2017 IIHF Women's World Championship


The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Plymouth Township, Michigan, United States from 31 March to 7 April 2017.
The United States defeated Canada in the gold medal game 3–2 after overtime, winning their eighth title. Finland won the bronze medal by beating Germany 8–0.

Venues

Participants

;Group A
;Group B
10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
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;Linesmen
Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters and 2 goaltenders, 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.

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

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Statistics

Final standings

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Kendall Coyne55712+100F
Brianna Decker53912+118F
Hilary Knight5459+100F
Lara Stalder6459+52F
Susanna Tapani636902F
Alina Müller6448+22F
Aneta Lédlová6336+712F
Marie-Philip Poulin5246+32F
Amanda Kessel5156+40F
Monique Lamoureux5156+110D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Nicole Hensley190:1720.635696.432
Shannon Szabados248:2951.2110995.412
Florence Schelling368:00111.7916093.120
Noora Räty355:03122.0315792.362
Nadezhda Alexandrova183:1861.967091.430

TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Awards

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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, 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.
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.