The 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the inaugural junior female world
ice hockey
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championship. It was held from 7 to 12 January 2008, in
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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Canada
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. The championship is the
junior ice hockey
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version of the
women worlds, held under the auspices of the
IIHF
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The inaugural competition featured two groups of nations in round robin play, followed by playoffs. There were eight national teams.
Teams
The following teams participated in the championship:
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Format
The eight participating teams are divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams will play each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group will proceed to the medal round, while the remaining teams will play in the placing games.
Preliminary round
''All times are local ( UTC–7).''
Group A
Group B
Placement round
Bracket
5–8th place semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
Final round
Bracket
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
Final standings
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
Source
IIHF
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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.
''TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutout
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Source
IIHF
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Tournament awards
Best players selected by the directorate:
*Best
Goaltender
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Alyssa Grogan
*Best
Defenceman
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Lauriane Rougeau
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*Best
Forward
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Marie-Philip Poulin
Marie-Philip Poulin-Nadeau (born March 28, 1991) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently with the PWHPA and who serves as captain of the Canadian national team. A three-time Olympic and three-time World champion with the Canadian national ...
See also
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2007 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Qualification
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2008 IIHF World U18 Championships (Men)
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2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (Men)
Notes
References
2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship Team Canada Notes* TSN.ca (Canadian Press
Hockey Canada names women's U-18 roster* USA Hocke
Women’s Under-18 Team Announced
External links
* TSN.c
2008 World Women's U-18 Championship* Hockey Canad
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World
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January 2008 sports events in Canada
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