The Australian women’s national under-18 team have won their second game of the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Group B Qualification tournament, defeating Mexico 5–0. Forward Natalie Ayris was named best Australian player of the match. In the other game of the day Spain defeated Romania 9–4. As a result of their win and Spain’s defeat of Romania Australia wins the tournament with a game in hand and is promoted to Division I Group B for 2018. Australia takes on Romania today in their final game of the tournament.
For more information on the tournament see the page at IIHF.com.
- Australia 5–0 Mexico (16:30, 28 January 2017, Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin). Game Card
Standings
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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