The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship was the 42nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York,2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship official website2018 Top Division statistics at 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 WJIHC, 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) and the first one held at a junior level.
Top Division
Venues Buffalo Orchard Park KeyBank CenterCapacity: 19,070 KeyBank Rink at HarborCenterCapacity: 1,800 New Era FieldCapacity: 71,870
Host selection On July 28, 2015, USA Hockey named the five initial finalists for hosting the event: Buffalo, New York Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago Tampa, Florida
Chicago and Tampa were eliminated on September 15. Buffalo was chosen as the host site on December 3, with a formal announcement on December 4.
Match officials The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2018 World Junior Championship.
Referees Andris Ansons Alexandre Garon Jacob Grumsen Mikko Kaukokari Artur Kulev Manuel Nikolic Gordon Schukies Robin Šír Mikael Sjöqvist Stephen Thomson Jeremy Tufts Marc Wiegand
Linesmen Franco Castelli Markus Hägerström William Hancock II Rene Jensen Jon Kilian Dustin McCrank Jiří Ondráček Peter Šefčík Alexander Sysuev Emil Yletyinen
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.
Preliminary round
All times are local. (Eastern Standard Time – UTC-5)
Group A
Group B
Relegation round
Note: was relegated to the 2019 Division I A
Playoff round Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Statistics
Scoring leaders
PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Casey Mittelstadt 7 4 7 11 +8 2 2 Martin Nečas 7 3 8 11 −5 0 3 Kieffer Bellows 7 9 1 10 +2 4 4 Jordan Kyrou 7 3 7 10 +2 0 5 Sam Steel 7 4 5 9 +3 0 6 Brady Tkachuk 7 3 6 9 +6 2 7 Filip Zadina 7 7 1 8 -4 2 8 Klim Kostin 5 5 3 8 +7 2 9 Cale Makar 7 3 5 8 +5 0 10 Maxim Sushko 6 2 6 8 −1 4GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutesSource: IIHF
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Carter Hart 365:00 11 1.81 92.95 1 2 Roman Durný 240:00 11 2.75 92.86 0 3 Filip Gustavsson 364:36 11 1.81 92.41 0 4 Vladislav Sukhachyov 262:30 12 2.74 90.40 0 5 Philip Wüthrich 207:22 17 4.92 88.74 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF
Tournament awards Most Valuable Player
Casey Mittelstadt
All-star team Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson Defencemen: Rasmus Dahlin, Cale Makar Forwards: Casey Mittelstadt, Filip Zadina, Kieffer Bellows
IIHF best player awards Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson Defenceman: Rasmus Dahlin Forward: Casey Mittelstadt
Final standings
Division I
Division I A The Division I A tournament was played in Courchevel and Méribel, France, from December 10 to 16, 2017.2018 Division I A official website2018 Division I A statistics
Division I B The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from December 9 to 15, 2017.2018 Division I B official website2018 Division I B statistics
Division II
Division II A The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, United Kingdom, from December 10 to 16, 2017.2018 Division II A official website2018 Division II A statistics
Division II B The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from January 10 to 16, 2018.2018 Division II B official website2018 Division II B statistics
Division III
Main tournament The Division III main tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from January 22 to 28, 2018.2018 Division III (main tournament) official website2018 Division III (main tournament) statistics
Qualification The Division III qualification tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from February 5 to 7, 2018.2018 Division III (qualification tournament) statistics
References
External links Official website of IIHF