2018 World Junior ice Hockey Championships - wikipedia 2018 World Junior ice Hockey Championships 2018 IIHF World U20 Championships Tournament details Host country United States Dates December 26, 2017 -- January 5, 2018 Teams 10 Venue ( s ) KeyBank Center, Buffalo HarborCenter, Buffalo New Era Field, Orchard Park ( in 2 host cities ) Final positions Champions Canada ( 17th title ) Runner - up Sweden Third place United States Fourth place Czech Republic Tournament statistics Matches played 30 Goals scored 216 ( 7.2 per match ) Attendance 211,210 ( 7,040 per match ) Scoring leader ( s ) Casey Mittelstadt ( 11 points ) MVP Casey Mittelstadt Website 2018. worldjunior. hockey ← 2017 2019 → The 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 42nd Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York at the 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 IHWJC, 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 first ever `` outdoor game held at any top - level IIHF world championship. '' Contents 1 Top Division 1.1 Venues 1.2 Host selection 1.3 Officials 1.4 Rosters 1.5 Format 1.6 Preliminary round 1.6. 1 Group A 1.6. 2 Group B 1.7 Relegation 1.8 Playoff round 1.8. 1 Quarterfinals 1.8. 2 Semifinals 1.8. 3 Bronze medal game 1.8. 4 Gold medal game 1.9 Statistics 1.9. 1 Scoring leaders 1.9. 2 Goaltending leaders 1.10 Tournament awards 1.11 Final standings 2 Division I 2.1 Division IA 2.2 Division IB 3 Division II 3.1 Division IIA 3.2 Division II B 4 Division III 4.1 Division III qualification 5 References 6 External links Top Division Venues KeyBank Center Capacity : 19,070 KeyBank Rink at HarborCenter Capacity : 1,800 New Era Field Capacity : 71,870 United States -- Buffalo United States -- Buffalo United States -- Orchard Park 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. Officials The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2018 World Junior Championships. 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 Main article : 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 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 Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification Canada 0 0 21 6 + 15 10 Advance to Quarterfinals United States 0 20 10 + 10 8 Finland 0 0 15 12 + 3 6 Slovakia 0 0 10 14 − 4 6 5 Denmark 0 0 0 26 − 24 0 Advance to Relegation Source : IIHF.com December 26, 2017 16 : 00 Canada 4 -- 2 ( 3 -- 1, 1 -- 1, 0 -- 0 ) Finland KeyBank Center Attendance : 9,552 Game reference Carter Hart Goalies Ukko -- Pekka Luukkonen Referees : Artur Kulev Manuel Nikolic Linesmen : Jon Kilian Jiří Ondráček Katchouk ( Thomas ) -- 05 : 34 1 -- 0 Steel ( Raddysh, Kyrou ) ( PP ) -- 06 : 01 2 -- 0 2 -- 1 12 : 19 -- Heponiemi ( Välimäki ) Batherson ( Gadjovich, Mete ) -- 12 : 52 3 -- 1 3 -- 2 27 : 31 -- Jokiharju ( Tolvanen, Koivula ) ( PP ) Raddysh ( Katchouk ) -- 32 : 47 4 -- 2 12 min Penalties 6 min 32 Shots 31 December 26, 2017 20 : 00 Denmark 0 -- 9 ( 0 -- 5, 0 -- 2, 0 -- 2 ) United States KeyBank Center Attendance : 7,207 Game reference Kasper Krog Emil Gransøe Goalies Joseph Woll Referees : Gordon Schukies Robin Šír Linesmen : Peter Šefčík Alexander Sysuev 0 -- 1 02 : 27 -- Jones ( Peeke, Norris ) 0 -- 2 05 : 04 -- Bellows ( Brown ) ( PP ) 0 -- 3 08 : 26 -- Mittelstadt ( Hughes, M. Anderson ) 0 -- 4 11 : 35 -- Yamamoto ( Tkachuk, Hughes ) 0 -- 5 18 : 48 -- Mittelstadt ( Harper, Tufte ) 0 -- 6 24 : 08 -- Bellows ( PS ) 0 -- 7 39 : 31 -- Harper ( Fox ) 0 -- 8 52 : 30 -- Peeke ( Jones ) ( PP ) 0 -- 9 53 : 23 -- Samberg ( Perunovich, Norris ) 10 min Penalties 6 min 17 Shots 36 December 27, 2017 19 : 00 Slovakia 0 -- 6 ( 0 -- 1, 0 -- 3, 0 -- 2 ) Canada KeyBank Center Attendance : 7,834 Game reference Dávid Hrenák Goalies Colton Point Referees : Jeremy Tufts Marc Wiegand Linesmen : William Hancock II Rene Jensen 0 -- 1 03 : 39 -- Steel ( Makar, Kyrou ) 0 -- 2 21 : 24 -- Kyrou ( Mete, Dubé ) ( PP ) 0 -- 3 25 : 43 -- Gadjovich ( Makar ) 0 -- 4 30 : 33 -- Raddysh ( Kyrou, Steel ) ( PP ) 0 -- 5 55 : 58 -- Comtois 0 -- 6 58 : 30 -- Gadjovich ( McLeod, Timmins ) ( PP ) 12 min Penalties 4 min 20 Shots 52 December 28, 2017 12 : 00 Finland 4 -- 1 ( 2 -- 0, 2 -- 1, 0 -- 0 ) Denmark KeyBank Center Attendance : 5,026 Game reference Ukka -- Pekka Luukkonen Goalies Kasper Krog Referees : Andris Ansons Alexandre Garon Linesmen : Franco Castelli Jon Kilian Koppanen ( Välimäki, Heiskanen ) -- 02 : 49 1 -- 0 Räsänen ( Tolvanen, Jokiharju ) -- 06 : 56 2 -- 0 2 -- 1 21 : 38 -- Krag ( Røndbjerg, Setkov ) ( PP ) Välimäki ( Heiskanen, Vaakanainen ) -- 35 : 38 3 -- 1 Jokiharju ( Koivula ) -- 37 : 44 4 -- 1 2 min Penalties 14 min 62 Shots 7 December 28, 2017 20 : 00 United States 2 -- 3 ( 0 -- 0, 1 -- 1, 1 -- 2 ) Slovakia KeyBank Center Attendance : 8,188 Game reference Joseph Woll Goalies Roman Durný Referees : Artur Kulev Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen : Markus Hägerström Emil Yletyinen 0 -- 1 24 : 52 -- Krivošík ( Buček ) Tkachuk ( Poehling, J. Anderson ) -- 31 : 07 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 55 : 15 -- Krivošík ( Buček ) Mittelstadt -- 56 : 49 2 -- 2 2 -- 3 57 : 52 -- Buček 2 min Penalties 4 min 45 Shots 25 December 29, 2017 15 : 00 Canada 3 -- 4 GWS ( 2 -- 0, 1 -- 1, 0 -- 2 ) ( OT : 0 -- 0 ) ( SO : 0 -- 2 ) United States New Era Field Attendance : 44,592 Game reference Carter Hart Goalies Jake Oettinger Referees : Mikko Kaukokari Marc Wiegand Linesmen : Jiří Ondráček Alexander Sysuev Makar ( Thomas ) ( PP ) -- 04 : 13 1 -- 0 Dubé ( Steel ) ( PP ) -- 15 : 17 2 -- 0 2 -- 1 36 : 27 -- Bellows ( Mittelstadt, Oettinger ) ( PP2 ) Katchouk ( Bean ) -- 37 : 39 3 -- 1 3 -- 2 46 : 09 -- Perunovich ( Mittelstadt ) ( PP ) 3 -- 3 46 : 43 -- Tkachuk ( Mittelstadt ) Steel Thomas Raddysh Batheson Shootout Bellows Tkachuk Mittelstadt 12 min Penalties 6 min 22 Shots 36 December 30, 2017 16 : 00 Finland 5 -- 2 ( 0 -- 0, 2 -- 1, 3 -- 1 ) Slovakia KeyBank Center Attendance : 6,229 Game reference Ukko - Pekka Luukkonen Goalies Roman Durný Referees : Gordon Schukies Stephen Thomson Linesmen : Dustin McCrank Jiří Ondráček Koppanen ( Nurmi, Jääskä ) -- 27 : 02 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 34 : 14 -- Bodák ( Tamáši, Ivan ) Räsänen ( Juolevi, Tolvanen ) ( PP ) -- 39 : 02 2 -- 1 Heponiemi ( Kuokkanen ) -- 46 : 23 3 -- 1 3 -- 2 49 : 03 -- Buček ( Krivošík, Ružička ) Ikonen -- 52 : 36 4 -- 2 Nurmi ( Koppanen ) -- 54 : 01 5 -- 2 8 min Penalties 8 min 39 Shots 26 December 30, 2017 20 : 00 Denmark 0 -- 8 ( 0 -- 3, 0 -- 2, 0 -- 3 ) Canada KeyBank Center Attendance : 8,671 Game reference Emil Gransøe Goalies Carter Hart Referees : Manuel Nikolic Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen : Peter Šefčík Emil Yletyinen 0 -- 1 03 : 52 -- Thomas ( Raddysh, Katchouk ) 0 -- 2 17 : 21 -- Howden ( Comtois, Foote ) 0 -- 3 19 : 39 -- Steel ( Clague, Kyrou ) 0 -- 4 27 : 52 -- Makar ( Bean ) ( PP ) 0 -- 5 29 : 20 -- Howden ( Foote, Formenton ) 0 -- 6 43 : 30 -- Formenton ( Timmins ) 0 -- 7 49 : 03 -- McLeod 0 -- 8 52 : 26 -- Batherson ( Foote, McLeod ) ( PP ) 8 min Penalties 4 min 18 Shots 44 December 31, 2017 16 : 00 United States 5 -- 4 ( 2 -- 0, 2 -- 2, 1 -- 2 ) Finland KeyBank Center Attendance : 7,884 Game reference Joseph Woll Goalies Ukko - Pekka Luukkonen Referees : Alexandre Garon Robin Šír Linesmen : Rene Jensen Peter Šefčík Frederic ( Tufte, Yamamoto ) -- 03 : 59 1 -- 0 Mittelstadt ( Tkachuk ) -- 14 : 33 2 -- 0 J. Anderson ( Tkachuk, Fox ) ( PP2 ) -- 26 : 56 3 -- 0 3 -- 1 29 : 01 -- Räsänen ( Tolvanen ) 3 -- 2 38 : 44 -- Tolvanen ( Jokiharju, Vesalainen ) ( PP ) J. Anderson ( Fox, Mittelstadt ) ( PP ) -- 39 : 26 4 -- 2 4 -- 3 48 : 25 -- Koppanen ( Nurmi, Vaakanainen ) ( SH ) 4 -- 4 49 : 31 -- Vesalainen ( Juolevi, Välimäki ) Fox ( Mittelstadt, Tkachuk ) -- 58 : 23 5 -- 4 8 min Penalties 10 min 37 Shots 24 December 31, 2017 18 : 00 Slovakia 5 -- 1 ( 1 -- 1, 2 -- 0, 2 -- 0 ) Denmark HarborCenter Attendance : 1,419 Game reference Roman Durný Goalies Kasper Krog Referees : Andris Ansons Jeremy Tufts Linesmen : Franco Castelli Alexander Sysuev 0 -- 1 04 : 46 -- Blichfield ( Krag, Røndbjerg ) ( PP ) Roman ( Tamáši ) -- 11 : 42 1 -- 1 Fehérváry ( Ružička, Buček ) -- 29 : 38 2 -- 1 Roman ( SH ) -- 34 : 38 3 -- 1 Buček ( Fehérváry ) -- 44 : 06 4 -- 1 Liška ( Kundrík, Solenský ) -- 45 : 22 5 -- 1 12 min Penalties 10 min 40 Shots 31 Group B Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification Sweden 0 0 20 7 + 13 11 Advance to Quarterfinals Czech Republic 0 0 18 15 + 3 9 Russia 0 17 13 + 4 7 Switzerland 0 0 10 20 − 10 5 Belarus 0 0 0 10 20 − 10 0 Advance to Relegation Source : IIHF.com December 26, 2017 12 : 00 Czech Republic 5 -- 4 ( 2 -- 2, 2 -- 0, 1 -- 2 ) Russia KeyBank Center Attendance : 4,998 Game reference Josef Kořenář Goalies Alexei Melnichuk Vladislav Sukhachyov Referees : Andris Ansons Alexandre Garon Linesmen : Franco Castelli Markus Hägerström Nečas ( Kaut, Zadina ) ( PP ) -- 04 : 42 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 05 : 21 -- Polodyan ( Altybarmakyan, Zaitsev ) Safin ( Chytil, Hájek ) -- 07 : 28 2 -- 1 2 -- 2 09 : 16 -- Sholokhov ( Kostin, Syomin ) Zadina ( Kaut, Nečas ) ( PP ) -- 25 : 34 3 -- 2 Chytil ( Safin, Zachar ) -- 37 : 26 4 -- 2 Král ( Kaut, Galvas ) -- 46 : 16 5 -- 2 5 -- 3 57 : 48 -- Kayumov ( Maunkyan, Rubstov ) 5 -- 4 59 : 02 -- Syomin ( Kayumov, Rubstov ) ( EA ) 14 min Penalties 6 min 24 Shots 38 December 26, 2017 14 : 00 Belarus 1 -- 6 ( 1 -- 1, 0 -- 3, 0 -- 2 ) Sweden HarborCenter Attendance : 1,754 Game reference Andrei Grishenko Goalies Filip Gustavsson Referees : Jacob Grumsen Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen : William Hancock II Rene Jensen 0 -- 1 08 : 44 -- Pettersson ( Dahlin ) ( PP ) Sharangovich ( SH ) -- 14 : 56 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 30 : 57 -- Brännström ( Nylander, Steen ) 1 -- 3 32 : 33 -- Gustafsson ( G. Lindström, Sellgren ) 1 -- 4 34 : 18 -- Boqvist ( Brännström, Karlström ) 1 -- 5 42 : 17 -- Andersson ( Nylander, Pettersson ) ( PP ) 1 -- 6 51 : 07 -- Andersson ( Dahlin, Karlström ) 16 min Penalties 8 min 9 Shots 36 December 27, 2017 15 : 00 Switzerland 3 -- 2 ( 1 -- 1, 0 -- 0, 2 -- 1 ) Belarus KeyBank Center Attendance : 5,224 Game reference Philip Wüthrich Goalies Andrei Grishenko Referees : Mikael Sjöqvist Stephen Thomson Linesmen : Dustin McCrank Emil Yletyinen Müller -- 08 : 07 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 18 : 34 -- Sushko ( Martynyuk, Gabrus ) 1 -- 2 44 : 25 -- Bovbel ( Litvinov, Sushko ) ( PP ) Nussbaumer ( Luenberger ) -- 48 : 12 2 -- 2 Kurashev ( Maillard, Miranda ) -- 51 : 16 3 -- 2 4 min Penalties 2 min 39 Shots 29 December 28, 2017 14 : 00 Russia 5 -- 2 ( 1 -- 0, 1 -- 1, 3 -- 1 ) Switzerland HarborCenter Attendance : 1,895 Game reference Vladislav Sukhachyov Goalies Philip Wüthrich Referees : Jacob Grumsen Jeremy Tufts Linesmen : Jiří Ondráček Peter Šefčík Syomin ( Sokolov ) ( PP ) -- 10 : 21 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 20 : 09 -- Miranda ( Kurashev, Maillard ) Kostin ( Svechnikov, Syomin ) -- 38 : 16 2 -- 1 2 -- 2 42 : 10 -- Jäger ( Heim, Sigrist ) Kayumov ( Kostin ) -- 51 : 02 3 -- 2 Ivanov ( Svechnikov ) -- 58 : 18 4 -- 2 Abramov ( Sokolov ) ( ENG ) -- 58 : 31 5 -- 2 6 min Penalties 8 min 37 Shots 13 December 28, 2017 16 : 00 Sweden 3 -- 1 ( 2 -- 0, 0 -- 1, 1 -- 0 ) Czech Republic KeyBank