, Chabot) (PP) – 30:57 / Cirelli (Lauzon, Speers) – 32:37 / Chabot (Barzal, Strome) (PP) – 36:25 / McLeod (Cirelli, Dubé) – 42:59	1-0 / 2-0 / 3-0 / 4-0 / 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	6

December 28, 2016 19:30

Slovakia

2–5 (1–2, 0–3, 1–0)

United States of America

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 8,391

Game reference
	Matej Tomek	Goalies	Joseph Woll	Referees: Darcy Burchell Maxim Sidorenko
	Fehérváry (Sádecký, Pataky) (PP) – 18:08 / Roman (Andrisik, Sádecký) – 59:23	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5	10:15 – Laczynski (Cecconi) / 17:00 – White (Keller, Jones) / 22:03 – Thompson (Roslovic, Bellows) / 28:39 – McAvoy (Roslovic, Cecconi) / 32:57 – Terry (Kunin, Fitzgerald) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	50

December 29, 2016 15:30

Russia

2–3 (1–1, 1–2, 0–0)

United States of America

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,759

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov	Goalies	Tyler Parsons	Referees: Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker
	Urakov (Trenin, Zborovski) (SH) – 11:59 / Kaprizov (Rykov, Vorobyev) (PP) – 37:17	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3	04:14 – Keller (Anderson, Fitzgerald) / 24:03 – White (McAvoy, Keller) (PP) / 31:41 – Terry (Foley, Laczynski)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	37

December 29, 2016 20:00

Latvia

2–10 (0–3, 1–5, 1–2)

Canada

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 13,796

Game reference
	Mareks Mitens Gustavs Grigals	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Tobias Björk Mark Lemelin
	Krastenbergs (Tralmaks, E. Jansons) (SH) – 37:58 / Dzierkals – 47:59	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 1–8 / 1–9 / 2–9 / 2–10	10:38 – Barzal (Myers) (SH) / 11:54 – Roy (Myers, Clague) (PP) / 19:40 – Raddysh (Chabot, Strome) (PP) / 29:11 – Raddysh (Strome, Dubois) (PP) / 32:13 – Raddysh (Joseph, Clague) / 32:53 – Barzal (Raddysh, Clague) / 33:30 – Cirelli (Dubé, Speers) / 34:56 – McLeod (Strome, Fabbro) / 42:07 – Raddysh (Juulsen, Joseph) / 58:05 – Gauthier (Dubois, Strome)
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	25	Shots	35

December 30, 2016 19:30

Slovakia

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Latvia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 6,018

Game reference
	Adam Huska	Goalies	Mareks Mitens Gustavs Grigals	Referees: Mark Lemelin Marian Rohatsch
	Lestan – 08:13 / Ml Roman (Mc Roman, Sloboda) – 38:11 / Hatala (Mc Roman, Sadecky) – 40:41 / Sloboda (Ml Roman, Grman) – 45:01	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2	03:40 – Cukste (Balcers, Buncis) / 53:29 – Buncis (Cukste, Dzierkals) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	24

December 31, 2016 15:30

United States of America

3–1 (2–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Canada

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 18,584

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Connor Ingram	Referees: Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker
	White (Greenway, Keller) (PP) – 04:31 / Greenway (Keller, McAvoy) (PP) – 06:04 / Bracco (Lindgren, Greenway) – 33:08	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1	28:12 – Chabot (Barzal, Strome) (PP2)
	37 min	Penalties	16 min
	20	Shots	26

December 31, 2016 20:00

Russia

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 5,269

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov	Goalies	Matej Tomek	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Robin Šír
	Guryanov (Kvartalnov, Karnaukhov) (PP) – 29:06 / Trenin (Urakov, Belyayev) – 49:39	1–0 / 2–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	15

Relegation

January 2, 2017 11:00

Finland

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Latvia

Centre Bell Attendance: 3,016

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Mareks Mitens	Referees: Brett Sheva Maxim Sikorenko
	Saarijärvi (Räsänen) (PP) – 07:43 / Vesalainen (Heiskanen, Tolvanen) – 49:00	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1	24:37 – Ponomarenko (Krastenbergs, Tralmaks)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	24

January 3, 2017 17:30

Latvia

1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Finland

Centre Bell Attendance: 4,216

Game reference
	Mareks Mitens	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen	Referees: Jan Hribik Robin Šir
	Krastenbergs (Čukste, Ponomarenko) (PP) – 16:23	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4	01:31 – Tolvanen (Räsänen, Nättinen) (PP2) / 41:28 – Saarijärvi (Tolvanen, Juolevi) (PP) / 42:33 – Välimäki (Björkqvist, Kuokkanen) / 57:26 – Välimäki (Räsänen, Saarijärvi) (PP2)
	49 min	Penalties	16 min
	23	Shots	42

