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
Venues	General Motors Place (renamed Canada Hockey Place during the game due to the no-commercial policy) UBC Thunderbird Arena
Dates	13–25 February 2010
Medalists
Canada (3rd title)  United States  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

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Rosters

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters

Group A

•   Canada (roster)
•   Slovakia (roster)
•   Sweden (roster)
•    Switzerland (roster)

Group B

•   China (roster)
•   Finland (roster)
•   Russia (roster)
•   United States (roster)

First round

Group A

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:^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC−8).

13 February 2010 12:00

Sweden

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,222

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Leah Wrazidlo (United States)
	Rundqvist (Udén Johansson, Svedin Thunström) – 12:31 1–0 Enström (Östberg, Myrén) – 31:35 2–0 Udén Johansson (Nevalainen) – 41:50 3–0
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	16

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13 February 2010 17:00

Canada

18–0 (7–0, 6–0, 5–0)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,496

Game reference
	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
	Irwin (Vaillancourt, Johnston) – 1:39 1–0 Bonhomme (Hefford, MacLeod) – 3:06 2–0 Agosta (Ouellette, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 5:38 3–0 MacLeod (Bonhomme, Ouellette) – 8:21 4–0 Agosta (Kellar, Sostorics) – 11:34 5–0 Kingsbury (Piper, Apps) – 15:09 6–0 Sostorics (Hefford, Agosta) – 16:20 7–0 Vaillancourt (Johnston) – 23:42 8–0 Poulin (PP) – 27:21 9–0 Agosta (Hefford, Ouellette) – 30:19 10–0 Hefford (Wickenheiser) (SH) – 32:00 11–0 Ouellette (Apps, Sostorics) (SH) – 32:44 12–0 MacLeod (Poulin, Sostorics) – 36:42 13–0 Hefford (Agosta, MacLeod) – 44:23 14–0 Irwin (Vaillancourt, Ward) – 44:37 15–0 Piper (Wickenheiser) – 46:54 16–0 Hefford (Ouellette, Kellar) – 51:03 17–0 Kingsbury (Botterill) – 52:52 18–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	67	Shots	9

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15 February 2010 14:30

Switzerland

1–10 (0–2, 1–3, 0–5)

Canada

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,413

Game reference
	Florence Schelling (out 51:55) Dominique Slongo (in 51:55)	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referee: Nicole Hertrich (Germany)
	0–1 6:27 – Apps (Kingsbury, Piper) (PP) 0–2 14:25 – Vaillancourt (Johnston) 0–3 22:19 – Piper (Wickenheiser) 0–4 28:08 – Agosta (Ward, Ouellette) 0–5 31:15 – Agosta (Ouellette, Hefford) Leimgruber (Lehmann, S. Marty) – 39:46 1–5 1–6 40:54 – Hefford (Wickenheiser) (SH) 1–7 49:08 – Ward 1–8 49:27 – Poulin 1–9 50:43 – Johnston (Vaillancourt, Kellar) 1–10 51:55 – Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	12	Shots	62

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15 February 2010 19:00

Sweden

6–2 (3–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,323

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Aina Høve (Norway)
	Winberg (Holmlöv, Holst) (PP) – 5:01 1–0 1–1 9:52 – Džurňáková (Babonyová, Herichová) Winberg (Eliasson, Holmlöv) (PP) – 12:11 2–1 2–2 13:29 – Čupková (Čulíková, Kapustová) Asserholt (Myrén, Östberg) – 16:07 3–2 Winberg (E. Andersson) – 29:07 4–2 Holmlöv (Holst, G. Andersson) (PP) – 46:08 5–2 Winberg (Nordin) – 53:20 6–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	48	Shots	16

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17 February 2010 14:30

Canada

13–1 (5–0, 7–0, 1–1)

Sweden

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,483

Game reference
	Kim St-Pierre (out 40:00) / Charline Labonté (in 40:00)	Goalies	Kim Martin (out 28:47) / Sara Grahn (in 28:47)	Referee: Leah Wrazidlo (United States)
	Agosta (Piper, Ouellette) – 06:58 1–0 Poulin (Agosta, Wickenheiser) – 09:16 2–0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Sostorics) – 13:00 3–0 Vaillancourt (Johnston, Sostorics) – 15:27 4–0 Bonhomme (Agosta) – 15:57 5–0 Agosta (Hefford) – 21:06 6–0 Hefford (Ouellette, Kellar) – 25:36 7–0 Wickenheiser (Apps) – 25:14 8–0 Apps (Irwin, Piper) – 26:13 9–0 Agosta (Ouellette) (PP) – 27:59 10–0 Piper (Wickenheiser) – 29:17 11–0 Irwin (Vaillancourt, Ward) (PP) – 31:43 12–0 Apps (MacLeod, Wickenheiser) – 47:43 13–0 13–1 52:16 – Timglas (Jordansson, Rooth) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	52	Shots	13

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17 February 2010 19:00

Slovakia

2–5 (1–0, 0–1, 1–4)

Switzerland

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,272

Game reference
	Zuzana Tomčíková	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Ulla Sipilä (Finland)
	Čulíková (Čupková) – 7:10 1–0 1–1 35:39 – S. Marty Čulíková (Kapustová, Čupková) – 40:19 2–1 2–2 50:35 – S. Marty (Nussbaum) 2–3 51:18 – Benz (Meier, Schelling) 2–4 56:28 – Lehmann (Leimgruber) (SH) 2–5 58:25 – S. Marty (Hafliger, Benz)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	45

Group B

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:^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC−8).

