2017 IIHF World Championship Division II

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The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the Zurich, Switzerland-based International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Galati, Romania from 3 to 9 April 2017 and Group B in Auckland, New Zealand from 4 to 10 April 2017.^[1]

2017 IIHF World Championship Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Romania New Zealand
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	3–9 April (Group A) 4–10 April (Group B)
Teams	12
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Bids

There were three official bids to host Group A Championships.^[2]

• Iceland
  • Reykjavík

Iceland had previously hosted these championships in 2015, in Reykjavík.

• Romania
  • Galați

Romania had previously hosted these championships twice, the 2001 edition in Bucharest, and again in 2008, in Miercurea Ciuc. The proposed arena was the Galați Skating Rink.

• Serbia
  • Belgrade or Novi Sad

Serbia has hosted the championships a number of times. Belgrade hosted twice, in 2005 and 2014, whilst Novi Sad hosted in 2009. In addition, Novi Sad also played host to the competition in 2002 whilst known as Serbia and Montenegro.

The decision on hosts was made on May 21, 2016. The bid from Romania gained a majority vote and as a result Galati will host the competition.^[3]

There were also two official bids to host Group B Championships.^[2]

• New Zealand
  • Auckland

New Zealand had previously hosted these championships in 2006. The proposed arena was Paradice Botany Downs.

• Turkey
  • Ankara

Turkey had previously hosted these championships in 2013, in İzmit.

The decision on hosts was made on May 21, 2016. The bid from New Zealand received the majority of the votes, and as a result Auckland will host the competition.^[4]

Venues

Group A	Group B
Galați	Auckland
Galați Skating Rink Capacity: 5,000	Paradice Botany Downs Capacity: 400[5]

Group A tournament

2017 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3–9 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	103 (6.87 per game)
Attendance	14,910 (994 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ede Mihály (9 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Romania	Host, placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Spain	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Belgium	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Serbia	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Iceland	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Australia	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Referees Aaro Brännare Andrea Moschen Andrei Shrubok Ramon Sterkens

Linesmen Lodewyk Beelen Markus Eberl Benas Jakšys Stian Løsnesløkken István Máthé Levente-Szilard Siko Vladimir Yefremov

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Romania (H, P)	5	4	0	0	1	24	5	+19	12	Promoted to Division I B
2	Australia	5	3	1	0	1	16	13	+3	11
3	Serbia	5	2	0	2	1	23	15	+8	8
4	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	17	27	−10	6[a]
5	Iceland	5	2	0	0	3	10	20	−10	6[a]
6	Spain (R)	5	0	1	0	4	13	23	−10	2	Relegation to Division II B

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Iceland 3–9 Belgium

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

3 April 2017 13:00

Australia

4–3 OT (1–1, 0–1, 2–1) OT: (1–0)

Serbia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Levente-Szilard Siko Vladimir Yefremov
	Darge (Tesarik) – 07:28 1–0 1–1 14:47 – Luković (Milovanović, Crnogorac) (PP2) 1–2 31:33 – Milovanović (Popravko, Crnogorac) Powell (Humphries) – 41:20 2–2 Rezek (Malloy, Todd) (PP) – 41:55 3–2 3–3 55:26 – Sretoviċ (Popravko, Đumić) Rezek (L. Webster, Woodman) (PP) – 61:17 4–3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	44

3 April 2017 16:30

Spain

2–3 (1–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Iceland

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 190

Game reference
	Ignacio García	Goalies	Dennis Hedström	Referee: Aaro Brannare Linesmen: Markus Eberl István Máthé
	0–1 00:07 – Maack (Björnsson) Boronat (Solórzano) – 04:48 1–1 1–2 07:20 – Leifsson (PP) González (A. García, Quevedo) (PP) – 37:09 2–2 2–3 38:59 – Pålsson (Maack, R. Hedström)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	22

3 April 2017 20:00

Belgium

1–9 (1–2, 0–3, 0–4)