Playoff round

Quarterfinal

1A

Sweden

8

4B

Slovakia

3

Semifinal

1A

Sweden

2

Quarterfinal

2B

Canada

5

2B

Canada

5

3A

Czech Republic

3

Final

2B

Canada

4

Quarterfinal

1B

United States of America

5

2A

Denmark

0

3B

Russia

4

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

3B

Russia

3

1A

Sweden

1

Quarterfinal

1B

United States of America

4

3B

Russia

2

1B

United States of America

3

4A

Switzerland

2

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2017 13:00

Denmark

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 7,801

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen Kasper Krog	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Mark Lemelin Marian Rohatsch
		0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	08:45 – Polunin (Vorobyev) / 19:49 – Kaprizov (Vorobyev, Trenin) (PP) / 47:12 – Karnaukhov (Guryanov, Kvartalnov) / 55:35 – Kaprizov (Polunin)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	14	Shots	32

January 2, 2017 15:30

Sweden

8–3 (3–0, 2–2, 3–1)

Slovakia

Centre Bell Attendance: 6,331

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Adam Huska	Referees: Darcy Burchell Jan Hribik
	Eriksson Ek (Asplund, Karlström) (PP) – 01:18 / Söderlund (Wingerli, Gunnarsson) – 16:28 / Grundström (Nylander, L. Carlsson) – 17:01 / Nylander (Dahlén, Asplund) – 26:17 / Karlström (Ahl, Asplund) – 33:07 / Söderlund (G. Carlsson) – 42:36 / Andersson (Larsson, Lööke) (PP) – 44:27 / Eriksson Ek (Asplund, Kylington) (PP) – 57:04	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 5–1 / 5–2 / 5–3 / 6–3 / 7–3 / 8–3	35:48 – Bodak (Sloboda) (PP) / 36:54 – Struska (Černák) / 41:53 – Ruzicka
	2 min	Penalties	20 min
	50	Shots	18

January 2, 2017 17:30

United States of America

3–2 (2–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Air Canada Centre Attendance: 8,176

Game reference
	Tyler Parsons	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Tobias Björk Robin Šír
	Bracco (Thompson, Terry) (PP) – 08:32 / Kunin (Greenway, Bracco) – 10:42 / Greenway (McAvoy, Keller) (PP) – 46:18	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	30:47 – Hischier (Siegenthaler, Riat) (PP) / 46:00 – Hischier (Thürkauf) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	17	Shots	21

January 2, 2017 20:00

Canada

5–3 (0–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Centre Bell Attendance: 10,215

Game reference
	Connor Ingram	Goalies	Jakub Škarek	Referees: Jozef Kubus Marcus Linde
	Speers (Stephens, Joseph) – 23:45 / Stephens (Cirelli) – 27:27 / Chabot (Stephens, Cirelli) – 33:32 / Gauthier (Roy) – 43:18 / Gauthier (Barzal, Chabot) – 46:37	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3	16:49 – Kaše (Musil, Hronek) / 28:53 – Soustal / 45:54 – Stransky (Nečas)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	19

Semifinals

January 4, 2017 15:00

United States of America

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

Russia

Centre Bell Attendance: 11,576

Game reference
	Tyler Parsons	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Darcy Burchell Marcus Linde
	White (Keller, Jones) – 19:05 / Kunin (Greenway, Bracco) (PP) – 30:23 / White (Anderson, Keller) – 36:21	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3	11:54 – Kaprizov (Vorobyev) / 21:17 – Guryanov (Kudako, Karnaukhov) / 46:04 – Guryanov
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	36

January 4, 2017 19:30

Sweden

2–5 (2–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Centre Bell Attendance: 13,456

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Connor Ingram Carter Hart
	Eriksson Ek (Söderlund) (SH) – 6:05 / Grundström (Nylander, Eriksson Ek) – 8:05	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5	7:43 – Stephens (Cirelli) / 18:49 – Cirelli (Clague, Chabot) / 32:02 – Gauthier (Dubois) / 47:38 – Strome (Juulsen, Bean) / 58:02 – Gauthier (Strome, Jost) (ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	43

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2017 15:30

Sweden

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Russia

Centre Bell Attendance: 8,366

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Darcy Burchell Jozef Kubus
	Dahlén – 30:11	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	20:16 – Kaprizov (Vorobyev, Rykov) / 60:33 – Guryanov
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	26

Final

January 5, 2017 20:00

Canada

4–5 GWS (2–0, 0–2, 2–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

United States of America

Centre Bell Attendance: 20,173

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Tyler Parsons	Referees: Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker
	Chabot (Barzal, Joseph) – 04:58 / Lauzon (Stephens) – 09:02 / Roy (Bean, Jost) (PP) – 41:52 / Joseph (McLeod, Chabot) – 44:05	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 4–4	23:04 – McAvoy (Greenway, Fox) / 29:30 – Bellows (Fox, Thompson) (PP) / 44:44 – Bellows (McAvoy) / 47:07 – White (Fox, Keller)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	50	Shots	36

