The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournaments were contested between 10 and 17 April 2010. Participants in this championship were drawn into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Naucalpan, Mexico. Group B's games were played in Narva, Estonia. Spain and Estonia won Group A and Group B, respectively, to earn promotion to Division I at the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Meanwhile, Turkey and Israel finished last in Group A and B and were relegated to Division III for 2011. These four teams were replaced by Serbia and Croatia, which were relegated from Division I, and Ireland and North Korea which earned promotion from Division III.
Group A The Group A tournament was played in Naucalpan, Mexico, from 11 to 17 April 2010.Division II Group A statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I Group A last year and were relegatedPlaced 2nd in Division II Group B last yearPlaced 3rd in Division II Group B last yearPlaced 4th in Division II Group B last yearHosts; placed 5th in Division II Group B last yearPlaced 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local.
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate Best Goaltender: Andres de la Garma (82 saves from 92 shots on goal) Best Forward: Juan Munoz (10 goals, 6 assists) Best Defenceman: Anthony Wilson (1 goal, 5 assists)
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Juan Muñoz 5 10 6 16 +13 4 Alexei Yotov 5 8 7 15 +10 12 Stanislav Muhachov 5 7 8 15 +9 6 Alejandro Pedraz 5 2 10 12 +11 0 Brian Arroyo 5 5 6 11 0 2 Sven van Buren 5 7 3 10 +3 14 Lliam Webster 5 7 2 9 +5 12 Mitch Morgan 5 6 3 9 +6 6 Adrian Betran 5 3 6 9 +15 2 Vincent Morgan 5 2 7 8 +5 6GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: IIHF.com
Leading goalkeepers Only the top five goalkeepers, 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 Ander Alcaine 240:00 136 6 1.50 95.59 1 Matthew Ezzy 180:00 150 10 3.33 93.33 0 Anthony Kimlin 120:00 120 5 2.50 91.67 0 Konstantin Mihailov 271:21 270 24 5.31 91.11 0 Andres de la Garma 178:09 94 12 4.04 87.23 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Group B The Group B tournament was played in Narva, Estonia, from 10 to 16 April 2010.Division II Group B statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I Group B last year and were relegatedHosts; placed 2nd in Division II Group A last yearPlaced 3rd in Division II Group A last yearPlaced 4th in Division II Group A last yearPlaced 5th in Division II Group A last yearPlaced 1st in Division III last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local.
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate MVP: Andrei Makrov Best Goaltender: Mark Rajevski (87 saves from 89 shots on goal) Best Forward: Andrei Makrov (14 goals, 14 assists, 53 shots) Best Defenceman: Dmitri Suur (5 goals, 13 assists, 27 shots)
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Andrei Makrov 5 14 14 28 +21 12 Dmitri Suur 5 5 13 18 +17 2 Aleksandr Petrov 5 6 11 17 +19 4 Emil Alengaard 5 6 6 12 +1 8 Maksim Ivanov 5 4 8 12 +14 6 Anton Nekrassov 5 8 3 11 +13 0 Maksim Semjonov 5 4 7 11 +14 2 Csanad Virag 5 6 4 10 +11 12 Vassili Titarenko 5 4 5 9 +8 0 Sergei Frenkel 5 5 3 8 −12 6 Ede Mihaly 5 5 3 8 +8 4GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: IIHF.com
Leading goalkeepers Only the top five goalkeepers, 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 Mark Rajevski 240:00 89 2 0.50 97.75 2 Xie Ming 120:00 52 4 2.00 92.31 0 Dennis Hedstrom 240:00 141 12 3.00 91.49 0 Adrian Catrinoi Cornea 188:29 101 12 3.82 88.12 0 Liu Xue 180:00 168 22 7.33 86.90 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
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