Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Provo and West Valley City, United States, from 11 to 21 February. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. Canada won the final by a score of 3–2 over the United States, who were awarded silver. The bronze medal game was won by Sweden with a 2–1 victory over Finland.

2002 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	11–21 February
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (1st title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	127 (6.35 per game)
Attendance	129,435 (6,472 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Hayley Wickenheiser (10 points)
MVP	Hayley Wickenheiser

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.

Qualifying

The qualification process, and seedings for the Olympic tournament, came from the final standings of the 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship. The top six nations were given direct entry to the Olympics, the final two spots were contested in a qualification tournament. The nations ranked seven through ten played a round robin in Engelberg, Switzerland from 8 to 11 February 2001.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	9	10	−1	4	2002 Winter Olympics
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	3
3	Switzerland (H)	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	3
4	Japan	3	0	2	1	7	10	−3	2

Source: IIHF
(H) Hosts
Notes:

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 February 2001 16:30

Japan

3–3 (1–0, 0–2, 2–1)

Germany

Sporting Park, Engelberg Attendance: 300

8 February 2001 20:00

Kazakhstan

2–7 (0–3, 0–3, 2–1)

Switzerland

Sporting Park, Engelberg Attendance: 825

9 February 2001 17:00

Kazakhstan

5–2 (1–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Japan

Sporting Park, Engelberg Attendance: 513

10 February 2001 17:00

Germany

3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Sporting Park, Engelberg Attendance: 800

11 February 2001 13:30

Germany

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Sporting Park, Engelberg Attendance: 531

11 February 2001 17:00

Switzerland

2–2 (0–0, 0–0, 2–2)

Japan

Sporting Park, Engelberg Attendance: 920

Rosters

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters

Group A

• Canada (roster)
• Sweden (roster)
• Russia (roster)
• Kazakhstan (roster)

Group B

• United States (roster)
• Finland (roster)
• China (roster)
• Germany (roster)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	25	0	+25	6	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	10	13	−3	4
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	6	11	−5	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0

Source: IIHF.com

11 February 2002 11:00

Canada

7–0 (3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,321

	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Natalya Trunova	Referee: Anne Haanpää Linesmen: Tina Kirschner Megan MacKenzie
	Wickenheiser (PP) – 02:33 1–0 Piper (Antal, Sostorics) – 08:45 2–0 Sunohara (Piper, Ouellette) (PP) – 11:09 3–0 Shewchuk (Goyette, Sostorics) (PP) – 23:49 4–0 Wickenheiser (Goyette) (PP) – 35:18 5–0 Goyette (Wickenheiser) (PP) – 47:27 6–0 Sunohara (Hefford) – 57:23 7–0
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	66	Shots	11

11 February 2002 14:00

Sweden

3–2 (2–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Russia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,241

	Annica Åhlén	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Krista Knight Linesmen: Julie Bissonnette Johanna Suban
	Edstrand (Rooth, Holst) (PP) – 08:14 1–0 Almblad (Pettersson) – 15:15 2–0 Bergstrand – 24:11 3–0 3–1 25:07 – Pashkevich 3–2 36:04 – Mishina (Permyakova)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	14

13 February 2002 11:00

Russia

0–7 (0–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,213

	Irina Gashennikova	Goalies	Sami Jo Small	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Johanna Suban Megan MacKenzie
	0–1 11:37 – Wickenheiser 0–2 18:00 – Goyette (Wickenheiser) 0–3 20:31 – Antal (Ouellette, Heaney) 0–4 29:14 – Piper (Ouellette, Botterill) 0–5 47:48 – Botterill (Sunohara, Brisson) (PP) 0–6 58:12 – Chartrand 0–7 58:50 – Goyette (Wickenheiser)
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	6	Shots	60

13 February 2002 14:00

Sweden

7–0 (3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 3,549

	Kim Martin	Goalies	Natalya Trunova	Referee: Stacey Livingston Linesmen: Sue Cassidy Sandra Lischetti
	Holst – 01:08 1–0 Rooth (SH) – 02:38 2–0 Vikman (Lindberg) – 11:05 3–0 Almblad (Rooth, Holst) (PP) – 32:27 4–0 Holst (A. Andersson, Rooth) (PP) – 35:41 5–0 Bergstrand (Holst) (PP) – 44:05 6–0 G. Andersson – 54:46 7–0
	22 min	Penalties	24 min
	43	Shots	17

15 February 2002 14:00

Kazakhstan

1–4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Russia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,618

	Natalya Trunova	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Stacey Livingston Linesmen: Johanna Suban Ilse Robben
	0–1 04:43 – Pashkevich Yakovchuk (Potapova, Vasina) (PP) – 10:36 1–1 1–2 26:24 – Terentieva (Smolentseva) 1–3 35:03 – Burina (Smolentseva, Trefilova) 1–4 47:37 – Tsareva
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	18	Shots	52

16 February 2002 19:00

Canada

11–0 (1–0, 4–0, 6–0)

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,306

	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Annica Åhlén	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Tina Kirschner
	Botterill (Shewchuk, Bechard) – 10:26 1–0 Piper – 26:01 2–0 Botterill (Heaney, Hefford) (PP) – 29:12 3–0 Wickenheiser (Campbell, Goyette) – 32:06 4–0 Campbell (Goyette) – 37:18 5–0 Ouellette – 42:42 6–0 Hefford (Dupuis) – 43:05 7–0 Dupuis – 46:52 8–0 Sunohara (Hefford) – 55:21 9–0 Antal (Botterill, Brisson) (PP) – 59:37 10–0 Chartrand (Hefford, Ouellette) – 59:54 11–0
	4 min	Penalties	22 min
	70	Shots	22

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	27	1	+26	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4
3	Germany	3	0	1	2	6	18	−12	1	5–8th place semifinals
4	China	3	0	1	2	6	21	−15	1

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts

12 February 2002 11:00

United States

10–0 (2–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Germany

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,504

	Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten Esther Thyßen	Referee: Laura Vanderhorst Linesmen: Henrieta Hujdušová Marina Konstantinova
	Bye (Potter, Mounsey) – 06:16 1–0 Baker (Bailey, Bye) – 15:05 2–0 Darwitz (Granato) – 21:44 3–0 Darwitz (PP) – 27:10 4–0 Bailey (Baker, Looney) – 27:33 5–0 Bye (King, Potter) – 28:53 6–0 Wendell – 41:13 7–0 Granato (Bye, Mounsey) (PP) – 48:00 8–0 Chu – 53:42 9–0 Mleczko (Chu) – 55:09 10–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	57	Shots	8

12 February 2002 14:00

Finland

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 4,977

	Tuula Puputti	Goalies	Guo Hong	Referee: Jacqui Palm Linesmen: Julie Piacentini Ilse Robben
	Rantamäki (Nieminen, Hänninen) (PP) – 30:37 1–0 Riipi (Nieminen) (SH) – 39:43 2–0 Laaksonen (Nieminen) – 55:05 3–0 Sirviö – 57:39 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	12

14 February 2002 11:00

Finland

3–1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 4,769

	Tuula Puputti	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Referee: Krista Knight Linesmen: Henrieta Hujdušová Julie Piacentini
	Riipi (Hoikkala, Voutilainen) – 02:43 1–0 Parviainen (Riipi, Sirviö) – 27:55 2–0 Sikiö (Mertanen, Riipi) (PP) – 29:40 3–0 3–1 53:55 – Wierscher (Frühwirt, Rückauer)
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	16

14 February 2002 16:00

China

1–12 (0–3, 1–5, 0–4)

