Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Venues	Torino Palasport Olimpico Torino Esposizioni
Dates	11–26 February 2006

Men's ice hockey at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
Sweden   Sweden   Finland   Finland   Czech Republic   Czech Republic

Women's ice hockey at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
Canada   Canada   Sweden   Sweden   United States   United States

Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Qualification
men  women
Rosters
men  women
Statistics
men  women

Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. The men's competition, held from 15 to 26 February, was won by Sweden, and the women's competition, held from 11 to 20 February, was won by Canada.

Men's competition

The format was changed from the version used in the 1998 and 2002 tournaments. This format was used in 1992 and 1994, the number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12 and the preliminary and final group stages were combined to form two six-team groups with the top four from each group advancing to the quarterfinals.

These changes had the following effects:

• They increased the number of group games played by the "Super Six", who previously automatically qualified for the final group stage, from three to five.
• They ensured that all teams in the tournament were treated more or less equally, and ensured that NHL players could play the entire tournament whether or not they were part of the "Super Six" group of teams.
• They ensured that only four teams from each group would advance to the knock-out stage. This would give the games more meaning.

Men's tournament

Gold[1]	Silver[2]	Bronze[3]
Sweden Defencemen: Christian Bäckman Niclas Hävelid Kenny Jönsson Niklas Kronwall Nicklas Lidström–A Mattias Öhlund Ronnie Sundin Daniel Tjärnqvist Forwards: Daniel Alfredsson–A Per Johan Axelsson Peter Forsberg Mika Hannula Tomas Holmström Jörgen Jönsson Fredrik Modin Samuel Påhlsson Mikael Samuelsson Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Mats Sundin–C Henrik Zetterberg Goaltenders: Stefan Liv Henrik Lundqvist Mikael Tellqvist	Finland Defencemen: Aki-Petteri Berg Lasse Kukkonen Toni Lydman Antti-Jussi Niemi Petteri Nummelin Teppo Numminen–A Sami Salo Kimmo Timonen Forwards: Niklas Hagman Jukka Hentunen Olli Jokinen Jussi Jokinen Niko Kapanen Saku Koivu–C Mikko Koivu Antti Laaksonen Jere Lehtinen Ville Nieminen Ville Peltonen Jarkko Ruutu Teemu Selänne–A Goaltenders: Niklas Bäckström Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Czech Republic Defencemen: František Kaberle Tomáš Kaberle Filip Kuba Pavel Kubina–A Marek Malík Jaroslav Špaček Marek Židlický Forwards: Jan Bulis Petr Čajánek Patrik Eliáš Martin Erat Milan Hejduk Aleš Hemský Jaromír Jágr Aleš Kotalík Robert Lang–C Rostislav Olesz Václav Prospal Martin Ručínský Martin Straka David Výborný–A Goaltenders: Dominik Hašek Milan Hnilička Dušan Salfický Tomáš Vokoun

Qualification

Twelve places were allotted for the men's ice hockey tournament. The first eight were awarded to the top eight teams in the International Ice Hockey Federation ranking following the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Those teams were:

1.  Canada
2.  Sweden
3.  Slovakia
4.  Czech Republic
5.  Finland
6.  United States
7.  Russia
8.  Germany

The teams that automatically qualified include the same "Super Six" teams that were automatically qualified for the final group stage in the two previous tournaments, plus Slovakia and Germany which (IIHF rankings notwithstanding) are often regarded as the seventh and eighth best teams. The ninth place was given to the host nation, Italy. The final three places were allotted through qualification tournaments in which Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Switzerland won places.

Preliminary round

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Medal Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Group A

Preliminary round rankings for Group A:

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	10
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	10	12	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	15	9	6
Czech Republic	5	2	3	0	14	12	4
Germany	5	0	3	2	7	16	2
Italy	5	0	3	2	9	23	2

A summary of the games played in Group A:

Team	FIN	SUI	CAN	CZE	GER	ITA
FIN		5–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	6–0
SUI	0–5		2–0	3–2	2–2	3–3
CAN	0–2	0–2		3–2	5–1	7–2
CZE	2–4	2–3	2–3		4–1	4–1
GER	0–2	2–2	1–5	1–4		3–3
ITA	0–6	3–3	2–7	1–4	3–3

Group B

Preliminary round rankings for Group B:

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	10
Russia	5	4	1	0	23	11	8
Sweden	5	3	2	0	15	12	6
United States	5	1	3	1	13	13	3
Kazakhstan	5	1	4	0	9	16	2
Latvia	5	0	4	1	11	29	1

