2015 IIHF World U18 Championships

2015 IIHF U18 World Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	16–26 April 2015
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions File:Gold medal blank.svg	United States (9th title)
Runner-up File:Silver medal blank.svg	Finland
Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svg	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	211 (7.03 per game)
Attendance	48,622 (1,621 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Auston Matthews (14 points)
MVP	Auston Matthews
Official website
http://u18worlds2015.iihf.com/

The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 17th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland. The tournament began on 16 April 2015, with the gold medal game played on 26 April 2015.

Top Division

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following:

Referees

• Jimmy Bergamelli
• Andreas Harnebring
• Brett Iverson
• Andreas Koch
• Petri Lindqvist
• Robert Mullner
• Yuri Oskirko
• Vladimír Pešina
• Christopher Pitoscia
• Marian Rohatsch
• Ladislav Smetana
• Per Gustav Solem

Linesmen

• Markku Buese
• Franco Espinoza
• Jiří Gebauer
• Martin Korba
• Ludvig Lundgren
• Brian Oliver
• Alexander Otmakhov
• Nicolas Piche
• Hannu Sormunen
• Michael Tscherrig

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	0	0	20	7	+13	12	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	30	8	+22	9
3	Slovakia	4	1	1	0	2	9	18	−9	5
4	Sweden	4	1	0	0	3	16	17	−1	3
5	Germany	4	0	0	1	3	5	30	−25	1	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)

16 April 2015 14:45

Sweden

1–3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 460

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Jimmy Bergamelli Yuriy Oskirko Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Jiří Gebauer
	0–1 37:39 – Solenský (Horvath) Eriksson Ek (Asplund, Ahl) (PP) – 45:02 1–1 1–2 56:00 – Hecl (Sádecký) 1–3 59:41 – Lešťan (Bondra, Valent) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	25

16 April 2015 18:45

Russia

3–1 (0–1, 2–0, 1–0)

United States

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 925

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov	Goalies	Luke Opilka	Referees: Andreas Koch Robert Mullner Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 07:15 – Terry Guryanov (Vorobyev) (SH) – 23:09 1–1 Zhukenov (Sokolov, Kaprizov) (PP) – 27:37 2–1 Sokolov (ENG) – 59:36 3–1
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	50

17 April 2015 14:45

Slovakia

0–10 (0–4, 0–6, 0–0)

United States

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 290

Game reference
	Adam Húska Vladimír Cibulka	Goalies	Evan Sarthou	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Petri Lindqvist Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Michael Tscherrig
	0–1 01:09 – Terry (Floodstrand, Warren) 0–2 10:47 – Tkachuk (Roslovic, Matthews) (PP) 0–3 14:20 – Roslovic (Tkachuk, Matthews) (PP) 0–4 18:17 – Roslovic (Matthews, McAvoy) 0–5 20:28 – Matthews (Tkachuk, Krys) 0–6 24:49 – Matthews (Floodstrand, Tkachuk) 0–7 26:21 – Bracco (Terry, Masonius) 0–8 28:46 – Fitzgerald (Tkachuk, Roslovic) 0–9 29:46 – Kunin (Fischer, Greenway) 0–10 30:27 – Warren (Floodstrand, Fitzgerald)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	44

17 April 2015 18:45

Russia

6–0 (2–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Germany

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 362

Game reference
	Anton Krasotkin	Goalies	Mirko Pantkowski Patrick Berger	Referees: Brett Iverson Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Martin Korba
	Yurtaikin (Sidorov) – 06:59 1–0 Guryanov (Vorobyev) – 11:05 2–0 Barabanov – 20:33 3–0 Ivanyuzhenkov (Yemets) – 24:58 4–0 Yemets (Zhukenov, Sokolov) – 36:28 5–0 Kaprizov (Yakovenko, Sokolov) – 54:01 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	33

18 April 2015 17:00

Germany

1–7 (0–1, 0–5, 1–1)

