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Women's ice hockey
at the Games of the Olympiad
Women's tournament, 2014 Winter Olympics, Gold medal team Canada
The gold medal winners pose for a team picture
VenuesBolshoy Ice Dome
Shayba Arena
Dates8–20 February 2014
Competitors168 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
«20102018»
Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey pictogram
Tournament
men  women
Qualification
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Sochi, Russia.

For the first time, the women's gold medal game was decided in overtime, with Canada defeating the United States 3-2. Switzerland defeated Sweden for their first Olympic ice hockey medal in 66 years, and first ever medal in the women's tournament. With the win, the Canadian women's national ice hockey team won its fourth consecutive gold medal, a feat only previously accomplished by the Soviet Union in 1964-76, and the Canadian men's team in 1920-1932.

Canadians Hayley Wickenheiser, Jayna Hefford and Caroline Ouellette became the first athletes to win four Olympic ice hockey gold medals. They also joined Soviet biathlete Alexander Tikhonov and German speedskater Claudia Pechstein as the only athletes to win gold medals in four straight Winter Olympics.[1]

Qualification[]

Russia qualified as the host. Canada, the United States, Finland, Switzerland, and Sweden qualified as the top five teams in the IIHF World Ranking. Germany and Japan qualified via the qualification tournament.[2]

Rosters[]

Group A Group B

Officials[]

The IIHF selected six referees and nine linesmen to work the 2014 Winter Olympics. They were the following:[3]

Referees
  • Flag of the United States Erin Blair
  • Flag of Canada Melanie Bordeleau
  • Flag of Canada Jay Cheverton
  • Flag of Finland Anna Eskola
  • Flag of Germany Nicole Hertrich
  • Flag of Norway Aina Hove
  • Flag of the United States Jack Long
  • Flag of United Kingdom Joy Tottman

Linesmen
  • Flag of Sweden Therese Bjorkman
  • Flag of Canada Denise Caughey
  • Flag of Canada Stephanie Gagnon
  • Flag of France Charlotte Girard
  • Flag of the United States Alicia Hanrahan
  • Flag of the United States Laura Johnson
  • Flag of Slovakia Michaela Kúdeľová
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Ilona Novotná
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Zuzana Svobodová

Preliminary round[]

Format[]

The top four teams based on the 2012 IIHF World Ranking,[4] Canada, United States, Finland and Switzerland, competed in Group A, while the remaining four teams competed in Group B. The top two teams in Group A received a bye to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, the third place team in Group A played the second place team in Group B, while the fourth placed team in Group A played the first place team in Group B. The winners advanced to the semifinals, while the two losers, and the third and fourth placed teams in Group B, competed in a classification bracket for places five through eight.[5] This format was introduced to create more competitive games in response to blowout victories in the previous Olympics where Canada and the United States outscored their competition by 86 to 4. It is the same format used in the IIHF Women's World Championship since 2012.[6]

Tiebreak criteria[]

In each group, teams were ranked according to the following criteria:[7]

  • number of points (3 points for a regulation time win, 2 points for an overtime or shootout win, 1 point for an overtime or shootout defeat, 0 points for a regulation time defeat);
  • in case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking;
  • in case three or four teams are tied on points, the following criteria will apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remain tied, the result of their head-to-head match will determine their ranking):
    • points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    • goal difference in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    • number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    • if three teams remain tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
    • place in 2012 IIHF World Ranking.

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A[]

Team
GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Canada Canada 3 3 0 0 0 11 2 +9 9
Flag of the United States United States of America 3 2 0 0 1 14 4 +10 6
Flag of Finland Finland 3 0 1 0 2 5 9 −4 2
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3 0 0 1 2 3 18 −15 1


02014-02-08 8 February 2014 v
12:00
United States of America Flag of the United States 3–1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1)
Flag of Finland Finland Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,135
02014-02-08 8 February 2014 v
17:00
Canada Flag of Canada 5–0
(2–0, 3–0, 0–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,386
02014-02-10 10 February 2014 v
14:00
United States of America Flag of the United States 9–0
(5–0, 1–0, 3–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 3,812
02014-02-10 10 February 2014 v
19:00
Finland Flag of Finland 0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)
Flag of Canada Canada Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,837
02014-02-12 12 February 2014 v
12:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 3–4 OT
(0–2, 2–1, 1–0)
(OT 0–1)
Flag of Finland Finland Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,211
02014-02-12 12 February 2014 v
16:30
Canada Flag of Canada 3–2
(0–0, 0–1, 3–1)
Flag of the United States United States of America Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,812

Group B[]

Team
GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Russia Russia 3 3 0 0 0 9 3 +6 9
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 6 3 +3 6
Flag of Germany Germany 3 1 0 0 2 5 8 −3 3
Flag of Japan Japan 3 0 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0


02014-02-09 9 February 2014 v
12:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Japan Japan Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 2,928
02014-02-09 9 February 2014 v
17:00
Russia Flag of Russia 4–1
(0–0, 0–1, 4–0)
Flag of Germany Germany Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 5,048
02014-02-11 11 February 2014 v
14:00
Germany Flag of Germany 0–4
(0–1, 0–0, 0–3)
Flag of Sweden Sweden Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,015
02014-02-11 11 February 2014 v
19:00
Russia Flag of Russia 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)
Flag of Japan Japan Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,897
02014-02-13 13 February 2014 v
12:00
Japan Flag of Japan 0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)
Flag of Germany Germany Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 2,618
02014-02-13 13 February 2014 v
21:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of Russia Russia Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 5,092

