Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. The men's competition, held from February 15 to February 26, was won by Sweden, and the women's competition, held from February 11 to February 20, was won by Canada.

In a celebration of the gold in Stockholm on 27 February, the Swedish team was seen in front of ads for sponsors of the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, not the ones of the Swedish Olympic Committee. This could have led to Sweden's disqualification, but the Finnish opponents in the final game choose not to report the incident to the IOC [1].

Fixtures and Results
Rosters: Men | Women
Statistics: Men | Women
Game stats: Men | Women

Men's competition

The format was changed from the version used in the 1998 and 2002 tournaments. In the new format the number of teams were reduced from 14 to 12 and the preliminary and final group stages were combined to form two six-team groups with the top four from each group advancing to the quarter-finals.

These changes had the following effects:

They increased the number of group games played by the so-called "Super Six" who previously automatically qualified for the final group stage from three to five.
They ensured that all teams in the tournament were treated more or less equally, and ensured that NHL players could play the entire tournament whether or not they were part of the "Super Six" group of teams.
They ensured that only four teams from each group will advance to the knock-out stage. This would give the games more meaning.

Final Rankings

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze
Sweden Niclas Hävelid Kenny Jönsson Niklas Kronwall Nicklas Lidström Mattias Öhlund Ronnie Sundin Daniel Tjärnqvist Daniel Alfredsson Per Johan Axelsson Peter Forsberg Mika Hannula Tomas Holmström Jörgen Jönsson Fredrik Modin Samuel Påhlsson Mikael Samuelsson Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Mats Sundin Henrik Zetterberg Stefan Liv Henrik Lundqvist Mikael Tellqvist	Finland Aki Berg Lasse Kukkonen Toni Lydman Antti-Jussi Niemi Petteri Nummelin Teppo Numminen Sami Salo Kimmo Timonen Niklas Hagman Jukka Hentunen Olli Jokinen Jussi Jokinen Niko Kapanen Saku Koivu Mikko Koivu Antti Laaksonen Jere Lehtinen Ville Nieminen Ville Peltonen Jarkko Ruutu Teemu Selänne Niklas Bäckström Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Czech Republic Frantisek Kaberle Tomáš Kaberle Filip Kuba Marek Malik Jaroslav Spacek Marek Zidlicky Jan Bulis Petr Cajanek Patrick Elias Martin Erat Milan Hejduk Ales Hemsky Jaromir Jagr Ales Kotalik Robert Lang Rostislav Olesz Vaclav Prospal Martin Rucinsky Martin Straka David Vyborny Dominik Hašek Milan Hnilicka Dusan Salficky Tomas Vokoun

Group A

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Points
Template:FINh	5	5	0	0	19	2	10
Template:SUIh	5	2	1	2	10	12	6
Template:CANh	5	3	2	0	15	9	6
Template:CZEh	5	2	3	0	14	12	4
Template:GERh	5	0	3	2	7	16	2
Template:ITAh	5	0	3	2	9	23	2

Preliminary round summary

Team	FIN	SUI	CAN	CZE	GER	ITA
FIN		5-0	2-0	4-2	2-0	6-0
SUI	0-5		2-0	3-2	2-2	3-3
CAN	0-2	0-2		3-2	5-1	7-2
CZE	2-4	2-3	2-3		4-1	4-1
GER	0-2	2-2	1-5	1-4		3-3
ITA	0-6	3-3	2-7	1-4	3-3

Preliminary round


15 February
	Italy	2 – 7	Canada	Palasport Olimpico (1300)
		First period		Ref: Thomas Andersson
			Iginla (Bertuzzi, Sakic) pp 5:33
		Second period
	Cirone (Scandella) pp 0:43
			Heatley (St. Louis, Lecavalier) 1:55
			Doan (Pronger, Richards) 5:38
			Iginla (Sakic) pp 6:40
			St. Louis (Heatley, Lecavalier) 13:53
			Richards (Doan, Bertuzzi) 14:38
	Parco (Tuzzolino) 18:08
		Third period
			Thornton (Gagné) pp 3:39
		Game stats


15 February
	Switzerland	0 – 5	Finland	Torino Esposizioni (1535)
		First period		Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
			O. Jokinen (Peltonen) pp 13:07
		Second period
			Numminen (Selänne, Lehtinen) pp 3:35
			O. Jokinen (Peltonen, J. Jokinen) pp 8:40
			Selänne (Koivu) 13:25
			Selänne (Lehtinen, O. Jokinen) 19:25
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats


15 February
	Germany	1 – 4	Czech Republic	Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period		Ref: Dan Marouelli
	Boos (Sulzer) pp 19:10
		Second period
			Kaberle (Kubina, Vokoun) pp 1:20
			Kaberle (Straka, Jagr) pp 3:38
		Third period
			Jagr 17:47
			Výborný 19:32
		Game stats


