2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 41st World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (WJC or WM20). The main tournament was co-hosted in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario, in Canada.http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/206728/la_id/1/ss_id/190000/TSN, "Montreal and Toronto to Host 2015, 2017 World Juniors on TSN", Hockey Canada, June 20, 2013 This was the twelfth championship that Canada had hosted. Montreal and Toronto also jointly hosted the 2015 edition.CTV News, "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015, 2017 world junior championships", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013The tournament consisted of 30 games between 10 nations.IIHF, "Heading to hockey’s meccas", June 20, 2013
Group A preliminary games, as well as the medal rounds, were hosted by Centre Bell in Montreal. Air Canada Centre in Toronto hosted preliminaries in Group B, including the host country of Canada.The Gazette (Montreal), "World Junior Championship is coming to town", Brenda Branswell, June 20, 2013 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; 24H de Montreal, "Le Championnat junior à Montréal en 2015 et 2017", Mathieu Boulay, June 24, 2013 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.CBC News, "Montreal, Toronto to co-host junior hockey worlds in 2015, 2017", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013 The Maple Leafs had planned to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th anniversary celebrations.Calgary Herald, "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015 and 2017 world junior hockey championships", Bill Beacon, June 20, 2013
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.
== 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 BellCapacity: 21,287	Air Canada CentreCapacity: 19,746
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– Montreal 	– 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
== Results ==
===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====
Team	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	18	6 	12
 	4 	1	1 	1 	1	11	15	6
 	4 	1	0 	2 	1	9 	13	5
 	4 	0	2 	0 	2	11	13	4
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	6 	8 	3
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	17	6 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	21	8 	9
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	16	9 	6
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	6 	14	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	6 	29	0
===Relegation===
===Playoff round===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Bronze medal game====
====Final====
==Statistics==
=== Scoring leaders ===
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	Kirill Kaprizov 	 	7 	9	3 	12 	+7 	2
2 	Alexander Nylander	 	7 	5	7 	12 	+7 	0
3 	Clayton Keller 	 	7 	3	8 	11 	+3 	2
4 	Thomas Chabot 	 	7 	4	6 	10 	+4 	8
5 	Dylan Strome 	 	7 	3	7 	10 	+1 	0
6 	Mikhail Vorobyev 	 	7 	0	10	10 	+6 	4
7 	Joel Eriksson Ek 	 	7 	6	3 	9 	+8 	4
8 	Colin White 	 	7 	7	1 	8 	+5 	4
9 	Mathew Barzal 	 	7 	3	5 	8 	+4 	4
9 	Jordan Greenway 	 	7 	3	5 	8 	+3 	2
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
1 	Veini Vehviläinen	 	317:57	8 	1.51	93.10	1
2 	Ilya Samsonov 	 	370:11	13	2.11	92.97	2
3 	Kasper Krog 	 	165:00	9 	3.27	91.96	0
4 	Tyler Parsons 	 	330:00	12	2.18	91.67	0
5 	Felix Sandström 	 	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: 
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===
 	Team
 	
 	
 	
4th 	
5th 	
6th 	
7th 	
8th 	
9th 	
10th	
Relegated to the 2017 Division I A
Note that due to the lack of playoff games for determining the spots 5–8, these spots were determined by the preliminary round records for each team.
==Division I==
===Group A===
The tournament was held in Bremerhaven, Germany from 11–17 December 2016.
===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.
==Division II==
===Group A===
The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 11–17 December 2016.
===Group B===
The tournament was held in Logroño, Spain from 7–13 January 2017.
==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	
2nd	
3rd	
4th	
5th	
6th	
7th	
8th	
==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==
==External links==
* 
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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