2015 IIHF World Championship Division III

2015 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Dates	3–12 April
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	215 (10.24 per match)
Attendance	7,955 (379 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Alec Koçoğlu (18 points)
Website	IIHF.com
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The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in İzmir, Turkey, from 3 to 12 April 2015.^[1] Seven nations participated, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, who joined the world championships for the first time since 2008. After three consecutive years of finishing in the second place, North Korea won the tournament and was promoted to Division II Group B for 2016.

Divisional tournaments are designed, by the rules, to include six teams, however the Bosnian federation asked to be included and the Turkish organizers agreed. Georgia recorded their first victory, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–1.^[2]

Venue

Participants

Team	Qualification
Turkey	Host, placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
North Korea	Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Luxembourg	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Georgia	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not enter last year. Last played in 2008.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	6	5	1	0	0	50	9	+41	17
Turkey	6	5	0	1	0	59	11	+48	16
Luxembourg	6	4	0	0	2	39	19	+20	12
Hong Kong	6	3	0	0	3	30	30	0	9
Georgia	6	1	1	0	4	20	56	−36	5
United Arab Emirates	6	1	0	1	4	14	44	−30	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	0	0	0	6	3	46	−43	0

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

3 April 13:00

North Korea

13–0 (3–0, 3–0, 7–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 55

Game reference
	Pak Kuk-chol Pak Il	Goalies	Dino Pašović Amel Capin	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Murat Aygün Anton Gladchenko
	Kim S. (Ju) – 04:26 1–0 Ri C. (Kim H.) – 11:18 2–0 Kim K. (Kim S.) – 11:56 3–0 Kim N. (Kang) – 20:59 4–0 Hong (Ri C.) – 28:35 5–0 Kim C. (Kim J.) (SH) – 32:48 6–0 Kang (Kim K., Kim S.) – 41:37 7–0 Kim S. (Ju, Kang) – 43:16 8–0 Kim H. (Hong, An) – 44:38 9–0 Kim N. (SH) – 47:27 10–0 An (Kim H., Hong) – 49:27 11–0 Pak S. (Kang) – 50:30 12–0 Kim H. (Hong, An) – 57:52 13–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	56	Shots	6

3 April 16:30

Luxembourg

15–3 (3–2, 3–1, 9–0)

Georgia

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 67

Game reference
	Michel Welter Gilles Mangen	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Grega Markizeti Gil Haim Tichon
	0–1 10:03 – Dumbadze (G. Oganeziani) B. Welter – 14:00 1–1 Houdremont (R. Beran) – 14:17 2–1 Schon (Sinner, Wambach) – 16:10 3–1 3–2 17:52 – Smetanin (Tsomaia, Geperidze) T. Beran (Schon) – 22:19 4–2 4–3 25:02 – Dumbadze (D. Oganeziani) B. Welter (R. Beran) – 25:15 5–3 Cannon (T. Beran) (PP) – 33:56 6–3 O. Biver (Eriksson, Wambach) – 42:09 7–3 B. Welter (Houdremont, R. Beran) – 43:00 8–3 Eriksson – 50:24 9–3 Cannon (T. Beran, Milano) – 51:36 10–3 B. Welter – 52:55 11–3 T. Beran (Milano) – 56:57 12–3 Cannon (Backes) – 57:34 13–3 Wambach (Eriksson) – 57:51 14–3 Wambach (Eriksson, G. Biver) – 58:30 15–3
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	66	Shots	9

3 April 20:00

Hong Kong

8–3 (1–0, 2–2, 5–1)

United Arab Emirates

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 73

Game reference
	Ho King Chi King	Goalies	Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Cemal Ersin Kaya Mihai Ariel Trandafir
	Cheng – 07:42 1–0 1–1 23:24 – Al-Nuami 1–2 26:30 – A. Al-Mazrouei (Al-Blooshi) (PP) Kan (Wong K.) – 28:19 2–2 Sham (Wong K.) (SH) – 34:42 3–2 Sham (Fung) (SH) – 42:25 4–2 Lau (Fung) – 44:18 5–2 Sham (Choi) (PP) – 50:29 6–2 Ho J. (SH) – 51:54 7–2 Lo (Cheng) – 55:12 8–2 8–3 56:40 – A. Al-Mazrouei (PP2)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	18