16 February
	Finland	6 – 0	Italy	Palasport Olimpico (1205)
		First period		Ref: Vyacheslav Bulanov
		no scoring
		Second period
	Lehtinen (Numminen) pp 1:49
	Koivu (Numminen) pp 3:51
	J. Jokinen (Nummelin, Salo) pp 10:11
	Peltonen (Nummelin) pp 18:25
		Third period
	Selänne (Koivu, Salo) pp 12:07
	Selänne (Lehtinen) 15:08
		Game stats


16 February
	Czech Republic	2 – 3	Switzerland	Torino Esposizioni (1300)
		First period		Ref: Dennis Larue
			Ziegler (Ruthemann) 5:11
		Second period
	Jagr (Straka, Prospal) 2:55
			Paterlini sh 9:44
		Third period
	Zidlicky (Hemsky, Rucinsky) 1:00
			Streit (Seger, Pluss) 6:42
		Game stats


16 February
	Canada	5 – 1	Germany	Palasport Olimpico (2005)
		First period		Ref: Christer Lärking
	Redden (Gagné, Thornton) 4:52
	Sakic (Bertuzzi, Nash) pp 7:29
	Gagné (Regehr, Richards) 10:49
		Second period
			Ehrhoff (Schubert, Ustorf) 9:13
	Heatley (Foote) 15:37
		Third period
	Doan (Smyth) 19:26
		Game stats


18 February
	Italy	3 – 3	Germany	Palasport Olimpico (1205)
		First period		Ref: Timo Favorin
	Parco (Iob) 02:03
		Second period
			Martinec (Boos) 26:21
		Third period
	Iob (Parco, de Bettin) 44:27
			Felski (Kreutzer) 47:16
	Borgatello (de Bettin, Chitarroni) sh 58:28
			Goc (Kreutzer, Lewandowski) pp 58:43
		Game stats


18 February
	Switzerland	2 – 0	Canada	Torino Esposizionio (2005)
		First period		Ref: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	di Pietro (Della Rossa) 18:19
		Second period
	di Pietro (Bezina, Streit) pp 8:47
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats


18 February
	Czech Republic	2 – 4	Finland	Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period		Ref: Thomas Andersson
	Zidlicky (Lang, Hejduk) pp 8:25
			O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, Peltonen) 14:14
		Second period
			Lehtinen (Timonen) 35:02
	Zidlicky (Lang, Spacek) pp 38:17
		Third period
			Selänne (Lehtinen, S. Koivu) 40:30
			Lehtinen (S. Koivu, Selänne) 48:33
		Game stats


19 February
	Germany	2 – 2	Switzerland	Palasport Olimpico (1205)
		First period		Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
		no scoring
		Second period
	Felski (Ehrhoff) 22:20
			Conne (Fischer) pp 28:17
			di Pietro (Della Rossa) 38:50
		Third period
	Boos (Lewandowski, Martinec) 52:09
		Game stats


19 February
	Czech Republic	4 – 1	Italy	Palasport Olimpico (2005)
		First period		Ref: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Hejduk (Výborný, Kaberle) 12:57
	Prospal (Jagr, Straka) 14:20
		Second period
	Prospal (Straka) sh 28:36
		Third period
			John Parco (De Bettin, Iob) 57:53
	Prospal (Straka, Vokoun) 58:40
		Game stats


19 February
	Finland	2 – 0	Canada	Torino Esposizioni (2105)
		First period		Ref: Vladimir Sindler
	Selänne (S. Koivu) 11:14
	Kapanen (Timonen, Nieminen) 15:02
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
		no scoring


21 February
	Switzerland	3 – 3	Italy	Torino Esposizioni (1230)
		First period		Ref: Dennis Larue
	Lemm (Bezina, Blindenbacher) pp 3:06
	Fischer (Pluss) 6:33
			Busillo (Nardella) pp 15:41
		Second period
			Trevisani (Cirone, Busillo) pp 00:53
		Third period
			Iob (Giorgio De Bettin) 6:13
	Ruthemann 16:38
		Game stats


21 February
	Finland	2 – 0	Germany	Torino Esposizioni (1535)
		First period		Ref: Danny Kurmann
	Kapanen (Hagman, S. Koivu) pp 2:35
		Second period
	S. Koivu (Lehtinen Selänne), pp 39:39
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats


21 February
	Canada	3 – 2	Czech Republic	Palasport Olimpico (1635)
		First period		Ref: Dan Marouelli
	Richards (Iginla, Pronger) 7:37
	St. Louis (Lecavalier, Blake) pp 11:19
	Pronger (Thornton) 19:24
		Second period
			Kubina (Jagr, Rucinsky) pp 33:46
		Third period
			Cajanek (T. Kaberle, Hemsky) 42:41
		Game stats