Sweden

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 532

Game reference
	Mirko Pantkowski Patrick Berger	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Andreas Koch Petri Lindqvist Linesmen: Brian Oliver Nicolas Piche
	0–1 Ohlsson – 08:58 0–2 Ohlsson (Dahlström, Grundström) – 24:18 0–3 Eriksson Ek (Lindgren, L. Carlsson) (PP) – 26:24 0–4 Asplund (Kylington, Erikson) – 29:32 (PP) 0–5 Eriksson Ek (Ahl, Kylington) – 36:42 0–6 Ohlsson (Dahlén, Ölund) (PP) – 38:29 Eder (Spitzner) 1–6 1–7 Grundström (PS) – 49:00
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	48

19 April 2015 13:00

Slovakia

2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Russia

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 660

Game reference
	Adam Húska	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Markku Buese Franco Espinoza
	0–1 05:25 – Rubtsov (Ivanyuzhenkov) 0–2 06:54 – Guryanov (Kaprizov, Vorobyev) Horvath (Solenský) – 17:25 1–2 1–3 23:10 – Zhukenov (Belyayev, Kaprizov) Lešťan (Vadovic, Valent) – 48:26 2–3 2–4 53:57 – Yurtaikin (Kvartalnov, Sidorov)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	35

19 April 2015 17:00

United States

6–4 (1–1, 2–2, 3–1)

Sweden

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 1,222

Game reference
	Luke Opilka	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Brett Iverson Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Nicolas Piche Michael Tscherrig
	0–1 04:48 – Grundström (Larsson, Ohlsson) Keller (White) – 05:22 1–1 Fischer (Keller, McAvoy) (PP) – 33:03 2–1 2–2 36:49 – Eriksson Ek (Asplund, Ahl) (PP) White (Bracco, Greenway) – 37:56 3–2 3–3 39:21 – Dahlén (Larsson, Ölund) Keller (White, Bracco) – 43:45 4–3 4–4 50:35 – Asplund (Dahlén, Ölund) Matthews (Fitzgerald) – 51:43 5–4 Krys (Fischer, Keller) (ENG) – 59:59 6–4
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	18

20 April 2015 18:45

Germany

3–4 GWS (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) (OT (0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Slovakia

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 332

Game reference
	Patrick Berger	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Christopher Pitoscia Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Brian Oliver Michael Tscherrig
	Eder (Mayenschein) (PP) – 07:51 1–0 1–1 20:25 – Bondra (Valent) (PP) Mayenschein (Napravnik) – 34:06 2–1 2–2 42:59 – Andrisik (Bondra) 2–3 51:17 – Valent (Bondra, Andrisik) Kalble – 55:20 3–3
	Napravnik MISS Eder MISS Drews MISS	Shootout	MISS Žitný GOAL Solenský MISS Murin
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	23

21 April 2015 14:45

United States

13–1 (4–0, 5–1, 3–0)

Germany

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 317

Game reference
	Evan Sarthou	Goalies	Mirko Pantkowski Patrick Berger	Referees: Robert Mullner Yuriy Oskirko Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Hannu Sormunen
	Roslovic (Matthews, Jones) – 07:23 1–0 Kunin (Boka) – 10:32 2–0 Roslovic (Matthews, Tkachuk) (PP) – 12:34 3–0 Tkachuk (Matthews, Roslovic) – 13:19 4–0 4–1 22:56 – Schutz (Glassl, Daubner) (PP) White (Fischer, Bracco) (PP) – 26:39 5–1 Kunin (McAvoy, Bracco) – 30:12 6–1 Terry (Jones, Fischer) (PP) – 30:42 7–1 Boka (Bracco, Jones) – 34:45 8–1 Kunin (Greenway) (SH) – 38:13 9–1 Bracco (Floodstrand, Keller) – 44:51 10–1 Matthews (Krys) – 47:58 11–1 Warren (Greenway, Thompson) – 51:47 12–1 Roslovic (Tkachuk) – 52:32 13–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	49	Shots	15

21 April 2015 18:45

Sweden

4–7 (2–1, 1–2, 1–3)

