2017 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States from 31 March to 7 April 2017.^[1][2][3][4] The USA Hockey Arena served as the event's venue using Arena I and Arena II.

2017 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	31 March – 7 April 2017
Opened by	Donald Trump
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (8th title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played	22
Goals scored	115 (5.23 per game)
Attendance	20,034 (911 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Kendall Coyne (12 points)
Awards
MVP	Brianna Decker
Official website
Official website
← 2016 2019 →

See also: 2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

Three-time defending champions, the United States, defeated Canada in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime, winning their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title.^[5] Finland won the bronze medal by beating Germany 8–0.^[6]

Venues

USA Hockey Arena I 3,504	USA Hockey Arena II 800

Participating teams

Group A  United States – Hosts  Canada  Finland  Russia

Group B  Sweden   Switzerland  Germany – Promoted from Division I Group A in 2016  Czech Republic

Match officials

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[7]

Referees Dina Allen Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Nikoleta Celárová Anna Eskola Drahomira Fialova Gabriella Gran Nicole Hertrich Aina Hove Miyuki Nakayama Melissa Szkola

Linesmen Bettina Angerer Veronica Johansson Michaela Kúdeľová Jessica Leclerc Lisa Linnek Ilona Novotná Nataša Pagon Johanna Tauriainen Justine Todd

Rosters

Main article: 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.^[8]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	0	14	3	+11	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	11	6	+5	3[a]
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	8	10	−2	3[a]	Quarterfinals
4	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	2	16	−14	3[a]

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Canada 3 Pts, +7 GD; Finland 3 Pts, 0 GD; Russia 3 Pts, −7 GD

31 March 2017 16:00

Finland

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Russia

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 146

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Nadezhda Alexandrova	Referees: Dina Allen Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Jessica Leclerc
	Välilä (Karvinen, Tapani) – 26:06 1–0 1–1 42:19 – Kadirova 1–2 59:10 – Smolentseva (Vafina, Shibanova) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	19

31 March 2017 19:35

United States

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Canada

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 3,152

Game reference
	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referees: Gabriella Gran Aina Hove Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Johanna Tauriainen
	Decker (Bozek) – 37:54 1–0 Marvin (Stack) – 44:49 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	18

1 April 2017 15:35

Russia

0–7 (0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

United States

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 1,919

Game reference
	Maria Sorokina	Goalies	Maddie Rooney	Referees: Anna Eskola Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Justine Todd
	0–1 18:37 – Kessel (M. Lamoureux, Decker) 0–2 32:08 – Coyne (Decker, Bellamy) 0–3 33:04 – J. Lamoureux (Kessel, Pfalzer) 0–4 39:37 – J. Lamoureux (Coyne, M. Lamoureux) (PP) 0–5 49:15 – Decker (Knight) 0–6 59:39 – Coyne (Knight, M. Lamoureux) 0–7 59:53 – Decker (Bellamy, Coyne)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	34

1 April 2017 19:35

Canada

3–4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Finland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 780

Game reference
	Emerance Maschmeyer Geneviève Lacasse	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Lisa Linnek
	0–1 18:42 – Hakala (Tapani) Poulin (Ambrose, Johnston) – 19:08 1–1 1–2 21:01 – Nieminen (Tapani, Tuominen) (PP) Turnbull (Fortino, Rougeau) – 24:21 2–2 2–3 26:49 – Tapani (Säkkinen) Johnston (Poulin, Larocque) – 40:36 3–3 3–4 58:19 – Savolainen
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	26

3 April 2017 15:35

Canada

8–0 (4–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Russia

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 516

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Maria Sorokina Nadezhda Alexandrova	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Anna Eskola Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Johanna Tauriainen
	Wakefield (Irwin, Agosta) (PP) – 14:30 1–0 Clark (Johnston, Poulin) – 15:33 2–0 Wakefield (Irwin, Krzyzaniak) – 16:51 3–0 Spooner (Potomak) – 18:37 4–0 Ambrose (Poulin, Jenner) (PP) – 31:01 5–0 Jenner (Johnstone) (PP) – 44:56 6–0 Agosta (Wakefield) – 46:41 7–0 Potomak (Larocque, Mikkelson) – 59:19 8–0
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	16

3 April 2017 19:35

United States

5–3 (1–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Finland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 1,368

Game reference
	Alex Rigsby	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Michaela Kúdeľová
	0–1 04:46 – Tapani (Niskanen) Knight (Coyne, Decker) (PP2) – 12:21 1–1 Coyne (Stack, Kessel) (PP) – 23:33 2–1 Knight (Decker, Coyne) (PP) – 35:43 3–1 3–2 39:36 – Hiirikoski (Karvinen, Hovi) 3–3 49:04 – Karvinen Brandt (Marvin) – 52:25 4–3 J. Lamoureux (ENG) – 59:00 5–3
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	24

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	0	0	1	7	6	+1	6[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	+1	6[a]
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	7	5	+2	5	Relegation round
4	Czech Republic	3	0	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
Notes:

1. Sweden 1–3 Germany

31 March 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 428

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Miyuki Nakayama Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Lisa Linnek
	Vanišová (SH) – 34:18 1–0 1–1 56:15 – Raselli (Müller) (PP)
	Chmelová Mrázová Pejzlová Mrázová Hymlarová	Shootout	Stalder Bullo Müller Müller Meier
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	31

31 March 2017 15:35

Sweden

1–3 (0–0, 1–3, 0–0)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 480

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Anna Eskola Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Justine Todd
	0–1 22:40 – N. Eisenschmid (Lanzl, Kluge) (PP) L. Johansson – 26:11 1–1 1–2 38:47 – Anwander (Strobel, Kluge) 1–3 39:08 – Lanzl (Zorn)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	32	Shots	23

1 April 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 496

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Ivonne Schröder	Referees: Dina Allen Nikoleta Celárová Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 34:39 – Zorn (Kluge) Lédlová (Polenská, Zedníková) – 49:40 1–1 1–2 58:23 – Kluge (Delarbre)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	12

1 April 2017 18:00

Switzerland

1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Sweden

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 168

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Aina Hove Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Nataša Pagon
	0–1 05:24 – Olsson Bullo (I. Waidacher, Staenz) – 33:25 1–1 1–2 46:48 – Johansson (Olsson, Winberg) (PP2)
	18 min	Penalties	0 min
	15	Shots	24

3 April 2017 12:00

Germany

2–4 (0–3, 0–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 404

Game reference
	Franziska Albl Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Justine Todd
	0–1 11:22 – Stalder (Müller, Meier) 0–2 12:00 – Müller (Stalder) 0–3 15:05 – Müller (Stalder, Raselli) (PP) Delarbre (Kratzer) – 40:23 1–3 Fiegert (Zorn, Anwander) (PP2) – 55:22 2–3 2–4 59:08 – Müller (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	30

3 April 2017 18:00

Sweden

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 111

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Dina Allen Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Lisa Linnek
	0–1 10:39 – Pejzlová (Tejralová) (PP) Fallman (Lindh) – 15:48 1–1 Fallman (Nordin, Svedin) (PP) – 25:12 2–1 Rask (Lowenhielm) – 27:59 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	20

Relegation round

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team. The IIHF opted to expand the World Championship to ten teams starting in 2019, so no team was relegated after all.

4 April 2017 12:00

Switzerland

2–4 (0–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Czech Republic

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 355

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 14:29 – Vanišová (Lédlová, Mrázová) 0–2 18:59 – Mrázová 0–3 30:43 – Lédlová Stalder (Stiefel, Bullo) – 52:23 1–3 Altmann (Stalder) – 54:05 2–3 2–4 59:42 – Lédlová (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	22

6 April 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–2, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

Switzerland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 478

Game reference
	Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Lisa Linnek
	Vanišová (Lédlová) – 28:39 1–0 1–1 32:59 – Bullo (Staenz, Raselli) 1–2 39:47 – Stalder Vanišová (Herzigová) – 43:55 2–2 2–3 64:26 – Meier (Stalder, Benz)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	29

7 April 2017 12:00

Switzerland

3–1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 457

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Blanka Škodová	Referees: Dina Allen Aina Hove Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Lisa Linnek
	Rüegg (Müller, Stalder) – 07:01 1–0 Müller (Meier, Schelling) (PP) – 09:35 2–0 2–1 11:28 – Vanišová (Lédlová) Stalder (Müller, Meier) (PP) – 41:03 3–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	19

• Switzerland won series 2–1 and finished in 7th place.

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

11

A4

Russia

1

B1

Germany

0

B1

Germany

2

A1

United States

3

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

4

A3

Finland

4

A3

Finland

0

B2

Sweden

0

Bronze medal game

A3

Finland

8

B1

Germany

0

Quarterfinals

4 April 2017 15:35

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 397

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Dina Allen Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Nataša Pagon
	Säkkinen (Lindstedt, Karna) – 04:19 1–0 Välimäki (Tuominen, Tapani) (PP) – 06:55 2–0 Hiirikoski (Tapani) (PP) – 23:03 3–0 Tapani (Valila, Karvinen) – 48:53 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	16

4 April 2017 19:35

Russia

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 486

Game reference
	Nadezhda Alexandrova	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referees: Anna Eskola Aina Hove Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Ilona Novotná
	Shokhina (Shtaryova, Dergachyova) – 02:36 1–0 1–1 34:44 – Spielberger (Zorn, Fiegert) (PP2) 1–2 49:12 – Delarbre (Graeve, Spielberger)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	22

Semifinals

6 April 2017 15:35

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 1,166

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Dina Allen Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Jessica Leclerc
	Potomak (Jenner, Spooner) – 17:35 1–0 Poulin (Spooner) – 25:08 2–0 Johnston (Poulin) (PP) – 27:33 3–0 Clark (Rougeau) (SH,ENG) – 55:31 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	23

