Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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Leading scorers

Rank Player Games played Goals Assists
Assist (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...

Pts
Point (ice hockey)
Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...

PIM
PIM
- Computing :* Parallel inference machine, an intended fifth generation computer* Personal information management, the study and practice of information management by individuals* Personal information manager, a portable appliance...

+/- Shots
1   Teemu Selänne
Teemu Selänne
Teemu Ilmari Selänne nicknamed "The Finnish Flash" is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger, an alternate captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League . An offensive player known for his skill and speed, Selanne has led the NHL in goal-scoring three times and has been named to...

8 6 5 11 4
7
28
2   Saku Koivu
Saku Koivu
Saku Antero Koivu is a Finnish professional ice hockey player and an alternate captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League . He began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1995–96 after three seasons with TPS of the Finnish SM-liiga...

8 3 8 11 12 +5 16
3   Daniel Alfredsson
Daniel Alfredsson
Daniel Alfredsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is the captain of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League . He is considered a leader by example and has been compared to former Detroit Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman in his value to the Senators...

8 5 5 10 4 +2 15
3   Marián Hossa
Marian Hossa
Marián Hossa is a Slovak professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League . Hossa was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft; after playing for the Senators, he played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and...

6 5 5 10 4 +9 19
5   Ville Peltonen
Ville Peltonen
Ville Peltonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the HIFK of the SM-liiga . He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their third round pick, 58th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft....

8 4 5 9 6 +4 22
6   Olli Jokinen
Olli Jokinen
Olli Jokinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He was initially drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1997, third overall after Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau. He was the captain of the Florida Panthers from 2003...

8 6 2 8 2 +5 28
7   Jere Lehtinen
Jere Lehtinen
Jere Kalervo Lehtinen is a former Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He played as a right wing. He was drafted 88th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota North Stars. Lehtinen handles defensive aspects of the game as well as offensive, hence he is a two-way forward for which...

8 3 5 8 0 +6 22
7   Mats Sundin
Mats Sundin
Mats Johan Sundin is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played his first four seasons in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques. He was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1994, where he played the majority of his career, serving 11...

8 3 5 8 4 +1 27
9   Martin Straka
Martin Straka
Martin Straka is a Czech ice hockey centre who plays for HC Plzeň 1929 of the Czech Extraliga. He is also the club's general manager and co-owner.-Playing career:...

8 2 6 8 6
4
17
10   Pavel Datsyuk
Pavel Datsyuk
Pavel Valerievich Datsyuk is a professional ice hockey player from Russia and alternate captain for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League . He is known for his stick-handling and is considered the best two-way forward in the game today, having won the Frank J. Selke Trophy in the...

8 1 7 8 10 +5 13

Leading goaltenders

Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.
Rank Goaltender Minutes GA GAA
Goals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....

SV%
Save percentage
Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops...

Saves
1   Antero Niittymäki
Antero Niittymäki
Antero Pertti Elias Niittymäki is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a member of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. He has previously played for the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning, as well as in the SM-liiga and the American Hockey League...

358:51 8 1.34 .951 156
2   Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Viktorovich Nabokov is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender who is playing for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League .Nabokov was selected by San Jose in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft...

359:27 8 1.34 .940 126
3   David Aebischer
David Aebischer
David Aebischer , is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the St. John's IceCaps of the American Hockey League . Before returning to North America in 2011 Aebischer had spent four seasons with HC Lugano of the Nationalliga A in Switzerland. He has also played for the...

200 7 2.10 .940 110
4   Peter Budaj
Peter Budaj
Peter Budaj is a Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

179:24 6 2.01 .924 73
5   Martin Brodeur
Martin Brodeur
Martin Pierre Brodeur is a French-Canadian ice hockey goaltender who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils. In his 19-year tenure with the Devils, he has won three Stanley Cup championships and has been in the playoffs every year but two...

238:40 8 2.01 .923 96

Awards

Antero Niittymäki
Antero Niittymäki
Antero Pertti Elias Niittymäki is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a member of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. He has previously played for the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning, as well as in the SM-liiga and the American Hockey League...

 was named the most valuable player
Most Valuable Player
In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...

 and received the Directorate Award for best goaltender of the tournament. Directorate Awards also went to Teemu Selänne
Teemu Selänne
Teemu Ilmari Selänne nicknamed "The Finnish Flash" is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger, an alternate captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League . An offensive player known for his skill and speed, Selanne has led the NHL in goal-scoring three times and has been named to...

 for best forward, and to Kenny Jönsson
Kenny Jönsson
Per Anders Kenny Jönsson is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player.- Playing career :Jönsson was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round as the 12th overall selection in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft...

 for best defenceman. The Media All Star Team consisted of Niittymäki, Nicklas Lidström
Nicklas Lidström
Nicklas Erik Lidström is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings, and is their captain...

, Kimmo Timonen
Kimmo Timonen
Kimmo Timonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman and an alternate captain for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

, Teemu Selänne, Saku Koivu
Saku Koivu
Saku Antero Koivu is a Finnish professional ice hockey player and an alternate captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League . He began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1995–96 after three seasons with TPS of the Finnish SM-liiga...

 and Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League...

.

Women's competition

The loss of the United States to Sweden in Semifinal 1 was one of the most important events in the history of international women's ice hockey. It was the first time that either the US or Canada had lost in an international competition other than to each other.

Final rankings

Medals
Gold: Silver: Bronze:

Becky Kellar
Becky Kellar
Becky Kellar is a women's ice hockey player. She currently plays for Burlington in the Canadian Women's Hockey League....


Colleen Sostorics
Colleen Sostorics
Colleen Sostorics is a retired Canadian women's ice hockey defenseman. She has played extensively for Canada at the international level, including three Olympic gold medals...


Charline Labonté
Charline Labonté
Charline Labonté is a women's ice hockey player. Labonté now lives in Montreal, and is studying Physical Education at McGill University.-Playing career:...


Cherie Piper
Cherie Piper
Cherie Piper is a Canadian ice hockey player residing in Markham, Ontario. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and plays for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League...


Cheryl Pounder
Cheryl Pounder
Cheryl Pounder is a women's ice hockey player. Pounder plays defense for the Canadian Women's Hockey League's Mississauga Chiefs, and competed in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics....


Caroline Ouellette
Caroline Ouellette
Caroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...


Danielle Goyette
Danielle Goyette
Danielle Goyette is a retired women's ice hockey player, and has been on the Canadian national team.-Hockey Canada:...


Jayna Hefford
Jayna Hefford
Jayna Hefford is a women's ice hockey player. Hefford played forward for the Canadian women's team at the Winter Olympics in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010...


Jennifer Botterill
Jennifer Botterill
Jennifer Botterill, OM is a retired women's hockey player who played for the Canadian national women's hockey team, Mississauga Chiefs and the Toronto Aeros. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5-0 loss to the Montreal Stars...


Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser is a women's ice hockey player from Canada. She was the first woman to play full time professional hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team...


Kim St-Pierre
Kim St-Pierre
Kim St-Pierre is a women's ice hockey player.-McGill:In 1998-99, she was the top rookie for the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team...


Vicky Sunohara
Vicky Sunohara
Vicky Sunohara is a three-time Olympian and is known as one of Canada's all-time most popular female ice hockey players. She was once considered to be the best female ice hockey player in the world and was described as the "Wayne Gretzky of women's hockey"...


Cassie Campbell
Cassie Campbell
Cassie Campbell-Pascall is a former Canadian female ice hockey player. She was the captain of the Canadian ice hockey team during the 2002 Winter Olympics and led the team to a gold medal...


Gillian Ferrari
Gillian Ferrari
Gillian Ferrari is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She was inducted into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Her Mother is from Wales and her Father was born in Italy.-Playing career:...


