2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships





































































2018 IIHF World U20 Championships
2018 WJHC logo.svg
Tournament details
Host country
 United States
Dates December 26, 2017 – January 5, 2018
Teams 10
Venue(s)
KeyBank Center, Buffalo
HarborCenter, Buffalo
New Era Field, Orchard Park[1] (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg

 Canada (17th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg

 Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg

 United States
Fourth place
 Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Goals scored 216 (7.2 per match)
Attendance 211,210 (7,040 per match)
Scoring leader(s)
United States Casey Mittelstadt
(11 points)
MVP
United States Casey Mittelstadt
Website 2018.worldjunior.hockey

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The 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 42nd Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York[2] at the KeyBank Center and HarborCenter. It opened on December 26, 2017 and closed with the gold medal game on January 5, 2018. It was the sixth time that the United States has hosted the IHWJC, and the second time that Buffalo has done so, previously hosting in 2011.


A preliminary round game between Canada and the United States was played outdoors at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park, New York on December 29, 2017. It was the second outdoor game held at any top-level IIHF world championship, the first being the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship.[3][4]




Contents






  • 1 Top Division


    • 1.1 Venues


    • 1.2 Host selection


    • 1.3 Officials


    • 1.4 Rosters


    • 1.5 Format


    • 1.6 Preliminary round


      • 1.6.1 Group A


      • 1.6.2 Group B




    • 1.7 Relegation


    • 1.8 Playoff round


      • 1.8.1 Quarterfinals


      • 1.8.2 Semifinals


      • 1.8.3 Bronze medal game


      • 1.8.4 Gold medal game




    • 1.9 Statistics


      • 1.9.1 Scoring leaders


      • 1.9.2 Goaltending leaders




    • 1.10 Tournament awards


    • 1.11 Final standings




  • 2 Division I


    • 2.1 Division IA


    • 2.2 Division IB




  • 3 Division II


    • 3.1 Division IIA


    • 3.2 Division II B




  • 4 Division III


    • 4.1 Division III qualification




  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Top Division



Venues



















KeyBank Center
Capacity: 19,070

KeyBank Rink at HarborCenter
Capacity: 1,800

New Era Field
Capacity: 71,870

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HarborCenter Dec2015.JPG

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 United States – Buffalo

 United States – Buffalo

 United States – Orchard Park


Host selection


On July 28, 2015, USA Hockey named the five initial finalists for hosting the event:[5]



  • Buffalo, New York

  • Pittsburgh

  • St. Louis

  • Chicago

  • Tampa, Florida


Chicago and Tampa were eliminated on September 15.[6] Buffalo was chosen as the host site on December 3, with a formal announcement on December 4.[7]



Officials


The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2018 World Junior Championships.[8]












Rosters




Format


The preliminary round was a two group of five teams each internal round-robin format, followed by a three-round playoff. In the round-robin, two points were allotted for a win, and one additional point for a regulation win. One point was allotted for an overtime or game winning shots loss.


The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to quarterfinals while the last-placed team from each group played a best-of-three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2019. All other teams will retain their Top Division status.[9]



Preliminary round


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



Group A





















































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification
1

 Canada
4
3
0
1
0
21
6
+15
10
Advance to Quarterfinals
2

 United States
4
2
1
0
1
20
10
+10
8
3

 Finland
4
2
0
0
2
15
12
+3
6
4

 Slovakia
4
2
0
0
2
10
14
−4
6
5

 Denmark
4
0
0
0
4
2
26
−24
0
Advance to Relegation

Source: IIHF.com







December 26, 2017
16:00
Canada 
4–2
(3–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 Finland
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 9,552




























December 26, 2017
20:00
Denmark 
0–9
(0–5, 0–2, 0–2)
 United States
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,207




























December 27, 2017
19:00
Slovakia 
0–6
(0–1, 0–3, 0–2)
 Canada
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,834




























December 28, 2017
12:00
Finland 
4–1
(2–0, 2–1, 0–0)
 Denmark
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,026




























December 28, 2017
20:00
United States 
2–3
(0–0, 1–1, 1–2)
 Slovakia
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 8,188




























December 29, 2017
15:00
Canada 
3–4 GWS
(2–0, 1–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–2)

 United States
New Era Field
Attendance: 44,592

































December 30, 2017
16:00
Finland 
5–2
(0–0, 2–1, 3–1)
 Slovakia
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,229




























December 30, 2017
20:00
Denmark 
0–8
(0–3, 0–2, 0–3)
 Canada
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 8,671




























December 31, 2017
16:00
United States 
5–4
(2–0, 2–2, 1–2)
 Finland
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,884




























December 31, 2017
18:00
Slovakia 
5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 Denmark
HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,419