2017 World Junior Champions USA

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Kirill Kaprizov	Russia	7	9	3	12	+7	2
2	Alexander Nylander	Sweden	7	5	7	12	+7	0
3	Clayton Keller	United States of America	7	3	8	11	+3	2
4	Thomas Chabot	Canada	7	4	6	10	+4	8
5	Dylan Strome	Canada	7	3	7	10	+1	0
6	Mikhail Vorobyev	Russia	7	0	10	10	+6	4
7	Joel Eriksson Ek	Sweden	7	6	3	9	+8	4
8	Colin White	United States of America	7	7	1	8	+5	4
9	Mathew Barzal	Canada	7	3	5	8	+4	4
9	Jordan Greenway	United States of America	7	3	5	8	+3	2

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

Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Veini Vehviläinen	Finland	317:57	8	1.51	93.10	1
2	Ilya Samsonov	Russia	370:11	13	2.11	92.97	2
3	Kasper Krog	Denmark	165:00	9	3.27	91.96	0
4	Tyler Parsons	United States of America	330:00	12	2.18	91.67	0
5	Felix Sandström	Sweden	359:50	13	2.17	91.45	0

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

Source: IIHF

Tournament awards

Reference: [1] Most Valuable Player

• Defenceman: Thomas Chabot

All-star team

• Goaltender: Ilya Samsonov
• Defencemen: Thomas Chabot, Charlie McAvoy
• Forwards: Kirill Kaprizov, Alexander Nylander, Clayton Keller

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Felix Sandström
• Defenceman: Thomas Chabot
• Forward: Kirill Kaprizov

Final standings

Team 01 United States of America 2 Canada 3 Russia 4th Sweden 5th Denmark 6th Czech Republic 7th Switzerland 8th Slovakia 9th Finland 10th Latvia Relegated to the 2017 Division I A

2017 IIHF Junior World Champions  United States of America 4th title

Note that due to the lack of playoff games for determining the spots 5–8, these spots were determined by the preliminary round records for each team.

Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Bremerhaven, Germany from 11–17 December 2016.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belarus	5	4	0	1	0	20	10	+10	13	Promoted to Top Division
2	Germany (H)	5	3	1	0	1	17	13	+4	11
3	France	5	2	0	0	3	16	19	−3	6
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	14	16	−2	6
5	Austria	5	2	0	0	3	15	17	−2	6
6	Norway	5	1	0	0	4	10	17	−7	3	Relegation to Division I B

Group B

The tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary from 11–17 December 2016. The hosts, entering as the bottom seed, won promotion for the second year in a row.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hungary (H)	5	4	0	0	1	21	12	+9	12	Promoted to Division I A
2	Poland	5	3	1	0	1	21	16	+5	11
3	Slovenia	5	2	1	0	2	21	13	+8	8
4	Italy	5	2	0	1	2	12	19	−7	7
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	0	3	9	13	−4	5
6	United Kingdom	5	0	0	2	3	8	19	−11	2	Relegation to Division II A

Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 11–17 December 2016.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lithuania	5	5	0	0	0	42	10	+32	15	Promoted to Division I B
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	35	13	+22	12
3	Romania	5	2	0	1	2	21	29	−8	7
4	Estonia (H)	5	2	0	0	3	18	24	−6	6
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4	9	24	−15	3
6	Croatia	5	0	1	0	4	11	35	−24	2	Relegation to Division II B

Group B

The tournament was held in Logroño, Spain from 7–13 January 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Korea	5	4	1	0	0	27	7	+20	14	Promoted to Division II A
2	Spain (H)	5	4	0	0	1	38	12	+26	12
3	Serbia	5	3	0	1	1	23	12	+11	10
4	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	15	19	−4	6
5	Mexico	5	0	1	0	4	13	39	−26	2
6	Australia	5	0	0	1	4	9	36	−27	1	Relegation to Division III

Division III

The tournament was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 16–22 January 2017. Turkey defeated China in the Gold medal game to achieve promotion to Division II. Chinese Taipei returned to play for the first time since 2011, losing all but their final game.

	Team
1st	Turkey
2nd	China
3rd	Iceland
4th	New Zealand
5th	Israel
6th	Bulgaria
7th	Chinese Taipei
8th	South Africa

See also

• 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship when Toronto & Montreal co-hosted
• 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Calgary & Edmonton co-hosted
• 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Saskatoon & Regina co-hosted
• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Ottawa hosted

External links

• Official website (English) (French)