Group B

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Points
Template:SVKh	5	5	0	0	18	8	10
Template:RUSh	5	4	1	0	23	11	8
Template:SWEh	5	3	2	0	15	12	6
Template:USAh	5	1	3	1	13	13	3
Template:KAZh	5	1	4	0	9	18	2
Template:LATh	5	0	4	1	11	29	1

Preliminary round summary

Team	SVK	RUS	SWE	USA	KAZ	LAT
SVK		5-3	3-0	2-1	2-1	6-3
RUS	3-5		5-0	5-4	1-0	9-2
SWE	0-3	0-5		2-1	7-2	6-1
USA	1-2	4-5	1-2		4-1	3-3
KAZ	1-2	0-1	2-7	1-4		5-2
LAT	3-6	2-9	1-6	3-3	2-5

Preliminary round


15 February
	Kazakhstan	2 – 7	Sweden	Torino Esposizioni (1135)
		First period		Ref: Vladimir Sindler
			Tjärnqvist (J. Jönsson, Holmström) 7:45
			Alfredsson pp 10:46
			H. Sedin (Samuelsson, D. Sedin) 16:06
		Second period
	Koreshkov sh 0:17
			Axelsson (Påhlsson, Öhlund) 8:47
			M. Sundin (Bäckman, Modin) pp 11:08
			D. Sedin (Öhlund, H. Sedin) 15:31
			Tjärnqvist (Axelsson, Påhlsson) 16:21
		Third period
	Antipin (Upper) 8:33
		Game stats


15 February
	Russia	3 – 5	Slovakia	Torino Esposizioni (2005)
		First period		Ref: Paul Devorski
			Demitra (Hossa, Suchy) 9:07
	Datsyuk (D. Markov) 10:00
	Kovalev (Datsyuk, Kovalchuk) 12:38
		Second period
			Visnovsky (Demitra) pp 5:51
	Ovechkin (Gonchar, Tyutin) pp 10:30
			Bondra (Meszaros, Chara) pp 13:50
		Third period
			Gaborik 16:42
			Gaborik 19:31
		Game stats


15 February
	Latvia	3 – 3	United States	Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period		Ref: Timo Favorin
			Gionta (Liles, Gomez) pp 9:44
			Conroy 10:38
	Nizivijs (Ozolinsh) 12:38
		Second period
	Tribuncovs (Ozolinsh, Nizvijs) pp 15:40
	Vasiljevs (Lavins) 15:44
		Third period
			Leopold (Hedican, Conroy) 2:10
		Game stats


16 February
	Sweden	0 – 5	Russia	Palasport Olimpico (1605)
		First period		Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
		no scoring
		Second period
			Kovalev (A. Markov) pp 7:13
			Ovechkin (Yashin) 8:50
			Sushinsky (Malkin, Zhukov) 18:58
		Third period
			Kozlov (Frolov, Korolyuk) 10:31
			Afinogenov (Datsyuk) 14:40
		Game stats


16 February
	Slovakia	6 – 3	Latvia	Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period		Ref: Danny Kurmann
	Zednik (Visnovsky) 5:23
	Petrovický (Surovy, Meszaros) 5:43
			Ozolinsh (Cipulis, Pantelejevs) 6:27
	Demitra (Hossa) sh 7:54
	Hossa 13:17
		Second period
			Cipulis (Cipruss, Pantelejevs) 0:54
			Nizivijs (Skratsins) 6:51
	Chara (Hossa) 15:44
		Third period
	Hossa (Gaborik) 2:10
		Game stats


16 February
	United States	4 – 1	Kazakhstan	Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period		Ref: Thomas Andersson
	Guerin (Drury) 1:34
	Rolston (Weight) pp 8:31
	Gionta (Liles, Gomez) pp 16:50
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
			Koreshkov (Vassilchenko) pp 11:20
	Modano (Cole) 11:53
		Game stats


18 February
	Kazakhstan	0 – 1	Russia	Torino Esposizioni (1135)
		First period		Ref: Christer Lärking
		no scoring
		Second period
			Kharitonov (Sushinsky, Malkin) 11:38
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats


18 February
	Sweden	6 – 1	Latvia	Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period		Ref: Paul Devorski
	Påhlsson (Forsberg) 14:20
		Second period
	Lidström (Zetterberg) pp 2:22
	Alfredsson (K. Jönsson) pp 4:59
	Axelsson (Forsberg, Påhlsson) pp 5:17
	Zetterberg (Holmström) 7:58
		Third period
	Alfredsson (M. Sundin, Forsberg) 4:48
			Ziedins (Nizivijs, Ozolinsh) 9:10
		Game stats


18 February
	Slovakia	2 – 1	United States	Torino Esposizioni (2005)
		First period		Ref: Dan Marouelli
		no scoring
		Second period
	Hossa (Demitra, Gaborik) pp 14:20
			Rolston (Rafalski, Gomez) pp 18:24
		Third period
	Bondra (Šatan, Kapus) 1:48
		Game stats


