Olympic Winter Games 2010 / Ice Hockey (Women)

sport	ice Hockey
discipline	competition
gender	Women
Attendees	168 athletes in 8 teams
Competition location	Canada Hockey Place (18,810 seats) UBC Thunderbird Arena (6,800 seats)
Competition phase	13.-25. February 2010
Medalists  Canada  United States  Finland
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Ice hockey tournaments at the 2010 Olympic Games
Women	Men

The women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver took place from February 13th to 25th - just like at the Turin Games - with eight national teams. The games were played in the UBC Thunderbird Arena with a capacity of 6,800 spectators. From the semi-finals onwards, however, the games took place in the 19,300-seat Canada Hockey Place .

Canada defended their title for the second time in a row by beating the USA 2-0 in the final . Finland secured third place .

qualification

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Ice Hockey (Women) / Qualification

The first six nations of the IIHF world rankings were automatically qualified for the tournament after the 2008 World Cup. Another two participants were played in qualifying tournaments.

The following qualified six teams in the 2008 IIHF world rankings:

•  Canada
•  United States
•  Finland
•  Sweden
•  Switzerland
•  Russia

The four qualifying tournaments qualified:

•  People's Republic of China
•  Slovakia

mode

2010 women's Olympic ice hockey tournament
Number of nations	8th
Olympic champion	Canada
silver	United States
bronze	Finland
Venue (s)	Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
opening	February 13, 2010
Endgame	February 25, 2010
spectator	162,419 (8,121 per game)
Gates	146 (7.30 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Shannon Szabados
Best defender	Molly Engstrom
Best striker	Meghan Agosta
Most valuable player	Meghan Agosta
Top scorer	Meghan Agosta (15 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 in the IIHF world rankings after the 2008 World Cup according to the following key:

Group A	Group B
Canada (1)	USA (2)
Sweden (4)	Finland (3)
Switzerland (5)	Russia (6)
Slovakia (17)	People's Republic of China (8)

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

Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
Canada Hockey Place Capacity: 19,300	Vancouver Venue of the tournament	UBC Thunderbird Arena Capacity: 6,800

Squad

→ Main article : 2010 Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament squad

Preliminary round

Group A

February 13, 2010 12:00 p.m. (local time)

February 13, 2010 9:00 p.m. ( CET )

Sweden D. Rundqvist (12:31) T. Enström (31:35) E. Udén Johansson (41:50)

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

Switzerland

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,222

February 13, 2010 5:00 p.m.

February 14, 2010 2:00 am

Canada H. Irwin (1:39) T. Bonhomme (3:06) M. Agosta (5:38) C. MacLeod (8:21) M. Agosta (11:34) G. Kingsbury (3:09) C. Sostorics (16:20) S. Vaillancourt (23:42) M.-P. Poulin (27:21) M. Agosta (30:19) J. Hefford (32:00) C. Ouellette (32:44) C. MacLeod (36:42) J. Hefford (44:23) H. Irwin ( 44:37) C. Piper (46:54) J. Hefford (51:03) G. Kingsbury (52:52)

18: 0 (7: 0, 6: 0, 5: 0) game report

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,496

February 15, 2010 2:30 p.m.

February 15, 2010 11:30 p.m.

Switzerland D. Leimgruber (39:46)

1:10 (0: 2, 1: 3, 0: 5) game report

Canada G. Apps (6:27) S. Vaillancourt (14:25) C. Piper (22:19) M. Agosta (28:08) M. Agosta (31:15) J. Hefford (40:54) C. Ward (49:08) M.-P. Poulin (49:27) R. Johnston (50:43) H. Wickenheiser (51:55)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,413

February 15, 2010 7:00 p.m.

February 16, 2010 4:00 am

Sweden P. Winberg (5:01) P. Winberg (12:11) J. Asserholt (16:07) P. Winberg (29:07) E. Holmlöv (46:08) P. Winberg (53:20)

6: 2 (3: 2, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Slovakia A. Džurňáková (9:52) N. Čupková (13:29)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,323

February 17, 2010 2:30 p.m.

February 17, 2010 11:30 p.m.

Canada M. Agosta (6:58) M.-P. Poulin (9:16) C. Piper (13:00) S. Vaillancourt (15:27) T. Bonhomme (15:57) M. Agosta (21:06) J. Hefford (25:14) H. Wickenheiser ( 25:36) G. Apps (26:13) M. Agosta (27:59) C. Piper (29:17) H. Irwin (31:43) G. Apps (47:43)

13: 1 (5: 0, 7: 0, 1: 1) game report

Sweden K. Timglas (52:16)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,483

February 17, 2010 7:00 p.m.

