2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, United States.^[1] The championships ran from April 9 to April 19, 2009.^[2] Games were played at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo and the Moorhead Sports Center in Moorhead. Fargo-Moorhead defeated Providence, Rhode Island and St. Cloud, Minnesota for the rights to host the event.^[2]

2009 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 9–19, 2009
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	252 (8.13 per game)
Attendance	44,779 (1,444 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Toni Rajala (19 points)
← 2008 2010 →

The United States, as the host country, won their third gold medal in five years, defeating Russia 5–0 in the final. Finland rounded out the podium with a 5–4 shootout win over Canada in the bronze medal game.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	0	0	27	8	+19	11	Semifinals
2	Sweden	4	3	0	0	1	25	8	+17	9	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	12	17	−5	4
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	11	28	−17	3	Relegation round
5	Germany	4	1	0	0	3	13	27	−14	3

Source: IIHF

April 9, 2009 16:00

Czech Republic

0–7 (0–3, 0–3, 0–1)

Sweden

Moorhead Sports Center – Moorhead, Minnesota Attendance: 136

Game reference
	Filip Novotný Marek Mazanec	Goalies	Robin Lehner	Referees: Owe Luthcke Travis Smith Linesmen: Johnathan Morrison Sakari Suominen
	0–1 9:19 – Järnkrok (Erixon, Lander) 0–2 12:15 – Josefson (Pääjärvi, Ekman-Larsson) (SH) 0–3 19:14 – Pääjärvi (Klingberg, Josefson) 0–4 21:29 – Erixon (Järnkrok) 0–5 31:12 – Pääjärvi (Josefson, Ekman-Larsson) (PP) 0–6 39:11 – Styrman (Järnkrok) (PP) 0-7 47:11 – Klingberg (Bertilsson, Josefson) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	34 min
	20	Shots	51

April 9, 2009 16:30

Germany

2–11 (1–1, 0–7, 1–3)

Canada

Urban Plains Center – Fargo, North Dakota Attendance: 1389

Game reference
	Dustin Haloschan Lukas Steinhauer	Goalies	Michael Zador	Referees: Martin Franco Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Paul Carnathan Miroslav Valach
	0–1 9:55 – Froese (Elliott, Després) (PP) Plachta (El-Sayed) (PP) – 9:55 1–1 1–2 21:49 – McFarland (Gudbranson) 1–3 22:37 – Froese (Hamilton) 1–4 26:59 – Werek (Gudbranson, Kassian) (PP) 1–5 31:44 – Ferraro (Hishon) 1–6 34:10 – Werek (O'Reilly, Kassian) 1–7 35:05 – Eakin (Mitchell, de Haan) 1–8 39:07 – Froese (Hamilton) Ohmann (Huefner, Brandl) (PP) – 41:40 2–8 2–9 45:27 – Connolly (Hamilton) 2–10 49:43 – Eakin (Kassain, Werek) 2–11 54:06 – Hamilton (Froese) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	37

April 10, 2009 19:30

Switzerland

2–6 (0–1, 2–4, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Moorhead Sports Center Attendance: 623

Game reference
	Benjamin Conz	Goalies	Marek Mazanec	Referees: Keith Kaval Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Shinichi Takizawa Fredrik Ulriksson
	0–1 05:26 – Honejsek (Culek) Haas (Loeffel, Schäppi (PP) – 23:56 1–1 1–2 26:19 – Jeřábek (Hlinka) (SH) 1–3 35:29 – Polášek (Hlinka) Scherwey (Niederreiter) (PP) – 27:24 2–3 2–4 37:45 – Rachůnek (PP) 2–5 38:16 – Heřman (Růžička) (PP) 2–6 42:25 – Horák (Jeřábek)
	6 min	Penalties	24 min
	29	Shots	38

April 11, 2009 16:00

Sweden

5–4 (2–1, 2–1, 1–2)

Germany

Moorhead Sports Center Attendance: 196

Game reference
	Robin Lehner	Goalies	Lukas Steinhauer	Referees: Milan Minář Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Jaromír Bláha Shinichi Takizawa
	0–1 04:20 – El-Sayed (Steinhauer) Järnkrok (Erixon, Lander) (PP) – 08:17 1–1 Lander (Järnkrok, Erixon) – 19:40 2–1 Cehlin (Pääjärvi) – 21:38 3–1 3–2 26:51 – Kühnhackl (Plachta) (SH) Landeskog (Lander, Erixon) – 29:48 4–2 Pääjärvi (Ekman-Larsson) – 44:27 5–2 5–3 47:36 – Steinhauer (Hauner) (PP) 5–4 50:16 – El-Sayed (Hauner, Plachta) (PP)
	55 min	Penalties	20 min
	50	Shots	37

April 11, 2009 16:00

Canada

8–1 (2–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 12, 2009 17:00

Germany

4–3 (2–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 16:00

Sweden

11–0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 16:00

Czech Republic

3–4 OT (1–0, 2–0, 0–3) (0–1)

