2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

IIHF World U20 Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	December 26, 2018 – January 5, 2019
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Rogers Arena, Vancouver Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Finland (5th title)
Runner-up	United States of America
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	176 (5.87 per match)
Attendance	304,393 (10,146 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Grigori Denisenko (9 points)
MVP	Ryan Poehling
Website	2019.worldjunior.hockey
← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship (2019 WJC) was the 43rd Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2018, and ended with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2019. This marked the 13th time that Canada hosted the WJC.

On December 1, 2016, it was announced that Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia had won the bid to host the 2019 World Juniors. This is the second time that Vancouver has been the primary host of the tournament and the first time that Victoria has hosted in any capacity.

Venues

Rogers Arena Capacity: 18,910	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Capacity: 7,006
Canada – Vancouver	Canada – Victoria

Format

The preliminary round is a two group of five teams each internal round-robin format, followed by a three-round playoff. In the round-robin, three points are allotted for a regulation win, and two points for a overtime or shootout win. One point is allotted for an overtime or shootout loss.

The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals while the last-place team from each group will play a best-of-three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2020, being replaced by the winner of Division IA. All other teams will retain their Top Division status for the 2020 edition.

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Pacific Standard Time – UTC-8)

Group A

Team	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	4	4	0	0	0	15	6	12
Canada	4	3	0	0	1	23	5	9
Czech Republic	4	1	1	0	2	8	8	5
Switzerland	4	1	0	1	2	11	12	4
Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	0	26	0

December 26, 2018 13:00

Czech Republic

2–1 OT (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Switzerland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 9,266

Game reference
	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Kenneth Anderson Andrew Bruggeman
	Kaut (Nečas, Galvas) – 29:02 / Kvasnička (Kaut, Lauko) – 60:52	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1	27:45 – Eggenberger (Leuenberger, Kurashev) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	27	Shots	27

December 26, 2018 17:00

Canada

14–0 (3–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Denmark

Rogers Arena Attendance: 16,417

Game reference
	Michael DiPietro	Goalies	Mads Søgaard William Rørth	Referees: Tobias Björk Maxim Sidorenko
	Frost (Leason, Hayton) – 4:52 / Tippett (Frost, Glass) – 8:32 / Frost (Phillips, Bouchard) – 19:17 / Comtois (Glass, Mitchell) – 20:45 / Frost (Suzuki, DiPietro) – 21:50 / Studnicka (Glass, Bouchard) (PP) – 27:46 / Tippett (Bouchard) – 33:42 / Anderson-Dolan – 39:08 / Comtois (Smith, Mitchell) (EA) – 42:52 / Comtois (Glass, Phillips) – 47:01 / Leason (Veleno, Bowers) – 49:02 / Leason (Frost, Brook) – 52:47 / Comtois (Leason, Hayton) – 53:27 / Entwistle (Studnicka, McIssac) – 56:47	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 11–0 / 12–0 / 13–0 / 14–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	14

December 27, 2018 13:00

Russia

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Rogers Arena Attendance: 9,939

Game reference
	Daniil Tarasov	Goalies	William Rørth	Referees: Ken Anderson Lassi Hekkinen
	Kravtsov (Denisenko, Kostin) (PP) – 06:28 / Romanov (Kostin, Kravtsov) – 37:49 / Shen (Romanov, Alexeyev) – 53:54 / Iv. Morozov (Slepets, Romanov) (ENG) – 58:34	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
	26 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	20

December 27, 2018 17:00

Switzerland

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Canada

Rogers Arena Attendance: 17,102

Game reference
	Akira Schmid	Goalies	Ian Scott	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Peter Stano
	Kurashev (Müller, Eggenberger) (PP) – 20:46 / Kurashev (Müller, Eggenberger) (PP, EA) – 58:11	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3	00:36 – Glass (Suzuki, Comtois) / 25:55 – Entwistle (Bowers) / 32:08 – Dobson (Hayton)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	32

December 28, 2018 17:00

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Russia

Rogers Arena Attendance: 14,523

Game reference
	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Pyotr Kochetkov	Referees: Tobias Björk Peter Stano
	Kondelík (Kvasnička, Plášek) (PP) – 35:50	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	17:05 – Galimov (Slepets) (SH) / 35:03 – Kovalenko (Shen, Alexeyev) (SH)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	28

