2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

It opened on December 26, 2017 and closed with the gold medal game on January 5, 2018. It was the sixth time that the United States has hosted the WJIHC, and the second time that Buffalo has done so, previously hosting in 2011.

2018 IIHF World U20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Buffalo
Venue(s)	KeyBank Center HarborCenter New Era Field (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 2017 – January 5, 2018
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (17th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	216 (7.2 per game)
Attendance	211,210 (7,040 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Casey Mittelstadt (11 points)
MVP	Casey Mittelstadt
Website	2018.worldjunior.hockey
← 2017 2019 →

A preliminary round game between Canada and the United States was played outdoors at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park, New York on December 29, 2017. It was the second outdoor game held at any top-level IIHF world championship, the first being the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship, and the first one held at a junior level.

Venues

Buffalo   Orchard Park	Buffalo		Orchard Park
	KeyBank Center Capacity: 19,070	KeyBank Rink at HarborCenter Capacity: 1,800	New Era Field Capacity: 71,870

Host selection

On July 28, 2015, USA Hockey named the five initial finalists for hosting the event:

• Buffalo, New York
• Pittsburgh
• St. Louis
• Chicago
• Tampa, Florida

Chicago and Tampa were eliminated on September 15. Buffalo was chosen as the host site on December 3, with a formal announcement on December 4.

Match officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2018 World Junior Championship.

Rosters

Format

The preliminary round was a two group of five teams each internal round-robin format, followed by a three-round playoff. In the round-robin, two points were allotted for a win, and one additional point for a regulation win. One point was allotted for an overtime or game winning shots loss.

The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to quarterfinals while the last-placed team from each group played a best-of-three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2019. All other teams will retain their Top Division status.

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	Canada	4	3	0	1	0	21	6	+15	10	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	2	1	0	1	20	10	+10	8
3	Finland	4	2	0	0	2	15	12	+3	6
4	Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	10	14	−4	6
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	2	26	−24	0	Relegation round

December 26, 2017 16:00

Canada

4–2 (3–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Finland

KeyBank Center Attendance: 9,552

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees:   Artur Kulev   Manuel Nikolic Linesmen:   Jon Kilian   Jiří Ondráček
	Katchouk (Thomas) – 05:34 1–0 Steel (Raddysh, Kyrou) (PP) – 06:01 2–0 2–1 12:19 – Heponiemi (Välimäki) Batherson (Gadjovich, Mete) – 12:52 3–1 3–2 27:31 – Jokiharju (Tolvanen, Koivula) (PP) Raddysh (Katchouk) – 32:47 4–2
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	31

December 26, 2017 20:00

Denmark

0–9 (0–5, 0–2, 0–2)

United States

KeyBank Center Attendance: 7,207

Game reference
	Kasper Krog Emil Gransøe	Goalies	Joseph Woll	Referees:   Gordon Schukies   Robin Šír Linesmen:   Peter Šefčík   Alexander Sysuev
	0–1 02:27 – Jones (Peeke, Norris) 0–2 05:04 – Bellows (Brown) (PP) 0–3 08:26 – Mittelstadt (Hughes, M. Anderson) 0–4 11:35 – Yamamoto (Tkachuk, Hughes) 0–5 18:48 – Mittelstadt (Harper, Tufte) 0–6 24:08 – Bellows (PS) 0–7 39:31 – Harper (Fox) 0–8 52:30 – Peeke (Jones) (PP) 0–9 53:23 – Samberg (Perunovich, Norris)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	36

December 27, 2017 19:00

Slovakia

0–6 (0–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

KeyBank Center Attendance: 7,834

Game reference
	Dávid Hrenák	Goalies	Colton Point	Referees:   Jeremy Tufts   Marc Wiegand Linesmen:   William Hancock II   Rene Jensen
	0–1 03:39 – Steel (Makar, Kyrou) 0–2 21:24 – Kyrou (Mete, Dubé) (PP) 0–3 25:43 – Gadjovich (Makar) 0–4 30:33 – Raddysh (Kyrou, Steel) (PP) 0–5 55:58 – Comtois 0–6 58:30 – Gadjovich (McLeod, Timmins) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	52

