2023 European Winter Youth Olympic Festival

Ice hockey at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival comprised two ice hockey tournaments – a boys' under-17 tournament and a girls' under-16 tournament – during the Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2023 edition of the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (EYOF). Both tournaments were held during 22 to 27 January 2023. The boys' tournament was played in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy at the Fiera di Udine in Udine and the girls' tournament was played at the Eissportarena in Spittal an der Drau, Austria, the only event of the festival to be held in Austria.
==Medal summary==
===Medal table===
===Medalists===
Boys 			
Girls			
==Boys' tournament==
The boys' ice hockey tournament at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held at the Fiera di Udine in the Parco del Cormòr of Udine, Italy during 22 to 27 January 2023. It was the fourteenth boys' ice hockey tournament to be played as part of a European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, since the sport's introduction to the programme at the 1997 European Youth Olympic Winter Days.
Only players born in either 2006 or 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament and, therefore, all players were 15 or 16 years old at the start of the tournament. 
Switzerland went undefeated to claim their first EYOF ice hockey gold medal. First-time tournament medalists Lativa won silver and Finland rounded out the medal table with bronze. Germany, Slovakia, and tournament host Italy placed fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively.
The Swiss team featured the top seven point scorers of the tournament: scoring leader Joel Grossniklaus, who scored 2 goals and 6 assists for 8 points; followed by Yannik Ponzetto and Loris Wey, who both tallied 7 points on 2 goals and 5 assists; Daniil Ustinkov, the tournament's top scoring defenseman, and Jordan Forget, who both notched a goal and 5 assists; David Bosson, who scored 4 goals and 1 assist; and Jamiro Reber, who recorded 3 goals and 2 assists. Reber tied with German Simon Seidl and Finn Aatu Karvinen for seventh on the points table, followed by Finland's Matvey Butkovskiy at tenth with 2 goals and 3 assists.
The leading scorers of those teams not represented in the top-ten of the points table were: Matthias Pardatscher (1+1) and Gianmarco Fraschetta (1+1) for Italy, Oskars Nils Briedis (0+5) for Latvia, and Pavol Prokopovič (1+4) for Slovakia.
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
====Group B====
===Play-off round===
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Awards===
Best players selected by the Directorate
Position 	Player
Goaltender	
Defenceman	
Forward 	
MVP 	
==Girls' tournament==
The girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held at the Eissportarena in Spittal an der Drau, Austria during 22 to 27 January 2023. It was the second girls' ice hockey tournament to be played as part of a European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, following the inaugural tournament at Vuokatti 2022.
Only players born in either 2007 or 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament and, therefore, all players were 14 or 15 years old at the start of the tournament.
Slovakia placed first in Group A after losing only one game in the preliminary round, a 3–4 loss to Switzerland. The Czech Republic, defending gold medalists from 2022, were unbeaten in the preliminary round and topped the Group B standings to earn placement in their second consecutive gold medal game. The dominance of the Czech team continued as they outscored Slovakia 4–1 to remain the only team to have won EYOF gold in girls' ice hockey. Slovakia claimed their first EYOF girls' ice hockey medal with silver.
Finland narrowly missed placing first in Group A after amassing a win-loss record, goal differential, and points total identical to that of Slovakia but, because their one loss came against Slovakia, were held to second place and progressed to their second consecutive bronze medal game. In the preliminary round rematch between the 2022 gold medal match teams, Sweden onceagain pushed the Czech Republic to overtime before ultimately losing in the shootout. With the overtime loss as the only blemish on their record, Sweden finished second in Group B. Continuing in dramatic fashion, Sweden tied the score against Finland in the last five minutes of regulation to push the bronze medal game to overtime. After a scoreless overtime period, Abigail Byskata scored the lone goal of the shootout to solidify Finland's second consecutive bronze medal victory.
Austria and Italy both made their EYOF girls' ice hockey debuts in 2023, making the fifth place game a matchup between two tournament newcomers. Italy's Federica Boaglio scored the only goal of the game, as Anna Corte Sualon earned a 42-shot shutout to capture a fifth place finish for the host nation.
Switzerland beat Germany 3–2 to claim seventh place.
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
;Standings
;Results
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====Group B====
;Standings
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===Final round===
====Seventh place game====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final standings===
 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Czech Republic	4	3	1	0	0	23	6 	+17
 	Slovakia 	4	2	0	0	2	13	14	–1
 	Finland 	4	3	0	0	1	12	6 	+6
4	Sweden 	4	2	0	1	1	17	8 	+9
5	Italy 	4	2	0	0	2	9 	16	–7
6	Austria (H) 	4	1	0	0	3	7 	11	–4
7	Switzerland 	4	2	0	0	2	7 	10	–3
8	Germany 	4	0	0	0	4	7 	24	–17
Source: EYOF 2023
===Player statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
Top-ten point scorers sorted by points, then goals.
Rank	Nat	Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−	POS
1 	 	align=left	4 	6	6	12 	6 	+3 	F
2 	 	align=left	4 	6	5	11 	0 	+12	F
3 	 	align=left	4 	5	4	9 	4 	+8 	F
4 	 	align=left	4 	4	4	8 	0 	+5 	F
5 	 	align=left	4 	5	1	6 	4 	+7 	F
6 	 	align=left	4 	3	3	6 	2 	+6 	F
7 	 	align=left	4 	2	4	6 	2 	±0 	F
8 	 	align=left	4 	2	4	6 	10 	+7 	F
9 	 	align=left	4 	1	5	6 	2 	–1 	D
10 	 	align=left	4 	3	2	5 	4 	+7 	F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: EYOF 2023 
====Goaltenders====
Goaltenders who played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list, sorted by save percentage.
