2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships was the sixth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Finland. It began on December 29, 2012 with the gold medal game played on January 5, 2013.[1]

2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships

Jääkiekon nuorten naisten maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2013 (Finnish) Unga kvinnors ishockey-VM 2013 (Swedish)
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	December 29 – January 5
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Versowood Areena, Arena Vierumaki (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	133 (6.33 per match)
Attendance	6,164 (294 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Katherine Schipper (13 points)
MVP	Katherine Schipper
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Top Division

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

	Teams advanced to Semifinals
	Teams advanced to Quarterfinals
	Teams played in the Relegation round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	0	15	1	9
Finland	3	2	0	0	1	7	6	6
Hungary	3	0	1	0	2	3	9	2
Germany	3	0	0	1	2	3	12	1

29 December 2012 15:30

Germany

2–3 (0–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Finland

Versowood Areena Attendance: 758

Game reference
	Franziska Alb	Goalies	Eveliina Suonpää	Referee: Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Olga Steinberg Andrea Weissman
	K. Spielberger (A-K. Voog) (PP) – 21:08 1–0 1–1 36:01 – E. Rakkolainen (V. Kotkaslahti) B. Karpf (K. Spielberger) – 40:40 2–1 2–2 50:29 – E. Nuutinen (A. Rantanen, V. Tanskanen) (PP) 2–3 59:28 – E. Nuutinen (A. Kilponen)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	52

29 December 2012 17:30

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Hungary

Arena Vierumaki Attendance: 154

Game reference
	Jessica Dodds	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Viera Šilhavíková Jenni Visala
	A. Brykaliuk (H. Krzyzaniak) – 16:35 1–0 1–1 T. Horváth (A. Huszák, K. Jókai-Szilágyi) – 31:02 C. Carels (SH) – 34:28 2–1 K. Heffernan (C. Dubois, C. Daoust) – 40:57 3–1 E. Murray (H. Krzyzaniak, K. Capizzano) – 43:16 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	12

30 December 2012 15:00

Germany

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Hungary

Arena Vierumaki Attendance: 73

Game reference
	Franziska Albl	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Gabielle Ariano-Lortie Linesmen: Jonna Partanen Vanessa Stratton
	M. Lubbert (K. Spielberger) – 14:59 1–0 1–1 25:11 – B. Németh (A. Huszák, K. Jókai-Szilágyi) (PP) 1–2 62:28 – A. Huszák (F. Kiss-Simon)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	27

30 December 2012 17:30

Finland

0–4 (0–2, 0–2, 0–0)

Canada

Versowood Areena Attendance: 827

Game reference
	Eveliina Suonpää	Goalies	Kimberly Newell	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Lisa Huffner Andrea Weissman
	0–1 05:29 – E. Clark (C. Jacobson) 0–2 18:50 – C. Dubois (S. Steele) (PP) 0–3 31:05 – C. Dubois (H. Miller, H. Bunton) 0–4 39:12 – H. Bunton (S. Steele, H. Krzyzaniak) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	10	Shots	35

1 January 2013 15:00

Canada

7–0 (3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Germany

Arena Vierumaki Attendance: 114

Game reference
	Jessica Dodds	Goalies	Lena Schuster	Referee: Anna Eskola Linesmen: Jenni Visala Andrea Weissman
	H. Krzyzaniak (H. Bunton) – 09:25 1–0 H. Bunton (C. Dubois) – 09:46 2–0 C. Daoust (E. Clark, H. Miller) (PP) – 16:25 3–0 A. Brykaliuk (K. Gilmour) – 25:37 4–0 H. Krzyzaniak (E. Clark) (PP) – 32:20 5–0 S. Nurse (H. Krzyzaniak) (SH) – 43:21 6–0 H. Miller (A. Brykaliuk, E. Clark) (PP) – 49:31 7–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	67	Shots	5

1 January 2013 17:30

Hungary

0–4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0)

