# 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States from 31 March to 7 April 2017. The USA Hockey Arena served as the event's venue using Arena I and Arena II.
Three-time defending champions, the United States, defeated Canada in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime, winning their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Germany 8–0.

## Venues

| USA Hockey Arena I 3,504 | USA Hockey Arena II 800 |

## Match officials

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

## Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−4).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
* 1 2 3 Canada 3 Pts, +7 GD; Finland 3 Pts, 0 GD; Russia 3 Pts, −7 GD

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Relegation round |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | Relegation round |
* 1 2 Sweden 1–3 Germany

## Relegation round

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team. The IIHF opted to expand the World Championship to ten teams starting in 2019, so no team was relegated after all.
* Switzerland won series 2–1 and finished in 7th place.

## Final round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | United States | 11 | | | |
| A4 | Russia | 1 | B1 | Germany | 0 | | | |
| B1 | Germany | 2 | | | | A1 | United States | 3 |
| | | | | | | A2 | Canada | 2 |
| | | | A2 | Canada | 4 |
| A3 | Finland | 4 | A3 | Finland | 0 |
| B2 | Sweden | 0 | | | | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | | | | A3 | Finland | 8 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Germany | 0 |

#### Final
## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Canada |
| | Finland |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Sweden |
| 7 | Switzerland |
| 8 | Czech Republic |

## Statistics and awards
### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Kendall Coyne | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +10 | 0 | F |
| Brianna Decker | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +11 | 8 | F |
| Hilary Knight | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +10 | 0 | F |
| Lara Stalder | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | 2 | F |
| Susanna Tapani | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | F |
| Alina Müller | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +2 | 2 | F |
| Aneta Lédlová | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +7 | 12 | F |
| Marie-Philip Poulin | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +3 | 2 | F |
| Amanda Kessel | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 0 | F |
| Monique Lamoureux | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +11 | 0 | D |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Nicole Hensley | 190:17 | 2 | 0.63 | 56 | 96.43 | 2 |
| Shannon Szabados | 248:29 | 5 | 1.21 | 109 | 95.41 | 2 |
| Florence Schelling | 368:00 | 11 | 1.79 | 160 | 93.12 | 0 |
| Noora Räty | 355:03 | 12 | 2.03 | 157 | 92.36 | 2 |
| Nadezhda Alexandrova | 183:18 | 6 | 1.96 | 70 | 91.43 | 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

### Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Noora Räty
** Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
** Best Forward: Brianna Decker
Source: IIHF.com
* All-star team
** Goaltender: Noora Räty
** Defence: Monique Lamoureux, Jenni Hiirikoski
** Forwards: Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianna Decker, Kendall Coyne
* MVP: Brianna Decker
Source: IIHF.com

## Threatened boycott by US players

On 15 March 2017, the U.S. team announced that unless concessions were made by USA Hockey, they would boycott the World Championship to protest inequitable support and conditions for women's hockey. The players were publicly supported by the players' associations for the NBA, WNBA, MLB, NFL, and the NHL.
After several days of stalled negotiations and attempts to field a team of non-boycotting players, causing concern over such a team being competitive, an agreement was struck with USA Hockey to increase player pay and support for women's development; the original players immediately agreed to play in the World Championship.