2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - wikipedia 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 2017 IIHF World U20 Championships Tournament details Host country Canada Dates December 26, 2016 -- January 5, 2017 Teams 10 Venue ( s ) Centre Bell, Montreal Air Canada Centre, Toronto ( in 2 host cities ) Final positions Champions United States ( 4th title ) Runner - up Canada Third place Russia Fourth place Sweden Tournament statistics Matches played 30 Goals scored 183 ( 6.1 per match ) Attendance 257,882 ( 8,596 per match ) Scoring leader ( s ) Kirill Kaprizov ( 12 points ) MVP Thomas Chabot Website http://www.worldjunior2017.com ← 2016 2018 → The 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 41st World Junior Ice Hockey Championships ( WJC or WM20 ). The main tournament was co-hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. This was the twelfth championship that Canada had hosted. Montreal and Toronto also jointly hosted the 2015 edition. The tournament consisted of 30 games between 10 nations. Group A preliminary games, as well as the medal rounds, were hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal. The Air Canada Centre in Toronto hosted preliminaries in Group B, including the host country of Canada. The tournament also initiated several year - long celebrations, the 375th anniversary of Montreal 's founding ; the 100th anniversary of the National Hockey League 's founding in Montreal ; the 100th anniversary of Hockey Canada 's origins ; the 50th anniversary of Montreal 's Expo 67 ; the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation ; and the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs had planned to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th - anniversary celebrations. The event was organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Quebec, Ontario Hockey Federation, Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Evenko. Montreal and Quebec provided C $1 million and C $2 million in funding, respectively, for both the 2015 and 2017 editions. For the first time in the history of the event, the defending champion ( Finland ) had to compete in the relegation round. Latvia was relegated to Division I-A for 2018 by merit of their tenth - place finish. Contents 1 Player eligibility 2 Top Division 2.1 Venues 2.2 Officials 2.3 Rosters 2.4 Format 2.5 Preliminary round 2.5. 1 Group A 2.5. 2 Group B 2.6 Relegation 2.7 Playoff round 2.7. 1 Quarterfinals 2.7. 2 Semifinals 2.7. 3 Bronze medal game 2.7. 4 Final 2.8 Statistics 2.8. 1 Scoring leaders 2.8. 2 Goaltending leaders 2.9 Tournament awards 2.10 Final standings 3 Division I 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 4 Division II 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 5 Division III 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Player eligibility A player was eligible to play in the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if : the player was of male gender ; the player was born at the earliest in 1997, and at the latest, in 2002 ; the player was a citizen in the country he represented ; the player was under the jurisdiction of a national association that was a member of the IIHF. If a player who has never played in IIHF - organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country 's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF - organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country 's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once. Top Division Venues Centre Bell Capacity : 21,287 Air Canada Centre Capacity : 18,819 Canada -- Montreal Canada -- Toronto Officials The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament : Referees Tobias Björk Darcy Burchell