Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

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2006 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–20 February
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  United States
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored136 (6.8 per game)
Attendance91,609 (4,580 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Hayley Wickenheiser (17 points)
MVPCanada Hayley Wickenheiser
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The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy from 11 to 20 February 2006. Eight countries qualified for the tournament.

Qualification

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Canada, United States, Finland and Sweden qualified as the top four teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2004. Italy qualified as host team. The remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments.

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host 1  Italy
2004 IIHF World Ranking[a] 5 March 2001 – 6 April 2004 Canada Halifax[b] 4  Canada
 United States
 Finland
 Sweden
Qualification tournament 11–13 November 2004 Russia Podolsk 1  Russia
Qualification tournament 11–14 November 2004 Germany Bad Tölz 1  Germany
Qualification tournament 11–14 November 2004 China Beijing 1   Switzerland
Total 8
Notes
  1. a 2004 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2000 World Championship, 2001 World Championship, 2002 Winter Olympic Games and 2004 World Championship.
  2. b Halifax was the site for 2004 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Rosters

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 36 1 +35 6 Semifinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 4
3  Russia 3 1 0 2 6 16 −10 2 5–8th place semifinals
4  Italy (H) 3 0 0 3 1 32 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
11 February 2006
15:35		 
Kim Martin
GoaliesIrina GashennikovaReferee:
Canada Stephanie Normand
Linesmen:
Germany Michaela Kiefer
United States Julie Piacentini
Jansson (Lindberg, Winberg) (PP) – 23:261–0
Timglas (Rooth, O'Konor) (PP) – 25:142–0
2–139:21 – Trefilova
Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) – 40:323–1
14 minPenalties14 min
24Shots31
11 February 2006
20:35
Kellar) – 11:34
5–0
Vaillancourt (Piper) – 20:256–0
MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) – 22:327–0
Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 38:458–0
Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) – 39:569–0
Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) – 41:3510–0
Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) – 47:3111–0
Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) (PP) – 48:4112–0
Pounder – 49:4213–0
Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) – 52:1914–0
Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 56:1515–0
Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) – 57:3716–0
8 minPenalties10 min66Shots5
12 February 2006
16:35
Campbell)
0–516:18 – Piper (Wickenheiser)
0–617:48 – Wickenheiser (SH)
0–719:20 – Agosta (Vaillancourt)
0–827:19 – Weatherston (Ouellette, Vaillancourt)
0–933:27 – Agosta (PP)
0–1041:16 – Piper (Wickenheiser)
0–1147:47 – Vaillancourt (Hefford, Botterill)
0–1252:33 – MacLeod (Wickenheiser)
28 minPenalties14 min17Shots43
13 February 2006
15:05
Sjolander (Winberg) (PP) – 07:09
1–0
Sjolander (Lindberg, Asserholt) (PP) – 15:452–0
G. Andersson (Holst) – 18:153–0
Jansson (Eliasson) – 20:594–0
Holst (Rooth) – 25:055–0
Edstrand (Sjolander) – 31:456–0
Rooth (Holst) (SH) – 32:377–0
G. Andersson (Nevalainen) – 34:168–0
Sjolander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) – 49:319–0
Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) – 50:5510–0
Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) (PP) – 58:0811–0
16 minPenalties22 min52Shots4
14 February 2006
13:05
Khomich) (PP)
1–446:53 – Gavrilova (Sotnikova)
1–553:04 – Trefilova (Shchelchkova) (PP)
26 minPenalties18 min13Shots40
14 February 2006
15:35
Campbell) (PP) – 34:02
5–0
5–136:12 – Lindberg (Jansson, Winberg) (PP)
Weatherston (Kingsbury) – 37:256–1
Hefford (PP) – 38:537–1
Goyette (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 46:028–1
14 minPenalties16 min47Shots8

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 18 3 +15 6 Semifinals
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 4
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 2 5–8th place semifinals
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
11 February 2006
13:05
Tuominen) – 08:15
1–0
Pelttari (PP2) – 17:022–0
Pälvilä (SH) – 43:133–0
4 minPenalties6 min27Shots24
11 February 2006
18:05
Wendell (Ruggiero, Potter) – 47:53
3–0
Darwitz (Parsons) – 50:334–0
Wendell (Potter) – 52:405–0
Potter (Ruggiero) (PP) – 58:506–0
18 minPenalties14 min56Shots9
12 February 2006
19:05
Stephens)
0–429:57 – Darwitz (Parsons, Ka. King)
0–550:54 – Parsons (Ruggiero)
20 minPenalties16 min10Shots60
13 February 2006
17:35
Tuominen (Pelttari) (PP) – 14:10
1–0
Rantamäki – 45:212–0
Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) – 51:583–0
Pehkonen (Rantamaki) – 52:504–0
18 minPenalties20 min41Shots18
14 February 2006
18:05
Oswald (M. Lanzl, Ritter
) (PP)
41 minPenalties18 min22Shots31
14 February 2006
20:35
Stephens
) – 55:36		7–3
38 minPenalties22 min31Shots15