Finland

Versowood Areena Attendance: 574

Game reference
	Anikó Németh Renáta Poltzer	Goalies	Eveliina Suonpää	Referee: Jerilyn Glenn Linesmen: Evelyne Loretan Viera Šilhavíková
	0–1 V. Tanskanen (M. Klemola) – 03:50 0–2 J. Yli-Maenpaa (A. Klemola) (PP) – 06:40 0–3 E. Nuutinen (S. Hakala) – 12:08 0–4 E. Nuutinen (L. Lehtikangas) – 35:34
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	29

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	0	25	0	9
Sweden	3	1	0	1	1	7	15	4
Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	7	17	3
Russia	3	0	1	0	2	9	16	2

29 December 2012 12:00

Sweden

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Versowood Areena Attendance: 153

Game reference
	Julia Åberg	Goalies	Barbora Dvořáková	Referee: Anna Eskola Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Evelyne Loretan
	0–1 11:43 – D. Forejtová V. Hummelgård (A. Ekstedt, I. Karlsson) – 14:40 1–1 J. Törnhult (L. Hedin, O. Carlsson) (PP) – 20:39 2–1 2–2 58:24 – T. Vanišová (K. Chmelová, D. Pelikánová) (PP) J. Lennartsson (E. Johansson, M. Jakobsson) – 59:32 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	33

29 December 2012 14:00

United States

7–0 (3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Russia

Arena Vierumaki Attendance: 148

Game reference
	Sidney Peters	Goalies	Nadezhda Morozova Tatyana Shukina	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Lisa Huffner Jonna Partanen
	S. Morin (T. Cianfarano, G. Zarzecki) (PP) – 09:03 1–0 M. Wolfe (K. Schipper, M. Rolfes) – 16:11 2–0 M. Rodgers (A. Laing, M. Kent) (EA) – 17:15 3–0 T. Cianfarano (G. Zarzecki, B. Wellhausen) – 28:54 4–0 K. Schipper (M. Wolfe) (PP) – 46:45 5–0 D. Cameranesi (J. Dunne, K. Pannek) – 53:07 6–0 J. Dunne (M. Wolfe, K. Schipper) – 56:01 7–0
	2 min	Penalties	18 min
	55	Shots	7

30 December 2012 14:00

Czech Republic

0–10 (0–5, 0–2, 0–3)

United States

Versowood Areena Attendance: 215

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová Barbora Dvořáková	Goalies	Alexis Shaw	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Olga Steinberg
	0–1 02:01 – A. Menke (G. Hirschy, M. Rolfes) (PP) 0–2 04:19 – G. Zarzecki (M. Rolfes) 0–3 10:48 – A. Menke (G. Hirschy, K. Schipper) 0–4 11:29 – F. McKenna (A. Laing) 0–5 12:26 – K. Pannek (C. Piazza) 0–6 26:33 – M. Wolfe (T. Cianfarano, J. Ryan) (PP) 0–7 35:16 – T. Cianfarano (T. Willard) 0–8 44:35 – T. Cianfarano (B. Wellhausen) 0–9 53:51 – B. Wellhausen (T. Willard, J. Dunne) (PP) 0–10 59:41 – K. Pannek (C. Piazza, D. Cameranesi)
	16 min	Penalties	2 min
	10	Shots	53

30 December 2012 18:30

Sweden

4–5 OT (2–1, 1–1, 1–2) (OT: 0–1)

Russia

Arena Vierumaki Attendance: 135

Game reference
	Maria Omberg	Goalies	Tatyana Shukina	Referee: Jerilyn Glenn Linesmen: Viera Šilhavíková Jenni Visala
	L. Hedin (I. Palm, M. Löwenhielm) (PP) – 06:08 1–0 E. Johansson (J. Lennartsson, M. Jakobsson) – 10:10 2–0 2–1 15:11 – Y. Dergachyova 2–2 27:12 – D. Bulatova (V. Pavlova) M. Axelsson (M. Hall) – 27:47 3–2 E. Johansson – 42:53 4–2 4–3 57:35 – Y. Nikolayeva (A. Shokhina) 4–4 58:26 – A. Shokhina (D. Bulatova) 4–5 64:28 – Y. Dergachyova (A. Chistyakova)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	38