December 29, 2018 13:00

Denmark

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 10,279

Game reference
	Mads Søgaard	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Tobias Björk Maxim Sidorenko
		0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	08:51 – Kurashev (Müller, Berni) (PP) / 19:08 – Kurashev (Eggenberger, Moser) / 33:29 – Le Coultre (Sigrist, Müller) / 41:38 – Kurashev (Gross, Berni)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	26

December 29, 2018 17:00

Canada

5–1 (3–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Rogers Arena Attendance: 17,012

Game reference
	Michael DiPietro	Goalies	Jiří Patera Jakub Škarek	Referees: Kenneth Anderson Lassi Hekkinen
	Comtois (Tippett, Phillips) – 06:03 / Leason (Smith, Frost) (PP) – 11:32 / Lafrenière (Studnicka, Brook) – 16:39 / Entwistle (Veleno, Studnicka) – 34:41 / Frost (Suzuki, Smith) (PP) – 49:01	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1	06:40 – Machala (Jeník)
	6 min	Penalties	30 min
	30	Shots	24

December 30, 2018 17:00

Switzerland

4–7 (2–1, 1–2, 1–4)

Russia

Rogers Arena Attendance: 13,724

Game reference
	Akira Schmid	Goalies	Daniil Tarasov	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Maxim Sidorenko
	Lehmann (Tanner, Leuenberger) – 00:49 / Nussbaumer (Bruschweiler, Moser) – 09:06 / Lehmann (Leuenberger) – 25:46 / Bruschweiler (Nussbaumer, Abeischer) – 47:13	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5 / 4–5 / 4–6 / 4–7	14:27 – Marchenko (Podkolzin, Alexeyev) / 26:07 – Samorukov / 31:58 – Denisenko (Kravtsov, Samorukov) (PP) / 42:04 – Slepets (SH) / 46:36 – Alexeyev (Romanov, Shashkov) (PP) / 51:42 – Shen (Shashkov, Olshansky) / 52:50 – Kravtsov (Denisenko, Kostin) /
	6 min	Penalties	29 min
	31	Shots	41

December 31, 2018 13:00

Denmark

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Rogers Arena Attendance: 10,204

Game reference
	Mads Søgaard	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Peter Stano Jeff Ingram
		0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	08:10 – Lauko (Hrabik) / 11:59 – Nečas (Zadina, Kvasnička) (PP) / 28:03 – Kaut (Kondelík, Nečas) (PP) / 57:46 – Král (Bukač, Kern) (SH, ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	34

December 31, 2018 17:00

Russia

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Canada

Rogers Arena Attendance: 17,556

Game reference
	Pyotr Kochetkov	Goalies	Michael DiPietro	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Mikael Sjöqvist
	Denisenko (Kravtsov, Samorukov) (PP) – 05:21 / Shen (Romanov) – 51:00	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1	02:20 – Glass (Tippett)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	31	Shots	31

Group B

Team	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	4	3	1	0	0	16	8	11
United States of America	4	3	0	1	0	18	9	10
Finland	4	2	0	0	2	12	7	6
Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	15	14	3
Kazakhstan	4	0	0	0	4	5	28	0

December 26, 2018 15:30

United States of America

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,208

Game reference
	Kyle Keyser	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Jeff Ingram Mikael Sjöqvist
	Anderson (J. Hughes) (PP) – 41:10 / Baratt (Madden, Samberg) – 45:42	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1	37:17 – Korenčik (Liška)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	14

December 26, 2018 19:30

Finland

1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,319

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Samuel Ersson	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Yevgeni Romasko
	Talvitie (Kakko, Ylönen) (PP) – 56:26	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	13:14 – Brännström (Lundeström, Boqvist) (PP) / 23:55 – Brännström (Bemström, Boqvist) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	30

December 27, 2018 15:30

Slovakia

2–5 (1–2, 0–1, 1–2)

Sweden

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 5,896

Game reference
	Juraj Sklenár	Goalies	Samuel Ersson	Referees: Jeff Ingram Daniel Pražák
	Liška (Hrehorčák, Fehérváry) (PP) – 13:43 / Fafrák – 48:57	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5	11:42 – Elvenes / 16:12 – Bemström (Hugg, Lundkvist) / 26:40 – Bemström (Elvenes, Sandin) (PP) / 45:09 – Brännström (Lundeström, Boqvist) (PP) / 52:37 – Lundeström
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	26

