2017 IIHF World Championship Group A

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship

Group A was one of two groups of the 2017 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2018.[1]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  United States 7 6 0 0 1 31 14 +17 18 Playoff round
2  Russia 7 5 1 0 1 35 10 +25 17
3  Sweden 7 5 0 1 1 29 13 +16 16
4  Germany (H) 7 2 2 1 2 20 23 −3 11
5  Latvia 7 3 0 1 3 14 18 −4 10
6  Denmark 7 1 2 0 4 13 22 −9 7
7  Slovakia 7 0 1 2 4 12 28 −16 4
8  Italy (R) 7 0 0 1 6 6 32 −26 1 Relegation to Division I A[a]
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2018 hosts (Denmark) cannot be relegated by rule.[2]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Matches

Sweden vs Russia

5 May 2017
16:15		Sweden 1–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 RussiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,357
Game reference
Viktor FasthGoaliesAndrei VasilevskiyReferees:
Finland Anssi Salonen
Switzerland Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
Lindholm (Rask, Hedman) – 14:401–0
1–143:58 – Andronov (Barabanov, Provorov)
Lindholm MISS
Ekman-Larsson MISS
Nylander MISS		ShootoutMISS Gusev
GOAL Panarin
4 minPenalties2 min
23Shots30

United States vs Germany

5 May 2017
20:15		United States 1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)		 GermanyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,688
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoaliesThomas GreissReferees:
Canada Oliver Gouin
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Finland Hannu Sormunen
Czech Republic Libor Suchánek
0–110:50 – Rieder (Reimer, Kahun)
Murphy (Larkin, Nelson) – 51:001–1
1–253:58 – Hager (D. Seidenberg, Gogulla) (PP)
4 minPenalties4 min
43Shots27

Latvia vs Denmark

6 May 2017
12:15		Latvia 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 DenmarkLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 13,453
Game reference
Elvis MerzļikinsGoaliesSebastian DahmReferees:
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Switzerland Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Czech Republic Libor Suchánek
Meija (Kulda) – 23:081–0
Indrašis (Sprukts, Ri. Bukarts) – 41:482–0
Indrašis (Ro. Bukarts, Balinskis) (PP2) – 52:403–0
6 minPenalties12 min
35Shots27

Slovakia vs Italy

6 May 2017
16:15		Slovakia 3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT 1–0)		 ItalyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 12,229
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesAndreas BernardReferees:
Canada Oliver Gouin
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Netherlands Joep Leermakers
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Miklík (Jánošík, Čerešňák) – 06:581–0
1–135:06 – Morini (Frigo)
1–242:41 – Frigo (Scandella)
L. Hudáček (Miklík, Sersen) (EA) – 58:562–2
Čerešňák (Bližňák, Skokan) – 62:453–2
2 minPenalties8 min
32Shots19

Germany vs Sweden

6 May 2017
20:15		Germany 2–7
(1–1, 1–3, 0–3)		 SwedenLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,673
Game reference
Thomas Greiss
Danny aus den Birken		GoaliesViktor FasthReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Latvia Eduards Odiņš
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedyulya
United States Brian Oliver
0–106:56 – Ekman-Larsson (Landeskog, Rask)
Hager (D. Seidenberg, Ehliz) – 16:141–1
1–220:23 – Rask (Hedman, Strålman) (PP)
Gogulla (Hager, Schütz) (PP) – 25:262–2
2–335:14 – Omark (Krüger)
2–439:57 – Brodin (Nylander, Eriksson Ek)
2–549:42 – Landeskog (Rask, Söderberg)
2–650:40 – Nylander (Strålman)
2–751:59 – Nylander (Landeskog)
10 minPenalties10 min
24Shots44

Italy vs Russia

7 May 2017
12:15		Italy 1–10
(0–2, 1–3, 0–5)		 RussiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,893
Game reference
Frederic CloutierGoaliesAndrei Vasilevskiy
Ilya Sorokin		Referees:
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
United States Brian Oliver
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–109:35 – Andronov (Barabanov, Gavrikov)
0–218:59 – Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) (PP)
Traversa (Bernard, Helfer) – 23:401–2
1–324:51 – Kucherov (Namestnikov, Gusev) (PP)
1–435:04 – Namestnikov (Kucherov)
1–536:21 – Panarin (Mozyakin, Shipachyov) (PP)
1–643:39 – Plotnikov (Kucherov, Namestnikov) (PP)
1–745:29 – Mozyakin (Shipachyov, Panarin) (PP)
1–845:48 – Namestnikov (Kucherov, Gusev)
1–950:21 – Panarin (Mozyakin, Shipachyov) (PP)
1–1058:54 – Andronov (Barabanov, Provorov)
12 minPenalties6 min
15Shots36

