Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from February 13 to 25. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. Canada won the final by a score of 2–0 over the United States, who were awarded silver. The bronze medal game was won by Finland with a 3–2 victory over Sweden in overtime.

Women's ice hockey
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Medal ceremony
VenuesGeneral Motors Place (renamed Canada Hockey Place during the game due to the no-commercial policy)
UBC Thunderbird Arena
Dates13–25 February 2010
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada (3rd title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Finland
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The tournament consisted of 20 games: 12 in the preliminary round (teams play the other teams in their own group); 4 final classification games; 2 semifinal games; 1 bronze medal game; and 1 final.[1]

The tournament had a total attendance of 162,419, an average of 8,120 spectators per game, making it the most attended IIHF-run women's hockey tournament of all-time.[2]

Qualification

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Rosters

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Group A
Group B

First round

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Group A

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Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Canada 3 3 0 0 0 41 2 +39 9 Semifinals
  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 10 15 −5 6
   Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 6 15 −9 3 5–8th classification
  Slovakia 3 0 0 0 3 4 29 −25 0
Source: ESPN

All times are local (UTC−8).

13 February 2010
12:00
Sweden  3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
   SwitzerlandUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,222
Game reference
Kim MartinGoaliesFlorence SchellingReferee:
Leah Wrazidlo (United States)
Rundqvist (Udén Johansson, Svedin Thunström) – 12:311–0
Enström (Östberg, Myrén) – 31:352–0
Udén Johansson (Nevalainen) – 41:503–0
14 minPenalties6 min
34Shots16

13 February 2010
17:00
Canada  18–0
(7–0, 6–0, 5–0)
  SlovakiaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,496
Game reference
Kim St-PierreGoaliesZuzana TomčíkováReferee:
Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
Irwin (Vaillancourt, Johnston) – 1:391–0
Bonhomme (Hefford, MacLeod) – 3:062–0
Agosta (Ouellette, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 5:383–0
MacLeod (Bonhomme, Ouellette) – 8:214–0
Agosta (Kellar, Sostorics) – 11:345–0
Kingsbury (Piper, Apps) – 15:096–0
Sostorics (Hefford, Agosta) – 16:207–0
Vaillancourt (Johnston) – 23:428–0
Poulin (PP) – 27:219–0
Agosta (Hefford, Ouellette) – 30:1910–0
Hefford (Wickenheiser) (SH) – 32:0011–0
Ouellette (Apps, Sostorics) (SH) – 32:4412–0
MacLeod (Poulin, Sostorics) – 36:4213–0
Hefford (Agosta, MacLeod) – 44:2314–0
Irwin (Vaillancourt, Ward) – 44:3715–0
Piper (Wickenheiser) – 46:5416–0
Hefford (Ouellette, Kellar) – 51:0317–0
Kingsbury (Botterill) – 52:5218–0
10 minPenalties12 min
67Shots9

15 February 2010
14:30
Switzerland  1–10
(0–2, 1–3, 0–5)
  CanadaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,413
Game reference
Florence Schelling (out 51:55)
Dominique Slongo (in 51:55)
GoaliesShannon SzabadosReferee:
Nicole Hertrich (Germany)
0–16:27 – Apps (Kingsbury, Piper) (PP)
0–214:25 – Vaillancourt (Johnston)
0–322:19 – Piper (Wickenheiser)
0–428:08 – Agosta (Ward, Ouellette)
0–531:15 – Agosta (Ouellette, Hefford)
Leimgruber (Lehmann, S. Marty) – 39:461–5
1–640:54 – Hefford (Wickenheiser) (SH)
1–749:08 – Ward
1–849:27 – Poulin
1–950:43 – Johnston (Vaillancourt, Kellar)
1–1051:55 – Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps)
8 minPenalties10 min
12Shots62

15 February 2010
19:00
Sweden  6–2
(3–2, 1–0, 2–0)
  SlovakiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,323
Game reference
Sara GrahnGoaliesZuzana TomčíkováReferee:
Aina Høve (Norway)
Winberg (Holmlöv, Holst) (PP) – 5:011–0
1–19:52 – Džurňáková (Babonyová, Herichová)
Winberg (Eliasson, Holmlöv) (PP) – 12:112–1
2–213:29 – Čupková (Čulíková, Kapustová)
Asserholt (Myrén, Östberg) – 16:073–2
Winberg (E. Andersson) – 29:074–2
Holmlöv (Holst, G. Andersson) (PP) – 46:085–2
Winberg (Nordin) – 53:206–2
10 minPenalties16 min
48Shots16

