The 2017 IIHF World Championship, the 2017 edition of the annual Ice Hockey World Championships, was held from 5 to 21 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany and Paris, France. The official tournament mascots were Asterix and Obelix, the main characters from popular French comic book series The Adventures of Asterix. The logo incorporates the silhouette of deceased German national team goaltender Robert Müller, who succumbed to a brain tumor at just 28 years of age. German tennis player Angelique Kerber, 1. FC Köln and German Olympic soccer team goalkeeper Timo Horn and Paris Saint-Germain F.C.'s Brazilian winger Lucas Moura were named celebrity ambassadors for the event.
Sweden won the tournament by defeating Canada 2–1 after a penalty shoot-out. Russia won the bronze medal game, defeating Finland 5–3.
Bids There were two official bids to host these championships.
Denmark/ Latvia Copenhagen/Riga Denmark has never hosted these championships. Latvia hosted these championships for the first time in 2006. The proposed arenas were Arena Riga and the planned Copenhagen Arena.
France/ Germany Paris/Cologne France last hosted these championships in 1951. Germany hosted the championships most recently in 2010. The proposed arenas were AccorHotels Arena in Paris and Lanxess Arena in Cologne.
The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 17, 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden.To Cologne & Paris in 2017, International Ice Hockey Federation The united bid of France and Germany received 63 votes, while the bid of Denmark and Latvia received 45.
Participants
Seeding The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2016 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2016 IIHF World Championship.
Group A (Cologne) (2) (4) (5) (8) (10) (12) (13) (16)
Group B (Paris) (1) (3) (6) (7) (9) (11) (14) (15)
Venues France Germany Paris Cologne AccorHotels ArenaCapacity: 14,510 Lanxess ArenaCapacity: 18,500
Rosters
Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.
Officials The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Stefan Fonselius Roman Gofman Oliver Gouin Jan Hribik Brett Iverson Antonín Jeřábek Jozef Kubuš Mark Lemelin Marcus Linde Eduards Odiņš Linus Öhlund Daniel Piechaczek Stephen Reneau Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker Tobias Wehrli Ivan Dedyulya Rene Jensen Roman Kaderli Lukas Kohlmüller Gleb Lazarev Joep Leermakers Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov Judson Ritter Peter Šefčík Hannu Sormunen Libor Suchánek Sakari Suominen Nathan Vanoosten
Preliminary round The schedule was announced on 9 August 2016.
Group A
5 May 2017 1–2 (GWS) 1–2 6 May 2017 3–0 3–2 (OT) 2–7 7 May 2017 1–10 7–2 3–1 8 May 2017 3–6 4–3 9 May 2017 1–2 3–4 (GWS) 10 May 2017 3–0 2–3 (GWS) 11 May 2017 3–0 2–0 12 May 2017 8–1 3–2 (OT) 13 May 2017 3–5 6–0 1–4 14 May 2017 1–6 2–4 15 May 2017 2–0 5–0 16 May 2017 4–2 3–5 4–3 (GWS)
Group B
5 May 2017 3–2 1–4 6 May 2017 5–4 (GWS) 1–6 3–2 7 May 2017 2–7 1–5 0–3 8 May 2017 0–6 3–4 (GWS) 9 May 2017 1–5 3–4 (GWS) 10 May 2017 3–0 5–2 11 May 2017 1–0 (OT) 3–2 12 May 2017 5–1 4–3 (GWS) 13 May 2017 2–3 (OT) 2–5 2–3 (OT) 14 May 2017 2–5 2–3 (OT) 15 May 2017 5–0 4–1 16 May 2017 4–3 1–3 5–2
Playoff round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Artemi Panarin 9 4 13 17 +4 4 F Nikita Kucherov 10 7 8 15 +7 8 F Nathan MacKinnon 10 6 9 15 +6 6 F Nikita Gusev 10 7 7 14 +5 4 F William Nylander 10 7 7 14 +11 2 F Vadim Shipachyov 10 2 11 13 +1 2 F Mitch Marner 10 4 8 12 +1 8 F Johnny Gaudreau 8 6 5 11 +2 0 F Sebastian Aho 10 2 9 11 -2 4 F Stéphane Da Costa 6 6 4 10 +3 2 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 Henrik Lundqvist 320:00 7 1.31 129 94.57 0 Calvin Pickard 443:40 11 1.49 178 93.82 1 Andrei Vasilevskiy 522:51 15 1.72 233 93.56 3 Elvis Merzļikins 364:04 12 1.98 183 93.44 1 Leonardo Genoni 361:32 10 1.66 150 93.33 2 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: Andrei Vasilevskiy Best Defenceman: Dennis Seidenberg Best Forward: Artemi Panarin Source: IIHF.com
Media All-Stars: MVP: William Nylander Goaltender: Andrei Vasilevskiy Defencemen: Colton Parayko / Dennis Seidenberg Forwards: William Nylander / Artemi Panarin / Nathan MacKinnon Source: IIHF.com
IIHF honors and awards The 2017 IIHF Hall of Fame inductees and award recipients were honored during the World Championship medal ceremonies in Cologne.
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Dieter Kalt Sr., Austria Saku Koivu, Finland Uwe Krupp, Germany Angela Ruggiero, United States Joe Sakic, Canada Teemu Selänne, Finland
Award recipients Patrick Francheterre of France received the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey. Tony Hand of Great Britain received the Torriani Award for a player with an outstanding career from non-top hockey nation.
References
External links Official website