2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Player eligibility

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

• 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.

Top Division

Venues

Match officials

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

Referees

• SWE Tobias Björk
• CAN Darcy Burchell
• CZE Jan Hribik
• SVK Jozef Kubus
• USA Mark Lemelin
• SWE Marcus Linde
• GER Marian Rohatsch
• FIN Anssi Salonen
• USA Brett Sheva
• BLR Maxim Sidorenko
• CZE Robin Šír
• SUI Daniel Stricker Linesmen
• SWE Jimmy Dahmen
• USA Jake Davis
• SUI Nicolas Fluri
• BLR Dmitry Golyak
• DEN Henrik Haurum
• GER Lukas Kohlmuller
• RUS Yakov Paley
• CZE Libor Suchanek
• FIN Sakari Suominen
• CAN 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.

Preliminary round

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

Group A

(OT: 0–1) Karolus Kaarlehto (OT: 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Group B

Denijs Romanovskis Gustavs Grigals CAN Nathan Vanoosten replaced Golyak during the game due to injury Gustavs Grigals

Relegation round

Note: was relegated to the 2018 Division I A

Playoff round

| RD1-seed1= 1A | RD1-team1= **** | RD1-score1= 8 | RD1-seed2= 4B | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2= 3 | RD1-seed3= 2B | RD1-team3= **** | RD1-score3= 5 | RD1-seed4= 3A | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4= 3 | RD1-seed5= 2A | RD1-team5= | RD1-score5= 0 | RD1-seed6= 3B | RD1-team6= **** | RD1-score6= 4 | RD1-seed7= 1B | RD1-team7= **** | RD1-score7= 3 | RD1-seed8= 4A | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8= 2 | RD2-seed1= 1A | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1= 2 | RD2-seed2= 2B | RD2-team2= **** | RD2-score2= 5 | RD2-team3= | RD2-seed3= 3B | RD2-score3= 3 | RD2-seed4= 1B | RD2-team4= **** (GWS) | RD2-score4= 4 | RD3-seed3= 1A | RD3-team3= | RD3-score3= 1 | RD3-seed4= 3B | RD3-team4= **** (OT) | RD3-score4= 2 | RD3-seed1= 2B | RD3-team1 = | RD3-score1 = 4 | RD3-seed2= 1B | RD3-team2 = **** (GWS) | RD3-score2 = 5

Quarterfinals

Kasper Krog

Semifinals

(OT: 0–0) (SO: 4–3) Carter Hart

Bronze medal game

(OT: 0–1)

Final

(OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Tournament awards

Reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20170106145136/http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/news/chabot-named-mvp/ Most Valuable Player

• Defenceman: CAN Thomas Chabot

All-star team

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

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: SWE Felix Sandström
• Defenceman: CAN Thomas Chabot
• Forward: RUS Kirill Kaprizov

Final standings

Quarter-finals

Division I

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

Group A

The Division I A tournament was held in Bremerhaven, Germany, from December 11 to 17, 2016.

Group B

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

Division II

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

Group A

The Division II A tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia, from December 11 to 17, 2016.

Group B

The Division II B tournament was held in Logroño, Spain, from January 7 to 13, 2017.

Division III

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

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

Group

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