Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

2002 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	11–21 February
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (1st title)
Runner-up	United States of America
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	127 (6.35 per match)
Attendance	129,435 (6,472 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Hayley Wickenheiser; (10 points)
MVP	Hayley Wickenheiser
	← 1998 2006 →

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Provo and West Valley City, United States, from 11 to 21 February. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. Canada won the final by a score of 3–2 over the United States, who were awarded silver. The bronze medal game was won by Sweden with a 2–1 victory over Finland.

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.

Qualifying[]

The qualification process, and seedings for the Olympic tournament, came from the final standings of the 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship. The top six nations were given direct entry to the Olympics, the final two spots were contested in a qualification tournament.^[1] The nations ranked seven through ten played a round robin in Engelberg, Switzerland from 8 to 11 February 2001.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	9	10	−1	4	2002 Winter Olympics
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2002 Winter Olympics
3	Switzerland (H)	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Japan	3	0	2	1	7	10	−3	2

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.
Notes:

↑ Women's seeding and qualification

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 February 2001
16:30

Japan

3–3
(1–0, 0–2, 2–1)

Germany

Sporting Park, Engelberg
Attendance: 300

Game reference

8 February 2001
20:00

Kazakhstan

2–7
(0–3, 0–3, 2–1)

Switzerland

Sporting Park, Engelberg
Attendance: 825

Game reference

9 February 2001
17:00

Kazakhstan

5–2
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Japan

Sporting Park, Engelberg
Attendance: 513

Game reference

10 February 2001
17:00

Germany

3–1
(0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Sporting Park, Engelberg
Attendance: 800

Game reference

11 February 2001
13:30

Germany

1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Sporting Park, Engelberg
Attendance: 531

Game reference

11 February 2001
17:00

Switzerland

2–2
(0–0, 0–0, 2–2)

Japan

Sporting Park, Engelberg
Attendance: 920

Game reference

Rosters[]

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters

Group A

Group B

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC–7).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	25	0	+25	6	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	1	10	13	−3	4	Semifinals
3	Russia	3	1	2	6	11	−5	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	1	18	−17	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: IIHF.com

11 February 2002
11:00

Canada

7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,321


Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Natalya Trunova	Referee: Anne Haanpää
Wickenheiser (PP) – 02:33 / Piper (Antal, Sostorics) – 08:45 / Sunohara (Piper, Ouellette) (PP) – 11:09 / Shewchuk (Goyette, Sostorics) (PP) – 23:49 / Wickenheiser (Goyette) (PP) – 35:18 / Goyette (Wickenheiser) (PP) – 47:27 / Sunohara (Hefford) – 57:23	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0
8 min	Penalties	18 min
66	Shots	11

11 February 2002
14:00

Sweden

3–2
(2–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Russia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,241


Annica Åhlén	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Krista Knight
Edstrand (Rooth, Holst) (PP) – 08:14 / Almblad (Pettersson) – 15:15 / Bergstrand – 24:11	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2	25:07 – Pashkevich / 36:04 – Mishina (Permyakova)
4 min	Penalties	10 min
44	Shots	14

13 February 2002
11:00

Russia

0–7
(0–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,213


Irina Gashennikova	Goalies	Sami Jo Small	Referee: Anu Hirvonen
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7	11:37 – Wickenheiser / 18:00 – Goyette (Wickenheiser) / 20:31 – Antal (Ouellette, Heaney) / 29:14 – Piper (Ouellette, Botterill) / 47:48 – Botterill (Sunohara, Brisson) (PP) / 58:12 – Chartrand / 58:50 – Goyette (Wickenheiser)
18 min	Penalties	4 min
6	Shots	60

13 February 2002
14:00

Sweden

7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 3,549


Kim Martin	Goalies	Natalya Trunova	Referee: Stacey Livingston
Holst – 01:08 / Rooth (SH) – 02:38 / Vikman (Lindberg) – 11:05 / Almblad (Rooth, Holst) (PP) – 32:27 / Holst (A. Andersson, Rooth) (PP) – 35:41 / Bergstrand (Holst) (PP) – 44:05 / G. Andersson – 54:46	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0
22 min	Penalties	24 min
43	Shots	17

15 February 2002
14:00

Kazakhstan

1–4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Russia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,618


Natalya Trunova	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Stacey Livingston
Yakovchuk (Potapova, Vasina) (PP) – 10:36	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4	04:43 – Pashkevich / 26:24 – Terentieva (Smolentseva) / 35:03 – Burina (Smolentseva, Trefilova) / 47:37 – Tsareva
16 min	Penalties	16 min
18	Shots	52

16 February 2002
19:00

Canada

11–0
(1–0, 4–0, 6–0)

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,306


Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Annica Åhlén	Referee: Anu Hirvonen
Botterill (Shewchuk, Bechard) – 10:26 / Piper – 26:01 / Botterill (Heaney, Hefford) (PP) – 29:12 / Wickenheiser (Campbell, Goyette) – 32:06 / Campbell (Goyette) – 37:18 / Ouellette – 42:42 / Hefford (Dupuis) – 43:05 / Dupuis – 46:52 / Sunohara (Hefford) – 55:21 / Antal (Botterill, Brisson) (PP) – 59:37 / Chartrand (Hefford, Ouellette) – 59:54	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 11–0
4 min	Penalties	22 min
70	Shots	22

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States of America (H)	3	3	0	0	27	1	+26	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4	Semifinals
3	Germany	3	0	1	2	6	18	−12	1	5–8th place semifinals
4	China	3	0	1	2	6	21	−15	1	5–8th place semifinals

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.

12 February 2002
11:00

United States of America

10–0
(2–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Germany

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,504


Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten Esther Thyßen	Referee: Laura Vanderhorst
Bye (Potter, Mounsey) – 06:16 / Baker (Bailey, Bye) – 15:05 / Darwitz (Granato) – 21:44 / Darwitz (PP) – 27:10 / Bailey (Baker, Looney) – 27:33 / Bye (King, Potter) – 28:53 / Wendell – 41:13 / Granato (Bye, Mounsey) (PP) – 48:00 / Chu – 53:42 / Mleczko (Chu) – 55:09	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0
4 min	Penalties	8 min
57	Shots	8

12 February 2002
14:00

Finland

4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 4,977


Tuula Puputti	Goalies	Guo Hong	Referee: Jacqui Palm
Rantamäki (Nieminen, Hänninen) (PP) – 30:37 / Riipi (Nieminen) (SH) – 39:43 / Laaksonen (Nieminen) – 55:05 / Sirviö – 57:39	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
12 min	Penalties	12 min
54	Shots	12

14 February 2002
11:00

Finland

3–1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 4,769


Tuula Puputti	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Referee: Krista Knight
Riipi (Hoikkala, Voutilainen) – 02:43 / Parviainen (Riipi, Sirviö) – 27:55 / Sikiö (Mertanen, Riipi) (PP) – 29:40	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1	53:55 – Wierscher (Frühwirt, Rückauer)
6 min	Penalties	16 min
39	Shots	16

14 February 2002
16:00

China

1–12
(0–3, 1–5, 0–4)

United States of America

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,325


Guo Hong	Goalies	Sarah Tueting	Referee: Laura Vanderhorst
Yang (Wang L.) – 36:01	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 1–9 / 1–10 / 1–11 / 1–12	01:19 – Granato (Wendell, Darwitz) / 07:04 – Looney (Bailey, Baker) / 16:30 – Granato / 27:48 – King (Potter, Kennedy) / 29:22 – Baker (Wall) / 29:57 – Chu (Kennedy, Kilbourne) / 30:31 – King (Mleczko, Ruggiero) / 39:50 – Darwitz (Wendell) / 44:03 – Baker (King) / 44:33 – Granato (Chu) / 54:56 – Ruggiero (King, Potter) / 56:30 – Merz (Looney)
6 min	Penalties	29 min
10	Shots	71

16 February 2002
11:00

United States of America

5–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,507


Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Tuula Puputti	Referee: Jacqui Palm
Darwitz (Mleczko, Granato) – 11:09 / Darwitz (Ruggiero, DeCosta) (SH) – 15:19 / Potter (Mounsey) (PP) – 18:13 / Darwitz (Wendell) – 34:42 / Kilbourne (Ruggiero) (PP) – 54:18	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
22 min	Penalties	26 min
47	Shots	21

16 February 2002
14:00

Germany

5–5
(1–1, 1–4, 3–0)

China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,418


Esther Thyßen Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Goalies	Guo Hong	Referee: Anne Haanpää
Ritter (Valenti) – 01:37 / Lanzl (Rückauer) – 32:18 / Becker (Ziegenhals, Wartosch-Kürten) – 43:36 / Oswald (Linde, Wolf) (PP2) – 55:16 / Lanzl (Oswald, Becker) – 58:19	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 3–5 / 4–5 / 5–5	05:48 – Sun (Chen, Hu) / 24:55 – Ma (Jin, Yang)/ 25:28 – Sun (Liu H.) / 34:06 – Liu H. (Sun) / 39:58 – Liu H. (Hu, Sun)
4 min	Penalties	8 min
31	Shots	28

Classification round[]

5–8th place semifinals			5th place game

A3	Russia	4
B4	China	1
			A3	Russia	5
			B3	Germany	0
B3	Germany	4
A4	Kazakhstan	0	7th place game
			B4	China	2
			A4	Kazakhstan	1

5–8th place semifinals[]

17 February 2002
14:00

Russia

4–1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,719


Irina Gashennikova	Goalies	Guo Hong	Referee: Laura Vanderhorst
Mishina (Byalkovskaya) – 22:07 / Pashkevich (Schelchkova) (PP) – 24:29 / Burina (Smolentseva, Trefilova) – 24:49 / Tsareva (Pashkevich) (PP) – 52:05	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	01:12 – Yang
14 min	Penalties	24 min
41	Shots	31