Placement round

Bracket

5–8th place semifinals 5th place game
      
B3  Germany 5
A4  Italy 2
B3  Germany (GWS) 1
A3  Russia 0
A3  Russia 6
B4   Switzerland 2 7th place game
B4   Switzerland 11
A4  Italy 0

5–8th place semifinals

17 February 2006
13:05
Byalkovskaya) (PP) – 30:00
4–1
4–231:55 – Lehmann (Cattaneo, Bullo)
Mishina (Smolentseva) – 39:185–2
Kapustina (Shchelchkova) (PP) – 52:176–2
16 minPenalties12 min36Shots18
17 February 2006
18:35		Germany 5–2
(3–2, 0–0, 2–0)		 ItalyTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,750
Game reference
Stephanie Wartosch-KürtenGoaliesDebora MontanariReferee:
Russia Arina Ustinova
Linesmen:
Norway Marte Hove
Czech Republic Jana Zítková
Becker (M. Lanzl) – 00:271–0
Seiler (Tamas) (PP) – 05:322–0
2–106:18 – Leitner
2–206:59 – Leitner (Kaser, Bazzanella)
Holmes (Soesilo) – 07:473–2
Becker (Ritter) – 42:504–2
Ritter (Becker, M. Lanzl) – 55:355–2
22 minPenalties16 min
30Shots13

Seventh place game

20 February 2006
13:05
Kunzle
) – 31:09		7–0
Lehmann (Mosimann) – 32:488–0
Ruhnke (Rochat) – 33:169–0
S. Marty (Lehmann) – 35:3710–0
S. Marty (Lehmann) – 56:0811–0
20 minPenalties20 min53Shots29

Fifth place game

20 February 2006
13:05
Smolina
MISS Kapustina
4 minPenalties14 min
26Shots21

Playoff round

Bracket

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
A1  United States 2
B2  Sweden (GWS) 3
B2  Sweden 1
B1  Canada 4
B1  Canada 6
A2  Finland 0 Bronze medal game
A2  Finland 0
A1  United States 4

Semifinals

17 February 2006
17:05
Wendell MISS
ShootoutMISS Holst
MISS Jansson
GOAL Winberg
GOAL Rooth
12 minPenalties22 min
39Shots18
17 February 2006
21:05
Maija Hassinen
Noora Räty
Referee:
United States Danyel Howard
Linesmen:
United States Julie Piacentini
Czech Republic Klára Quagliato
Weatherston (Sostorics) (PP) – 17:331–0
Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) (PP) – 19:152–0
Wickenheiser (Apps) (PP) – 34:593–0
Ouellette (Sunohara) (PP) – 36:264–0
Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 47:495–0
Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) (PP) – 54:476–0
14 minPenalties16 min
40Shots17

Bronze medal game

20 February 2006
16:35
Potter)
0–421:44 – Ka. King (Chu, Kr. King)
12 minPenalties20 min14Shots20

Gold medal game

20 February 2006
20:35		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Martin
GoaliesCharline LabontéReferee:
Finland Anu Hirvonen
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Klára Quagliato
Finland Johanna Suban
0–103:15 – Apps (Wickenheiser)
0–212:13 – Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill)
0–328:58 – Piper (Wickenheiser, Pounder)
0–430:27 – Hefford (Botterill, Vaillancourt)
G. Andersson (Holst, Rooth) (PP) – 45:241–4
6 minPenalties12 min
8Shots26

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
4  Finland
5  Germany
6  Russia
7   Switzerland
8  Italy

Statistics

Leading scorers

Rank Player GP G A Pts PIM +/− POS
1 Canada Hayley Wickenheiser 5 5 12 17 6 +15 F
2 Canada Cherie Piper 5 7 8 15 0 +15 F
3 Canada Gillian Apps 5 7 7 14 14 +13 F
4 Canada Caroline Ouellette 5 5 4 9 4 +12 F
4 Sweden Maria Rooth 5 5 4 9 2 +1 F
6
Jenny Potter
 5 2 7 9 4 +10 F
7
Katie King
 5 6 2 8 2 +6 F
8 United States Sarah Parsons 5 4 3 7 0 +9 F
9 Canada Jayna Hefford 5 3 4 7 0 +8 F
10 Canada Jennifer Botterill 5 1 6 7 4 +6 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; +/− = P Plus–minus; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Rank Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
1
Charline Labonte
 180:00 1 0.33 42 97.62 2
2 Germany Jennifer Harß 190:00 6 1.89 103 94.17 1
3 Switzerland Florence Schelling 150:00 6 2.40 90 93.33 1
4 Canada Kim St-Pierre 120:00 1 0.50 13 92.31 1
5
Kim Martin
 190:00 7 2.21 96 92.71 0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:IIHF.com

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

References

External links

  • IIHF Official Site
  • Complete results
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.
  • IIHF results index for 2006
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