Russia

Ice Center Lucerne Attendance: 732

Game reference
	Daniel Marmenlind	Goalies	Anton Krasotkin	Referees: Petri Lindqvist Christopher Pitoscia Linesmen: Martin Korba Brian Oliver
	0–1 00:17 – Vorobyev (Yurtaikin, Guryanov) Lindgren (Asplund) – 00:46 1–1 Lindström (Younan, Davidsson) – 11:58 2–1 Ölund (Dahlén) (PP) – 22:02 3–1 3–2 29:13 – Guryanov (SH) 3–3 37:22 – Zhukenov (Yurtaikin) Olhaver (Larsson, Dahlén) – 42:06 4–3 4–4 48:43 – Guryanov (Yakovenko, Zhukenov) (PP) 4–5 52:41 – Sokolov (Zhukenov, Yurtaikin) 4–6 53:33 – Ivanyuzhenkov (Yemets) 4–7 57:17 – Guryanov (SH,ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	52	Shots	36

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	0	21	11	+10	12	Quarterfinals
2	Finland	4	3	0	0	1	14	6	+8	9
3	Czech Republic	4	2	0	0	2	12	10	+2	6
4	Switzerland	4	0	1	0	3	5	14	−9	2
5	Latvia	4	0	0	1	3	10	21	−11	1	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)

16 April 2015 15:45

Canada

11–6 (2–3, 6–0, 3–3)

Latvia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 170

Game reference
	Zach Sawchenko	Goalies	Denijs Romanovskis Marek Mitens	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov
	0–1 10:17 – Zile (Cukste, Dzierkals) (PP) N. Roy (Gawdin) – 11:57 1–1 1–2 14:40 – Priede (Tralmaks) (SH) J. Roy (Stephens) – 17:04 2–2 2–3 17:14 – Bernhards (Blugers) Howden (Benson, Spencer) – 23:05 3–3 Harkins (Benson, Wotherspoon) – 24:14 4–3 J. Roy (Barzal) – 26:09 5–3 Stephens (Benson) – 26:22 6–3 Capobianco (Spencer) – 27:20 7–3 Brisebois – 29:54 8–3 8–4 41:06 – Buncis (Zile) (PP) J. Roy (Barzal) (PP) – 43:42 9–4 Stephens (Beauvillier, Barzal) – 46:46 10–4 N. Roy (Wotherspoon) – 49:55 11–4 11–5 50:39 – Cukste (Buncis) (PP) 11–6 56:02 – Tralmaks (SH)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	22

16 April 2015 19:45

Finland

6–1 (1–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 315

Game reference
	Veini Vehvilainen	Goalies	Daniel Vladař	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Martin Korba Michael Tscherrig
	Niemelä (Tavernier) (PP) – 08:50 1–0 1–1 10:27 – Hájek (Zbořil, Kobližek) Saarijärvi (Nättinen, Laine) (PP) – 23:05 2–1 Laine (Puljujärvi) – 25:25 3–1 Saarijärvi (Nättinen, Palmu) (PP) – 27:36 4–1 Tammela (Saarijärvi, Laine) (PP) – 42:25 5–1 Palmu (Tammela, Laine) (PP) – 46:35 6–1
	14 min	Penalties	30 min
	43	Shots	27

17 April 2015 15:45

Latvia

1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 721

Game reference
	Mareks Mitens	Goalies	Daniel Vladař	Referees: Andreas Koch Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Markku Buese Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 04:05 – Kaše (Špaček, Hronek) 0–2 24:56 – Zacha (Krenzelok) (PP) Dzierkals (Zohovs, Baranovskis) – 35:47 1–2 1–3 50:25 – Anděl (Špaček, Kaše) 1–4 59:07 – Zacha (Špaček) (ENG)
	37 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	47

17 April 2015 19:45

Finland

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 3,370

Game reference
	Veini Vehvilainen	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Robert Mullner Christopher Pitoscia Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Nicolas Piche
	Puljujärvi (Laine, Välimäki) – 06:22 1–0 1–1 13:07 – Malgin Laine (Saarijärvi) (PP) – 21:15 2–1 Saarijärvi (Saarela) – 51:53 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	26	Shots	23