Carla MacLeod
Carla MacLeod
Carla MacLeod is a retired member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. MacLeod is related to former Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice Richard.-Playing career:...


Meghan Agosta
Meghan Agosta
Meghan Agosta is a women's ice hockey forward, currently playing for Mercyhurst College. Agosta played for the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning gold medals at both...


Gillian Apps
Gillian Apps
Gillian Mary Apps is a women's ice hockey player. She is the granddaughter of Hockey Hall of Fame member Syl Apps and the daughter of former National Hockey League player Syl Apps, Jr...


Gina Kingsbury
Gina Kingsbury
Gina Kingsbury is a retired women's ice hockey player. She graduated from St. Lawrence University with a degree in psychology. She ranks second all-time in scoring among St...


Sarah Vaillancourt
Sarah Vaillancourt
Sarah Marie Vaillancourt is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars .-Playing career:...


Katie Weatherston
Katie Weatherston
Katherine Marie Weatherston is a Canadian women's ice hockey player.-Playing career:...


Cecilia Andersson
Cecilia Andersson
Cecilia Andersson is an ice hockey goaltender from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She currently lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.FACTS:BORN: Väddö, Sweden, October 4, 1982....


Gunilla Andersson
Gunilla Andersson
Gunilla Andersson is an ice hockey player from Sweden. Andersson play Defenceman position for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team...


Jenni Asserholt
Jenni Asserholt
Jenni Asserholt is an ice hockey player. She play forward position from the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics....


Ann-Louise Edstrand
Ann-Louise Edstrand
Ann-Louise Edstrand is an ice hockey player from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.-References:...


Joa Elfsberg
Joa Elfsberg
Joa Elfsberg is an ice hockey player from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. -References:...


Emma Eliasson
Emma Eliasson
Emma Eliasson is an ice hockey player. She plays as a forward for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy....


Erika Holst
Erika Holst
Erika Holst is a Swedish ice hockey player. She is a member of the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics....


Nanna Jansson
Nanna Jansson
Nanna Jansson is an ice hockey player from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.-References:...


Ylva Lindberg
Ylva Lindberg
Ylva Lindberg is a Swedish ice hockey player. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics....


Jenny Lindqvist
Jenny Lindqvist
Jenny Lindqvist is a Swedish ice hockey player. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...


Kristina Lundberg
Kristina Lundberg
Kristina Lundberg is a Swedish ice hockey player. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. -References:...


Kim Martin
Kim Martin
Kim Kristine Martin is a goaltender for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She plays her club hockey with AIK's women's team and has also played with Hammarby IF's junior men's team...


Frida Nevalainen
Frida Nevalainen
Frida Nevalainen is an ice hockey player. Nevalainen play Defenceman position for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics...


Emilie O'Konor
Emilie O'Konor
Emilie O'Konor is an ice hockey player from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...


Maria Rooth
Maria Rooth
Maria Rooth is a Swedish ice hockey player. She is the only University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey player to have her jersey retired above the ice of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center...


Danijela Rundqvist
Danijela Rundqvist
Danijela Rundqvist is a Swedish ice hockey player.-Career:Rundqvist plays hockey at the forward position. She was trained in Kälvesta Iof. In 2001, she joined AIK IF...


Therese Sjölander
Therese Sjölander
Eva Therése Sjölander is an ice hockey player from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.-External links:*, Feb. 13, 2008....


Katarina Timglas
Katarina Timglas
Katarina Timglas is a Swedish ice hockey player. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...


Anna Vikman
Anna Vikman
Anna Vikman is an ice hockey player from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.-References:...


Pernilla Winberg
Pernilla Winberg
Pernilla Margareta Stephanie Winberg is an ice hockey player. Winberg play forward position from the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics...