December 27, 2018 19:30

Finland

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 5,863

Game reference
	Filip Lindberg	Goalies	Demid Yeremeyev	Referees: Andris Ansons Mikael Sjöqvist
	Latvala (Virtanen, Ylönen) – 12:52 / Talvitie – 15:08 / Vainionpää (Puustinen) – 32:49 / Kakko (Lundell, Ylönen) – 47:17 / Heponiemi (Kupari, Jokiharju) – 49:13	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	56	Shots	18

December 28, 2018 19:30

Kazakhstan

2–8 (1–4, 0–3, 1–1)

United States of America

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,185

Game reference
	Vladislav Nurek Demid Yeremeyev	Goalies	Cayden Primeau	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Daniel Pražák
	Buyalsky (Orekhov) – 01:55 / Mitenkov (Orekhov, Gatiyatov) – 49:56	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 2–8	01:37 – Wahlstrom (Poehling) / 05:13 – Farabee (Robertson, Q. Hughes) (PP) / 08:53 – Farabee (Robertson, Norris) / 12:05 – Farabee (Robertson) / 25:45 – Chmelevski (Poehling, Anderson) (PP) / 30:50 – Poehling / 32:11 – Madden (Miller) / 40:23 – Norris (Robertson)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	13	Shots	66

December 29, 2018 15:30

Slovakia

1–5 (0–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Finland

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,045

Game reference
	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Andris Ansons Mikael Sjöqvist
	Roman (Fehérváry, Ivan) (PP2) – 36:24	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5	12:24 – Jokiharju (Heponiemi, Tolvanen) (PP2) / 16:43 – Virtanen (Vaakanainen, Talvitie) / 22:02 – Heinola (Kakko, Jokiharju) / 33:53 – Lundell (Heinola) / 53:01 – Laaksonen (Tolvanen, Luukonen)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	36

December 29, 2018 19:30

Sweden

5–4 OT (1–0, 2–0, 1–4) (OT: 1–0)

United States of America

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,602

Game reference
	Samuel Ersson	Goalies	Kyle Keyser	Referees: Jeff Ingram Yevgeni Romasko
	Westerlund (Fagemo, Elvenes) – 04:47 / Hugg (Bemström, Broberg) – 29:21 / Bemström (Gustafsson) – 32:39 / Brännström (Gustafsson, Westerlund) – 42:33 / Boqvist (Elvenes) – 63:51	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 4–4 / 5–4	49:34 – Anderson (Chmelevski, Poehling) (PP) / 53:25 – Poehling (Wahlstrom, Chmelevski) / 59:23 – Poehling (Wahlstrom, Q. Hughes) (EA) / 59:36 – Poehling (Farabee) (EA)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	29

December 30, 2018 19:30

Kazakhstan

2–11 (0–6, 1–3, 1–2)

Slovakia

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 5,685

Game reference
	Demid Yeremeyev Vladislav Nurek	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Daniel Pražák Yevgeni Romasko
	Gatiyatov (Sam. Daniyar, Orekhov) (PP2) – 30:13 / Gatiyatov (Muratov, Sam. Daniyar) (PP) – 46:25	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 1–8 / 1–9 / 2–9 / 2–10 / 2–11	00:22 – Liška (Hrehorčák, Roman) / 00:32 – Ruzička (Pospíšil, Korenčík) / 05:26 – Ruzička (Korenčík, Krivošík) (PP) / 08:21 – Kollár (Kelemen) / 11:20 – Krivošík (Ruzička) / 14:17 – Dlugoš (Baláž, Regenda) / 22:27 – Kollár / 27:41 – Roman (Hrehorčák, Liška) (PP) / 33:36 – Regenda (Demo) / 54:13 – Dlugoš (Balaž, Regenda) / 59:47 – Kollár (Kelemen, Demo)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	46

December 31, 2018 15:30

Sweden

4–1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 5,362

Game reference
	Olle Eriksson Ek	Goalies	Denis Karatayev	Referees: Ken Anderson Andris Ansons
	Bemström (Bäck, Sandin) – 07:10 / Sandin (Lundeström) – 12:13 / Lundkvist – 16:49 / Sandin (Gustafsson) – 59:21	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1	49:46 – Muratov (Orekhov, Sam. Daniyar) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	56	Shots	11