19 February
	Russia	9 – 2	Latvia	Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period		Ref: Dennis Larue
	Kovalchuk (Kovalev, D. Markov) 7:26
	Sushinsky (Kharitonov, Gonchar) pp 9:15
			Cipruss sh 9:55
	Kovalchuk (Datsyuk) 12:36
		Second period
	Kovalchuk (Kovalev, Datsyuk) 3:32
	Kozlov (Yashin) 5:45
	Kovalchuk (Datsyuk) 15:16
		Third period
	Yashin (Kozlov, Zhukov) 1:58
	Malkin (Sushinsky, Vishnevski) 7:32
	Ovechkin (Kozlov, Yashin) 16:27
			Redlihs (Berzins) 18:04
		Game stats


19 February
	Slovakia	2 – 1	Kazakhstan	Palasport Olimpico (1605)
		First period		Ref: Danny Kurmann
			Koreshkov (Koreshjov, Savenkov) 16:16
		Second period
	Bondra (Kapus, Jurcina) 19:50
		Third period
	Hossa (Demitra, Gaborik) 18:09
		Game stats


19 February
	United States	1 – 2	Sweden	Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period		Ref: Dan Marouelli
			Alfredsson (Jönsson, M. Sundin) 7:05
	Modano (Conroy, Chelios) 17:31
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
			Samuelsson (Alfredsson, M. Sundin) 4:22
		Game stats


21 February
	Latvia	2 – 5	Kazakhstan	Torino Esposizioni (1135)
		First period		Ref: Christer Lärking
			A. Koreshov (Y. Koreshkov) 14:20
	Tambijevs (Nizivijs) pp 15:13
		Second period
			Antropov (Koreshkov) 15:04
		Third period
	Cipruss (Pantelejevs, Tribuncovs) 5:04
			Alexandrov (Polichshuk, Trochshinsky) 12:33
			Y. Koreshkov ps 14:53
			Y. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov) 18:08
		Game stats


21 February
	Sweden	0 – 3	Slovakia	Torino Esposizioni (2005)
		First period		Ref: Timo Favorin
			Bondra (Šatan, Stumpel) 15:51
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
			Hossa (Demitra, Gaborik) 6:16
			Suchy (Demitra, Hossa) 18:58
		Game stats


21 February
	United States	4 – 5	Russia	Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period		Ref: Paul Devorski
			Korolyuk 9:27
			Malkin (Kasparitis) 10:41
	Rolston (Conroy) pp 18:38
		Second period
			A. Markov (Datsyuk, Sushinsky) 15:00
	Gionta (Gomez, Weight) 15:04
		Third period
	Gomez (Schneider, Rolston) pp 5:00
			Ovechkin (Malkin, Kasparitis) 9:55
	Cole (Knuble, Drury) 10:38
			Kovalev (Datsyuk, Malkin) 11:52
		Game stats

Finals round

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Quarterfinals


22 February
	Switzerland	2 – 6	Sweden	Torino Esposizioni (1635)
		First period		Ref: Dan Marouelli
			H. Sedin (D. Sedin, Lidström) 3:05
	Streit (Della Rossa, Plüss) 8:37
			Modin (Forsberg, Alfredsson) pp 13:39
		Second period
			Zetterberg (Holmström, K. Jönsson) 2:07
			M. Sundin (Lidström, Alfredsson) pp 9:07
			M. Sundin (Forsberg, Tjärnqvist) 12:52
		Third period
	Lemm (Ruthemann) 0:49
			Påhlsson (Alfredsson, Axelsson) 8:36
		Game stats


22 February
	Finland	4 – 3	United States	Palasport Olimpico (1735)
		First period		Ref: Paul Devorski
	Peltonen (J. Jokinen, Salo) 9:33
	Salo sh 12:01
			Knuble (Schneider, Weight) 13:14
		Second period
			Schneider (Rafalski, Conroy) 1:29
	O. Jokinen (Peltonen) pp 5:06
	O. Jokinen pp 17:10
		Third period
			Gionta (Drury, Cole) pp 15:33
		Game stats


22 February
	Russia	2 – 0	Canada	Torino Esposizioni (2035)
		First period		Ref: Dennis Larue
		no scoring
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Ovechkin (Kozlov) pp 1:30
	Kovalev (A. Markov) pp 19:37
		Game stats


22 February
	Slovakia	1 – 3	Czech Republic	Palasport Olimpico (2135)
		First period		Ref: Don van Massenhoven
			Rucinsky sh 3:05
		Second period
			Hejduk (F. Kaberle, Rucinsky) 8:41
		Third period
	Gaborik (Hossa) 3:38
			Straka 59:57
		Game stats