18 April 2015 18:45

Switzerland

1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Canada

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 5,277

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Evan Cormier	Referees: Jimmy Bergamelli Yuriy Oskirko Linesmen: Markku Buese Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 04:00 – Barzal (Stephens, Chabot) (PP) 0–2 22:58 – Barzal 0–3 29:59 – N. Roy (Harkins, Wotherspoon) (PP) Diem (Malgin, Siegenthaler) (PP) – 38:21 1–3 1–4 40:30 – Beauvillier (Stephens, Barzal) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	20	Shots	29

19 April 2015 14:45

Latvia

1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 363

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals Denis Romanovskis	Goalies	Veini Vehvilainen	Referees: Jimmy Bergamelli Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Martin Korba
	Puide (Priede, Tralmaks) – 13:56 1–0 1–1 28:40 – Nättinen (Tammela, Saarijärvi) (PP) 1–2 35:44 – Laine (Tammela, Saarijärvi) (PP) 1–3 46:42 – Laine (Saarijärvi, Saarela)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	32	Shots	29

19 April 2015 18:45

Czech Republic

2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Canada

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 749

Game reference
	Ales Stezka	Goalies	Zach Sawchenko	Referees: Christopher Pitoscia Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Hannu Sormunen
	Zacha (Svoboda) – 06:21 1–0 1–1 16:04 – Wotherspoon (Dubois, Bear) 1–2 25:57 – Beauvillier (Barzal, Stephens) Koblizek – 33:06 2–2 2–3 44:21 – Beauvillier (Barzal, Chabot) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	45	Shots	39

20 April 2015 19:45

Switzerland

3–2 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Latvia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 2,561

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Denijs Romanovskis	Referees: Brett Iverson Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Ludvig Lundgren
	Thurkauf – 22:57 1–0 1–1 25:09 – Balcers (Dzierkals) (PP) Fuchs (EA) – 41:34 2–1 2–2 44:25 – Balcers (Dzierkals) Malgin (Riat) (PP) – 63:42 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	45	Shots	25

21 April 2015 15:45

Canada

3–2 (0–2, 3–0, 0–0)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1133

Game reference
	Evan Cormier	Goalies	Veini Vehvilainen	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Alexander Otmakhov
	Barzal (Chabot) (PP) – 29:49 1–0 Chabot (Barzal) (PP) – 30:55 2–0 2–1 09:03 – Saarela (Saarijärvi, Petrus Palmu) (EA) 2–2 19:32 – Laine (Puljujärvi, Saarela) Benson (Gawdin) – 36:21 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	33

21 April 2015 19:45

Czech Republic

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 2,468

Game reference
	Daniel Vladař	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Brett Iverson Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Markku Buese Nicolas Piche
	Kaše (Zbořil) – 15:25 1–0 Špaček (Kaše) – 17:13 2–0 Zacha (Špaček) – 28:58 3–0 Zbořil – 33:05 4–0 Suchý (Hronek) (PP) – 59:27 5–0
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	20

Relegation round

The last-placed teams played a best-of-three series.

23 April 2015 12:15

Latvia

5–3 (3–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Germany

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 276

Game reference
	Mareks Mitens	Goalies	Patrick Berger Mirko Pantkowski	Referees: Brett Iverson Christopher Pitoscia Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 01:01 – Kiefersauer (Eder) Dzierkals (Buncis, Balcers) – 04:32 1–1 Čukste (Balcers, Dzierkals) (PP) – 15:17 2–1 Tralmaks (Priede, Puide) – 19:58 3–1 Buncis (Dzierkals, Čukste) – 26:15 4–1 Zīle (Dzierkals, Čukste) – 47:43 5–1 5–2 56:06 – Mayenschein (Halbauer, Korner) 5–3 58:16 – Kalble (Drews, Halbauer) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	36

24 April 2015 18:00

Germany

3–5 (1–0, 1–2, 1–3)

Latvia

Ice Center Lucerne, Lucerne Attendance: 387

Game reference
	Patrick Berger	Goalies	Mareks Mitens	Referees: Jimmy Bergamelli Petri Lindqvist Linesmen: Brian Oliver Michael Tscherrig
	Korner (Schutz) – 00:16 1–0 Eder (Bernhardt, Schutz) (PP) – 24:46 2–0 2–1 26:58 – Dzierkals (Balcers) 2–2 34:05 – Buncis (Rubīns, Balcers) 2–3 42:31 – Bernhards (Čukste) 2–4 43:23 – Zohovs (Rubins) (SH) Napravnik (Kalble, Spitzner) – 51:43 3–4 3–5 57:05 – Zohovs (E. Jansons) (SH)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	27

• Germany is relegated to next year's Division I A; the third game was not played because the result of the relegation series had been decided.

