2016 IIHF World Championship Group B

Group B was one of two groups of the 2016 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2017.[1]

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Finland 7 7 0 0 0 29 6 +23 21 Playoff round
2  Canada 7 6 0 0 1 34 8 +26 18
3  Germany 7 4 0 1 2 22 20 +2 13
4  United States 7 3 0 1 3 22 18 +4 10
5  Slovakia 7 2 1 0 4 15 23 −8 8
6  Belarus 7 2 0 0 5 16 32 −16 6
7  France 7 1 1 0 5 11 23 −12 5
8  Hungary (R) 7 1 0 0 6 12 31 −19 3 Relegation to Division I A[lower-alpha 1]
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2017 hosts (France and Germany) cannot be relegated by rule.[2][3]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Matches

United States vs Canada
6 May 2016
16:15		United States 1–5
(1–2, 0–1, 0–2)		 CanadaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,236
Game reference
Keith KinkaidGoaliesCam TalbotReferees:
Tobias Björk
Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Gleb Lazarev
Miroslav Lhotský
Maroon (Connor, Warsofsky) (PP) – 04:541–0
1–105:25 – Hall (Brassard, Perry)
1–208:48 – Gallagher (O'Reilly)
1–331:37 – Duchene (Ceci, Murray)
1–445:54 – Jenner (O'Reilly)
1–551:16 – Marchand (Duchene) (SH)
10 minPenalties6 min
25Shots33

Finland vs Belarus
6 May 2016
20:15		Finland 6–2
(0–0, 4–1, 2–1)		 BelarusYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,877
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesVitali KovalReferees:
Martin Fraňo
Péter Gebei
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Andreas Malmqvist
Laine (Barkov) – 21:451–0
Koivu (Granlund, Lindell) – 32:282–0
2–137:55 – Stas (Pavlovich) (SH)
Laine (Koivu, Jokinen) (PP2) – 38:363–1
Granlund (Laine, Barkov) (PP) – 39:564–1
Pihlström (Pulkkinen) – 42:595–1
Granlund (Salmela, Aho) – 47:516–1
6–251:01 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn)
8 minPenalties8 min
30Shots16

Slovakia vs Hungary
7 May 2016
12:15		Slovakia 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 HungaryYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 2,830
Game reference
Branislav KonrádGoaliesMiklós RajnaReferees:
Timothy Mayer
Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Roman Kaderli
Judson Ritter
Marcinko (Graňák, Dravecký) – 07:071–0
1–113:30 – Banham (Galló, Bartalis) (PP)
Jurčo (Sekera, Marinčin) – 17:432–1
Sekera (Jurčo, Marinčin) – 35:093–1
Lušňák (Hrnka, Švarný) (ENG) – 57:434–1
10 minPenalties6 min
28Shots21

France vs Germany
7 May 2016
16:15		France 3–2 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
OT (0–0)
GWS (1–0)		 GermanyYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,750
Game reference
Cristobal HuetGoaliesTimo PielmeierReferees:
Martin Frano
Antonin Jerabek
Linesmen:
Jon Kilian
Sakari Suominen
Raux (Perret, Meunier) – 03:381–0
1–120:26 – Rieder (Gogulla, Schütz) (PP)
1–236:50 – Schütz (Gogulla, Hager)
Claireaux (Beron, Chakiachvili) – 39:102–2
Desrosiers
Fleury 		Shootout Draisaitl
Rieder
Goc
14 minPenalties8 min
23Shots29

Belarus vs United States
7 May 2016
20:15		Belarus 3–6
(0–2, 2–3, 1–1)		 United StatesYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,762
Game reference
Kevin LalandeGoaliesMike CondonReferees:
Linus Ohlund
Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Miroslav Lhotsky
0–109:58 – Wood (Vatrano, Hinostroza)
0–213:38 – Wideman (Matthews, Larkin) (PP)
0–322:13 – Larkin (Schroeder) (PP)
Platt (Stepanov, Linglet) (PP) – 27:101–3
1–428:09 – Hanifin (Hinostroza, Motte)
1–534:25 – Matthews (Connor, Hanifin) (PP)
Stas – 38:122–5
Korobov (Kostitsyn, Stepanov) (PP2) – 49:283–5
3–654:40 – Matthews (Vatrano, Hanifin)
41 minPenalties18 min
23Shots33

Hungary vs Canada
8 May 2016
12:15		Hungary 1–7
(1–2, 0–4, 0–1)		 CanadaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,825
Game reference
Zoltán Hetényi
Ádám Vay		GoaliesCalvin PickardReferees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Linus Ohlund
Linesmen:
Andreas Malmqvist
Sakari Suominen
0–105:54 – Scheifele (Stone, McDavid) (PP)
0–210:04 – Perry (Hall, Brassard)
Bartalis – 18:141–2
1–327:12 – Stone (Ceci, Reinhart)
1–429:05 – Marchand (McDavid, Matheson)
1–531:36 – Brassard (Tanev, Rielly)
1–632:45 – Matheson (Hutton, Scheifele)
1–744:35 – Hall (Matheson)
12 minPenalties6 min
22Shots36

Finland vs Germany
8 May 2016
16:15		Finland 5–1
(2–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 GermanyYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,409
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesTimo PielmeierReferees:
Timothy Mayer
Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Roman Kaderli
Jon Killian
Laine (Hietanen, Jokinen) (PP) – 06:221–0
Komarov (Jokinen, Laine) (PP) – 09:082–0
Aho (Granlund) – 29:533–0
Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Komarov) – 37:504–0
4–138:42 – Macek (Draisaitl, Kahun) (PP)
Laine (Koivu, Granlund) – 59:575–1
12 minPenalties28 min
22Shots17

France vs Slovakia
8 May 2016
20:15		France 1–5
(1–2, 0–2, 0–1)		 SlovakiaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,850
Game reference
Cristobal Huet
Florian Hardy		GoaliesJúlius HudáčekReferees:
Tobias Björk
Péter Gebei
Linesmen:
Gleb Lazarev
Judson Ritter
Perret (Beron) – 01:091–0
1–103:55 – Sekera (L. Hudáček, Viedenský)
1–213:55 – Graňák (Dravecký, Lušňák)
1–334:52 – Bakoš (Meszároš, Sersen) (PP)
1–435:40 – L. Hudáček (Jurčo, Viedenský)
1–557:55 – Jaroš (Viedenský, Jurčo)
10 minPenalties10 min
25Shots22

Belarus vs Canada
9 May 2016
16:15		Belarus 0–8
(0–1, 0–4, 0–3)		 CanadaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,536
Game reference
Kevin Lalande
Dmitri Milchakov		GoaliesCam TalbotReferees:
Péter Gebei
Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Miroslav Lhotský
0–116:26 – Brassard (Perry, Duchene)
0–221:03 – Perry (Murray)
0–323:58 – O'Reilly (Jenner, Ceci) (SH)
0–431:19 – Duchene (Brassard, Ceci) (PP)
0–531:39 – Hall (McDavid)
0–641:26 – O'Reilly (Duchene, Scheifele)
0–749:17 – Stone (Scheifele)
0–853:52 – Matheson (Gallagher, McDavid) (PP)
10 minPenalties6 min
13Shots40

Finland vs United States
9 May 2016
20:15		Finland 3–2
(2–1, 0–0, 1–1)		 United StatesYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,830
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesMike CondonReferees:
Tobias Björk
Martin Fraňo
Linesmen:
Gleb Lazarev
Andreas Malmqvist
Koivu (Granlund, Aho) – 09:161–0
Pihlström (Pulkkinen, Sallinen) – 12:042–0
2–113:45 – Vatrano (Matthews)
2–240:54 – Murphy (Maroon, Larkin)
Komarov (Barkov, Jokinen) (PP) – 44:163–2
6 minPenalties8 min
22Shots18

Slovakia vs Germany
10 May 2016
16:15		Slovakia 1–5
(1–0, 0–3, 0–2)		 GermanyYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,715
Game reference
Branislav Konrád
Július Hudáček		GoaliesTimo PielmeierReferees:
Brett Iverson
Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Jon Killian
Judson Ritter
Cehlárik (Bartánus, Mikuš) – 08:421–0
1–124:23 – Hager (Schütz, Gogulla)
1–228:57 – Gogulla (Müller, Hager)
1–334:48 – Reimer (Kahun, Draisaitl) (PP)
1–443:45 – Macek (Braun, Müller)
1–554:36 – Kahun (Reimer, Rieder)
10 minPenalties12 min
28Shots28

Hungary vs France
10 May 2016
20:15		Hungary 2–6
(1–3, 0–1, 1–2)		 FranceYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,340
Game reference
Miklós RajnaGoaliesCristobal HuetReferees:
Roman Gofman
Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Roman Kaderli
Miroslav Lhotský
0–109:14 – Ritz (Auvitu, Moisand)
M. Vas (G. Nagy, Wehrs) (PP) – 13:101–1
1–217:28 – S. Treille
1–319:26 – Fleury (Bellemare, Auvitu) (PP)
1–438:03 – Chakiachvili (Y. Treille)
Sofron (M. Vas, Bartalis) – 47:582–4
2–553:03 – S. Treille (Bellemare, Fleury) (PP)
2–656:11 – S. Treille (Bellemare, Claireaux)
12 minPenalties10 min
24Shots21