1 January 2013 14:00

United States

8–0 (4–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Versowood Areena Attendance: 174

Game reference
	Sidney Peters	Goalies	Maria Omberg Olga Murase	Referee: Gabielle Ariano-Lortie Linesmen: Olga Steinberg Vanessa Stratton
	C. Piazza (D. Cameranesi) – 10:26 1–0 G. Zarzecki (B. Wellhausen) – 10:44 2–0 M. Wolfe (T. Cianfarano) – 11:35 3–0 J. Ryan (J. Dunne, K. Schipper) – 11:51 4–0 K. Schipper (A. Menke) – 20:59 5–0 T. Cianfarano (T. Willard) – 30:44 6–0 K. Schipper (A. Menke) – 42:15 7–0 D. Cameranesi (J. Dunne, J. Ryan) (PP) – 47:41 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	57	Shots	10

1 January 2013 18:30

Russia

4–5 (2–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Arena Vierumaki Attendance: 155

Game reference
	Tatyana Shukina Nadezhda Morozova	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referee: Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Jonna Partanen
	0–1 02:35 – K. Chmelová (V. Přibylová, A. Tejralová) 0–2 04:48 – T. Vanišová (K. Chmelová) A. Shokhina (A. Shtaryova) – 05:43 1–2 A. Shokhina (Y. Dergachyova, A. Shtaryova) – 11:49 2–2 2–3 12:22 – K. Chmelová (V. Přibylová, T. Vanišová) 2–4 21:19 – M. Pejzlova (V. Přibylová) V. Pavlova (M. Batalova) – 33:03 3–4 A. Shokhina (Y. Dergachyova) (PP) – 55:10 4–4 4–5 57:23 – M. Pejzlova (A. Lédlová)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	30

Relegation round

The teams played a best-of-three series. With Russia winning the first two meetings, a third one wasn't necessary and Germany was relegated to Division I in 2013.

All times are local (UTC+2).

2 January 2013 16:00

Russia

5–3 (3–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Germany

Arena Vierumaki Attendance: 64

Game reference
	Nadezhda Morozova Vlada Ovcharova	Goalies	Franziska Albl	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Jonna Partanen Viera Šilhavíková
	V. Pavlova (Y. Dergachyova, Y. Nikolayeva) – 04:36 1–0 A. Shokhina (SH) – 09:00 2–0 N. Kovalyova (N. Modina, T. Kitayeva) – 12:26 3–0 T. Kitayeva (Y. Dergachyova) – 23:07 4–0 4–1 25:26 – N. Eisenschmid (D. Reimann) 4–2 29:26 – K.-L. Engel (L. Dusterhoft) 4–3 44:39 – B. Engel (K. Spielberger, M. Scheuerlein) Y. Dergachyova (ENG) – 59:59 5–3
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	29

4 January 2013 17:30

Germany

3–4 OT (1–1, 1–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Russia

Arena Vierumaki Attendance: 106

Game reference
	Franziska Albl Lena Schuster	Goalies	Nadezhda Morozova	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Jonna Partanen Jenni Visala
	L. Swikull (L. Kluge, N. Eisenschmid) – 09:26 1–0 1–1 16:05 – Y. Nikolayeva (T. Kitayeva, D. Bulatova) (PP) D. Reimann (L. Kluge, M. Scheuerlein) (PP2) – 21:32 2–1 2–2 34:45 – A. Shokhina (Y. Dergachyova, A. Shtaryova) 2–3 37:31 – V. Pavlova M.-L. Schmid (M. Lubbert) – 59:02 3–3 3–4 64:28 – Y. Dergachyova (D. Bulatova) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	35 min
	18	Shots	46

