Olympic Winter Games 2002 / Ice Hockey (women)

sport	ice Hockey
discipline	competition
gender	Women
Attendees	160 athletes in 8 teams
Competition location	The E Center (8,599 seats) Peaks Ice Arena (8,000 seats)
Competition phase	11-21 February 2002
Medalists  Canada  Sweden  United States
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Ice hockey tournaments at the 2002 Olympic Games
Women	Men

The women's ice hockey tournament at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City was held from February 11 to 21 with eight national teams - two more than at the Nagano Games . The women played the preliminary round in both the 8,599-seat The E Center in West Valley City and the Peaks Ice Arena in Provo with a capacity of 8,000. A total of twelve of the 20 tournament games were completed in Provo, but the final game in West Valley City.

Canada secured the Olympic victory for the first time with a 3-2 final victory over the USA and thus returned the favor for the final defeat they suffered four years ago. Sweden achieved third place and bronze with a 2-1 victory in the purely Scandinavian duel against Finland .

qualification

→ Main article : 2002 Winter Olympics / Ice Hockey (Women) / Qualification

The first six nations of the A World Cup 2000 were automatically qualified for the tournament . Another two participants were played in a qualifying tournament.

The best six teams of the A-World Cup 2000 qualified:

•  Canada
•  United States
•  Finland
•  Sweden
•  Russia
•  People's Republic of China

Via the qualification tournament:

•  Kazakhstan
•  Germany

mode

2002 women's Olympic ice hockey tournament
Number of nations	8th
Olympic champion	Canada
silver	United States
bronze	Sweden
Venue (s)	West Valley City & Provo , Utah , USA
opening	February 11, 2002
Endgame	February 21, 2002
spectator	131,235 (6,561 per game)
Gates	127 (6.35 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Kim St-Pierre
Best defender	Angela Ruggiero
Best striker	Hayley Wickenheiser
Most valuable player	Hayley Wickenheiser
Top scorer	Hayley Wickenheiser (10 points)

The eight teams of the Olympic ice hockey tournament were divided into two groups of four teams each in the preliminary round. The two groups were composed according to the positions of the national teams at the World Championships 2000 according to the following key:

Group A	Group B
Canada (1)	USA (2)
Sweden (4)	Finland (3)
Russia (5)	People's Republic of China (6)
Kazakhstan (9)	Germany (7)

Within the groups, the teams initially played according to the everyone-versus-everyone mode , so that each team initially played three games. The first two of the group played the semi-finals crosswise - that is, winner A against runner-up B and winner B against runner-up A - and the winners advanced to the final. The losers in the semi-finals played the bronze medal. The teams in ranks 3 and 4 of the preliminary round played a placement round, whereby they also played crosswise first, the winners of these games then played for place 5, the losers for place 7.

Venues

Utah , United States
	Provo West Valley City Venues of the tournament
Peaks Ice Arena Capacity: 8,000		The E Center Capacity: 8,599

Squad

→ Main article : Squad for the 2002 Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

February 11, 2002 11:00 a.m. (local time)

February 11, 2002 7:00 p.m. (CET)

Canada H. Wickenheiser (2:33) C. Piper (8:45) V. Sunohara (11:09) T. Shewchuk (23:49) H. Wickenheiser (35:18) D. Goyette (47:27) V. Sunohara (57:23)

7: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

The E Center, West Valley City Spectators: 7,321

February 11, 2002 2:00 p.m.

February 11, 2002 10:00 p.m.

Sweden A.-L. Edstrand (8:14) L. Almblad (15:15) K. Bergstrand (24:11)

3: 2 (2: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0) game report

Russia J. Patschkewitsch (25:07) L. Mishina (36:04)

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 5,241

February 13, 2002 11:00 a.m.

February 13, 2002 7:00 p.m.

Russia

0: 7 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 3) game report

Canada H. Wickenheiser (11:37) D. Goyette (18:00) D. Antal (20:31) C. Piper (29:14) J. Botterill (47:48) I. Chartrand (58:12) D. Goyette (58:50)

The E Center, West Valley City Spectators: 8,213

February 13, 2002 2:00 p.m.

February 13, 2002 10:00 p.m.

Sweden E. Holst (1:08) M. Rooth (2:38) A. Vikman (11:05) L. Almblad (32:27) E. Holst (35:41) K. Bergstrand (44:05) A. Andersson (54:46)

7: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 3,549

February 15, 2002 2:00 p.m.

February 15, 2002 10:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan N. Yakovchuk (10:36)

1: 4 (1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Russia J. Patschkewitsch (4:43) S. Terentjewa (26:24) T. Burina (35:03) T. Zaryova (47:37)

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 5,618

February 16, 2002 7:00 p.m.

February 17, 2002 3:00 am

Canada J. Botterill (10:26) C. Piper (26:01) J. Botterill (29:12) H. Wickenheiser (32:06) C. Campbell (37:18) C. Ouellette (42:42) J. . Hefford (43:05) L. Dupuis (46:52) V. Sunohara (55:21) D. Antal (59:37) I. Chartrand (59:54)

11: 0 (1: 0, 4: 0, 6: 0) game report

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Spectators: 6,306

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	25: 00	6-0
2.	Sweden	3	2	0	1	10:13	4: 2
3.	Russia	3	1	0	2	06:11	2: 4
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	01:18	0: 6

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the semi-finals

Group B

February 12, 2002 11:00 a.m. (local time)

February 12, 2002 7:00 p.m. (CET)

USA K. Bye (6:16) L. Baker (15:05) N. Darwitz (21:44) N. Darwitz (27:10) C. Bailey (27:33) K. Bye (28:53) K Wendell (41:13) C. Granato (48:00) J. Chu (53:42) A. Mleczko (55:09)

10: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 4: 0) game report

Germany

The E Center, West Valley City Spectators: 8,504

February 12, 2002 2:00 p.m.

February 12, 2002 10:00 p.m.

Finland K. Rantamäki (30:37) K. Riipi (39:43) E. Laaksonen (55:05) S. Sirviö (57:39)

4: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

People's Republic of China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 4,977

February 14, 2002 11:00 a.m.

February 14, 2002 7:00 p.m.

Finland K. Riipi (2:43) O. Parviainen (27:55) H. Sikiö (29:40)

3: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1) game report

Germany J. Wierscher (53:55)

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 4,769

February 14, 2002 4:00 p.m.

February 15, 2002 00:00

People's Republic of China Yang X. (36:01)

1:12 (0: 3, 1: 5, 0: 4) game report

USA C. Granato (1:19) S. Looney (7:04) C. Granato (16:30) K. King (27:48) L. Baker (29:22) J. Chu (29:57) K. . King (30:31) N. Darwitz (39:50) L. Baker (44:03) C. Granato (44:33) A. Ruggiero (54:56) S. Merz (56:30)

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 6,325

February 16, 2002 11:00 a.m.

February 16, 2002 7:00 p.m.

USA N. Darwitz (1:09) N. Darwitz (15:19) J. Potter (18:13) N. Darwitz (34:42) A. Kilbourne (54:18)

5: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Finland

The E Center, West Valley City Spectators: 8,507

February 16, 2002 2:00 p.m.

February 16, 2002 10:00 p.m.

Germany N. Ritter (1:37) M. Lanzl (32:18) M. Becker (43:36) C. Oswald (55:16) M. Lanzl (58:19)

5: 5 (1: 1, 1: 4, 3: 0) game report

People's Republic of China Sun R. (5:48) Ma X. (24:55) Sun R. (25:58) Liu Y. (34:06) Liu Y. (39:58)

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 5,418

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	27: 01	6-0
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	07: 06	4: 2
3.	Germany	3	0	1	2	06:18	1: 5
4th	People's Republic of China	3	0	1	2	06:21	1: 5

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the semi-finals

Placement round

	Placement round places 5–8					Play for 5th place
	A3	Russia	4th
	B4	People's Republic of China	1
						A3	Russia	5
						B3	Germany	0
	B3	Germany	4th
	A4	Kazakhstan	0
						Game for 7th place
						B4	People's Republic of China	2
						A4	Kazakhstan	1

February 17, 2002 2:00 p.m. (local time)

February 17, 2002 10:00 p.m. (CET)

Russia L. Mishina (22:07) J. Pashkewitsch (24:29) T. Burina (24:49) T. Zaryova (52:05)

4: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 1: 0) game report

People's Republic of China Yang X. (1:12)

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 5,719

February 17, 2002 9:00 p.m.

February 18, 2002 5:00 am

Germany M. Lanzl (15:27) C. Grundmann (22:21) M. Becker (24:49) M. Becker (35:50)

4: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

The E Center, West Valley City Spectators: 7,773

Game for 7th place

February 19, 2002 2:00 p.m.

February 19, 2002 10:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China Yang X. (3:07) Liu Y. (61:39)

2: 1 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Kazakhstan N. Losjewa (57:46)

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 5,490

Play for 5th place

February 19, 2002 7:00 p.m.

February 20, 2002 3:00 am

Russia T. Burina (3:24) T. Burina (7:41) T. Zaryova (33:31) J. Smolenzewa (40:51) S. Trefilowa (45:35)

5: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 5,781

Final round

Game scene from the semi-final game between the USA and Sweden

	Semifinals					final
	B1	United States	4th
	A2	Sweden	0
						B1	United States	2
						A1	Canada	3
	A1	Canada	7th
	B2	Finland	3
						3rd place match
						B2	Finland	1
						A2	Sweden	2

Semifinals

February 19, 2002 11:05 am (local time)

February 19, 2002 7:05 p.m. (CET)

Canada T. Brisson (5:58) H. Wickenheiser (8:10) H. Wickenheiser (43:19) J. Hefford (43:25) V. Sunohara (57:26) C. Campbell (58:32) T Brisson (59:03)

7: 3 (2: 1, 0: 2, 5: 0) game report

Finland T. Reima (19:35) T. Reima (22:56) K. Riipi (23:51)

The E Center, West Valley City Spectators: 7,289

February 19, 2002 4:30 p.m.