Pam Dreyer
Pam Dreyer
Pam Dreyer is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the games in Turin, she played 60 minutes and had 10 saves. She graduated from Brown University in 2003.-External links:*...


Chanda Gunn
Chanda Gunn
Chanda Leigh Gunn is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the games in Turin, she played close to 250 minutes and had 50 saves with a save percentage of 89.3%.-Northeastern:In the 2003-04 season, Chanda Gunn was in her senior season led the Huskies...


Courtney Kennedy
Courtney Kennedy
Courtney Kennedy is an American ice hockey player. She won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics....


Angela Ruggiero
Angela Ruggiero
Angela Marie Ruggiero is an American ice hockey defenseman. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She is also the author of a memoir about her hockey experiences and a former contestant on the NBC reality show The Apprentice...


Lyndsay Wall
Lyndsay Wall
Lyndsay Wall is an American ice hockey player. She won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics....


Helen Resor
Caitlin Cahow
Caitlin Cahow
Caitlin Cahow is an American ice hockey player. She attended the Foote School, where she graduated in 2000 and then attended the Hotchkiss School where she graduated in 2003 after playing soccer, field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse...


Molly Engstrom
Molly Engstrom
Molly Engstrom is an American ice hockey player of Swedish descent. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics...


Jamie Hagerman
Jamie Hagerman
Jamie Hagerman is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-Harvard Crimson:...


Krissy Wendell
Krissy Wendell
Krissy Wendell is an American women's ice hockey player. During the 2004-05 season, Krissy Wendell set an NCAA record for most shorthanded goals in one season with 7. After graduating from Minnesota, she had the career record for most shorthanded goals in a career with 16...


Kim Insalaco
Kim Insalaco
Kim Insalaco is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She graduated from Brown University in 2003. Kim married Chris Legg, also a former Brown Men's Icer on June 13, 2009 in Ithaca, NY where Kim was living at the time...


Jenny Potter
Jenny Potter
Jenny Schmidgall-Potter is an American ice hockey player. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics...


Julie Chu
Julie Chu
Julie Chu is an American Olympic ice hockey player who plays the position of forward on the United States women's ice hockey team and the Montreal Stars. Chu's hometown is Fairfield, Connecticut, although she resided in Cambridge, Massachusetts during her college years while playing hockey for...


Kelly Stephens
Kelly Stephens
Kelly Stephens-Tysland is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She participated in women's ice hockey at the University of Minnesota before moving back to her home city of Seattle and starting Experience Momentum, a fitness training company.-External...


Kathleen Kauth
Kathleen Kauth
Kathleen Kauth is an American ice hockey player, formerly playing for the Brampton Thunder, when they were affiliated with the NWHL.-USA Hockey:...


Kristin King
Kristin King
Kristin King is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She graduated from Dartmouth College in 2002.-External links:**...


Katie King
Natalie Darwitz
Natalie Darwitz
Natalie Darwitz is an American ice hockey player. Natalie has been the Captain of the US Women's National Team since the start of the 2007-08 season...


Tricia Dunn-Luoma
Tricia Dunn-Luoma
Tricia Dunn-Luoma is an American ice hockey player. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She graduated from Pinkerton Academy in Derry.-External links:*-References:...


Sarah Parsons
Sarah Parsons
Sarah Parsons is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is now a member of Dartmouth College's class of 2010.-High school:...



Group A details


Group B details


Consolation round 5–8 place

Final round

Semifinals

Leading scorers

Rank Player Games played Goals
Goal (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...

Assists
Assist (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...

Pts
Point (ice hockey)
Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...

PIM
Penalty (ice hockey)
A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...

+/- Shots
1   Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser is a women's ice hockey player from Canada. She was the first woman to play full time professional hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team...

5 5 12 17 6 +15 21
2   Cherie Piper
Cherie Piper
Cherie Piper is a Canadian ice hockey player residing in Markham, Ontario. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and plays for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League...

