2009 IIHF World U18 Championships

2009 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 9–19, 2009
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	252 (8.13 per game)
Attendance	44,779 (1,444 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Toni Rajala (19 points)

The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. The championships ran from April 9 to April 19, 2009. Games were played at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo and the Moorhead Sports Center in Moorhead. Fargo-Moorhead defeated Providence, Rhode Island and St. Cloud, Minnesota for the rights to host the event.

The United States, as the host country, won their third gold medal in five years, defeating Russia 5–0 in the final. Finland rounded out the podium with a 5–4 shootout win over Canada in the bronze medal game.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	0	0	27	8	+19	11	Semifinals
2	Sweden	4	3	0	0	1	25	8	+17	9	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	12	17	−5	4
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	11	28	−17	3	Relegation round
5	Germany	4	1	0	0	3	13	27	−14	3

Source: IIHF

April 9, 2009 16:00

Czech Republic

0–7 (0–3, 0–3, 0–1)

Sweden

Moorhead Sports Center Attendance: 136

Game reference
	Filip Novotný Marek Mazanec	Goalies	Robin Lehner	Referees: Owe Luthcke Travis Smith Linesmen: Johnathan Morrison Sakari Suominen
	0–1 9:19 – Järnkrok (Erixon, Lander) 0–2 12:15 – Josefson (Pääjärvi, Ekman-Larsson) (SH) 0–3 19:14 – Pääjärvi (Klingberg, Josefson) 0–4 21:29 – Erixon (Järnkrok) 0–5 31:12 – Pääjärvi (Josefson, Ekman-Larsson) (PP) 0–6 39:11 – Styrman (Järnkrok) (PP) 0-7 47:11 – Klingberg (Bertilsson, Josefson) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	34 min
	20	Shots	51

April 9, 2009 16:30

Germany

2–11 (1–1, 0–7, 1–3)

Canada

Urban Plains Center Attendance: 1389

Game reference
	Dustin Haloschan Lukas Steinhauer	Goalies	Michael Zador	Referees: Martin Franco Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Paul Carnathan Miroslav Valach
	0–1 9:55 – Froese (Elliott, Després) (PP) Plachta (El-Sayed) (PP) – 9:55 1–1 1–2 21:49 – McFarland (Gudbranson) 1–3 22:37 – Froese (Hamilton) 1–4 26:59 – Werek (Gudbranson, Kassian) (PP) 1–5 31:44 – Ferraro (Hishon) 1–6 34:10 – Werek (O'Reilly, Kassian) 1–7 35:05 – Eakin (Garrett Mitchell, de Haan) 1–8 39:07 – Froese (Hamilton) Ohmann (Huefner, Brandl) (PP) – 41:40 2–8 2–9 45:27 – Connolly (Hamilton) 2–10 49:43 – Eakin (Kassain, Werek) 2–11 54:06 – Hamilton (Froese) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	37

April 10, 2009 19:30

Switzerland

2–6 (0–1, 2–4, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 11, 2009 16:00

Sweden

5–4 (2–1, 2–1, 1–2)

Germany

Moorhead Sports Center Attendance: 196

Game reference
	Robin Lehner	Goalies	Lukas Steinhauer	Referees: Milan Minář Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Jaromír Bláha Shinichi Takizawa
	0–1 04:20 – El-Sayed (Steinhauer) Järnkrok (Erixon, Lander) (PP) – 08:17 1–1 Lander (Järnkrok, Erixon) – 19:40 2–1 Cehlin (Pääjärvi) – 21:38 3–1 3–2 26:51 – Kühnhackl (Plachta) (SH) Landeskog (Lander, Erixon) – 29:48 4–2 Pääjärvi (Ekman-Larsson) – 44:27 5–2 5–3 47:36 – Steinhauer (Hauner) (PP) 5–4 50:16 – El-Sayed (Hauner, Plachta) (PP)
	55 min	Penalties	20 min
	50	Shots	37

April 11, 2009 16:00

Canada

8–1 (2–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 12, 2009 17:00

Germany

4–3 (2–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 16:00

Sweden

11–0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 16:00

Czech Republic

3–4 OT (1–0, 2–0, 0–3) (0–1)

Canada

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 16:00

Switzerland

8–3 (1–0, 4–2, 3–1)

