The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship. For the 2017 schedule, both tournaments took place at the Bled Ice Hall in Slovenia.
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 April 2017.Division I A official websiteDivision I A statistics As none of the participating countries submitted a bid to host the tournament, Bled was asked to host both the Division IA and IB tournaments.
Participants Team Qualificationplaced 10th in 2016 Top Division and were relegatedplaced 2nd in 2016 Division I Aplaced 3rd in 2016 Division I Aplaced 4th in 2016 Division I Aplaced 5th in 2016 Division I Aplaced 1st in 2016 Division I B and were promoted
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IA Assignsments
Referees Andrea Benvegnu Christoffer Holm Paweł Meszyński Viktor Trilar
Linesmen Anže Bergant Matjaž Hribar Raivis Jučers Ludvig Lundgren Shaun Morgan Tommi Niittylä Viktor Zinchenko
Standings
Results All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)
Statistics and awards
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS 1 Mathias Emilio Pettersen 5 4 8 12 +5 4 F 2 Dominik Bokk 5 7 3 10 +4 2 F 3 Robin Mathisen 5 4 6 10 +6 4 F 4 Jonas Røndbjerg 5 4 5 9 –2 2 F 5 Kristian Marthinsen 5 5 3 8 +5 6 F 6 Lucas Andersen 5 3 5 8 –2 4 F 7 Mike Fischer 5 2 6 8 +6 6 F 8 Hugo Sarlin 5 3 4 7 +6 2 F 9 Cedric Schiemenz 5 2 4 6 –1 2 F 10 Batyrian Muratov 5 3 2 5 +7 2 F 10 Max Pietschmann 5 3 2 5 +2 0 F 10 Samuel Solem 5 3 2 5 +1 0 FGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: 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.
PosPlayerCountryTOISAGAGAASv%SO 1 Demid Yeremeyev 180:00 95 3 1.00 96.84 1 2 Gaetan Richard 240:00 138 9 2.25 93.48 0 3 Jonas Wikstøl 241:06 96 9 2.24 90.62 0 4 William Rørth 182:22 82 9 2.96 89.02 0 5 Denis Karatayev 121:45 32 5 2.46 84.38 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
IIHF best player awards Goaltender: Demid Yeremeyev Defenceman: Daniel Andersen Forward: Alexandre Texier Source: IIHF.com
Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 15 to 21 April 2017.Division I B official websiteDivision I B statistics
Participants Team Qualificationplaced 6th in 2016 Division I A and were relegatedplaced 2nd in 2016 Division I Bplaced 3rd in 2016 Division I Bhosts; placed 4th in 2016 Division I Bplaced 5th in 2016 Division I Bplaced 1st in 2016 Division II A and were promoted
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IB Assignsments
Referees Damian Bliek Stian Halm Miklós Haszonits Sergei Sobolev
Linesmen Knut Einar Bråten Andreas Weise Krøyer Gregor Miklič Damir Rakovič Marko Šaković Dmitry Shishlo Áron Soltész
Standings
Results All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)
Statistics and awards Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS 1 Jan Drozg 5 5 8 13 +7 4 F 2 Stephan Deluca 5 5 4 9 +4 4 F 3 Marco Rossi 5 6 2 8 +4 4 F 4 Rok Kapel 5 5 2 7 +4 0 F 4 Olexander Peresunko 5 5 2 7 +5 2 F 6 Simon Berger 5 4 3 7 +6 6 F 7 Hlib Krivoshapkin 5 3 3 6 +2 2 F 8 Marcel Zitz 5 2 4 6 +2 4 F 9 Stefan Spinell 5 1 5 6 +7 2 F 10 Daiki Miura 5 3 2 5 −1 6 DGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: 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.
PosPlayerCountryTOISAGAGAASv%SO 1 Žiga Kogovšek 298:21 116 8 1.61 93.10 2 2 Alexander Schmidt 162:23 66 5 1.85 92.42 0 3 Robin Quagliato 244:25 146 12 2.95 91.78 0 4 Mykyta Petlenko 195:47 97 8 2.45 91.75 0 5 Oskar Prokop 265:48 166 14 3.16 91.57 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
IIHF best player awards Goaltender: Žiga Kogovšek Defenceman: Daiki Miura Forward: Jan Drozg Source: IIHF.com
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