Romania

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 2,230

Game reference
	Arthur Legrand	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke Ottó Onodi	Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Stian Losneslokken
	Paulus (V. Morgan, M. Morgan) – 05:29 1–0 1–1 11:23 – Mihály (Gliga, Fodor) 1–2 19:42 – Mihály (Gliga, Nagy) 1–3 23:11 – Mihály (M. Bíró, Georgescu) (PP) 1–4 27:40 – Irimia (M. Bíró, O. Bíró) (PP) 1–5 34:34 – Mihály (Fodor) 1–6 43:17 – Fodor (Gliga) 1–7 47:30 – Mihály (Gliga, S. Rokaly) 1–8 54:36 – Salló (G. Bíró, M. Bíró) 1–9 58:21 – Bocu (Gecse, Georgescu)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	39

4 April 2017 13:00

Iceland

2–3 (0–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Australia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Dennis Hedström	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Aaro Brannare Linesmen: Benas Jakšys István Máthé
	0–1 14:23 – Woodman (Powell, Humphries) (PP) 0–2 30:39 – Darge (L. Webster) R. Hedström (Maack, Ingason) – 32:44 1–2 Ingason (Björnsson) (PP) – 36:50 2–2 2–3 43:00 – Baranzelli (Powell, Rezek) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	31

4 April 2017 16:30

Spain

3–5 (0–1, 0–2, 3–2)

Belgium

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Ignacio García	Goalies	Jean Cornelis	Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Levente-Szilard Siko
	0–1 07:46 – B. Kolodziejczyk (M. Morgan, V. Morgan) 0–2 21:26 – B. Kolodziejczyk (De Smet, Pellegrims) 0–3 25:06 – M. Morgan (V. Morgan) (SH) 0–4 41:07 – Distate (B. Kolodziejczyk, Paulus) (PP) Rubio (García-Arias) – 52:51 1–4 1–5 56:53 – Bremer (Pellegrims) (PP) Puyuelo (Solórzano, Boronat) (PP) – 57:58 2–5 Brabo (Boronat, Paul) (SH) – 59:58 3–5
	20 min	Penalties	24 min
	24	Shots	32

4 April 2017 20:00

Romania

4–1 (2–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Serbia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 2,100

Game reference
	Zoltán Tőke	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Markus Eberl Vladimir Yefremov
	Flinta (Nagy, M. Bíró) – 06:47 1–0 Georgescu (Bocu, Irimia) – 16:05 2–0 2–1 36:10 – Filipović (Milovanović, Bibić) M. Bíró (Peter) – 40:37 3–1 Flinta (Georgescu, N. Rokaly) – 44:24 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	40	Shots	19

6 April 2017 13:00

Belgium

2–9 (1–2, 0–2, 1–5)

Serbia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Jean Cornelis	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: István Máthé Levente-Szilard Siko
	0–1 01:07 – Sretović 0–2 07:25 – Popravko (Sretović) Paulus (PP) – 16:18 1–2 1–3 23:55 – Đumić (Milovanović) 1–4 28:29 – Vučurević (Luković, Crnogorac) (PP) 1–5 41:09 – Vučurević (Sretović, Crnogorac) 1–6 44:02 – Sabados (Vučurević, Sretović) B. Kolodziejczyk (M. Morgan) – 50:04 2–6 2–7 53:13 – Luković (Vučurević) (PP) 2–8 54:44 – Ogrizović (Brkušanin) 2–9 59:22 – Sretović (Vučurević) (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	37

6 April 2017 16:30

Spain

3–5 (1–2, 0–1, 2–2)

Australia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Ignacio García	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Stian Losneslokken Vladimir Yefremov
	0–1 00:44 – Rezek (L. Webster) Carbonell (Quevedo, Betran) (PP) – 04:31 1–1 1–2 06:52 – Taylor (Darge, Carpenter) 1–3 21:59 – Baranzelli (Darge, Powell) (PP) 1–4 40:24 – Rezek (Malloy, L. Webster) Carbonell (Betran, Quevedo) (PP) – 50:59 2–4 Rubio (Quevedo, Betran) (PP) – 58:32 3–4 3–5 59:11 – Taylor (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	26

6 April 2017 20:00

Romania

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Iceland

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 2,600

Game reference
	Zoltán Tőke	Goalies	Dennis Hedström	Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Benas Jakšys
	0–1 25:27 – Kristinsson (Ólafsson) 0–2 54:07 – Knútsson (R. Hedström, Pålsson)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	41	Shots	21

7 April 2017 13:00

Serbia

4–5 OT (0–3, 2–1, 2–0) OT: (0–1)