Nat	Player	TOI 	SOG	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
 	 	120:0	73 	4 	2.00	94.52	1
 	 	198:2	107	6 	1.81	94.39	1
 	 	179:3	59 	4 	1.34	93.22	0
 	 	161:4	100	7 	2.60	93.00	0
 	 	120:0	64 	6 	3.00	90.63	1
 	 	146:1	60 	6 	2.46	90.00	0
 	 	178:3	99 	10	3.36	89.90	0
 	 	156:0	100	13	5.00	87.00	0
 	 	120:0	56 	10	5.00	82.14	0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SOG = Shots on goal; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: EYOF 2023
===Awards===
Best players selected by the Directorate
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola
Defenceman	Šarlota Stýblová
Forward 	Nela Lopušanová
=== Rosters ===
Rank	Team 	Roster
1 	Czech Republic	Goaltenders: Kateřina Fialová, Daniela Nováková, Veronika OrtováDefencemen: Adéla Fromová, Veronika Hujová, Hana Panešová, Aneta Paroubková, Šarlota Stýblová, Johanna TischlerForwards: Madlen Chladová, Magdaléna Felcmanová, Tereza Gildainová, Julie Jebousková (A), Viktorie Jílková (C), Natálie Musilová, Adéla Pánková, Klaudie Pietraszová, Barbora Prošková, Vĕra Šťástková, Linda Vocetková (A)
2 	Slovakia 	Goaltenders: Mariana Sumegová, Zuzana TomečkováDefencemen: Vanessa Eibenová, Michaela Feníková, Bianka Kostková, Nikita Lilliana Krištofíková, Bianka Masláková, Lívia Nogová, Jazmína VečerkováForwards: Alica Juríková, Lenka Karkošková (A), Nikola Komloš, Tatiana Korčeková, Ema Lacková (C), Nela Lopušanová (A), Zuzana Sliacka, Alexandra Tomasová, Liana Tomaštíková, Ema Tóthová, Laura Turnová
3 	Finland 	Goaltenders: Kerttu Kuja-Halkola, Emilia PiekkariDefencemen: Nelly Andersson, Sara Holopainen, Iiris Hämäläinen, Vilma Nurmisto, Elli Pohjanaho, Enni Riikonen, Riia Saarni (A)Forwards: Anastasia Borodina, Abigail Byskata (C), Leni Granroth, Ella-Sofia Hautala, Laura Kivelä, Julia Kuhta, Eva Lamberg (A), Annika Marjatsalo, Noora Puhto, Senja Siivonen, Jannika Sten
4 	Sweden 	Goaltenders: Maja Helge, Ebba RidderstolpeDefencemen: Meja Andersson, Wilma Georgny, Nelly Johansson, Lovisa Norström, Nellie Svensson (A), Elsa ÅbergForwards: Evelina Arvidsson, Edit Danielsson (A), Tilda Edsman, Lovisa Engström, Moa Johannesson, Eimear Leacy (C), Linn Mattsson, Saga Nederman, Lionelle Näslund, Elsa Pallin, Stella Sjöberg, Ingrid Wikblom
5 	Italy 	Goaltenders: Anna Corte Sualon, Emma FortarelDefencemen: Maddalena Bedont, Olivia Cambruzzi (A), Aurora De Fanti, Martina Gay, Ginevra Eloise Leger, Nicole VarescoForwards: Federica Boaglio, Olivia De Bertoli, Matilde Fantin (C), Annalisa Giuliani, Miriam Hackhofer, Manuela Heidenberger (A), Emily Innocenti, Carlotta Mellarè, Eleonora Pisetta, Nelly Schmid, Giorgia Todesco, Aurora Varesco
6 	Austria 	Goaltenders: Leonie Eder, Kiara MattDefencemen: Elisa Brunner (A), Sofia Fleisch, Gloria Henek (A), Eva Kollegger, Hana Ostadal, Valentina Prosen, Ida Schlöglmann Forwards: Britta Bachler, Malaya Bäck, Emma Kleinlercher, Emma Lintner, Pia Obermayr, Vanessa Picka, Alice Putscheck, Florentina Rumpl, Katharina Steiger, Artemis Tekin, Serena Unger (C)
7 	Switzerland 	Goaltenders: Amaya Iseli, Lia RubinDefencemen: Miriana Bottoni, Melissa Capezzali, Sonja Inkamp, Ilana Leibundgut (A), Laure Mériguet, Lorena WrannForwards: Luana Birnstiel, Mila Croll, Elisa Dalessi, Naemi Herzig (C), Rebecca Langenegger (A), Shaira Lovecchio, Jael Manetsch, Norina Müller, Julia Näf, Sarina Ochsner, Jelena Sonderegger, Aiyana Vuillemin
8 	Germany 	Goaltenders: Lilli Gania, Hannah LoistDefencemen: Sarah Bouceka, Annica Busch, Lara Georgi (A), Scarlett Greb, Julie Ortner, Siena Müller Maldonado, Antonia Thume, Nele ZimmermannForwards: Felicitas Bergmann, Liv Betten, Viktoria del Toso, Sandra Mayr, Frederike Pfalz, Madalena Seidel, Anabel Seyrer (A), Hanna Weichenhain (C), Zoe Wintgen, Theresa Zielinski
==References==
==External links==
*Official results book – Ice Hockey – Boys
*Official results book – Ice Hockey – Girls
Category:2022–23 in European ice hockey