2017 IIHF Women's World Championship

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Host country United States
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates31 March – 7 April 2017
Opened byDonald Trump
2017 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates31 March – 7 April 2017
Opened byDonald Trump
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (8th title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played22
Goals scored115 (5.23 per game)
Attendance20,034 (911 per game)
Scoring leaderUnited States Kendall Coyne (12 points)
Awards
MVPUnited States Brianna Decker
Official website
Official website
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The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 18th edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was held in Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States from 31 March to 7 April 2017.[1][2][3][4] The USA Hockey Arena served as the event's venue using Arena I and Arena II.

Three-time defending champions, the United States, winning their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title, after defeated Canada in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime.[5] Finland won the bronze medal by beating Germany 8–0.[6]

USA Hockey Arena I
3,504		 USA Hockey Arena II
800

Participating teams

Match officials

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[7]

Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.[8]

Preliminary round

Relegation round

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team. The IIHF opted to expand the World Championship to ten teams starting in 2019, so no team was relegated after all.

4 April 2017
12:00		Switzerland 2–4
(0–2, 0–1, 2–1)		 Czech RepublicUSA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
Attendance: 355
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesKlára PeslarováReferees:
Slovakia Nikoleta Celárová
Germany Nicole Hertrich
Linesmen:
Austria Bettina Angerer
Finland Johanna Tauriainen
0–114:29 – Vanišová (Lédlová, Mrázová)
0–218:59 – Mrázová
0–330:43 – Lédlová
Stalder (Stiefel, Bullo) – 52:231–3
Altmann (Stalder) – 54:052–3
2–459:42 – Lédlová (ENG)
4 minPenalties10 min
29Shots22
6 April 2017
12:00		Czech Republic 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0)
(OT 0–1)		  SwitzerlandUSA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
Attendance: 478
Game reference
Klára PeslarováGoaliesFlorence SchellingReferees:
Germany Nicole Hertrich
United States Melissa Szkola
Linesmen:
Austria Bettina Angerer
Germany Lisa Linnek
Vanišová (Lédlová) – 28:391–0
1–132:59 – Bullo (Staenz, Raselli)
1–239:47 – Stalder
Vanišová (Herzigová) – 43:552–2
2–364:26 – Meier (Stalder, Benz)
6 minPenalties6 min
36Shots29
7 April 2017
12:00		Switzerland 3–1
(2–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicUSA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
Attendance: 457
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesBlanka ŠkodováReferees:
United States Dina Allen
Norway Aina Hove
Linesmen:
Sweden Veronica Johansson
Germany Lisa Linnek
Rüegg (Müller, Stalder) – 07:011–0
Müller (Meier, Schelling) (PP) – 09:352–0
2–111:28 – Vanišová (Lédlová)
Stalder (Müller, Meier) (PP) – 41:033–1
14 minPenalties12 min
17Shots19
  • Switzerland won series 2–1 and finished in 7th place.

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1  United States 11
A4  Russia 1 B1  Germany 0
B1  Germany 2 A1  United States 3
A2  Canada 2
A2  Canada 4
A3  Finland 4 A3  Finland 0
B2  Sweden 0 Bronze medal game
A3  Finland 8
B1  Germany 0

Quarterfinals

4 April 2017
15:35		Finland 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 SwedenUSA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
Attendance: 397
Game reference
Noora RätyGoaliesSara GrahnReferees:
United States Dina Allen
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Linesmen:
United States Jessica Leclerc
Slovenia Nataša Pagon
Säkkinen (Lindstedt, Karna) – 04:191–0
Välimäki (Tuominen, Tapani) (PP) – 06:552–0
Hiirikoski (Tapani) (PP) – 23:033–0
Tapani (Valila, Karvinen) – 48:534–0
8 minPenalties12 min
42Shots16
4 April 2017
19:35		Russia 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 GermanyUSA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
Attendance: 486
Game reference
Nadezhda AlexandrovaGoaliesJennifer HarßReferees:
Switzerland Anna Eskola
Norway Aina Hove
Linesmen:
Sweden Veronica Johansson
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
Shokhina (Shtaryova, Dergachyova) – 02:361–0
1–134:44 – Spielberger (Zorn, Fiegert) (PP2)
1–249:12 – Delarbre (Graeve, Spielberger)
12 minPenalties6 min
24Shots22