United States vs Denmark

7 May 2017
16:15		United States 7–2
(3–1, 3–1, 1–0)		 DenmarkLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,764
Game reference
Connor HellebuyckGoaliesSebastian DahmReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Latvia Eduards Odiņš
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedyulya
Netherlands Joep Leermakers
Lee (Gaudreau, Larkin) (PP) – 05:371–0
Keller (McAvoy, Schmaltz) – 13:062–0
2–116:10 – Madsen (Ehlers, J. Jensen) (PP)
Gaudreau (Larkin) (PP) – 18:593–1
3–221:08 – Hardt (Jakobsen)
Keller (Bjugstad) – 34:334–2
Lee (Hanifin, Eichel) (PP) – 37:095–2
Nelson (Schmaltz) – 37:376–2
Keller – 53:007–2
12 minPenalties24 min
34Shots25

Latvia vs Slovakia

7 May 2017
20:15		Latvia 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 SlovakiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,149
Game reference
Elvis MerzļikinsGoaliesJán LacoReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Finland Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
Sprukts (Ri. Bukarts, Girgensons) (PP) – 10:241–0
Girgensons (Ri. Bukarts, Ro. Bukarts) (PP) – 27:262–0
2–149:09 – Miklík (Dravecký, Haščák) (PP)
Džeriņš (Cibuļskis, Daugaviņš) (PP) – 50:363–1
12 minPenalties37 min
22Shots30

Germany vs Russia

8 May 2017
16:15		Germany 3–6
(0–3, 0–2, 3–1)		 RussiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,734
Game reference
Thomas GreissGoaliesAndrei VasilevskiyReferees:
Canada Oliver Gouin
Finland Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Libor Suchánek
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
0–101:04 – Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin)
0–217:10 – Shipachyov (Gusev, Panarin) (PP)
0–318:15 – Plotnikov (Antipin, Provorov) (PP)
0–431:10 – Gusev (Panarin, Belov) (PP)
0–535:16 – Kucherov
Macek (Müller, D. Seidenberg) – 45:531–5
Gogulla (Ehrhoff, Kahun) (PP) – 48:342–5
2–651:40 – Kucherov (Panarin)
Tiffels (Kink, D. Seidenberg) – 59:103–6
29 minPenalties12 min
29Shots35

United States vs Sweden

8 May 2017
20:15		United States 4–3
(2–3, 1–0, 1–0)		 SwedenLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,398
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoaliesViktor FasthReferees:
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Switzerland Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Finland Hannu Sormunen
0–102:14 – Lindholm (Strålman) (PP)
Keller (Eichel, Trouba) – 03:211–1
1–213:23 – Lindholm (Ekman-Larsson)
Gaudreau (Larkin) – 18:122–2
2–318:47 – Hedman (Nordström, Klingberg)
Gaudreau (Eichel, Lee) – 22:573–3
Compher (Murphy, Larkin) – 51:474–3
12 minPenalties6 min
27Shots42

Italy vs Latvia

9 May 2017
16:15		Italy 1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 LatviaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 6,332
Game reference
Andreas BernardGoaliesElvis MerzļikinsReferees:
Canada Brett Iverson
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedyulya
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Insam (Traversa) – 03:381–0
1–112:09 – Džeriņš (Galviņš, Daugaviņš) (PP)
1–258:41 – Džeriņš (Ro. Bukarts)
2 minPenalties6 min
21Shots24

Slovakia vs Denmark

9 May 2017
20:15		Slovakia 3–4 GWS
(0–1, 0–2, 3–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 DenmarkLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 4,454
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesSebastian DahmReferees:
Austria Mark Lemelin
Sweden Marcus Linde
Linesmen:
Netherlands Joep Leermakers
United States Brian Oliver
0–116:20 – Hardt (Storm, Green) (PP)
0–224:46 – Russell (Bau, O. Lauridsen)
0–339:57 – Poulsen (O. Lauridsen, Green)
Gernát (Miklík, Haščák) – 41:221–3
Bližňák (Haščák, Dravecký) (PP) – 46:052–3
Miklík (Čerešňák, Dravecký) (PP) – 51:533–3
L. Hudáček MISS
Haščák MISS
Dravecký MISS		ShootoutMISS Ehlers
MISS Christensen
GOAL Green
14 minPenalties16 min
32Shots26

United States vs Italy

10 May 2017
16:15		United States 3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 ItalyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 7,168
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoaliesAndreas BernardReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Sweden Marcus Linde
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Nelson – 05:171–0
Nelson (Larkin) (SH) – 25:532–0
Lee (Gaudreau, Larkin) (PP) – 27:473–0
4 minPenalties6 min
32Shots8

