The 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 16th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Lappeenranta and Imatra, Finland. The tournament began on 17 April 2014, with the gold medal game played on 27 April 2014.2014 Top Division statistics
Top Division
Officials The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship. They were the following:
Referees Andris Ansons Michael Hicks Pavel Hodek Mikko Kaukokari Daniel Konc Geoffrey Miller Kendrick Nicholson Linus Öhlund Anssi Salonen Gordon Schukies Alexander Sergeyev Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen Jordan Browne René Jensen Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist Dana Penkivech Jani Pesonen Nikolaj Ponomarjow Alexander Waldejer Sotaro Yamaguchi
Preliminary round Group A
All times are local. (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+03)
Group B
All times are local. (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+03)
Relegation round The last-placed teams played a best-of-three series.
Denmark is relegated to next year's Division I A; the third game was not played because the result of the relegation series had been decided.
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM William Nylander 7 6 10 16 +8 0 Axel Holmström 7 3 8 11 +8 4 Jakub Vrána 7 8 2 10 +3 4 Jack Eichel 7 5 5 10 +6 2 Sonny Milano 7 3 7 10 +6 4 Kevin Fiala 5 4 5 9 +4 8 Kirill Pilipenko 5 5 2 7 0 0 Auston Matthews 7 5 2 7 +7 4 Kyle Connor 7 4 3 7 +8 0 Denis Malgin 5 3 4 7 +4 2GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: 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 Mason McDonald 371:17 171 12 1.94 92.98 0 Gauthier Descloux 238:28 101 9 2.26 91.09 0 Adam Húska 159:52 84 8 3.00 90.48 0 Alex Nedeljkovic 359:05 112 11 1.84 90.18 1 Maxim Tretiak 183:55 80 8 2.61 90.00 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Best Defenseman: Best Forward: Source: IIHF.com
Final standings
Team 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Relegated to the 2015 Division I A
Division I
Group A The Division I A tournament was played in Nice, France, from 13 to 19 April 2014.2014 Division I A statistics
Group B The Division I B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 13 to 19 April 2014.2014 Division I B statistics
Division II
Group A The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 24 to 30 March 2014.2014 Division II A statistics
Group B The Division II B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 14 to 20 April 2014.2014 Division II B statistics
Division III
Group A The Division III A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 24 to 30 March 2014.2014 Division III A statistics
Group B The Division III B tournament was played in İzmit, Turkey, from 13 to 15 February 2014.2014 Division III B statistics
References
External links IIHF official website