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

United States

10

A2

Finland

3

B3

Czech Republic

0

B3

Czech Republic

5

B1

United States

1

A1

Canada

2

A1

Canada

7

B2

Sweden

4

B2

Sweden

2

Third place

A3

Hungary

0

B3

Czech Republic

0

B2

Sweden

4

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

2 January 2013 14:30

Sweden

4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Hungary

Versowood Areena Attendance: 78

Game reference
	Minatsu Murase	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Lisa Huffner Olga Steinberg
	M. Ekstedt (M. Hall) – 02:15 1–0 M. Jakobsson (M. Löwenhielm, I. Palm) – 10:54 2–0 A. Lundström (E. Strandberg, M. Löwenhielm) – 19:21 3–0 V. Hummelgård (M. Hall) (PP) – 54:52 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	11

2 January 2013 18:30

Finland

3–5 (2–2, 0–0, 1–3)

Czech Republic

Versowood Areena Attendance: 633

Game reference
	Eveliina Suonpää	Goalies	Barbora Dvořáková	Referee: Gabielle Ariano-Lortie Linesmen: Vanessa Stratton Andrea Weissman
	V. Kotkaslahti (E. Nuutinen, J. Suokko) – 05:25 1–0 S. Hakala (E. Rakkolainen, A. Kilponen) – 06:19 2–0 2–1 17:58 – A. Lédlová 2–2 19:21 – T. Vanišová (K. Chmelová) (SH) 2–3 44:54 – S. Kolowratová (A. Lédlová) 2–4 46:42 – V. Přibylová (T. Vanišová, K. Chmelová) 2–5 53:43 – A. Tejralová (K. Chmelová, S. Kolowratová) (PP) S. Hakala (E. Rakkolainen, V. Kotkaslahti) (PP) – 55:17 3–5
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	24	Shots	37

Semifinals

4 January 2013 14:30

Canada

7–2 (2–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Sweden

Versowood Areena Attendance: 287

Game reference
	Kimberly Newell	Goalies	Minatsu Murase Maria Omberg	Referee: Jerilyn Glenn Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Andrea Weissman
	K. Gilmour (H. Krzyzaniak) (PP) – 03:10 1–0 A. Brykaliuk (E. Clark) – 11:45 2–0 2–1 21:07 – M. Jakobsson (J. Lennartsson) (PP) G. Bannon (C. Dubois) – 28:52 3–1 A. Brykaliuk (K. Heffernan, S. Steele) (PP) – 32:38 4–1 K. Capizzano (C. Daoust) – 41:48 5–1 C. Dubois (H. Bunton) – 46:06 6–1 6–2 47:37 – V. Hummelgård (D. Husak Asp, J. Lennartsson) A. Brykaliuk (K. Heffernan) (PP) – 59:38 7–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	25

4 January 2013 18:30

United States

10–0 (4–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Czech Republic

Versowood Areena Attendance: 216

Game reference
	Alexis Shaw	Goalies	Klára Peslarová Barbora Dvořáková	Referee: Anna Eskola Linesmen: Lisa Huffner Vanessa Stratton
	G. Zarzecki (D. Cameranesi, F. McKenna) – 12:06 1–0 M. Wolfe (K. Schipper, A. Menke) – 13:00 2–0 B. Wellhausen (G. Zarzecki, T. Cianfarano) (PP) – 14:59 3–0 K. Pannek (C. Piazza, D. Cameranesi) – 19:50 4–0 K. Schipper (A. Menke, M. Wolfe) (PP) – 26:22 5–0 A. Menke (K. Schipper) – 37:12 6–0 C. Piazza (A. Laing, K. Pannek) – 39:12 7–0 J. Dunne (J. Ryan, G. Zarzecki) (PP) – 44:31 8–0 K. Schipper (A. Menke, M. Wolfe) (PP) – 51:30 9–0 M. Rodgers (B. Wellhausen, F. McKenna) – 54:24 10–0
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	76	Shots	13