A summary of the games played in Group B:

Team	SVK	RUS	SWE	USA	KAZ	LAT
SVK		5–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	6–3
RUS	3–5		5–0	5–4	1–0	9–2
SWE	0–3	0–5		2–1	7–2	6–1
USA	1–2	4–5	1–2		4–1	3–3
KAZ	1–2	0–1	2–7	1–4		5–2
LAT	3–6	2–9	1–6	3–3	2–5

Allegations of Sweden throwing a game

Allegations have surfaced of Sweden throwing a game against Slovakia so the Swedes would face Switzerland instead of Canada or the Czech Republic. Shortly before the game, Sweden coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson was reported to have publicly contemplated tanking in order to avoid those teams, saying about Canada and the Czechs, "One is cholera, the other the plague."^[4] During the game itself, one reportedly suspect sequence came when Sweden had an extended five-on-three powerplay with five NHL stars on the ice—Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin, Daniel Alfredsson, Nicklas Lidström and Fredrik Modin—and failed to put a shot on net. Sports Illustrated writer Michael Farber would say about this particular powerplay, "If the Swedes had passed the puck any more, their next opponent would have been the Washington Generals." "[They] were even afraid to shoot!", Russian coach Vladimir Krikunov said.^[4]

As part of a subsequent interview about the championship over five years later, Forsberg was interpreted to insinuate that Sweden lost their preliminary round game against Slovakia on purpose, so as to draw Switzerland as their quarterfinal opponent, rather than Canada or the Czech Republic. Swedish forward Henrik Sedin, who played alongside Forsberg on the 2006 team denied the notion while adding that Forsberg's comments in the interview were misconstrued.^[5][6]

Final rounds

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

22 February 2006

24 February 2006

26 February 2006

A

4th

Czech Republic

3

B

1st

Slovakia

1

Czech Republic

3

Sweden

7

B

3rd

Sweden

6

A

2nd

Switzerland

2

Sweden

3

Finland

2

A

3rd

Canada

0

B

2nd

Russia

2

Russia

0

Finland

4

B

4th

United States

3

Bronze medal match

Czech Republic

3

A

1st

Finland

4

Russia

0

Leading scorers

Rank	Player	Games played	Goals	Assists	Pts	PIM	+/-	Shots
1	Teemu Selänne	8	6	5	11	4	+7	28
2	Saku Koivu	8	3	8	11	12	+5	16
3	Daniel Alfredsson	8	5	5	10	4	+2	15
	Marián Hossa	6	5	5	10	4	+9	19
5	Ville Peltonen	8	4	5	9	6	+4	22
6	Olli Jokinen	8	6	2	8	2	+5	28
7	Jere Lehtinen	8	3	5	8	0	+6	22
	Mats Sundin	8	3	5	8	4	+1	27
9	Martin Straka	8	2	6	8	6	+4	17
10	Pavel Datsyuk	8	1	7	8	10	+5	13

Leading goaltenders

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

Rank	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Antero Niittymäki	358:51	8	1.34	.951	156
2	Evgeni Nabokov	359:27	8	1.34	.940	126
3	David Aebischer	200	7	2.10	.940	110
4	Peter Budaj	179:24	6	2.01	.924	73
5	Martin Brodeur	238:40	8	2.01	.923	96

Awards

Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best goaltender of the tournament.^[7] Directorate Awards also went to Teemu Selänne for best forward, and to Kenny Jönsson for best defenceman.^[7] The Media All Star Team consisted of Niittymäki, Nicklas Lidström, Kimmo Timonen, Teemu Selänne, Saku Koivu and Alexander Ovechkin.

Women's competition

The loss of the United States to Sweden in Semifinal 1 was one of the most important events in the history of international women's ice hockey. It was the first time the US team had lost in an international competition to a team other than Canada. In 2008 Finland duplicated the feat in the qualifying round, but 2006 is the only time someone else supplanted Canada or the USA in an olympic or world championship tournament.

