2017 Winter Universiade

Ice hockey at the 2017 Winter Universiade was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from January 29 to February 8, 2017. Canada was represented by an all-star team from Ontario University Athletics in the men's tournament and by a select team from across U Sports (CIS) in the women's tournament.
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=Men's Tournament=
===Preliminary Round===
Twelve participating teams were placed in the following three groups. After playing a round-robin, the top two teams in each group, plus the top two third-place teams, advanced to the quarterfinals.
A team received 3 points for a win, 2 points for an overtime/shootout win and 1 point for an overtime/shootout loss.
	Team advanced to quarterfinals
	Team competed in 9th–12th placement round
====Group A====
Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Kazakhstan 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	35	0 	+35	9
Czech Republic	3 	2	0 	0 	1	20	8 	+12	6
Sweden 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	15	10	+5 	3
China 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	0 	52	-52	0
*Jan 28: Kazakhstan 22–0 China ¶ summary
*Jan 30: Sweden 0–5 Czech Republic ¶ summary
*Jan 31: Kazakhstan 5–0 Sweden ¶ summary
*Feb 1: Czech Republic 15–0 China ¶ summary
*Feb 2: China 0–15 Sweden ¶ summary
*Feb 3: Czech Republic 0–8 Kazakhstan ¶ summary
====Group B====
Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	25	3 	+22	9
Slovakia 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	16	6 	+10	6
U.S.A. 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	11	11	0 	3
Great Britain	3 	0	0 	0 	3	1 	33	-32	0
*Jan 28: Slovakia 9–0 Great Britain ¶ summary
*Jan 30: U.S.A. 0–6 Canada ¶ summary
*Jan 31: Slovakia 4–1 U.S.A. ¶ summary
*Feb 1: Canada 14–0 Great Britain ¶ summary
*Feb 2: Great Britain 1–10 U.S.A. ¶ summary
*Feb 3: Canada 5–3 Slovakia ¶ summary
====Group C====
Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Russia 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	35	1 	+34	9
Latvia 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	11	12	-1 	5
Japan 	3 	1	0 	1 	1	8 	20	-12	4
South Korea	3 	0	0 	0 	3	4 	25	-21	0
*Jan 28: Japan 3–4 (ot) Latvia ¶ summary
*Jan 30: South Korea 0–14 Russia ¶ summary
*Jan 31: Japan 5–2 South Korea ¶ summary
*Feb 1: Russia 7–1 Latvia ¶ summary
*Feb 2: Latvia 6–2 South Korea ¶ summary
*Feb 3: Russia 14–0 Japan ¶ summary
===Placement round===
*Feb 4: U.S.A. 17–1 China ¶ summary
*Feb 5: South Korea 1–3 Great Britain ¶ summary
====11th place game====
*Feb 6: South Korea 7–2 China ¶ summary
====9th place game====
*Feb 6: U.S.A. 10–1 Great Britain ¶ summary
===Playoff round===
====Quarter-finals====
*Feb 4: Russia 9–2 Japan ¶ summary
*Feb 4: Canada 5–2 Latvia ¶ summary
*Feb 5: Czech Republic 4–3 (so) Slovakia ¶ summary
*Feb 5: Kazakhstan 4–0 Sweden ¶ summary
====5th–8th placement matches====
*Feb 6: Slovakia 4–2 Sweden ¶ summary
*Feb 6: Latvia 7–3 Japan ¶ summary
====7th place match====
*Feb 7: Japan 4–5 Sweden ¶ summary
====5th place match====
*Feb 7: Slovakia 5–4 Latvia ¶ summary
====Semi-finals====
*Feb 7: Russia 4–1 Canada ¶ summary
*Feb 7: Kazakhstan 4–1 Czech Republic ¶ summary
====Bronze medal match====
*Feb 8: Canada 4–3 Czech Republic ¶ summary
====Gold medal match====
*Feb 8: Kazakhstan 0–1 Russia ¶ summary
===Final standings===
G 	Russia
S 	Kazakhstan
B 	Canada
4 	Czech Republic
5 	Slovakia
6 	Latvia
7 	Sweden
8 	Japan
9 	U.S.A.
10	Great Britain
11	South Korea
12	China
=Women's Tournament=
===Preliminary round===
Seven participating teams were placed in the following two groups. After playing a round-robin, the teams ranked first and second in each group advanced to the semifinals.
A team received 3 points for a win, 2 points for an overtime/shootout win and 1 point for an overtime/shootout loss.
	Team advanced to semifinals
	Team competed in 5th–7th placement round
====Group A====
Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	34	1 	+33	9
China 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	17	10	+7 	6
Kazakhstan 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	12	15	-3 	3
Great Britain	3 	0	0 	0 	3	0 	37	-37	0
*Jan 28: Canada 9–1 China ¶ summary
*Jan 28: Kazakhstan 11–0 Great Britain ¶ summary
*Jan 30: Canada 14–0 Great Britain ¶ summary
*Jan 30: China 4–1 Kazakhstan ¶ summary
*Feb 1: Great Britain 0–12 China ¶ summary
*Feb 1: Kazakhstan 0–11 Canada ¶ summary
====Group B====
Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Russia	2 	2	0 	0 	0	17	2 	+15	6
U.S.A.	2 	1	0 	0 	1	4 	9 	-5 	3
Japan 	2 	0	0 	0 	2	3 	13	-10	0
*Jan 29: U.S.A. 1–7 Russia ¶ summary
*Jan 31: Japan 2–3 U.S.A. ¶ summary
*Feb 2: Russia 10–1 Japan ¶ summary
===5th–7th placement round===
Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Japan 	2 	2	0 	0 	0	13	2 	+11	6
Kazakhstan 	2 	1	0 	0 	1	6 	4 	+2 	3
Great Britain	2 	0	0 	0 	2	2 	15	-13	0
*Feb 3: Japan 4–0 Kazakhstan ¶ summary
*Feb 5: Great Britain 2–9 Japan ¶ summary
*Feb 6: Kazakhstan 6–0 Great Britain ¶ summary
===Playoff round===
====Semi-finals====
*Feb 4: Canada 8–1 U.S.A. ¶ summary
*Feb 4: Russia 10–1 China ¶ summary
====Bronze medal match====
*Feb 6: China 0–3 U.S.A. ¶ summary
====Gold medal match====
*Feb 6: Canada 1–4 Russia ¶ summary
===Final standings===
G	Russia
S	Canada
B	U.S.A.`
4	China
5	Japan
6	Kazakhstan
7	Great Britain
=More Links=
==Future Winter Universiades==
====Krasnoyarsk, Russia====
*March 2 to 12, 2019
*Website: krsk2019.com
====Lucerne, Switzerland====
*2021 TBA
==External Links==
*CIS Universiade Links
*CIS 2017 Universiade Page
*Wikipedia
*FISU Main Page
*FISU Hockey Page
*Almaty 2017 Official Site
==Also See==
*U Sports
*Ontario University Athletics
*Ice hockey at the Winter Universiade
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