2017 IIHF U18 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates13–23 April 2017
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  United States (10th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored196 (6.32 per game)
Attendance73,690 (2,377 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Kristian Vesalainen (13 points)
MVPFinland Kristian Vesalainen

The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 19th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted by Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia.[1] 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 TimeUTC+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.[2]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 4 4 0 0 0 23 10 +13 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Canada 4 2 1 0 1 18 13 +5 8
3  Slovakia 4 2 0 1 1 13 10 +3 7
4   Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 9 14 5 3
5  Latvia 4 0 0 0 4 3 19 16 0 Advance to Relegation round
Source: IIHF
13 April 2017
15:30
Latvia 1–4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)
 CanadaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 1,435
Game reference
Niklavs RauzaGoaliesIan ScottReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Sweden Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
South Korea Park Jun-soo
0–111:50 – Mattheos (PS)
Paskausks – 18:081–1
1–223:36 – Comtois (Entwistle) (PP)
1–328:26 – Ratcliffe (Schnarr)
1–450:48 – Entwistle (Smith, Mitchell)
16 minPenalties32 min
19Shots54
13 April 2017
19:30
Slovakia 4–5
(0–1, 4–3, 0–1)
 FinlandPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 3,935
Game reference
Juraj SklenárGoaliesUkko-Pekka LuukkonenReferees:
Canada Alexandre Garon
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
United States William Hancock II
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
0–109:55 – Vesalainen (Ikonen)
0–223:46 – Talvitie (Teräväinen)
0–328:59 – Vesalainen (Heiskanen, Ylönen) (PP)
Hrehorčák – 29:181–3
Hrehorčák (Žiak) (PP) – 31:202–3
Kupec (Žiak) – 35:533–3
Stacho (Fehérváry) – 36:574–3
4–438:40 – Ylönen (Virtanen, Talvitie)
4–552:17 – Talvitie (Heiskanen, Utunen)
4 minPenalties6 min
31Shots29
14 April 2017
19:30
Switzerland 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 LatviaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 1,210
Game reference
Gianluca ZaettaGoaliesJānis Voris
Niklavs Rauza
Referees:
Russia Artur Kulev
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
Eggenberger (Müller, Hischier) – 02:571–0
Kurashev (Matewa, Sigrist) – 13:122–0
Sigrist (Le Coultre) (PP) – 27:403–0
Eggenberger – 43:504–0
8 minPenalties10 min
44Shots27
15 April 2017
15:30
Finland 5–1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–1)
  SwitzerlandPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 1,962
Game reference
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenGoaliesGianluca Zaetta
Beat Trudel
Referees:
Sweden Mikael Holm
Austria Manuel Nikolic
Linesmen:
United States William Hancock II
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Nyman (Talvitie, Ikonen) (PP) – 07:281–0
Nyman (Vesalainen, Ikonen) – 16:142–0
Kotkaniemi (Kupari) – 32:143–0
Ikonen (Nyman, Vesalainen) – 33:194–0
4–147:40 – Müller (Matewa, Hischier)
Latvala (Kotkaniemi, Koskenkorva) – 47:535–1
6 minPenalties4 min
33Shots26
15 April 2017
19:30
Canada 4–3 OT
(3–1, 0–1, 0–1)
OT: (1–0)
 SlovakiaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 4,318
Game reference
Ian ScottGoaliesJuraj Sklenár
Jakub Kostelný
Referees:
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
South Korea Park Jun-soo
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
0–108:37 – Liška (Ružička) (PP)
Olson (Entwistle) – 18:181–1
Mattheos (Chainey) – 18:362–1
Ratcliffe – 19:493–1
3–236:34 – Hrehorčák (Roman)
3–342:38 – Liška (Fafrák) (SH)
Mattheos (McIsaac) – 62:384–3
28 minPenalties10 min
36Shots29
16 April 2017
19:30
Latvia 2–7
(1–2, 1–3, 0–2)
 FinlandPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 1,116
Game reference
Niklavs Rauza
Jānis Voris
GoaliesLassi LehtinenReferees:
Norway Robert Hallin
United States Stephen Thomson
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Slovakia Lukáš Kacej
Petrovs (Udris) – 11:591–0
1–112:44 – Vaakanainen (Heiskanen, Vesalainen)
1–213:51 – Ikonen (Heiskanen) (PP)
Paškausks (Smirnovs) – 28:512–2
2–331:09 – Ikonen (Vesalainen, Heiskanen) (PP2)
2–431:52 – Ylönen (Kotkaniemi, Kupari) (PP)
2–539:14 – Ikonen (Vesalainen, Nyman)
2–642:58 – Vesalainen (Vaakanainen, Heiskanen)
2–755:45 – Ylönen (Talvitie, Virtanen)
12 minPenalties6 min
16Shots44
17 April 2017
15:30
Canada 7–3
(2–0, 1–2, 4–1)
  SwitzerlandPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 1,562
Game reference
Jake McGrathGoaliesGianluca Zaetta
Akira Schmid
Referees:
Norway Robert Hallin
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
South Korea Park Jun-soo
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
Studnicka (Olson) – 09:441–0
Glass (Chainey) – 12:292–0
Studnicka (Strome) – 23:313–0
3–132:33 – Weibel (SH)
3–238:35 – Kurashev (Le Coultre, Hischier) (PP2)
Glass (Chainey, Woo) – 41:154–2
Olson (Glass, Chainey) – 49:475–2
5–356:07 – Eggenberger (Kurashev, Hischier)
Mattheos (ENG) – 57:356–3
Entwistle (McIsaac, Mitchell) – 59:197–3
12 minPenalties6 min
34Shots30
17 April 2017
19:30
Slovakia 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 LatviaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 4,496
Game reference
Jakub KostelnýGoaliesJānis VorisReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Germany Marc Iwert
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
United States William Hancock II
Havrila (Regenda, Hrehorčák) – 17:051–0
Ružička (Liška, Žiak) (PP) – 26:472–0
Roman (Krivošík, Ivan) – 31:063–0
Fehérváry (Ružička, Fafrák) (PP) – 42:564–0
16 minPenalties43 min
36Shots15
18 April 2017
15:30
Finland 6–3
(1–1, 3–1, 2–1)
 CanadaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 2,201
Game reference
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenGoaliesIan Scott
Jake McGrath
Referees:
Germany Marc Iwert
Russia Artur Kulev
Linesmen:
United States William Hancock II
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
Vesalainen (PP) – 00:561–0
1–103:55 – Studnicka (Brook)
Vesalainen (Vaakanainen, Heiskanen) – 20:302–1
Heiskanen (Ylönen) – 26:563–1
Virtanen (SH) – 32:374–1
4–238:38 – Woo (Entwistle, Strome)
Engberg (Kotkaniemi) – 41:245–2
5–351:18 – Entwistle (PP)
Vesalainen (Engberg) (ENG) – 58:226–3
8 minPenalties12 min
34Shots20
18 April 2017
19:30
Switzerland 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
 SlovakiaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 4,496
Game reference
Akira SchmidGoaliesJuraj SklenárReferees:
Sweden Mikael Holm
United States Stephen Thomson
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
0–131:20 – Fafrák (Ružička, Liška)
Kurashev (Hischier) – 32:041–1
1–241:40 – Baláž (Korenčík)
2 minPenalties2 min
26Shots23