Final rankings

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Canada Becky Kellar Colleen Sostorics Charline Labonté Cherie Piper Cheryl Pounder Caroline Ouellette Danielle Goyette Jayna Hefford Jennifer Botterill Hayley Wickenheiser Kim St-Pierre Vicky Sunohara Cassie Campbell Gillian Ferrari Carla MacLeod Meghan Agosta Gillian Apps Gina Kingsbury Sarah Vaillancourt Katie Weatherston	Sweden Cecilia Andersson Gunilla Andersson Jenni Asserholt Ann-Louise Edstrand Joa Elfsberg Emma Eliasson Erika Holst Nanna Jansson Ylva Lindberg Jenny Lindqvist Kristina Lundberg Kim Martin Frida Nevalainen Emilie O'Konor Maria Rooth Danijela Rundqvist Therese Sjölander Katarina Timglas Anna Vikman Pernilla Winberg	United States Pam Dreyer Chanda Gunn Courtney Kennedy Angela Ruggiero Lyndsay Wall Helen Resor Caitlin Cahow Molly Engstrom Jamie Hagerman Krissy Wendell Kim Insalaco Jenny Potter Julie Chu Kelly Stephens Kathleen Kauth Kristin King Katie King Natalie Darwitz Tricia Dunn-Luoma Sarah Parsons

1.  Canada
2.  Sweden
3.  United States
4.  Finland
5.  Germany
6.  Russia
7.   Switzerland
8.  Italy

First round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	36	1	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	15	9	4
Russia	3	1	2	0	6	16	2
Italy	3	0	3	0	1	32	0

Group A details

11 February 2006 15:35

Sweden

3 – 1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6,500

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

11 February 2006 20:35

Canada

16 – 0 (5–0, 4–0, 7–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,399

Game reference
	Kim St. Pierre	Goalies	Debora Montanari (out 40:00) Luana Frasnelli (in 40:00)	Referee: Danyel Howard
	Ouellette (Hefford, MacLeod) - 1:36 Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) - 1:52 Wickenheiser (Piper) - 4:04 Ouellette (Botterill, Campbell) (PP) - 6:53 Pounder (Kellar) - 11:34 Vaillancourt (Piper) - 20:25 MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) - 22:32 Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) - 38:45 Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) - 39:56 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) - 41:35 Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) - 47:31 Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) (PP) - 48:41 Pounder - 49:42 Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) - 52:19 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) - 56:15 Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) - 57:37	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 7 – 0 8 – 0 9 – 0 10 – 0 11 – 0 12 – 0 13 – 0 14 – 0 15 – 0 16 – 0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	66	Shots	5

12 February 2006 16:35

Russia

0 – 12 (0–7, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,414

Game reference
	Irina Gashennikova (out 16:25) Aleksandrova Nadezhda (in 16:25)	Goalies	Charline Labonté	Referee: Joy Tottman
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 0 – 7 0 – 8 0 – 9 0 – 10 0 – 11 0 – 12	4:53 - Sunohara (Ouellette, Goyette) 6:52 - Agosta (Kingsbury, Weatherston) 10:00 - Piper (Apps) (SH) 15:14 - Goyette (Campbell) 16:18 - Piper (Wickenheiser) 17:48 - Wickenheiser 19:20 - Agosta (Vaillancourt) 27:19 - Weatherston (Ouellette, Vaillancourt) 33:27 - Agosta (PP) 41:16 - Piper (Wickenheiser) 47:47 - Vaillancourt (Hefford, Botterill) 52:33 - MacLeod (Wickenheiser)
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	43

13 February 2006 15:05

Sweden

11 – 0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,156

Game reference
	Cecilia Andersson	Goalies	Debora Montanari (out 40:00) Luana Frasnelli (in 40:00)	Referee: Katerina Ivicicova
	Sjölander (Winberg) (PP) - 7:09 Sjölander (Lindberg, G. Andersson) (PP) - 15:45 G. Andersson (Holst) - 18:15 Jansson (Eliasson) - 20:59 Holst (Rooth) - 25:05 Edstrand (Sjölander) - 31:45 Rooth (Holst) (SH) - 32:37 G. Andersson (Nevalainen) - 34:16 Sjölander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) - 49:31 Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) - 50:55 Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) (PP) - 58:08	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 7 – 0 8 – 0 9 – 0 10 – 0 11 – 0
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	52	Shots	4

14 February 2006 13:05

Italy

1 – 5 (1–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,046

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

14 February 2006 15:35

Canada

8 – 1 (2–0, 5–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6,850

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

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
United States	3	3	0	0	18	3	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	10	7	4
Germany	3	1	2	0	2	9	2
Switzerland	3	0	3	0	1	12	0

Group B details

11 February 2006 13:05

Finland

3 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 3,200

Game reference
	Maija Hassinen	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kuerten	Referee: Arina Ustinova
	Pehkonen (Pelttari, Saa. Tuominen) - 8:15 Pelttari (PP) - 17:02 Pälvilä (SH) - 43:13	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	24

