Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Canada, United States, Finland and Sweden qualified as the top four teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2004. Italy qualified as host team. The remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments.

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host			1	Italy
2004 IIHF World Ranking[a]	5 March 2001 – 6 April 2004	Halifax[b]	4	Canada  United States  Finland  Sweden
Qualification tournament	11–13 November 2004	Podolsk	1	Russia
Qualification tournament	11–14 November 2004	Bad Tölz	1	Germany
Qualification tournament	11–14 November 2004	Beijing	1	Switzerland
Total			8

Notes

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	36	1	+35	6	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	15	9	+6	4
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	6	16	−10	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Italy (H)	3	0	0	3	1	32	−31	0

Source:
(H) Host.

11 February 2006 15:35

Sweden

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Michaela Kiefer Julie Piacentini
	Jansson (Lindberg, Winberg) (PP) – 23:26 1–0 Timglas (Rooth, O'Konor) (PP) – 25:14 2–0 2–1 39:21 – Trefilova Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) – 40:32 3–1
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	31

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11 February 2006 20:35

Canada

16–0 (5–0, 4–0, 7–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,399

Game reference
	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Debora Montanari Luana Frasnelli	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Sanna Mattila Ilse Robben
	Ouellette (Hefford, MacLeod) – 01:36 1–0 Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) – 01:52 2–0 Wickenheiser (Piper) – 04:04 3–0 Ouellette (Botterill, Campbell) (PP) – 06:53 4–0 Pounder (Kellar) – 11:34 5–0 Vaillancourt (Piper) – 20:25 6–0 MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) – 22:32 7–0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 38:45 8–0 Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) – 39:56 9–0 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) – 41:35 10–0 Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) – 47:31 11–0 Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) (PP) – 48:41 12–0 Pounder – 49:42 13–0 Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) – 52:19 14–0 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 56:15 15–0 Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) – 57:37 16–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	66	Shots	5

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12 February 2006 16:35

Russia

0–12 (0–7, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,414

Game reference
	Irina Gashennikova Nadezhda Alexandrova	Goalies	Charline Labonte	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Johanna Suban Jana Zítková
	0–1 04:53 – Sunohara (Ouellette, Goyette) 0–2 06:52 – Agosta (Kinsbury, Weatherston) 0–3 10:00 – Piper (Apps) (SH) 0–4 15:14 – Goyette (Campbell) 0–5 16:18 – Piper (Wickenheiser) 0–6 17:48 – Wickenheiser (SH) 0–7 19:20 – Agosta (Vaillancourt) 0–8 27:19 – Weatherston (Ouellette, Vaillancourt) 0–9 33:27 – Agosta (PP) 0–10 41:16 – Piper (Wickenheiser) 0–11 47:47 – Vaillancourt (Hefford, Botterill) 0–12 52:33 – MacLeod (Wickenheiser)
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	43

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13 February 2006 15:05

Sweden

11–0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,156

Game reference
	Cecilia Andersson	Goalies	Debora Montanari Luana Frasnelli	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová Linesmen: Marte Hove Johanna Suban
	Sjolander (Winberg) (PP) – 07:09 1–0 Sjolander (Lindberg, Asserholt) (PP) – 15:45 2–0 G. Andersson (Holst) – 18:15 3–0 Jansson (Eliasson) – 20:59 4–0 Holst (Rooth) – 25:05 5–0 Edstrand (Sjolander) – 31:45 6–0 Rooth (Holst) (SH) – 32:37 7–0 G. Andersson (Nevalainen) – 34:16 8–0 Sjolander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) – 49:31 9–0 Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) – 50:55 10–0 Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) (PP) – 58:08 11–0
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	52	Shots	4

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14 February 2006 13:05

Italy

1–5 (1–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,046

	Debora Montanari	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Bianca Walter Linesmen: Anne-Sophie Boniface Michaela Kiefer
	Florian (Leitner, Bettarini) (PP2) – 8:02 1–0 1–1 11:17 – Gladysheva (PP) 1–2 25:51 – Trefilova (Pashkevich) (PP) 1–3 44:31 – Gavrilova (Khomich) (PP) 1–4 46:53 – Gavrilova (Sotnikova) 1–5 53:04 – Trefilova (Shchelchkova) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	18 min
	13	Shots	40