February 18, 2010 4:00 am

Slovakia J. Čulíková (7:10) J. Čulíková (40:19)

2: 5 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 4) game report

Switzerland S. Marty (35:39) S. Marty (50:35) S. Benz (51:18) K. Lehmann (56:28) S. Marty (58:25)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,272

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	41: 02	9
2.	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	10:15	6th
3.	Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	06:15	3
4th	Slovakia	3	0	0	0	3	04:29	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the semifinals

Group B

February 14, 2010 12:00 p.m. (local time)

February 14, 2010 9:00 p.m. (CET)

USA A. Ruggiero (2:51) K. Stack (9:56) J. Potter (14:22) M. Duggan (17:40) J. Potter (18:01) J. Potter (21:18) L . Chesson (23:46) J. Lamoureux (39:39) M. Duggan (43:59) M. Engstrom (50:43) N. Darwitz (54:43) J. Chu (59:21)

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

People's Republic of China Jin F. (57:39)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,278

February 14, 2010 4:30 p.m.

February 15, 2010 1:30 am

Finland S. Sirviö (9:30) M. Voutilainen (23:59) V. Hovi (37:36) N. Tikkinen (42:25) N. Tikkinen (49:32)

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

Russia A. Wafina (6:11)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,275

February 16, 2010 2:30 p.m.

February 16, 2010 11:30 p.m.

Russia

0:13 (0: 5, 0: 7, 0: 1) game report

USA M. Lamoureux (2:19) J. Potter (5:48) K. Thatcher (9:54) C. Cahow (12:57) J. Potter (15:56) A. Ruggiero (20:34) K Stack (23:16) J. Lamoureux (26:01) N. Darwitz (27:50) N. Darwitz (31:00) J. Potter (31:46) M. Engstrom (33:32) L. Chesson (41:05)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,365

February 16, 2010 7:00 p.m.

February 17, 2010 4:00 am

Finland K. Rantamäki (29:13) V. Hovi (34:02)

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

People's Republic of China Wang L. (18:10)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,317

February 18, 2010 2:30 p.m.

February 18, 2010 11:30 p.m.

USA J. Chu (8:08) M. Engstrom (10:47) M. Duggan (11:29) N. Darwitz (18:03) H. Knight (31:48) K. Thatcher (48:22)

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

Finland

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,398

February 18, 2010 7:00 p.m.

February 19, 2010 4:00 am

People's Republic of China Jin F. (37:38)

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

Russia J. Smolenzewa (24:23) M. Sergina (36:02)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,391

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	0	31: 01	9
2.	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	07: 08	6th
3.	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	03:19	3
4th	People's Republic of China	3	0	0	0	3	03:16	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the semifinals

Placement round

	Placement round places 5–8					Play for 5th place
	A3	Switzerland	6th
	B4	People's Republic of China	0
						A3	Switzerland	2
						B3	Russia	1
	B3	Russia	4th
	A4	Slovakia	2
						Game for 7th place
						B4	People's Republic of China	3
						A4	Slovakia	1

February 20, 2010 2:30 p.m. (local time)

February 20, 2010 11:30 p.m. (CET)

Switzerland K. Lehmann (7:02) S. Marty (7:53) L. Nussbaum (37:12) S. Marty (39:44) S. Marty (54:54) S. Marty (58:48)

6: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

People's Republic of China

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,454

February 20, 2010 7:00 p.m.

February 21, 2010 4:00 am

Russia T. Sotnikowa (7:34) I. Gavrilowa (18:16) S. Terentjewa (33:45) I. Gavrilowa (50:26)

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

Slovakia P. Pravlíková (23:24) J. Kapustová (40:31)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,488

Game for 7th place

February 22, 2010 2:00 p.m.

February 22, 2010 11:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China Wang L. (37:15) Sun R. (45:04) Wang L. (51:44)

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

Slovakia P. Pravlíková (10:37)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,284

Play for 5th place

February 22, 2010 7:00 p.m.

February 23, 2010 4:00 am

Switzerland S. Marty (34:14) S. Marty (PS)

2: 1 n.P. (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Russia T. Burina (9:05)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,412

Final round

	Semifinals					final
	A1	Canada	5
	B2	Finland	0
						A1	Canada	2
						B1	United States	0
	B1	United States	9
	A2	Sweden	1
						3rd place match
						B2	Finland	3
						A2	Sweden	2

Semifinals

February 22, 2010 12:00 p.m. (local time)

February 22, 2010 9:00 p.m. (CET)

USA M. Lamoureux (7:14) M. Duggan (8:23) A. Ruggiero (23:22) C. Cahow (25:58) K. Thatcher (33:35) M. Lamoureux (45:59) K Weiland (47:15) K. Stack (55:20) M. Lamoureux (57:19)

9: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 4: 0) game report

Sweden P. Winberg (29:34)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,021

February 22, 2010 5:00 p.m.

February 23, 2010 2:00 am

Canada C. Piper (5:22) H. Irwin (14:36) M. Agosta (36:21) H. Irwin (44:23) C. Ouellette (58:57)

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

Finland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 16,324

3rd place match

February 25, 2010 11:00 a.m.

February 25, 2010 8:00 p.m.

Finland H. Pelttari (24:24) M. Karvinen (36:02) K. Rantamäki (62:33)

3: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Sweden M. Rooth (32:24) D. Rundqvist (45:09)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,398

final

February 25, 2010 3:30 p.m.

February 26, 2010 0:30 am

Canada M.-P. Poulin (13:55) M.-P. Poulin (16:50)

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

United States

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,805

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
Meghan Agosta	Canada	5	9	6th	15th	+14	2
Jayna Hefford	Canada	5	5	7th	12	+15	8th
Stefanie Marty	Switzerland	5	9	2	11	+4	6th
Jenny Potter	United States	5	6th	5	11	+8	2
Natalie Darwitz	United States	5	4th	7th	11	+6	0
Caroline Ouellette	Canada	5	2	9	11	+12	2
Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	5	2	9	11	+14	0
Cherie Piper	Canada	5	5	5	10	+12	0
Monique Lamoureux	United States	5	4th	6th	10	+7	2
Kelli Stack	United States	5	3	5	8th	+4	2
Sarah Vaillancourt	Canada	5	3	5	8th	+7	6th

Best goalkeepers

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

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	ATM	Sv%
Shannon Szabados	Canada	3	180: 00	1	2	0.33	98.04
Jessie cousin	United States	4th	239: 50	3	2	0.75	95.77
Florence Schelling	Switzerland	5	301: 55	16	1	3.18	90.91
Irina Gaschennikova	Russia	4th	250: 00	10	0	2.40	90.20
Shi Yao	People's Republic of China	5	247: 53	19th	0	4.60	88.82

Final placements

The Canadian team at the award ceremony

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 14 (qualification): according to placement - then points, then goal difference
• Places 15 to 21 (pre-qualification): according to placement - then points, then goal difference

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

rank nation 9 Kazakhstan 10 Japan 11 Germany 12 Norway 13 Czech Republic 14th France

rank nation 15th Latvia 16 Great Britain 17th Italy 18th Austria 19th Croatia 20th Slovenia 21st Bulgaria

Medalist

Olympic champion Canada	Meghan Agosta , Gillian Apps , Tessa Bonhomme , Jennifer Botterill , Jayna Hefford , Haley Irwin , Rebecca Johnston , Becky Kellar , Gina Kingsbury , Charline Labonté , Carla MacLeod , Meaghan Mikkelson , Caroline Ouellette , Cherie Piper , Marie-Philip Poulin , Colleen Sostorics , Kim St-Pierre , Shannon Szabados , Sarah Vaillancourt , Catherine Ward , Hayley Wickenheiser Trainer: Melody Davidson
silver United States	Kacey Bellamy , Caitlin Cahow , Lisa Chesson , Julie Chu , Natalie Darwitz , Meghan Duggan , Molly Engstrom , Hilary Knight , Jocelyne Lamoureux , Monique Lamoureux , Erika Lawler , Gigi Marvin , Brianne McLaughlin , Jenny Potter , Angela Ruggiero , Molly Schaus , Kelli Stack , Karen Thatcher , Jessie Vetter , Kerry Weiland , Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej Trainers: Mark Johnson
bronze Finland	Anne Helin , Jenni Hiirikoski , Venla Hovi , Michelle Karvinen , Mira Kuisma , Emma Laaksonen , Rosa Lindstedt , Terhi Mertanen , Heidi Pelttari , Mariia Posa , Annina Rajahuhta , Karoliina Rantamäki , Noora Räty , Mari Saarinen , Saija Sirviö , Nina Tikkinen , Minnam , Saara Tuominen , Linda Välimäki , Anna Vanhatalo , Marjo Voutilainen Trainer: Pekka Hämäläinen

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Shannon Szabados	Canada
Best defender	Molly Engstrom	United States
Best striker	Meghan Agosta	Canada
Most valuable player	Meghan Agosta	Canada

All-Star Team

Attack:	Meghan Agosta - Jenny Potter - Marie-Philip Poulin
Defense:	Angela Ruggiero - Molly Engstrom
Goal:	Shannon Szabados

Web links

Commons : Women's Ice Hockey Tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics  - Images, Videos and Audio Files Collection

• Official website of the Olympic ice hockey tournaments
• Official website of the IIHF for the Olympic ice hockey tournaments

Individual evidence

1. ^ Vancouver2010.com, venue profile of the Thunderbird Arena
2. ^ Vancouver2010.com, venue profile of the Canada Hockey Place
3. ↑ ^{a b} Meghan Agosta named MVP. In: iihf.com. February 25, 2010, accessed May 4, 2010 .