2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates 5 – 12 January 2015
Teams 8
Venue(s) HarborCenter (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   United States (4th title)
Runner-up   Canada
Third place   Russia
Fourth place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played 21
Goals scored 101 (4.81 per match)
Attendance 13,788 (657 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Sarah Potomak
(9 points)
MVP Canada Sarah Potomak
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2016 →

The 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships was the eighth World Women's U18 Championship. The top division tournament was played in Buffalo, United States, from 5 to 12 January 2015. Twenty nations played in three levels, with promotion and relegation for the top and bottom teams at each level.

The United States won their fourth title defeating Canada in overtime in the Gold medal game, with Jincy Dunne scoring on the power play. This was the eighth consecutive final between the two nations, evening their all-time records. The Bronze medal game was also a rematch from the previous year, this time the Russians defeated the Czechs earning their first ever medal at this level.

In Division I play the French earned their first ever promotion to the top level. They opened the tournament with a shootout win over Norway and won the rest of their games earning a trip to St. Catherines for 2016.[1]

Format

The preliminary round is divided into two pools that placed the top four seeds into Group A, and the bottom four in Group B. The top two finishers in Group A advances directly to the semifinals, while the two remaining teams and the top two in Group B will play a quarterfinal round. The bottom two teams from Group B will play a relegation series to determine the one team that gets relegated.[2]

HarborCenter the venue for the tournament

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–5).

Legend
Advances to the Semifinals
Advances to the Quarterfinals
Play in the Relegation Round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 2 1 0 0 12 2 +10 8 Advance to semifinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 0 11 5 +6 7
3  Russia 3 1 0 0 2 6 11 −5 3 Advance to quarterfinals
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.
5 January 2015
15:30		 Russia  3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1)		  Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1
5 January 2015
19:00		 Canada  1–2 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–2)		  United States HarborCenter Rink 1
6 January 2015
15:30		 Canada  3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)		  Russia HarborCenter Rink 1
6 January 2015
19:00		 United States  3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		  Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1
8 January 2015
15:30		 Czech Republic  1–7
(1–1, 0–4, 0–2)		  Canada HarborCenter Rink 1
8 January 2015
19:00		 United States  7–1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0)		  Russia HarborCenter Rink 1

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 8 5 +3 6 Advance to quarterfinals
2  Finland 3 2 0 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 5 5 0 6 Advance to relegation round
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Source: IIHF
5 January 2015
12:00		 Sweden  3–2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1)		  Japan HarborCenter Rink 1
5 January 2015
16:00		 Finland  0–2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0)		   Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 2
6 January 2015
12:00		 Sweden  4–0
(3–0, 0–0, 1–0)		   Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 1
6 January 2015
16:00		 Japan  2–4
(2–0, 0–2, 0–2)		  Finland HarborCenter Rink 2
8 January 2015
12:00		 Japan  1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)		   Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 1
8 January 2015
16:00		 Finland  3–1
(0–1, 3–0, 0–0)		  Sweden HarborCenter Rink 2

Relegation series

The third and fourth placed team from Group B will play a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

9 January 2015
12:00		 Switzerland   2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)		  Japan HarborCenter Rink 1
11 January 2015
12:00		 Japan  2–3 GWS
(0–1, 2–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		   Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 2

Final round

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      A1   United States 5  
  A4   Czech Republic 4     A4   Czech Republic 0    
  B1   Sweden 3         A1   United States 3OT
      A2   Canada 2   
      A2   Canada 3    
  A3   Russia 4     A3   Russia 1   Third place
  B2   Finland 3   A4   Czech Republic 1
  A3   Russia 5

Quarterfinals

9 January 2015
15:30		 Russia  4–3
(0–3, 1–0, 3–0)		  Finland HarborCenter Rink 1
9 January 2015
19:00		 Czech Republic  4–3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–2)		  Sweden HarborCenter Rink 1

Semifinals

11 January 2015
15:00		 Canada  3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		  Russia HarborCenter Rink 1
11 January 2015
19:00		 United States  5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		  Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1

Fifth place game

11 January 2015
15:30		 Sweden  0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)		  Finland HarborCenter Rink 2

Bronze medal game

12 January 2015
15:00		 Russia  5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)		  Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1

Gold medal game

12 January 2015
19:00		 United States  3–2 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
OT: 1–0		  Canada HarborCenter Rink 1

Final standings

 United States
 Canada
 Russia
4  Czech Republic
5  Finland
6  Sweden
7    Switzerland
8  Japan
 2015 IIHF Women's U-18 World Champions 

United States
Fourth title

Relegated to the 2016 Division I

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate
Best Goalkeeper Russia Valeria Tarakanova
Best Defenseman United States Jincy Dunne
Best Forward Canada Sarah Potomak

Source: IIHF.com

Media All Stars
Goalkeeper Russia Valeria Tarakanova
Defenceman United States Jincy Dunne
Defenceman Canada Micah Hart
Forward Russia Fanuza Kadirova
Forward Canada Sarah Potomak
Forward United States Melissa Samoskevich
Most Valuable Player Canada Sarah Potomak

Source: IIHF.com

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Sarah Potomak  Canada 5 5 4 9 +8 4
2 Rebecca Gilmore  United States 5 2 7 9 +4 6
3 Melissa Samoskevich  United States 5 6 2 8 +6 6
4 Fanuza Kadirova  Russia 6 5 3 8 +5 0
5 Jincy Dunne  United States 5 3 5 8 +4 0
6 Elizabeth Giguere  Canada 5 3 4 7 +7 6
6 Anna Shokhina  Russia 5 3 4 7 +7 0
8 Annilina Kaitala  Finland 5 2 4 6 +3 0
9 Sanni Hakala  Finland 5 5 0 5 +1 4
9 Alina Müller   Switzerland 5 5 0 5 – 4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Andrea Brandli   Switzerland 310:00 8 1.55 94.94 1
2 Anni Keisala  Finland 240:00 5 1.25 94.74 1
3 Kaitlin Burt  United States 225:51 4 1.06 92.31 0
4 Marlene Boissonnault  Canada 245:51 7 1.71 91.95 0
5 Valeria Tarakanova  Russia 328:02 15 2.74 91.85 0

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

Source: IIHF.com

Division I

Division I 'A'

The Division I 'A' tournament was played in Vaujany, France, from 4 to 10 January 2015.[3]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 France 5 4 1 0 0 21 9 +12 14
 Norway 5 3 1 1 0 14 9 +5 12
 Slovakia 5 2 0 1 2 18 24 −6 7
 Germany 5 2 0 0 3 20 15 +5 6
 Hungary 5 2 0 0 3 10 13 −3 6
 Austria 5 0 0 0 5 6 19 −13 0
Promoted to the 2016 Top Division Relegated to the 2016 Division I Qualification

Division I Qualification

The Division I Qualification tournament was played in Katowice, Poland, from 19 to 25 January 2015.[4] Denmark won all five games in their debut, earning promotion to the Division I 'A' tournament for 2016.

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Denmark 5 5 0 0 0 29 2 +27 15
 Italy 5 4 0 0 1 11 8 +3 12
 Poland 5 3 0 0 2 21 12 +9 9
 Kazakhstan 5 1 1 0 3 6 14 −8 5
 China 5 1 0 1 3 3 19 −16 4
 Great Britain 5 0 0 0 5 3 18 −15 0
Promoted to the 2016 Division I

References

  1. ↑ French fly to Canada
  2. ↑ detailed format and tie-breaking procedure
  3. ↑ Division I statistics
  4. ↑ Division I Qual. statistics

External links

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