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold Medal

A1

Russia

0

B4

Switzerland

5

B4

Switzerland

4

B2

Finland

5

B2

Finland

3

A3

Slovakia

0

A2

United States

2

B2

Finland

1

A2

United States

7

B3

Czech Republic

2

A2

United States

7

Bronze Medal

B1

Canada

2

B1

Canada

5

B1

Canada

5

A4

Sweden

3

B4

Switzerland

2

Quarterfinals

23 April 2015 14:45

United States

7–2 (4–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Czech Republic

Ice Center Lucerne, Lucerne Attendance: 542

Game reference
	Evan Sarthou	Goalies	Ales Stezka Daniel Vladař	Referees: Andreas Koch Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Markku Buese Michael Tscherrig
	Matthews (Fischer, Tkachuk) (PP) – 11:02 1–0 Keller (Bracco) – 11:09 2–0 Floodstrand (Warren, Terry) – 13:00 3–0 Kunin (Fischer, Greenway) – 15:07 4–0 4–1 27:38 – Svoboda (Furch, Kalina) Matthews (Tkachuk, Roslovic) – 40:39 5–1 Bracco (Fitzgerald, White) – 42:39 6–1 6–2 52:39 – Zacha (Kaše, Hronek) Kunin (Jones, Greenway) – 53:44 7–2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	14

23 April 2015 16:00

Canada

5–3 (3–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1,248

Game reference
	Zach Sawchenko	Goalies	Felix Sandström	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov
	Harkins (Bear) – 05:11 1–0 Stephens (Knott, Barzal) – 06:07 2–0 2–1 07:11 – Carlsson (Ölund, Ohlsson) (PP) Sideroff (Harkins, N. Roy) – 19:26 3–1 3–2 22:51 – Eriksson Ek (Grundström) (SH) Stephens (Knott, Barzal) – 37:23 4–2 4–3 55:34 – Grundström (ENG) Knott (Stephens, J. Roy) (PP) – 55:56 5–3
	Grundström was credited for the goal at 55:34, being the last Swede to touch the puck, when Canada scored in their own net on a delayed penalty. The penalty was in fact a roughing minor to Grundström himself.
	8 min	Penalties	13 min
	34	Shots	38

23 April 2015 18:45

Finland

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Ice Center Lucerne, Lucerne Attendance: 469

Game reference
	Veini Vehvilainen	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Yuriy Oskirko Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Nicolas Piche
	Laine – 06:39 1–0 Tavernier (Ruotsalainen) – 45:27 2–0 Tavernier (Ruotsalainen) – 48:01 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	21

23 April 2015 20:00

Russia

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 2,381

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov	Goalies	Joren van Pottleberghe	Referees: Petri Lindqvist Robert Mullner Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Martin Korba
	0–1 07:51 – Forrer 0–2 32:26 – Impose (Riat) (PP) 0–3 39:40 – Impose (Malgin) 0–4 43:21 – Malgin 0–5 51:22 – Volejnicek
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	35

Semifinals

25 April 2015 15:00

Canada

2–7 (0–0, 1–2, 1–5)

United States

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,170

Game reference
	Zach Sawchenko Evan Cormier	Goalies	Evan Sarthou	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Petri Lindqvist Linesmen: Markku Buese Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 22:25 – Keller (Bracco, Krys) Sideroff (Wotherspoon, N. Roy) (PP) – 31:49 1–1 1–2 37:58 – Matthews (Floodstrand) 1–3 42:23 – Matthews (Tkachuk, Roslovic) 1–4 42:55 – White (Jones) Stephens (Howden, Bear) – 44:18 2–4 2–5 44:39 – Greenway (Fischer) 2–6 47:09 – White (Keller, Bracco) 2–7 49:45 – White (Keller, Bracco)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	38