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 4 4 0 0 0 22 7 +15 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Russia 4 2 1 0 1 16 11 +5 8
3  Sweden 4 2 0 0 2 8 12 4 6
4  Czech Republic 4 1 0 1 2 15 17 2 4
5  Belarus 4 0 0 0 4 7 21 14 0 Advance to Relegation round
Source: IIHF
13 April 2017
15:30
Belarus 0–7
(0–0, 0–5, 0–2)
 United StatesSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 567
Game reference
Andrei GrischenkoGoaliesDylan St. CyrReferees:
Norway Robert Hallin
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Latvia Kriss Kupcus
Slovakia Lukáš Kacej
0–121:44 – Pastujov (Barratt, Gildon)
0–222:26 – Reedy (Farabee, Knoepke)
0–327:50 – Wahlstrom (Tkachuk, Barratt)
0–433:00 – Dhooghe (Farabee, Knoepke) (SH)
0–536:33 – Wahlstrom (Norris, Mismash)
0–642:34 – Mismash (Barratt, Pastujov)
0–744:55 – Farrance (Poehling, Reedy)
0 minPenalties8 min
17Shots51
13 April 2017
19:30
Russia 3–1
(0–1, 0–0, 3–0)
 SwedenSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,350
Game reference
Maxim ZhukovGoaliesOlle Eriksson EkReferees:
Germany Marc Iwert
United States Stephen Thomson
Linesmen:
Finland Markus Hägerström
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–109:05 – Brännström (Lundeström, Hugg) (PP)
Maximov (Slepets) – 42:131–1
Svechnikov (Chekhovich) – 51:022–1
Svechnikov (Chekhovich) (ENG) – 59:583–1
12 minPenalties8 min
23Shots44
14 April 2017
19:30
Czech Republic 7–4
(2–1, 4–1, 1–2)
 BelarusSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,231
Game reference
Jakub ŠkarekGoaliesAndrei Grischenko
Nikita Tolopilo
Referees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Austria Manuel Nikolic
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
South Korea Park Jun-soo
Hrabík (Kvasnička, Nečas) (PP) – 02:131–0
Hladonik (Chytil, Bukač) (SH) – 05:412–0
2–119:59 – Martynov (Savritski) (SH)
Kondelík (Škvrně, Šalda) – 30:253–1
Král (Zadina, Chytil) – 30:494–1
Kaut (Zadina) (PP) – 33:385–1
Kern (Galvas) – 34:016–1
6–236:18 – Kot (Martynov)
Chytil (Nečas, Kondelík) – 50:177–2
7–358:26 – Martynov (PS)
7–459:51 – Baltruk
28 minPenalties32 min
45Shots33
15 April 2017
15:30
United States 5–4
(0–1, 3–0, 2–3)
 RussiaSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 3,503
Game reference
Dylan St. CyrGoaliesMaxim ZhukovReferees:
Canada Alexandre Garon
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–110:59 – Koltygin (Rubinchik, Toropchenko) (SH)
Mismash (Barratt, Pastujov) – 33:571–1
Poehling (Dhooghe, Farabee) – 36:282–1
Poehling (Miller, Knoepke) (SH) – 39:303–1
Norris (Tkachuk, Dhooghe) – 41:164–1
4–245:19 – Bitsadze (Samorukov, Perelyayev)
Barratt (Mismash, Dhooghe) – 49:595–2
5–356:33 – Slepets (Rubinchik, Lipanov) (PP)
5–457:09 – Chekhovich (Svechnikov, Koltygin)
10 minPenalties10 min
32Shots28
15 April 2017
19:30
Sweden 3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 Czech RepublicSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 3,126
Game reference
Adam ÅhmanGoaliesJakub ŠkarekReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Russia Artur Kulev
Linesmen:
Finland Markus Hägerström
Slovakia Lukáš Kacej