Jan Hribik Jozef Kubus Mark Lemelin Marcus Linde Marian Rohatsch Anssi Salonen Brett Sheva Maxim Sidorenko Robin Šír Daniel Stricker Linesmen Jimmy Dahmen Jake Davis Nicolas Fluri Dmitry Golyak Henrik Haurum Lukas Kohlmuller Yakov Paley Libor Suchanek Sakari Suominen Nathan Vanoosten Rosters Main article : 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters Format The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to the quarterfinals, while the last - placed team from both groups played a relegation round in a best - of - three format to determine the relegated team. Preliminary round All times are local. ( Eastern Standard Time -- UTC − 5 ) Group A Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification Sweden 0 0 0 18 6 + 12 12 Advance to Quarterfinals Denmark 11 15 − 4 6 Czech Republic 0 9 13 − 4 5 Switzerland 0 0 11 13 − 2 5 Finland 0 0 6 8 − 2 Advance to Relegation Source : IIHF 26 December 2016 13 : 00 Denmark 1 -- 6 ( 0 -- 2, 0 -- 4, 1 -- 0 ) Sweden Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 4,518 Game reference Lasse Petersen Goalies Felix Sandström Referees : Marian Rohatsch Anssi Salonen Linesmen : Nicolas Fluri Sakari Suominen 0 -- 1 10 : 11 -- Nylander 0 -- 2 18 : 24 -- Eriksson Ek ( Dahlin, Kylington ) 0 -- 3 24 : 30 -- Dahlén ( Grundström, L. Carlsson ) 0 -- 4 26 : 26 -- Grundström ( SH ) 0 -- 5 33 : 12 -- Dahlin ( G. Carlsson ) 0 -- 6 38 : 22 -- Nylander ( Bernhardt, Eriksson Ek ) Krag Christensen ( J. Røndbjerg ) -- 57 : 53 1 -- 6 2 min Penalties 6 min 22 Shots 33 26 December 2016 17 : 00 Finland 1 -- 2 ( 1 -- 1, 0 -- 0, 0 -- 1 ) Czech Republic Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 4,703 Game reference Veini Vehviläinen Goalies Jakub Škarek Referees : Tobias Björk Daniel Stricker Linesmen : Yakov Paley Nathan Vanoosten 0 -- 1 04 : 27 -- Krenželok ( Nečas ) Luoto -- 08 : 46 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 58 : 42 -- Špaček ( Musil, Zbořil ) 4 min Penalties 2 min 23 Shots 30 27 December 2016 13 : 00 Czech Republic 3 -- 4 OT ( 0 -- 0, 0 -- 2, 3 -- 1 ) ( OT : 0 -- 1 ) Switzerland Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 4,683 Game reference Jakub Škarek Goalies Joren van Pottelberghe Referees : Mark Lemelin Anssi Salonen Linesmen : Lukas Kohlmuller Sakari Suominen 0 -- 1 29 : 19 -- In Albon ( Hischier, Diem ) 0 -- 2 36 : 03 -- Thürkauf ( Riat, Hischier ) ( PP ) Koblížek ( Zbořil ) -- 45 : 02 1 -- 2 1 -- 3 48 : 34 -- Riat ( Siegenthaler, Thurkauf ) ( PP ) Chlapík ( Hronek, Špaček ) ( PP ) -- 50 : 41 2 -- 3 Chlapík ( Špaček, Zbořil ) ( EA ) -- 59 : 44 3 -- 3 3 -- 4 60 : 23 -- Hischier ( Riat ) 14 min Penalties 8 min 39 Shots 22 27 December 2016 17 : 30 Denmark 3 -- 2 ( 2 -- 0, 1 -- 0, 0 -- 2 ) Finland Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 4,733 Game reference Kasper Krog Goalies Veini Vehviläinen Karolus Kaarlehto Referees : Tobias Björk Robin Šír Linesmen : Nicolas Fluri Nathan Vanoosten Boysen ( Weichel, True ) ( PP ) -- 05 : 20 1 -- 0 Madsen ( Jensen, Høeg ) -- 17 : 40 2 -- 0 Blichfeld ( J. Røndbjerg, Koch ) -- 35 : 53 3 -- 0 3 -- 1 44 : 17 -- Vaakanainen ( Mattila, Väyrynen ) 3 -- 2 55 : 30 -- Björkqvist ( Luoto, Mattila ) 12 min Penalties 10 min 10 Shots 36 28 December 2016 17 : 00 Switzerland 2 -- 4 ( 1 -- 2, 1 -- 0, 0 -- 2 ) Sweden Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 5,630 Game reference Joren van Pottelberghe Goalies Felix Sandström Referees : Marian Rohatsch Robin Šír Linesmen : Lukas Kohlmuller Yakov Paley 0 -- 1 04 : 13 -- Eriksson Ek ( Nylander, Bernhardt ) Siegenthaler ( Riat, In Albon ) ( PP ) -- 05 : 08 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 06 : 38 -- Andersson ( Grundström ) Thürkauf ( Hischier, Siegenthaler ) ( PP ) -- 26 : 17 2 -- 2 2 -- 3 54 : 52 -- Eriksson Ek ( Grundström, Nylander ) 2 -- 4 57 : 11 -- L. Carlsson ( Asplund ) 10 min Penalties 14 min 15 Shots 46 29 December 2016 13 : 00 Denmark 3 -- 2 OT ( 0 -- 1, 1 -- 1, 1 -- 0 ) ( OT : 1 -- 0 ) Czech Republic Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 4,536 Game reference Lasse Petersen Goalies Daniel Vladař Referees : Marcus Linde Brett Sheva Linesmen : Jimmy Dahmen Yakov Paley 0 -- 1 07 : 56 -- Nečas ( Musil ) Blichfeld ( Boysen, Larsen ) ( PP ) -- 28 : 41 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 30 : 29 -- Hronek ( Suchý ) Krag Christensen ( Blichfeld ) -- 53 : 36 2 -- 2 From ( Krag Christensen ) -- 60 : 47 3 -- 2 8 min Penalties 8 min 22 Shots 34 29 December 2016 17 : 30 Finland 1 -- 3 ( 1 -- 0, 0 -- 1, 0 -- 2 ) Sweden Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 9,062 Game reference Veini Vehviläinen Goalies Felix Sandström Referees : Jan Hribik Jozef Kubus Linesmen : Jake Davis Henrik Haurum Räsänen ( Tolvanen, Juolevi ) ( PP ) -- 16 : 35 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 32 : 16 -- Andersson ( Nylander ) 1 -- 2 41 : 24 -- Nylander ( Grundström, Eriksson Ek ) 1 -- 3 59 : 00 -- Nylander ( ENG ) 0 min Penalties 8 min 29 Shots 20 30 December 2016 17 : 00 Switzerland 5 -- 4 GWS ( 1 -- 3, 2 -- 1, 1 -- 0 ) ( OT : 0 -- 0 ) ( SO : 1 -- 0 ) Denmark Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 6,006 Game reference Joren van Pottelberghe Goalies Kasper Krog Referees : Darcy Burchell Jozef Kubus Linesmen : Jake Davis Suchanek Libor 0 -- 1 00 : 20 -- True ( Gatz ) 0 -- 2 03 : 45 -- Blichfeld ( Krag Christensen, Gatz ) 0 -- 3 13 : 40 -- Andersen ( From, Weichel ) ( PP ) Hischier ( Riat, Siegenthaler ) -- 17 : 56 1 -- 3 1 -- 4 20 : 28 -- From ( True, M. Røndbjerg ) Zehnder ( Weber, Gross ) -- 26 : 29 2 -- 4 Eggenberger ( Prassl, Miranda ) -- 32 : 26 3 -- 4 Zehnder ( In - Albon, Siegenthaler ) -- 43 : 35 4 -- 4 Miranda Riat Shootout From Blichfeld True 6 min Penalties 20 min 53 Shots 22 31 December 2016 13 : 00 Sweden 5 -- 2 ( 3 -- 0, 1 -- 0, 1 -- 2 ) Czech Republic Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 6,259 Game reference Filip Gustavsson Goalies Daniel Vladař Referees : Brett Sheva Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen : Dmitry Golyak Henrik Haurum Asplund ( Ahl, Pettersson ) -- 00 : 37 1 -- 0 Dahlén ( Asplund, Nylander ) ( PP ) -- 08 : 56 2 -- 0 Lööke ( Karlström, Bernhardt ) -- 16 : 46 3 -- 0 Dahlén ( Karlström ) -- 37 : 09 4 -- 0 Dahlén ( Nylander, Kylington ) ( PP ) -- 43 : 34 5 -- 0 5 -- 1 53 : 09 -- Kaše ( Kurovský ) 5 -- 2 57 : 28 -- Hronek ( Kaše, Chlapík ) ( PP ) 14 min Penalties 10 min 37 Shots 38 31 December 2016 17 : 30 Finland 2 -- 0 ( 0 -- 0, 2 -- 0, 0 -- 0 ) Switzerland Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 4,013 Game reference Veini Vehviläinen Goalies Joren van Pottelberghe Referees : Darcy Burchell Marcus Linde Linesmen : Jimmy Dahmen Libor Suchanek Räsänen ( Vesalainen, Tolvanen ) -- 24 : 35 1 -- 0 Tolvanen ( Saarijärvi, Räsänen ) ( PP ) -- 33 : 53 2 -- 0 2 min Penalties 8 min 51 Shots 17 Group B Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification United States 0 0 0 17 6 + 11 12 Advance to Quarterfinals Canada ( H ) 0 0 21 8 + 13 9 Russia 0 0 16 9 + 7 6 Slovakia 0 0 6 14 − 8 5 Latvia 0 0 0 6 29 − 23 0 Advance to Relegation Source : IIHF ( H ) Host. 26 December 2016 15 : 30 United States 6 -- 1 ( 1 -- 1, 2 -- 0, 3 -- 0 ) Latvia Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 7,014 Game reference Tyler Parsons Goalies Mareks Mitens Referees : Jozef Kubus Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen : Dmitry Golyak Henrik Haurum Harper ( Fitzgerald, Ahcan ) -- 06 : 27 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 