The best players of the IIHF U18 World Championship have been selected by the tournament Directorate and the media. The U.S.'s Clayton Keller was named MVP.
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Jesse Puljujarvi shone with a hat trick as Finland beat Sweden 6-1 to win the gold medal at the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The U.S. ran up a 6-1 first-period lead and thrashed Canada 10-3 to win bronze on home ice on Sunday. It was the biggest blowout in U18 bronze history.
Latvia edged Denmark 4-3 in a shootout in Game Three of the relegation series. The Latvians stay in the elite division for 2017, while the Danes are relegated.
Anyone who claims to have predicted a Sweden-Finland final at the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship is either lying or crazy. (OK, or maybe rich.)
Linus Lindstrom scored the shootout winner as Sweden beat Canada 6-5 in the late semi-final. The Swedes will face neighboring rival Finland for gold on Sunday.
In a tense semi-final, Finland upset the host U.S. 4-2 to make the gold medal game. Aapeli Rasanen scored twice, including the winner with 37 seconds left.
If everything goes according to form in Saturday’s semi-finals, we’ll see an all-North American gold medal game and an all-Nordic bronze medal game on Sunday.
Robert Reichel’s team is out of the IIHF U18 World Championship in Grand Forks. Yet the Czech coach’s impact goes far beyond this tournament.
With a 4-1 win over Latvia, Denmark tied the best-of-three relegation series at one game apiece. The deciding game goes Sunday at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.
The host United States hammered the Czechs 8-0 in Thursday's last quarter-final in Grand Forks. The defending champs will meet Finland in the semi-final.
Seven different players scored in Sweden’s 7-2 quarter-final rout of Slovakia at the ICON Sports Center. The Swedes will face Canada in the semi-final.
Canada advanced to the semi-finals with an overpowering 9-1 win over Switzerland on Thursday. Captain Tyson Jost set the tone with three goals and two assists.
Eeli Tolvanen got a hat trick to lead Finland to a 4-3 quarter-final win over Russia. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen debuted in goal since starter Leevi Laakso was sick.
Latvia beat Denmark 5-1 to open the best-of-three relegation series at the ICON Sports Center on Thursday. Captain Tomass Zeile had a goal and two assists.
Are you ready for the quarter-finals of the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship? Here’s a quick overview of all four matchups in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
When you think of Finnish hockey’s trademarks, great goaltending is at the top of the list. So goalie coach Aki Naykki has a key role with Finland’s U18 squad.
At the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship, some of the volunteers bring athletic skills as well as pure enthusiasm for the sport of hockey.
With the group standings finalized, the quarter-finals for the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship have been announced.
The United States completed its round-robin slate with a solid 4-0 win over Switzerland on Tuesday. The U.S. will face the Czechs in the quarter-finals.
The Slovaks hadn’t beaten the Czechs at this tournament since 2003, but rallied from a 3-1 deficit to edge their neighbors 4-3 for third place in Group B.
Backstopped by Evan Fitzpatrick’s stellar netminding, Canada took a 2-0 first-period lead and beat Finland 3-1 on Tuesday to clinch top spot in Group B.
With a 5-1 win over Russia at the Ralph Engelstad Arena on Tuesday, Sweden wrapped up second place in Group A behind the U.S. heading into the quarter-finals.
Patient and opportunistic, Canada topped Slovakia 3-1 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. Canada will battle Finland on Tuesday to determine first place in Group B.
With a 9-2 victory on Monday night, the Czech Republic sent Denmark to the relegation round of the 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship to face Latvia.