Semifinals

6 April 2017
15:35		Canada 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 FinlandUSA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
Attendance: 1,166
Game reference
Shannon SzabadosGoaliesNoora RätyReferees:
United States Dina Allen
Sweden Gabriella Gran
Linesmen:
Sweden Veronica Johansson
United States Jessica Leclerc
Potomak (Jenner, Spooner) – 17:351–0
Poulin (Spooner) – 25:082–0
Johnston (Poulin) (PP) – 27:333–0
Clark (Rougeau) (SH, ENG) – 55:314–0
12 minPenalties10 min
35Shots23
6 April 2017
19:35		United States 11–0
(2–0, 5–0, 4–0)		 GermanyUSA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
Attendance: 1,872
Game reference
Nicole HensleyGoaliesJennifer Harß
Ivonne Schröder		Referees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Norway Aina Hove
Linesmen:
Finland Johanna Tauriainen
Canada Justine Todd
Knight (Coyne) – 01:061–0
Stack (Skarupa, M. Lamoureux) – 08:472–0
Coyne (Decker, M. Lamoureux) (PP) – 22:023–0
Pfalzer (Kessel, Keller) – 22:384–0
J. Lamoureux (Stack) – 23:245–0
Coyne (Knight, Decker) – 24:226–0
Keller (Kessel) – 26:157–0
Pelkey (Bellamy, Kessel) – 44:198–0
M. Lamoureux (Decker, Knight) – 53:069–0
Skarupa (Stack) – 54:1010–0
Carpenter (Keller) (PP) – 59:4711–0
2 minPenalties10 min
50Shots8

Fifth place game

6 April 2017
17:00		Russia 4–3 GWS
(0–1, 0–1, 3–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 SwedenUSA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
Attendance: 102
Game reference
Maria Sorokina
Nadezhda Alexandrova		GoaliesLovisa BerndtssonReferees:
Slovakia Nikoleta Celárová
Switzerland Drahomira Fialova
Linesmen:
Slovakia Michaela Kúdeľová
Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
0–117:07 – Fallman (Udén Johansson, Lindh)
0–220:42 – Fallman (Nordin) (PP2)
Belyakova (Dergachyova) – 42:301–2
Kadirova (Smolentseva, Pirogova) – 50:472–2
Sosina (Shokhina) – 53:483–2
3–357:52 – Winberg (Nordin) (PP)
Shukina MISS
Belyakova MISS
Sosina GOAL
Shokhina MISS
Kadirova GOAL		ShootoutMISS Winberg
MISS Johansson
MISS Olsson
GOAL Grahm
MISS Borgqvist
32 minPenalties8 min
39Shots23

Bronze medal game

7 April 2017
15:35		Finland 8–0
(3–0, 5–0, 0–0)		 GermanyUSA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
Attendance: 836
Game reference
Noora RätyGoaliesJennifer Harß
Ivonne Schröder		Referees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
United States Melissa Szkola
Linesmen:
United States Jessica Leclerc
Canada Justine Todd
Nieminen (Välimäki, Hiirikoski) – 00:531–0
Savolainen (Hovi, Tuominen) – 16:172–0
Hovi (Välimäki) (SH) – 17:303–0
Hiirikoski (Valila, Karvinen) (PP) – 21:424–0
Tulus (Hiirikoski, Niskanen) – 29:085–0
Valkama (Tulus, Lindstedt) – 31:156–0
Nieminen (Kilponen) – 35:157–0
Jalosuo (Tapani) – 39:428–0
6 minPenalties18 min
38Shots11

Final

7 April 2017
19:35		United States 3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT 1–0)		 CanadaUSA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
Attendance: 3,917
Game reference
Nicole HensleyGoaliesShannon SzabadosReferees:
Switzerland Anna Eskola
Sweden Gabriella Gran
Linesmen:
Slovenia Natasa Pagon
Finland Johanna Tauriainen
0–101:01 – Agosta (Wakefield)
Bellamy (Coyne, Decker) – 04:341–1
Bellamy (Knight, Decker) – 40:422–1
2–249:44 – Jenner (PP)
Knight (Coyne) – 70:173–2
10 minPenalties10 min
40Shots30

Final standings

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Finland
4 Germany
5 Russia
6 Sweden
7  Switzerland
8 Czech Republic

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
United States Kendall Coyne55712+100F
United States Brianna Decker53912+118F
United States Hilary Knight5459+100F
Switzerland Lara Stalder6459+52F
Finland Susanna Tapani636902F
Switzerland Alina Müller6448+22F
Czech Republic Aneta Lédlová6336+712F
Canada Marie-Philip Poulin5246+32F
United States Amanda Kessel5156+40F
United States Monique Lamoureux5156+110D

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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
United States Nicole Hensley190:1720.635696.432
Canada Shannon Szabados248:2951.2110995.412
Switzerland Florence Schelling368:00111.7916093.120
Finland Noora Räty355:03122.0315792.362
Russia Nadezhda Alexandrova183:1861.967091.430

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Threatened boycott by US players

References

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