December 31, 2018 19:30

United States of America

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Finland

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,556

Game reference
	Cayden Primeau	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Tobias Björk
	Robertson (Farabee) – 19:51 / Madden (Norris) – 31:40 / Poehling (Kemp) – 36:42 / Madden (Norris, Robertson) (PP) – 42:02	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1	Ylönen (Vaakanainen, Talvitie) – 53:16
	6 min	Penalties	30 min
	39	Shots	28

Relegation

January 2, 2019 11:00

Kazakhstan

4–3 (2–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Denmark

Rogers Arena Attendance: 5,975

Game reference
	Demid Yeremeyev	Goalies	Mads Søgaard	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Mikael Sjöqvist
	Boiko (Shinkaretski, Buyalski) - 01:36 / Musabayev (Korolyov, Dyomin) – 11:16 / Say. Daniyar (Gatiyatov, Sam. Daniyar) (PP) – 33:00 / Gatiyatov – 48:06	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3	09:00 – Røndbjerg (Schultz, Setkov) / 41:29 – Grundtvig (Andersen, Kubars) / 57:40 – Setkov (Røndbjerg) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	43

January 4, 2019 09:00

Denmark

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Kazakhstan

Rogers Arena Attendance: 3,502

Game reference
	Mads Søgaard William Rørth	Goalies	Demid Yeremeyev	Referees: Andris Ansons Peter Stano
		0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	00:35 – Say. Daniyar (Gatiyatov) / 04:47 – Makutski (Zhorabek, Shinkaretski) / 58:27 – Gatiyatov (Muratov, Orekhov) (ENG) / 59:05 – Gatiyatov (Muratov, Sam. Daniyar) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	16

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1A

Russia

8

4B

Slovakia

3

1A

Russia

1

2B

United States of America

2

2B

United States of America

3

3A

Czech Republic

1

2B

United States of America

2

3B

Finland

3

1B

Sweden

0

4A

Switzerland

2

4A

Switzerland

1

Bronze medal game

3B

Finland

6

2A

Canada

1

1A

Russia

5

3B

Finland (OT)

2

4A

Switzerland

2

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2019 13:00

Sweden

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 5,946

Game reference
	Samuel Ersson	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Kenneth Anderson Lassi Heikkinen
		0–1 / 0–2	15:23 – Bruschweiler (Burger) / 33:59 – Wyss (S. Schmid, Verboon)
	32 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	35

January 2, 2019 15:30

Canada

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 17,047

Game reference
	Michael DiPietro	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Daniel Pražák Yevgeni Romasko
	Mitchell (Hayton, Frost) – 21:30	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2	59:13 – Heponiemi (Tolvanen, Vaakanainen) (EA) / 65:17 – Utunen (Talvitie, Heponiemi)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	34

January 2, 2019 17:00

United States of America

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Attendance: 6,263

Game reference
	Cayden Primeau	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Tobias Björk
	Cates (J. Hughes) – 12:12 / Norris (Robertson) – 26:10 / Chmelevski (Anderson) (ENG) – 59:21	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1	51:29 – Kaut (Nečas, Jeník) (PP)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	19

January 2, 2019 19:30

Russia

8–3 (4–0, 3–0, 1–3)

Slovakia

Rogers Arena Attendance: 11,317

Game reference
	Pyotr Kochetkov Daniil Tarasov	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj Juraj Sklenár	Referees: Jeff Ingram Maxim Sidorenko
	Denisenko (Samorukov, Kravtsov) – 05:36 / Starkov (Kovalenko, Romanov) – 06:07 / Alexeyev (Kovalenko, Starkov) – 07:49 / Shashkov (Romanov, Podkolzin) – 10:56 / Kostin (Denisenko, Zhuravlyov) – 31:40 / Kostin (Denisenko, Alexeyev) (PP) – 38:20 / Slepets (Galimov, Muranov) – 39:38 / Il. Morozov (Shashkov, Olshansky) – 52:03	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 8–2 / 8–3	43:35 – Fehérváry (Ivan, Pospíšil) / 58:58 – Roman (Ivan, Fehérváry) / 59:51 – Ivan (Fehérváry, Liška) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	35

Semifinals

January 4, 2019 13:00

Russia

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

United States of America

Rogers Arena Attendance: 14,355

Game reference
	Pyotr Kochetkov	Goalies	Cayden Primeau	Referees: Jeff Ingram Mikael Sjöqvist
	Denisenko – 33:36	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	14:29 – Wahlstrom (Cockerill, Samberg) / 24:20 – Chmelevski (J. Hughes) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	27

January 4, 2019 17:00

Finland

6–1 (4–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 14,014

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein Akira Schmid	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Maxim Sidorenko
	Ylönen (Virtanen) – 00:40 / Talvitie (Kupari, Vaakanainen) (EA) – 02:55 / Talvitie (Kupari, Heponiemi) – 05:53 / Jokiharju (Heponiemi, Puustinen (PP) – 07:43 / Heponiemi (Tolvanen, Lundell) (EA) – 27:56 / Kupari (Kakko, Heponiemi) (PP) – 34:57	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1	16:40 – Kurashev (Leuenberger, Müller)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	17

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2019 13:00

Russia

5–2 (2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 12,025

Game reference
	Pyotr Kochetkov	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Jonathan Alaire Tobias Björk
	Slepets (Iv. Morozov, Il. Morozov) – 04:25 / Shashkov (Podkolzin) – 13:44 / Kostin (Denisenko, Romanov) – 32:53 / Slepets – 46:33 / Slepets (Galimov, Kochetkov) (SH, ENG) – 57:59	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2	24:54 – Nussbaumer (Le Coultre, Sigrist) / 35:36 – Bruschweiler (Sigrist, Gross)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	36

Final

January 5, 2019 17:00

United States of America

2–3 (0–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Finland

Rogers Arena Attendance: 17,206

Game reference
	Cayden Primeau	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Daniel Pražák Yevgeni Romasko
	Chmelevski (J. Hughes, Cates) – 47:01 / Norris (Chmelevski, Cates) – 48:47	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	31:31 – Ylönen (Laaksonen, Puustinen) (PP)/ 46:00 – Latvala (Heponiemi, Kupari) / 58:34 – Kakko (Lundell, Jokiharju)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	31

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Grigori Denisenko	Russia	7	4	5	9	+3	4
2	Aleksi Heponiemi	Finland	7	3	6	9	+7	4
3	Artur Gatiyatov	Kazakhstan	6	5	3	8	0	0
4	Ryan Poehling	United States of America	7	5	3	8	+5	2
5	Morgan Frost	Canada	5	4	4	8	+8	12
6	Alexander Romanov	Russia	7	1	7	8	+12	0
7	Philipp Kurashev	Switzerland	7	6	1	7	-5	4
8	Kirill Slepets	Russia	7	5	2	7	+7	4
9	Alexander Chmelevski	United States of America	7	4	3	7	0	2
9	Aarne Talvitie	Finland	7	4	3	7	+9	14

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Lukáš Dostál	Czech Republic	239:10	5	1.25	115	95.65	1
2	Pyotr Kochetkov	Russia	290:31	7	1.45	149	95.30	0
3	Michael DiPietro	Canada	243:16	5	1.23	103	95.15	1
4	Cayden Primeau	United States of America	298:55	8	1.61	126	93.65	0
5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Finland	367:16	11	1.80	162	93.21	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Finland	7	4	1	0	2	23	11	+12	14	Champions
2	B	United States of America	7	5	0	1	1	25	14	+11	16	Runners-up
3	A	Russia	7	6	0	0	1	29	13	+16	18	Third place
4	A	Switzerland	7	2	0	1	4	16	23	−7	7	Fourth place
5	B	Sweden	5	3	1	0	1	16	10	+6	11	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	A	Canada	5	3	0	1	1	24	7	+17	10
7	A	Czech Republic	5	1	1	0	3	9	11	−2	5
8	B	Slovakia	5	1	0	0	4	18	22	−4	3
9	B	Kazakhstan	6	2	0	0	4	13	31	−18	6	Avoided Relegation
10	A	Denmark	6	0	0	0	6	3	34	−31	0	Relegated to 2020 Division I A

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Pyotr Kochetkov
  • Best Defenceman: Alexander Romanov
  • Best Forward: Ryan Poehling

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Ryan Poehling
  • Goaltender: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  • Defencemen: Alexander Romanov / Erik Brännström
  • Forwards: Grigori Denisenko / Philipp Kurashev / Ryan Poehling

Source: IIHF

External links

• 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship