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Women's ice hockey
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Ice hockey pictogram
VenuesCanada Hockey Place
UBC Thunderbird Arena
Dates13–25 February 2010
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
«20062014»
Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Qualification
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 13 to 25 February. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. Canada won the gold medal game 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.

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 gold medal game.[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]

Final rankings[]

The final rankings of the 2010 Winter Olympics Women's Ice Hockey Tournament are as follows:

Rank Team
Gold medal icon Flag of Canada Canada
Silver medal icon Flag of the United States United States of America
Bronze medal icon Flag of Finland Finland
4th Flag of Sweden Sweden
5th Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
6th Flag of Russia Russia
7th Flag of China China
8th Flag of Slovakia Slovakia

Qualification[]

Rosters[]

First round[]

Group A[]

All times are local (UTC-8).

13 February 2010
12:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 3 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,222
13 February 2010
17:00
Canada Flag of Canada 18 – 0
(7–0, 6–0, 5–0)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,496
15 February 2010
14:30
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 1 – 10
(0–2, 1–3, 0–5)
Flag of Canada Canada UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,413
15 February 2010
19:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 6 – 2
(3–2, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,323
17 February 2010
14:30
Canada Flag of Canada 13 – 1
(5–0, 7–0, 1–1)
Flag of Sweden Sweden UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,483
17 February 2010
19:00
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia 2 – 5
(1–0, 0–1, 1–4)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,272
Group A standings
Team
GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Canada Canada 3 3 0 0 0 41 2 39 9
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 10 15 -5 6
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 6 15 -9 3
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 3 0 0 0 3 4 29 -25 0

Group B[]

All times are local (UTC-8).

14 February 2010
12:00
United States of America Flag of the United States 12 – 1
(5–0, 3–0, 4–1)
Flag of China China UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,278
14 February 2010
16:30
Finland Flag of Finland 5 – 1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Russia Russia UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,275
16 February 2010
14:30
Russia Flag of Russia 0 – 13
(0–5, 0–7, 0–1)
Flag of the United States United States of America UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,365
16 February 2010
19:00
Finland Flag of Finland 2 – 1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of China China UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,317
18 February 2010
14:30
United States of America Flag of the United States 6 – 0
(4–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of Finland Finland UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,398
18 February 2010
19:00
China Flag of China 1 – 2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–0)
Flag of Russia Russia UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,391
Group B standings
Team
GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of the United States United States of America 3 3 0 0 0 31 1 30 9
Flag of Finland Finland 3 2 0 0 1 7 8 -1 6
Flag of Russia Russia 3 1 0 0 2 3 19 -16 3
Flag of China China 3 0 0 0 3 3 16 -13 0

Classification round[]

  5th place semifinal                    
  A3  Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Team 1 6  
  B4  Flag of China China Team 3 0   5th place game
      A3  Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2
  5th place semifinal   B3  Flag of Russia Russia 1
  B3  Flag of Russia Russia Team 2 4
  A4  Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Team 4 2   7th place game
    B4  Flag of China China 3
    A4  Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 1

Fifth place semifinal[]

All times are local (UTC-8).

20 February 2010
14:30
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 6 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of China China UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,454
20 February 2010
19:00
Russia Flag of Russia 4 – 2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,488

Seventh place game[]

All times are local (UTC-8).

22 February 2010
14:00
China Flag of China 3 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,284

Fifth place game[]

All times are local (UTC-8).

22 February 2010
19:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 2 – 1 (SO)
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 2/3–1/3)
Flag of Russia Russia UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,412

Final round[]

  Semifinal                    
  A1  Flag of Canada Canada 5  
  B2  Flag of Finland Finland 0   Gold medal final
      A1  Flag of Canada Canada 2
  Semifinal   B1  Flag of the United States United States of America 0
  B1  Flag of the United States United States of America 9
  A2  Flag of Sweden Sweden 1   Bronze medal match
    B2  Flag of Finland Finland 3
    A2  Flag of Sweden Sweden 2


Semifinals[]

All times are local (UTC-8).

22 February 2010
12:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 1 – 9
(0–2, 1–3, 0–4)
Flag of the United States United States of America Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,021
22 February 2010
17:00
Finland Flag of Finland 0 – 5
(0–2, 0–1, 0–2)
Flag of Canada Canada Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,324

[3]

Bronze medal game[]

All times are local (UTC-8).

25 February 2010
11:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 2 – 3 (OT)
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0, 0–1)
Flag of Finland Finland 3 Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,398

Gold medal game[]

All times are local (UTC-8).

25 February 2010
15:30
1 Canada Flag of Canada 2 – 0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of the United States United States of America 2 Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,805

Statistics[]

Leading scorers[]

Rank Player Games played Goals Assists Pts PIM +/-
1 Flag of Canada Meghan Agosta (CAN) 5 9 6 15 2 +14
2 Flag of Canada Jayna Hefford (CAN) 5 5 7 12 8 +15
3 Flag of Switzerland Stefanie Marty (SUI) 5 9 2 11 6 +4
4 Flag of the United States Jenny Potter (USA) 5 6 5 11 0 +8
5 Flag of the United States Natalie Darwitz (USA) 5 4 7 11 0 +6
6 Flag of Canada Caroline Ouellette (CAN) 5 2 9 11 2 +12
Flag of Canada Hayley Wickenheiser (CAN) 5 2 9 11 0 +14
8 Flag of Canada Cherie Piper (CAN) 5 5 5 10 0 +12
9 Flag of the United States Monique Lamoureux (USA) 5 4 6 10 2 +7
10 Flag of the United States Kelli Stack (USA) 5 3 5 8 2 +4
Flag of Canada Sarah Vaillancourt (CAN) 5 3 5 8 6 +7

Hat trick scorers

Leading goaltenders[]

Goalies with 40% or more of their team's total minutes

Rank Goalie GP Minutes GA GAA SV% Saves
1 Flag of Canada Shannon Szabados (CAN) 3 180:00 1 0.33 98.04 50
2 Flag of the United States Jessie Vetter (USA) 4 239:50 3 0.75 95.77 68
3 Flag of Switzerland Florence Schelling (SUI) 5 301:55 16 3.18 90.91 160
4 Flag of Russia Irina Gashennikova (RUS) 4 250:00 10 2.40 90.20 92
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China Shi Yao (CHN) 5 247:53 19 4.60 88.82 151

Shutout posters

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 Flag of Canada Canada
D Angela Ruggiero Flag of the United States United States of America
D Molly Engstrom Flag of the United States United States of America
F Meghan Agosta Flag of Canada Canada
F Jenny Potter Flag of the United States United States of America
F Marie-Philip Poulin Flag of Canada Canada

Team Photos[]

References[]

External links[]

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