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)
MVP	Hayley Wickenheiser
	← 2002 2010 →

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

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^[a]	5 March 2001 – 6 April 2004	Halifax^[b]	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

^a 2004 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2000 World Championship, 2001 World Championship, 2002 Winter Olympic Games and 2004 World Championship.
^b Halifax was the site for 2004 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	36	1	+35	6	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	1	15	9	+6	4	Semifinals
3	Russia	3	1	2	6	16	−10	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Italy (H)	3	0	3	1	32	−31	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	18	3	+15	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	1	10	7	+3	4	Semifinals
3	Germany	3	1	2	2	9	−7	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	1	12	−11	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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


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

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

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

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

Bronze medal game

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

Gold medal game

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

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

References

External links

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

[cnote_a_grp_1] 2004 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2000 World Championship, 2001 World Championship, 2002 Winter Olympic Games and 2004 World Championship.

[cnote_b_grp_1] Halifax was the site for 2004 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

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