December 28, 2017 12:00

Finland

4–1 (2–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Denmark

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,026

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Kasper Krog	Referees:   Andris Ansons   Alexandre Garon Linesmen:   Franco Castelli   Jon Kilian
	Koppanen (Välimäki, Heiskanen) – 02:49 1–0 Räsänen (Tolvanen, Jokiharju) – 06:56 2–0 2–1 21:38 – Krag (Røndbjerg, Setkov) (PP) Välimäki (Heiskanen, Vaakanainen) – 35:38 3–1 Jokiharju (Koivula) – 37:44 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	62	Shots	7

December 28, 2017 20:00

United States

2–3 (0–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

KeyBank Center Attendance: 8,188

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Roman Durný	Referees:   Artur Kulev   Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen:   Markus Hägerström   Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 24:52 – Krivošík (Buček) Tkachuk (Poehling, J. Anderson) – 31:07 1–1 1–2 55:15 – Krivošík (Buček) Mittelstadt – 56:49 2–2 2–3 57:52 – Buček
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	45	Shots	25

December 29, 2017 15:00

Canada

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

United States

New Era Field Attendance: 44,592

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Jake Oettinger	Referees:   Mikko Kaukokari   Marc Wiegand Linesmen:   Jiří Ondráček   Alexander Sysuev
	Makar (Thomas) (PP) – 04:13 1–0 Dubé (Steel) (PP) – 15:17 2–0 2–1 36:27 – Bellows (Mittelstadt, Oettinger) (PP2) Katchouk (Bean) – 37:39 3–1 3–2 46:09 – Perunovich (Mittelstadt) (PP) 3–3 46:43 – Tkachuk (Mittelstadt)
	Steel   Thomas   Raddysh   Batherson	Shootout	Bellows   Tkachuk   Mittelstadt
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	36

December 30, 2017 16:00

Finland

5–2 (0–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Slovakia

KeyBank Center Attendance: 6,229

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Roman Durný	Referees:   Gordon Schukies   Stephen Thomson Linesmen:   Dustin McCrank   Jiří Ondráček
	Koppanen (Nurmi, Jääskä) – 27:02 1–0 1–1 34:14 – Bodák (Tamáši, Ivan) Räsänen (Juolevi, Tolvanen) (PP) – 39:02 2–1 Heponiemi (Kuokkanen) – 46:23 3–1 3–2 49:03 – Buček (Krivošík, Ružička) Ikonen – 52:36 4–2 Nurmi (Koppanen) – 54:01 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	26

December 30, 2017 20:00

Denmark

0–8 (0–3, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

KeyBank Center Attendance: 8,671

Game reference
	Emil Gransøe	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees:   Manuel Nikolic   Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen:   Peter Šefčík   Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 03:52 – Thomas (Raddysh, Katchouk) 0–2 17:21 – Howden (Comtois, Foote) 0–3 19:39 – Steel (Clague, Kyrou) 0–4 27:52 – Makar (Bean) (PP) 0–5 29:20 – Howden (Foote, Formenton) 0–6 43:30 – Formenton (Timmins) 0–7 49:03 – McLeod 0–8 52:26 – Batherson (Foote, McLeod) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	44

December 31, 2017 16:00

United States

5–4 (2–0, 2–2, 1–2)

Finland

KeyBank Center Attendance: 7,884

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees:   Alexandre Garon   Robin Šír Linesmen:   Rene Jensen   Peter Šefčík
	Frederic (Tufte, Yamamoto) – 03:59 1–0 Mittelstadt (Tkachuk) – 14:33 2–0 J. Anderson (Tkachuk, Fox) (PP2) – 26:56 3–0 3–1 29:01 – Räsänen (Tolvanen) 3–2 38:44 – Tolvanen (Jokiharju, Vesalainen) (PP) J. Anderson (Fox, Mittelstadt) (PP) – 39:26 4–2 4–3 48:25 – Koppanen (Nurmi, Vaakanainen) (SH) 4–4 49:31 – Vesalainen (Juolevi, Välimäki) Fox (Mittelstadt, Tkachuk) – 58:23 5–4
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	24

December 31, 2017 18:00

Slovakia

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Denmark

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,419

Game reference
	Roman Durný	Goalies	Kasper Krog	Referees:   Andris Ansons   Jeremy Tufts Linesmen:   Franco Castelli   Alexander Sysuev
	0–1 04:46 – Blichfield (Krag, Røndbjerg) (PP) Roman (Tamáši) – 11:42 1–1 Fehérváry (Ružička, Buček) – 29:38 2–1 Roman (SH) – 34:38 3–1 Buček (Fehérváry) – 44:06 4–1 Liška (Kundrík, Solenský) – 45:22 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	31

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	3	1	0	0	20	7	+13	11	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	4	3	0	0	1	18	15	+3	9
3	Russia	4	2	0	1	1	17	13	+4	7
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	10	20	−10	3
5	Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	10	20	−10	0	Relegation round

December 26, 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

5–4 (2–2, 2–0, 1–2)

Russia

KeyBank Center Attendance: 4,998

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář	Goalies	Alexei Melnichuk Vladislav Sukhachyov	Referees:   Andris Ansons   Alexandre Garon Linesmen:   Franco Castelli   Markus Hägerström
	Nečas (Kaut, Zadina) (PP) – 04:42 1–0 1–1 05:21 – Polodyan (Altybarmakyan, Zaitsev) Safin (Chytil, Hájek) – 07:28 2–1 2–2 09:16 – Sholokhov (Kostin, Syomin) Zadina (Kaut, Nečas) (PP) – 25:34 3–2 Chytil (Safin, Zachar) – 37:26 4–2 Král (Kaut, Galvas) – 46:16 5–2 5–3 57:48 – Kayumov (Maunkyan, Rubstov) 5–4 59:02 – Syomin (Kayumov, Rubstov) (EA)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	38

December 26, 2017 14:00

Belarus

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Sweden

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,754

Game reference
	Andrei Grishenko	Goalies	Filip Gustavsson	Referees:   Jacob Grumsen   Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen:   William Hancock II   Rene Jensen
	0–1 08:44 – Pettersson (Dahlin) (PP) Sharangovich (SH) – 14:56 1–1 1–2 30:57 – Brännström (Nylander, Steen) 1–3 32:33 – Gustafsson (G. Lindström, Sellgren) 1–4 34:18 – Boqvist (Brännström, Karlström) 1–5 42:17 – Andersson (Nylander, Pettersson) (PP) 1–6 51:07 – Andersson (Dahlin, Karlström)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	9	Shots	36

December 27, 2017 15:00

Switzerland

3–2 (1–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Belarus

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,224

Game reference
	Philip Wüthrich	Goalies	Andrei Grishenko	Referees:   Mikael Sjöqvist   Stephen Thomson Linesmen:   Dustin McCrank   Emil Yletyinen
	Müller – 08:07 1–0 1–1 18:34 – Sushko (Martynyuk, Gabrus) 1–2 44:25 – Bovbel (Litvinov, Sushko) (PP) Nussbaumer (Luenberger) – 48:12 2–2 Kurashev (Maillard, Miranda) – 51:16 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	39	Shots	29

December 28, 2017 14:00

Russia

5–2 (1–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Switzerland

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,895

Game reference
	Vladislav Sukhachyov	Goalies	Philip Wüthrich	Referees:   Jacob Grumsen   Jeremy Tufts Linesmen:   Jiří Ondráček   Peter Šefčík
	Syomin (Sokolov) (PP) – 10:21 1–0 1–1 20:09 – Miranda (Kurashev, Maillard) Kostin (Svechnikov, Syomin) – 38:16 2–1 2–2 42:10 – Jäger (Heim, Sigrist) Kayumov (Kostin) – 51:02 3–2 Ivanov (Svechnikov) – 58:18 4–2 Abramov (Sokolov) (ENG) – 58:31 5–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	13

