Team USA captain Cayla Barnes concluded her U18 career with a record-setting third gold medal.
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Four players tied for the tournament lead in points while another Swiss forward led in goals.
Canada came back in the third to tie the game 1-1, but Grace Zumwinkle scored on a two-on-one with just 2:32 remaining. An empty netter made the final 3-1.
Valeria Merkusheva made 32 saves to record her second shut out in three games, and help Russia win the bronze medal with a 2-0 win over Sweden.
Finland avenged their group stage defeat to the Czechs with a 2-0 victory in the game for fifth place. Jenna Silvonen made 25 saves for the shutout.
Grace Zumwinkle's first three goals of the tournament paced the USA to a 6-0 semi-final shutout win over Russia and a 10th straight berth in the final.
Canada beat Sweden, 6-2, in Zlin at the same time the United States beat Russia, 6-0, in Prerov. Sarah Fillier and Sophie Shirley had two goals each for Canada.
Rahel Enzler scored the decisive goal in an 18-shot shootout to give Switzerland a 2-1 win and a sweep of the best-of-three, relegation-round series.
The Czech Republic's Kristyna Kaltounkova has turned some heads at this tournament for her poise and moxy against players up to three years older than her.
Normally when news comes out that scoring is down, fans are not pleased, but here at the WW18 in Zlin and Prerov, the news is good for several reasons.
The 2017 Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Disciplinary Panel has issued one-game suspensions to two Russian players.
After Wednesday's action, the top two scorers of the tournament are a pair of 16-year-old Swiss misses – Lisa Ruedi with six points and Noemi Ryhner with five.
European countries have a tough time bridging the years between U18 play and senior play for their women. There is no NCAA, no CWHL. So how do they develop?
Lisa Ruedi and Noemi Ryhner led Switzerland offensively with three goals and two assists, respectively, and goalie Saskia Maurer was great again in a 5-2 win.
Hanna Olsson scored in the first, assisted on a goal in the second, and was a dominant presence all night. Finland rallied in the third but fell short.
A pair of second-period goals and a 33-save shutout by Valeria Merkusheva paced Team Russia to a 2-0 quarter-final victory over the Czech Republic.
It’s not often you can call a 17-year-old a “veteran” of international hockey.
In what turned out to be a preview of the relegation series, Switzerland edged Japan 2-1 to take third place in Group B.
Oxana Bratisheva scored the only goal of the penalty-shot shootout, giving Russia a quarter-finals date with the Czech Republic after defeating Sweden, 2-1.
A shot from the point by Magdalena Erbenova on a 5-on-3 power play in overtime found the back of the net, and sent the host Czechs into the quarter-finals.
Captain Ashton Bell scored the only goal of the game at 1:57 of 3-on-3 overtime to give Canada first place in Group A.
Promoted from Division I, Group A last year, Japan is aiming to stay in the top group this year at the 2017 Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship.
Playing hockey at an elite level takes huge commitment in terms of travelling, but few have to travel as much as Camille Kahra.
Ylva Lindberg knows a thing or two about hockey. The 40-year-old native of Umea, Sweden, was part of her country’s greatest win in the women’s game.
At the U18 level of women’s hockey, most of the players develop inside their own borders.
