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Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

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Women's ice hockey
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Medal ceremony
VenuesGeneral Motors Place (renamed Canada Hockey Place during the game due to the no-commercial policy)
UBC Thunderbird Arena
Dates13–25 February 2010
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada (3rd title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Finland
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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 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.

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

Rosters

First round

Group A

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Group B

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Classification round

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Fifth place semifinal

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Seventh place game

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Fifth place game

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Final round

Semifinals Finals
      
A1  Canada 5
B2  Finland 0
B2  Finland 3
A2  Sweden 2
B1  United States 9
A2  Sweden 1 Third place
A1  Canada 2
B1  United States 0

Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Final

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Final rankings

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

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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

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.