1990 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 1990 IIHF Women's World Championships was an international women's ice hockey competition held at Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (now renamed TD Place Arena) from March 19 to 25, in 1990.[1] This was the first IIHF-sanctioned international tournament in women's ice hockey and is the only major international tournament in women's ice hockey to allow bodychecking.[2] Full contact bodychecking was allowed with certain restrictions near the boards. The intermissions between periods were twenty minutes instead of fifteen.[3] This has since[when?] been changed to the usual fifteen minutes.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Canada |
| Dates | 19–25 March 1990 |
| Opened by | Ray Hnatyshyn |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Canada (1st title) |
| Runner-up | United States |
| Third place | Finland |
| Fourth place | Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 237 (11.85 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Cindy Curley (23 points) |
The Canadian team won the gold medal, the United States won silver, and Finland won bronze. Team Finland had won the first IIHF European Women’s Championship the previous year (1989), in Düsseldorf and Ratingen, Germany.
Canada's Fran Rider helped to organize the championships without the financial support from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (now known as Hockey Canada).[4]
The tournament drew strong international attention. The gold medal game packed 9,000 people into the arena and drew over a million viewers on television.[citation needed] For marketing purposes, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided the Canadian national team should wear pink and white uniforms instead of the expected red and white[5] and released a related film called, "Pretty in Pink". While the experiment only lasted for this tournament, Ottawa was taken over by a "pink craze" during the championships. Restaurants had pink-coloured food on special, and pink became a popular colour for flowers and bow ties.[5]
Qualification Tournament edit
The United States, Canadian and Asian representative Japan, qualified automatically.[3][6] The 1989 European Women's Ice Hockey Championship served as the qualification tournament for this championship. The top five finishers in the top pool qualified. They were Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and West Germany.[3]
U.S. team members ranged in age from 17 to 30 and included high school and college players, a law student and a construction worker.[7]
Venue edit
The tournament took place in Canada at the Civic Centre in Ottawa, now renamed, TD Place Arena.
| Ottawa, Canada | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Venue | Details | ||
| Ottawa Civic Centre Renamed: TD Place Arena | Location: Ottawa, Canada Broke ground: 1966 Opened: December 29, 1967 Renamed: TD Place Arena Renovated: 1992, 2005, 2012–2014 Expanded: 1992 (seating reduced as part of 2005 renovation) Capacity: | ||
Final tournament edit
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | +49 | 6 | Advanced to Final round |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 2 | Sent to Consolation round |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 33 | −28 | 0 |
| 19 March 1990 | West Germany | 4–1 | Japan |
| 21 March 1990 | Canada | 17–0 | West Germany |
| 22 March 1990 | Sweden | 7–0 | West Germany |
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 | +31 | 6 | Advanced to Final round |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | +18 | 4 | |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 2 | Sent to Consolation round |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 35 | −31 | 0 |
| 19 March 1990 | United States | 16–3 | Switzerland |
| 21 March 1990 | United States | 17–0 | Norway |
| 21 March 1990 | Finland | 10–0 | Switzerland |
| 22 March 1990 | Switzerland | 8–3 | Norway |
| 22 March 1990 | Finland | 4–5 | United States |
Consolation round edit
5–8 place edit
| 24 March 1990 | Switzerland | 5–4 | Japan |
| 24 March 1990 | Norway | 6–3 | West Germany |
7–8 place edit
| 25 March 1990 | West Germany | 9–2 | Japan |
5–6 place edit
| 25 March 1990 | Switzerland | 7–6 | Norway |
Final round edit
Semifinals edit
| 24 March 1990 | United States | 10–3 | Sweden |
3–4 place edit
Final edit
| 25 March 1990 | Canada | 5–2 | United States |
Rankings and statistics edit
Final rankings edit
Scoring leaders edit
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| G | A | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy Curley, United States | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| Tina Cardinale, United States | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Cammi Granato, United States | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Kim Urech, Switzerland | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Angela James, Canada | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Heather Ginzel, Canada | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Susana Yuen, Canada | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Kelly O'Leary, United States | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Shirley Cameron, Canada | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Stacy Wilson, Canada | 3 | 8 | 11 |
Canada's Dawn McGuire was named MVP of the gold medal game.
