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

2006 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–20 February
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	136 (6.8 per game)
Attendance	91,609 (4,580 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Hayley Wickenheiser (17 points)
Awards
MVP	Hayley Wickenheiser

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	5 March 2001 – 6 April 2004	Halifax	4	Canada United States Finland Sweden
Qualification tournament	11–13 November 2004	Podolsk	1	Russia
Qualification tournament	11–14 November 2004	Bad Tölz	1	Germany
Qualification tournament	11–14 November 2004	Beijing	1	Switzerland
Total			8

Notes

Rosters

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

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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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:
(H) Hosts

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11 February 2006 15:35

Sweden

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Michaela Kiefer Julie Piacentini
	Jansson (Lindberg, Winberg) (PP) – 23:26 1–0 Timglas (Rooth, O'Konor) (PP) – 25:14 2–0 2–1 39:21 – Trefilova Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) – 40:32 3–1
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	31

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11 February 2006 20:35

Canada

16–0 (5–0, 4–0, 7–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,399

Game reference
	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Debora Montanari Luana Frasnelli	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Sanna Mattila Ilse Robben
	Ouellette (Hefford, MacLeod) – 01:36 1–0 Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) – 01:52 2–0 Wickenheiser (Piper) – 04:04 3–0 Ouellette (Botterill, Campbell) (PP) – 06:53 4–0 Pounder (Kellar) – 11:34 5–0 Vaillancourt (Piper) – 20:25 6–0 MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) – 22:32 7–0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 38:45 8–0 Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) – 39:56 9–0 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) – 41:35 10–0 Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) – 47:31 11–0 Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) (PP) – 48:41 12–0 Pounder – 49:42 13–0 Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) – 52:19 14–0 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 56:15 15–0 Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) – 57:37 16–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	66	Shots	5

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12 February 2006 16:35

Russia

0–12 (0–7, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,414

Game reference
	Irina Gashennikova Nadezhda Alexandrova	Goalies	Charline Labonte	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Johanna Suban Jana Zítková
	0–1 04:53 – Sunohara (Ouellette, Goyette) 0–2 06:52 – Agosta (Kinsbury, Weatherston) 0–3 10:00 – Piper (Apps) (SH) 0–4 15:14 – Goyette (Campbell) 0–5 16:18 – Piper (Wickenheiser) 0–6 17:48 – Wickenheiser (SH) 0–7 19:20 – Agosta (Vaillancourt) 0–8 27:19 – Weatherston (Ouellette, Vaillancourt) 0–9 33:27 – Agosta (PP) 0–10 41:16 – Piper (Wickenheiser) 0–11 47:47 – Vaillancourt (Hefford, Botterill) 0–12 52:33 – MacLeod (Wickenheiser)
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	43

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13 February 2006 15:05

Sweden

11–0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,156

Game reference
	Cecilia Andersson	Goalies	Debora Montanari Luana Frasnelli	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová Linesmen: Marte Hove Johanna Suban
	Sjolander (Winberg) (PP) – 07:09 1–0 Sjolander (Lindberg, Asserholt) (PP) – 15:45 2–0 G. Andersson (Holst) – 18:15 3–0 Jansson (Eliasson) – 20:59 4–0 Holst (Rooth) – 25:05 5–0 Edstrand (Sjolander) – 31:45 6–0 Rooth (Holst) (SH) – 32:37 7–0 G. Andersson (Nevalainen) – 34:16 8–0 Sjolander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) – 49:31 9–0 Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) – 50:55 10–0 Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) (PP) – 58:08 11–0
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	52	Shots	4

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14 February 2006 13:05

Italy

1–5 (1–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,046

	Debora Montanari	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Bianca Walter Linesmen: Anne-Sophie Boniface Michaela Kiefer
	Florian (Leitner, Bettarini) (PP2) – 8:02 1–0 1–1 11:17 – Gladysheva (PP) 1–2 25:51 – Trefilova (Pashkevich) (PP) 1–3 44:31 – Gavrilova (Khomich) (PP) 1–4 46:53 – Gavrilova (Sotnikova) 1–5 53:04 – Trefilova (Shchelchkova) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	18 min
	13	Shots	40

