Tourney Name: | IIHF World U18 Championship |
Year: | 2009 |
Size: | 155px |
Country: | United States |
Dates: | April 9–19, 2009 |
Num Teams: | 10 |
Venues: | 2 |
Cities: | 2 |
Type: | ih18 |
Winners: | USA |
Second: | RUS |
Third: | FIN |
Fourth: | CAN |
Count: | 4 |
Games: | 31 |
Goals: | 252 |
Attendance: | 44779 |
Scoring Leader: | Toni Rajala (19 points) |
Nextseason: | 2010 |
The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, United States.[1] The championships ran from April 9 to April 19, 2009.[2] 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.[2]
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.
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
Rk. | Team | |
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4 | ||
5 | ||
6 | ||
7 | ||
8 | ||
9 | ||
10 |
width=165 | Player | width=125 | Country | width=20 | GP | width=20 | G | width=20 | A ! | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | +/- | width=20 | PIM |
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6 | 10 | 9 | 19 | +10 | 6 | ||||||||||
7 | 8 | 7 | 15 | +7 | 6 | ||||||||||
6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +9 | 4 | ||||||||||
7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +7 | 10 | ||||||||||
7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +5 | 8 | ||||||||||
6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | +9 | 0 | ||||||||||
6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +6 | 0 | ||||||||||
7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +7 | 6 | ||||||||||
7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +5 | 18 | ||||||||||
7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +6 | 8 |
width=165 | Player | width=125 | Country | width=20 | GP | width=20 | Min | width=20 | GAA | width=20 | SV% | width=20 | SO |
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5 | 240:58 | 0.75 | .967 | 2 | |||||||||
6 | 371:10 | 2.42 | .931 | 0 | |||||||||
6 | 360:00 | 3.33 | .927 | 1 | |||||||||
4 | 235:42 | 2.80 | .916 | 1 | |||||||||
5 | 308:55 | 2.91 | .903 | 1 |
The tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus between April 6 and April 12, 2009.[3]
The tournament was played in Asiago, Italy between March 29 and April 5, 2009.[4]
The tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia between March 22 and March 28, 2009.[5]
The tournament was played in Narva, Estonia between March 16 and March 22, 2009.[6]
The tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) between February 27 and March 5, 2009.[7]
The tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey between March 9 and March 15, 2009.[8]