February 20, 2002 0:30 am

USA C. Granato (17:16) K. King (19:32) C. Granato (28:57) N. Darwitz (52:58)

4: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Sweden

The E Center, West Valley City Spectators: 7,738

3rd place match

February 21, 2002 12:10 pm

February 21, 2002 8:10 pm

Finland H. Sikiö (31:35)

1: 2 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0) match report

Sweden E. Samuelsson (5:08) E. Samuelsson (17:15)

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo spectators: 6,298

final

February 21, 2002 5:10 p.m.

February 22, 2002 1:10 a.m.

USA K. King (21:59) K. Bye (56:27)

2: 3 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0) match report

Canada C. Ouellette (1:45) H. Wickenheiser (24:10) J. Hefford (39:59)

The E Center, West Valley City Spectators: 8,599

statistics

Best scorers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	5	7th	3	10	+7	2
Cammi Granato	United States	5	6th	4th	10	+9	0
Danielle Goyette	Canada	5	3	7th	10	+7	0
Natalie Darwitz	United States	5	7th	1	8th	+8	2
Katie King	United States	5	4th	3	7th	+6	4th
Jayna Hefford	Canada	5	3	4th	7th	+7	2
Jenny Potter	United States	5	1	6th	7th	+6	2
Tara Mounsey	United States	5	0	7th	7th	+5	4th
Vicky Sunohara	Canada	5	4th	2	6th	+7	6th
Karyn Bye	United States	5	3	3	6th	+6	0

Best goalkeepers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Sara DeCosta	United States	3	180: 00	3	2	94.83	1.00
Kim St-Pierre	Canada	4th	240: 00	5	2	93.59	1.25
Kim Martin	Sweden	3	180: 00	5	1	93.90	1.67
Irina Gaschennikova	Russia	5	300: 00	12	1	93.26	2.40
Tuula Puputti	Finland	5	299: 22	15th	1	89.93	3.01

Final placements

The placements are based on the following criteria:

• Places 1 to 4: Results in the final and in the game for 3rd place
• Places 5 to 8: Results in the game for place 5 and in the game for place 7
• Places 9 to 10 (qualification): according to placement - then points, then goal difference

rank nation 1 Canada 2 United States 3 Sweden 4th Finland 5 Russia 6th Germany 7th People's Republic of China 8th Kazakhstan

rank nation 9 Switzerland 10 Japan

Medalist

The Canadian team after the preliminary round match against Kazakhstan

Olympic Champion Canada	Dana Antal , Kelly Béchard , Jennifer Botterill , Thérèse Brisson , Cassie Campbell , Isabelle Chartrand , Lori Dupuis , Danielle Goyette , Geraldine Heaney , Jayna Hefford , Becky Kellar , Caroline Ouellette , Cherie Piper , Cheryl Pounder , Tammy Shewchuk , Sami Jo Small , Colleen Sostorics , Kim St-Pierre , Vicky Sunohara , Hayley Wickenheiser Trainer: Danièle Sauvageau

Silver USA	Chris Bailey , Laurie Baker , Karyn Bye , Julie Chu , Natalie Darwitz , Sara DeCosta , Tricia Dunn , Cammi Granato , Courtney Kennedy , Andrea Kilbourne , Katie King , Shelley Looney , Sue Merz , Allison Mleczko , Tara Mounsey , Jenny Potter , Angela Ruggiero , Sarah Tueting , Lyndsay Wall , Krissy Wendell Trainer: Ben Smith

Bronze Sweden	Annica Åhlén , Lotta Almblad , Anna Andersson , Gunilla Andersson , Emelie Berggren , Kristina Bergstrand , Ann-Louise Edstrand , Joa Elfsberg , Erika Holst , Nanna Jansson , Maria Larsson , Ylva Lindberg , Ulrica Lindström , Kim Martin , Josefin Pettersson , Maria Rooth , Danijela Rundqvist , Evelina Samuelsson , Therése Sjölander , Anna Vikman Trainer: Christian Yngve

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Kim St-Pierre	Canada
Best defender	Angela Ruggiero	United States
Best striker	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada
Most valuable player	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada

All-Star Team

Attack:	Natalie Darwitz - Cammi Granato - Hayley Wickenheiser
Defense:	Tara Mounsey - Angela Ruggiero
Goal:	Kim St-Pierre

Web links

Commons : Women's Ice Hockey Tournament at the 2002 Winter Olympics  - Images, Videos and Audio Files Collection

• 2002 Olympic Winter Games Women's Competition at iihf.com
• Women's Ice Hockey at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games on Sports-Reference

Individual evidence

1. ^ Scoring Leaders iihf.com
2. ↑ Leading Goaltenders. iihf.com
3. ↑ ^{a b} March 2002 - Vol 6 - No 1 Olympic Issue (PDF) IIHF (English)