The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II A and Division II B tournaments represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.
Division II A The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 22 to 28 March 2015.Division II A statistics
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in 2014 Division I B and were relegatedPlaced 2nd in 2014 Division II APlaced 3rd in 2014 Division II APlaced 4th in 2014 Division II APlaced 5th in 2014 Division II AHosts, placed 1st in 2014 Division II B and were promoted
Standings
Results All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)
Statistics and awards
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIM 1 Ahn Jaein 5 6 3 9 +3 0 2 Guus van Nes 5 4 5 9 +3 0 3 Max Hermens 5 3 6 9 +4 12 4 Lee Je-hui 5 2 5 7 +7 4 5 Lee Juhyung 5 5 1 6 +7 6 6 Kim Byung-gun 5 4 2 6 +3 2 6 Michael Stratford 5 4 2 6 +3 4 8 Luc Johnson 5 2 4 6 +2 14 9 Glenn Billing 5 3 2 5 +2 4 10 Mateusz Goscinski 5 2 3 5 +2 0 10 Pawel Gozdziewicz 5 2 3 5 +2 14 10 Luuk Lambregts 5 2 3 5 0 2 10 Park Hun 5 2 3 5 +5 6 10 Renato Platuzic 5 2 3 5 −1 0GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Shim Hyounseop 240:00 4 1.00 96.08 1 2 Luka Valencic 179:14 10 3.35 94.05 0 3 Denis Bell-Blake 184:48 8 2.60 91.75 0 4 Mateusz Studzinski 300:00 10 2.00 91.07 0 5 Ruud Leeuwesteijn 217:32 12 3.31 89.66 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
IIHF best player awards Goaltender: Luka Valencic Defenceman: Patryk Wsol Forward: Lee Juhyung
Division II B The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 16 to 22 March 2015.Division II B statistics
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in 2014 Division II A and were relegatedPlaced 2nd in 2014 Division II BHosts, placed 3rd in 2014 Division II BPlaced 4th in 2014 Division II BPlaced 5th in 2014 Division II BPlaced 1st in 2014 Division III A and were promoted
Standings
Results All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)
Statistics and awards
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIM 1 Matyas Kovacs 5 6 9 15 +9 2 2 Szilard Rokaly 5 8 4 12 +7 4 3 Oriol Rubio 5 3 9 12 +7 2 3 Zoltan Sandor 5 3 9 12 +12 0 5 Luka Vukicevic 5 7 3 10 +6 4 6 Tihamer Gyorfy 5 4 5 9 +11 2 7 Manuel Manero 5 4 4 8 +4 6 7 Otto Szopos 5 4 4 8 +12 6 9 Florin Creanga 5 1 7 8 +12 2 10 Ying Rudi 5 6 1 7 −3 12GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Jug Mitic 258:44 11 2.55 93.53 0 2 Daniel Uruc 253:53 9 2.13 90.62 0 3 Shi Songyuan 154:56 11 4.26 89.42 0 4 Alejandro Reneses 296:34 13 2.63 89.08 1 5 Bruce Hallewaert 212:17 21 5.94 87.57 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
IIHF best player awards Goaltender: Alejandro Reneses Defenceman: Tihamer Gyorfy Forward: Lazar Lestaric
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