2017 IIHF World Championship


The 2017 IIHF World Championship, the 2017 edition of the annual Ice Hockey World Championships, was hosted by Paris, France, and Cologne, Germany, from 5 to 21 May 2017. 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.

Bids

There were two official bids to host these championships.
The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 17, 2013. The united bid of France and Germany received 63 votes, while the bid of Denmark and Latvia received 45.

Participants

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
;Group B

Rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters 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.
RefereesLinesmen

  • 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

Group B

Playoff round

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Artemi Panarin941317+44F
Nikita Kucherov107815+78F
Nathan MacKinnon106915+66F
William Nylander107714+112F
Nikita Gusev107714+54F
Vadim Shipachyov1021113+12F
Mitch Marner104812+18F
Johnny Gaudreau86511+20F
Sebastian Aho102911-24F
Stéphane Da Costa66410+32F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position

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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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Henrik Lundqvist320:0071.3112994.570
Calvin Pickard443:40111.4917893.821
Andrei Vasilevskiy522:51151.7223393.563
Elvis Merzļikins364:04121.9818393.441
Leonardo Genoni361:32101.6615093.332

TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

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Awards

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