Germany

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 16:00

Canada

4–2 (2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	3	0	0	1	27	9	+18	9	Semifinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	29	9	+20	9	Quarterfinals
3	Russia	4	3	0	0	1	25	15	+10	9
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	7	28	−21	3	Relegation round
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	4	31	−27	0

Source: IIHF

April 9, 2009 19:30

Finland

7–4 (2–2, 4–2, 1–0)

Russia

Moorhead Sports Center Attendance: 271

Game reference
	Joni Ortio	Goalies	Igor Bobkov	Referees: Darcy Burchell Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Matt MacPherson Fredrik Ulriksson
	0–1 8:34 – Burmistrov (Kitsyn, Kuznetsov) 0–2 15:08 – Tarasenko (Kabanov, Chvanov) Haula (Kumpulainen) – 16:27 1–2 Pulkkinen (Vatanen, Rajala) (PP) – 19:10 2–2 Pulkkinen (Rajala, Granlund) (PP) – 21:32 3–2 Nättinen (Pakarinen) – 23:41 4–2 Rajala (Kivistö) – 26:08 5–2 5–3 27:16 – Kabanov (Tarasenko) Aaltonen (Vatanen, Granlund) (PP) – 31:53 6–3 6–4 32:42 – Tarasenko (Chvanov, Kabanov) Rajala (Granlund, Aaltonen) (PP) – 45:30 7–4
	12 min	Penalties	34 min
	41	Shots	34

April 9, 2009 20:00

Norway

0–8 (0–2, 0–3, 0–3)

United States

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 10, 2009 19:30

Slovakia

5–2 (0–0, 3–0, 2–2)

Norway

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 11, 2009 19:30

Russia

7–2 (1–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Slovakia

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 11, 2009 19:30

United States

4–3 (2–0, 2–0, 0–3)

Finland

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 12, 2009 17:00

Norway

1–8 (0–4, 0–1, 1–3)

Russia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 19:30

Finland

10–1 (3–0, 6–1, 1–0)

Norway

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 13, 2009 19:30

United States

12–0 (3–0, 4–0, 5–0)

Slovakia

Urban Plains Center

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April 14, 2009 19:30

Slovakia

0–7 (0–3, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 14, 2009 19:30

Russia

6–5 (0–2, 3–1, 3–2)

United States

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	0	13	9	+4	7
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	17	10	+7	6
3	Norway	3	1	0	0	2	10	14	−4	3	Relegated to the 2010 Division I
4	Germany	3	0	1	0	2	10	17	−7	2

Source: IIHF

Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

• April 10, 2009: Slovakia 5-2 Norway
• April 14, 2009: Switzerland 8–3 Germany

April 16, 2009 19:30

Switzerland

7–3 (3–1, 4–1, 0–1)

Norway

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 17, 2009 19:30

Slovakia

4–5 GWS (0–2, 1–2, 3–0) (0–0, 0–1)

Germany

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 18, 2009 16:00

Switzerland

2–4 (0–0, 2–2, 0–2)

Slovakia

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

April 18, 2009 19:30

Germany

2–5 (1–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Norway

Moorhead Sports Center

Game reference

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Finland

0

A2

Sweden

1

B3

Russia

4

B3

Russia

4

B2

United States

5

B3

Russia

0

A1

Canada

1

B2

United States

6

B2

United States

2

A3

Czech Republic

2

5th place match

3rd place match

A2

Sweden

4

A1

Canada

4

A3

Czech Republic

2

B1

Finland (GWS)

5

Quarterfinals

April 16, 2009 16:00

Sweden

1–4 (1–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

Urban Plains Center Attendance: 1,456

Game reference
	Robin Lehner	Goalies	Igor Bobkov	Referees: Daniel Konc Milan Minar Linesmen: Jaromír Bláha Jonathan Morrison
	Josefson (Ekman-Larsson, Wallén) – 16:31 1–0 1–1 25:09 – Orlov (Zaitsev, Burmistrov) (PP) 1–2 39:15 – Kabanov (Tarasenko) 1–3 43:19 – Burmistrov (Kuznetsov) (SH) 1–4 51:50 – Kuznetsov (PS)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	45	Shots	31

April 16, 2009 19:30

United States

6–2 (2–1, 4–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Semifinals

April 17, 2009 16:00

Finland

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

April 17, 2009 19:30

Canada

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

United States

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Fifth place game

April 18, 2009 19:30

Sweden

4–2 (0–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Urban Plains Center

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Bronze medal game

April 19, 2009 15:00

Canada

4–5 GWS (3–1, 1–1, 0–2) (0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Gold medal game

