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and

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. It opened on December 26, 2017 and closed with the gold medal game on January 5, 2018. It was the sixth time that the United States has hosted the WJIHC, and the second time that Buffalo has done so, previously hosting in

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. A preliminary round game between Canada and the United States was played outdoors at New Era Field in nearby

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on December 29, 2017. It was the second outdoor game held at any top-level IIHF world championship, the first being the opening game of the

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, and the first one held at a junior level.

Top Division

Venues

Host selection

On July 28, 2015, USA Hockey named the five initial finalists for hosting the event: * Buffalo, New York * Pittsburgh * St. Louis * Chicago * Tampa, Florida Chicago and Tampa were eliminated on September 15. Buffalo was chosen as the host site on December 3, with a formal announcement on December 4.

Officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2018 World Junior Championships. Referees * Andris Ansons * Alexandre Garon * Jacob Grumsen * Mikko Kaukokari * Artur Kulev * Manuel Nikolic * Gordon Schukies * Robin Šír * Mikael Sjöqvist * Stephen Thomson * Jeremy Tufts * Marc Wiegand Linesmen * Franco Castelli * Markus Hägerström * William Hancock II * Rene Jensen * Jon Kilian * Dustin McCrank * Jiří Ondráček * Peter Šefčík * Alexander Sysuev * Emil Yletyinen

Rosters

Format

The preliminary round was a two group of five teams each internal round-robin format, followed by a three-round playoff. In the round-robin, two points were allotted for a win, and one additional point for a regulation win. One point was allotted for an overtime or game winning shots loss. The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to quarterfinals while the last-placed team from each group played a best-of-three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2019. All other teams will retain their Top Division status.

Preliminary round

''All times are local. ( Eastern Standard Time – UTC-5)''

Group A

Group B

Relegation

Note: was relegated for the

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Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes''
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts''
Source: IIHF

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player Casey Mittelstadt All-star team * Goaltender:

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* Defencemen:

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, Cale Makar * Forwards: Casey Mittelstadt,

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IIHF best player awards * Goaltender:

* Defenceman:

* Forward: Casey Mittelstadt

Final standings

Division I

The Division IA tournament was held in Courchevel and Meribel, France from December 10–16, 2017. The Division IB tournament was held in Bled, Slovenia from December 9–15, 2017. As a result of the Division IA tournament, Kazakhstan was promoted to the Top Division, and Hungary was relegated to Division IB. As a result of the Division IB tournament, Norway was promoted to Division IA, and Lithuania was relegated to Division IIA.

Division IA

Division IB

Division II

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, Great Britain from December 10–16, 2017. The Division IIB tournament was held in

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, Serbia from January 10–16, 2018. As a result of the Division IIA tournament, Japan was promoted to Division IB, and Netherlands was relegated to Division IIB.

Division IIA

Division II B

Division III

The Division III tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from January 22–28, 2018. The Division III qualification tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from February 5–7, 2018.

Division III qualification

References

External links

* {{2017–18 in men's ice hockey

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