Leading goaltenders edit
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathy Phillips | 156 | 32 | 3 | 1.15 | 90.63 | 1 |
| Tamae Satsu | 151 | 143 | 17 | 6.75 | 88.11 | 0 |
| Kelly Dyer | 200 | 83 | 12 | 3.60 | 85.54 | 1 |
| Aurelia Vonderstrass | 180 | 65 | 10 | 3.33 | 84.62 | 0 |
| Tanja Muller | 147 | 97 | 15 | 6.12 | 84.54 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: whockey.com
Bodychecking edit
This is the only major international tournament in women's ice hockey to allow bodychecking.[2] Bodychecking rules allowed for full-contact checking, with certain limitations along the boards.[7]
Before the tournament, bodychecking had been allowed in women's ice hockey in Europe and North America though Canada had begun to gradually eliminate the tactic from their women's ice hockey programs in the mid-1980's, with contact having already been banned at all national women's ice hockey tournaments in Canada in 1983 due to the efforts of Rhonda Leeman Taylor.[8] However, the European teams had asked for bodychecking to be included in the 1990 international tournament.[2]
[Cammi] Granato said that the women's game, "without the checking, can't get too out of hand." She recalled how, in the 1990 world championships, checking was allowed for the first few games and the Americans looked forward to it. "We were psyched," Granato said. "Then we faced some of the European teams and said, 'Wow, these guys are strong and they know how to hit.' There were a couple head injuries right away and they took it out. There is too much of a size difference. It was kind of a trial and error. And then they took it out entirely."[9]
— Joe Lapointe, "OLYMPICS: WOMEN'S HOCKEY; Contact Is a Hard-Hitting Question to Consider", The New York Times (Feb. 17, 2002)
After this tournament, the International Ice Hockey Federation disallowed bodychecking in women's ice hockey.[2] It is currently[when?] an infraction punished with a minor or major and game misconduct penalty.[10]
Injuries edit
A number of players suffered head injuries from the beginning of the tournament.[9] Finland's Kirsi Hirvonen was "carried away with a neck injury after being cross-checked." U.S. team captain Tina Cardinale-Beauchemin's right forearm and elbow, "were a mass of purple-and-blue welts, courtesy of a slash early in the tournament." Canada's France Saint-Louis, "spent three days in a hospital after taking a stick across the throat".[11][7]
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ "Highlights, Canada vs USA, 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship final". Youtube.com. from the original on 2022-02-11.
- ^ a b c d Kelly, p. 89.
- ^ a b c Andria Hunter Women's Hockey Net page on the IIHF World Women's Championships 2010-09-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 16, 2006.
- ^ On the Edge: Women Making Hockey History, p.81, by Elizabeth Etue and Megan K. Williams, Second Story Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1996, ISBN 0-929005-79-1
- ^ a b Kelly p. 88.
- ^ Championnats du monde feminins 1990 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 2, 2019.
- ^ a b c Fichtenbaum, Paul (2 April 1990). "No place for pom-poms: the tough U.S. women were second in the first worlds. (Hockey)". Sports Illustrated. from the original on 23 May 2022.
- ^ Julia Galt (28 February 2020). "Newmarket author reveals untold stories of women's hockey history". newmarkettoday.ca. Newmarket Today. from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ a b Joe Lapointe (17 February 2002). "OLYMPICS: WOMEN'S HOCKEY; Contact Is a Hard-Hitting Question to Consider". The New York Times. from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ International Ice Hockey Federation Section 5, Rule 441 of Official Ice Hockey rules 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine p. 84 accessed July 16, 2006.
- ^ Paul Fitchenbaum (2 April 1990). "NO PLACE FOR POM-POMS | THE TOUGH U.S. WOMEN WERE SECOND IN THE FIRST WORLDS". vault.si.com. Sports Illustrated. from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
References edit
- Malcolm G. Kelly, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canadian Sports History and Trivia", Alpha Books, ISBN 0-13-014658-7.
- Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 487–9. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–7, 227–8.
External links edit
- Summary from the Women's Hockey Net
- Detailed summary from passionhockey.com