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, competing across two preliminary groups before a placement round and playoff round determined the final standings. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, defeating Sweden 4–1 in the final. The United States won the bronze medal by defeating Finland 4–0.
Hayley Wickenheiser of Canada was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player and finished as the leading scorer with 17 points. Canada's Charline Labonté posted the best save percentage among goaltenders with 97.62%. Sweden's Kim Martin was selected as the best goaltender by the directorate, while the United States' Angela Ruggiero was named best defenceman.
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 QualifiedHost 1 2004 IIHF World Ranking 5 March 2001 – 6 April 2004 Halifax 4 Qualification tournament 11–13 November 2004 Podolsk 1 Qualification tournament 11–14 November 2004 Bad Tölz 1 Qualification tournament 11–14 November 2004 Beijing 1 Total 8 Notes
Rosters
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Placement round
Bracket
5–8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Playoff round
Bracket
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Statistics
Leading scorers Rank Player GP G A Pts PIM +/− POS1 Hayley Wickenheiser 5512176+15F2 Cherie Piper 578150+15F3 Gillian Apps 5771414+13F4 Caroline Ouellette 55494+12F4 Maria Rooth 55492+1F6 Jenny Potter 52794+10F7 Katie King 56282+6F8 Sarah Parsons 54370+9F9 Jayna Hefford 53470+8F10 Jennifer Botterill 51674+6F 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 = ShutoutsSource: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
IIHF results index for 2006