Canada

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 16:00

Switzerland

8–3 (1–0, 4–2, 3–1)

Germany

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 16:00

Canada

4–2 (2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Urban Plains Center Attendance: 1,543

Game reference
	Michael Zador	Goalies	Robin Lehner	Referees: Keith Kaval Travis Smith Linesmen: Andreas Kowert Johnathan Morrison
	Froese (Connolly, Hamilton) – 17:13 1–0 Hishon (McFarland) – 17:49 2–0 2–1 23:30 – Landeskog (Wallén, Erixon) (PP) Hishon (Holland, McFarland) – 25:00 3–1 3–2 31:40 – Erixon (Järnkrok, Wallén) (PP) Connolly (de Haan) (ENG) – 59:44 4–2
	55 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	38

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	3	0	0	1	27	9	+18	9	Semifinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	29	9	+20	9	Quarterfinals
3	Russia	4	3	0	0	1	25	15	+10	9
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	7	28	−21	3	Relegation round
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	4	31	−27	0

Source: IIHF

April 9, 2009 19:30

Finland

7–4 (2–2, 4–2, 1–0)

Russia

Moorhead Sports Center Attendance: 271

Game reference
	Joni Ortio	Goalies	Igor Bobkov	Referees: Darcy Burchell Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Matt MacPherson Fredrik Ulriksson
	0–1 8:34 – Burmistrov (Kitsyn, Kuznetsov) 0–2 15:08 – Tarasenko (Kabanov, Chvanov) Haula (Kumpulainen) – 16:27 1–2 Pulkkinen (Vatanen, Rajala) (PP) – 19:10 2–2 Pulkkinen (Rajala, Granlund) (PP) – 21:32 3–2 Nättinen (Pakarinen) – 23:41 4–2 Rajala (Kivistö) – 26:08 5–2 5–3 27:16 – Kabanov (Tarasenko) Aaltonen (Vatanen, Granlund) (PP) – 31:53 6–3 6–4 32:42 – Tarasenko (Chvanov, Kabanov) Rajala (Granlund, Aaltonen) (PP) – 45:30 7–4
	12 min	Penalties	34 min
	41	Shots	34

April 9, 2009 20:00

Norway

0–8 (0–2, 0–3, 0–3)

United States

Urban Plains Center Attendance: 2,678

Game reference
	Lars Volden	Goalies	Adam Murray Jack Campbell	Referees: Daniel Konc Milan Minar Linesmen: Jaromír Bláha Alexei Medvedev
	Goals 08:32 – Ryan (Bourque, Mattson) 12:21 – Treais (Bourque) 36:21 – Nieto (Fowler) (PP) 38:40 – Lynch (Morin) 39:13 – D'Amigo (Morin, Lynch) 47:08 – Lynch (D'Amigo) 47:53 – Zucker (Brown) 48:50 – Morin (Fowler) (PP)
	28 min	Penalties	12 min
	16	Shots	65

April 10, 2009 19:30

Slovakia

5–2 (0–0, 3–0, 2–2)

Norway

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 11, 2009 19:30

Russia

7–2 (1–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Slovakia

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 11, 2009 19:30

United States

4–3 (2–0, 2–0, 0–3)

Finland

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 12, 2009 17:00

Norway

1–8 (0–4, 0–1, 1–3)

Russia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 19:30

Finland

10–1 (3–0, 6–1, 1–0)

Norway

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 19:30

United States

12–0 (3–0, 4–0, 5–0)

Slovakia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 19:30

Slovakia

0–7 (0–3, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 19:30

Russia

6–5 (0–2, 3–1, 3–2)

United States

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	0	13	9	+4	7
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	17	10	+7	6
3	Norway	3	1	0	0	2	10	14	−4	3	Relegated to the 2010 Division I
4	Germany	3	0	1	0	2	10	17	−7	2

Source: IIHF

Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

• April 10, 2009:  Slovakia 5-2  Norway
• April 14, 2009:   Switzerland 8–3  Germany

April 16, 2009 19:30

Switzerland

7–3 (3–1, 4–1, 0–1)

Norway

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 17, 2009 19:30

Slovakia

4–5 GWS (0–2, 1–2, 3–0) (0–0, 0–1)

Germany

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 18, 2009 16:00

Switzerland

2–4 (0–0, 2–2, 0–2)

Slovakia

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 18, 2009 19:30

Germany

2–5 (1–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Norway

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Finland

0

A2

Sweden

1

B3

Russia

4

B3

Russia

4

B2

United States

5

B3

Russia

0

A1

Canada

1

B2

United States

6

B2

United States

2

A3

Czech Republic

2

5th place match

3rd place match

A2

Sweden

4

A1

Canada

4

A3

Czech Republic

2

B1

Finland (GWS)

5

Quarterfinals

April 16, 2009 16:00

Sweden

1–4 (1–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

Urban Plains Center Attendance: 1,456

Game reference
	Robin Lehner	Goalies	Igor Bobkov	Referees: Daniel Konc Milan Minar Linesmen: Jaromír Bláha Jonathan Morrison
	Josefson (Ekman-Larsson, Wallén) – 16:31 1–0 1–1 25:09 – Orlov (Zaitsev, Burmistrov) (PP) 1–2 39:15 – Kabanov (Tarasenko) 1–3 43:19 – Burmistrov (Kuznetsov) (SH) 1–4 51:50 – Kuznetsov (PS)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	45	Shots	31

April 16, 2009 19:30

United States

6–2 (2–1, 4–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Semifinals

April 17, 2009 16:00

Finland

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 17, 2009 19:30

Canada

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

United States

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Fifth place game

April 18, 2009 19:30

Sweden

4–2 (0–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Bronze medal game

April 19, 2009 15:00

Canada

4–5 GWS (3–1, 1–1, 0–2) (0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Gold medal game

April 19, 2009 19:00

United States

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Russia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Final standings

Urban Plains Center

Rk.	Team
	United States
	Russia
	Finland
4	Canada
5	Sweden
6	Czech Republic
7	Slovakia
8	Switzerland
9	Norway
10	Germany

 Norway and  Germany are relegated to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Leading scorers

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Toni Rajala	Finland	6	10	9	19	+10	6
Vladimir Tarasenko	Russia	7	8	7	15	+7	6
Teemu Pulkkinen	Finland	6	7	6	13	+9	4
Yevgeni Kuznetsov	Russia	7	6	7	13	+7	10
Jerry D'Amigo	United States	7	4	9	13	+5	8
Mikael Granlund	Finland	6	2	11	13	+9	0
Magnus Paajarvi Svensson	Sweden	6	6	6	12	+6	0
Alexander Burmistrov	Russia	7	4	7	11	+7	6
Kirill Kabanov	Russia	7	4	7	11	+5	18
Jeremy Morin	United States	7	6	4	10	+6	8

Top goaltenders

Player	Country	GP	Min	GAA	SV%	SO
Jack Campbell	United States	5	240:58	0.75	.967	2
Michael Zador	Canada	6	371:10	2.42	.931	0
Igor Bobkov	Russia	6	360:00	3.33	.927	1
Robin Lehner	Sweden	4	235:42	2.80	.916	1
Joni Ortio	Finland	5	308:55	2.91	.903	1

Division I

Further information: 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Group A

The tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus between April 6 and April 12, 2009.^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belarus	5	4	1	0	0	23	6	+17	14	Promoted to the 2010 Top Division
2	Poland	5	2	2	0	1	25	13	+12	10
3	Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	19	18	+1	10
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	1	2	16	21	−5	7
5	Lithuania	5	1	0	1	3	13	16	−3	4
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	0	5	7	29	−22	0	Relegated to the 2010 Division II

Source: IIHF

Group B

The tournament was played in Asiago, Italy between March 29 and April 5, 2009.^[4]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	18	10	+8	12	Promoted to the 2010 Top Division
2	Denmark	5	3	0	1	1	15	7	+8	10
3	Austria	5	2	2	0	1	21	20	+1	10
4	France	5	1	1	1	2	15	17	−2	6
5	Japan	5	0	2	1	2	13	16	−3	5
6	Italy	5	0	0	2	3	8	20	−12	2	Relegated to the 2010 Division II

Source: IIHF

Division II

Further information: 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Group A

The tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia between March 22 and March 28, 2009.^[5]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	30	4	+26	15	Promoted to the 2010 Division I
2	Slovenia	5	4	0	0	1	42	5	+37	12
3	Romania	5	3	0	0	2	23	20	+3	9
4	Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	23	27	−4	6
5	Spain	5	1	0	0	4	12	27	−15	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	3	50	−47	0	Relegated to the 2010 Division III

Source: IIHF

Group B

The tournament was played in Narva, Estonia between March 16 and March 22, 2009.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	0	46	11	+35	15	Promoted to the 2010 Division I
2	Estonia	5	3	1	0	1	22	14	+8	11
3	Belgium	5	1	2	1	1	23	19	+4	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	0	1	2	34	22	+12	7
5	Serbia	5	1	0	1	3	16	35	−19	4
6	China	5	0	0	0	5	9	49	−40	0	Relegated to the 2010 Division III

Source: IIHF

Division III

Further information: 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Group A

The tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) between February 27 and March 5, 2009.^[7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	0	63	3	+60	12	Promoted to the 2010 Division II
2	New Zealand	4	3	0	0	1	28	12	+16	9
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	0	2	28	14	+14	6
4	South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	19	32	−13	3
5	Mongolia	4	0	0	0	4	4	81	−77	0

Source: IIHF

Group B

The tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey between March 9 and March 15, 2009.^[8]

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Iceland	15
	4	Bulgaria	2
						1	Iceland	8
						2	Turkey	2
	2	Turkey	9
	3	Ireland	3			Third place match
						3	Ireland	6
						4	Bulgaria	3

Rank	Team
1	Iceland
2	Turkey
3	Ireland
4	Bulgaria

Promoted to the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

See also

• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
• 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge