Canada women's national ice hockey team
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Women’s Ice Hockey | ||
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1998 | Ice Hockey |
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2002 | Ice Hockey |
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2006 | Ice Hockey |
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| Team Jersey |
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| Association |
| Hockey Canada |
| Current coach |
| Melody Davidson, 2004- |
| Most Games** |
| Geraldine Heaney: 125 |
| Most Points** |
| Hayley Wickenheiser: 164 |
| First Game* |
| Canada 15 - 1 Sweden (Ottawa, Canada; March 19, 1990) |
| Largest win* |
| Canada 18 - 0 Japan (Ottawa, Canada; March 22, 1990) |
| Largest defeat* |
| Canada 4 - 7 United States (Nagano, Japan; February 14, 1998) |
| Olympics |
| Gold medalists: 2- 2002, 2006 |
| World Championships |
| Gold medalists: 8- 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 |
| * Includes World Championships and Olympics only ** National team totals [1] |
The Canadian national women's ice hockey team is controlled by Hockey Canada. Canada has been, by far, the most dominant women's hockey team in international play, having only lost a total of four games in both the olympics and the World Championships, all coming against their rivals, the Americans. Two of those losses came at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and one came at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, the only two major tournaments where they lost. In recent years, the team has been more or less at par with the U.S. team. Canada has 62,640 female players (2005). The head coach is Melody Davidson
2006 Olympic Roster
Goaltenders
Defence
Gillian Ferrari- Becky Kellar
Carla MacLeod
Caroline Ouellette- Cheryl Pounder
- Saskatchewan Colleen Sostorics
Forwards
- Meghan Agosta
- Gillian Apps
- Manitoba Jennifer Botterill
- Cassie Campbell
- Danielle Goyette
- Jayna Hefford
- Gina Kingsbury
- Cherie Piper
- Vicky Sunohara
- Sarah Vaillancourt
- Katie Weatherston
- Saskatchewan Hayley Wickenheiser
Alternates
- Manitoba Delaney Collins (Defence)
- Manitoba Sami Jo Small (Goaltender)
Head coaches
- 2005 - Melody Davidson
- 2004 - Karen Hughes
- 2001, 2002 - Danièle Sauvageau
- 2000 - Melody Davidson
- 1999 - Danièle Sauvageau
- 1997, 1998 - Shannon Miller
- 1994 - Les Lawton
- 1992 - Rick Polutnick
- 1990 - Dave McMaster
World Championship record
- 1990 - Won Gold Medal
- 1992 - Won Gold Medal
- 1994 - Won Gold Medal
- 1997 - Won Gold Medal
- 1999 - Won Gold Medal
- 2000 - Won Gold Medal
- 2001 - Won Gold Medal
- 2004 - Won Gold Medal
- 2005 - Won Silver Medal
Olympic record
3/4 nations cup record
- 1996 - Won Gold Medal
- 1997 - Won Silver Medal
- 1998 - Won Gold Medal
- 1999 - Won Gold Medal
- 2000 - Won Gold Medal (4 Nations Cup)
- 2001 - Won Gold Medal
- 2002 - Won Gold Medal (4 Nations Cup)
- 2003 - Won Silver Medal (4 Nations Cup)
- 2004 - Won Gold Medal (4 Nations Cup)
- 2005 - Won Gold Medal (4 Nations Cup)