April 19, 2009 19:00

United States

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Russia

Urban Plains Center

Game reference

Final standings

Urban Plains Center

Rk.	Team
	United States
	Russia
	Finland
4	Canada
5	Sweden
6	Czech Republic
7	Slovakia
8	Switzerland
9	Norway
10	Germany

Norway and Germany are relegated to Division I for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Leading scorers

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Toni Rajala	Finland	6	10	9	19	+10	6
Vladimir Tarasenko	Russia	7	8	7	15	+7	6
Teemu Pulkkinen	Finland	6	7	6	13	+9	4
Yevgeni Kuznetsov	Russia	7	6	7	13	+7	10
Jerry D'Amigo	United States	7	4	9	13	+5	8
Mikael Granlund	Finland	6	2	11	13	+9	0
Magnus Paajarvi Svensson	Sweden	6	6	6	12	+6	0
Alexander Burmistrov	Russia	7	4	7	11	+7	6
Kirill Kabanov	Russia	7	4	7	11	+5	18
Jeremy Morin	United States	7	6	4	10	+6	8

Top goaltenders

Player	Country	GP	Min	GAA	SV%	SO
Jack Campbell	United States	5	240:58	0.75	.967	2
Michael Zador	Canada	6	371:10	2.42	.931	0
Igor Bobkov	Russia	6	360:00	3.33	.927	1
Robin Lehner	Sweden	4	235:42	2.80	.916	1
Joni Ortio	Finland	5	308:55	2.91	.903	1

Division I

Further information: 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Group A

The tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus between April 6 and April 12, 2009.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belarus	5	4	1	0	0	23	6	+17	14	Promoted to the 2010 Top Division
2	Poland	5	2	2	0	1	25	13	+12	10
3	Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	19	18	+1	10
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	1	2	16	21	−5	7
5	Lithuania	5	1	0	1	3	13	16	−3	4
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	0	5	7	29	−22	0	Relegated to the 2010 Division II

Source: IIHF

Group B

The tournament was played in Asiago, Italy between March 29 and April 5, 2009.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	18	10	+8	12	Promoted to the 2010 Top Division
2	Denmark	5	3	0	1	1	15	7	+8	10
3	Austria	5	2	2	0	1	21	20	+1	10
4	France	5	1	1	1	2	15	17	−2	6
5	Japan	5	0	2	1	2	13	16	−3	5
6	Italy	5	0	0	2	3	8	20	−12	2	Relegated to the 2010 Division II

Source: IIHF

Division II

Further information: 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Group A

The tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia between March 22 and March 28, 2009.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	30	4	+26	15	Promoted to the 2010 Division I
2	Slovenia	5	4	0	0	1	42	5	+37	12
3	Romania	5	3	0	0	2	23	20	+3	9
4	Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	23	27	−4	6
5	Spain	5	1	0	0	4	12	27	−15	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	3	50	−47	0	Relegated to the 2010 Division III

Source: IIHF

Group B

The tournament was played in Narva, Estonia between March 16 and March 22, 2009.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	0	46	11	+35	15	Promoted to the 2010 Division I
2	Estonia	5	3	1	0	1	22	14	+8	11
3	Belgium	5	1	2	1	1	23	19	+4	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	0	1	2	34	22	+12	7
5	Serbia	5	1	0	1	3	16	35	−19	4
6	China	5	0	0	0	5	9	49	−40	0	Relegated to the 2010 Division III

Source: IIHF

Division III

Further information: 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Group A

The tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) between February 27 and March 5, 2009.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	0	63	3	+60	12	Promoted to the 2010 Division II
2	New Zealand	4	3	0	0	1	28	12	+16	9
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	0	2	28	14	+14	6
4	South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	19	32	−13	3
5	Mongolia	4	0	0	0	4	4	81	−77	0

Source: IIHF

Group B

The tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey between March 9 and March 15, 2009.

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Iceland	15
	4	Bulgaria	2
						1	Iceland	8
						2	Turkey	2
	2	Turkey	9
	3	Ireland	3			Third place match
						3	Ireland	6
						4	Bulgaria	3

Rank	Team
1	Iceland
2	Turkey
3	Ireland
4	Bulgaria

Promoted to the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

See also

• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
• 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
• 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge

External links

• 2009 IIHF U18 Hockey Championship–Fargo-Moorhead Official website