Spain

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 130

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Ignacio García	Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Markus Eberl
	0–1 04:59 – Betran (Quevedo, Rubio) 0–2 13:26 – Baldris (Puyuelo, Rubio) 0–3 18:56 – Boronat (Quevedo, Carbonell) Đumić (Bibić) – 22:14 1–3 1–4 29:11 – Fuentes (Puyuelo) (PP) Ogrizović (Ristić) – 39:14 2–4 Filipović (Crnogorac, Sretoviċ) – 44:58 3–4 Milovanović (Zwick, Filipović) – 55:44 4–4 4–5 63:15 – González (Brabo, Fuentes)
	22 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	33

7 April 2017 16:30

Iceland

3–9 (1–3, 2–4, 0–2)

Belgium

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Arthur Legrand	Goalies	Dennis Hedström Snorri Sigurbergsson	Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Benas Jakšys Vladimir Yefremov
	0–1 04:03 – V. Morgan (M. Morgan, Pellegrims) 0–2 09:21 – Neven (Bremer, De Smet) (PP) 0–3 15:17 – M. Morgan (V. Morgan) (SH) R. Hedström (Pålsson, Björnsson) – 17:37 1–3 Mikaelsson (Pålsson) (PP) – 25:50 2–3 Maack (Ingason) – 26:24 3–3 3–4 27:31 – Van den Bogaert (B. Kolodziejczyk, De Smet) 3–5 31:46 – Pellegrims (M. Morgan, Distate) (PP) 3–6 34:58 – V. Morgan (M. Morgan) 3–7 35:21 – De Smet (Van den Bogaert, B. Kolodziejczyk) 3–8 44:01 – De Smet (PS) 3–9 55:14 – V. Morgan (M. Morgan) (SH)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	31

7 April 2017 20:00

Australia

1–5 (1–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Romania

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 2,800

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke	Referee: Aaro Brannare Linesmen: Benas Jakšys Vladimir Yefremov
	Rezek (L. Webster, Malloy) (PP) – 17:14 1–0 1–1 17:44 – S. Rokaly (Gecse, N. Rokaly) 1–2 28:36 – Nagy (Mihály, Gliga) 1–3 37:35 – M. Bíró (Georgescu, Bors) (PP) 1–4 51:11 – Mihály (Gliga, Nagy) (PP) 1–5 56:29 – Fodor (Gliga, Nagy)
	43 min	Penalties	39 min
	16	Shots	27

9 April 2017 13:00

Belgium

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Australia

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Arthur Legrand	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Stian Losneslokken István Máthé
	0–1 15:51 – Todd (Cliff, L. Webster) 0–2 22:27 – Wong (Tesarik, Humphries) 0–3 45:42 – Todd (L. Webster, Cliff)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	23

9 April 2017 16:30

Serbia

6–0 (3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Iceland

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Dennis Hedström	Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Markus Eberl Levente-Szilard Siko
	Vučurević (Popravko) – 03:51 1–0 Brkušanin (Bjelogrlić, Bibić) – 13:55 2–0 Vučurević (Sretoviċ, Popravko) – 16:04 3–0 Brkušanin (Podunavac, Bibić) – 26:07 4–0 Brkušanin (Crnogorac) – 34:16 5–0 Vučurević (Crnogorac, Sretoviċ) – 40:55 6–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	28

9 April 2017 20:00

Romania

6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Spain

Galați Skating Rink, Galați Attendance: 3,200

Game reference
	Zoltán Tőke	Goalies	Ignacio García Raúl Barbo	Referee: Aaro Brannare Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Benas Jakšys
	S. Rokaly (Gecse) – 16:05 1–0 O. Bíró (M. Bíró, Georgescu) – 22:24 2–0 Mihály (G. Bíró, Gliga) – 32:52 3–0 Mihály (M. Bíró) – 43:29 4–0 Georgescu (Péter, Irimia) – 43:45 5–0 Bors (Fodor) (PP) – 57:20 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	17

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Anthony Kimlin
  • Best Defenseman: Dominik Crnogorac
  • Best Forward: Csanád Fodor