Slovakia vs Germany

10 May 2017
20:15		Slovakia 2–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 GermanyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 17,647
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesThomas Greiss
Danny aus den Birken		Referees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Canada Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
United States Judson Ritter
Matoušek (Zigo, Šedivý) – 09:231–0
Hudáček (Čajkovský) – 21:582–0
2–136:11 – Reimer (Ehrhoff, Kahun) (PP)
2–236:38 – Ehliz (D. Seidenberg, Müller)
Hrnka MISS
Bližňák MISS
Miklík MISS		ShootoutGOAL Kahun
MISS Macek
MISS Ehliz
4 minPenalties4 min
28Shots31

Russia vs Denmark

11 May 2017
16:15		Russia 3–0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 DenmarkLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 6,932
Game reference
Andrei VasilevskiyGoaliesGeorg SørensenReferees:
United States Stephen Reneau
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Kiselevich (Panarin, Kucherov) – 35:361–0
Plotnikov (Andronov, Telegin) – 35:542–0
Gusev (Kucherov, Dadonov) – 36:463–0
2 minPenalties4 min
33Shots21

Sweden vs Latvia

11 May 2017
20:15		Sweden 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 LatviaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,276
Game reference
Eddie LäckGoaliesElvis MerzļikinsReferees:
Austria Mark Lemelin
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Slovakia Peter Šefčík
Finland Sakari Suominen
Landeskog (Rask, Lindholm) – 09:131–0
Lindholm (Rask) – 56:422–0
16 minPenalties6 min
30Shots19

Sweden vs Italy

12 May 2017
16:15		Sweden 8–1
(2–0, 1–1, 5–0)		 ItalyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,878
Game reference
Viktor FasthGoaliesFrédéric CloutierReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Canada Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Finland Sakari Suominen
Rask (Lindholm) – 03:241–0
Holm (Nylander, Brodin) – 08:342–0
2–123:50 – Morini (Scandella, Insam) (PP)
Brodin (Holm) – 29:523–1
Lindholm (Landeskog, Strålman) – 40:414–1
Omark (Söderberg, Edler) – 50:095–1
C. Klingberg (Nordström) – 54:536–1
Eriksson Ek (Nylander) – 56:517–1
J. Klingberg (Holm, Nylander) – 58:258–1
4 minPenalties4 min
45Shots15

Denmark vs Germany

12 May 2017
20:15		Denmark 3–2 OT
(2–2, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)		 GermanyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,629
Game reference
Sebastian DahmGoaliesDanny aus den BirkenReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Sweden Marcus Linde
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
0–108:26 – Reimer (Ehliz, D. Seidenberg)
0–209:43 – Macek (Y. Seidenberg, Kahun)
Storm (Kristensen, Jakobsen) – 16:091–2
Poulsen (Christensen) – 16:342–2
Regin (Ehlers, Dahm) – 61:403–2
10 minPenalties12 min
29Shots29

Latvia vs United States

13 May 2017
12:15		Latvia 3–5
(1–0, 2–3, 0–2)		 United StatesLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 17,936
Game reference
Elvis MerzļikinsGoaliesConnor HellebuyckReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Canada Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Bļugers (Bičevskis) – 11:231–0
Daugaviņš (Džeriņš, Ro. Bukarts) – 20:072–0
2–129:00 – Compher (Lee)
Cibuļskis (Indrašis) (PP) – 31:373–1
3–233:44 – Bjugstad (Schmaltz, Keller)
3–338:37 – Gaudreau (Trouba, Bjugstad)
3–456:38 – Copp (Hellebuyck)
3–558:58 – Larkin (ENG)
6 minPenalties8 min
23Shots33

Russia vs Slovakia

13 May 2017
16:15		Russia 6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 SlovakiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,591
Game reference
Andrei VasilevskiyGoaliesJúlius HudáčekReferees:
Austria Mark Lemelin
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
United States Judson Ritter
Dadonov (Gusev, Shipachyov) – 01:121–0
Dadonov (Gusev, Shipachyov) (PP) – 13:322–0
Mironov – 19:193–0
Kucherov (Tkachyov, Kiselevich) – 22:534–0
Telegin (Zub, Plotnikov) – 32:505–0
Gavrikov (Shipachyov, Dadonov) – 55:476–0
6 minPenalties8 min
39Shots22

Italy vs Germany

13 May 2017
20:15		Italy 1–4
(1–2, 0–2, 0–0)		 GermanyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,712
Game reference
Andreas BernardGoaliesDanny aus den BirkenReferees:
United States Stephen Reneau
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Slovakia Peter Šefčík
0–103:34 – Ehrhoff (Draisaitl)
M. Marchetti (S. Kostner, S. Marchetti) – 04:211–1
1–218:16 – Plachta (D. Seidenberg, Kahun) (PP)
1–322:46 – Y. Seidenberg (Hördler)
1–426:00 – Kahun (Y. Seidenberg)
4 minPenalties8 min
18Shots37