Center Attendance : 6,890 Game reference Filip Gustavsson Goalies Jakub Škarek Referees : Filip Larsson Marc Wiegand Linesmen : Dustin McCrank Alexander Sysuev Davidsson ( Fjällby, Gustafsson ) -- 05 : 56 1 -- 0 Pettersson ( Nylander, Dahlin ) ( PP ) -- 19 : 04 2 -- 0 2 -- 1 39 : 02 -- Zadina ( Nečas, Hájek ) ( PP ) Nylander ( Dahlin ) ( PP ) -- 44 : 25 3 -- 1 10 min Penalties 8 min 35 Shots 25 December 29, 2017 12 : 00 Belarus 2 -- 5 ( 0 -- 2, 0 -- 1, 2 -- 2 ) Russia HarborCenter Attendance : 1,841 Game reference Andrei Grishenko Goalies Vladislav Sukhachyov Referees : Manuel Nikolic Gordon Schukies Linesmen : William Hancock II Jon Kilian 0 -- 1 10 : 14 -- Polodyan ( Makeyev, Maltsev ) 0 -- 2 12 : 44 -- Rubtsov ( Manukyan, Minulin ) 0 -- 3 23 : 33 -- Kostin ( Svechnikov ) Deryabin ( Pishuk ) -- 42 : 03 1 -- 3 1 -- 4 44 : 21 -- Kayumov ( Rubtsov, Manukyan ) 1 -- 5 48 : 12 -- Kostin ( Svechnikov, Ivanov ) Pishuk ( Martynov ) -- 50 : 43 2 -- 5 6 min Penalties 10 min 19 Shots 40 December 30, 2017 12 : 00 Czech Republic 6 -- 5 ( 0 -- 1, 5 -- 2, 1 -- 2 ) Belarus KeyBank Center Attendance : 5,222 Game reference Josef Kořenář Jakub Škarek Goalies Andrei Grishenko Dmitri Rodik Referees : Jacob Grumsen Artur Kulev Linesmen : Franco Castelli Rene Jensen 0 -- 1 08 : 31 -- Sharangovich ( Yeryomenko, Litvinov ) ( PP ) 0 -- 2 20 : 48 -- Drozdov ( Sushko, Bovbel ) Pavlík ( Safin, Reichel ) -- 21 : 29 1 -- 2 Hájek ( Nečas, Budík ) -- 21 : 53 2 -- 2 Zadina ( Michnáč, Kaut ) ( PP ) -- 25 : 58 3 -- 2 Chytil ( Zachar, Hájek ) -- 32 : 45 4 -- 2 Pavlík ( Chytil ) -- 35 : 26 5 -- 2 5 -- 3 38 : 45 -- Sharangovich ( Sushko, Bovbel ) ( PP ) 5 -- 4 50 : 27 -- Martynov ( Drozdov, Yeryomenko ) ( PP ) Zachar ( Budík ) -- 53 : 23 6 -- 4 6 -- 5 54 : 52 -- Gabrus 41 min Penalties 4 min 39 Shots 21 December 30, 2017 14 : 00 Sweden 7 -- 2 ( 1 -- 1, 2 -- 1, 4 -- 0 ) Switzerland HarborCenter Attendance : 2,115 Game reference Filip Larsson Goalies Matteo Ritz Referees : Andris Ansons Robin Šír Linesmen : Markus Hägerström William Hancock II Andersson ( Nylander, Pettersson ) ( PP ) -- 05 : 25 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 10 : 13 -- Müller Andersson -- 26 : 07 2 -- 1 Fjällby ( SH ) -- 32 : 27 3 -- 1 3 -- 2 39 : 14 -- Miranda ( PP ) Pettersson -- 44 : 55 4 -- 2 Söderlund ( Dahlin, Brännström ) -- 50 : 01 5 -- 2 Zetterlund -- 51 : 43 6 -- 2 Pettersson ( Andersson, Dahlin ) -- 52 : 17 7 -- 2 6 min Penalties 8 min 42 Shots 22 December 31, 2017 12 : 00 Switzerland 3 -- 6 ( 1 -- 2, 2 -- 2, 0 -- 2 ) Czech Republic KeyBank Center Attendance : 5,548 Game reference Philip Wüthrich Goalies Jakub Škarek Josef Kořenář Referees : Mikko Kaukokari Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen : Jon Kilian Emil Yletyinen 0 -- 1 02 : 38 -- Lauko ( Hájek, Budík ) Jäger ( Miranda, Kurashev ) -- 02 : 51 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 11 : 07 -- Nečas ( Kaut, Hájek ) ( PP ) 1 -- 3 22 : 11 -- Reichel ( Pavlík ) Rohrbach -- 22 : 20 2 -- 3 Riva ( le Coultre, Heim ) ( PP ) -- 23 : 55 3 -- 3 3 -- 4 28 : 38 -- Kaut ( Michnáč, Nečas ) ( PP ) 3 -- 5 47 : 46 -- Kurovský ( Kodýtek ) 3 -- 6 57 : 40 -- Reichel ( Kurovský ) 4 min Penalties 8 min 31 Shots 60 December 31, 2017 20 : 00 Russia 3 -- 4 GWS ( 2 -- 2, 0 -- 0, 1 -- 1 ) ( OT : 0 -- 0 ) ( SO : 1 -- 2 ) Sweden KeyBank Center Attendance : 6,121 Game reference Vladislav Sukhachyov Goalies Filip Gustavsson Referees : Gordon Schukies Stephen Thomson Linesmen : Markus Hägerström Dustin McCrank 0 -- 1 07 : 18 -- Andersson ( Liljegren, Nylander ) Sokolov ( Maltsev, Polodyan ) -- 15 : 09 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 17 : 32 -- Liljegren ( Söderlund, L. Lindström ) Kostin ( Ivanov, Svechnikov ) -- 18 : 18 2 -- 2 2 -- 3 54 : 21 -- Gustafsson ( Fjällby, Davidsson ) Polodyan ( Shepelev, Ivanov ) -- 56 : 15 3 -- 3 Yelizarov Abramov Maltsev Kostin Kayumov Shootout Pettersson Nylander L. Lindström Steen 12 min Penalties 8 min 31 Shots 43 Relegation January 2, 2018 14 : 00 Belarus 4 -- 5 ( 0 -- 2, 2 -- 0, 2 -- 3 ) Denmark HarborCenter Attendance : 1,245 Game reference Andrei Grishenko Goalies Kasper Krog Referees : Gordon Schukies Marc Wiegand Linesmen : Franco Castelli Markus Hägerström 0 -- 1 15 : 56 -- Røndbjerg ( Blichfeld ) 0 -- 2 16 : 48 -- Schultz ( Madsen, Grundtvig ) Litvinov ( SH ) -- 21 : 01 1 -- 2 Yeryomenko ( Sushko, Sharangovich ) ( PP ) -- 29 : 13 2 -- 2 Drozdov ( SH ) -- 41 : 44 3 -- 2 Martynov ( Sushko, Sharangovich ) ( PP ) -- 48 : 30 4 -- 2 4 -- 3 49 : 04 -- Blichfeld ( Røndbjerg, Jessen ) 4 -- 4 59 : 26 -- Blichfeld ( Setkov ) ( EA ) 4 -- 5 59 : 45 -- Grundtvig ( Røndbjerg, Mogensen ) 20 min Penalties 14 min 28 Shots 29 January 4, 2018 12 : 00 Denmark 3 -- 2 GWS ( 2 -- 0, 0 -- 0, 0 -- 2 ) ( OT : 0 -- 0 ) ( SO : 4 -- 2 ) Belarus KeyBank Center Attendance : 4,295 Game reference Kasper Krog Goalies Andrei Grishenko Dmitri Rodik Referees : Andris Ansons Alexandre Garon Linesmen : William Hancock II Emil Yletyinen Nielsen ( Blichfeld, Røndbjerg ) -- 10 : 47 1 -- 0 Røndbjerg ( Blichfeld, Schmidt - Svestrup ) -- 12 : 23 2 -- 0 2 -- 1 48 : 54 -- Sushko ( Yeryomenko ) ( PP2 ) 2 -- 2 49 : 40 -- Litvinov ( Bovbel, Sushko ) ( PP ) Molge Grundtvig Andersen Schmidt - Svejstrup Røndbjerg Shootout Drozdov Sharangovich Mikhalchuk Martynov 10 min Penalties 33 min 28 Shots 30 Playoff round Quarterfinal 1B Sweden 4A Slovakia Semifinal 1B Sweden Quarterfinal 2A United States 2A United States 3B Russia Final 1B Sweden Quarterfinal 1A Canada 1A Canada 8 4B Switzerland Semifinal Bronze medal game 1A Canada 7 2B Czech Republic Quarterfinal 2B Czech Republic 2A United States 9 2B Czech Republic ( GWS ) 3A Finland Quarterfinals January 2, 2018 12 : 00 Czech Republic 4 -- 3 GWS ( 1 -- 0, 1 -- 2, 1 -- 1 ) ( OT : 0 -- 0 ) ( SO : 2 -- 1 ) Finland KeyBank Center Attendance : 5,109 Game reference Josef Kořenář Goalies Ukko - Pekka Luukkonen Referees : Stephen Thomson Jeremy Tufts Linesmen : Jon Kilian Emil Yletyinen Zadina ( Nečas, Hájek ) ( PP ) -- 06 : 20 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 23 : 04 -- Räsänen ( Vesalainen, Juolevi ) ( PP ) 1 -- 2 29 : 53 -- Juolevi ( Vesalainen, Kuokkanen ) Reichel ( Pavlík, Budík ) -- 34 : 17 2 -- 2 2 -- 3 46 : 30 -- Vesalainen ( Tolvanen ) Zadina ( Galvas, Nečas ) ( EA ) -- 57 : 34 3 -- 3 Reichel Zadina Nečas Kaut Zachar Shootout Räsänen Tolvanen Kuokkanen Vesalainen Juolevi 8 min Penalties 4 min 30 Shots 54 January 2, 2018 16 : 00 Canada 8 -- 2 ( 3 -- 0, 3 -- 1, 2 -- 1 ) Switzerland KeyBank Center Attendance : 5,533 Game reference Carter Hart Goalies Philip Wüthrich Matteo Ritz Referees : Jacob Grumsen Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen : Rene Jensen Alexander Sysuev Howden ( Comtois, Makar ) -- 00 : 48 1 -- 0 Makar ( Timmins, Comtois ) -- 08 : 29 2 -- 0 Batherson ( Katchouk, Thomas ) ( PP ) -- 12 : 06 3 -- 0 Batherson ( Howden ) -- 26 : 12 4 -- 0 Kyrou ( Steel ) -- 27 : 24 5 -- 0 5 -- 1 28 : 46 -- Rohrbach ( Le Coultre, Maillard ) Timmins ( Steenbergen, Howden ) -- 32 : 19 6 -- 1 6 -- 2 50 : 26 -- Simic ( Maillard ) ( SH ) Dubé ( Kyrou, Raddysh ) ( PP ) -- 51 : 12 7 -- 2 Comtois ( Howden ) -- 59 : 09 8 -- 2 6 min Penalties 8 min 60 Shots 15 January 2, 2018 18 : 00 Sweden 3 -- 2 ( 0 -- 0, 2 -- 1, 1 -- 1 ) Slovakia HarborCenter Attendance : 1,445 Game reference Philip Larsson Goalies Roman Durný Referees : Alexandre Garon Manuel Nkolic Linesmen : William Hancock II Jiří Ondráček Lundeström ( Söderlund ) -- 20 : 09 1 -- 0 Zetterlund -- 26 : 55 2 -- 0 2 -- 1 37 : 41 -- Bodák ( Čacho, Buček ) ( PP ) Lundeström ( Söderlund, Steen ) -- 50 : 17 3 -- 1 3 -- 2 51 : 58 -- Bodák ( Kelemen, Smolka ) 10 min Penalties 4 min 39 Shots 22 January 2, 2018 20 : 00 United States 4 -- 2 ( 2 -- 1, 0 -- 0, 2 -- 1 ) Russia KeyBank Center Attendance : 6,242 Game reference Joseph Woll Goalies Vladislav Sukhachyov Referees : Mikko Kaukokari Robin Šír Linesmen : Dustin McCrank Peter Šefčík Bellows ( Tkachuk, Fox ) ( PP ) -- 02 : 18 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 10 : 32 -- Sholokhov ( Kostin, Yelizarov ) Yamamoto ( Mittelstadt, Samberg ) -- 14 : 34 2 -- 1 2 -- 2 43 : 39 -- Altybarmakyan ( Samorukov ) Bellows ( Samberg ) -- 52 : 31 3 -- 2 J. Anderson ( Poehling, Lindgren ) ( ENG ) -- 59 : 18 4 -- 2 8 min Penalties 33 min 43 Shots 29 Semifinals January 4, 2018 16 : 00 Sweden 4 -- 2 ( 0 -- 0, 1 -- 0, 3 -- 2 ) United States KeyBank Center Attendance : 7,524 Game reference Filip Gustavsson Goalies Joseph Woll Jake Oettinger Referees : Manuel Nikolic Marc Wiegand Linesmen : Rene Jensen Peter Šefčík Pettersson ( Nylander, L. Lindström ) ( PP ) -- 33 : 30 1 -- 0 Andersson ( Karlström ) -- 46 : 17 2 -- 0 Steen ( SH ) -- 47 : 47 3 -- 0 Fjällby ( Davidsson ) ( SH ) -- 48 : 25 4 -- 0 4 -- 1 52 : 24 -- Bellows ( Yamamoto ) ( PP ) 4 -- 2 56 : 59 -- Tkachuk ( J. Anderson ) ( EA ) 16 min Penalties 8 min 20 Shots 31 January 4, 2018 20 : 00 Canada 7 -- 2 ( 2 -- 1, 4 -- 0, 1 -- 1 ) Czech Republic KeyBank Center Attendance : 6,941 Game reference Carter Hart Goalies Josef Kořenář Jakub Škarek Referees : Gordon Schukies Jeremy Tufts Linesmen : Markus Hägerström Jon Kilian 0 -- 1 05 : 55 -- Zadina ( Nečas, Michnáč ) Steel ( Clague, Kyrou ) ( PP ) -- 15 : 05 1 -- 1 Batherson ( Makar, Thomas ) ( PP ) -- 18 : 08 2 -- 1 Batherson ( Makar, Bean ) ( PP ) -- 27 : 48 3 -- 1 Comtois ( Howden, Formenton ) -- 29 : 43 4 -- 1 Kyrou ( Steel, Dubé ) -- 32 : 15 5 -- 1 Batherson ( McLeod ) -- 36 : 58 6 -- 1 Katchouk ( Thomas ) -- 45 : 15 7 -- 1 7 -- 2 50 : 11 -- Zadina ( Budík ) 10 min Penalties 8 min 39 Shots 20 Bronze medal game January 5, 2018 16 : 00 Czech Republic 3 -- 9 ( 0 -- 1, 0 -- 6, 3 -- 2 ) United States KeyBank Center Attendance : 7,122 Game reference Josef Kořenář Jakub Škarek Goalies Jake Oettinger Jeremy Swayman Referees : Gordon Schukies Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen : Jon Kilian Dustin McCrank 0 -- 1 19 : 56 -- Frederic ( SH ) 0 -- 2 20 : 09 -- Poehling ( J. Anderson, Perunovich ) ( SH ) 0 -- 3 24 : 18 -- J. Anderson ( Tkachuk, Mittelstadt ) 0 -- 4 25 : 52 -- Frederic ( Hughes, Tufte ) 0 -- 5 27 : 23 -- Bellows ( PS ) 0 -- 6 32 : 55 -- Frederic 0 -- 7 39 : 01 -- Bellows ( Norris ) Kaut ( Hájek, Nečas ) ( PP ) -- 40 : 43 1 -- 7 Pavlík ( Kodýtek, Vála ) -- 42 : 11 2 -- 7 2 -- 8 45 : 41 -- Frederic ( Bellows, Harper ) ( PP ) Kurovský ( Kodýtek, Pavlík ) -- 47 : 45 3 -- 8 3 -- 9 57 : 10 -- Harper ( Samberg ) 4 min Penalties 8 min 35 Shots 39 Gold medal game January 5, 2018 20 : 00 Sweden 1 -- 3 ( 0 -- 0, 1 -- 1, 0 -- 2 ) Canada KeyBank Center Attendance : 17,544 Game reference Filip Gustavsson Goalies Carter Hart Referees : Mikko Kaukokari Robin Šir Linesmen : Jiří Ondráček Peter Šefčík 0 -- 1 21 : 49 -- Dubé ( Kyrou, Steel ) Söderlund ( L. Lindström, Brännström ) ( SH ) -- 33 : 07 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 58 : 20 -- Steenbergen ( Timmins ) 1 -- 3 58 : 46 -- Formenton ( Mete ) ( ENG ) 22 min Penalties 2 min 36 Shots 28 Statistics Scoring leaders Pos Player Country GP Pts + / − PIM Casey Mittelstadt United States 7 7 11 + 8 Martin Nečas Czech Republic 7 8 11 − 5 0 Kieffer Bellows United States 7 9 10 + 2 Jordan Kyrou Canada 7 7 10 + 2 0 5 Sam Steel Canada 7 5 9 + 3 0 6 Brady Tkachuk United States 7 6 9 + 6 7 Filip Zadina Czech Republic 7 7 8 - 4 8 Klim Kostin Russia 5 5 8 + 7 9 Cale Makar Canada 7 5 8 + 5 0 10 