2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 41st edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJC or WM20).[1] The main tournament was co-hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[2][3] This was the twelfth championship that Canada had hosted. Montreal and Toronto also jointly hosted the 2015 edition.[4] The tournament consisted of 30 games between 10 nations.[5]

2017 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 26, 2016 – January 5, 2017
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Bell Centre, Montreal Air Canada Centre, Toronto (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	183 (6.1 per match)
Attendance	257,882 (8,596 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Kirill Kaprizov (12 points)
MVP	Thomas Chabot
Website	2017 World Juniors
← 2016 2018 →

Group A preliminary games, as well as the medal rounds, were hosted by the Bell Centre in Montreal. The Air Canada Centre in Toronto hosted preliminaries in Group B, including the host country of Canada.[6] The tournament also initiated several year-long celebrations, the 375th anniversary of Montreal's founding; the 100th anniversary of the National Hockey League's founding in Montreal;[7] the 100th anniversary of Hockey Canada's origins; the 50th anniversary of Montreal's Expo 67; the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation; and the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Maple Leafs.[8] The Maple Leafs had planned to make the WJHC the centrepiece of their 100th-anniversary celebrations.[9]

The event was organized by Hockey Canada, Hockey Québec, Ontario Hockey Federation, Montreal Canadiens, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and Evenko.[5] Montreal and Quebec provided C$1 million and C$2 million in funding, respectively, for both the 2015 and 2017 editions.

For the first time in the history of the event, the defending champion (Finland) had to compete in the relegation round. Latvia was relegated to Division I-A for 2018 by merit of their tenth-place finish.

Player eligibility

A player was eligible to play in the 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:[10]

• the player was of male gender;
• the player was born at the earliest in 1997, and at the latest, in 2002;
• the player was a citizen in the country he represented;
• the player was under the jurisdiction of a national association that was a member of the IIHF.

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.[11]

Top Division

Venues

Montreal	Montreal Toronto		Toronto
Bell Centre Capacity: 21,287			Air Canada Centre Capacity: 18,819

Officials

The International Ice Hockey Federation selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:[12]

Referees Tobias Björk Darcy Burchell Jan Hribik Jozef Kubus Mark Lemelin Marcus Linde Marian Rohatsch Anssi Salonen Brett Sheva Maxim Sidorenko Robin Šír Daniel Stricker

Linesmen Jimmy Dahmen Jake Davis Nicolas Fluri Dmitry Golyak Henrik Haurum Lukas Kohlmuller Yakov Paley Libor Suchanek Sakari Suominen Nathan Vanoosten

Rosters

Main article: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Format

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to the quarterfinals, while the last-placed team from both groups played a relegation round in a best-of-three format to determine the relegated team.[13]

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Eastern Standard Time – UTC−5)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	18	6	+12	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	4	1	1	1	1	11	15	−4	6
3	Czech Republic	4	1	0	2	1	9	13	−4	5
4	Switzerland	4	0	2	0	2	11	13	−2	4
5	Finland	4	1	0	0	3	6	8	−2	3	Advance to Relegation

Source: IIHF

26 December 2016 13:00

Denmark

1–6 (0–2, 0–4, 1–0)

Sweden

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,518

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Sakari Suominen
	0–1 10:11 – Nylander 0–2 18:24 – Eriksson Ek (Dahlin, Kylington) 0–3 24:30 – Dahlén (Grundström, L. Carlsson) 0–4 26:26 – Grundström (SH) 0–5 33:12 – Dahlin (G. Carlsson) 0–6 38:22 – Nylander (Bernhardt, Eriksson Ek) Krag Christensen (J. Røndbjerg) – 57:53 1–6
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	33

26 December 2016 17:00

Finland

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,703

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Jakub Škarek	Referees: Tobias Björk Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Yakov Paley Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 04:27 – Krenželok (Nečas) Luoto – 08:46 1–1 1–2 58:42 – Špaček (Musil, Zbořil)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	30