Peterson (Elvenes, Westerlund) – 03:401–0
Zetterlund – 20:352–0
2–137:30 – Zadina (Kvasnička, Kondelík) (PP)
2–246:08 – Kern (Safin)
Gustafsson (Ginning) – 47:303–2
14 minPenalties24 min
38Shots34
16 April 2017
19:30
Belarus 2–3
(1–2, 1–0, 0–1)
 SwedenSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 1,503
Game reference
Andrei GrischenkoGoaliesOlle Eriksson EkReferees:
Germany Marc Iwert
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Finland Markus Hägerström
Latvia Kriss Kupcus
0–101:12 – Gustafsson (Zetterlund)
0–204:09 – Miketinac (Peterson)
Yeryomenko (Kot, Martynov) – 12:381–2
Baltruk (Pavlenko, Drozdov) – 33:112–2
2–359:48 – Bemström (Hugg, Lundeström) (PP)
8 minPenalties8 min
14Shots52
17 April 2017
15:30
United States 5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 3,856
Game reference
Dylan St. CyrGoaliesJakub Škarek
Jiri Patera
Referees:
Sweden Mikael Holm
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Slovakia Lukáš Kacej
0–101:51 – Machala (Kern)
Tkachuck (Kemp) (SH) – 12:241–1
Gildon (Mismash) – 13:462–1
Tortora (Farrance) – 23:433–1
Gildon (Cockerill, Tortora) – 31:224–1
4–231:50 – Safin (Kern, Machala)
Gildon (Hughes, Wahlstrom) (PP) – 58:005–2
20 minPenalties18 min
23Shots26
17 April 2017
19:30
Russia 4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)
 BelarusSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 1,123
Game reference
Kirill UstimenkoGoaliesAndrei GrischenkoReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Latvia Kriss Kupcus
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–126:12 – Anosov (Azhgirei)
Chekhovich (Lipanov, Svechnikov) (PP) – 28:111–1
Slepets – 29:282–1
Svechnikov (Rubinchik) – 50:113–1
Chekhovich (Samorukov) (PP) – 55:014–1
16 minPenalties12 min
34Shots32
18 April 2017
15:30
Sweden 1–5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)
 United StatesSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,354
Game reference
Adam ÅhmanGoaliesDylan St. CyrReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Austria Manuel Nikolic
Linesmen:
Finland Markus Hägerström
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–108:40 – Dhooghe (Pastujov, Cockerill)
0–219:37 – Wahlstrom (Mismash, Gildon)
0–322:40 – Farabee (PS)
Westerlund (Brännström, Elvenes) (PP) – 39:011–3
1–450:45 – Poehling (Dhooghe) (SH)
1–558:05 – Wahlstrom (Hughes) (PP)
8 minPenalties14 min
36Shots29
18 April 2017
19:30
Czech Republic 4–5 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 2–2)
OT: (0–1)
 RussiaSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,764
Game reference
Jiri PateraGoaliesMaxim ZhukovReferees:
Canada Alexandre Garon
Norway Robert Hallin
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Latvia Kriss Kupcus
0–110:48 – Rubinchik (Galenyuk, Bitsadze) (PP)
Kvasnička (Kondelík, Safin) (EA) – 17:211–1
1–229:31 – Shashkov (Baranov)
Zadina (Chytil) (PP) – 33:432–2
2–343:23 – Svechnikov (Lipanov, Chekhovich)
Hrabík (Král, Kaut) (EA) – 44:433–3
Kern (Kvasnička, Kondelík) – 48:404–3
4–457:55 – Maximov (Slepets, Rubinchik)
4–564:06 – Rubinchik (Muranov, Koltygin)
18 minPenalties10 min
38Shots32