Maxim Sushko Belarus 6 6 8 − 1 GP = Games played ; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; + / − = Plus - minus ; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source : IIHF Goaltending leaders ( minimum 40 % team 's total ice time ) Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv % SO Carter Hart Canada 365 : 00 11 1.81 92.95 Roman Durný Slovakia 240 : 00 11 2.75 92.86 0 Filip Gustavsson Sweden 364 : 36 11 1.81 92.41 0 Vladislav Sukhachyov Russia 262 : 30 12 2.74 90.40 0 5 Philip Wüthrich Switzerland 207 : 22 17 4.92 88.74 0 TOI = Time On Ice ( minutes : seconds ) ; GA = Goals Against ; GAA = Goals Against Average ; Sv % = Save Percentage ; SO = Shutouts Source : 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 Pos Grp Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Final result Canada 7 6 0 0 39 11 + 28 19 Champions Sweden 7 5 0 28 14 + 14 17 Runners - up United States ( H ) 7 0 35 19 + 16 14 Third place Czech Republic 7 0 27 34 − 7 11 Fourth place 5 Russia 5 0 19 17 + 2 7 Eliminated in Quarter - finals 6 Finland 5 0 18 16 + 2 7 7 Slovakia 5 0 0 12 17 − 5 6 8 Switzerland 5 0 0 12 28 − 16 9 Denmark 6 0 10 32 − 22 5 Avoided Relegation 10 Belarus 6 0 0 5 16 28 − 12 Relegated to 2019 Division I Source : IIHF ( H ) Host. Division i Main article : 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships -- Division I The Division IA tournament was held in Courchevel and Meribel, France from December 10 - 16, 2017. The Division IB tournament was held in Bled, Slovenia from December 9 - 15, 2017. As a result of the Division IA tournament, Kazakhstan was promoted to the Top Division, and Hungary was relegated to Division IB. As a result of the Division IB tournament, Norway was promoted to Division IA, and Lithuania was relegated to Division IIA. Division IA Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Kazakhstan 5 0 0 20 10 + 10 13 Promoted to Top Division Latvia 5 0 13 5 + 8 12 Germany 5 0 17 7 + 10 10 France ( H ) 5 11 15 − 4 6 5 Austria 5 0 0 10 20 − 10 6 Hungary 5 0 0 11 25 − 14 Relegated to Division IB Source : IIHF Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) head - to - head points ; 3 ) head - to - head goal difference ; 4 ) head - to - head number of goals scored ; 5 ) result against closest best - ranked team outside tied teams ; 6 ) result against second - best ranked team outside tied teams ; 7 ) seeding before tournament. ( H ) Host. Division IB Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Norway 5 0 0 18 5 + 13 13 Promoted to Division IA Poland 5 0 23 14 + 9 12 Slovenia ( H ) 5 0 18 15 + 3 10 Ukraine 5 9 11 − 2 6 5 Italy 5 0 0 9 23 − 14 6 Lithuania 5 0 0 7 16 − 9 Relegated to Division II A Source : IIHF Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) head - to - head points ; 3 ) head - to - head goal difference ; 4 ) head - to - head number of goals scored ; 5 ) result against closest best - ranked team outside tied teams ; 6 ) result against second - best ranked team outside tied teams ; 7 ) seeding before tournament. ( H ) Host. Notes : ^ Jump up to : Italy defeated Lithuania 2 -- 1 Division ii Main article : 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships -- Division II The Division IIA tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from December 10 - 16, 2017. The Division IIB tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from January 10 - 16, 2018. As a result of the Division IIA tournament, Japan was promoted to Division IB, and Netherlands was relegated to Division IIB. Division IIA Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Japan 5 0 0 23 7 + 16 14 Promotion to Division IB South Korea 5 0 21 19 + 2 10 Great Britain ( H ) 5 0 23 15 + 8 10 Estonia 5 0 20 25 − 5 5 Romania 5 0 17 20 − 3 6 Netherlands 5 0 0 