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ede Mihály	5	8	1	9	+6	4	F
Marko Sretović	5	3	6	9	+9	0	F
Mitch Morgan	5	2	7	9	−2	2	F
Nemanja Vučurević	5	5	3	8	+5	12	F
Mátyás Bíró	5	2	6	8	+5	0	F
Roberto Gliga	5	0	8	8	+5	0	F
Vincent Morgan	5	3	4	7	−2	4	F
Mihail Georgescu	5	2	5	7	+5	4	F
Dominik Crnogorac	5	0	7	7	+3	2	D
Lliam Webster	5	0	7	7	+2	14	D

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

Goaltending leaders

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
Zoltán Tőke	288:21	5	1.04	90	94.44	1
Anthony Kimlin	301:17	13	2.59	160	91.88	1
Arsenije Ranković	304:21	15	2.96	156	90.38	1
Dennis Hedström	274:38	17	3.71	158	89.24	1
Ignacio García	286:00	21	4.41	138	84.78	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

Group B tournament

2017 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–10 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	113 (7.53 per game)
Attendance	3,229 (215 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Elie Klein (11 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
China	Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
Mexico	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Israel	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
New Zealand	Host, placed 4th in Division II B last year.
North Korea	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Turkey	Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials

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

Referees Chris Deweerdt Scott Ferguson Kenji Kosaka Gints Zviedrītis

Linesmen Chae Young-jin Justin Cornell Tyler Haslemore Edward Howard Nicholas Lee Frederic Monnaie Sotaro Yamaguchi

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	China (P)	5	5	0	0	0	29	12	+17	15	Promoted to Division II A
2	New Zealand (H)	5	4	0	0	1	23	11	+12	12
3	Israel	5	3	0	0	2	24	14	+10	9
4	North Korea	5	1	0	0	4	18	33	−15	3[a]
5	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4	12	16	−4	3[a]
6	Turkey (R)	5	1	0	0	4	7	27	−20	3[a]	Relegation to Division III

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. North Korea 3 Pts, +4 GD; Mexico 3 Pts, +3 GD, Turkey 3 Pts, −7 GD

Results

All times are local (UTC+12).

4 April 2017 13:00

Mexico

5–1 (1–0, 3–1, 1–0)

North Korea

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol	Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Justin Cornell Frederic Monnaie
	De la Vega (Majul, Gómez) – 18:52 1–0 Pérez (Majul) – 25:47 2–0 De la Vega (Gómez, Majul) – 26:50 3–0 Pérez (Nalera, Bermejo) – 32:06 4–0 4–1 35:51 – Ri C. (Ri P.) Rubio (Kelo, Sierra) – 53:46 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	30

4 April 2017 16:30

Israel

2–5 (1–2, 1–0, 0–3)

China

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Maxim Gokhberg	Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Edward Howard
	0–1 00:53 – Xia (Zhang C.) 0–2 01:58 – Ying (Zhang Z.) Kozhevnikov (Klein) – 19:40 1–2 R. Aharonovich (Kafri) – 39:21 2–2 2–3 47:24 – Zhang P. (Guan) 2–4 55:39 – Zhang Z. (Hu, Yang) 2–5 59:59 – Zhang H. (Ji, Ying) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	35

4 April 2017 20:00

Turkey

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

New Zealand

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Rick Parry	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Nicholas Lee Sotaro Yamaguchi
	0–1 17:57 – Heyd (Challis) 0–2 20:29 – Challis 0–3 24:58 – Ratcliffe (Eaden, Polozov) 0–4 55:14 – Challis (Cox) Semiz (Coşkun) – 59:55 1–4
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	44

5 April 2017 13:00

Mexico

2–6 (0–0, 0–4, 2–2)

Israel

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba Richard Albrecht	Goalies	Maxim Gokhberg	Referee: Kenji Kosaka Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Tyler Haslemore
	0–1 30:49 – R. Aharonovich (PP) 0–2 32:51 – Spektor (Klein) 0–3 33:10 – Mazour (R. Aharonovich, Vernyy) 0–4 39:13 – Kozevnikov (Spivak, Klein) (PP) Gómez (Ugarte, Colás) – 50:27 1–4 Majul (Sierra) – 51:44 2–4 2–5 52:16 – Spektor (Klein) 2–6 55:54 – Mazour (Kozevnikov, Kozhevnikov) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	33

5 April 2017 16:30

North Korea

11–3 (6–0, 4–2, 1–1)

