USA Hockey does it again, 4th consectutive Gold Medal at the IIHF U18 World Ice Hockey Championships - Four-Peat of U18 Ice Hockey Dominance. The U.S. has captured a record nine consecutive medals at the IIHF Men's World Under-18 Championship, including four Gold Medals in a row (2009-12), back-to-back Gold Medals in 2005-06, two silver medals (2004, 2007) and one bronze (2008). Team USA also captured the Gold Medal in 2002 - Team USA's 10 overall medals are most ever at the IIHF Men's World Under-18 Championship.
IIHF Individual U18 Awards 2012
~ Collin Olson ~ USA ~ was chosen as the Best Goaltender by the Tournament Directorate.
~ Filip Forsberg ~ Sweden ~ was chosen Top Forward.
~ Matt Dumba ~ Canada ~ was chosen Top Defenceman
~ Collin Olson recorded his third shutout of the tournament, tying Jack Campbell's record set in 2010.
More Information, Stats and Game Summeries From :
USA Hockey http://usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=TU_04_02_04&id=316883
IIHF ~ Adam Steiss http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/6703.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=a51903fb25