Group B





















































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification
1

 Sweden
4
3
1
0
0
20
7
+13
11
Advance to Quarterfinals
2

 Czech Republic
4
3
0
0
1
18
15
+3
9
3

 Russia
4
2
0
1
1
17
13
+4
7
4

  Switzerland
4
1
0
0
3
10
20
−10
3
5

 Belarus
4
0
0
0
4
10
20
−10
0
Advance to Relegation

Source: IIHF.com







December 26, 2017
12:00
Czech Republic 
5–4
(2–2, 2–0, 1–2)
 Russia
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 4,998




























December 26, 2017
14:00
Belarus 
1–6
(1–1, 0–3, 0–2)
 Sweden
HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,754




























December 27, 2017
15:00
Switzerland  
3–2
(1–1, 0–0, 2–1)
 Belarus
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,224




























December 28, 2017
14:00
Russia 
5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1)
  Switzerland
HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,895




























December 28, 2017
16:00
Sweden 
3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
 Czech Republic
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,890




























December 29, 2017
12:00
Belarus 
2–5
(0–2, 0–1, 2–2)
 Russia
HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,841




























December 30, 2017
12:00
Czech Republic 
6–5
(0–1, 5–2, 1–2)
 Belarus
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,222




























December 30, 2017
14:00
Sweden 
7–2
(1–1, 2–1, 4–0)
  Switzerland
HarborCenter
Attendance: 2,115




























December 31, 2017
12:00
Switzerland  
3–6
(1–2, 2–2, 0–2)
 Czech Republic
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,548




























December 31, 2017
20:00
Russia 
3–4 GWS
(2–2, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–2)

 Sweden
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,121




























Relegation








January 2, 2018
14:00
Belarus 
4–5
(0–2, 2–0, 2–3)
 Denmark
HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,245




























January 4, 2018
12:00
Denmark 
3–2 GWS
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 4–2)

 Belarus
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 4,295




























Playoff round





















































































































































 
Quarterfinals

Semifinals


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1B

 Sweden

3
 

4A

 Slovakia
2
 

 
1B

 Sweden

4
 



 
2A

 United States
2
 

2A

 United States

4

Final

 
3B

 Russia
2
 

 
 
1B

 Sweden
1

 
1A

 Canada

3
 
1A

 Canada

8
 

4B

  Switzerland
2
 

 
1A

 Canada

7

Bronze medal game



 
2B

 Czech Republic
2
 

2B

 Czech Republic (GWS)

4

2B

 Czech Republic
3

 
3A

 Finland
3
 

2A

 United States

9


Quarterfinals








January 2, 2018
12:00
Czech Republic 
4–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)

 Finland
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,109

































January 2, 2018
16:00
Canada 
8–2
(3–0, 3–1, 2–1)
  Switzerland
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,533




























January 2, 2018
18:00
Sweden 
3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
 Slovakia
HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,445




























January 2, 2018
20:00
United States 
4–2
(2–1, 0–0, 2–1)
 Russia
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,242























Semifinals








January 4, 2018
16:00
Sweden 
4–2
(0–0, 1–0, 3–2)
 United States
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,524




























January 4, 2018
20:00
Canada 
7–2
(2–1, 4–0, 1–1)
 Czech Republic
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,941























Bronze medal game








January 5, 2018
16:00
Czech Republic 
3–9
(0–1, 0–6, 3–2)
 United States
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,122























Gold medal game








January 5, 2018
20:00
Sweden 
1–3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2)
 Canada
KeyBank Center
Attendance: 17,544























Statistics



Scoring leaders




























































































































Pos
Player
Country
GP
G
A
Pts
+/−
PIM
1 Casey Mittelstadt
 United States
7 4 7 11 +8 2
2 Martin Nečas
 Czech Republic
7 3 8 11 −5 0
3 Kieffer Bellows
 United States
7 9 1 10 +2 4
4 Jordan Kyrou
 Canada
7 3 7 10 +2 0
5 Sam Steel
 Canada
7 4 5 9 +3 0
6 Brady Tkachuk
 United States
7 3 6 9 +6 2
7 Filip Zadina
 Czech Republic
7 7 1 8 -4 2
8 Klim Kostin
 Russia
5 5 3 8 +7 2
9 Cale Makar
 Canada
7 3 5 8 +5 0
10 Maxim Sushko
 Belarus
6 2 6 8 −1 4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF [10]



Goaltending leaders


(minimum 40% team's total ice time)































































Pos
Player
Country
TOI
GA
GAA
Sv%
SO
1 Carter Hart
 Canada
365:00 11 1.81 92.95 1
2 Roman Durný
 Slovakia
240:00 11 2.75 92.86 0
3 Filip Gustavsson
 Sweden
364:36 11 1.81 92.41 0
4 Vladislav Sukhachyov
 Russia
262:30 12 2.74 90.40 0
5 Philip Wüthrich
  Switzerland
207:22 17 4.92 88.74 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF[11]



Tournament awards


Most Valuable Player


United States Casey Mittelstadt


All-star team



  • Goaltender: Sweden Filip Gustavsson

  • Defencemen: Sweden Rasmus Dahlin, Canada Cale Makar

  • Forwards: United States Casey Mittelstadt, Czech Republic Filip Zadina, United States Kieffer Bellows