27 December 2016 13:00

Czech Republic

3–4 OT (0–0, 0–2, 3–1) (OT: 0–1)

Switzerland

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,683

Game reference
	Jakub Škarek	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Mark Lemelin Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmuller Sakari Suominen
	0–1 29:19 – In Albon (Hischier, Diem) 0–2 36:03 – Thürkauf (Riat, Hischier) (PP) Koblížek (Zbořil) – 45:02 1–2 1–3 48:34 – Riat (Siegenthaler, Thurkauf) (PP) Chlapík (Hronek, Špaček) (PP) – 50:41 2–3 Chlapík (Špaček, Zbořil) (EA) – 59:44 3–3 3–4 60:23 – Hischier (Riat)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	22

27 December 2016 17:30

Denmark

3–2 (2–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Finland

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,733

Game reference
	Kasper Krog	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen Karolus Kaarlehto	Referees: Tobias Björk Robin Šír Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Nathan Vanoosten
	Boysen (Weichel, True) (PP) – 05:20 1–0 Madsen (Jensen, Høeg) – 17:40 2–0 Blichfeld (J. Røndbjerg, Koch) – 35:53 3–0 3–1 44:17 – Vaakanainen (Mattila, Väyrynen) 3–2 55:30 – Björkqvist (Luoto, Mattila)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	10	Shots	36

28 December 2016 17:00

Switzerland

2–4 (1–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 5,630

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Robin Šír Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmuller Yakov Paley
	0–1 04:13 – Eriksson Ek (Nylander, Bernhardt) Siegenthaler (Riat, In Albon) (PP) – 05:08 1–1 1–2 06:38 – Andersson (Grundström) Thürkauf (Hischier, Siegenthaler) (PP) – 26:17 2–2 2–3 54:52 – Eriksson Ek (Grundström, Nylander) 2–4 57:11 – L. Carlsson (Asplund)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	15	Shots	46

29 December 2016 13:00

Denmark

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,536

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen	Goalies	Daniel Vladař	Referees: Marcus Linde Brett Sheva Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Yakov Paley
	0–1 07:56 – Nečas (Musil) Blichfeld (Boysen, Larsen) (PP) – 28:41 1–1 1–2 30:29 – Hronek (Suchý) Krag Christensen (Blichfeld) – 53:36 2–2 From (Krag Christensen) – 60:47 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	34

29 December 2016 17:30

Finland

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 9,062

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Jan Hribik Jozef Kubus Linesmen: Jake Davis Henrik Haurum
	Räsänen (Tolvanen, Juolevi) (PP) – 16:35 1–0 1–1 32:16 – Andersson (Nylander) 1–2 41:24 – Nylander (Grundström, Eriksson Ek) 1–3 59:00 – Nylander (ENG)
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	20

30 December 2016 17:00

Switzerland

5–4 GWS (1–3, 2–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Denmark

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 6,006

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Kasper Krog	Referees: Darcy Burchell Jozef Kubus Linesmen: Jake Davis Suchanek Libor
	0–1 00:20 – True (Gatz) 0–2 03:45 – Blichfeld (Krag Christensen, Gatz) 0–3 13:40 – Andersen (From, Weichel) (PP) Hischier (Riat, Siegenthaler) – 17:56 1–3 1–4 20:28 – From (True, M. Røndbjerg) Zehnder (Weber, Gross) – 26:29 2–4 Eggenberger (Prassl, Miranda) – 32:26 3–4 Zehnder (In-Albon, Siegenthaler) – 43:35 4–4
	Miranda Riat	Shootout	From Blichfeld True
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	22

31 December 2016 13:00

Sweden

5–2 (3–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 6,259

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Daniel Vladař	Referees: Brett Sheva Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Dmitry Golyak Henrik Haurum
	Asplund (Ahl, Pettersson) – 00:37 1–0 Dahlén (Asplund, Nylander) (PP) – 08:56 2–0 Lööke (Karlström, Bernhardt) – 16:46 3–0 Dahlén (Karlström) – 37:09 4–0 Dahlén (Nylander, Kylington) (PP) – 43:34 5–0 5–1 53:09 – Kaše (Kurovský) 5–2 57:28 – Hronek (Kaše, Chlapík) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	38