6 April 2017 19:35

United States

11–0 (2–0, 5–0, 4–0)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 1,872

Game reference
	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Jennifer Harß Ivonne Schröder	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Aina Hove Linesmen: Johanna Tauriainen Justine Todd
	Knight (Coyne) – 01:06 1–0 Stack (Skarupa, M. Lamoureux) – 08:47 2–0 Coyne (Decker, M. Lamoureux) (PP) – 22:02 3–0 Pfalzer (Kessel, Keller) – 22:38 4–0 J. Lamoureux (Stack) – 23:24 5–0 Coyne (Knight, Decker) – 24:22 6–0 Keller (Kessel) – 26:15 7–0 Pelkey (Bellamy, Kessel) – 44:19 8–0 M. Lamoureux (Decker, Knight) – 53:06 9–0 Skarupa (Stack) – 54:10 10–0 Carpenter (Keller) (PP) – 59:47 11–0
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	50	Shots	8

Fifth place game

6 April 2017 17:00

Russia

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

Sweden

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Maria Sorokina Nadezhda Alexandrova	Goalies	Lovisa Berndtsson	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Ilona Novotná
	0–1 17:07 – Fallman (Udén Johansson, Lindh) 0–2 20:42 – Fallman (Nordin) (PP2) Belyakova (Dergachyova) – 42:30 1–2 Kadirova (Smolentseva, Pirogova) – 50:47 2–2 Sosina (Shokhina) – 53:48 3–2 3–3 57:52 – Winberg (Nordin) (PP)
	Shukina Belyakova Sosina Shokhina Kadirova	Shootout	Winberg Johansson Olsson Grahm Borgqvist
	32 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	23

Bronze medal game

7 April 2017 15:35

Finland

8–0 (3–0, 5–0, 0–0)

Germany

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 836

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Jennifer Harß Ivonne Schröder	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Justine Todd
	Nieminen (Välimäki, Hiirikoski) – 00:53 1–0 Savolainen (Hovi, Tuominen) – 16:17 2–0 Hovi (Välimäki) (SH) – 17:30 3–0 Hiirikoski (Valila, Karvinen) (PP) – 21:42 4–0 Tulus (Hiirikoski, Niskanen) – 29:08 5–0 Valkama (Tulus, Lindstedt) – 31:15 6–0 Nieminen (Kilponen) – 35:15 7–0 Jalosuo (Tapani) – 39:42 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	38	Shots	11

Final

7 April 2017 19:35

United States

3–2 OT (1–1, 0–0, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Canada

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 3,917

Game reference
	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referees: Anna Eskola Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Natasa Pagon Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 01:01 – Agosta (Wakefield) Bellamy (Coyne, Decker) – 04:34 1–1 Bellamy (Knight, Decker) – 40:42 2–1 2–2 49:44 – Jenner (PP) Knight (Coyne) – 70:17 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	30

Final standings

Rank	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Finland
4	Germany
5	Russia
6	Sweden
7	Switzerland
8	Czech Republic

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Kendall Coyne	5	5	7	12	+10	0	F
Brianna Decker	5	3	9	12	+11	8	F
Hilary Knight	5	4	5	9	+10	0	F
Lara Stalder	6	4	5	9	+5	2	F
Susanna Tapani	6	3	6	9	0	2	F
Alina Müller	6	4	4	8	+2	2	F
Aneta Lédlová	6	3	3	6	+7	12	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	5	2	4	6	+3	2	F
Amanda Kessel	5	1	5	6	+4	0	F
Monique Lamoureux	5	1	5	6	+11	0	D

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

Leading goaltenders

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

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Nicole Hensley	190:17	2	0.63	56	96.43	2
Shannon Szabados	248:29	5	1.21	109	95.41	2
Florence Schelling	368:00	11	1.79	160	93.12	0
Noora Räty	355:03	12	2.03	157	92.36	2
Nadezhda Alexandrova	183:18	6	1.96	70	91.43	0

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

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Noora Räty
  • Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
  • Best Forward: Brianna Decker

Source: IIHF.com

• All-star team
  • Goaltender: Noora Räty
  • Defence: Monique Lamoureux, Jenni Hiirikoski
  • Forwards: Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianna Decker, Kendall Coyne
• MVP: Brianna Decker

Source: IIHF.com

Threatened boycott by US players

On 15 March 2017, the U.S. team announced that unless concessions were made by USA Hockey, they would boycott the World Championship to protest inequitable support and conditions for women's hockey.^[9] The players were publicly supported by the players' associations for the NBA, WNBA, MLB, NFL, and the NHL.

After several days of stalled negotiations and attempts to field a team of non-boycotting players, causing concern over such a team being competitive, an agreement was struck with USA Hockey to increase player pay and support for women's development; the original players immediately agreed to play in the World Championship.^[10][11][12]