Semifinals


24 February
	Sweden	7 – 3	Czech Republic	Torino Esposizioni (1635)
		First period		Ref: Dan Marouelli
	Modin (M. Sundin, Forsberg) 0:34
			Kuba (Straka, Prospal) 3:11
	Axelsson (Lidström, Kronwall) 16:41
		Second period
	H. Sedin (D. Sedin) 1:16
	Bäckman (Alfredsson) 3:54
	J. Jönsson (K. Jönsson, Samuelsson) pp 7:54
			Hemský (Jágr, Zidlický) pp 10:40
			Prospal (Výborný) 11:25
	Alfredsson (Axelsson) 19:00
		Third period
	Holmström (Zetterberg) 16:05
		Game stats


24 February
	Finland	4 – 0	Russia	Torino Esposizioni (2105)
		First period		Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
	Peltonen (Timonen) pp 6:13
		Second period
	Lydman (S. Koivu) 9:33
	S. Koivu (Timonen, Selänne) pp 13:51
		Third period
	O. Jokinen (Peltonen, Kapanen) 9:17
		Game stats

Bronze medal game


25 February
	Russia	0 – 3	Czech Republic	Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period		Ref: Thomas Andersson
			Erat (Výborný, Lang) 4:48
		Second period
			Židlický (Jágr, Lang) pp 6:36
		Third period
			Straka (Erat) 19:52
		Game stats

Gold medal game


26 February
	Sweden	3 – 2	Finland	Palasport Olimpico (1405)
		First period		Ref: Paul Devorski
			Timonen (Selänne) pp 14:45
		Second period
	Zetterberg (Samuelsson, Bäckman) pp 4:42
	Kronwall (Zetterberg) pp 13:24
			Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) 15:00
		Third period
	Lidström (M. Sundin, Forsberg) 0:10
		Game stats

Leading scorers

At the end of game 34. Sweden 3-2 Finland

Rk	Player	Games played	Goals	Assists	Pts	PIM	+/-	Shots
1	Teemu Selänne	8	6	5	11	4	+7	28
2	Saku Koivu	8	3	8	11	12	+5	16
3	Daniel Alfredsson	8	5	5	10	4	+2	15
3	Marian Hossa	6	5	5	10	4	+9	19
5	Ville Peltonen	8	4	5	9	6	+4	22
6	Olli Jokinen	8	6	2	8	2	+5	28
7	Jere Lehtinen	8	3	5	8	0	+6	22
7	Mats Sundin	8	3	5	8	4	+1	27
9	Martin Straka	8	2	6	8	6	+4	17
10	Pavel Datsyuk	8	1	7	8	10	+5	13

Hat Trick scorers

Leading goaltenders

Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.

Rk	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Antero Niittymäki	358:51	8	1.34	.951	156
2	Evgeni Nabokov	359:27	8	1.34	.940	126
3	David Aebischer	200	7	2.10	.940	110
4	Peter Budaj	179:24	6	2.01	.924	73
5	Martin Brodeur	238:40	8	2.01	.923	96

Shut-out posters

Awards

The tournament all-star team was voted on by the international media at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:

Player	Position	Team
Antero Niittymäki	G	Template:FINh
Nicklas Lidström	D	Template:SWEh
Kimmo Timonen	D	Template:FINh
Teemu Selänne	F	Template:FINh
Saku Koivu	F	Template:FINh
Alexander Ovechkin	F	Template:RUSh

Additionally, Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player [2] and the best goaltender of the tournament. Teemu Selänne was named the best forward and Kenny Jönsson was awarded as the best defenceman of the tournament.

Qualification

Twelve places were allotted for the men's ice hockey tournament. The first eight were awarded to the top eight teams in the International Ice Hockey Federation ranking following the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Those teams were:

Canada
Sweden
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Finland
United States
Russia
Germany

The teams that automatically qualified include the same "Super Six" teams that were automatically qualified for the final group stage in the two previous tournaments, plus Slovakia and Germany which (IIHF rankings notwithstanding) are generally regarded by fans as being the seventh and eighth best teams. The ninth place was given to the host nation, Italy. The final three places were allotted through qualification tournaments in which Switzerland, Kazakhstan, and Latvia won places.

Qualification tournaments

Groups D, E and F winners advance to Groups C, B and A respectively. Groups A, B, and C winners qualify for the Olympic tournament.
Group D - Briancon, France (11-14 November 2004)

France-x (3-0)
Romania (2-1)
Estonia (1-2)
Bulgaria (0-3)

Group E - Nowy Targ, Poland (11-14 November 2004)

Poland-x (3-0)
Netherlands (2-1)
Lithuania (1-2)
Croatia (0-3)

Group F - Stavanger, Norway (11-14 November 2004)

Group A - Kloten, Switzerland (10-13 February 2005)

Switzerland-x (3-0)
Norway (2-1)
Denmark (1-2)
Japan (0-3)

Group B - Riga, Latvia (10-13 February 2005)

Latvia-x (3-0)
Belarus (2-1)
Slovenia (1-2)
Poland (0-3)

Group C - Klagenfurt, Austria (10-13 February 2005)

Kazakhstan-x (2-1)
Austria (1-1-1)
France (1-1-1)
Ukraine (1-2)

Women's competition

The loss of the United States to Sweden in Semifinal 1 was one of the most important events in the history of international women's ice hockey. It was the first time that either the US or Canada had lost in an international competition (other than to each other).