11 February 2006 18:05

United States

6 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,900

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

12 February 2006 19:05

Germany

0 – 5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 7,794

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

13 February 2006 17:35

Finland

4 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 4,259

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Bianci Walter
	Saa. Tuominen (Pelttari) (PP) - 14:10 Rantamäki - 45:21 Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) - 51:58 Pehkonen (Rantamäki) - 52:50	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	18

14 February 2006 18:05

Switzerland

1 – 2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
			Florence Schelling	Referee: Danyel Howard
	Schumacher (J. Marty) (PP) - 29:00	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2	23:16 - M. Lanzl (Becker) 29:36 - Oswald (M. Lanzl, Ritter) (PP)
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	22	Shots	31

14 February 2006 20:35

United States

7 – 3 (1–2, 1–1, 5–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 7,697

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Maija Hassinen	Referee: Stephanie Norman
	Parsons (Wendell, Potter) (PP) - 8:08 Parsons (Chu) - 38:54 Ka. King - 41:28 Ruggiero - 50:16 Darwitz (Wall) (PP) - 51:01 Wendell (Parsons, Ruggiero) - 52:18 Ruggiero (Darwitz, Stephens) - 55:36	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 4 – 3 5 – 3 6 – 3 7 – 3	00:13 - Pehkonen (Rantamäki) 11:26 - Laaksonen (Saa. Tuominen) (PP) 32:01 - Kovalainen (Saarinen) (PP)
	38 min	Penalties	22 min
	31	Shots	15

Consolation round 5–8 place

17 February 2006 13:05

Russia

6 – 2 (1–1, 4–1, 1–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,800

Game reference
	Irina Gasehnnikova	Goalies	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter (out 30:00) Florence Schelling (in 30:00)	Referee: Arina Ustinova
	Trefilova - 2:03 Burina (Mishina, Barykina) - 25:14 Mishina (Smolentseva) - 26:19 Mishina (Byalkovskaya) (PP) - 30:00 Mishina (Smolentseva) - 39:18 Kapustina (Shchelchkova) (PP) - 52:17	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 4 – 2 5 – 2 6 – 2	10:52 - Rochat - 10:52 31:55 - Lehmann (Cattaneo, Bullo)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	18

17 February 2006 18:35

Germany

5 – 2 (3–2, 0–0, 2–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,750

Game reference
	Stephanie Wartosch-Kuerten	Goalies	Debora Montanari	Referee: Arina Ustinova
	Becker (M. Lanzl) - 0:27 Seiler (Tamas) (PP) - 5:32 Holmes (Soesilo) - 7:47 Becker (Ritter) - 42:50 Ritter (Becker, M. Lanzl) - 55:35	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2 4 – 2 5 – 2	6:18 - Leitner 6:59 - Leitner (Kaser, Bazzanella)
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	13

Consolation round 7-8 place

20 February 2006 13:05

Switzerland

11 – 0 (4–0, 6–0, 1–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Irina Gasehnnikova	Goalies	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter (out 30:00) Florence Schelling (in 30:00)	Referee: Stephanie Normand
	Diaz - 4:33 Diaz (Mosimann) (PP) - 9:54 J. Marty (Diaz) (PP) - 16:06 Lehmann (S. Marty) - 16:41 Ruhnke (Rochat) - 22:36 J. Marty (Ruhnke) - 26:51 Meier (Kunzle) - 31:09 Lehmann (Mosimann) - 32:48 Ruhnke (Rochat) - 33:16 S. Marty (Lehmann) - 35:37 S. Marty (Lehmann) - 56:08	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 7 – 0 8 – 0 9 – 0 10 – 0 11 – 0
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	29

Consolation round 5-6 place

20 February 2006 13:05

Germany

1 – 0 (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,570

Game reference
	Jennifer Harss	Goalies	Irina Gasehnnikova	Referee: Danyel Howard
	Oswald M. Lanzl Scheytt Becker Holmes	Shootout 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 0 2 - 0	Pashkevich Smolentseva Smolina Kapustina
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	21

Final round

					Semi finals				Final
					17 February 2006				20 February 2006
	A		2nd		Sweden	3
	B		1st		United States	2
									Sweden	1
									Canada	4
	B		2nd		Finland	0
	A		1st		Canada	6
									Bronze medal match
									United States	4
									Finland	0

Semifinals

17 February 2006 17:05

United States

2 – 3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5,654

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Joy Tottman
	Kr. King (Potter, Chu) (PP) - 11:55 Stephens (Wall, Darwitz) (PP) - 21:04 Darwitz Potter Ruggiero Wendell	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 Shootout 0 – 0 0 – 0 0 – 1 0 – 2	26:17 - Rooth (O'Konor) 29:40 - Rooth (Holst) (SH) Holst Ansson Winberg Rooth
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	17