14 February 2010 12:00

United States

12–1 (5–0, 3–0, 4–1)

China

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,278

Game reference
	Molly Schaus (out 52:00) / Brianne McLaughlin (in 52:00)	Goalies	Shi Yao	Referee: Ulla Sipilä (Finland)
	Ruggiero – 2:50 1–0 Stack (Chu) – 9:56 2–0 Potter (M. Lamoureux) – 14:22 3–0 Duggan (Stack, Darwitz) (PP) – 17:40 4–0 Potter (Knight, M. Lamoureux) – 18:01 5–0 Potter (Engstrom, Chesson) (PP) – 21:18 6–0 Chesson (Marvin, Chu) – 23:46 7–0 J. Lamoureux (Thatcher) – 39:39 8–0 Duggan (Marvin, Potter) – 43:59 9–0 Engstrom (Potter, M. Lamoureux) – 50:43 10–0 Darwitz (M. Lamoureux, Weiland) – 54:43 11–0 11–1 57:39 – Jin (Ma, Sun) (PP) Chu (Darwitz) – 59:21 12–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	61	Shots	7

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14 February 2010 16:30

Finland

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Russia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,275

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Mary Anne Gage (Canada) Linesmen: Heather Richardson (Canada) Kerry Rumble (Canada)
	0–1 6:11 – Vafina (Burina) (PP) Sirviö (Saarinen, Välimäki) (PP2) – 9:30 1–1 Voutilainen (Rantamäki) – 23:59 2–1 Hovi (Hiirikoski) – 37:36 3–1 Tikkinen (S. Tuominen, Karvinen) – 42:25 4–1 Tikkinen (Pelttari, Karvinen) (PP) – 49:32 5–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	14

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16 February 2010 14:30

Russia

0–13 (0–5, 0–7, 0–1)

United States

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,365

Game reference
	Anna Prugova (out 31:00) Mariya Onolbayeva (in 31:00)	Goalies	Jessie Vetter	Referee: Nicole Hertrich (Germany) Linesmen: Annica Flöden (Sweden) Heather Richardson (Canada)
	0–1 2:19 – M. Lamoureux (J. Lamoureux, Stack) 0–2 5:48 – Potter (Knight) (SH) 0–3 9:54 – Thatcher (Potter, Knight) 0–4 12:57 – Cahow (Stack, Darwitz) (PP) 0–5 15:56 – Potter (Knight) (PP) 0–6 20:34 – Ruggiero (Chu, Darwitz) (PP) 0–7 23:16 – Stack (M. Lamoureux) (PP) 0–8 26:01 – J. Lamoureux (Darwitz) 0–9 27:50 – Darwitz (Cahow) (PP) 0–10 31:00 – Darwitz (Knight) (SH) 0–11 31:46 – Potter (Thatcher, Bellamy) 0–12 33:32 – Engstrom (Chesson) (PP) 0–13 41:05 – Chesson (Stack) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	7	Shots	34

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16 February 2010 19:00

Finland

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

China

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,317

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Shi Yao	Referee: Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
	0–1 18:10 – Wang L. (SH) Rantamäki (Pelttari, Lindstedt) (PP) – 29:13 1–1 Hovi – 34:02 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	5

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18 February 2010 14:30

United States

6–0 (4–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,398

Game reference
	Jessie Vetter	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: Aina Høve (Norway)
	Chu (Ruggiero) – 8:08 1–0 Engstrom (M. Lamoureux) (PP) – 10:47 2–0 Duggan (Darwitz, Marvin) – 11:29 3–0 Darwitz (Engstrom, Chesson) – 18:03 4–0 Knight (Darwitz) – 31:48 5–0 Thatcher (J. Lamoureux, Ruggiero) – 58:22 6–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	23

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18 February 2010 19:00

China

1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Russia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,391

Game reference
	Shi Yao	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Mary Anne Gage (Canada) Linesmen: Meghan Margaret Hishmeh (United States) Anna Majapuro (Finland)
	0–1 24:23 – Smolentseva (Kapustina, Khomich) 0–2 36:02 – Sergina (Burina, Permyakova) (PP) Jin (Sun) – 37:38 1–2
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	39

Classification round

	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

All times are local (UTC−8).