17 February 2010
14:30
Canada  13–1
(5–0, 7–0, 1–1)
  SwedenUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,483
Game reference
Kim St-Pierre (out 40:00) / Charline Labonté (in 40:00)GoaliesKim Martin (out 28:47) / Sara Grahn (in 28:47)Referee:
Leah Wrazidlo (United States)
Agosta (Piper, Ouellette) – 06:581–0
Poulin (Agosta, Wickenheiser) – 09:162–0
Piper (Wickenheiser, Sostorics) – 13:003–0
Vaillancourt (Johnston, Sostorics) – 15:274–0
Bonhomme (Agosta) – 15:575–0
Agosta (Hefford) – 21:066–0
Hefford (Ouellette, Kellar) – 25:367–0
Wickenheiser (Apps) – 25:148–0
Apps (Irwin, Piper) – 26:139–0
Agosta (Ouellette) (PP) – 27:5910–0
Piper (Wickenheiser) – 29:1711–0
Irwin (Vaillancourt, Ward) (PP) – 31:4312–0
Apps (MacLeod, Wickenheiser) – 47:4313–0
13–152:16 – Timglas (Jordansson, Rooth) (PP)
8 minPenalties16 min
52Shots13

17 February 2010
19:00
Slovakia  2–5
(1–0, 0–1, 1–4)
   SwitzerlandUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,272
Game reference
Zuzana TomčíkováGoaliesFlorence SchellingReferee:
Ulla Sipilä (Finland)
Čulíková (Čupková) – 7:101–0
1–135:39 – S. Marty
Čulíková (Kapustová, Čupková) – 40:192–1
2–250:35 – S. Marty (Nussbaum)
2–351:18 – Benz (Meier, Schelling)
2–456:28 – Lehmann (Leimgruber) (SH)
2–558:25 – S. Marty (Hafliger, Benz)
12 minPenalties12 min
33Shots45

Group B

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Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  United States 3 3 0 0 0 31 1 +30 9 Semifinals
  Finland 3 2 0 0 1 7 8 −1 6
  Russia 3 1 0 0 2 3 19 −16 3 5–8th classification
  China 3 0 0 0 3 3 16 −13 0
Source: ESPN

All times are local (UTC−8).

14 February 2010
12:00
United States  12–1
(5–0, 3–0, 4–1)
  ChinaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,278
Game reference
Molly Schaus (out 52:00) / Brianne McLaughlin (in 52:00)GoaliesShi YaoReferee:
Ulla Sipilä (Finland)
Ruggiero – 2:501–0
Stack (Chu) – 9:562–0
Potter (M. Lamoureux) – 14:223–0
Duggan (Stack, Darwitz) (PP) – 17:404–0
Potter (Knight, M. Lamoureux) – 18:015–0
Potter (Engstrom, Chesson) (PP) – 21:186–0
Chesson (Marvin, Chu) – 23:467–0
J. Lamoureux (Thatcher) – 39:398–0
Duggan (Marvin, Potter) – 43:599–0
Engstrom (Potter, M. Lamoureux) – 50:4310–0
Darwitz (M. Lamoureux, Weiland) – 54:4311–0
11–157:39 – Jin (Ma, Sun) (PP)
Chu (Darwitz) – 59:2112–1
8 minPenalties12 min
61Shots7

14 February 2010
16:30
Finland  5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
  RussiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,275
Game reference
Noora RätyGoaliesIrina GashennikovaReferee:
Mary Anne Gage (Canada)
Linesmen:
Heather Richardson (Canada)
Kerry Rumble (Canada)
0–16:11 – Vafina (Burina) (PP)
Sirviö (Saarinen, Välimäki) (PP2) – 9:301–1
Voutilainen (Rantamäki) – 23:592–1
Hovi (Hiirikoski) – 37:363–1
Tikkinen (S. Tuominen, Karvinen) – 42:254–1
Tikkinen (Pelttari, Karvinen) (PP) – 49:325–1
14 minPenalties12 min
34Shots14

16 February 2010
14:30
Russia  0–13
(0–5, 0–7, 0–1)
  United StatesUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,365
Game reference
Anna Prugova (out 31:00)
Mariya Onolbayeva (in 31:00)
GoaliesJessie VetterReferee:
Nicole Hertrich (Germany)
Linesmen:
Annica Flöden (Sweden)
Heather Richardson (Canada)
0–12:19 – M. Lamoureux (J. Lamoureux, Stack)
0–25:48 – Potter (Knight) (SH)
0–39:54 – Thatcher (Potter, Knight)
0–412:57 – Cahow (Stack, Darwitz) (PP)
0–515:56 – Potter (Knight) (PP)
0–620:34 – Ruggiero (Chu, Darwitz) (PP)
0–723:16 – Stack (M. Lamoureux) (PP)
0–826:01 – J. Lamoureux (Darwitz)
0–927:50 – Darwitz (Cahow) (PP)
0–1031:00 – Darwitz (Knight) (SH)
0–1131:46 – Potter (Thatcher, Bellamy)
0–1233:32 – Engstrom (Chesson) (PP)
0–1341:05 – Chesson (Stack) (PP)
16 minPenalties10 min
7Shots34

16 February 2010
19:00
Finland  2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
  ChinaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,317
Game reference
Noora RätyGoaliesShi YaoReferee:
Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
0–118:10 – Wang L. (SH)
Rantamäki (Pelttari, Lindstedt) (PP) – 29:131–1
Hovi – 34:022–1
10 minPenalties20 min
43Shots5

18 February 2010
14:30
United States  6–0
(4–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  FinlandUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,398
Game reference
Jessie VetterGoaliesNoora RätyReferee:
Aina Høve (Norway)
Chu (Ruggiero) – 8:081–0
Engstrom (M. Lamoureux) (PP) – 10:472–0
Duggan (Darwitz, Marvin) – 11:293–0
Darwitz (Engstrom, Chesson) – 18:034–0
Knight (Darwitz) – 31:485–0
Thatcher (J. Lamoureux, Ruggiero) – 58:226–0
12 minPenalties6 min
42Shots23

18 February 2010
19:00
China  1–2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–0)
  RussiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,391
Game reference
Shi YaoGoaliesIrina GashennikovaReferee:
Mary Anne Gage (Canada)
Linesmen:
Meghan Margaret Hishmeh (United States)
Anna Majapuro (Finland)
0–124:23 – Smolentseva (Kapustina, Khomich)
0–236:02 – Sergina (Burina, Permyakova) (PP)
Jin (Sun) – 37:381–2
4 minPenalties12 min
22Shots39

Classification round

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5th place semifinals 5th place game
      
A3    Switzerland 6
B4   China 0
A3    Switzerland 2
B3   Russia 1
B3   Russia 4
A4   Slovakia 2 7th place game
B4   China 3
A4   Slovakia 1

Fifth place semifinal

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All times are local (UTC−8).

20 February 2010
14:30
Switzerland  6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
  ChinaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,454
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesShi Yao (out 7:53)
Jia Dandan (in 7:53)
Referee:
Leah Wrazidlo (United States)
Lehmann (S. Marty) – 7:021–0
S. Marty – 7:532–0
Nussbaum (J. Marty, Lehmann) (PP) – 37:123–0
S. Marty (Lehmann, Leimgruber) – 39:444–0
S. Marty (Lehmann, Meier) – 54:545–0
S. Marty (Leimgruber, Benz) – 58:486–0
16 minPenalties6 min
49Shots21

20 February 2010
19:00
Russia  4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)
  SlovakiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,488
Game reference
Irina GashennikovaGoaliesZuzana TomčíkováReferee:
Aina Høve (Norway)
Linesmen:
Annica Flöden (Sweden)
Kerry Rumble (Canada)
Sotnikova (Lebedeva) – 7:341–0
Gavrilova (Sergina, Smolentseva) (PP) – 18:162–0
2–123:24 – Pravlíková (Veličková) (PP)
Terentieva (Kapustina, Dyubanok) (SH) – 33:453–1
3–240:31 – Kapustová (Veličková)
Gavrilova (PP) – 50:264–2
8 minPenalties8 min
43Shots19

Seventh place game

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All times are local (UTC−8).

22 February 2010
14:00
China  3–1
(0–1, 1–0, 2–0)
  SlovakiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,284
Game reference
Shi YaoGoaliesZuzana TomčíkováReferee:
Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
0–110:37 – Pravlíková (Jurčová, Veličková)
Wang L. (Yu, Jiang) – 37:151–1
Sun (Zhang S., Jin) – 45:042–1
Wang L. (Zhang B.) – 51:443–1
4 minPenalties6 min
32Shots21

Fifth place game

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All times are local (UTC−8).

22 February 2010
19:00
Switzerland  2–1 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
  RussiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,412
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesIrina GashennikovaReferee:
Ulla Sipilä (Finland)
Linesmen:
Zuzana Arazimová (Czech Republic)
Kerry Rumble (Canada)
0–19:05 – Burina (Sergina, Permyakova) (PP)
S. Marty (Nussbaum, Meier) (PP) – 34:121–1
Lehmann  
Bullo  
S. Marty  
Shootout  Sosina
  Gavrilova
  Deulina
10 minPenalties16 min
27Shots33

Final round

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Semifinals Finals
      
A1   Canada 5
B2   Finland 0
A1   Canada 2
B1   United States 0
B1   United States 9
A2   Sweden 1 Third place
B2   Finland 3
A2   Sweden 2

Semifinals

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All times are local (UTC−8).

22 February 2010
12:00
Sweden  1–9
(0–2, 1–3, 0–4)
  United StatesCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,021
Game reference
Kim MartinGoaliesJessie VetterReferee:
Mary Anne Gage (Canada)
0–17:14 – M. Lamoureux (Potter, Knight)
0–28:23 – Duggan (Cahow, Stack) (PP)
0–323:22 – Ruggiero (J. Lamoureux)
0–425:58 – Cahow (Thatcher)
Winberg (Jordansson) (PP) – 29:341–4
1–533:35 – Thatcher (J. Lamoureux, Lawler)
1–645:59 – M. Lamoureux (Potter, Engstrom) (PP)
1–747:15 – Weiland (Lawler)
1–855:20 – Stack (Chu, Engstrom)
1–957:19 – M. Lamoureux (Knight) (PP)
10 minPenalties8 min
12Shots46
22 February 2010
17:00
Finland  0–5
(0–2, 0–1, 0–2)
  CanadaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,324
Game reference
Noora RätyGoaliesShannon SzabadosReferee:
Nicole Hertrich (Canada)
0–15:22 – Piper (Agosta, Hefford)
0–214:36 – Irwin
0–336:21 – Agosta (Bonhomme, Hefford)
0–444:23 – Irwin (Johnston, Vaillancourt)
0–558:57 – Ouellette (Poulin) (SH)
12 minPenalties10 min
11Shots50

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Bronze medal game

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All times are local (UTC−8).

25 February 2010
11:00
Sweden  2–3 (OT)
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0, 0–1)
  Finland  Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,398
Game reference
Sara GrahnGoaliesNoora RätyReferee:
Nicole Hertrich (Germany)
0–124:24 – Pelttari
Rooth (Jordansson, Eliasson) (PP) – 32:241–1
1–236:02 – Karvinen (Välimäki)
Rundqvist (G. Andersson, Holmlöv) (PP) – 45:092–2
2–362:33 – Rantamäki (Tuominen, Hiirikoski)
12 minPenalties14 min
18Shots24

Final

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All times are local (UTC−8).

25 February 2010
15:30
  Canada  2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
  United States  Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,805
Game reference
Shannon SzabadosGoaliesJessie VetterReferee:
Aina Høve (Norway)
Poulin (Botterill) – 13:551–0
Poulin (Agosta) – 16:502–0
12 minPenalties10 min
18Shots21

Final rankings

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The final rankings of the 2010 Winter Olympics Women's Ice Hockey Tournament are as follows:

Rank Team
    Canada
    United States
    Finland
4th   Sweden
5th    Switzerland
6th   Russia
7th   China
8th   Slovakia

Statistics

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Leading scorers

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Rank Player Games played Goals Assists Pts PIM +/-
1   Meghan Agosta (CAN) 5 9 6 15 2 +14
2   Jayna Hefford (CAN) 5 5 7 12 8 +15
3   Stefanie Marty (SUI) 5 9 2 11 6 +4
4   Jenny Potter (USA) 5 6 5 11 0 +8
5   Natalie Darwitz (USA) 5 4 7 11 0 +6
6   Caroline Ouellette (CAN) 5 2 9 11 2 +12
  Hayley Wickenheiser (CAN) 5 2 9 11 0 +14
8   Cherie Piper (CAN) 5 5 5 10 0 +12
9   Monique Lamoureux (USA) 5 4 6 10 2 +7
10   Kelli Stack (USA) 5 3 5 8 2 +4
  Sarah Vaillancourt (CAN) 5 3 5 8 6 +7

Hat-trick scorers

Leading goaltenders

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

Rank Goalie GP Minutes GA GAA SV% Saves
1   Shannon Szabados (CAN) 3 180:00 1 0.33 98.04 50
2   Jessie Vetter (USA) 4 239:50 3 0.75 95.77 68
3   Florence Schelling (SUI) 5 301:55 16 3.18 90.91 160
4   Irina Gashennikova (RUS) 4 250:00 10 2.40 90.20 92
5   Shi Yao (CHN) 5 247:53 19 4.60 88.82 151

Shutout posters

Awards

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Canada's Meghan Agosta was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best forward of the tournament. Directorate Awards also went to Molly Engstrom (United States) for best defenceman, and to Shannon Szabados (Canada) for best goaltender.

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

Position Player Team
G Shannon Szabados   Canada
D Angela Ruggiero   United States
D Molly Engstrom   United States
F Meghan Agosta   Canada
F Jenny Potter   United States
F Marie-Philip Poulin   Canada

References

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  1. ^ "2010 OWG Women's Tournament Playing Format". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Statistics". Iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  3. ^ "Olympics Women". Iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
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