Slovakia vs United States

14 May 2017
16:15		Slovakia 1–6
(0–1, 1–3, 0–2)		 United StatesLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 13,267
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesJimmy HowardReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–108:12 – Keller (Lee, Skjei)
0–225:57 – Gaudreau (Hayes)
Gernát (L. Hudáček, Dravecký) – 30:401–2
1–336:04 – Dvorak (Gaudreau)
1–438:01 – Trouba
1–542:16 – Gaudreau (Hayes)
1–647:23 – Lee (Eichel, Hanifin) (PP)
10 minPenalties8 min
20Shots28

Denmark vs Sweden

14 May 2017
20:15		Denmark 2–4
(0–1, 0–2, 2–1)		 SwedenLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,314
Game reference
Georg SørensenGoaliesHenrik LundqvistReferees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
United States Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Slovakia Peter Šefčík
0–102:19 – J. Lundqvist (Krüger, Eriksson Ek)
0–235:20 – Nylander (J. Klingberg, Lindberg)
0–339:06 – Nylander (Bäckström)
Madsen (Ehlers) – 49:111–3
Lauridsen (Ehlers, Regin) – 55:172–3
2–457:31 – Bäckström (J. Klingberg, Nylander) (PP)
4 minPenalties12 min
21Shots33

Denmark vs Italy

15 May 2017
16:15		Denmark 2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 ItalyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 5,653
Game reference
Sebastian DahmGoaliesAndreas BernardReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Latvia Eduards Odiņš
Linesmen:
United States Judson Ritter
Finland Sakari Suominen
Hardt (Storm, Jakobsen) (PP) – 57:361–0
Regin (ENG) – 58:472–0
2 minPenalties4 min
38Shots16

Russia vs Latvia

15 May 2017
20:15		Russia 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 LatviaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 16,439
Game reference
Ilya SorokinGoaliesIvars PunnenovsReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Kiselevich (Panarin, Kucherov) – 12:101–0
Telegin (Plotnikov) – 18:412–0
Namestnikov (Panarin, Kucherov) (PP) – 20:573–0
Kucherov (Panarin, Belov) – 39:004–0
Belov (Gusev, Shipachyov) (PP) – 53:175–0
8 minPenalties8 min
36Shots24

Sweden vs Slovakia

16 May 2017
12:15		Sweden 4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 SlovakiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,259
Game reference
Henrik LundqvistGoaliesJúlius Hudáček
Jaroslav Janus		Referees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Latvia Eduards Odiņš
Linesmen:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Nylander (Bäckström, Klingberg) – 04:021–0
Ekman-Larsson (Everberg, Karlsson) – 08:142–0
2–124:08 – Matoušek (Skalický, Zigo)
Everberg (Karlsson) – 25:453–1
3–241:34 – Kudrna (Cingeľ)
Karlsson (Edler) (ENG) – 59:284–2
8 minPenalties4 min
38Shots15

Russia vs United States

16 May 2017
16:15		Russia 3–5
(1–0, 2–3, 0–2)		 United StatesLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,756
Game reference
Andrei VasilevskiyGoaliesJimmy HowardReferees:
Finland Anssi Salonen
Switzerland Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Gusev (Kiselevich) – 12:291–0
1–121:00 – Hayes (Nelson, Keller) (PP)
Belov (Plotnikov, Andronov) – 27:332–1
2–232:18 – Larkin (Nelson)
Gusev (Shipachyov, Dadonov) – 36:153–2
3–337:43 – Hayes (Gaudreau, Bjugstad)
3–452:57 – Lee (Gaudreau, Eichel) (PP)
3–559:38 – Nelson (Larkin) (ENG)
16 minPenalties8 min
19Shots35

Germany vs Latvia

16 May 2017
20:15		Germany 4–3 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 LatviaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,797
Game reference
Philipp GrubauerGoaliesElvis MerzļikinsReferees:
Canada Oliver Gouin
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
United States Judson Ritter
Slovakia Peter Šefčík
Wolf (Ehrhoff, Reimer) (PP) – 31:021–0
Seidenberg (Kink, Müller) – 31:292–0
2–138:42 – Skvorcovs (Sotnieks)
2–248:22 – Sprukts (Indrašis, Sotnieks)
2–356:08 – Džeriņš (Balinskis, Bukarts) (PP)
Schütz (Draisaitl) (PP, EA) – 59:273–3
Kahun MISS
Draisaitl MISS
Tiffels GOAL		ShootoutMISS Indrašis
MISS Daugaviņš
MISS Bukarts
6 minPenalties8 min
41Shots30

References

  1. ^ "All systems go for 2017". iihfworlds2017.com. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). IIHF. 10 September 2015.