2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2011 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship will be held in in Stockholm, Sweden and games will be played from January 1 to 9, 2011. The arenas hosting the games include Husby Ishall and Stora Mossens. Canada is the defending champion in the tournament.
==Group A==
    	Teams advanced to Semifinals
    	Teams advanced to Quarterfinals
    	Teams sent to Relegation Round
===Standings===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	23	2 	+21 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	6 	10	−4 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	4 	8 	−4 	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	4 	17	−13 	0
==Group B==
===Standings===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	28	1 	+27 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	5 	13	−8 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	6 	15	−9 	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	3 	13	−10 	0
==News and notes==
*On Thursday, December 30, the Canadian team will face a team of Swedish bantam boys at the Husby Ishall Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/155300/la_id/1.htm 
*Japan has been relegated to Division I for the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.
==Schedule==
Date 	Teams 	Group	Score
Jan. 1	Switzerland vs. Canada 	A 	Canada, 9-1http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/242/IHW242A01_74_3_0.pdf
Jan. 1	Czech vs. USA 	B 	USA, 11-0http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/242/IHW242B02_74_3_0.pdf
Jan. 1	Finland vs. Germany 	A 	Germany, 1-0http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/242/IHW242A03_74_3_0.pdf
Jan. 1	Japan vs. Sweden 	B 	Sweden, 2-1http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/242/IHW242B04_74_3_0.pdf
Jan. 2	Switzerland vs. Germany 	A 	Germany, 4-2http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/242/IHW242A05_74_3_0.pdf
Jan. 2	USA vs. Japan 	B 	USA, 7-1http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/242/IHW242B06_74_3_0.pdf
Jan. 2	Canada vs. Finland 	A 	Canada, 6-0http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/242/IHW242A07_74_4_0.pdf
Jan. 2	Czech vs. Sweden 	B 	Sweden, 3-2
Jan. 4	Finland vs. Switzerland 	A 	Finland, 4-1
Jan. 4	Japan vs. Czech 	B 	Czech, 4-1
Jan. 4	Germany vs. Canada 	A 	Canada, 8-1
Jan. 4	Sweden vs. USA 	B 	USA, 10-0
Jan. 5	Relegation, Switzerland vs. Japan 	N/A 	Switzerland, 4-0
Jan. 5	Quarter final, Germany vs. Czech 	N/A 	Czech, 3-1
Jan. 5	Quarter final, Sweden vs. Finland 	N/A 	Finland, 3-2 (OT)
Jan. 7	Fifth place, Germany vs. Sweden 	N/A 	Sweden, 2-0
Jan. 7	Semifinal, Canada vs. Finland 	N/A 	Canada, 6-1
Jan. 7	Relegation, Japan vs. Switzerland 	N/A 	Japan, 5-1
Jan. 7	Semifinal, United States vs. Czech 	N/A 	United States, 14-1
Jan. 8	Relegation, Japan vs. Switzerland 	N/A 	Switzerland, 5-1
Jan. 8	Bronze Medal, Czech vs. Finland 	N/A 	Finland, 3-0
Jan. 8	Gold Medal, Canada vs. United States	N/A 	United States, 5-2
==Awards and honors==
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper: Isabella Portnoj
**Best Defenseman: Milica McMillen 
**Best Forward: Alex Carpenter
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==Stats==
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.
*Legend: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Alex Carpenter	5 	6	4	10 	+4 	0 	FW
Hannah Brandt 	5 	5	5	10 	+11	2 	FW
Amanda Pelkey 	5 	4	6	10 	+9 	2 	FW
Emily Field 	5 	4	5	9 	+8 	0 	FW
Nicole Kosta 	5 	5	3	8 	+5 	6 	FW
Haley Skarupa 	5 	3	5	8 	+5 	0 	FW
Meghan Dufault	5 	2	6	8 	+6 	2 	FW
Layla Marvin 	5 	6	1	7 	+9 	2 	FW
Laura Stacey 	5 	3	4	7 	+1 	2 	FW
Phoebe Stänz 	6 	3	4	7 	-4 	14 	FW
Lara Stalder 	6 	3	4	7 	-3 	6 	DF
Source: 
===Leading goaltenders===
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
*Legend: TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
Amanda Makela 	120:00	2 	1.00	94.59	0
Nadja Gruber 	239:27	7 	1.75	94.35	1
Tamara Klossner 	237:34	8 	2.02	92.98	1
Isabella Portnoj 	341:46	15	2.63	92.82	1
Veronika Hladikova	270:31	14	3.11	91.57	0
Source: 
==References==
Category:2011 in hockey
Category:Women's U18 World Ice Hockey Championships