15 : 22 -- Krastenbergs ( E. Jansons ) White ( Thompson, Fox ) -- 26 : 29 2 -- 1 Keller ( White, Thompson ) -- 38 : 45 3 -- 1 Keller -- 52 : 19 4 -- 1 Bracco ( Terry ) ( PP ) -- 57 : 41 5 -- 1 Greenway ( Kunin, Terry ) -- 59 : 20 6 -- 1 14 min Penalties 20 min 30 Shots 12 26 December 2016 20 : 00 Canada 5 -- 3 ( 1 -- 1, 2 -- 0, 2 -- 2 ) Russia Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 18,099 Game reference Carter Hart Goalies Ilya Samsonov Referees : Jan Hribik Marcus Linde Linesmen : Jimmy Dahmen Jake Davis Jost ( Myers, Dubé ) -- 03 : 11 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 09 : 47 -- Sergachev ( Guryanov ) Strome ( Barzal, Chabot ) ( PP ) -- 33 : 15 2 -- 1 Roy ( Gauthier ) -- 37 : 08 3 -- 1 Barzal ( Dubois ) ( PP ) -- 43 : 03 4 -- 1 4 -- 2 45 : 12 -- Kaprizov ( Vorobyev, Rykov ) ( PP ) Strome ( Barzal ) ( PP ) -- 49 : 06 5 -- 2 5 -- 3 50 : 36 -- Rykov ( Yurtaikin, Kaprizov ) 6 min Penalties 12 min 37 Shots 17 27 December 2016 16 : 00 Latvia 1 -- 9 ( 0 -- 3, 1 -- 3, 0 -- 3 ) Russia Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 6,789 Game reference Gustavs Grigals Denijs Romanovskis Goalies Vladislav Sukhachyov Referees : Darcy Burchell Marcus Linde Linesmen : Jimmy Dahmen Libor Suchanek 0 -- 1 05 : 33 -- Yurtaikin ( Dronov ) 0 -- 2 12 : 10 -- Polunin ( Kaprizov, Sidorov ) 0 -- 3 17 : 39 -- Karnaukhov ( Guryanov, Kudako ) 0 -- 4 20 : 56 -- Kaprizov ( Vorobyev, Polunin ) Balcers ( Dzierkals ) ( PP ) -- 23 : 42 1 -- 4 1 -- 5 24 : 21 -- Polunin ( Rykov, Vorobyov ) 1 -- 6 25 : 04 -- Belyayev ( Yurtaikin, Alexeyev ) 1 -- 7 46 : 07 -- Kaprizov ( Rykov, Vorobyov ) ( PP ) 1 -- 8 49 : 28 -- Trenin ( Kaprizov, Polunin ) ( PP2 ) 1 -- 9 56 : 07 -- Kaprizov ( Rykov, Vorobyov ) ( PP ) 18 min Penalties 10 min 26 Shots 40 27 December 2016 20 : 00 Canada 5 -- 0 ( 0 -- 0, 4 -- 0, 1 -- 0 ) Slovakia Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 12,694 Game reference Connor Ingram Goalies Adam Huska Referees : Jan Hribik Brett Sheva Linesmen : Jake Davis Henrik Haurum Lauzon ( Gauthier, Jost ) -- 25 : 30 1 - 0 Raddysh ( Dubois, Chabot ) ( PP ) -- 30 : 57 2 - 0 Cirelli ( Lauzon, Speers ) -- 32 : 37 3 - 0 Chabot ( Barzal, Strome ) ( PP ) -- 36 : 25 4 - 0 McLeod ( Cirelli, Dubé ) -- 42 : 59 5 -- 0 4 min Penalties 8 min 44 Shots 6 28 December 2016 19 : 30 Slovakia 2 -- 5 ( 1 -- 2, 0 -- 3, 1 -- 0 ) United States Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 8,391 Game reference Matej Tomek Goalies Joseph Woll Referees : Darcy Burchell Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen : Dmitry Golyak Libor Suchanek 0 -- 1 10 : 15 -- Laczynski ( Cecconi ) 0 -- 2 17 : 00 -- White ( Keller, Jones ) Fehérváry ( Sádecký, Pataky ) ( PP ) -- 18 : 08 1 -- 2 1 -- 3 22 : 03 -- Thompson ( Roslovic, Bellows ) 1 -- 4 28 : 39 -- McAvoy ( Roslovic, Cecconi ) 1 -- 5 32 : 57 -- Terry ( Kunin, Fitzgerald ) ( PP ) Roman ( Andrisik, Sádecký ) -- 59 : 23 2 -- 5 22 min Penalties 4 min 20 Shots 50 29 December 2016 15 : 30 Russia 2 -- 3 ( 1 -- 1, 1 -- 2, 0 -- 0 ) United States Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 13,759 Game reference Ilya Samsonov Goalies Tyler Parsons Referees : Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker Linesmen : Sakari Suominen Nathan Vanoosten 0 -- 1 04 : 14 -- Keller ( Anderson, Fitzgerald ) Urakov ( Trenin, Zborovski ) ( SH ) -- 11 : 59 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 24 : 03 -- White ( McAvoy, Keller ) ( PP ) 1 -- 3 31 : 41 -- Terry ( Foley, Laczynski ) Kaprizov ( Rykov, Vorobyev ) ( PP ) -- 37 : 17 2 -- 3 10 min Penalties 6 min 27 Shots 37 29 December 2016 20 : 00 Latvia 2 -- 10 ( 0 -- 3, 1 -- 5, 1 -- 2 ) Canada Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 13,796 Game reference