17 February 2002
21:00

Germany

4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,773


Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Goalies	Natalya Trunova	Referee: Krista Knight
Lanzl (Oswald, Becker) – 15:27 / Grundmann (Scheytt) – 22:21 / Becker – 24:49 / Becker (Ziegenhals, Lanzl) (PP) – 35:50	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
16 min	Penalties	10 min
21	Shots	26

Seventh place game[]

19 February 2002
14:00

China

2–1 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT:1–0)

Kazakhstan

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,490


Guo Hong	Goalies	Natalya Trunova	Referee: Anu Hirvonen
Yang – 03:07 / Liu H. (Hu, Wang L.) – 61:39	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1	57:46 – Losyeva (Sazonova)
16 min	Penalties	10 min
35	Shots	35

Fifth place game[]

19 February 2002
19:00

Russia

5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,781


Irina Gashennikova	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Referee: Anne Haanpää
Burina (Pashkevich) – 03:24 / Burina (Schelchkova, Bobrova) – 07:41 / Tsareva (Bobrova, Schelchkova) (PP) – 33:31 / Smolentseva – 40:51 / Trefilova (PP) – 45:35	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
12 min	Penalties	12 min
42	Shots	25

Final round[]

SwedenUSAwomenshockey2002 — Sweden and the United States women's teams during the semifinals. The United States won, 4–0.

Semifinals			Gold medal game

B1	United States of America	4
A2	Sweden	0
			B1	United States of America	2
			A1	Canada	3
A1	Canada	7
B2	Finland	3	Bronze medal game
			B2	Finland	1
			A2	Sweden	2

Semifinals[]

19 February 2002
11:05

Canada

7–3
(2–1, 0–2, 5–0)

Finland

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,289


Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Tuula Puputti	Referee: Stacey Livingston
Brisson (PP) – 05:58 / Wickenheiser (Chartrand) (SH) – 08:10 / Wickenheiser (Goyette, St-Pierre) – 43:19 / Hefford (Sunohara) – 43:25 / Sunohara (Goyette) – 57:26 / Campbell – 58:32 / Brisson (Botterill) (PP) – 59:03	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 5–3 / 6–3 / 7–3	19:35 – Reima (Fisk, Riipi) / 22:56 – Reima (Fisk, Hänninen) / 23:51 – Riipi (Reima, Fisk)
10 min	Penalties	14 min
54	Shots	18

19 February 2002
16:30

United States of America

4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,738


Sarah Tueting	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Jacqui Palm
Granato (Mounsey, Wendell) – 17:16 / King (Bye, Mleczko) – 19:32 / Granato (Potter, Mounsey) (PP) – 28:57 / Darwitz (Wendell, Granato) – 52:58	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
14 min	Penalties	12 min
32	Shots	10

Bronze medal game[]

21 February 2002
12:10

Finland

1–2
(0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,298


Tuula Puputti	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Laura Vanderhorst
Sikiö (Laaksonen, Hänninen) − 31:35	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	05:08 − Samuelsson (G. Andersson) / 17:15 − Samuelsson (Bergstrand) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	16 min
33	Shots	20

Gold medal game[]

21 February 2002
17:10

United States of America

2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599


Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Kim St-Pierre	Referee: Stacey Livingston
King (Granato, Mounsey) (PP) − 21:59 / Bye (Mounsey, Potter) (PP) − 56:27	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3	01:45 − Ouellette (Piper) / 24:10 − Wickenheiser (Goyette) / 39:59 − Hefford (Kellar, Brisson)
12 min	Penalties	26 min
27	Shots	29

Final rankings[]

Rank	Team
01	Canada
2	United States of America
3	Sweden
4	Finland
5	Russia
6	Germany
7	China
8	Kazakhstan

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Hayley Wickenheiser	5	7	3	10	+7	2	F
Cammi Granato	5	6	4	10	+9	0	F
Danielle Goyette	5	3	7	10	+7	0	F
Natalie Darwitz	5	7	1	8	+8	2	F
Katie King	5	4	3	7	+6	4	F
Jayna Hefford	5	3	4	7	+7	2	F
Jenny Potter	5	1	6	7	+6	2	F
Tara Mounsey	5	0	7	7	+5	4	D
Vicky Sunohara	5	4	2	6	+7	6	F
Jennifer Botterill	5	3	3	6	+2	8	F
Karyn Bye	5	3	3	6	+6	0	F
Katja Riipi	5	3	3	6	+4	6	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders[]

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Sarah Tueting	120:00	1	0.50	20	95.00	1
Sara Decosta	179:00	3	1.01	58	94.83	2
Kim Martin	180:00	5	1.67	82	93.90	1
Kim St-Pierre	240:00	5	1.25	78	93.59	2
Irina Gashennikova	300:00	12	2.40	178	93.26	1

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Awards[]

Media All-Stars
Most Valuable Player: Hayley Wickenheiser
Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre
- Best Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
- Best Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser

References[]

External links[]

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[1] Women's seeding and qualification

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