2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2018 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
CityBuffalo
Venue(s)KeyBank Center
HarborCenter
New Era Field[1] (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2017 – January 5, 2018
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Canada (17th title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  United States
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played30
Goals scored216 (7.2 per game)
Attendance211,210 (7,040 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Casey Mittelstadt (11 points)
MVPUnited States Casey Mittelstadt
Official website
2018.worldjunior.hockey
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The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship was the 42nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York[2][3][4] at KeyBank Center and HarborCenter. It opened on December 26, 2017 and closed with the gold medal game on January 5, 2018. It was the sixth time that the United States has hosted the WJIHC, and the second time that Buffalo has done so, previously hosting in 2011.

A preliminary round game between Canada and the United States was played outdoors at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park, New York on December 29, 2017. It was the second outdoor game held at any top-level IIHF world championship, the first being the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship, and the first one held at a junior level.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Sources: Outdoor game planned for 2018 World Juniors in Buffalo - TSN.ca". December 3, 2015.
  2. ^ 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship official website
  3. ^ 2018 Top Division statistics
  4. ^ "USA Hockey Selects Buffalo Sabres as Host of 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship". Sabres.com. December 4, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "Canada faces U.S. outdoors at 2018 WJC". TSN.ca. Bell Media. October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "Outdoor games". IIHF. Retrieved April 26, 2018.