December 28, 2017 16:00

Sweden

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

KeyBank Center Attendance: 6,890

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Jakub Škarek	Referees:   Filip Larsson   Marc Wiegand Linesmen:   Dustin McCrank   Alexander Sysuev
	Davidsson (Fjällby, Gustafsson) – 05:56 1–0 Pettersson (Nylander, Dahlin) (PP) – 19:04 2–0 2–1 39:02 – Zadina (Nečas, Hájek) (PP) Nylander (Dahlin) (PP) – 44:25 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	25

December 29, 2017 12:00

Belarus

2–5 (0–2, 0–1, 2–2)

Russia

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,841

Game reference
	Andrei Grishenko	Goalies	Vladislav Sukhachyov	Referees:   Manuel Nikolic   Gordon Schukies Linesmen:   William Hancock II   Jon Kilian
	0–1 10:14 – Polodyan (Makeyev, Maltsev) 0–2 12:44 – Rubtsov (Manukyan, Minulin) 0–3 23:33 – Kostin (Svechnikov) Deryabin (Pishuk) – 42:03 1–3 1–4 44:21 – Kayumov (Rubtsov, Manukyan) 1–5 48:12 – Kostin (Svechnikov, Ivanov) Pishuk (Martynov) – 50:43 2–5
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	40

December 30, 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

6–5 (0–1, 5–2, 1–2)

Belarus

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,222

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář Jakub Škarek	Goalies	Andrei Grishenko Dmitri Rodik	Referees:   Jacob Grumsen   Artur Kulev Linesmen:   Franco Castelli   Rene Jensen
	0–1 08:31 – Sharangovich (Yeryomenko, Litvinov) (PP) 0–2 20:48 – Drozdov (Sushko, Bovbel) Pavlík (Safin, Reichel) – 21:29 1–2 Hájek (Nečas, Budík) – 21:53 2–2 Zadina (Michnáč, Kaut) (PP) – 25:58 3–2 Chytil (Zachar, Hájek) – 32:45 4–2 Pavlík (Chytil) – 35:26 5–2 5–3 38:45 – Sharangovich (Sushko, Bovbel) (PP) 5–4 50:27 – Martynov (Drozdov, Yeryomenko) (PP) Zachar (Budík) – 53:23 6–4 6–5 54:52 – Gabrus
	41 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	21

December 30, 2017 14:00

Sweden

7–2 (1–1, 2–1, 4–0)

Switzerland

HarborCenter Attendance: 2,115

Game reference
	Filip Larsson	Goalies	Matteo Ritz	Referees:   Andris Ansons   Robin Šír Linesmen:   Markus Hägerström   William Hancock II
	Andersson (Nylander, Pettersson) (PP) – 05:25 1–0 1–1 10:13 – Müller Andersson – 26:07 2–1 Fjällby (SH) – 32:27 3–1 3–2 39:14 – Miranda (PP) Pettersson – 44:55 4–2 Söderlund (Dahlin, Brännström) – 50:01 5–2 Zetterlund – 51:43 6–2 Pettersson (Andersson, Dahlin) – 52:17 7–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	42	Shots	22

December 31, 2017 12:00

Switzerland

3–6 (1–2, 2–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,548

Game reference
	Philip Wüthrich	Goalies	Jakub Škarek Josef Kořenář	Referees:   Mikko Kaukokari   Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen:   Jon Kilian   Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 02:38 – Lauko (Hájek, Budík) Jäger (Miranda, Kurashev) – 02:51 1–1 1–2 11:07 – Nečas (Kaut, Hájek) (PP) 1–3 22:11 – Reichel (Pavlík) Rohrbach – 22:20 2–3 Riva (le Coultre, Heim) (PP) – 23:55 3–3 3–4 28:38 – Kaut (Michnáč, Nečas) (PP) 3–5 47:46 – Kurovský (Kodýtek) 3–6 57:40 – Reichel (Kurovský)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	60

December 31, 2017 20:00

Russia

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

Sweden

KeyBank Center Attendance: 6,121

Game reference
	Vladislav Sukhachyov	Goalies	Filip Gustavsson	Referees:   Gordon Schukies   Stephen Thomson Linesmen:   Markus Hägerström   Dustin McCrank
	0–1 07:18 – Andersson (Liljegren, Nylander) Sokolov (Maltsev, Polodyan) – 15:09 1–1 1–2 17:32 – Liljegren (Söderlund, L. Lindström) Kostin (Ivanov, Svechnikov) – 18:18 2–2 2–3 54:21 – Gustafsson (Fjällby, Davidsson) Polodyan (Shepelev, Ivanov) – 56:15 3–3
	Yelizarov   Abramov   Maltsev   Kostin   Kayumov	Shootout	Pettersson   Nylander   L. Lindström   Steen
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	43

Relegation round

January 2, 2018 14:00

Belarus

4–5 (0–2, 2–0, 2–3)

Denmark

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,245

Game reference
	Andrei Grishenko	Goalies	Kasper Krog	Referees:   Gordon Schukies   Marc Wiegand Linesmen:   Franco Castelli   Markus Hägerström
	0–1 15:56 – Røndbjerg (Blichfeld) 0–2 16:48 – Schultz (Madsen, Grundtvig) Litvinov (SH) – 21:01 1–2 Yeryomenko (Sushko, Sharangovich) (PP) – 29:13 2–2 Drozdov (SH) – 41:44 3–2 Martynov (Sushko, Sharangovich) (PP) – 48:30 4–2 4–3 49:04 – Blichfeld (Røndbjerg, Jessen) 4–4 59:26 – Blichfeld (Setkov) (EA) 4–5 59:45 – Grundtvig (Røndbjerg, Mogensen)
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	29

January 4, 2018 12:00

Denmark

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

Belarus

KeyBank Center Attendance: 4,295

Game reference
	Kasper Krog	Goalies	Andrei Grishenko Dmitri Rodik	Referees:   Andris Ansons   Alexandre Garon Linesmen:   William Hancock II   Emil Yletyinen
	Nielsen (Blichfeld, Røndbjerg) – 10:47 1–0 Røndbjerg (Blichfeld, Schmidt-Svestrup) – 12:23 2–0 2–1 48:54 – Sushko (Yeryomenko) (PP2) 2–2 49:40 – Litvinov (Bovbel, Sushko) (PP)
	Molge   Grundtvig   Andersen   Schmidt-Svejstrup   Røndbjerg	Shootout	Drozdov   Sharangovich   Mikhalchuk   Martynov
	10 min	Penalties	33 min
	28	Shots	30

Note:   Belarus was relegated to the 2019 Division I A

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

1B

Sweden

3

4A

Slovakia

2

1B

Sweden

4

2A

United States

2

2A

United States

4

3B

Russia

2

1B

Sweden

1

1A

Canada

3

1A

Canada

8

4B

Switzerland

2

1A

Canada

7

Bronze medal game

2B

Czech Republic

2

2B

Czech Republic (GWS)

4

2B

Czech Republic

3

3A

Finland

3

2A

United States

9

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2018 12:00

Czech Republic

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

Finland

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,109

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees:   Stephen Thomson   Jeremy Tufts Linesmen:   Jon Kilian   Emil Yletyinen
	Zadina (Nečas, Hájek) (PP) – 06:20 1–0 1–1 23:04 – Räsänen (Vesalainen, Juolevi) (PP) 1–2 29:53 – Juolevi (Vesalainen, Kuokkanen) Reichel (Pavlík, Budík) – 34:17 2–2 2–3 46:30 – Vesalainen (Tolvanen) Zadina (Galvas, Nečas) (EA) – 57:34 3–3
	Reichel   Zadina   Nečas   Kaut   Zachar	Shootout	Räsänen   Tolvanen   Kuokkanen   Vesalainen   Juolevi
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	54

January 2, 2018 16:00

Canada

8–2 (3–0, 3–1, 2–1)

Switzerland

KeyBank Center Attendance: 5,533

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Philip Wüthrich Matteo Ritz	Referees:   Jacob Grumsen   Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen:   Rene Jensen   Alexander Sysuev
	Howden (Comtois, Makar) – 00:48 1–0 Makar (Timmins, Comtois) – 08:29 2–0 Batherson (Katchouk, Thomas) (PP) – 12:06 3–0 Batherson (Howden) – 26:12 4–0 Kyrou (Steel) – 27:24 5–0 5–1 28:46 – Rohrbach (Le Coultre, Maillard) Timmins (Steenbergen, Howden) – 32:19 6–1 6–2 50:26 – Simic (Maillard) (SH) Dubé (Kyrou, Raddysh) (PP) – 51:12 7–2 Comtois (Howden) – 59:09 8–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	60	Shots	15

January 2, 2018 18:00

Sweden

3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Slovakia

HarborCenter Attendance: 1,445

Game reference
	Philip Larsson	Goalies	Roman Durný	Referees:   Alexandre Garon   Manuel Nkolic Linesmen:   William Hancock II   Jiří Ondráček
	Lundeström (Söderlund) – 20:09 1–0 Zetterlund – 26:55 2–0 2–1 37:41 – Bodák (Čacho, Buček) (PP) Lundeström (Söderlund, Steen) – 50:17 3–1 3–2 51:58 – Bodák (Kelemen, Smolka)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	22

January 2, 2018 20:00

United States

4–2 (2–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Russia

KeyBank Center Attendance: 6,242

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Vladislav Sukhachyov	Referees:   Mikko Kaukokari   Robin Šír Linesmen:   Dustin McCrank   Peter Šefčík
	Bellows (Tkachuk, Fox) (PP) – 02:18 1–0 1–1 10:32 – Sholokhov (Kostin, Yelizarov) Yamamoto (Mittelstadt, Samberg) – 14:34 2–1 2–2 43:39 – Altybarmakyan (Samorukov) Bellows (Samberg) – 52:31 3–2 J. Anderson (Poehling, Lindgren) (ENG) – 59:18 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	33 min
	43	Shots	29

Semifinals

January 4, 2018 16:00

Sweden

4–2 (0–0, 1–0, 3–2)

United States

KeyBank Center Attendance: 7,524

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Joseph Woll Jake Oettinger	Referees:   Manuel Nikolic   Marc Wiegand Linesmen:   Rene Jensen   Peter Šefčík
	Pettersson (Nylander, L. Lindström) (PP) – 33:30 1–0 Andersson (Karlström) – 46:17 2–0 Steen (SH) – 47:47 3–0 Fjällby (Davidsson) (SH) – 48:25 4–0 4–1 52:24 – Bellows (Yamamoto) (PP) 4–2 56:59 – Tkachuk (J. Anderson) (EA)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	31

January 4, 2018 20:00

Canada

7–2 (2–1, 4–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

KeyBank Center Attendance: 6,941

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Josef Kořenář Jakub Škarek	Referees:   Gordon Schukies   Jeremy Tufts Linesmen:   Markus Hägerström   Jon Kilian
	0–1 05:55 – Zadina (Nečas, Michnáč) Steel (Clague, Kyrou) (PP) – 15:05 1–1 Batherson (Makar, Thomas) (PP) – 18:08 2–1 Batherson (Makar, Bean) (PP) – 27:48 3–1 Comtois (Howden, Formenton) – 29:43 4–1 Kyrou (Steel, Dubé) – 32:15 5–1 Batherson (McLeod) – 36:58 6–1 Katchouk (Thomas) – 45:15 7–1 7–2 50:11 – Zadina (Budík)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	20

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2018 16:00

Czech Republic

3–9 (0–1, 0–6, 3–2)

United States

KeyBank Center Attendance: 7,122

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář Jakub Škarek	Goalies	Jake Oettinger Jeremy Swayman	Referees:   Gordon Schukies   Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen:   Jon Kilian   Dustin McCrank
	0–1 19:56 – Frederic (SH) 0–2 20:09 – Poehling (J. Anderson, Perunovich) (SH) 0–3 24:18 – J. Anderson (Tkachuk, Mittelstadt) 0–4 25:52 – Frederic (Hughes, Tufte) 0–5 27:23 – Bellows (PS) 0–6 32:55 – Frederic 0–7 39:01 – Bellows (Norris) Kaut (Hájek, Nečas) (PP) – 40:43 1–7 Pavlík (Kodýtek, Vála) – 42:11 2–7 2–8 45:41 – Frederic (Bellows, Harper) (PP) Kurovský (Kodýtek, Pavlík) – 47:45 3–8 3–9 57:10 – Harper (Samberg)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	39