Mareks Mitens Gustavs Grigals Goalies Carter Hart Referees : Tobias Björk Mark Lemelin Linesmen : Nicolas Fluri Dmitry Golyak Nathan Vanoosten replaced Golyak during the game due to injury 0 -- 1 10 : 38 -- Barzal ( Myers ) ( SH ) 0 -- 2 11 : 54 -- Roy ( Myers, Clague ) ( PP ) 0 -- 3 19 : 40 -- Raddysh ( Chabot, Strome ) ( PP ) 0 -- 4 29 : 11 -- Raddysh ( Strome, Dubois ) ( PP ) 0 -- 5 32 : 13 -- Raddysh ( Joseph, Clague ) 0 -- 6 32 : 53 -- Barzal ( Raddysh, Clague ) 0 -- 7 33 : 30 -- Cirelli ( Dubé, Speers ) 0 -- 8 34 : 56 -- McLeod ( Strome, Fabbro ) Krastenbergs ( Tralmaks, E. Jansons ) ( SH ) -- 37 : 58 1 -- 8 1 -- 9 42 : 07 -- Raddysh ( Juulsen, Joseph ) Dzierkals -- 47 : 59 2 -- 9 2 -- 10 58 : 05 -- Gauthier ( Dubois, Strome ) 14 min Penalties 20 min 25 Shots 35 30 December 2016 19 : 30 Slovakia 4 -- 2 ( 1 -- 1, 1 -- 0, 2 -- 1 ) Latvia Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 6,018 Game reference Adam Huska Goalies Mareks Mitens Gustavs Grigals Referees : Mark Lemelin Marian Rohatsch Linesmen : Lukas Kohlmuller Sakari Suominen 0 -- 1 03 : 40 -- Cukste ( Balcers, Buncis ) Lestan -- 08 : 13 1 -- 1 Ml Roman ( Mc Roman, Sloboda ) -- 38 : 11 2 -- 1 Hatala ( Mc Roman, Sadecky ) -- 40 : 41 3 -- 1 Sloboda ( Ml Roman, Grman ) -- 45 : 01 4 -- 1 4 -- 2 53 : 29 -- Buncis ( Cukste, Dzierkals ) ( PP ) 12 min Penalties 10 min 36 Shots 24 31 December 2016 15 : 30 United States 3 -- 1 ( 2 -- 0, 1 -- 1, 0 -- 0 ) Canada Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 18,584 Game reference Joseph Woll Goalies Connor Ingram Referees : Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker Linesmen : Nicolas Fluri Yakov Paley White ( Greenway, Keller ) ( PP ) -- 04 : 31 1 -- 0 Greenway ( Keller, McAvoy ) ( PP ) -- 06 : 04 2 -- 0 2 -- 1 28 : 12 -- Chabot ( Barzal, Strome ) ( PP2 ) Bracco ( Lindgren, Greenway ) -- 33 : 08 3 -- 1 37 min Penalties 16 min 20 Shots 26 31 December 2016 20 : 00 Russia 2 -- 0 ( 0 -- 0, 1 -- 0, 1 -- 0 ) Slovakia Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 5,269 Game reference Ilya Samsonov Goalies Matej Tomek Referees : Marian Rohatsch Robin Šír Linesmen : Lukas Kohlmuller Nathan Vanoosten Guryanov ( Kvartalnov, Karnaukhov ) ( PP ) -- 29 : 06 1 -- 0 Trenin ( Urakov, Belyayev ) -- 49 : 39 2 -- 0 4 min Penalties 6 min 30 Shots 15 Relegation 2 January 2017 11 : 00 Finland 2 -- 1 ( 1 -- 0, 0 -- 1, 1 -- 0 ) Latvia Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 3,016 Game reference Veini Vehviläinen Goalies Mareks Mitens Referees : Brett Sheva Maxim Sikorenko Linesmen : Dmitry Golyak Henrik Haurum Saarijärvi ( Räsänen ) ( PP ) -- 07 : 43 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 24 : 37 -- Ponomarenko ( Krastenbergs, Tralmaks ) Vesalainen ( Heiskanen, Tolvanen ) -- 49 : 00 2 -- 1 10 min Penalties 12 min 45 Shots 24 3 January 2017 17 : 30 Latvia 1 -- 4 ( 1 -- 1, 0 -- 0, 0 -- 3 ) Finland Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 4,216 Game reference Mareks Mitens Goalies Veini Vehviläinen Referees : Jan Hribik Robin Šir Linesmen : Jake Davis Yakov Paley 0 -- 1 01 : 31 -- Tolvanen ( Räsänen, Nättinen ) ( PP2 ) Krastenbergs ( Čukste, Ponomarenko ) ( PP ) -- 16 : 23 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 41 : 28 -- Saarijärvi ( Tolvanen, Juolevi ) ( PP ) 1 -- 3 42 : 33 -- Välimäki ( Björkqvist, Kuokkanen ) 1 -- 4 57 : 26 -- Välimäki ( Räsänen, Saarijärvi ) ( PP2 ) 49 min Penalties 16 min 23 Shots 42 Playoff round Quarterfinal 1A Sweden 8 4B Slovakia Semifinal 1A Sweden Quarterfinal 2B Canada 5 2B Canada 5 3A Czech Republic Final 2B Canada Quarterfinal 1B United States 5 2A Denmark 0 3B Russia Semifinal Bronze medal game 3B Russia 1A Sweden Quarterfinal 1B United States 3B Russia 1B United States 4A Switzerland Quarterfinals 2 January 2017 13 : 00 Denmark 0 -- 4 ( 0 -- 2, 0 -- 0, 0 -- 2 ) Russia Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 7,801 Game reference Lasse Petersen Kasper Krog Goalies Ilya Samsonov Referees : Mark Lemelin Marian Rohatsch Linesmen : Lukas Kohlmuller Sakari Suominen 0 -- 1 08 : 45 -- Polunin ( Vorobyev ) 0 -- 2 19 : 49 -- Kaprizov ( Vorobyev, Trenin ) ( PP ) 0 -- 3 47 : 12 -- Karnaukhov ( Guryanov, Kvartalnov ) 0 -- 4 55 : 35 -- Kaprizov ( Polunin ) 10 min Penalties 14 min 14 Shots 32 2 January 2017 15 : 30 Sweden 8 -- 3 ( 3 -- 0, 2 -- 2, 3 -- 1 ) Slovakia Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 6,331 Game reference Felix Sandström Goalies Adam Huska Referees : Darcy Burchell Jan Hribik Linesmen : Jake Davis Libor Suchanek Eriksson Ek ( Asplund, Karlström ) ( PP ) -- 01 : 18 1 -- 0 Söderlund ( Wingerli, Gunnarsson ) -- 16 : 28 2 -- 0 Grundström ( Nylander, L. Carlsson ) -- 17 : 01 3 -- 0 Nylander ( Dahlén, Asplund ) -- 26 : 17 4 -- 0 Karlström ( Ahl, Asplund ) -- 33 : 07 5 -- 0 5 -- 1 35 : 48 -- Bodak ( Sloboda ) ( PP ) 5 -- 2 36 : 54 -- Struska ( Černák ) 5 -- 3 41 : 53 -- Ruzicka Söderlund ( G. Carlsson ) -- 42 : 36 6 -- 3 Andersson ( Larsson, Lööke ) ( PP ) -- 44 : 27 7 -- 3 Eriksson Ek ( Asplund, Kylington ) ( PP ) -- 57 : 04 8 -- 3 2 min Penalties 20 min 50 Shots 18 2 January 2017 17 : 30 United States 3 -- 2 ( 2 -- 0, 0 -- 1, 1 -- 1 ) Switzerland Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance : 8,176 Game reference Tyler Parsons Goalies Joren van Pottelberghe Referees : Tobias Björk Robin Šír Linesmen : Yakov Paley Nathan Vanoosten Bracco ( Thompson, Terry ) ( PP ) -- 08 : 32 1 -- 0 Kunin ( Greenway, Bracco ) -- 10 : 42 2 -- 0 2 -- 1 30 : 47 -- Hischier ( Siegenthaler, Riat ) ( PP ) 2 -- 2 46 : 00 -- Hischier ( Thürkauf ) ( PP ) Greenway ( McAvoy, Keller ) ( PP ) -- 46 : 18 3 -- 2 10 min Penalties 18 min 17 Shots 21 2 January 2017 20 : 00 Canada 5 -- 3 ( 0 -- 1, 3 -- 1, 2 -- 1 ) Czech Republic Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 10,215 Game reference Connor Ingram Goalies Jakub Škarek Referees : Jozef Kubus Marcus Linde Linesmen : Jimmy Dahmen Nicolas Fluri 0 -- 1 16 : 49 -- Kaše ( Musil, Hronek ) Speers ( Stephens, Joseph ) -- 23 : 45 1 -- 1 Stephens ( Cirelli ) -- 27 : 27 2 -- 1 2 -- 2 28 : 53 -- Soustal Chabot ( Stephens, Cirelli ) -- 33 : 32 3 -- 2 Gauthier ( Roy ) -- 43 : 18 4 -- 2 4 -- 3 45 : 54 -- Stransky ( Nečas ) Gauthier ( Barzal, Chabot ) -- 46 : 37 5 -- 3 4 min Penalties 8 min 41 Shots 19 Semifinals 4 January 2017 15 : 00 United States 4 -- 3 GWS ( 1 -- 1, 2 -- 1, 0 -- 1 ) ( OT : 0 -- 0 ) ( SO : 4 -- 3 ) Russia Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 11,576 Game reference Tyler Parsons Goalies Ilya Samsonov Referees : Darcy Burchell Marcus Linde Linesmen : Lukas Kohlmuller Libor Suchanek 0 -- 1 11 : 54 -- Kaprizov ( Vorobyev ) White ( Keller, Jones ) -- 19 : 05 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 21 : 17 -- Guryanov ( Kudako, Karnaukhov ) Kunin ( Greenway, Bracco ) ( PP ) -- 30 : 23 2 -- 2 White ( Anderson, Keller ) -- 36 : 21 3 -- 2 3 -- 3 46 : 04 -- Guryanov White Keller Anderson Terry Bracco Terry Terry Shootout Guryanov Polunin Alexeyev Vorobyev Kaprizov Guryanov Polunin 2 min Penalties 8 min 44 Shots 36 4 January 2017 19 : 30 Sweden 2 -- 5 ( 2 -- 2, 0 -- 1, 0 -- 2 ) Canada Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 13,456 Game reference Felix Sandström Goalies Connor Ingram Carter Hart Eriksson Ek ( Söderlund ) ( SH ) -- 6 : 05 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 7 : 43 -- Stephens ( Cirelli ) Grundström ( Nylander, Eriksson Ek ) -- 8 : 05 2 -- 1 2 -- 2 18 : 49 -- Cirelli ( Clague, Chabot ) 2 -- 3 32 : 02 -- Gauthier ( Dubois ) 2 -- 4 47 : 38 -- Strome ( Juulsen, Bean ) 2 -- 5 58 : 02 -- Gauthier ( Strome, Jost ) ( ENG ) 12 min Penalties 8 min 31 Shots 43 Bronze medal game 5 January 2017 15 : 30 Sweden 1 -- 2 OT ( 0 -- 0, 1 -- 1, 0 -- 0 ) ( OT : 0 -- 1 ) Russia 03 ! Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 8,366 Game reference Felix Sandström Goalies Ilya Samsonov Referees : Darcy Burchell Jozef Kubus Linesmen : Sakari Suominen Nathan Vanoosten 0 -- 1 20 : 16 -- Kaprizov ( Vorobyev, Rykov ) Dahlén -- 30 : 11 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 60 : 33 -- Guryanov 4 min Penalties 6 min 39 Shots 26 Final 5 January 2017 20 : 00 01 ! United States 5 -- 4 SO ( 0 -- 2, 2 -- 0, 2 -- 2 ) ( OT : 0 -- 0 ) ( SO : 1 -- 0 ) Canada 02 ! Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance : 20,173 Game reference Tyler Parsons Goalies Carter Hart Referees : Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker Linesmen : Jimmy Dahmén Nicolas Fluri 0 -- 1 4 : 58 -- Chabot ( Barzal, Joseph ) 0 -- 2 9 : 02 -- Lauzon ( Stephens ) McAvoy ( Greenway, Fox ) -- 23 : 04 1 -- 2 Bellows ( Fox, Thompson ) ( PP ) -- 29 : 30 2 -- 2 2 -- 3 41 : 52 -- Roy ( Bean, Jost ) ( PP ) 2 -- 4 44 : 05 -- Joseph ( McLeod, Chabot ) Bellows ( McAvoy ) -- 44 : 44 3 -- 4 White ( Fox, Keller ) -- 47 : 07 4 -- 4 White Keller Bellows Terry Bracco Shootout Strome Barzal Jost Cirelli Roy 12 min Penalties 4 min 36 Shots 50 Statistics Scoring leaders Pos Player Country GP Pts + / − PIM Kirill Kaprizov Russia 7 9 12 + 7 Alexander Nylander Sweden 7 5 7 12 + 7 0 Clayton Keller United States 7 8 11 + 3 Thomas Chabot Canada 7 6 10 + 4 8 5 Dylan Strome Canada 7 7 10 + 1 0 6 Mikhail Vorobyev Russia 7 0 10 10 + 6 7 Joel Eriksson Ek Sweden 7 6 9 + 8 8 Colin White United States 7 7 8 + 5 9 Mathew Barzal Canada 7 5 8 + 4 9 Jordan Greenway United States 7 5 8 + 3 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 Veini Vehviläinen Finland 317 : 57 8 1.51 93.10 Ilya Samsonov Russia 370 : 11 13 2.11 92.97 Kasper Krog Denmark 165 : 00 9 3.27 91.96 0 Tyler Parsons United States 330 : 00 12 2.18 91.67 0 5 Felix Sandström Sweden 359 : 50 13 2.17 91.45 0 TOI = Time On Ice ( minutes : seconds ) ; GA = Goals Against ; GAA = Goals Against Average ; Sv % = Save Percentage ; SO = Shutouts Source : IIHF Tournament awards Reference : ( 1 ) Most Valuable Player Defenceman : Thomas Chabot All - star team Goaltender : Ilya Samsonov Defencemen : Thomas Chabot, Charlie McAvoy Forwards : Kirill Kaprizov, Alexander Nylander, Clayton Keller IIHF best player awards Goaltender : Felix Sandström Defenceman : Thomas Chabot Forward : Kirill Kaprizov Final standings Pos Grp Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Final result United States 7 5 0 0 29 15 + 14 19 Champions Canada ( H ) 7 5 0 35 18 + 17 16 Runners - up Russia 7 25 14 + 11 12 Third place Sweden 7 5 0 29 16 + 13 16 Fourth place 5 Denmark 5 11 19 − 8 6 Eliminated in Quarter - finals 6 Czech Republic 5 0 12 18 − 6 5 7 Switzerland 5 0 0 13 16 − 3 8 Slovakia 5 0 0 9 22 − 13 9 Finland 6 0 0 12 10 + 2 9 Advance in Relegation 10 Latvia 6 0 0 0 6 8 35 − 27 0 2018 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I Source : IIHF ( H ) Host. Division i Main article : 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships -- Division I Group a The tournament was held in Bremerhaven, Germany from 11 -- 17 December 2016. Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Belarus 5 0 0 20 10 + 10 13 Promoted to Top Division Germany ( H ) 5 0 17 13 + 4 11 France 5 0 0 16 19 − 3 6 Kazakhstan 5 0 0 14 16 − 2 6 5 Austria 5 0 0 15 17 − 2 6 6 Norway 5 0 0 10 17 − 7 Relegation 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. Notes : ^ Jump up to : In head - to - head games France had 6 Pts, Kazakhstan had 3 Pts, and Austria 0 Pts. Group B The tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary from 11 -- 17 December 2016. The hosts, entering as the bottom seed, won promotion for the second year in a row. Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Hungary ( H ) 5 0 0 21 12 + 9 12 Promoted to Division IA Poland 5 0 21 16 + 5 11 Slovenia 5 0 21 13 + 8 8 Italy 5 0 12 19 − 7 7 5 Ukraine 5 0 9 13 − 4 5 6 Great Britain 5 0 0 8 19 − 11 Relegation 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. Division II Main article : 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships -- Division II Group a The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 11 -- 17 December 2016. Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Lithuania 5 5 0 0 0 42 10 + 32 15 Promoted to Division IB Japan 5 0 0 35 13 + 22 12 Romania 5 0 21 29 − 8 7 Estonia ( H ) 5 0 0 18 24 − 6 6 5 Netherlands 5 0 0 9 24 − 15 6 Croatia 5 0 0 11 35 − 24 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. Group B The tournament was held in Logroño, Spain from 7 -- 13 January 2017. Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation South Korea 5 0 0 27 7 + 20 14 Promoted to Division II A Spain ( H ) 5 0 0 38 12 + 26 12 Serbia 5 0 23 12 + 11 10 Belgium 5 0 0 15 19 − 4 6 5 Mexico 5 0 0 13 39 − 26 6 Australia 5 0 0 9 36 − 27 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 : 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships -- Division III The tournament was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 16 -- 22 January 2017. Turkey defeated China in the Gold medal game to achieve promotion to Division II. Chinese Taipei returned to play for the first time since 2011, losing all but their final game. Team 1st Turkey 2nd China 3rd Iceland 4th New Zealand 5th Israel 6th Bulgaria 7th Chinese Taipei 8th South Africa See also 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship when Toronto & Montreal co-hosted 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Calgary & Edmonton co-hosted 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Saskatoon & Regina co-hosted 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Ottawa hosted References Jump up ^ `` International Ice Hockey Federation ''. IIHF. Retrieved 31 December 2016. Jump up ^ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/206728/la_id/1/ss_id/190000/ Jump up ^ TSN, `` Montreal and Toronto to Host 2015, 2017 World Juniors on TSN '', Hockey Canada, June 20, 2013 Jump up ^ CTV News, `` Montreal and Toronto to host 2015, 2017 world junior championships '', Canadian Press, June 20, 2013 ^ Jump up to : IIHF, `` Heading to hockey 's meccas '', June 20, 2013 Jump up ^ The Gazette ( Montreal ), `` World Junior Championship is coming to town '', Brenda Branswell, June 20, 2013 Jump up ^ ( in French ) 24H de Montreal, `` Le Championnat junior à Montréal en 2015 et 2017 '', Mathieu Boulay, June 24, 2013 Jump up ^ CBC News, `` Montreal, Toronto to co-host junior hockey worlds in 2015, 2017 '', Canadian Press, June 20, 2013 Jump up ^ Calgary Herald, `` Montreal and Toronto to host 2015 and 2017 world junior hockey championships '', Bill Beacon, June 20, 2013 Jump up ^ `` IIHF statutes and bylaws '' ( PDF ). IIHF. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 01. Jump up ^ `` IIHF Eligibility ''. IIHF. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Competition Officials '' ( PDF ). IIHF.com. Retrieved 30 December 2016. 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 2017. Jump up ^ `` Goalkeepers '' ( PDF ). IIHF.com. 5 January 2017. 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Question: who won the world junior hockey in 2017
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