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14 February 2006 15:35

Canada

8–1 (2–0, 5–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,850

Game reference
	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Cecilia Andersson	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Sanna Mattila Julie Piacentini
	Apps – 04:36 1–0 Wickenheiser (Pounder) – 12:28 2–0 Apps (PP) – 23:53 3–0 Apps (Wickenheiser, Piper) – 30:58 4–0 Goyette (Piper, Campbell) (PP) – 34:02 5–0 5–1 36:12 – Lindberg (Jansson, Winberg) (PP) Weatherston (Kingsbury) – 37:25 6–1 Hefford (PP) – 38:53 7–1 Goyette (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 46:02 8–1
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	47	Shots	8

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Group B

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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:

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11 February 2006 13:05

Finland

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,200

Game reference
	Maija Hassinen	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Referee: Arina Ustinova Linesmen: Anne-Sophie Boniface Klára Quagliato
	Pehkonen (Pelttari, Tuominen) – 08:15 1–0 Pelttari (PP2) – 17:02 2–0 Pälvilä (SH) – 43:13 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	24

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11 February 2006 18:05

United States

6–0 (1–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,900

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Kim Robichaud
	Ka. King (Potter) – 02:38 1–0 Dunn-Luoma (SH2) – 32:27 2–0 Wendell (Ruggiero, Potter) – 47:53 3–0 Darwitz (Parsons) – 50:33 4–0 Wendell (Potter) – 52:40 5–0 Potter (Ruggiero) (PP) – 58:50 6–0
	18 min	Penalties	14 min
	56	Shots	9

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12 February 2006 19:05

Germany

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,794

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Pam Dreyer	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Annica Flödén Marte Hove
	0–1 04:33 – Potter (Ka. King) (PP) 0–2 17:13 – Ka. King (Chu, Potter) (PP) 0–3 21:11 – Parsons (Resor, Stephens) 0–4 29:57 – Darwitz (Parsons, Ka. King) 0–5 50:54 – Parsons (Ruggiero)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	10	Shots	60

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13 February 2006 17:35

Finland

4–0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 4,259

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Bianca Walter Linesmen: Annica Flödén Jana Zítková
	Tuominen (Pelttari) (PP) – 14:10 1–0 Rantamäki – 45:21 2–0 Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) – 51:58 3–0 Pehkonen (Rantamaki) – 52:50 4–0
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	18

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14 February 2006 18:05

Switzerland

1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Ilse Robben
	0–1 23:16 – M. Lanzl (Becker) Schumacher (Ju. Marty) (PP) – 29:00 1–1 1–2 29:36 – Oswald (M. Lanzl, Ritter) (PP)
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	22	Shots	31

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14 February 2006 20:35

United States

7–3 (1–2, 1–1, 5–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,697

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Maija Hassinen	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Klára Quagliato Kim Robichaud
	0–1 00:13 – Pehkonen (Rantamäki) Parsons (Wendell, Potter) (PP) – 08:08 1–1 1–2 11:26 – Laaksonen (Tuominen) (PP) 1–3 32:01 – Kovalainen (Saarinen) (PP2) Parsons (Chu) – 38:54 2–3 Ka. King – 41:28 3–3 Ruggiero – 50:16 4–3 Darwitz (Wall) (PP) – 51:01 5–3 Wendell (Parsons, Ruggiero) – 52:18 6–3 Ruggiero (Darwitz, Stephens) – 55:36 7–3
	38 min	Penalties	22 min
	31	Shots	15

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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

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17 February 2006 13:05

Russia

6–2 (1–1, 4–1, 1–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,800

Game reference
	Irina Gashennikova	Goalies	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter Florence Schelling	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová Linesmen: Anne-Sophie Boniface Annica Flödén
	Trefilova – 02:03 1–0 1–1 10:52 – Rochat Burina (Mishina, Barykina) – 25:14 2–1 Mishina (Smolentseva) – 26:19 3–1 Mishina (Byalkovskaya) (PP) – 30:00 4–1 4–2 31:55 – Lehmann (Cattaneo, Bullo) Mishina (Smolentseva) – 39:18 5–2 Kapustina (Shchelchkova) (PP) – 52:17 6–2
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	18

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17 February 2006 18:35

Germany

5–2 (3–2, 0–0, 2–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,750

Game reference
	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Goalies	Debora Montanari	Referee: Arina Ustinova Linesmen: Marte Hove Jana Zítková
	Becker (M. Lanzl) – 00:27 1–0 Seiler (Tamas) (PP) – 05:32 2–0 2–1 06:18 – Leitner 2–2 06:59 – Leitner (Kaser, Bazzanella) Holmes (Soesilo) – 07:47 3–2 Becker (Ritter) – 42:50 4–2 Ritter (Becker, M. Lanzl) – 55:35 5–2
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	13