31 December 2016 17:30

Finland

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,013

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Darcy Burchell Marcus Linde Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Libor Suchanek
	Räsänen (Vesalainen, Tolvanen) – 24:35 1–0 Tolvanen (Saarijärvi, Räsänen) (PP) – 33:53 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	17

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	17	6	+11	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Canada (H)	4	3	0	0	1	21	8	+13	9
3	Russia	4	2	0	0	2	16	9	+7	6
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	6	14	−8	3
5	Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	6	29	−23	0	Advance to Relegation

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

26 December 2016 15:30

United States

6–1 (1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Latvia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 7,014

Game reference
	Tyler Parsons	Goalies	Mareks Mitens	Referees: Jozef Kubus Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Dmitry Golyak Henrik Haurum
	Harper (Fitzgerald, Ahcan) – 06:27 1–0 1–1 15:22 – Krastenbergs (E. Jansons) White (Thompson, Fox) – 26:29 2–1 Keller (White, Thompson) – 38:45 3–1 Keller – 52:19 4–1 Bracco (Terry) (PP) – 57:41 5–1 Greenway (Kunin, Terry) – 59:20 6–1
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	30	Shots	12

26 December 2016 20:00

Canada

5–3 (1–1, 2–0, 2–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,099

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Jan Hribik Marcus Linde Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Jake Davis
	Jost (Myers, Dubé) – 03:11 1–0 1–1 09:47 – Sergachev (Guryanov) Strome (Barzal, Chabot) (PP) – 33:15 2–1 Roy (Gauthier) – 37:08 3–1 Barzal (Dubois) (PP) – 43:03 4–1 4–2 45:12 – Kaprizov (Vorobyev, Rykov) (PP) Strome (Barzal) (PP) – 49:06 5–2 5–3 50:36 – Rykov (Yurtaikin, Kaprizov)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	17

27 December 2016 16:00

Latvia

1–9 (0–3, 1–3, 0–3)

Russia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 6,789

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals Denijs Romanovskis	Goalies	Vladislav Sukhachyov	Referees: Darcy Burchell Marcus Linde Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Libor Suchanek
	0–1 05:33 – Yurtaikin (Dronov) 0–2 12:10 – Polunin (Kaprizov, Sidorov) 0–3 17:39 – Karnaukhov (Guryanov, Kudako) 0–4 20:56 – Kaprizov (Vorobyev, Polunin) Balcers (Dzierkals) (PP) – 23:42 1–4 1–5 24:21 – Polunin (Rykov, Vorobyov) 1–6 25:04 – Belyayev (Yurtaikin, Alexeyev) 1–7 46:07 – Kaprizov (Rykov, Vorobyov) (PP) 1–8 49:28 – Trenin (Kaprizov, Polunin) (PP2) 1–9 56:07 – Kaprizov (Rykov, Vorobyov) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	40

27 December 2016 20:00

Canada

5–0 (0–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 12,694

Game reference
	Connor Ingram	Goalies	Adam Huska	Referees: Jan Hribik Brett Sheva Linesmen: Jake Davis Henrik Haurum
	Lauzon (Gauthier, Jost) – 25:30 1-0 Raddysh (Dubois, Chabot) (PP) – 30:57 2-0 Cirelli (Lauzon, Speers) – 32:37 3-0 Chabot (Barzal, Strome) (PP) – 36:25 4-0 McLeod (Cirelli, Dubé) – 42:59 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	6

28 December 2016 19:30

Slovakia

2–5 (1–2, 0–3, 1–0)

