Switzerland – USA 5:8 (end) | Canada – Belarus 8:3 (end) | Slovakia – Czech Republic 5:2 (end)
final
Switzerland
5:8 (1:3, 4:3, 0:2)
USA
Friday 20.04.2018, 12:40 • Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk, Rusko • U18 World Championship • Group A
     
    55:11
    Penalty for USA (Mattias Samuelsson – 2 min., tripping).
     
    48:43
    Penalty for Switzerland (Kyen Sopa – 2 min., slashing).
     
    40:00
    Penalty for USA (Spencer Stastney – 2 min., tripping).
     
    39:43
    Penalty for USA (Oliver Wahlstrom – 2 min., hooking).
     
    39:20
    Penalty for Switzerland (Nico Gross – 2 min., tripping).
     
    35:23
    Penalty for Switzerland (Davyd Barandun – 2 min., tripping).
     
    22:03
    Penalty for Switzerland (Nico Gross – 2 min., cross-checking).
     
    16:04
    Penalty for USA (Jacob Pivonka – 2 min., hooking).
     
    08:47
    Penalty for USA (Gavin Hain – 2 min., hooking).
    Goals and assists: 7. Mettler (Sopa, Wetter), 21. Mettler (Sopa, Wetter), 29. Kohler (Nussbaumer), 29. Villa (Vouillamoz, Verboon), 35. Patry (Mettler, Wetter) – 3. Hughes (Wahlstrom), 4. Janicke (Pivonka, Miller), 5. Turcotte (M. Samuelsson, Emberson), 28. Farabee (York), 37. Wahlstrom (Hughes, York), 39. Hughes (Wahlstrom), 46. Weiss (York, Stastney), 47. M. Samuelsson (Turcotte, Knight)


    Switzerland: A. Schmid (Hollenstein) – Gross, Barandun, Anex (A), Henauer, Villa, Moser (C), Prysi – Barbei, Weibel, Wueest (A) – Mettler, Sopa, Wetter – Patry, Nussbaumer, Kohler – Tanner, de Nisco, Vouillamoz – Verboon.
    USA: Knight (Deridder) – Emberson (A), M. Samuelsson (C), York, Miller, Eichwede-Wilde, Stastney, A. Samuelsson – Hughes, Gruden, Wahlstrom – Wise, Caufield, Farabee – Hain, Turcotte, Giles (A) – Weiss, DeBoer, Pivonka – Janicke.

    Referees: Nikolic (AUT), Staňo (SVK) – Hynek (CZE), Müller (GER).