Relegation round

20 April 2017
11:30
Belarus 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 LatviaSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 356
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Andrei GrischenkoGoaliesNiklavs RauzaReferees:
Canada Alexandre Garon
Norway Robert Hallin
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Slovakia Lukáš Kacej
Martynov (Yeryomenko, Gabrus) – 38:531–0
Yeryomenko (Baltruk) (SH, ENG) – 59:232–0
16 minPenalties6 min
31Shots17
21 April 2017
17:30
Latvia 3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 BelarusSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 309
Game reference
Niklavs RauzaGoaliesAndrei GrischenkoReferees:
Canada Alexandre Garon
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
Slovakia Lukáš Kacej
South Korea Park Jun-soo
Egle (Bērziņš, Krollis) (PP) – 08:231–0
1–130:19 – Sapego (Drozdov, Yeryomenko)
Smirnovs (Paškausks, Egle) – 37:062–1
2–249:58 – Pavlenko (Sapego, Baltruk) (PP)
Egle (Jašunovs, Bērziņš) – 55:073–2
20 minPenalties10 min
25Shots33
23 April 2017
13:30
Belarus 3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)
 LatviaSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 131
Game reference
Andrei GrischenkoGoaliesNiklavs RauzaReferees:
Germany Marc Iwert
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Drozdov (Martynov, Borshov) – 06:271–0
Deryabin (Martynov) – 19:252–0
Pavlenko (Borshov, Savritski) – 44:003–0
3–150:33 – Jašunovs (Kārkls, Smirnovs) (PP2)
20 minPenalties2 min
25Shots24
  • Latvia is relegated to the 2018 Division I A.

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 4
1B  United States 4
4A   Switzerland 2
1B  United States 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 RepublicPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 1,194
Game reference
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenGoaliesJakub Škarek
Jiri Patera
Referees:
Russia Artur Kulev
Austria Manuel Nikolic
Linesmen:
Latvia Kriss Kupcus
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
Heiskanen (Vaakanainen, Vesalainen) – 02:191–0
1–107:11 – Mikyska (Hrabík, Dvořák)
Nyman (Vesalainen) – 14:092–1
Vaakanainen (Ikonen, Heiskanen) (PP) – 18:263–1
Talvitie (Heiskanen, Ylönen) – 19:144–1
Talvitie (Virtanen, Ylönen) – 25:245–1
5–227:02 – Chytil (Zadina, Safin) (PP)
5–332:00 – Škvrně (Kondelík, Mikyska)
5–438:35 – Machala (Nečas, Kvasnička) (PP)
5–557:23 – Zadina (Hladonik, Hrabík)
Virtanen (Heiskanen, Ylönen) – 69:026–5
12 minPenalties12 min
38Shots47
20 April 2017
15:30
Canada 3–7
(0–1, 2–3, 1–3)
 SwedenSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,259
Game reference
Ian ScottGoaliesAdam ÅhmanReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
United States Stephen Thomson
Linesmen:
Finland Markus Hägerström
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–119:57 – Zetterlund
Strome – 21:581–1
1–230:36 – Back (Hugg, Zetterlund)
1–333:33 – Olofsson (Lundeström)
Entwistle (Brook) – 34:382–3
2–439:38 – Hugg (Liljegren, Brännström) (PP)
2–544:20 – Olofsson
2–648:30 – Brännström (Elvenes, Fjellström)
Comtois – 54:073–6
3–757:53 – Lundeström (ENG)
8 minPenalties2 min
28Shots34
20 April 2017
17:30
Russia 3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0)
OT: (1–0)
 SlovakiaPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 4,496
Game reference
Maxim ZhukovGoaliesJuraj SklenárReferees:
Sweden Mikael Holm
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
United States William Hancock II
Chekhovich (Svechnikov) – 05:361–0
1–130:35 – Ružička (Liška, Baláž)
1–234:02 – Fafrák (Liška)
Chekhovich (Svechnikov, Samorukov) (PP) – 41:142–2
Slepets (Koltygin, Samorukov) – 68:423–2
6 minPenalties2 min
42Shots41
20 April 2017
19:30
United States 4–2
(1–0, 1–2, 2–0)
  SwitzerlandSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,342
Game reference
Dylan St. CyrGoaliesAkira SchmidReferees:
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
South Korea Park Jun-soo
Pastujov (Tkachuk, Norris) – 00:511–0
1–123:51 – Hischier (Gross)
1–230:49 – Müller (Patry, Sigrist) (PP)
Farrance (Barratt, Tkachuk) – 34:022–2
Norris (Pastujov, Tkachuk) – 56:433–2
Tortora (Dhooghe, Kemp) – 57:104–2
6 minPenalties20 min
47Shots17

