2017 U18 World Championship. Russia beats Czech Republic, advances to playoffs to face Slovakia

CZECH REPUBLIC vs. RUSSIA – 4:5 OT (1:1, 1:1, 2:2)
Goals: Rubinchik (Galenyuk, Bitsadze), 11 (0:1 – PP goal); Kvasnicka (Kondelik, Safin), 18 (1:1); Shashkov (Baranov), 30 (1:2); Zadina (Chytil), 34 (2:2); Svechnikov (Lipanov, Chekhovich), 44 (2:3); Hrabik (Kral, Kaut), 45 (3:3); Kern (Kvasnicka, Kondelik), 49 (4:3); Maximov (Slepets, Rubinchik), 58 (4:4); Rubinchik (Muranov, Koltygin), 65 (4:5).

2017 U18 World Championship
April 13-23, 2017
Poprad-Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia
Final standings

Group А
Finland – 12 pts
Canada – 8 pts
Slovakia – 7 pts
Switzerland – 3 pts
Latvia – 0 pts

Group В
USA – 12 pts
Russia – 8 pts
Sweden – 6 pts
Czech Republic – 4 pts
Belarus – 0 pts

Round robin schedule and results*

April 13
Latvia vs. Canada – 1:4
Belarus vs. USA – 0:7
Slovakia vs. Finland – 4:5
Russia vs. Sweden – 3:1

April 14
Switzerland vs. Latvia – 4:0
Czech Republic vs. Belarus – 7:4

April 15
Finland vs. Switzerland – 5:1
USA vs. Russia – 5:4
Canada vs. Slovakia – 4:3 OT
Sweden vs. Czech Republic – 3:2

April 16
Latvia vs. Finland – 2:7
Belarus vs. Sweden – 2:3

April 17
Canada vs. Switzerland – 7:3
USA vs. Czech Republic – 5:2
Slovakia vs. Latvia – 4:0
Russia vs. Belarus – 4:1

April 18
Finland vs. Canada – 6:3
Sweden vs. USA – 1:5
Switzerland vs. Slovakia – 1:2
Czech Republic vs. Russia – 4:5 ОТ

Playoff round

April 20
Quarterfinals
Finland vs. Czech Republic
Canada vs. Sweden
Russia vs. Slovakia
USA vs. Switzerland

Relegation
Belarus vs. Latvia