United States

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 8,391

Game reference
	Matej Tomek	Goalies	Joseph Woll	Referees: Darcy Burchell Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Dmitry Golyak Libor Suchanek
	0–1 10:15 – Laczynski (Cecconi) 0–2 17:00 – White (Keller, Jones) Fehérváry (Sádecký, Pataky) (PP) – 18:08 1–2 1–3 22:03 – Thompson (Roslovic, Bellows) 1–4 28:39 – McAvoy (Roslovic, Cecconi) 1–5 32:57 – Terry (Kunin, Fitzgerald) (PP) Roman (Andrisik, Sádecký) – 59:23 2–5
	22 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	50

29 December 2016 15:30

Russia

2–3 (1–1, 1–2, 0–0)

United States

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 13,759

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov	Goalies	Tyler Parsons	Referees: Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 04:14 – Keller (Anderson, Fitzgerald) Urakov (Trenin, Zborovski) (SH) – 11:59 1–1 1–2 24:03 – White (McAvoy, Keller) (PP) 1–3 31:41 – Terry (Foley, Laczynski) Kaprizov (Rykov, Vorobyev) (PP) – 37:17 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	37

29 December 2016 20:00

Latvia

2–10 (0–3, 1–5, 1–2)

Canada

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 13,796

Game reference
	Mareks Mitens Gustavs Grigals	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Tobias Björk Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Dmitry Golyak Nathan Vanoosten replaced Golyak during the game due to injury
	0–1 10:38 – Barzal (Myers) (SH) 0–2 11:54 – Roy (Myers, Clague) (PP) 0–3 19:40 – Raddysh (Chabot, Strome) (PP) 0–4 29:11 – Raddysh (Strome, Dubois) (PP) 0–5 32:13 – Raddysh (Joseph, Clague) 0–6 32:53 – Barzal (Raddysh, Clague) 0–7 33:30 – Cirelli (Dubé, Speers) 0–8 34:56 – McLeod (Strome, Fabbro) Krastenbergs (Tralmaks, E. Jansons) (SH) – 37:58 1–8 1–9 42:07 – Raddysh (Juulsen, Joseph) Dzierkals – 47:59 2–9 2–10 58:05 – Gauthier (Dubois, Strome)
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	25	Shots	35

30 December 2016 19:30

Slovakia

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Latvia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 6,018

Game reference
	Adam Huska	Goalies	Mareks Mitens Gustavs Grigals	Referees: Mark Lemelin Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmuller Sakari Suominen
	0–1 03:40 – Cukste (Balcers, Buncis) Lestan – 08:13 1–1 Ml Roman (Mc Roman, Sloboda) – 38:11 2–1 Hatala (Mc Roman, Sadecky) – 40:41 3–1 Sloboda (Ml Roman, Grman) – 45:01 4–1 4–2 53:29 – Buncis (Cukste, Dzierkals) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	24

31 December 2016 15:30

United States

3–1 (2–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Canada

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,584

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Connor Ingram	Referees: Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Yakov Paley
	White (Greenway, Keller) (PP) – 04:31 1–0 Greenway (Keller, McAvoy) (PP) – 06:04 2–0 2–1 28:12 – Chabot (Barzal, Strome) (PP2) Bracco (Lindgren, Greenway) – 33:08 3–1
	37 min	Penalties	16 min
	20	Shots	26

31 December 2016 20:00

Russia

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 5,269

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov	Goalies	Matej Tomek	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Robin Šír Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmuller Nathan Vanoosten
	Guryanov (Kvartalnov, Karnaukhov) (PP) – 29:06 1–0 Trenin (Urakov, Belyayev) – 49:39 2–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	15

Relegation

2 January 2017 11:00

Finland

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Latvia

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 3,016

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Mareks Mitens	Referees: Brett Sheva Maxim Sikorenko Linesmen: Dmitry Golyak Henrik Haurum
	Saarijärvi (Räsänen) (PP) – 07:43 1–0 1–1 24:37 – Ponomarenko (Krastenbergs, Tralmaks) Vesalainen (Heiskanen, Tolvanen) – 49:00 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	24