25 April 2015 19:00

Finland

5–4 OT (2–2 0–0, 2–2) (OT 1–0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 7,015

Game reference
	Veini Vehvilainen	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Brett Iverson Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Martin Korba Nicolas Piche
	Puljujärvi (Välimaki) – 01:15 1–0 1–1 04:45 – Riat (Siegenthaler, Impose) 1–2 16:59 – Suleski (Malgin) Laine (Saarela) – 19:04 2–2 Saarela (Niemelä) (PP) – 42:54 3–2 Laine (Puljujärvi) – 48:17 4–2 4–3 58:04 – Hischier (Siegenthaler, Thurkauf) 4–4 59:19 – Riat (Impose, Malgin) (EA) Saarela (J. Mattila) – 65:19 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	33

Bronze medal game

26 April 2015 15:00

Canada

5–2 (3–2, 2–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,718

Game reference
	Zach Sawchenko	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Christopher Pitoscia Linesmen: Brian Oliver Hannu Sormunen
	Gawdin (Soy) – 07:09 1–0 Harkins (Benson) – 09:39 2–0 Siderhoff (Knott, Capobianco) – 11:54 3–0 3–1 17:30 – Riat (Pinana, Marchon) (PP) 3–2 18:55 – Fuchs (Pinana, Prassl) Howden (N. Roy, Siderhoff) – 36:25 4–2 Gawdin (Spencer, Soy) – 38:43 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	30

Gold medal game

26 April 2015 19:00

United States

2–1 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT 1–0)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,457

Game reference
	Evan Sarthou	Goalies	Veini Vehvilainen	Referees: Brett Iverson Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Nicolas Piche
	0–1 00:17 – Nättinen (Aho) Roslovic (Tkachuk, Matthews) – 40:41 1–1 White (Bracco, McAvoy Jr.) – 72:44 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	62	Shots	20

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Auston Matthews	7	8	7	15	+11	0
Jeremy Bracco	7	3	10	13	+10	2
Mathew Barzal	7	3	9	12	+2	0
Matthew Tkachuk	7	2	10	12	+10	2
Patrik Laine	7	8	3	11	+6	0
Jack Roslovic	7	6	5	11	+11	4
Mitchell Stephens	7	5	5	10	+1	10
Colin White	7	6	3	9	+8	0
Clayton Keller	7	4	5	9	+7	0
Mārtiņš Dzierkals	6	3	6	9	+2	10

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

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

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Anton Krasotkin	120:00	85	4	2.00	95.29	1
Veini Vehviläinen	437:12	233	12	1.65	94.85	1
Ilya Samsonov	180:00	121	8	2.67	93.39	0
Evan Sarthou	312:44	82	6	1.15	92.68	1
Adam Húska	278:39	160	14	3.01	91.25	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

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

• Forward: Auston Matthews

All-star team

• Goaltender: Veini Vehviläinen
• Defencemen: Vili Saarijärvi, Jonas Siegenthaler
• Forwards: Patrik Laine, Denis Malgin, Auston Matthews

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Ilya Samsonov
• Defenceman: Vili Saarijärvi
• Forward: Auston Matthews

References: [1], [2]

Final standings

	Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)	United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Canada
4th	Switzerland
5th	Russia
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Slovakia
8th	Sweden
9th	Latvia
10th	Germany

Relegated to the 2016 Division I A

2015 IIHF U18 World champions
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 9th title

Division I

Further information: 2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Debrecen, Hungary, from 12 to 18 April 2015. {{#lst:2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I|Division I A}}

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 April 2015. {{#lst:2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I|Division I B}}

Division II

Further information: 2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 22 to 28 March 2015. {{#lst:2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II|Division II A}}

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 16 to 22 March 2015. {{#lst:2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II|Division II B}}

Division III

Further information: 2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 22 to 28 March 2015. {{#lst:2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III|Division III A}}

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Auckland, New Zealand, from 17 to 19 March 2015. {{#lst:2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III|Division III B}}

External links

• 2015 U18 World Championship official website