Final Rankings

Medals
Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Template:CANhw Becky Kellar Colleen Sostorics Charline Labonte Cherie Piper Cheryl Pounder Caroline Ouellette Danielle Goyette Jayna Hefford Jennifer Botterill Hayley Wickenheiser Kim St-Pierre Vicky Sunohara Cassie Campbell Gillian Ferrari Carla MacLeod Meghan Agosta Gillian Apps Gina Kingsbury Sarah Vaillancourt Katie Weatherston	Template:SWEhw Cecilia Andersson Gunilla Andersson Jenni Asserholt Ann-Louise Edstrand Joa Elfsberg Emma Eliasson Erika Holst Nanna Jansson Ylva Lindberg Jenny Lindqvist Kristina Lundberg Kim Martin Frida Nevalainen Emilie O'Konor Maria Rooth Danijela Rundqvist Therese Sjölander Katarina Timglas Anna Vikman Pernilla Winberg	Template:USAhw Pam Dreyer Chanda Gunn Courtney Kennedy Angela Ruggiero Lyndsay Wall Helen Resor Caitlin Cahow Molly Engstrom Jamie Hagerman Krissy Wendell Kim Insalaco Jenny Potter Julie Chu Kelly Stephens Kathleen Kauth Kristin King Katie King Natalie Darwitz Tricia Dunn-Luoma Sarah Parsons

Group A

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	GF	GA	Points
Template:CANhw	3	3	0	36	1	6
Template:SWEhw	3	2	1	15	9	4
Template:RUShw	3	1	2	6	16	2
Template:ITAhw	3	0	3	1	28	0

Preliminary round


11 February
	Sweden	3 – 1	Russia	Palasport Olimpico (1535)
		First period		Ref: Stephanie Normand
		no scoring
		Second period
	Jansson (Lindberg, Winberg) pp 3:26
	Timglas (Rooth, O'Konor) pp 5:14
			Trefilova 19:21
		Third period
	Rooth (G. Andersson) pp 00:32
		Game stats


11 February
	Canada	16 – 0	Italy	Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period		Ref: Danyel Howard
	Ouellette (Hefford, MacLeod) 1:36
	Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) 1:52
	Wickenheiser (Piper) 4:04
	Ouellette (Botterill, Campbell) pp 6:53
	Pounder (Kellar) 11:34
		Second period
	Vaillancourt (Piper) 0:25
	MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) 2:32
	Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) 18:45
	Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) 19:56
		Third period
	Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) 1:35
	Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) 7:31
	Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) pp 8:41
	Pounder 9:42
	Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) 12:19
	Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) pp 16:15
	Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) 17:37
		Game stats


12 February
	Canada	12 – 0	Russia	Torino Esposizioni (1630)
		First period		Ref: Joy Tottman
	Sunohara (Ouellette, Goyette) 4:53
	Agosta (Kingsbury, Weatherston) 6:52
	Piper (Apps) sh 10:00
	Goyette (Campbell) 15:14
	Piper (Wickenheiser) 16:18
	Wickenheiser sh 17:48
	Agosta (Vaillancourt) 19:20
		Second period
	Weatherston (Ouelltte, Vaillancourt) 7:19
	Agosta pp 13:27
		Third period
	Piper (Wickenheiser) 1:16
	Vaillancourt (Hefford, Botterill) 7:47
	MacLeod (Wickenheiser) 12:33
		Game stats


13 February
	Sweden	11 – 0	Italy	Torino Esposizioni (1505)
		First period		Ref: Katerina Ivicicova
	Sjölander (Winberg) pp 7:09
	Sjölander (Lindberg, Asserholt) pp 15:45
	G. Andersson (Holst) 18:15
		Second period
	Jansson (Eliasson) 0:59
	Holst (Rooth) 2:08
	Edstrand (Sjölander) 11:45
	Rooth (Holst) sh 12:37
	G. Andersson (Nevalainen) 14:16
		Third period
	Sjölander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) 9:31
	Rooth (G. Andersson) pp 10:55
	Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) pp 18:08
		Game stats


14 February
	Italy	1 – 5	Russia	Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period		Ref: Bianca Walter
	Florian (Leitner, Bettarina) pp 8:20
			Gladysheva pp 11:17
		Second period
			Trefilova (Pashkevich) pp 5:51
		Third period
			Gavrilova (Kholmich) pp 4:31
			Gavrilova (Sotnikova) 6:53
			Trefilova (Schchelchkova) pp 13:40
		Game stats


14 February
	Canada	8 – 1	Sweden	Torino Esposizioni (1530)
		First period		Ref: Anu Hirvonen
	Apps 4:36
	Wickenheiser (Pounder) 12:28
		Second period
	Apps pp 3:53
	Apps (Wickenheiser, Piper) 10:58
	Goyette (Piper, Campbell) pp 14:02
			Lindberg (Jansson, Winberg) 16:12
	Weatherston (Kingsbury) 17:25
	Hefford 18:53
		Third period
	Goyette (Piper, Wickenheiser) 6:02
		Game stats

Group B

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	GF	GA	Points
Template:USAhw	3	3	0	18	3	6
Template:FINhw	3	2	1	10	7	4
Template:GERhw	3	1	2	2	9	2
Template:SUIhw	3	0	3	1	12	0

Preliminary round


11 February
	Finland	3 – 0	Germany	Torino Esposizioni (1300)
		First period		Ref: Arina Ustinova
	Pehkonen (Pelttari, Saara Tuominen) 8:15
	Pelttari pp 17:20
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Pälvilä sh 3:13
		Game stats


11 February
	United States	6 – 0	Switzerland	Torino Esposizioni (1805)
		First period		Ref: Katerina Ivicicova
	Ka. King (Potter) 2:38
		Second period
	Dunn-Luoma sh 12:27
		Third period
	Wendell (Ruggiero, Potter) 7:53
	Darwitz (Parsons) 10:33
	Wendell (Potter) 12:40
	Potter (Ruggiero) pp 18:50
		Game stats


12 February
	Germany	0 – 5	United States	Palasport Olimpico (1805)
		First period		Ref: Anu Hirvonen
			Potter (Ka. King) pp 4:33
			Ka. King (Chu, Potter) pp 17:13
		Second period
			Parsons (Resor, Stephens) 1:11
			Darwitz (Parsons, Kr. King) 9:57
		Third period
			Parsons (Ruggiero) 10:54
		Game stats


13 February
	Finland	4 – 0	Switzerland	Palasport Olimpico (1805)
		First period		Ref: Bianca Walter
	Saara Tuominen (Pelttari) pp 14:10
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Rantamäki 5:21
	Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) 11:58
	Pehkonen (Rantamäki) 12:50
		Game stats


14 February
	Switzerland	1 – 2	Germany	Torino Esposizioni (1805)
		First period		Ref: Danyel Howard
		no scoring
		Second period
			M. Lanzl (Becker) 3:16
	Schumacher (Ju. Marty) pp 9:00
			Oswald (M. Lanzl, Ritter) pp 9:36
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats


14 February
	United States	7 – 3	Finland	Torino Esposizioni (1805)
		First period		Ref: Stephanie Normand
			Pehkonen (Rantamäki) 0:13
	Parsons (Wendell, Potter) pp 8:08
			Laaksonen (Saara Tuominen) pp 11:26
		Second period
			Kovalainen (Saarinen) pp 12:10
	Parsons (Chu) 18:54
		Third period
	Ka. King 1:28
	Ruggiero 10:16
	Darwitz (Wall) pp 11:10
	Wendell (Parsons, Ruggiero) 12:18
	Ruggiero (Darwitz, Stephens) 15:36
		Game stats

Classification 5-8


17 February
	Russia	6 – 2	Switzerland	Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period		Ref: Katerina Ivicicova
	Trefilova 2:03
			Rochat 10:52
		Second period
	Burina (Mishina, Barykina) 5:14
	Mishina (Smolentseva) 6:19
	Mishina (Byalkovskaya) pp 10:00
			Lehmann (Cattaneo, Bullo) 11:55
	Mishina (Smolentseva) 19:18
		Third period
	Kapustina (Shchelchkova) pp 12:17
		Game stats


17 February
	Germany	5 – 2	Italy	Torino Esposizioni (1835)
		First period		Ref: Arina Ustinova
	Becker (M. Lanzl) 0:27
	Seiler (Tamas) pp 5:32
			Leitner 6:18
			Leitner (Kaser, Bazzanella)6:59
	Holmes (Soesilo) 7:47
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Becker (Ritter) 2:50
	Ritter (Becker, M. Lanzl) 15:35
		Game stats

Classification 7/8


20 February
	Switzerland	11 – 0	Italy	Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period		Ref: Stephanie Normand
	Diaz (Rochat) 4:33
	Diaz (Mosimann) pp 9:54
	Ju. Marty (Diaz, Je. Marty) pp 16:06
	Lehmann (S. Marty) 16:41
		Second period
	Ruhnke (Rochat) 2:36
	Ju. Marty (Ruhnke) 6:51
	Meier (Kunzle) 11:09
	Lehmann (Mosimann) 12:48
	Ruhnke (Rochat) 13:16
	S. Marty (Lehmann) 15:37
		Third period
	S. Marty (Lehmann) 16:08
		Game stats

Classification 5/6


17 February
	Germany	1 – 0	Russia	Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period		Ref: Danyel Howard
		no scoring
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
		no scoring
		Overtime
		no scoring
		Game Winning Shots
	Becker gwg
		Game stats

Finals round

Template:Semi-2-groups

Semifinals


17 February
	United States	2 – 3	Sweden	Palasport Olimpico (1705)
		First period		Ref: Joy Tottman
	Kr. King (Potter, Chu) pp 11:55
		Second period
	Stephens (Wall, Darwitz) pp 1:04
			Rooth (O'Konor) 6:17
			Rooth (Holst) sh 9:40
		Third period
		no scoring
		Overtime
		no scoring
		Game Winning Shots
			Winberg gwg
		Game stats


17 February
	Canada	6 – 0	Finland	Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period		Ref: Danyel Howard
	Weatherston (Sostorics) pp 17:33
	Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) pp 19:15
		Second period
	Wickenheiser (Apps) pp 14:59
	Ouellette (Sunohara) pp 16:26
		Third period
	Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) 7:49
	Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) pp 14:47
		Game stats

Bronze medal game


20 February
	Finland	0 – 4	United States	Palasport Olimpico (1635)
		First period		Ref: Joy Tottman
			Stephens (Chu, Darwitz) pp 2:32
			Ka. King (Resor) 8:09
			Ka. King (Potter) 11:05
		Second period
			Ka. King (Chu, Kr. King) 1:44
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

Gold medal game


20 February
	Canada	4 – 1	Sweden	Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period		Ref: Anu Hirvonen
	Apps (Wickenheiser) 3:15
	Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) 12:13
		Second period
	Piper (Wickenheiser, Pounder) 8:58
	Hefford (Botterill, Vaillancourt) 10:27
		Third period
			Andersson (Holst, Rooth) pp 5:24
		Game stats

Leading scorers

Rk	Player	Games played	Goals	Assists	Pts	PIM	+/-	Shots
1	Hayley Wickenheiser	5	5	12	17	6	+15	21
2	Cherie Piper	5	7	8	15	0	+15	14
3	Gillian Apps	5	7	7	14	14	+13	20
4	Caroline Ouellette	5	5	4	9	4	+12	17
4	Maria Rooth	5	5	4	9	2	+1	22
6	Jenny Potter	5	2	7	9	4	+10	19
7	Katie King	5	6	2	8	2	+6	20
8	Sarah Parsons	5	4	3	7	0	+9	23
9	Jayna Hefford	5	3	4	7	0	+8	15
10	Jennifer Botterill	5	1	6	7	4	+6	10

Hat Trick scorers

Goaltenders

Goalies with 40% or more of their team's total minutes

Rk	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Charline Labonté	180	1	0.33	.976	41
2	Jennifer Harss	190	6	1.89	.942	97
3	Florence Schelling	150	6	2.40	.933	84
4	Kim Martin	190	7	2.21	.927	89
5	Kim St-Pierre	120	1	0.50	.923	12
6	Chandra Gunn	249:58	6	1.44	.893	50
7	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	149:40	12	4.81	.883	91
8	Irina Gashennikova	266:25	12	2.70	.876	85
9	Maija Hassinen	195:17	11	3.38	.875	77
10	Debora Montanari	220	31	8.45	.821	142

Goalies with less than 40% of their team's total minutes

Rk	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Pam Dreyer	60	0	0.00	1.000	10
2	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	120	5	2.50	.875	35
3	Noora Räty	104:43	6	3.44	.867	39
4	Cecilia Andersson	120	8	4.00	.843	43
5	Luana Fraselli	80	17	12.75	.750	51
6	Nadezhda Aleksandrova	43:35	7	9.64	.741	20

Shut-out posters

Noora Raty (Finland)
Kim Martin (Sweden)
Kim St. Pierre (Canada)
Charlene Labonte (Canada)
Chanda Gunn (USA)
Pam Dreyer (USA)
Jennifer Harss (Germany)

Awards

Tournament

Goalkeeper:
- Kim Martin, Template:SWEhw
Defensemen:
- Angela Ruggiero, Template:USAhw
- Carla MacLeod, Template:CANhw
Forwards:
Most Valuable Player:
- Hayley Wickenheiser, Template:CANhw

Qualification

The top four teams from the International Ice Hockey Federation world rankings following the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships qualified automatically. These teams were Canada, the United States, Finland, and Sweden. Italy also gained a place as the host nation. Russia, Germany, and Switzerland qualified for the last three places through qualification tournaments.

Qualification tournaments

Group A - Podolosk, Russia (11-14 November 2004)

Russia-x (2-0)
Japan (1-1)
Czech Republic (0-2)

Group B - Bad Tölz, Germany (11-14 November 2004)

Germany-x (3-0)
Kazakhstan (2-1)
Latvia (1-2)
Slovenia (0-3)

Group C - Beijing, People's Republic of China (11-14 November 2004)

Switzerland-x (3-0)
People's Republic of China (2-1)
France (1-2)
Norway (0-3)

References

Golden girls - Canada savours Olympic victory (National Post)