Fifth place game

4 January 2013 14:00

Finland

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Hungary

Arena Vierumaki Attendance: 142

Game reference
	Kiira Laine	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referee: Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Viera Šilhavíková Olga Steinberg
	E. Nuutinen (S. Kayhko) – 22:30 1–0 J. Suokko (S. Hakala, E. Nuutinen) – 26:52 2–0 2–1 27:03 – A. Huszák (T. Horváth) S. Hakala (E. Nuutinen, J. Suokko) (PP) – 55:10 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	30

Bronze medal game

5 January 2013 14:30

Sweden

4–0 (3–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Versowood Areena Attendance: 345

Game reference
	Minatsu Murase	Goalies	Barbora Dvořáková Klára Peslarová	Referee: Gabielle Ariano-Lortie Linesmen: Vanessa Stratton Andrea Weissman
	L. Hedin (M. Löwenhielm) (PP) – 01:50 1–0 I. Palm (M. Löwenhielm, O. Carlsson) – 03:38 2–0 M. Höglund (I. Karlsson) – 10:34 3–0 M. Löwenhielm (O. Carlsson) – 36:42 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	43

Final

5 January 2013 18:30

United States

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

Versowood Areena Attendance: 813

Game reference
	Sidney Peters	Goalies	Kimberly Newell	Referee: Anna Eskola Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Jonna Partanen
	J. Ryan (K. Schipper, A. Menke) (PP) – 18:04 1–0 1–1 59:47 – C. Dubois (EA) 1–2 60:58 – K. Heffernan (H. Bunton)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	25

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

Canada  United States  Sweden 4  Czech Republic 5  Finland 6  Hungary 7  Russia 8  Germany

2013 IIHF Women's U18 World Champions  Canada Third title

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.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Katherine Schipper	5	5	8	13	+9	4	FW
Yelena Dergachyova	5	4	5	9	+8	6	FW
Amy Menke	5	3	6	9	+8	2	FW
Emma Nuutinen	5	5	3	8	+6	10	FW
Megan Wolfe	5	4	4	8	+9	0	FW
Anna Shokhina	5	6	1	7	+5	8	FW
Catherine Dubois	5	4	3	7	+7	2	FW
Grace Zarzecki	5	3	4	7	+4	0	FW
Jincy Dunne	5	2	5	7	+11	0	D
Halli Krzyzaniak	5	2	5	7	+7	8	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 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Kimberly Newell	180:11	3	1.00	96.00	1
Sidney Peters	180:58	2	0.66	95.24	2
Minatsu Murase	189:16	6	1.90	94.55	2
Fraziska Albl	246:40	13	3.16	91.39	0
Eveliina Suonpää	238;31	11	2.77	90.52	1

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:

• Best Goaltender: Minatsu Murase
• Best Defenceman: Halli Krzyzaniak
• Best Forward: Katherine Schipper

Source: IIHF.com

Division I

Main article: 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I

Qualification tournament

The qualification tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 27 October to 1 November 2012.[2] The top two teams were promoted to Division I of this year, and the third team was promoted to Division I of next year, because starting in 2014 one team will be promoted from the qualification tournament and will wait until the following year to play in Division I.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
France	5	4	0	0	1	14	5	12
Slovakia	5	4	0	0	1	27	11	12
Great Britain	5	3	0	0	2	21	9	9
Italy	5	2	1	0	2	10	9	8
China	5	1	0	1	3	13	20	4
Kazakhstan	5	0	0	0	5	3	34	0

Qualified for 2013 Division I

Qualified for 2014 Division I

Final tournament

The 2013 Division I final tournament was played in Romanshorn, Switzerland, from 2 to 8 January 2013.[3]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	5	4	1	0	0	18	7	14
Switzerland	5	3	0	1	1	17	6	10
France	5	3	0	0	2	11	11	9
Norway	5	3	0	0	2	10	10	9
Slovakia	5	1	0	0	4	8	12	3
Austria	5	0	0	0	5	7	25	0

Promoted to the 2014 Top Division

Relegated to the 2014 Division I Qualification

References

1. "42 events in 2013". IIHF.com. 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
2. Division I Qualification Statistics
3. Division I Statistics

External links

• Official website
• Division I tournament
• Division I Qualification tournament