2017 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship is an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It is being contested in Plymouth, United States from 31 March to 7 April 2017.
United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime, winning their eighth title. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Germany 8–0.
==Venues==
USA Hockey Arena I3,504	USA Hockey Arena II800
 	
==Participants==
;Group A
* – Hosts
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;Group B
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* – Promoted from Division I Group A in 2016
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==Match officials==
10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Assignments
;Referees
* Dina Allen
* Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
* Nikoleta Celárová
* Anna Eskola
* Drahomira Fialova
* Gabriella Gran
* Nicole Hertrich
* Aina Hove
* Miyuki Nakayama
* Melissa Szkola
;Linesmen
* Bettina Angerer
* Veronica Johansson
* Michaela Kúdeľová
* Jessica Leclerc
* Lisa Linnek
* Ilona Novotná
* Nataša Pagon
* Johanna Tauriainen
* Justine Todd
==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===
===Group B===
==Relegation round==
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
Switzerland won series 2–1
==Final round==
===Bracket===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
==Statistics==
===Final standings===
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	 Relegated to Division I A 
===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
**Defense: Monique Lamoureux, Jenni Hiirikoski
**Forwards: Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianna Decker, Kendall Coyne
*MVP: Brianna Decker
Source: IIHF.com
==References==
==External links==
*Official website