4 April 13:00

Georgia

4–12 (2–3, 1–5, 1–4)

North Korea

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 93

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Anton Gladchenko Cemal Ersin Kaya
	Dumbadze – 06:10 1–0 1–1 12:04 – Hong (Ri C., Ri P.) 1–2 12:23 – Kang (Kim K., Ju) 1–3 18:47 – Ju (Kim S., Kim N.) (PP) Smetanin (Geperidze) – 28:19 2–3 2–4 20:43 – Kim H. (Ri C., Ri P.) Geperidze (Dumbadze) (PP) – 22:15 3–4 3–5 27:40 – An (SH) 3–6 35:39 – Hong (Kang) (PP) 3–7 37:52 – Kim S. (Ri P., Ju) (SH) 3–8 38:52 – Kang 3–9 49:02 – Kim C. (Kim M.) (PP2) 3–10 49:34 – Kang (Pak K.) (PP) Smetanin – 53:38 4–10 4–11 58:06 – Ju (Kim S.) 4–12 59:13 – Kim N.
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	40

4 April 16:30

United Arab Emirates

2–7 (1–2, 0–2, 1–3)

Luxembourg

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Gilles Mangen	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Murat Aygün Vladimir Yefremov
	0–1 01:31 – Cannon (Backes, T. Beran) 0–2 08:47 – Welter (R. Beran) (SH) Al-Shamisi (Al-Blooshi, A. Al-Mazrouei) – 10:18 1–2 1–3 26:54 – Welter (Linster, Houdremont) 1–4 33:28 – T. Beran (Milano) Al-Blooshi (El-Jachi) – 45:10 2–4 2–5 48:10 – Cannon 2–6 51:34 – R. Beran (Houdremont, Grönlund) 2–7 55:59 – R. Beran (Houdremont) (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	9	Shots	47

4 April 20:00

Turkey

11–0 (3–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 1,583

Game reference
	Levent Özbaydugan	Goalies	Dino Pašović	Referee: Sergei Sobolev Linesmen: Grega Markizeti Gil Haim Tichon
	Al. Koçoğlu – 04:41 1–0 Halil (Gümüş) – 05:00 2–0 Öztürk (Al. Koçoğlu, Karakoç) (PP) – 06:36 3–0 Gümüş – 25:23 4–0 Semiz (Özmen, Al. Koçoğlu) – 29:24 5–0 E. Coşkun (Gümüş) – 35:57 6–0 Al. Koçoğlu (Semiz) – 38:54 7–0 Al. Koçoğlu (F. Faner, E. Coşkun) (PP) – 45:40 8–0 E. Coşkun (F. Faner, Halil) – 46:01 9–0 Al. Koçoğlu – 49:43 10–0 Özmen – 54:55 11–0
	28 min	Penalties	10 min
	68	Shots	12

6 April 13:00

Hong Kong

8–0 (5–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Keung Emerson Kwokway	Goalies	Dino Pašović Amel Capin	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Gil Haim Tichon Mihai Ariel Trandafir
	Sham (Wong Y.) (PP) – 03:39 1–0 Sham (Choi, Ho J.) – 11:23 2–0 Cheng (Fung, Choi) (PP) – 16:12 3–0 To (Chim, Lau) – 17:42 4–0 Choi (Lam) (PP) – 19:35 5–0 To (Chim, Lau) – 25:48 6–0 Cheng (Fung, Lo) (PP) – 29:54 7–0 Lo – 41:53 8–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	15

6 April 16:30

North Korea

7–0 (5–0, 1–0, 1–0)

United Arab Emirates

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 72

Game reference
	Pak Il	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Murat Aygün Cemal Ersin Kaya
	Kim S. (Ju, Kim N.) – 01:53 1–0 Hong (Ri C., Kim H.) – 04:56 2–0 Kim H. (Ri P.) – 07:12 3–0 Kim H. (Hong) – 12:16 4–0 Kim H. (Ri C., Hong) – 17:11 5–0 An – 39:34 6–0 Kim N. (Ju, Pak K.) – 53:16 7–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	16

6 April 20:00

Turkey

13–1 (3–0, 6–0, 4–1)

Georgia

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 728

Game reference
	Erol Kahraman	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Sergei Sobolev Linesmen: Vladimir Yefremov Anton Gladchenko
	Karakoç (B. Coşkun, An. Koçoğlu) – 11:39 1–0 Özmen (B. Coşkun) – 11:54 2–0 An. Koçoğlu (Semiz, Özmen) (PP) – 15:42 3–0 Semiz (Özmen) – 26:33 4–0 İslam (An. Koçoğlu) – 28:18 5–0 Semiz (E. Faner, Al. Koçoğlu) – 32:56 6–0 Semiz (Özmen, Al. Koçoğlu) – 33:27 7–0 Gümüş (Halil) – 38:22 8–0 Gümüş (Halil) – 39:05 9–0 Özmen (Al. Koçoğlu) – 40:41 10–0 10–1 41:58 – Smetanin Özmen (Öztürk) – 50:02 11–1 An. Koçoğlu (Özmen) (PP) – 56:12 12–1 Semiz (SH) – 59:47 13–1
	4 min	Penalties	29 min
	90	Shots	5

7 April 13:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Luxembourg

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 61

Game reference
	Amel Capin	Goalies	Gilles Mangen	Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Murat Aygün Grega Markizeti
	0–1 08:23 – R. Beran (Houdremont, B. Welter) 0–2 15:07 – B. Welter 0–3 17:32 – Eriksson (Wambach) 0–4 30:24 – Eriksson (Wambach) 0–5 58:14 – T. Beran (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	32 min
	10	Shots	41

7 April 16:30

Georgia

3–11 (1–3, 1–4, 1–4)

Hong Kong

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 69

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko Kakha Ambrolava	Goalies	Ho King Chi King	Referee: Sergei Sobolev Linesmen: Cemal Ersin Kaya Mihai Ariel Trandafir
	0–1 02:36 – Lau (To) 0–2 05:20 – Sham (Fung, Choi) (PP) Dumbadze (Gi. Jeiranashvili, Tsukanov) (PP) – 09:37 1–2 1–3 10:27 – Cheng 1–4 26:50 – Choi 1–5 26:57 – Choi (Sham) 1–6 30:18 – Sham (Ho J.) 1–7 35:14 – Choi (Wong Y., Sham) Smetanin (Dumbadze) – 38:36 2–7 2–8 42:29 – Choi (Lam, Wong P.) (EA) Smetanin (Dumbadze) – 43:23 3–8 3–9 46:09 – Cheng (Fung) (EA) 3–10 50:36 – Cheng 3–11 56:41 – Yeung (Chan)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	47

7 April 20:00

United Arab Emirates

0–15 (0–7, 0–3, 0–5)

Turkey

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 773

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Levent Özbaydugan Erol Kahraman	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Vladimir Yefremov Gil Haim Tichon
	0–1 00:37 – Al. Koçoğlu (Semiz, Özmen) 0–2 06:56 – Gümüş (E. Coşkun, Aktürk) 0–3 10:06 – An. Koçoğlu (Karakoç) 0–4 10:21 – An. Koçoğlu (İslam) 0–5 12:43 – Halil 0–6 13:48 – Gümüş (E. Coşkun, Halil) 0–7 15:43 – Karakoç (Seçer, A. Solak) 0–8 33:18 – Al. Koçoğlu (Semiz) 0–9 33:39 – Al. Koçoğlu (Semiz, Özmen) 0–10 38:00 – A. Solak (Seçer) 0–11 45:40 – Semiz (Aktürk) 0–12 46:29 – Seçer (A. Solak, B. Coşkun) 0–13 48:55 – E. Coşkun (Halil, Gümüş) 0–14 50:33 – Karakoç (İslam, An. Koçoğlu) 0–15 59:54 – G. Solak (Semiz, Al. Koçoğlu)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	10	Shots	64

9 April 12:30

Georgia

4–1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 83

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko	Goalies	Dino Pašović	Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Vladimir Yefremov Gil Haim Tichon
	Smetanin (Dumbadze) – 09:27 1–0 1–1 10:19 – Nikulin Dumbadze – 41:57 2–1 Tsomaia (Smetanin) – 54:02 3–1 Tsomaia (Dumbadze) – 58:55 4–1
	22 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	42

9 April 16:00

Turkey

10–1 (3–0, 5–1, 2–0)

Hong Kong

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 745

Game reference
	Levent Özbaydugan Erol Kahraman	Goalies	Keung Emerson Kwokway	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Grega Markizeti Mihai Ariel Trandafir
	Al. Koçoğlu (Özmen, Aktürk) – 03:36 1–0 E. Faner (İslam) – 09:44 2–0 Gümüş (E. Coşkun) – 14:38 3–0 Karakoç (An. Koçoğlu) – 23:52 4–0 Halil (Gümüş) – 26:12 5–0 An. Koçoğlu (Gümüş, Özmen) (PP) – 28:34 6–0 6–1 32:34 – Lau (To) Al. Koçoğlu (SH) – 38:21 7–1 Karakoç (Al. Koçoğlu) – 38:50 8–1 Halil (E. Coşkun, Gümüş) – 51:07 9–1 E. Coşkun (G. Solak, Semiz) – 58:03 10–1
	26 min	Penalties	18 min
	51	Shots	13

9 April 19:30

North Korea

5–2 (1–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Luxembourg

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 126

Game reference
	Pak Kuk-chol	Goalies	Michel Welter	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Murat Aygün Anton Gladchenko
	Hong (Ri C.) – 00:48 1–0 1–1 01:38 – Cannon (Schon, Backes) Pak S. (Kim K.) (PP) – 39:27 2–1 Ri C. – 46:25 3–1 3–2 48:31 – Eriksson (Milano) Kang (Kim K., Pak S.) (SH) – 49:49 4–2 Ri H. (Ri P., Kim C.) – 52:35 5–2
	12 min	Penalties	28 min
	33	Shots	20

10 April 12:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2–5 (0–2, 2–0, 0–3)

United Arab Emirates

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 87

Game reference
	Dino Pašović	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Sergei Sobolev Linesmen: Grega Markizeti Mihai Ariel Trandafir
	0–1 07:26 – Al-Shamisi (Al-Jneibi, Al-Muharrami) (PP) 0–2 18:48 – Al-Blooshi (Al-Nuami, Al-Yafeai) (PP) Mrkva – 24:24 1–2 Mrkva (Ćatović) – 26:37 2–2 2–3 57:06 – Al-Shamisi (Al-Saedi, M. Al-Mazrouei) 2–4 57:52 – Al-Nuami 2–5 59:58 – M. Al-Mazrouei (Al-Saedi) (ENG)
	26 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	42

10 April 16:00

Luxembourg

5–7 (2–0, 2–3, 1–4)

Turkey

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 653

Game reference
	Giles Mangen	Goalies	Levent Özbaydugan Erol Kahraman	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Vladimir Yefremov Anton Gladchenko
	Backes (Scheier, Cannon) – 08:02 1–0 B. Welter (T. Beran, R. Beran) – 18:34 2–0 Eriksson (G. Biver, Sinner) – 21:41 3–0 3–1 22:16 – Gümüş (E. Coşkun) 3–2 30:13 – Halil (Al. Koçoğlu, Öztürk) Cannon (Backes, Schon) – 30:13 4–2 4–3 37:16 – An. Koçoğlu (PP) 4–4 46:27 – Halil (Özmen) (SH) T. Beran (Backes, Cannon) – 53:01 5–4 5–5 55:04 – E. Coşkun (Halil) 5–6 58:52 – Semiz (Gümüş, Al. Koçoğlu) (PP) 5–7 59:14 – Semiz (Özmen)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	36

10 April 19:30

Hong Kong

0–9 (0–3, 0–3, 0–3)

North Korea

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 73

Game reference
	Ho King Chi King Keung Emerson Kwokway	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol Pak Il	Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Cemal Ersin Kaya Gil Haim Tichon
	0–1 00:17 – Ri C. (An) 0–2 04:37 – Hong (SH) 0–3 16:45 – Kim K. (Kim N., Ju) 0–4 20:45 – Hong 0–5 30:28 – An (Ri P.) 0–6 37:52 – Ri C. (Hong) 0–7 41:40 – Kim M. (PP) 0–8 53:17 – Jon (Kim C., Ri H.) (PP) 0–9 54:59 – Hong (Ri P.)
	8 min	Penalties	28 min
	13	Shots	40

12 April 11:00

United Arab Emirates

4–5 GWS (1–2, 1–0, 2–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Georgia

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 47

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Sergei Sobolev Linesmen: Vladimir Yefremov Mihai Ariel Trandafir
	0–1 03:20 – Dumbadze (G. Oganeziani, Smetanin) Al-Shamisi (Al-Nuami) – 05:56 1–1 1–2 18:00 – Dumbadze (Tsomaia, Smetanin) El-Jachi (Al-Blooshi) – 23:22 2–2 Al-Blooshi (M. Al-Mazrouei) – 49:53 3–2 Al-Blooshi (Al-Jneibi) – 51:44 4–2 4–3 54:11 – Smetanin (Tsomaia, Dumbadze) (SH) 4–4 58:26 – Dumbadze
	Al-Nuaimi Al-Shamisi M. Al-Mazrouei Al-Blooshi Al-Shamisi M. Al-Mazrouei	Shootout	Smetanin Dumbadze Tsomaia Dumbadze Smetanin Dumbadze
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	38

12 April 14:30

Luxembourg

5–2 (2–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Hong Kong

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 232

Game reference
	Michel Welter Gilles Mangen	Goalies	Ho King Chi King	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Murat Aygün Cemal Ersin Kaya
	Scheier (T. Beran) – 06:43 1–0 1–1 07:39 – Leung (Wong P.) Cannon (Grönlund, T. Beran) – 12:40 2–1 R. Beran (T. Beran, G. Biver) – 28:03 3–1 R. Beran (B. Welter, G. Biver) – 35:53 4–1 Schon (Scheier) – 42:09 5–1 5–2 57:04 – To (Chim, Leung)
	22 min	Penalties	18 min
	40	Shots	17

12 April 18:00

Turkey

3–4 OT (1–2, 0–0, 2–1) (OT 0–1)

North Korea

Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir Attendance: 2,135

Game reference
	Erol Kahraman	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Anton Gladchenko Grega Markizeti
	Gümüş (E. Coşkun) – 04:14 1–0 1–1 11:26 – Ri C. (Hong) 1–2 19:59 – Kang Semiz (Öztürk) – 40:49 2–2 2–3 55:38 – Hong (An) (SH) Gümüş (An. Koçoğlu) – 57:45 3–3 3–4 64:49 – Hong (Ri C., An) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	28

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Andrei Ilienko
  • Best Defenceman: Ri Pong-il
  • Best Forward: Alec Koçoğlu

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Alec Koçoğlu	6	9	9	18	+18	2	F
Hong Chun-rim	6	10	7	17	+20	2	F
Serkan Gümüş	6	9	7	16	+15	4	F
Serdar Semiz	6	9	7	16	+17	0	F
Vitali Dumbadze	6	9	6	16	−3	33	F
Emrah Özmen	6	4	11	15	+20	6	F
Yusuf Halil	6	6	6	12	+14	6	F
Thierry Beran	6	5	7	12	+4	4	F
Erdoğan Coşkun	6	5	7	12	+15	2	F
Ri Chol-min	6	5	7	12	+22	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Pak Il	161:09	2	0.74	28	92.86	1
Pak Kuk-chol	203:40	7	2.06	85	91.76	0
Levent Őzbaydugan	150:11	3	1.20	35	91.43	1
Erol Kahraman	214:38	8	2.24	58	86.21	0
Dino Pašović	253:43	31	7.33	209	85.17	1

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

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