Final round[]

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Gold medal game
                           
        A1  Flag of Canada Canada 3  
  A4  Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2     A4  Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1    
  B1  Flag of Russia Russia 0         A1  Flag of Canada Canada 3
      A2  Flag of the United States United States of America 2
        A2  Flag of the United States United States of America 6    
  A3  Flag of Finland Finland 2     B2  Flag of Sweden Sweden 1   Third place
  B2  Flag of Sweden Sweden 4   A4  Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 4
  B2  Flag of Sweden Sweden 3
Indicates overtime victory
Indicates shootout victory

Quarterfinals[]

The top two teams (A1–A2) received byes and were deemed the home team in the semifinals as they were seeded to advance.


02014-02-15 15 February 2014 v
12:00
Finland Flag of Finland 2–4
(0–0, 1–0, 1–4)
Flag of Sweden Sweden Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 2,917
02014-02-15 15 February 2014 v
16:30
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Russia Russia Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,962

Semifinals[]

Teams seeded A1 and A2 were the home teams.


02014-02-17 17 February 2014 v
16:30
United States of America Flag of the United States 6–1
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of Sweden Sweden Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,542
02014-02-17 17 February 2014 v
21:00
Canada Flag of Canada 3–1
(3–0, 0–1, 0–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 3,378

Bronze medal game[]

02014-02-20 20 February 2014 v
16:00
3 Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 4–3
(0–1, 0–1, 4–1)
Flag of Sweden Sweden Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi
Attendance: 8,263

Gold medal game[]

02014-02-20 20 February 2014 v
21:00
1 Canada Flag of Canada 3–2 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 2–1)
(OT 1–0)
Flag of the United States United States of America 2 Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi
Attendance: 10,639

5–8th place bracket[]

  5–8th place semifinals Fifth place game
 Flag of Finland Finland  2  
 Flag of Germany Germany  1  
 
     Flag of Finland Finland  4
   Flag of Russia Russia  0
Seventh place game
 Flag of Russia Russia  6  Flag of Germany Germany  3
 Flag of Japan Japan  3    Flag of Japan Japan  2

5–8th place semifinals[]

02014-02-16 16 February 2014 v
12:00
Finland Flag of Finland 2–1
(2–0, 0–1, 0–0)
Flag of Germany Germany Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 2,009
02014-02-16 16 February 2014 v
21:00
Russia Flag of Russia 6–3
(1–0, 3–2, 2–1)
Flag of Japan Japan Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,793

Seventh place game[]

02014-02-18 18 February 2014 v
12:00
Germany Flag of Germany 3–2
(1–1, 2–0 , 0–1)
Flag of Japan Japan Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 2,012

Fifth place game[]

02014-02-18 18 February 2014 v
16:30
Finland Flag of Finland 4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)
Flag of Russia Russia Shayba Arena, Sochi
Attendance: 4,112

Final rankings[]

The final rankings of the 2014 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 Switzerland Switzerland
4 Flag of Sweden Sweden
5 Flag of Finland Finland
6 Flag of Russia Russia
7 Flag of Germany Germany
8 Flag of Japan Japan

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Finland Michelle Karvinen 6 5 2 7 +4 4 F
Flag of Sweden Pernilla Winberg 6 3 4 7 +3 2 F
Flag of the United States Amanda Kessel 5 3 3 6 +8 0 F
Flag of the United States Hilary Knight 5 3 3 6 +1 6 F
Flag of the United States Kendall Coyne 5 2 4 6 +8 2 F
Flag of the United States Brianna Decker 5 2 4 6 +8 6 F
Flag of Russia Yekaterina Smolentseva 5 2 4 6 0 2 F
Flag of the United States Alexandra Carpenter 5 4 1 5 −1 2 F
Flag of Germany Franziska Busch 5 3 2 5 −4 2 F
Flag of Canada Marie-Philip Poulin 5 3 2 5 +6 0 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
Flag of Canada Shannon Szabados 187:30 3 0.96 65 95.38 1
Flag of Germany Viona Harrer 180:00 6 2.00 96 93.75 1
Flag of Finland Noora Räty 358:57 13 2.17 183 92.90 1
Flag of Sweden Valentina Wallner 269:16 13 2.90 152 91.45 1
Flag of Russia Anna Prugova 265:46 9 2.03 105 91.43 0

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

Source: IIHF.com

Tournament awards[]

References[]

  1. Poulin scores OT winner, Canada wins gold over U.S.. The Sports Network (2014-02-20). Retrieved on 2014-02-20.
  2. 2014 Olympic Winter Games. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 10 February 2013.
  3. Sochi officials named. IIHF. Retrieved on 19 February 2014.
  4. World Ranking Report. IIHF. Retrieved on 15 February 2014.
  5. Tournament Format. IIHF. Retrieved on 15 February 2014.
  6. Pingue, Frank (7 February 2014). PREVIEW-Olympics-Ice Hockey-IOC to watch new women's format with interest. Reuters. Retrieved on 15 February 2014.
  7. Tournament Format. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 29 January 2014.
  8. Three honours for Schelling. IIHF (21 February 2014).

External links[]

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