2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the second holding of the World Women's U18 Championships, the premier International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) tournament for top division national women's junior ice hockey teams. It was held from 5 January through 10 January 2009, in Füssen, Germany. Eight teams competed in the Top Division tournament.^[1] Team USA won the tournament for the second time and the Swiss national U18 team was relegated to Division I.

2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5–10 January 2009
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	172 (8.6 per game)
Attendance	4,810 (241 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Amanda Kessel (19 points)
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Top Division

Main article: 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I

The 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I was the first holding of an IIHF World Women's U18 Championship for the newly formed Division I. It was held from 28 December 2008 through 2 January 2009, in Chambéry, France. Five teams competed in the Division I tournament.^[2] The Japanese national U18 team won the tournament and gained promotion to the Top Division.

Teams

The following teams participated in the championship:

•  Canada
•  Czech Republic
•  Finland
•  Germany
•  Russia
•   Switzerland
•  Sweden
•  United States

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	37	2	+35	9	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	16	11	+5	6
3	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	6	25	−19	3	5–8th place semifinals
4	Germany	3	0	0	0	3	3	24	−21	0

Source: IIHF

5 January 2009 19:30

United States

17–0 (9–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Russia

Füssen Rink II Attendance: 104

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Anna Prugova Yulia Leskina	Referee: Michaela Kiefer Linesmen: Michaela Kudeľová Chunhua Liu
	Packer (Decker) – 00:39 1–0 Wasylk (Kessel, Coyne) (PP) – 2:11 2–0 Ammerman (Mangene) (PP) – 5:01 3–0 Bozek (Coyne, Kelter) – 9:07 4–0 Ammerman – 10:57 5–0 Fry (Young, Brock) – 13:15 6–0 Kelter (Packer, Mangene) – 13:44 7–0 Wasylk (Kessel, Bolden) – 14:05 8–0 Kessel (Wasylk, Coyne) – 17:50 9–0 Kessel – 21:54 10–0 Wasylk (Kessel, Coyne) – 22:38 11–0 Kenyon (Pelkey, Nelson) (PP) – 28:41 12–0 Decker (Packer, Ammerman) – 35:16 13–0 Decker (Ammerman, Packer) – 40:35 14–0 Kessel (Coyne) – 55:38 15–0 Nelson (Kenyon) – 56:10 16–0 Fry – (Dempsey, Kelter) (PP) – 58:39 17–0
	2 min	Penalties	20 min
	73	Shots	3

5 January 2009 20:00

Sweden

8–1 (1–1, 1–0, 6–0)

Germany

Füssen Arena Attendance: 650

Game reference
				Referee: Erin Blair

6 January 2009 19:30

Sweden

6–1 (1–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Russia

Füssen Rink II Attendance: 53

Game reference
				Referee: Mamiko Utsumi

6 January 2009 20:00

Germany

0–11 (0–4, 0–5, 0–2)

United States

Füssen Arena Attendance: 550

Game reference
				Referee: Marie Picavet

7 January 2009 19:30

United States

9–2 (3–0, 2–1, 4–1)

Sweden

Füssen Rink II Attendance: 201

Game reference
				Referee: Ludmila Nelibová

7 January 2009 20:00

Russia

5–2 (1–0, 1–0, 3–2)

Germany

Füssen Arena Attendance: 300

Game reference
				Referee: Mélanie Bordeleau

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	35	1	+34	9	Semifinals
2	Czech Republic	3	1	0	1	1	8	18	−10	4
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	8	26	−18	3	5–8th place semifinals
4	Finland	3	0	1	0	2	5	11	−6	2

Source: IIHF

5 January 2009 16:00

Czech Republic

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

Finland

Füssen Rink II Attendance: 86

Game reference
				Referee: Mélanie Bordeleau

5 January 2009 16:30

Canada

16–1 (4–0, 6–1, 6–0)

Switzerland

Füssen Arena Attendance: 166

Game reference
				Referee: Mamiko Utsumi

6 January 2009 16:00

Czech Republic

7–3 (2–1, 1–0, 4–2)

Switzerland

Füssen Rink II Attendance: 161

Game reference
				Referee: Michaela Kiefer

6 January 2009 16:30

Finland

0–6 (0–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

Füssen Arena Attendance: 310

Game reference
				Referee: Ludmila Nelibová

7 January 2009 16:00

Switzerland

4–3 (0–1, 4–2, 0–0)

Finland

Füssen Rink II Attendance: 78

Game reference
				Referee: Erin Blair

7 January 2009 16:30

Canada

13–0 (3–0, 4–0, 6–0)

Czech Republic

Füssen Arena Attendance: 150

Game reference
				Referee: Marie Picavet

Placement Round

5–8th place semifinals

9 January 2009 16:00

Switzerland

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

Germany

Füssen Rink II Attendance: 225

Game reference
				Referee: Ludmila Nelibová

9 January 2009 19:30

Russia

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Füssen Rink II Attendance: 85

Game reference
				Referee: Mélanie Bordeleau

7th place game

10 January 2009 12:00

Switzerland

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

Russia

Füssen Rink II Attendance: 97

Game reference
				Referee: Michaela Kiefer

  Switzerland is relegated to the 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I.