Slovakia vs Belarus
11 May 2016
16:15		Slovakia 2–4
(0–0, 2–0, 0–4)		 BelarusYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,172
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesVitali KovalReferees:
Roman Gofman
Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Jon Killian
Sakari Suominen
Sekera (Réway, Daňo) (PP2) – 20:471–0
Jurčo (Mikuš, L. Hudáček) – 36:262–0
2–142:22 – Gotovets (Lisovets)
2–248:34 – Gavrus (Gotovets, Kovyrshin)
2–354:42 – Stepanov (Lisovets)
2–457:16 – Linglet (Platt, Lisovets)
12 minPenalties14 min
26Shots20

Finland vs Hungary
11 May 2016
20:15		Finland 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 HungaryYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,794
Game reference
Juuse SarosGoaliesÁdám VayReferees:
Brett Iverson
Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Andreas Malmqvist
Ohtamaa (Komarov) – 36:221–0
Koivu (Granlund, Komarov) – 49:272–0
Barkov (Laine, Jokinen) (PP) – 56:343–0
2 minPenalties14 min
51Shots13

United States vs France
12 May 2016
16:15		United States 4–0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 FranceYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,287
Game reference
Mike CondonGoaliesFlorian HardyReferees:
Stefan Fonselius
Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Gleb Lazarev
Wideman (Foligno, Larkin) (PP) – 34:231–0
Murphy (Matthews, Vatrano) – 36:302–0
Compher (Hendricks, Motte) – 39:553–0
Skjei (Larkin) – 41:194–0
12 minPenalties8 min
31Shots19

Canada vs Germany
12 May 2016
20:15		Canada 5–2
(1–0, 1–2, 3–0)		 GermanyYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,369
Game reference
Cam TalbotGoaliesTimo PielmeierReferees:
Jozef Kubuš
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Roman Kaderli
Judson Ritter
Hall (Murray) – 03:541–0
Perry (Duchene, Brassard) (PP) – 23:222–0
2–131:31 – Reimer (Noebels, Kahun)
2–237:36 – Akdag (Gogulla, Schütz)
Hall (McDavid, Matheson) – 43:123–2
Jenner (Rielly, Brassard) – 46:504–2
Ceci (Reilly) (PP) – 53:175–2
8 minPenalties6 min
22Shots19

United States vs Hungary
13 May 2016
16:15		United States 5–1
(0–0, 3–0, 2–1)		 HungaryYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,598
Game reference
Keith KinkaidGoaliesÁdám VayReferees:
Roman Gofman
Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Sakari Suominen
Foligno (Wideman, Hanifin) (PP) – 24:371–0
Hinostroza (Fasching) – 24:552–0
Larkin (McCabe, Murphy) – 34:123–0
Foligno – 52:074–0
Murphy (Foligno) – 55:205–0
5–157:59 – Sofron (Bartalis, Sarauer) (PP)
8 minPenalties10 min
37Shots8

Germany vs Belarus
13 May 2016
20:15		Germany 5–2
(3–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 BelarusYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,275
Game reference
Thomas GreissGoaliesVitali KovalReferees:
Stefan Fonselius
Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Jon Killian
Andreas Malmqvist
Reimer (Müller) – 04:261–0
Draisaitl (Noebels, Macek) – 05:442–0
Schütz (Gogulla, Hager) (PP) – 10:473–0
3–128:08 – Stepanov (Koval, Linglet) (PP)
Brooks (Reul, Noebels) – 34:234–1
4–249:14 – Stas (Lisovets, Koval)
Gogulla (Boyle) (PP, ENG) – 59:515–2
8 minPenalties4 min
19Shots18

France vs Finland
14 May 2016
12:15		France 1–3
(0–0, 0–3, 1–0)		 FinlandYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,278
Game reference
Cristobal Huet
Ronan Quemener		GoaliesMikko KoskinenReferees:
Roman Gofman
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Miroslav Lhotský
0–125:00 – Lindell (Granlund, Koivu) (PP)
0–230:40 – Barkov (Laine, Jokinen)
0–334:50 – Laine (Jokinen)
Bellemare (Treille, Auvitu) (PP2) – 52:311–3
8 minPenalties8 min
18Shots19

Hungary vs Belarus
14 May 2016
16:15		Hungary 5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0)		 BelarusYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,539
Game reference
Miklós RajnaGoaliesKevin Lalande
Vitali Koval		Referees:
Jozef Kubuš
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Judson Ritter
Sakari Suominen
G. Nagy (Sarauer, Kóger) – 5:311–0
J. Vas (Sarauer) (SH) – 10:312–0
2–112:31 – Platt (Stepanov) (PP)
2–226:43 – Gavrus (Stepanov, Kovyrshin)
Sebők (Szirányi) – 30:323–2
Galló (Szirányi, Sofron) – 33:494–2
J. Vas (SH,ENG) – 59:575–2
10 minPenalties12 min
18Shots19

Canada vs Slovakia
14 May 2016
20:15		Canada 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 SlovakiaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,512
Game reference
Cam TalbotGoaliesJúlius HudáčekReferees:
Konstantin Olenin
Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Roman Kaderli
Gleb Lazarev
Rielly (Brassard) – 11:091–0
Duchene (Marchand) – 18:302–0
Hall (Stone, McDavid) (PP) – 33:563–0
Scheifele (Reinhart, Stone) – 38:354–0
Brassard (Perry, Murray) – 50:275–0
4 minPenalties12 min
33Shots18

Germany vs United States
15 May 2016
16:15		Germany 3–2
(2–1, 0–1, 1–0)		 United StatesYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,798
Game reference
Thomas GreissGoaliesMike CondonReferees:
Maxim Sidorenko
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Andreas Malmqvist
Hager (Schütz, Boyle) (PP) – 02:191–0
1–110:35 – McCabe (Compher, Murphy)
Ehrhoff (Schütz, Hager) – 13:062–1
2–220:26 – Matthews (Nelson) (PP)
Holzer (Goc) – 59:273–2
14 minPenalties6 min
14Shots33

Slovakia vs Finland
15 May 2016
20:15		Slovakia 0–5
(0–0, 0–2, 0–3)		 FinlandYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,679
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesJuuse SarosReferees:
Linus Ohlund
Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Jon Killian
Judson Ritter
0–131:07 – Koivu (Lindell, Aho) (PP)
0–231:47 – Pihlström (Sallinen, Pokka)
0–346:46 – Barkov (Hietanen, Jaakola) (EA)
0–459:45 – Jokinen (Hietanen, Barkov) (PP)
0–559:57 – Laine (Barkov)
8 minPenalties4 min
14Shots35

Canada vs France
16 May 2016
16:15		Canada 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 FranceYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,219
Game reference
Calvin PickardGoaliesRonan QuemenerReferees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Linus Ohlund
Linesmen:
Jon Killian
Sakari Suominen
Stone (Hall, McDavid) (PP) – 08:321–0
Duchene (Perry, Ellis) – 35:262–0
Scheifele (Stone, Marchand) – 43:513–0
Perry (O'Reilly, Gallagher) – 54:454–0
4 minPenalties8 min
46Shots13

Germany vs Hungary
16 May 2016
20:15		Germany 4–2
(0–1, 1–0, 3–1)		 HungaryYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,038
Game reference
Thomas GreissGoaliesMiklós RajnaReferees:
Martin Fraňo
Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Roman Kaderli
Gleb Lazarev
0–109:09 – Sofron (Bartalis)
Hager (PP) – 31:421–1
Reul – 41:222–1
2–245:14 – Wehrs (Magosi)
Braun (Akdag, Draisaitl) – 57:243–2
Goc (Seidenberg, Greiss) (ENG) – 59:274–2
4 minPenalties8 min
34Shots16

United States vs Slovakia
17 May 2016
12:15		United States 2–3 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
OT (0–1)		 SlovakiaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,080
Game reference
Keith KinkaidGoaliesJúlius HudáčekReferees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Gleb Lazarev
Sakari Suominen
0–118:39 – Jaroš (Viedenský)
Nelson (Warsofsky, Vatrano) (PP) – 27:151–1
Foligno (Larkin) – 42:532–1
2–252:14 – Skalický (Marcinko, Graňák)
2–360:59 – Daňo (Švarný, Meszároš)
10 minPenalties4 min
25Shots30

Belarus vs France
17 May 2016
16:15		Belarus 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 FranceYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,895
Game reference
Vitali KovalGoaliesCristobal HuetReferees:
Martin Fraňo
Linus Ohlund
Linesmen:
Roman Kaderli
Andreas Malmqvist
Stas (Linglet, Gotovets) – 25:121–0
Platt (Linglet, Gotovets) – 38:232–0
Stas (Linglet, Platt) – 44:593–0
12 minPenalties12 min
32Shots21

Canada vs Finland
17 May 2016
20:15		Canada 0–4
(0–0, 0–3, 0–1)		 FinlandYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,890
Game reference
Cam TalbotGoaliesMikko KoskinenReferees:
Roman Gofman
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Judson Ritter
0–126:10 – Kivistö (Rantanen)
0–236:03 – Komarov (Granlund)
0–338:50 – Pyörälä (Aho)
0–442:32 – Koskiranta (Pyörälä)
12 minPenalties4 min
21Shots19

References
  1. "Russia to open vs. Czechs". iihfworlds2016.com. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 September 2015.
  3. "Tournament Format". iihf.com. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.