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Seventh place game

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20 February 2006 13:05

Switzerland

11–0 (4–0, 6–0, 1–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Luana Frasnelli Debora Montanari	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Sanna Mattila
	Diaz – 04:33 1–0 Diaz (Mosimann) (PP) – 09:54 2–0 Ju. Marty (Diaz) (PP) – 16:06 3–0 Lehmann (S. Marty) – 16:41 4–0 Ruhnke (Rochat) – 22:36 5–0 Ju. Marty (Ruhnke) – 26:51 6–0 Meier (Kunzle) – 31:09 7–0 Lehmann (Mosimann) – 32:48 8–0 Ruhnke (Rochat) – 33:16 9–0 S. Marty (Lehmann) – 35:37 10–0 S. Marty (Lehmann) – 56:08 11–0
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	29

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Fifth place game

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20 February 2006 13:05

Germany

1–0 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,570

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Julie Piacentini Ilse Robben
	Oswald M. Lanzl Scheytt Becker Holmes	Shootout	Pashkevich Smolentseva Smolina Kapustina
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	21

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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

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17 February 2006 17:05

United States

2–3 GWS (1–0, 1–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 5,654

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Sanna Mattila Johanna Suban
	Kr. King (Potter, Chu) (PP) – 11:55 1–0 Stephens (Wall, Darwitz) (PP) – 21:04 2–0 2–1 26:17 – Rooth (O'Konor) 2–2 29:40 – Rooth (Holst) (SH)
	Darwitz Potter Ruggiero Wendell	Shootout	Holst Jansson Winberg Rooth
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	18

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17 February 2006 21:05

Canada

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,306

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Maija Hassinen Noora Räty	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Julie Piacentini Klára Quagliato
	Weatherston (Sostorics) (PP) – 17:33 1–0 Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) (PP) – 19:15 2–0 Wickenheiser (Apps) (PP) – 34:59 3–0 Ouellette (Sunohara) (PP) – 36:26 4–0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 47:49 5–0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) (PP) – 54:47 6–0
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	17

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Bronze medal game

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20 February 2006 16:35

Finland

0–4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 5,150

Game reference
	Noora Räty Maija Hassinen	Goalies	Chanda Gunn	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Michaela Kiefer Kim Robichaud
	0–1 02:32 – Stephens (Chu, Darwitz) (PP) 0–2 08:09 – Ka. King (Resor) 0–3 11:06 – Ka. King (Potter) 0–4 21:44 – Ka. King (Chu, Kr. King)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	14	Shots	20

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Gold medal game

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20 February 2006 20:35

Sweden

1–4 (0–2, 0–2, 1–0)

Canada

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,664

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Charline Labonté	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Klára Quagliato Johanna Suban
	0–1 03:15 – Apps (Wickenheiser) 0–2 12:13 – Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) 0–3 28:58 – Piper (Wickenheiser, Pounder) 0–4 30:27 – Hefford (Botterill, Vaillancourt) G. Andersson (Holst, Rooth) (PP) – 45:24 1–4
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	8	Shots	26

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Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Canada
	Sweden
	United States
4	Finland
5	Germany
6	Russia
7	Switzerland
8	Italy

Statistics

Leading scorers

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−	POS
1	Hayley Wickenheiser	5	5	12	17	6	+15	F
2	Cherie Piper	5	7	8	15	0	+15	F
3	Gillian Apps	5	7	7	14	14	+13	F
4	Caroline Ouellette	5	5	4	9	4	+12	F
4	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	Sarah Parsons	5	4	3	7	0	+9	F
9	Jayna Hefford	5	3	4	7	0	+8	F
10	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	Jennifer Harß	190:00	6	1.89	103	94.17	1
3	Florence Schelling	150:00	6	2.40	90	93.33	1
4	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

• Most Valuable Player: Hayley Wickenheiser
• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Kim Martin
  • Best Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
  • Best Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser

Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars
  • Goaltender: Kim Martin
  • Defencemen: Angela Ruggiero, Carla MacLeod
  • Forwards: Maria Rooth, Hayley Wickenheiser, Gillian Apps

Source: IIHF.com

External links

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