2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2017 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	United States
Dates	31 March – 7 April 2017
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (8 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	22
Goals scored	115  (5.23 per game)
Attendance	20,034  (911 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Kendall Coyne
MVP	Brianna Decker

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. The USA Hockey Arena served as the event's venue using Arena I and Arena II.

The United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime, winning their eighth title. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Germany 8–0.

Participants

Group A

• United States – Hosts
• Canada
• Finland
• Russia

Group B

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

Preliminary round

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
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	8	10	−2	3	Quarterfinals
4	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	2	16	−14	3

31 March 2017 16:00

Finland

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Russia

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 146

Game reference
				Referees: Dina Allen Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Jessica Leclerc
	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
				Referees: Gabriella Gran Aina Hove Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Johanna Tauriainen
	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
				Referees: Anna Eskola Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Justine Todd
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	34

1 April 2017 19:35

Canada

3–4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Finland

Attendance: 780

Game reference
				Referees: Nicole Hertrich Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Lisa Linnek
	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
				Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Anna Eskola Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Johanna Tauriainen
	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
				Referees: Drahomira Fialova Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Michaela Kúdeľová
	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	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	1	6
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

31 March 2017 12:00

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

Attendance: 428

Game reference
				Referees: Miyuki Nakayama Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Lisa Linnek
		1–0 / 1–1
	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
				Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Anna Eskola Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Justine Todd
	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
				Referees: Dina Allen Nikoleta Celárová Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Johanna Tauriainen
	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
				Referees: Aina Hove Miyuki Nakayama Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Nataša Pagon
	18 min	Penalties	0 min
	15	Shots	24

3 April 2017 12:00

Germany

2–4 (0–3, 0–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

Attendance: 404

Game reference
				Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Justine Todd
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	30

3 April 2017 18:00

Sweden

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Attendance: 111

Game reference
				Referees: Dina Allen Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Lisa Linnek
	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
				Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Johanna Tauriainen
	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
				Referees: Nicole Hertrich Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Bettina Angerer Lisa Linnek
	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
				Referees: Dina Allen Aina Hove Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Lisa Linnek
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	19

Switzerland won series 2–1

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

Quarterfinals

4 April 2017 15:35

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth Attendance: 397

Game reference
				Referees: Dina Allen Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Nataša Pagon
	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
				Referees: Anna Eskola Aina Hove Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Ilona Novotná
	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
				Referees: Dina Allen Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Jessica Leclerc
	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
				Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Aina Hove Linesmen: Johanna Tauriainen Justine Todd
	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
				Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Ilona Novotná
		0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3
	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
				Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Justine Todd
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	38	Shots	11

Gold medal game

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
				Referees: Anna Eskola Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Natasa Pagon Johanna Tauriainen
		0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	30

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. 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.

Division I

see: 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Division II

see: 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

External links

• Official website

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