3 January 2017 17:30

Latvia

1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Finland

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 4,216

Game reference
	Mareks Mitens	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen	Referees: Jan Hribik Robin Šir Linesmen: Jake Davis Yakov Paley
	0–1 01:31 – Tolvanen (Räsänen, Nättinen) (PP2) Krastenbergs (Čukste, Ponomarenko) (PP) – 16:23 1–1 1–2 41:28 – Saarijärvi (Tolvanen, Juolevi) (PP) 1–3 42:33 – Välimäki (Björkqvist, Kuokkanen) 1–4 57:26 – Välimäki (Räsänen, Saarijärvi) (PP2)
	49 min	Penalties	16 min
	23	Shots	42

Note:  Latvia was relegated for the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

1A

Sweden

8

4B

Slovakia

3

1A

Sweden

2

2B

Canada

5

2B

Canada

5

Final

3A

Czech Republic

3

2B

Canada

4

1B

United States

5

2A

Denmark

0

3B

Russia

4

3B

Russia

3

Bronze medal game

1B

United States

4

1B

United States

3

1A

Sweden

1

4A

Switzerland

2

3B

Russia

2

Quarterfinals

2 January 2017 13:00

Denmark

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Russia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 7,801

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen Kasper Krog	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Mark Lemelin Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmuller Sakari Suominen
	0–1 08:45 – Polunin (Vorobyev) 0–2 19:49 – Kaprizov (Vorobyev, Trenin) (PP) 0–3 47:12 – Karnaukhov (Guryanov, Kvartalnov) 0–4 55:35 – Kaprizov (Polunin)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	14	Shots	32

2 January 2017 15:30

Sweden

8–3 (3–0, 2–2, 3–1)

Slovakia

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 6,331

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Adam Huska	Referees: Darcy Burchell Jan Hribik Linesmen: Jake Davis Libor Suchanek
	Eriksson Ek (Asplund, Karlström) (PP) – 01:18 1–0 Söderlund (Wingerli, Gunnarsson) – 16:28 2–0 Grundström (Nylander, L. Carlsson) – 17:01 3–0 Nylander (Dahlén, Asplund) – 26:17 4–0 Karlström (Ahl, Asplund) – 33:07 5–0 5–1 35:48 – Bodak (Sloboda) (PP) 5–2 36:54 – Struska (Černák) 5–3 41:53 – Ruzicka Söderlund (G. Carlsson) – 42:36 6–3 Andersson (Larsson, Lööke) (PP) – 44:27 7–3 Eriksson Ek (Asplund, Kylington) (PP) – 57:04 8–3
	2 min	Penalties	20 min
	50	Shots	18

2 January 2017 17:30

United States

3–2 (2–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 8,176

Game reference
	Tyler Parsons	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Tobias Björk Robin Šír Linesmen: Yakov Paley Nathan Vanoosten
	Bracco (Thompson, Terry) (PP) – 08:32 1–0 Kunin (Greenway, Bracco) – 10:42 2–0 2–1 30:47 – Hischier (Siegenthaler, Riat) (PP) 2–2 46:00 – Hischier (Thürkauf) (PP) Greenway (McAvoy, Keller) (PP) – 46:18 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	17	Shots	21

2 January 2017 20:00

Canada

5–3 (0–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 10,215

Game reference
	Connor Ingram	Goalies	Jakub Škarek	Referees: Jozef Kubus Marcus Linde Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Nicolas Fluri
	0–1 16:49 – Kaše (Musil, Hronek) Speers (Stephens, Joseph) – 23:45 1–1 Stephens (Cirelli) – 27:27 2–1 2–2 28:53 – Soustal Chabot (Stephens, Cirelli) – 33:32 3–2 Gauthier (Roy) – 43:18 4–2 4–3 45:54 – Stransky (Nečas) Gauthier (Barzal, Chabot) – 46:37 5–3
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	19

Semifinals

4 January 2017 15:00

United States

4–3 GWS (1–1, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 4–3)

