2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2017 IIHF World U20 Championship
2017 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates December 26, 2016 – January 5, 2017
Teams 10
Venue(s) Bell Centre, Montreal
Air Canada Centre, Toronto (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  United States (4th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  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) Russia Kirill Kaprizov
(12 points)
MVP Canada Thomas Chabot
Website 2017 World Juniors
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The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 41st edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC or WM20).[1] The main tournament was co-hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[2][3] This was the twelfth championship that Canada had hosted. Montreal and Toronto also jointly hosted the 2015 edition.[4] The tournament consisted of 30 games between 10 nations.[5]

Group A preliminary games, as well as the medal rounds, were hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal. The Air Canada Centre in Toronto hosted preliminaries in Group B, including the host country of Canada.[6] 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;[7] 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.[8] The Maple Leafs had planned to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th-anniversary celebrations.[9]

The event was organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Québec, Ontario Hockey Federation, Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and Evenko.[5] 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:[10]

  • 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.[11]

Top Division

Venues

Montreal
Toronto
Bell Centre
Capacity: 21,287		 Air Canada Centre
Capacity: 18,819
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Officials

The International Ice Hockey Federation selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:[12]

Rosters

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Main article: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

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.[13]

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  Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 18 6 +12 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Denmark 4 1 1 1 1 11 15 −4 6
3  Czech Republic 4 1 0 2 1 9 13 −4 5
4   Switzerland 4 0 2 0 2 11 13 −2 4
5  Finland 4 1 0 0 3 6 8 −2 3 Advance to Relegation
Source: IIHF

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Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 4 4 0 0 0 17 6 +11 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Canada (H) 4 3 0 0 1 21 8 +13 9
3  Russia 4 2 0 0 2 16 9 +7 6
4  Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 6 14 −8 3
5  Latvia 4 0 0 0 4 6 29 −23 0 Advance to Relegation
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

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Relegation

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Playoff round

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1A   Sweden 8  
4B   Slovakia 3  
  1A   Sweden 2  
  2B   Canada 5  
2B   Canada 5
  3A   Czech Republic 3  
    2B   Canada 4
  1B   United States 5
  2A   Denmark 0  
3B   Russia 4  
  3B   Russia 3 Bronze medal game
  1B   United States 4  
1B   United States 3 1A   Sweden 1
  4A    Switzerland 2   3B   Russia 2

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Final

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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 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 7 7 1 8 +5 4
9 Mathew Barzal  Canada 7 3 5 8 +4 4
9 Jordan Greenway  United States 7 3 5 8 +3 2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF [14]

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 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[15]

Tournament awards

Reference: [1] Most Valuable Player

All-star team

IIHF best player awards

Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  United States 7 5 2 0 0 29 15 +14 19 Champions
2 B  Canada (H) 7 5 0 1 1 35 18 +17 16 Runners-up
3 B  Russia 7 3 1 1 2 25 14 +11 12 Third place
4 A  Sweden 7 5 0 1 1 29 16 +13 16 Fourth place
5 A  Denmark 5 1 1 1 2 11 19 −8 6 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 A  Czech Republic 5 1 0 2 2 12 18 −6 5
7 A   Switzerland 5 0 2 0 3 13 16 −3 4
8 B  Slovakia 5 1 0 0 4 9 22 −13 3
9 A  Finland 6 3 0 0 3 12 10 +2 9 Advance in Relegation
10 B  Latvia 6 0 0 0 6 8 35 −27 0 2018 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Division I

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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[lower-alpha 1]
4  Kazakhstan 5 2 0 0 3 14 16 −2 6[lower-alpha 1]
5  Austria 5 2 0 0 3 15 17 −2 6[lower-alpha 1]
6  Norway 5 1 0 0 4 10 17 −7 3 Relegation 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.
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 In head-to-head games France had 6 Pts, Kazakhstan had 3 Pts, and Austria 0 Pts.

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  Great Britain 5 0 0 2 3 8 19 −11 2 Relegation 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.

Division II

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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
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.

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
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

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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

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/206728/la_id/1/ss_id/190000/
  3. ↑ TSN, "Montreal and Toronto to Host 2015, 2017 World Juniors on TSN", Hockey Canada, June 20, 2013
  4. ↑ CTV News, "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015, 2017 world junior championships", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 IIHF, "Heading to hockey’s meccas", June 20, 2013
  6. ↑ The Gazette (Montreal), "World Junior Championship is coming to town" Archived June 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Brenda Branswell, June 20, 2013
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "In lang". 24H de Montreal, "Le Championnat junior à Montréal en 2015 et 2017", Mathieu Boulay, June 24, 2013
  8. ↑ CBC News, "Montreal, Toronto to co-host junior hockey worlds in 2015, 2017", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
  9. ↑ Calgary Herald, "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015 and 2017 world junior hockey championships"[permanent dead link], Bill Beacon, June 20, 2013
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External links

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