Final

January 5, 2018 20:00

Sweden

1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2)

Canada

KeyBank Center Attendance: 17,544

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees:   Mikko Kaukokari   Robin Šir Linesmen:   Jiří Ondráček   Peter Šefčík
	0–1 21:49 – Dubé (Kyrou, Steel) Söderlund (L. Lindström, Brännström) (SH) – 33:07 1–1 1–2 58:20 – Steenbergen (Timmins) 1–3 58:46 – Formenton (Mete) (ENG)
	22 min	Penalties	2 min
	36	Shots	28

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Casey Mittelstadt	United States	7	4	7	11	+8	2
2	Martin Nečas	Czech Republic	7	3	8	11	−5	0
3	Kieffer Bellows	United States	7	9	1	10	+2	4
4	Jordan Kyrou	Canada	7	3	7	10	+2	0
5	Sam Steel	Canada	7	4	5	9	+3	0
6	Brady Tkachuk	United States	7	3	6	9	+6	2
7	Filip Zadina	Czech Republic	7	7	1	8	-4	2
8	Klim Kostin	Russia	5	5	3	8	+7	2
9	Cale Makar	Canada	7	3	5	8	+5	0
10	Maxim Sushko	Belarus	6	2	6	8	−1	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Carter Hart	Canada	365:00	11	1.81	92.95	1
2	Roman Durný	Slovakia	240:00	11	2.75	92.86	0
3	Filip Gustavsson	Sweden	364:36	11	1.81	92.41	0
4	Vladislav Sukhachyov	Russia	262:30	12	2.74	90.40	0
5	Philip Wüthrich	Switzerland	207:22	17	4.92	88.74	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

  Casey Mittelstadt

All-star team

• Goaltender:   Filip Gustavsson
• Defencemen:   Rasmus Dahlin,   Cale Makar
• Forwards:   Casey Mittelstadt,   Filip Zadina,   Kieffer Bellows

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender:   Filip Gustavsson
• Defenceman:   Rasmus Dahlin
• Forward:   Casey Mittelstadt

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Canada	7	6	0	1	0	39	11	+28	19	Champions
2	B	Sweden	7	5	1	0	1	28	14	+14	17	Runners-up
3	A	United States (H)	7	4	1	0	2	35	19	+16	14	Third place
4	B	Czech Republic	7	3	1	0	3	27	34	−7	11	Fourth place
5	B	Russia	5	2	0	1	2	19	17	+2	7	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	A	Finland	5	2	0	1	2	18	16	+2	7
7	A	Slovakia	5	2	0	0	3	12	17	−5	6
8	B	Switzerland	5	1	0	0	4	12	28	−16	3
9	A	Denmark	6	1	1	0	4	10	32	−22	5	Advanced in Relegation round
10	B	Belarus	6	0	0	1	5	16	28	−12	1	Relegated to the 2019 Division I A

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Courchevel and Méribel, France, from December 10 to 16, 2017.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	0	0	20	10	+10	13	Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2	Latvia	5	3	1	1	0	13	5	+8	12
3	Germany	5	3	0	1	1	17	7	+10	10
4	France (H)	5	1	1	1	2	11	15	−4	6
5	Austria	5	1	0	0	4	10	20	−10	3
6	Hungary	5	0	0	1	4	11	25	−14	1	Relegated to the 2019 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from December 9 to 15, 2017.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Norway	5	3	2	0	0	18	5	+13	13	Promoted to the 2019 Division I A
2	Poland	5	3	1	1	0	23	14	+9	12
3	Slovenia (H)	5	3	0	1	1	18	15	+3	10
4	Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	9	11	−2	6
5	Italy	5	0	1	0	4	9	23	−14	2
6	Lithuania	5	0	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2	Relegated to the 2019 Division II A