Russia

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 11,576

Game reference
	Tyler Parsons	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Darcy Burchell Marcus Linde Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmuller Libor Suchanek
	0–1 11:54 – Kaprizov (Vorobyev) White (Keller, Jones) – 19:05 1–1 1–2 21:17 – Guryanov (Kudako, Karnaukhov) Kunin (Greenway, Bracco) (PP) – 30:23 2–2 White (Anderson, Keller) – 36:21 3–2 3–3 46:04 – Guryanov
	White Keller Anderson Terry Bracco Terry Terry	Shootout	Guryanov Polunin Alexeyev Vorobyev Kaprizov Guryanov Polunin
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	36

4 January 2017 19:30

Sweden

2–5 (2–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 13,456

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Connor Ingram Carter Hart
	Eriksson Ek (Söderlund) (SH) – 6:05 1–0 1–1 7:43 – Stephens (Cirelli) Grundström (Nylander, Eriksson Ek) – 8:05 2–1 2–2 18:49 – Cirelli (Clague, Chabot) 2–3 32:02 – Gauthier (Dubois) 2–4 47:38 – Strome (Juulsen, Bean) 2–5 58:02 – Gauthier (Strome, Jost) (ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	43

Bronze medal game

5 January 2017 15:30

Sweden

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Russia

Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 8,366

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Darcy Burchell Jozef Kubus Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 20:16 – Kaprizov (Vorobyev, Rykov) Dahlén – 30:11 1–1 1–2 60:33 – Guryanov
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	26

Final

5 January 2017 20:00

United States

5–4 SO (0–2, 2–0, 2–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Canada

Centre Bell, Montreal Attendance: 20,173

Game reference
	Tyler Parsons	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmén Nicolas Fluri
	0–1 4:58 – Chabot (Barzal, Joseph) 0–2 9:02 – Lauzon (Stephens) McAvoy (Greenway, Fox) – 23:04 1–2 Bellows (Fox, Thompson) (PP) – 29:30 2–2 2–3 41:52 – Roy (Bean, Jost) (PP) 2–4 44:05 – Joseph (McLeod, Chabot) Bellows (McAvoy) – 44:44 3–4 White (Fox, Keller) – 47:07 4–4
	White Keller Bellows Terry Bracco	Shootout	Strome Barzal Jost Cirelli Roy
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	50

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Kirill Kaprizov	Russia	7	9	3	12	+7	2
2	Alexander Nylander	Sweden	7	5	7	12	+7	0
3	Clayton Keller	United States	7	3	8	11	+3	2
4	Thomas Chabot	Canada	7	4	6	10	+4	8
5	Dylan Strome	Canada	7	3	7	10	+1	0
6	Mikhail Vorobyev	Russia	7	0	10	10	+6	4
7	Joel Eriksson Ek	Sweden	7	6	3	9	+8	4
8	Colin White	United States	7	7	1	8	+5	4
9	Mathew Barzal	Canada	7	3	5	8	+4	4
9	Jordan Greenway	United States	7	3	5	8	+3	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF [14]

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Veini Vehviläinen	Finland	317:57	8	1.51	93.10	1
2	Ilya Samsonov	Russia	370:11	13	2.11	92.97	2
3	Kasper Krog	Denmark	165:00	9	3.27	91.96	0
4	Tyler Parsons	United States	330:00	12	2.18	91.67	0
5	Felix Sandström	Sweden	359:50	13	2.17	91.45	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF[15]

Tournament awards

Reference: Most Valuable Player

• Defenceman: Thomas Chabot

All-star team

• Goaltender: Ilya Samsonov
• Defencemen: Thomas Chabot, Charlie McAvoy
• Forwards: Kirill Kaprizov, Alexander Nylander, Clayton Keller

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Felix Sandström
• Defenceman: Thomas Chabot
• Forward: Kirill Kaprizov