IIHF best player awards



  • Goaltender: Sweden Filip Gustavsson

  • Defenceman: Sweden Rasmus Dahlin

  • Forward: United States Casey Mittelstadt



Final standings




































































































































































































Pos

Grp
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Final result
1

A

 Canada
7
6
0
1
0
39
11
+28
19
Champions
2

B

 Sweden
7
5
1
0
1
28
14
+14
17
Runners-up
3

A

 United States (H)
7
4
1
0
2
35
19
+16
14
Third place
4

B

 Czech Republic
7
3
1
0
3
27
34
−7
11
Fourth place

5

B

 Russia
5
2
0
1
2
19
17
+2
7
Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6

A

 Finland
5
2
0
1
2
18
16
+2
7
7

A

 Slovakia
5
2
0
0
3
12
17
−5
6
8

B

  Switzerland
5
1
0
0
4
12
28
−16
3

9

A

 Denmark
6
1
1
0
4
10
32
−22
5
Avoided Relegation
10

B

 Belarus
6
0
0
1
5
16
28
−12
1

Relegated to 2019 Division I

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.


Division I



The Division IA tournament was held in Courchevel and Meribel, France from December 10-16, 2017. The Division IB tournament was held in Bled, Slovenia from December 9-15, 2017. As a result of the Division IA tournament, Kazakhstan was promoted to the Top Division, and Hungary was relegated to Division IB. As a result of the Division IB tournament, Norway was promoted to Division IA, and Lithuania was relegated to Division IIA.



Division IA



































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification or relegation
1

 Kazakhstan
5
3
2
0
0
20
10
+10
13
Promoted to Top Division
2

 Latvia
5
3
1
1
0
13
5
+8
12

3

 Germany
5
3
0
1
1
17
7
+10
10
4

 France (H)
5
1
1
1
2
11
15
−4
6
5

 Austria
5
1
0
0
4
10
20
−10
3
6

 Hungary
5
0
0
1
4
11
25
−14
1
Relegated to Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.


Division IB



































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification or relegation
1

 Norway
5
3
2
0
0
18
5
+13
13
Promoted to Division I A
2

 Poland
5
3
1
1
0
23
14
+9
12

3

 Slovenia (H)
5
3
0
1
1
18
15
+3
10
4

 Ukraine
5
1
1
1
2
9
11
−2
6
5

 Italy
5
0
1
0
4
9
23
−14
2[a]
6

 Lithuania
5
0
0
2
3
7
16
−9
2[a]
Relegated to Division II A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:




  1. ^ ab Italy defeated Lithuania 2–1




Division II



The Division IIA tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from December 10-16, 2017. The Division IIB tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from January 10-16, 2018. As a result of the Division IIA tournament, Japan was promoted to Division IB, and Netherlands was relegated to Division IIB.



Division IIA



































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification or relegation
1

 Japan
5
4
1
0
0
23
7
+16
14
Promotion to Division I B
2

 South Korea
5
2
2
0
1
21
19
+2
10[a]

3

 Great Britain (H)
5
3
0
1
1
23
15
+8
10[a]
4

 Estonia
5
1
0
1
3
20
25
−5
4[b]
5

 Romania
5
1
0
1
3
17
20
−3
4[b]
6

 Netherlands
5
1
0
0
4
13
31
−18
3
Relegation to Division II B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:




  1. ^ ab South Korea defeated Great Britain 5–4


  2. ^ ab Estonia defeated Romania 8–4




Division II B



































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification or relegation
1

 Spain
5
4
1
0
0
26
8
+18
14
Promoted to Division II A
2

 Serbia (H)
5
4
0
1
0
22
12
+10
13

3

 Croatia
5
3
0
0
2
16
11
+5
9
4

 Belgium
5
1
0
0
4
22
28
−6
3
5

 Mexico
5
1
0
0
4
12
22
−10
3
6

 Turkey
5
1
0
0
4
13
30
−17
3
Relegation to Division III

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.


Division III



The Division III tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from January 22–28, 2018. The Division III qualification tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from February 5–7, 2018.



































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification or relegation
1

 Israel
5
5
0
0
0
25
11
+14
15
Promoted to Division II B
2

 China
5
3
0
0
2
30
12
+18
9

3

 Bulgaria (H)
5
3
0
0
2
22
24
−2
9
4

 Iceland
5
2
0
1
2
20
15
+5
7
5

 Australia
5
1
1
0
3
18
24
−6
5
6

 New Zealand
5
0
0
0
5
11
40
−29
0
Relegation to Division III qualification

Source: IIHF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.


Division III qualification














































Pos
Team

Pld

W

OTW

OTL

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification or relegation
1

 South Africa
2
2
0
0
0
6
4
+2
6
Promoted to Division III
2

 Chinese Taipei
2
0
0
0
2
4
6
−2
0


Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament.


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External links


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