The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international
Ice hockey
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tournament run by the
International Ice Hockey Federation
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The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey to ...
. It was held in
Plymouth Township, Michigan
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,
United States
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from 31 March to 7 April 2017. The
USA Hockey Arena served as the event's venue using Arena I and Arena II.
Three-time defending champions, the
United States
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, defeated
Canada
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in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime, winning their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title.
Finland
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won the bronze medal by beating
Germany
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8–0.
Venues
Participating teams
;Group A
* – ''Hosts''
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;Group B
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* – ''Promoted from Division I Group A in 2016''
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Match officials
10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
* Dina Allen
* Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
* Nikoleta Celárová
* Anna Eskola
* Drahomira Fialova
* Gabriella Gran
* Nicole Hertrich
* Aina Hove
* Miyuki Nakayama
* Melissa Szkola
;Linesmen
* Bettina Angerer
* Veronica Johansson
* Michaela Kúdeľová
* Jessica Leclerc
* Lisa Linnek
* Ilona Novotná
* Nataša Pagon
* Johanna Tauriainen
* Justine Todd
Rosters
Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (
forwards, and
defencemen) and 2
goaltender
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s, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.
Preliminary round
''All times are local (
UTC−4).''
Group A
Group B
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.
* Switzerland won series 2–1 and finished in 7th place.
Final round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Final standings
Statistics and awards
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
Source
IIHF.com
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Leading goaltenders
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.
''TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average
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; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutout
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s''
Source
IIHF.com
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Awards
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goaltender
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: Noora Räty
**Best Defenceman
Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...
: Jenni Hiirikoski
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She is widely considered one of the best active ice hockey defensem ...
**Best Forward: Brianna Decker
Source
IIHF.com
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*All-star team
**Goaltender: Noora Räty
**Defence: Monique Lamoureux, Jenni Hiirikoski
**Forwards: Marie-Philip Poulin
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, Brianna Decker, Kendall Coyne
*MVP
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* Most valuable player, an award, typically for the best performing player in a sport or competition
* Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering
MVP may also refer to:
...
: Brianna Decker
Source
IIHF.com
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Threatened boycott by US players
On 15 March 2017, the U.S. team announced that unless concessions were made by USA Hockey
USA Hockey is a national ice hockey organization in the United States. It is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee as the governing body for organized ice hockey in the United S ...
, 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
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.
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.
References
External links
Tournament official website
Official website of IIHF
{{Women's ice hockey tournaments
IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship
International ice hockey competitions hosted by the United States
IIHF Women's World Championship
IIHF Women's World Championship
IIHF Women's
IIHF
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; ; ) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 84 member countries.
The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey tourn ...
IIHF
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; ; ) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 84 member countries.
The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey tourn ...
Sports competitions in Michigan
IIHF
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; ; ) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 84 member countries.
The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey tourn ...
Women's sports in Michigan