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	United States	7	5	2	0	0	29	15	+14	19	Champions
2	B	Canada (H)	7	5	0	1	1	35	18	+17	16	Runners-up
3	B	Russia	7	3	1	1	2	25	14	+11	12	Third place
4	A	Sweden	7	5	0	1	1	29	16	+13	16	Fourth place
5	A	Denmark	5	1	1	1	2	11	19	−8	6	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	A	Czech Republic	5	1	0	2	2	12	18	−6	5
7	A	Switzerland	5	0	2	0	3	13	16	−3	4
8	B	Slovakia	5	1	0	0	4	9	22	−13	3
9	A	Finland	6	3	0	0	3	12	10	+2	9	Advance in Relegation
10	B	Latvia	6	0	0	0	6	8	35	−27	0	2018 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Division I

Main article: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Bremerhaven, Germany from 11–17 December 2016.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belarus	5	4	0	1	0	20	10	+10	13	Promoted to Top Division
2	Germany (H)	5	3	1	0	1	17	13	+4	11
3	France	5	2	0	0	3	16	19	−3	6[lower-alpha 1]
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	14	16	−2	6[lower-alpha 1]
5	Austria	5	2	0	0	3	15	17	−2	6[lower-alpha 1]
6	Norway	5	1	0	0	4	10	17	−7	3	Relegation to Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. In head-to-head games France had 6 Pts, Kazakhstan had 3 Pts, and Austria 0 Pts.

Group B

The tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary from 11–17 December 2016. The hosts, entering as the bottom seed, won promotion for the second year in a row.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hungary (H)	5	4	0	0	1	21	12	+9	12	Promoted to Division I A
2	Poland	5	3	1	0	1	21	16	+5	11
3	Slovenia	5	2	1	0	2	21	13	+8	8
4	Italy	5	2	0	1	2	12	19	−7	7
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	0	3	9	13	−4	5
6	Great Britain	5	0	0	2	3	8	19	−11	2	Relegation to Division II A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Division II

Main article: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 11–17 December 2016.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lithuania	5	5	0	0	0	42	10	+32	15	Promoted to Division I B
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	35	13	+22	12
3	Romania	5	2	0	1	2	21	29	−8	7
4	Estonia (H)	5	2	0	0	3	18	24	−6	6
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4	9	24	−15	3
6	Croatia	5	0	1	0	4	11	35	−24	2	Relegation to Division II B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Group B

The tournament was held in Logroño, Spain from 7–13 January 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Korea	5	4	1	0	0	27	7	+20	14	Promoted to Division II A
2	Spain (H)	5	4	0	0	1	38	12	+26	12
3	Serbia	5	3	0	1	1	23	12	+11	10
4	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	15	19	−4	6
5	Mexico	5	0	1	0	4	13	39	−26	2
6	Australia	5	0	0	1	4	9	36	−27	1	Relegation to Division III

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Division III

Main article: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The tournament was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 16–22 January 2017. Turkey defeated China in the Gold medal game to achieve promotion to Division II. Chinese Taipei returned to play for the first time since 2011, losing all but their final game.

	Team
1st	Turkey
2nd	China
3rd	Iceland
4th	New Zealand
5th	Israel
6th	Bulgaria
7th	Chinese Taipei
8th	South Africa

See also

• 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship when Toronto & Montreal co-hosted
• 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Calgary & Edmonton co-hosted
• 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Saskatoon & Regina co-hosted
• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships when Ottawa hosted

References

1. "International Ice Hockey Federation". IIHF. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
2. http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/206728/la_id/1/ss_id/190000/
3. TSN, "Montreal and Toronto to Host 2015, 2017 World Juniors on TSN", Hockey Canada, June 20, 2013
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5. IIHF, "Heading to hockey’s meccas", June 20, 2013
6. The Gazette (Montreal), "World Junior Championship is coming to town" Archived June 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Brenda Branswell, June 20, 2013
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8. CBC News, "Montreal, Toronto to co-host junior hockey worlds in 2015, 2017", Canadian Press, June 20, 2013
9. Calgary Herald, "Montreal and Toronto to host 2015 and 2017 world junior hockey championships", Bill Beacon, June 20, 2013
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13. "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF.com. May 29, 2012. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
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15. "Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF.com. January 5, 2017.

External links

• Official website (in English and French)