Semifinals

22 April 2017
15:30
Finland 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
OT: (1–0)
 RussiaPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 2,936
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Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenGoaliesMaxim ZhukovReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Austria Manuel Nikolic
Linesmen:
United States William Hancock II
Slovakia Roman Výleta
Ylönen (Virtanen, Kotkaniemi) (PP) – 25:141–0
1–141:37 – Slepets (Toropchenko)
Utunen (Anttalainen, Kupari) – 67:012–1
6 minPenalties10 min
34Shots29
22 April 2017
19:30
United States 4–3 OT
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
OT: (1–0)
 SwedenPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 2,732
Game reference
Dylan St. CyrGoaliesAdam ÅhmanReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Russia Artur Kulev
Linesmen:
Latvia Kriss Kupcus
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Pastujov (Dhooghe, Miller) – 10:281–0
1–120:39 – Olofsson (Bemström, Lundeström)
Gildon (Mismash, Hughes) (PP) – 26:292–1
2–244:11 – Zetterlund (Brännström, Liljegren) (PP)
2–346:46 – Sylvegård (Johansson)
Hughes (Norris) – 47:503–3
Dhooghe (Poehling) – 69:394–3
10 minPenalties8 min
44Shots29

Bronze medal game

23 April 2017
15:30
Russia 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 SwedenPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 2,923
Game reference
Kirill UstimenkoGoaliesAdam ÅhmanReferees:
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
United States Stephen Thomson
Linesmen:
Finland Markus Hägerström
United States William Hancock II
Galenyuk (Chekhovich, Svechnikov) (PP) – 16:271–0
Samorukov – 24:212–0
Maximov (ENG) – 59:453–0
4 minPenalties4 min
24Shots30

Final

23 April 2017
19:30
United States 4–2
(2–0, 2–1, 0–1)
 FinlandPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 3,904
Game reference
Dylan St. CyrGoaliesUkko-Pekka LuukkonenReferees:
Canada Alexandre Garon
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
Norris (Tkachuk) – 03:511–0
Farabee (Tortora) – 16:472–0
Farabee (Cockerill, St. Cyr) (SH) – 21:033–0
3–127:05 – Räsänen (Koskenkorva, Kotkaniemi)
Mismash (Hughes, Norris) (PP) – 31:034–1
4–256:44 – Vaakanainen (EA)
24 minPenalties10 min
25Shots24

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Finland Kristian Vesalainen76713+58
Finland Miro Heiskanen721012+80
Russia Ivan Chekhovich7549+34
Russia Andrei Svechnikov7459+310
Finland Jesse Ylönen7459+60
United States Sean Dhooghe7369+82
Finland Joni Ikonen7448+48
United States Grant Mismash7358+410
Canada MacKenzie Entwistle5437+16
Finland Aarne Talvitie7437+16

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
Russia Maxim Zhukov319:19189142.6392.590
United States Dylan St. Cyr429:39177141.9692.091
Latvia Niklavs Rauza316:49193173.2291.190
Belarus Andrei Grischenko416:38243233.3190.531
Switzerland Akira Schmid153:169293.5290.220

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

All-star team

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

Source: IIHF.com

Final standings

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