5 7 8 15 0 +15 14
3   Gillian Apps
Gillian Apps
Gillian Mary Apps is a women's ice hockey player. She is the granddaughter of Hockey Hall of Fame member Syl Apps and the daughter of former National Hockey League player Syl Apps, Jr...

5 7 7 14 14
13
20
4   Caroline Ouellette
Caroline Ouellette
Caroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...

5 5 4 9 4
12
17
  Maria Rooth
Maria Rooth
Maria Rooth is a Swedish ice hockey player. She is the only University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey player to have her jersey retired above the ice of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center...

5 5 4 9 2
1
22
6   Jenny Potter
Jenny Potter
Jenny Schmidgall-Potter is an American ice hockey player. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

5 2 7 9 4
10
19
7   Katie King 5 6 2 8 2
6
20
8   Sarah Parsons
Sarah Parsons
Sarah Parsons is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is now a member of Dartmouth College's class of 2010.-High school:...

5 4 3 7 0
9
23
9   Jayna Hefford
Jayna Hefford
Jayna Hefford is a women's ice hockey player. Hefford played forward for the Canadian women's team at the Winter Olympics in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010...

5 3 4 7 0
8
15
10   Jennifer Botterill
Jennifer Botterill
Jennifer Botterill, OM is a retired women's hockey player who played for the Canadian national women's hockey team, Mississauga Chiefs and the Toronto Aeros. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5-0 loss to the Montreal Stars...

5 1 6 7 4
6
10

Hat trick scorers Meghan Agosta
Meghan Agosta
Meghan Agosta is a women's ice hockey forward, currently playing for Mercyhurst College. Agosta played for the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning gold medals at both...

, Gillian Apps
Gillian Apps
Gillian Mary Apps is a women's ice hockey player. She is the granddaughter of Hockey Hall of Fame member Syl Apps and the daughter of former National Hockey League player Syl Apps, Jr...

, Caroline Ouellette
Caroline Ouellette
Caroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...

, Cherie Piper
Cherie Piper
Cherie Piper is a Canadian ice hockey player residing in Markham, Ontario. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and plays for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League...

 Therese Sjölander
Therese Sjölander
Eva Therése Sjölander is an ice hockey player from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.-External links:*, Feb. 13, 2008....

 Katie King Larisa Mishina

Leading goaltenders

Goalies with 40% or more of their team's total minutes
Rank Goalie Minutes GA GAA
Goals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....

SV%
Save percentage
Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops...

Saves
1   Charline Labonté
Charline Labonté
Charline Labonté is a women's ice hockey player. Labonté now lives in Montreal, and is studying Physical Education at McGill University.-Playing career:...

180 1 0.33 .976 41
2   Jennifer Harss 190 6 1.89 .942 97
3   Florence Schelling
Florence Schelling
Florence Schelling played for Switzerland women's national ice hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics. Schelling became the first and only woman to ever play in the Swiss Men's National B League.-Switzerland:...

150 6 2.40 .933 84
4   Kim Martin
Kim Martin
Kim Kristine Martin is a goaltender for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She plays her club hockey with AIK's women's team and has also played with Hammarby IF's junior men's team...

190 7 2.21 .927 89
5   Kim St-Pierre
Kim St-Pierre
Kim St-Pierre is a women's ice hockey player.-McGill:In 1998-99, she was the top rookie for the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team...

120 1 0.50 .923 12
6   Chandra Gunn 249:58 6 1.44 .893 50
7   Patricia Elsmore-Sautter 149:40 12 4.81 .883 91
8   Irina Gashennikova 266:25 12 2.70 .876 85
9   Maija Hassinen 195:17 11 3.38 .875 77
10   Debora Montanari 220 31 8.45 .821 142


Goalies with less than 40% of their team's total minutes
Rank Goaltender Minutes GA GAA
Goals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....

SV%
Save percentage
Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops...