17 February 2006 21:05

Canada

6 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5,654

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Maija Hassinen (22:59 out) Noora Räty (22:59 in)	Referee: Joy Tottman
	Weatherston (Sostorics) (PP) - 17:33 Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) (PP) - 19:15 Wickenheiser (Apps) (PP) - 34:59 Ouellette (Sunohara) (PP) - 36:26 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) - 47:49 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) (PP) - 54:47	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	17

Bronze medal game

20 February 2006 16:35

Finland

0 – 4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5,150

Game reference
	Noora Räty (38:16 out) Maija Hassinen (38:16 in)	Goalies	Chanda Gunn	Referee: Joy Tottman
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4	2:32 - Stephens (Chu, Darwitz) (PP) 8:09 - Ka. King (Resor) 11:05 - Ka. King (Potter) 21:44 - Ka. King (Chu, Kr. King)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	14	Shots	20

Gold medal game

20 February 2006 20:35

Sweden

1 – 4 (0–2, 0–2, 1–0)

Canada

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6,664

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Charline Labonté	Referee: Anu Hirvonen
	G. Andersson (Holst, Rooth) (PP) - 45:24	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 1 – 4	3:15 - Apps (Wickenheiser) 12:13 - Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) 28:58 - Piper (Wickenheiser, Pounder) 30:27 - Hefford (Botterill, Vaillancourt)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	8	Shots	26

Leading scorers

Rank	Player	Games played	Goals	Assists	Pts	PIM	+/-	Shots
1	Hayley Wickenheiser	5	5	12	17	6	+15	21
2	Cherie Piper	5	7	8	15	0	+15	14
3	Gillian Apps	5	7	7	14	14	+13	20
4	Caroline Ouellette	5	5	4	9	4	+12	17
	Maria Rooth	5	5	4	9	2	+1	22
6	Jenny Potter	5	2	7	9	4	+10	19
7	Katie King	5	6	2	8	2	+6	20
8	Sarah Parsons	5	4	3	7	0	+9	23
9	Jayna Hefford	5	3	4	7	0	+8	15
10	Jennifer Botterill	5	1	6	7	4	+6	10

Hat trick scorers

• Meghan Agosta, Gillian Apps, Caroline Ouellette, Cherie Piper
• Therese Sjölander
• Katie King
• Larisa Mishina

Leading goaltenders

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

Rank	Goalie	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Charline Labonté	180	1	0.33	.976	41
2	Jennifer Harss	190	6	1.89	.942	97
3	Florence Schelling	150	6	2.40	.933	84
4	Kim Martin	190	7	2.21	.927	89
5	Kim St-Pierre	120	1	0.50	.923	12
6	Chanda Gunn	249:58	6	1.44	.893	50
7	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	149:40	12	4.81	.883	91
8	Irina Gashennikova	266:25	12	2.70	.876	85
9	Maija Hassinen	195:17	11	3.38	.875	77
10	Debora Montanari	220	31	8.45	.821	142

Goalies with less than 40% of their team's total minutes

Rank	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Pam Dreyer	60	0	0.00	1.000	10
2	Stephanie Wartosch-Kurten	120	5	2.50	.875	35
3	Noora Räty	104:43	6	3.44	.867	39
4	Cecilia Andersson	120	8	4.00	.843	43
5	Luana Fraselli	80	17	12.75	.750	51
6	Nadezhda Aleksandrova	43:35	7	9.64	.741	20

Shut-out posters

• Noora Räty (Finland)
• Kim Martin (Sweden)
• Kim St. Pierre (Canada)
• Charline Labonté (Canada)
• Chanda Gunn (USA)
• Pam Dreyer (USA)
• Jennifer Harss (Germany)

Awards

Tournament

• Goaltender:
  • Kim Martin,  Sweden
• Defencemen:
  • Angela Ruggiero,  United States
  • Carla MacLeod,  Canada
• Forwards:
  • Gillian Apps,  Canada
  • Hayley Wickenheiser,  Canada
  • Maria Rooth,  Sweden
• Most Valuable Player:
  • Hayley Wickenheiser,  Canada

Qualification

The top four teams from the International Ice Hockey Federation world rankings following the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships qualified automatically. These teams were Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden. Italy also gained a place as it was the host nation. Russia, Germany, and Switzerland qualified for the last three places through qualification tournaments.

References

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