5th place game

10 January 2009 15:30

Germany

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Füssen Rink II Attendance: 274

Game reference
				Referee: Marie Picavet

Playoff round

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	A1	United States	18
	B2	Czech Republic	0
						A1	United States	3
						B1	Canada	2
	B1	Canada	6
	A2	Sweden	1			Bronze medal game
						A2	Sweden	9
						B2	Czech Republic	1

Semifinals

9 January 2009 16:30

Canada

6–1 (0–0, 3–1, 3–0)

Sweden

Füssen Arena Attendance: 200

Game reference
				Referee: Erin Blair

9 January 2009 20:00

United States

18–0 (8–0, 6–0, 4–0)

Czech Republic

Füssen Arena Attendance: 300

Game reference
				Referee: Mamiko Utsumi

Bronze medal game

10 January 2009 14:00

Sweden

9–1 (4–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Füssen Arena Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Josefin Lennström Madeleine Schelander	Goalies	Monika Pěnčíková	Referee: Mélanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Evelyn Loretan Kelli O'Brian
	Nordin (Enström, Bergius) (PP) – 00:51 1–0 Nordin (Myrén) (PP) – 04:40 2–0 Östberg (Rask, Siggelin Alstermark) – 05:20 3–0 Östberg (Rask, Myrén) – 15:00 4–0 Östberg (Myrén) (PP) – 24:19 5–0 Rask (Myrén, Östberg) – 29:15 6–0 Svedin (Enström, Jordansson) – 37:33 7–0 Holmgren – 44:46 8–0 8–1 55:34 – Kovářová (Mrázová) Östberg (Myrén) – 55:59 9–1
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	52	Shots	11

Final

10 January 2009 17:30

United States

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Canada

Füssen Arena Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Roxanne Douville	Referee: Erin Blair Linesmen: Annika Floeden Michaela Kudeľová
	Ammerman – 18:14 1–0 Wasylk (Coyne, Bozek) – 24:28 2–0 2–1 38:35 – Daoust (Poulin) 2–2 52:37 – Wong (Fratkin, Campbell) Coyne (Bozek) (PP) – 66:47 3–2
	26 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	40

Final rankings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States	5	4	1	0	0	58	4	+54	14	Champions
2	B	Canada	5	4	0	1	0	43	5	+38	13	Runners-up
3	A	Sweden	5	3	0	0	2	26	18	+8	9	Third place
4	B	Czech Republic	5	1	0	1	3	9	45	−36	4	Fourth place
5	B	Finland	5	1	2	0	2	9	13	−4	7	Fifth place game
6	A	Germany (H)	5	0	1	0	4	6	27	−21	2
7	A	Russia	5	1	1	1	2	10	29	−19	6	Win Relegation game
8	B	Switzerland	5	1	0	2	2	11	31	−20	5	Relegation to Division I A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Amanda Kessel	5	6	13	19	+17	2	FW
Kendall Coyne	5	8	7	15	+14	2	FW
Mélodie Daoust	5	6	6	12	+11	4	FW
Cecilia Östberg	5	6	6	12	+8	4	FW
Marie-Philip Poulin	5	5	7	12	+10	2	FW
Jessica Wong	5	4	8	12	+10	0	FW
Madison Packer	5	6	5	11	+13	14	FW
Brittany Ammerman	5	5	5	10	+16	2	FW
Klara Myrén	5	2	8	10	+4	14	FW
Brianna Decker	5	8	1	9	+15	4	FW

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

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Alex Rigsby	186:47	72	4	1.28	94.74	1
Anna Prugova	255:25	207	17	3.99	92.41	0
Roxanne Douville	186:47	44	4	1.28	91.67	1
Susanna Airaksinen	307:12	130	13	2.54	90.91	0
Jule Flotgen	266:31	183	21	4.73	89.71	0

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

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:^[3]

• Best Goaltender: Alex Rigsby
• Best Defenceman: Alev Kelter
• Best Forward: Amanda Kessel

Division I

Main article: 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I

The tournament was held in Chambéry, France, from 28 December 2008 to 2 January 2009.

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	4	4	0	0	0	18	5	+13	12
France	4	2	1	0	1	9	7	+2	8
Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	11	14	−3	7
Austria	4	1	0	0	3	8	13	−5	3
Norway	4	0	0	0	4	9	16	−7	0

Source: IIHF

 Japan is promoted to the Top Division for the 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

See also

• 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships (Men)
• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (Men)