2011 MLP Nations Cup

The 2011 MLP Nations Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament that featured five countries' national teams in addition to Canada, who played with their national under-22 team. Canada has defended the title which they won in 2010. All games were contested at the Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.

2011 MLP Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	Bodensee Arena
Dates	January 4 – 8
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Canada (8th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played	11
Goals scored	73 (6.64 per game)
Attendance	1,210 (110 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Vicki Bendus (9 points) Bailey Bram (9 points)

Group stage

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	2	1	0	1	0	9	6	+3	4	Advance to semifinal
Russia	2	1	0	0	1	4	6	−2	3
Finland	2	0	1	0	1	4	5	−1	2	5th-place match

Source:

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January 4, 2011 20:00

Finland

4–3 SO (1–1, 2–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–1)

Sweden

Bodensee Arena Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Anna Vanhatalo	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referee: Katja Bandlowski
	0–1 05:59 – F. Nevalainen (E. Eliasson, E. Holst) K. Rantamäki (S. Tuominen, S. Kärnä) – 19:35 1–1 T. Niskanen (K. Rantamäki) (PP) – 22:15 2–1 2–2 27:44 – T. Enström (R. Stenberg) K. Rantamäki (S. Kärnä) – 37:02 3–2 3–3 38:43 – K. Myren (T. Enström) K. Rantamäki – 65:00 4–3
	2 min	Penalties	24 min
	40	Shots	41

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January 5, 2011 16:00

Russia

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Finland

Bodensee Arena Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Anna Prugova	Goalies	Maija Hassinen	Referee: Nicole Hertrich
	S. Terenteva – 06:23 1–0 E. Lebedeva (S. Kolmykova, N. Shiryaeva) – 33:33 2–0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	40

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January 6, 2011 16:00

Sweden

6–2 (1–1, 3–0, 2–1)

Russia

Bodensee Arena Attendance: 90

Game reference
	Valentina Lizana	Goalies	Anna Prugova	Referee: Katja Bandlowski
	0–1 02: 16 – T. Burina (G. Skiba, O. Sosina) (PP) A. Svedin (K. Myren, N. Larsen) – 17:02 1–1 K. Myren (PP) – 26:19 2–1 E. Eliasson (E. Holt, G. Andersson) – 30:56 3–1 A. Östlund (J. Asserholt, K. Johansson) – 39:00 4–1 4–2 51:06 – I. Dyubanok (G. Skiba) (PP) A. Svedin (L. Bäckman, T. Enström) – 56:09 5–2 A. Östlund (E. Eliasson, E. Grahm – 59:53 6–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	53	Shots	37

Group B

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	2	2	0	0	0	14	0	+14	6	Advance to semifinal
Germany	2	0	1	0	1	5	13	−8	2
Switzerland	2	0	0	1	1	4	10	−6	1	5th-place match

Source:

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January 4, 2011 16:00

Canada

5–0 (3–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Bodensee Arena

Game reference
	Genevieve Lacasse	Goalies	Sophie Anthamatten	Referee: Nicole Hertrich
	C. Birchard (J. Saulnier, L. McIntosh) – 10:59 1–0 C. Karpenko (M. Deluce) – 15:09 2–0 J. Campbell (J. Wong) – 19:25 3–0 J. Campbell (V. Bendus) – 53:03 4–0 L. McIntosh (J. Saulnier, I. Menard) – 56:04 5–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	67	Shots	18

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January 5, 2011 20:00

Switzerland

4–5 OT (1–1, 1–2, 2–1) (OT: 0–1)

Germany

Bodensee Arena Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Viona Harrer	Referee: Diane Michaud
	0–1 01:36 – B. Evers (A. Lanzl) S. Marty (S. Wyss, M. Hafliger) (PP) – 04:45 1–1 1–2 21:15 – J. Zorn (M. Bittner, F. Busch) 1–3 21:49 – A. Lanzl (B. Evers) K. Lehmann (R. Michielin) (PP) – 34:45 2–3 2–4 40:58 – F. Busch (J. Zorn) (PP) S. Benz (S. Thalmann) – 43:38 3–4 S. Marty (S. Thalmann) (PP) – 46:30 4–4 4–5 60:43 – J. Zorn (S. Götz)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	57

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January 6, 2011 20:00

Germany

0–9 (0–3, 0–2, 0–4)

Canada

Bodensee Arena Attendance: 212

Game reference
	Jennifer Harss	Goalies	Roxanne Douville	Referee: Diane Michaud
	0–1 01:36 – N. Spooner (L. McIntosh) 0–2 02:56 – V. Bendus (B. Bram, J. Saulnier) 0–3 15:45 – J. Saulnier (B. Bram, V. Bendus) 0–4 22:10 – J. Saulnier (V. Bendus, B. Bram) 0–5 36:37 – T. Watchorn (J. Wong) 0–6 41:43 – I. Menard (J. Campbell, S. McKeough) 0–7 42:15 – C. Prevost (I. Menard, J. Kohanchuk) 0–8 42:44 – M. Deluce (C. Prevost, L. Fortino) 0–9 55:59 – S. McKeough (J. Saulnier)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	90

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Gold-medal game
	A1	Sweden	3
	B2	Germany	1
						A1	Sweden	0
						B1	Canada	6
	B1	Canada	9
	A2	Russia	0			Bronze-medal game
						B2	Germany	2
						A2	Russia	7

	5th-place match
	A3	Finland	2
	B3	Switzerland	3*

Key: * – final in shootout.

Semifinals

January 7, 2011 16:00

Canada

9–0 (3–0, 5–0, 1–0)

Russia

Bodensee Arena Attendance: 63

Game reference
	Roxanne Douville	Goalies	Anna Prugova Valentina Ostrovlyanchik	Referee: Nicole Hertrich
	V. Bendus (C. Birchard, T. Watchorn) (PP) – 01:09 1–0 L. Fortino (B. Bram, V. Bendus) – 13:58 2–0 N. Spooner (PS) – 16:18 3–0 C. Karpenko (M. Deluce) – 21:27 4–0 B. Bram (V. Bendus, J. Saulnier) (PP) – 26:07 5–0 C. Karpenko (C. Prevost, M. Deluce) – 26:46 6–0 B. Bram (V. Bendus, C. Birchard) – 31:56 7–0 I. Menard (S. McKeough, J. Campbell) (PP) – 39:26 8–0 C. White (N. Spooner, S. McKeough) (SH) – 53:46 9–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	48	Shots	13

January 7, 2011 20:00

Sweden

3–1 (2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Germany

Bodensee Arena Attendance: 105

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Viona Harrer	Referee: Diane Michaud
	J. Asserholt (L. Bäckman) – 01:20 1–0 E. Holst (E. Eliasson, G. Andersson) – 14:57 2–0 A. Östlund (J. Malmström) – 50:56 3–0 3–1 54:45 – T. Voigt (A. Kuhn, I. Strohmair)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	46	Shots	23

5th-place game

January 8, 2011 10:00

Finland

2–3 SO (0–0, 0–0, 2–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Switzerland

Bodensee Arena Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Anna Vanhatolo	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Nicole Hertrich
	S. Touminen (A. Toumanen, K. Rantamäki) (PP) – 42:49 1–0 1–1 48:50 – S. Benz (E.Rasseli) 1–2 50:30 – S. Wyss (S. Thalmann, S. Benz) (PP) S. Touminen (K. Rantamäki, S. Kärnä) (PP) – 52:20 2–2 2–3 65:00 – C. Meier
	8 min	Penalties	24 min
	69	Shots	30

Bronze-medal game

January 8, 2011 16:00

Germany

2–7 (1–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Russia

Bodensee Arena

Game reference
	Jennifer Harss	Goalies	Valentina Ostrovlyanchik	Referee: Katja Bandlowski
	S. Kratzer (M. Bittner, N. Kamenik) – 03:59 1–0 1–1 05:45 – O. Sosina 1–2 13:50 – N. Shiryaeva (A. Vafina) 1–3 23:01 – S. Terenteva (A. Vafina, A. Khomich) 1–4 24:54 – S. Terenteva (O. Semenets, A. Vafina) M. Bittner (N. Kamenik) – 26:05 2–4 2–5 28:12 – E. Lebedeva (O. Sosina, M. Sergina) (PP) 2–6 46:00 – S. Terenteva (G. Skiba) 2–7 50:51 – G. Skiba (M. Sergina, S. Tkacheva)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	44

Gold-medal game

January 8, 2011 20:00

Sweden

0–6 (0–5, 0–1, 0–0)

Canada

Bodensee Arena Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Sara Grahn Valentina Lizana	Goalies	Genevieve Laccase	Referee: Diane Michaud
	0–1 03:12 – L. Fortino 0–2 07:40 – C. White (N. Spooner, L. Rougeau) (PP) 0–3 10:04 – V. Bendus (B. Bram, J. Saulnier) 0–4 16:24 – J. Kohanchuk (B. Bram, I. Menard) 0–5 18:09 – C. Karpenko (M. Deluce, C. Prevost) 0–6 28:24 – B. Bram (C. Birchard)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	60

2011 MLP Nations Cup
Canada Eighth title

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

	Canada
	Sweden
	Russia
4	Germany
5	Switzerland
6	Finland

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Vicki Bendus	4	3	6	9	+11	2	FW
Bailey Bram	4	3	6	9	+10	2	FW
Jillian Saulnier	4	2	6	8	+11	2	FW
Karoliina Rantamäki	3	3	3	6	+1	0	FW
Isabel Menard	4	2	3	5	+5	2	FW
Mallory Deluce	4	1	4	5	+5	2	FW
Chelsea Karpenko	4	4	0	4	+5	2	FW
Svetlana Terenteva	4	4	0	4	+1	0	FW
Angelica Östlund	4	3	1	4	+3	0	FW
Jessica Campbell	4	2	2	4	+4	0	FW
Klara Myren	4	2	2	4	-2	4	FW
Natalie Spooner	4	2	2	4	+3	0	FW
Galina Skiba	3	1	3	4	0	2	FW
Courtney Birchard	4	1	3	4	+8	0	DF
Emma Eliasson	4	1	3	4	+4	8	FW
Tina Enström	4	1	3	4	0	2	FW
Stefanie McKeough	4	1	3	4	+5	2	DF
Carolyne Prevost	4	1	3	4	+7	2	FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: [1]

Leading goaltenders

List contains goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO	Source
Roxanne Douville	120:00	0	0.00	100.00	2	[2]
Genevieve Lacasse	120:00	0	0.00	100.00	2	[3]
Valentina Lizana	101:51	3	1.77	96.00	0	[4]
Florence Schelling	125:43	7	3.34	94.44	0	[5]
Viona Harrer	120:43	7	3.48	92.22	0	[6]
Anna Vanhatalo	130:00	6	2.77	90.00	0	[7]
Anna Prugova	146:46	12	4.91	89.57	1	[8]
Sara Grahn	143:09	10	4.19	88.24	0	[9]
Jennifer Harss	120:00	16	8.00	88.06	0	[10]

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

External links

• Official website