United States

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,325

	Guo Hong	Goalies	Sarah Tueting	Referee: Laura Vanderhorst Linesmen: Julie Bissonnette Sue Cassidy
	0–1 01:19 – Granato (Wendell, Darwitz) 0–2 07:04 – Looney (Bailey, Baker) 0–3 16:30 – Granato 0–4 27:48 – King (Potter, Kennedy) 0–5 29:22 – Baker (Wall) 0–6 29:57 – Chu (Kennedy, Kilbourne) 0–7 30:31 – King (Mleczko, Ruggiero) Yang (Wang L.) – 36:01 1–7 1–8 39:50 – Darwitz (Wendell) 1–9 44:03 – Baker (King) 1–10 44:33 – Granato (Chu) 1–11 54:56 – Ruggiero (King, Potter) 1–12 56:30 – Merz (Looney)
	6 min	Penalties	29 min
	10	Shots	71

16 February 2002 11:00

United States

5–0 (3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,507

	Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Tuula Puputti	Referee: Jacqui Palm Linesmen: Sue Cassidy Julie Bissonnette
	Darwitz (Mleczko, Granato) – 11:09 1–0 Darwitz (Ruggiero, DeCosta) (SH) – 15:19 2–0 Potter (Mounsey) (PP) – 18:13 3–0 Darwitz (Wendell) – 34:42 4–0 Kilbourne (Ruggiero) (PP) – 54:18 5–0
	22 min	Penalties	26 min
	47	Shots	21

16 February 2002 14:00

Germany

5–5 (1–1, 1–4, 3–0)

China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,418

	Esther Thyßen Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Goalies	Guo Hong	Referee: Anne Haanpää Linesmen: Sandra Lischetti Julie Piacentini
	Ritter (Valenti) – 01:37 1–0 1–1 05:48 – Sun (Chen, Hu) 1–2 24:55 – Ma (Jin, Yang) 1–3 25:28 – Sun (Liu H.) Lanzl (Rückauer) – 32:18 2–3 2–4 34:06 – Liu H. (Sun) 2–5 39:58 – Liu H. (Hu, Sun) Becker (Ziegenhals, Wartosch-Kürten) – 43:36 3–5 Oswald (Linde, Wolf) (PP2) – 55:16 4–5 Lanzl (Oswald, Becker) – 58:19 5–5
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	28

Classification round

	5–8th place semifinals					5th place game
	A3	Russia	4
	B4	China	1
						A3	Russia	5
						B3	Germany	0
	B3	Germany	4
	A4	Kazakhstan	0			7th place game
						B4	China	2
						A4	Kazakhstan	1

5–8th place semifinals

17 February 2002 14:00

Russia

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,719

	Irina Gashennikova	Goalies	Guo Hong	Referee: Laura Vanderhorst Linesmen: Tina Kirschner Sandra Lischetti
	0–1 01:12 – Yang Mishina (Byalkovskaya) – 22:07 1–1 Pashkevich (Schelchkova) (PP) – 24:29 2–1 Burina (Smolentseva, Trefilova) – 24:49 3–1 Tsareva (Pashkevich) (PP) – 52:05 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	41	Shots	31

17 February 2002 21:00

Germany

4–0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,773

	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Goalies	Natalya Trunova	Referee: Krista Knight Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Megan MacKenzie
	Lanzl (Oswald, Becker) – 15:27 1–0 Grundmann (Scheytt) – 22:21 2–0 Becker – 24:49 3–0 Becker (Ziegenhals, Lanzl) (PP) – 35:50 4–0
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	26

Seventh place game

19 February 2002 14:00

China

2–1 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT:1–0)

Kazakhstan

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,490

	Guo Hong	Goalies	Natalya Trunova	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Julie Bissonnette
	Yang – 03:07 1–0 1–1 57:46 – Losyeva (Sazonova) Liu H. (Hu, Wang L.) – 61:39 2–1
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	35

Fifth place game

19 February 2002 19:00

Russia

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,781

	Irina Gashennikova	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Referee: Anne Haanpää Linesmen: Sue Cassidy Ilse Robben
	Burina (Pashkevich) – 03:24 1–0 Burina (Schelchkova, Bobrova) – 07:41 2–0 Tsareva (Bobrova, Schelchkova) (PP) – 33:31 3–0 Smolentseva – 40:51 4–0 Trefilova (PP) – 45:35 5–0
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	25

Final round

Sweden and the United States women's teams during the semifinals. The United States won, 4–0.

	Semifinals					Gold medal game
	B1	United States	4
	A2	Sweden	0
						B1	United States	2
						A1	Canada	3
	A1	Canada	7
	B2	Finland	3			Bronze medal game
						B2	Finland	1
						A2	Sweden	2

Semifinals

19 February 2002 11:05

Canada

7–3 (2–1, 0–2, 5–0)

Finland

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,289

	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Tuula Puputti	Referee: Stacey Livingston Linesmen: Megan MacKenzie Julie Piacentini
	Brisson (PP) – 05:58 1–0 Wickenheiser (Chartrand) (SH) – 08:10 2–0 2–1 19:35 – Reima (Fisk, Riipi) 2–2 22:56 – Reima (Fisk, Hänninen) 2–3 23:51 – Riipi (Reima, Fisk) Wickenheiser (Goyette, St-Pierre) – 43:19 3–3 Hefford (Sunohara) – 43:25 4–3 Sunohara (Goyette) – 57:26 5–3 Campbell – 58:32 6–3 Brisson (Botterill) (PP) – 59:03 7–3
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	54	Shots	18

19 February 2002 16:30

United States

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,738

	Sarah Tueting	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Jacqui Palm Linesmen: Henrieta Hujdušová Johanna Suban
	Granato (Mounsey, Wendell) – 17:16 1–0 King (Bye, Mleczko) – 19:32 2–0 Granato (Potter, Mounsey) (PP) – 28:57 3–0 Darwitz (Wendell, Granato) – 52:58 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	10

Bronze medal game

21 February 2002 12:10

Finland

1–2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,298

	Tuula Puputti	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Laura Vanderhorst Linesmen: Sue Cassidy Julie Piacentini
	0–1 05:08 − Samuelsson (G. Andersson) 0–2 17:15 − Samuelsson (Bergstrand) (PP) Sikiö (Laaksonen, Hänninen) − 31:35 1–2
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	20

Gold medal game

21 February 2002 17:10

United States

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Kim St-Pierre	Referee: Stacey Livingston Linesmen: Johanna Suban Henrieta Hujdušová
	0–1 01:45 − Ouellette (Piper) King (Granato, Mounsey) (PP) − 21:59 1–1 1–2 24:10 − Wickenheiser (Goyette) 1–3 39:59 − Hefford (Kellar, Brisson) Bye (Mounsey, Potter) (PP) − 56:27 2–3
	12 min	Penalties	26 min
	27	Shots	29

Final rankings

Rank	Team
	Canada
	United States
	Sweden
4	Finland
5	Russia
6	Germany
7	China
8	Kazakhstan

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Hayley Wickenheiser	5	7	3	10	+7	2	F
Cammi Granato	5	6	4	10	+9	0	F
Danielle Goyette	5	3	7	10	+7	0	F
Natalie Darwitz	5	7	1	8	+8	2	F
Katie King	5	4	3	7	+6	4	F
Jayna Hefford	5	3	4	7	+7	2	F
Jenny Potter	5	1	6	7	+6	2	F
Tara Mounsey	5	0	7	7	+5	4	D
Vicky Sunohara	5	4	2	6	+7	6	F
Jennifer Botterill	5	3	3	6	+2	8	F
Karyn Bye	5	3	3	6	+6	0	F
Katja Riipi	5	3	3	6	+4	6	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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
Sarah Tueting	120:00	1	0.50	20	95.00	1
Sara Decosta	179:00	3	1.01	58	94.83	2
Kim Martin	180:00	5	1.67	82	93.90	1
Kim St-Pierre	240:00	5	1.25	78	93.59	2
Irina Gashennikova	300:00	12	2.40	178	93.26	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Awards

• Media All-Stars
  • Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre
  • Defencemen: Tara Mounsey, Angela Ruggiero
  • Forwards: Natalie Darwitz, Cammi Granato, Hayley Wickenheiser
• Most Valuable Player: Hayley Wickenheiser
• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre
  • Best Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
  • Best Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser

External links

• Official results for women's tournament Archived 2020-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Salt Lake City 2002 – Results – Ice hockey – Women