Turkey

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Pak Kuk-chol Pak Il	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı Muhammed Karagül	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Nicholas Lee Sotaro Yamaguchi
	Ri P. – 02:58 1–0 Hong (Ri C.) – 07:09 2–0 Kim H. (Kim S.) – 07:33 3–0 An (Hong, Ri P.) (SH) – 10:30 4–0 Kim.S (Kang M.) – 12:59 5–0 Hong (Ri C., Kim S.) (PP) – 18:47 6–0 Ri C. (PP) – 25:27 7–0 7–1 27:11 – Halil (Öztürk, Çetinkaya) (PP) Kim M. (Ri P.) – 29:04 8–1 Kim Kw. (Kang I.) – 32:56 9–1 Hong (Ri P.) – 34:33 10–1 10–2 36:21 – Gümüş Kim Kw. (Kang M.) – 42:15 11–2 11–3 49:18 – Halil (Semiz, Gümüş) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	16

5 April 2017 20:00

China

5–2 (1–1, 1–1, 3–0)

New Zealand

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Rick Parry	Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Justin Cornell Frederic Monnaie
	0–1 11:59 – Heyd (Ruddle, Haines) Ji (Zhang H., Zhang Z.) (PP) – 18:24 1–1 1–2 24:54 – Ruddle (Polozov, Ratcliffe) (PP2) Yang (Xia, Hu) (PP) – 27:40 2–2 Xiang (Yang, Liang) – 47:31 3–2 Zhang P. (Hu) – 50:23 4–2 Xiang (ENG) – 59:33 5–2
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	25

7 April 2017 13:00

China

8–3 (6–1, 1–1, 1–1)

North Korea

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Pak Il	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Edward Howard Frederic Monnaie
	Zhang Z. (Lu, Ying) – 01:57 1–0 Zhang C. (Chen) – 02:31 2–0 Zhang H. (Li Z.) – 07:15 3–0 Liu Q. (Ji) (PP) – 12:18 4–0 4–1 14:49 – Kim C.-g. (An, Kim Kw.) Yang (PP) – 16:46 5–1 Guan (Chen) – 19:59 6–1 6–2 23:20 – Kim C.-g. Yang (Hu, Zhang C.) (PP2) – 30:34 7–2 Xia (Guan) (SH) – 50:47 8–2 8–3 59:59 – Kim Kw. (Ri C.) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	37	Shots	28

7 April 2017 16:30

Mexico

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Turkey

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Richard Albrecht	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Tyler Haslemore
	0–1 17:11 – Bakal (Savaş) (SH)
	12 min	Penalties	35 min
	24	Shots	18

7 April 2017 20:00

Israel

2–5 (1–3, 0–2, 1–0)

New Zealand

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 500

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	Maxim Gokhberg	Goalies	Rick Parry	Referee: Kenji Kosaka Linesmen: Justin Cornell Sotaro Yamaguchi
	0–1 01:48 – Burns (Henderson, Cox) (PP) 0–2 03:31 – Ratcliffe (Ellis, Jackson) 0–3 16:46 – Ratcliffe (Eaden, Henderson) Spektor (Klein) (SH) – 18:24 1–3 1–4 27:34 – Ratcliffe (Eaden, Craig) (PP) 1–5 36:41 – Heyd (Ratcliffe) Spektor (Kapulkin) – 44:56 2–5
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	39	Shots	38

9 April 2017 13:00

Turkey

2–7 (1–2, 0–2, 1–3)

China

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 100

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	Muhammed Karagül	Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Kenji Kosaka Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Tyler Haslemore
	0–1 07:30 – Zhang H. (Liu Q.) (PP) 0–2 10:09 – Zhang C. (Xia, Chen) Bakal (Semiz, Y. Kars) (PP) – 16:59 1–2 1–3 27:10 – Zhang Z. (Liu Q., Zhang H.) (PP) 1–4 39:42 – Zhang C. (Chen) (PP) 1–5 43:49 – Zhang C. 1–6 49:59 – Xiang (Zhang Z., Ying) Bakal (Semiz) – 53:29 2–6 2–7 54:46 – Zhang H. (Li H., Bao)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	32

9 April 2017 16:30

North Korea

2–9 (0–1, 1–6, 1–2)

Israel

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 100

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	Pak Il	Goalies	Maxim Gokhberg Nir Tichon	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Edward Howard Sotaro Yamaguchi
	0–1 12:47 – R. Aharonovich (Spektor) (PP) 0–2 28:43 – Spektor (R. Aharonovich, Kozevnikov) (PP) 0–3 32:09 – R. Aharonovich (Spektor, Mazour) (PP) 0–4 33:06 – Kozhevnikov (Vernyy) 0–5 34:30 – Klein (Mazour) 0–6 35:30 – Klein (Vernyy) 0–7 35:57 – Kozevnikov (Kozhevnikov) Kim M (Ri C., Ri P.) – 37:13 1–7 1–8 43:26 – Klein (Kozhevnikov) (PP) Ri C. (SH) – 53:49 2–8 2–9 57:03 – Spektor (Klein) (SH)
	30 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	47

9 April 2017 20:00

New Zealand

4–2 (2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Mexico

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 518

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	Rick Parry	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Nicholas Lee Frederic Monnaie
	Ellis – 18:52 1–0 Eaden (Ruddle) (PP) – 19:39 2–0 2–1 23:54 – De la Vega Sandoy (Heyd) – 36:14 3–1 3–2 38:46 – De la Vega (Ugarte, Gómez) (PP) Ratcliffe (Eaden, Polozov) – 55:40 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	32

10 April 2017 13:00

Israel

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Turkey

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 101

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	Maxim Gokhberg	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Edward Howard Frederic Monnaie
	Mazour (Vernyy, Klein) – 08:46 1–0 Greenberg (Kozhevnikov) – 22:03 2–0 Klein (Vernyy, Kozevnikov) (PP2) – 46:16 3–0 Mazour (Spektor, R. Aharonovich) (PP) – 47:11 4–0 Mazour (Kozhevnikov, Kozevnikov) (PP) – 51:49 5–0
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	26

10 April 2017 16:30

China

4–3 (2–0, 2–3, 0–0)

Mexico

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 103

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	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Tyler Haslemore Nicholas Lee
	Xia (Hu) (PP) – 07:46 1–0 Liang (Lu, Zhang C.) (PP) – 18:18 2–0 2–1 26:39 – Gómez (Colás, Pérez) Lu – 35:40 3–1 Xia (SH) – 36:47 4–1 4–2 37:55 – Colás (Majul, Gómez) (PP) 4–3 39:18 – Majul (Kelo, Gómez) (PP)
	50 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	40

10 April 2017 20:00

New Zealand

8–1 (2–1, 4–0, 2–0)

North Korea

Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland Attendance: 407

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	Aston Brookes	Goalies	Pak Il	Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Justin Cornell Sotaro Yamaguchi
	Challis (Heyd, Henderson) – 00:57 1–0 1–1 15:20 – Kim C.-g. (Kang M., Kim N.) Ratcliffe (Craig) – 19:42 2–1 Ruddle – 22:24 3–1 Cox (Henderson, Challis) (PP) – 26:44 4–1 Ruddle (Polozov, Ratcliffe) (PP) – 34:12 5–1 Ruddle (Craig, Ratcliffe) (PP) – 39:58 6–1 Challis (Henderson) – 59:17 7–1 Hay (Polozov, Harrop) – 59:40 8–1
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	43	Shots	25

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Rick Parry
  • Best Defenseman: Michael Kozevnikov
  • Best Forward: Zhang Hao

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Elie Klein	5	4	7	11	+3	4	F
Jacob Ratcliffe	5	6	4	10	+4	4	F
Ilya Spektor	5	6	3	9	+2	4	F
Daniel Mazour	5	5	2	7	0	6	F
Zhang Cheng	5	4	3	7	+3	12	F
Ri Chol-min	5	3	4	7	−4	2	F
Carlos Gómez	5	2	5	7	+3	4	F
Evgeni Kozhevnikov	5	2	5	7	0	6	F
Jordan Challis	5	4	2	6	+3	0	F
Ryan Ruddle	5	4	2	6	+1	4	F
Xia Tianxiang	5	4	2	6	+7	6	F
Zhang Hao	5	4	2	6	+1	4	F

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

Goaltending leaders

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
Rick Parry	239:45	9	2.25	134	93.28	0
Sun Zehao	300:00	12	2.40	148	91.89	0
Maxim Gokhberg	289:28	12	2.49	142	91.55	1
Alfonso de Alba	218:39	13	3.57	133	90.23	0
Tolga Bozacı	190:30	13	4.09	115	88.70	1

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