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14 February 2006 15:35

Canada

8–1 (2–0, 5–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,850

Game reference
	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Cecilia Andersson	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Sanna Mattila Julie Piacentini
	Apps – 04:36 1–0 Wickenheiser (Pounder) – 12:28 2–0 Apps (PP) – 23:53 3–0 Apps (Wickenheiser, Piper) – 30:58 4–0 Goyette (Piper, Campbell) (PP) – 34:02 5–0 5–1 36:12 – Lindberg (Jansson, Winberg) (PP) Weatherston (Kingsbury) – 37:25 6–1 Hefford (PP) – 38:53 7–1 Goyette (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 46:02 8–1
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	47	Shots	8

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	18	3	+15	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	4
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source:

11 February 2006 13:05

Finland

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,200

Game reference
	Maija Hassinen	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Referee: Arina Ustinova Linesmen: Anne-Sophie Boniface Klára Quagliato
	Pehkonen (Pelttari, Tuominen) – 08:15 1–0 Pelttari (PP2) – 17:02 2–0 Pälvilä (SH) – 43:13 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	24

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11 February 2006 18:05

United States

6–0 (1–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,900

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Kim Robichaud
	Ka. King (Potter) – 02:38 1–0 Dunn-Luoma (SH2) – 32:27 2–0 Wendell (Ruggiero, Potter) – 47:53 3–0 Darwitz (Parsons) – 50:33 4–0 Wendell (Potter) – 52:40 5–0 Potter (Ruggiero) (PP) – 58:50 6–0
	18 min	Penalties	14 min
	56	Shots	9

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12 February 2006 19:05

Germany

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,794

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Pam Dreyer	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Annica Flödén Marte Hove
	0–1 04:33 – Potter (Ka. King) (PP) 0–2 17:13 – Ka. King (Chu, Potter) (PP) 0–3 21:11 – Parsons (Resor, Stephens) 0–4 29:57 – Darwitz (Parsons, Ka. King) 0–5 50:54 – Parsons (Ruggiero)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	10	Shots	60

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13 February 2006 17:35

Finland

4–0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 4,259

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Bianca Walter Linesmen: Annica Flödén Jana Zítková
	Tuominen (Pelttari) (PP) – 14:10 1–0 Rantamäki – 45:21 2–0 Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) – 51:58 3–0 Pehkonen (Rantamaki) – 52:50 4–0
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	18

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14 February 2006 18:05

Switzerland

1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Ilse Robben
	0–1 23:16 – M. Lanzl (Becker) Schumacher (Ju. Marty) (PP) – 29:00 1–1 1–2 29:36 – Oswald (M. Lanzl, Ritter) (PP)
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	22	Shots	31

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14 February 2006 20:35

United States

7–3 (1–2, 1–1, 5–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,697

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Maija Hassinen	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Klára Quagliato Kim Robichaud
	0–1 00:13 – Pehkonen (Rantamäki) Parsons (Wendell, Potter) (PP) – 08:08 1–1 1–2 11:26 – Laaksonen (Tuominen) (PP) 1–3 32:01 – Kovalainen (Saarinen) (PP2) Parsons (Chu) – 38:54 2–3 Ka. King – 41:28 3–3 Ruggiero – 50:16 4–3 Darwitz (Wall) (PP) – 51:01 5–3 Wendell (Parsons, Ruggiero) – 52:18 6–3 Ruggiero (Darwitz, Stephens) – 55:36 7–3
	38 min	Penalties	22 min
	31	Shots	15

• Most Valuable Player: Hayley Wickenheiser
• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Kim Martin
  • Best Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
  • Best Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser

Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars
  • Goaltender: Kim Martin
  • Defencemen: Angela Ruggiero, Carla MacLeod
  • Forwards: Maria Rooth, Hayley Wickenheiser, Gillian Apps

Source: IIHF.com

• IIHF Official Site
• Complete results
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.
• IIHF results index for 2006