The 2017 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the tenth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey. The tournament was played in Přerov and Zlín, Czech Republic. For the third straight year the United States for the gold and winning their sixth title overall, after defeated Canada in the game. Russia defeated Sweden for the bronze, reversing the outcome of the previous year.
Top Division Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Relegation series The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team, Japan was relegated
Final round Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate Best Goalkeeper Valeria Merkusheva Best Defenseman Cayla Barnes Best Forward Sophie Shirley
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Statistics
Scoring leaders
PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Lisa Rüedi 5 5 1 6 +4 0 2 Grace Zumwinkle 5 4 2 6 +6 2 3 Cayla Barnes 5 3 3 6 +5 4 4 Sophie Shirley 5 2 4 6 +1 2 5 Natalie Heising 5 3 2 5 +4 2 6 Petra Nieminen 5 2 3 5 +4 4 6 Brette Pettet 5 2 3 5 +2 2 6 Noemi Ryhner 5 2 3 5 +5 2 9 Clair DeGeorge 5 0 5 5 +3 4 10 Oxana Bratisheva 5 3 1 4 –3 31 10 Magdalena Erbenová 5 3 1 4 +2 0GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Jenna Silvonen 240:00 3 0.75 96.97 2 2 Alex Gulstene 181:57 3 0.99 95.89 0 3 Danika Ranger 180:41 3 1.00 95.08 1 4 Saskia Maurer 315:00 9 1.71 94.92 0 5 Valeria Merkusheva 288:56 11 2.28 93.41 2TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Division I
Group A Was played in Budapest, Hungary 8–14 January 2017.
Group B Was played in Katowice Poland, 8–14 January 2017.
Group B qualification Was played in San Sebastián Spain, 26–29 January 2017. This was the inaugural competition for this level, featuring the debuts of both Spain and Mexico.
References
External links IIHF.com 2017 events index