20 February 2010 14:30

Switzerland

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

China

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,454

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Shi Yao (out 7:53) Jia Dandan (in 7:53)	Referee: Leah Wrazidlo (United States)
	Lehmann (S. Marty) – 7:02 1–0 S. Marty – 7:53 2–0 Nussbaum (J. Marty, Lehmann) (PP) – 37:12 3–0 S. Marty (Lehmann, Leimgruber) – 39:44 4–0 S. Marty (Lehmann, Meier) – 54:54 5–0 S. Marty (Leimgruber, Benz) – 58:48 6–0
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	49	Shots	21

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20 February 2010 19:00

Russia

4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Slovakia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,488

Game reference
	Irina Gashennikova	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Aina Høve (Norway) Linesmen: Annica Flöden (Sweden) Kerry Rumble (Canada)
	Sotnikova (Lebedeva) – 7:34 1–0 Gavrilova (Sergina, Smolentseva) (PP) – 18:16 2–0 2–1 23:24 – Pravlíková (Veličková) (PP) Terentieva (Kapustina, Dyubanok) (SH) – 33:45 3–1 3–2 40:31 – Kapustová (Veličková) Gavrilova (PP) – 50:26 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	19

Seventh place game

All times are local (UTC−8).

22 February 2010 14:00

China

3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,284

Game reference
	Shi Yao	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
	0–1 10:37 – Pravlíková (Jurčová, Veličková) Wang L. (Yu, Jiang) – 37:15 1–1 Sun (Zhang S., Jin) – 45:04 2–1 Wang L. (Zhang B.) – 51:44 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	21

Fifth place game

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)

Russia

UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,412

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Ulla Sipilä (Finland) Linesmen: Zuzana Arazimová (Czech Republic) Kerry Rumble (Canada)
	0–1 9:05 – Burina (Sergina, Permyakova) (PP) S. Marty (Nussbaum, Meier) (PP) – 34:12 1–1
	Lehmann   Bullo   S. Marty	Shootout	Sosina   Gavrilova   Deulina
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	33

Final round

	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

All times are local (UTC−8).

22 February 2010 12:00

Sweden

1–9 (0–2, 1–3, 0–4)

United States

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,021

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Jessie Vetter	Referee: Mary Anne Gage (Canada)
	0–1 7:14 – M. Lamoureux (Potter, Knight) 0–2 8:23 – Duggan (Cahow, Stack) (PP) 0–3 23:22 – Ruggiero (J. Lamoureux) 0–4 25:58 – Cahow (Thatcher) Winberg (Jordansson) (PP) – 29:34 1–4 1–5 33:35 – Thatcher (J. Lamoureux, Lawler) 1–6 45:59 – M. Lamoureux (Potter, Engstrom) (PP) 1–7 47:15 – Weiland (Lawler) 1–8 55:20 – Stack (Chu, Engstrom) 1–9 57:19 – M. Lamoureux (Knight) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	12	Shots	46

22 February 2010 17:00

Finland

0–5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,324

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referee: Nicole Hertrich (Canada)
	0–1 5:22 – Piper (Agosta, Hefford) 0–2 14:36 – Irwin 0–3 36:21 – Agosta (Bonhomme, Hefford) 0–4 44:23 – Irwin (Johnston, Vaillancourt) 0–5 58:57 – Ouellette (Poulin) (SH)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	11	Shots	50

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Bronze medal game

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 Grahn	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: Nicole Hertrich (Germany)
	0–1 24:24 – Pelttari Rooth (Jordansson, Eliasson) (PP) – 32:24 1–1 1–2 36:02 – Karvinen (Välimäki) Rundqvist (G. Andersson, Holmlöv) (PP) – 45:09 2–2 2–3 62:33 – Rantamäki (Tuominen, Hiirikoski)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	24

Final

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 Szabados	Goalies	Jessie Vetter	Referee: Aina Høve (Norway)
	Poulin (Botterill) – 13:55 1–0 Poulin (Agosta) – 16:50 2–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	21

Final rankings

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

Leading scorers

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

•   Meghan Agosta (CAN) (2)
•   Jayna Hefford (CAN)
•   Pernilla Winberg (SWE)
•   Stefanie Marty (SUI) (2)
•   Monique Lamoureux (USA)
•   Jenny Potter (USA) (2)

Leading goaltenders

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

•   Kim St-Pierre (CAN)
•   Shannon Szabados (CAN) (2)
•   Kim Martin (SWE)
•   Florence Schelling (SUI)
•   Jessie Vetter (USA) (2)

Awards

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

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.

External links

• Official IIHF website — 2010 OWG Women's Tournament Playing Format
• Official IIHF website — Game Schedule
• Vancouver 2010 Official website — Ice Hockey Schedule and Results 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine