The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Group B in Cape Town, South Africa, with both groups being played 13 to 19 April 2015.
Venues Group A Group BReykjavíkCape Town Laugardalur ArenaCapacity: 1,000 Grandwest Ice ArenaCapacity: 2,800
Division II A
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I B and were relegated.Host, placed 2nd in Division II A last year.Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.Placed 4th in Division II A last year.Placed 5th in Division II A last year.Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Roy Hansen Vedran Krčelić Paweł Meszyński Liam Sewell
Linesmen Maksims Bogdanovs Thomas Caillot Havar Dahl Sindri Gunnarsson Michael Johnstone Marko Sakovic Orri Sigmarsson
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC±0).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Arthur Legrand Best Defenceman: Attila Góga Best Forward: Björn Sigurðarson Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Mitch Morgan 5 6 4 10 +3 0 F Marko Sretovic 5 3 7 10 −3 4 F Bryan Kolodziejczyk 5 1 9 10 +4 4 F Ede Mihály 5 6 3 9 +7 0 F Roberto Gliga 5 4 5 9 +6 9 F Levente Zsók 5 1 7 8 +7 2 F Emil Alengard 5 4 3 7 +3 0 F Maxime Pellegrims 5 4 3 7 1 2 F Miloš Babić 5 3 4 7 +1 2 F Robin Hedström 5 2 5 7 +2 0 F Pavel Popravka 5 2 5 7 +1 4 F Björn Sigurðarson 5 2 5 7 +4 4 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Arthur Legrand 183:26 7 2.29 121 94.21 0 Dennis Hedström 239:15 9 2.26 112 91.96 0 Otto Onodi 152:47 5 1.96 59 91.53 0 Adrian Catrinoi 149:58 6 2.40 62 90.32 0 Arsenije Ranković 284:39 19 4.00 168 88.69 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Division II B
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.Placed 4th in Division II B last year.Host, placed 5th in Division II B last year.Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Manuel Nikolic Tomáš Orolin Alexey Roshchyn Andrej Simankov
Linesman Jonathan Burger Christoffer Hurtik Benas Jakšys Vytautas Lukoševičius Marco Mori Park Jun-soo Marc-Henri Progin
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Dimitar Dimitrov Best Defenceman: Daniel Spivak Best Forward: Héctor Majul Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Ivan Hodulov 5 6 5 11 +1 4 F Cui Xijun 5 4 6 10 +7 8 F Nicholas Henderson 5 4 6 10 +9 0 F Héctor Majul 5 5 4 9 +4 14 F Carlos Gómez 5 4 5 9 +4 6 F Martin Boyadjiev 5 2 7 9 −3 10 F Adrian Cervantes 5 1 8 9 +4 4 F Roberto Chabat 5 4 4 8 0 0 F Martin Nikolov 5 4 4 8 −2 6 F Andrew Cox 5 3 5 8 +5 14 F Paris Heyd 5 3 5 8 +2 10 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Liu Zhiwei 285:00 14 2.95 160 91.25 0 Richard Parry 219:57 13 3.55 130 90.00 0 Dimitar Dimitrov 295:01 27 5.49 254 89.37 0 Alfonso de Alba 180:00 9 3.00 84 89.29 0 Alexander Loginov 250:24 22 5.27 170 87.06 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
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