Saves
1   Pam Dreyer
Pam Dreyer
Pam Dreyer is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the games in Turin, she played 60 minutes and had 10 saves. She graduated from Brown University in 2003.-External links:*...

60 0 0.00 1.000 10
2   Stephanie Wartosch-Kurten 120 5 2.50 .875 35
3   Noora Räty
Noora Räty
Noora Räty is a member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team and also plays for the Minnesota Golden Gophers .-Playing career:...

104:43 6 3.44 .867 39
4   Cecilia Andersson
Cecilia Andersson
Cecilia Andersson is an ice hockey goaltender from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She currently lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.FACTS:BORN: Väddö, Sweden, October 4, 1982....

120 8 4.00 .843 43
5   Luana Fraselli 80 17 12.75 .750 51
6   Nadezhda Aleksandrova 43:35 7 9.64 .741 20


Shut-out posters
  • Noora Räty
    Noora Räty
    Noora Räty is a member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team and also plays for the Minnesota Golden Gophers .-Playing career:...

     (Finland)
  • Kim Martin
    Kim Martin
    Kim Kristine Martin is a goaltender for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She plays her club hockey with AIK's women's team and has also played with Hammarby IF's junior men's team...

     (Sweden)
  • Kim St. Pierre (Canada)
  • Charline Labonté
    Charline Labonté
    Charline Labonté is a women's ice hockey player. Labonté now lives in Montreal, and is studying Physical Education at McGill University.-Playing career:...

     (Canada)
  • Chanda Gunn
    Chanda Gunn
    Chanda Leigh Gunn is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the games in Turin, she played close to 250 minutes and had 50 saves with a save percentage of 89.3%.-Northeastern:In the 2003-04 season, Chanda Gunn was in her senior season led the Huskies...

     (USA)
  • Pam Dreyer
    Pam Dreyer
    Pam Dreyer is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the games in Turin, she played 60 minutes and had 10 saves. She graduated from Brown University in 2003.-External links:*...

     (USA)
  • Jennifer Harss (Germany)

Awards

Tournament
  • Goalkeeper:
    • Kim Martin
      Kim Martin
      Kim Kristine Martin is a goaltender for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She plays her club hockey with AIK's women's team and has also played with Hammarby IF's junior men's team...

      ,
  • Defensemen:
    • Angela Ruggiero
      Angela Ruggiero
      Angela Marie Ruggiero is an American ice hockey defenseman. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She is also the author of a memoir about her hockey experiences and a former contestant on the NBC reality show The Apprentice...

      ,
    • Carla MacLeod
      Carla MacLeod
      Carla MacLeod is a retired member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. MacLeod is related to former Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice Richard.-Playing career:...

      ,
  • Forwards:
    • Gillian Apps
      Gillian Apps
      Gillian Mary Apps is a women's ice hockey player. She is the granddaughter of Hockey Hall of Fame member Syl Apps and the daughter of former National Hockey League player Syl Apps, Jr...

      ,
    • Hayley Wickenheiser
      Hayley Wickenheiser
      Hayley Wickenheiser is a women's ice hockey player from Canada. She was the first woman to play full time professional hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team...

      ,
    • Maria Rooth
      Maria Rooth
      Maria Rooth is a Swedish ice hockey player. She is the only University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey player to have her jersey retired above the ice of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center...

      ,
  • Most Valuable Player
    Most Valuable Player
    In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...

    :
    • Hayley Wickenheiser
      Hayley Wickenheiser
      Hayley Wickenheiser is a women's ice hockey player from Canada. She was the first woman to play full time professional hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team...

      ,

Qualification

The top four teams from the International Ice Hockey Federation
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 70 members...

 world rankings following the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2004 IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 30-April 6, 2004 in Halifax and Dartmouth, Canada. The Canadian national women's hockey team won their eighth straight World Championships...

qualified automatically. These teams were Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden. Italy also gained a place as it was the host nation. Russia, Germany, and Switzerland qualified for the last three places through qualification tournaments.
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