13 31 − 18 Relegation to Division II B Source : IIHF Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) head - to - head points ; 3 ) head - to - head goal difference ; 4 ) head - to - head number of goals scored ; 5 ) result against closest best - ranked team outside tied teams ; 6 ) result against second - best ranked team outside tied teams ; 7 ) seeding before tournament. ( H ) Host. Notes : ^ Jump up to : South Korea defeated Great Britain 5 -- 4 ^ Jump up to : Estonia defeated Romania 8 -- 4 Division ii b Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Spain 5 0 0 26 8 + 18 14 Promoted to Division II A Serbia ( H ) 5 0 0 22 12 + 10 13 Croatia 5 0 0 16 11 + 5 9 Belgium 5 0 0 22 28 − 6 5 Mexico 5 0 0 12 22 − 10 6 Turkey 5 0 0 13 30 − 17 Relegation to Division III Source : IIHF Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) head - to - head points ; 3 ) head - to - head goal difference ; 4 ) head - to - head number of goals scored ; 5 ) result against closest best - ranked team outside tied teams ; 6 ) result against second - best ranked team outside tied teams ; 7 ) seeding before tournament. ( H ) Host. Division III Main article : 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships -- Division III The Division III tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from January 22 -- 28, 2018. The Division III qualification tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from February 5 -- 7, 2018. Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Israel 5 5 0 0 0 25 11 + 14 15 Promoted to Division II B China 5 0 0 30 12 + 18 9 Bulgaria ( H ) 5 0 0 22 24 − 2 9 Iceland 5 0 20 15 + 5 7 5 Australia 5 0 18 24 − 6 5 6 New Zealand 5 0 0 0 5 11 40 − 29 0 Relegation to Division III qualification Source : IIHF.com Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) head - to - head points ; 3 ) head - to - head goal difference ; 4 ) head - to - head number of goals scored ; 5 ) result against closest best - ranked team outside tied teams ; 6 ) result against second - best ranked team outside tied teams ; 7 ) seeding before tournament. ( H ) Host. Division III qualification Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation South Africa 0 0 0 6 + 2 6 Promoted to Division III Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 6 − 2 0 Source : IIHF Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) head - to - head points ; 3 ) head - to - head goal difference ; 4 ) head - to - head number of goals scored ; 5 ) seeding before tournament. References Jump up ^ https://www.tsn.ca/sources-outdoor-game-planned-for-2018-world-juniors-in-buffalo-1.403558 Jump up ^ `` USA Hockey Selects Buffalo Sabres as Host of 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship ''. Sabres.com. December 4, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Canada faces U.S. outdoors at 2018 WJC ''. TSN.ca. Bell Media. Retrieved 28 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Finalists Named for Hosting 2018 IIHF World Juniors ''. USA Hockey. July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Host Finalists Announced for 2018 World Juniors ''. USA Hockey. September 15, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015. Jump up ^ http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/14c4e4c9ee6a44589225bc1863c6b30e/HKO--World-Junior-Championship-Buffalo Jump up ^ http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/sport/officials/assignments/#c34618 Jump up ^ `` New format for U18, U20 Worlds ''. IIHF.com. 2012 - 05 - 29. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Scoring Leaders '' ( PDF ) ( PDF ). IIHF. 5 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Goalkeepers '' ( PDF ). IIHF.com. January 5, 2018. 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