Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

2018 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	10–22 February
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Olympic Athletes from Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	109 (4.95 per match)
Attendance	85,565 (3,889 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Alina Müller (10 points)
MVP	Mélodie Daoust
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Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
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Tournament
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Rosters
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The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held in Gangneung, South Korea between 10 and 22 February 2018.^[1] Eight countries qualified for the tournament; five of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, South Korea, automatically qualified as hosts, while the two others took part in a qualification tournament.^[2] Under a special agreement with the IOC and the IIHF, twelve North Korean players joined the host team to form a united team.^[3] They were allowed to have an expanded roster of 35 where 22 players dress for each game. Three North Korean players were selected for each game by coach Sarah Murray.^[4]

The United States winning the gold medal game against Canada marks the first time in 20 years that the United States took home a gold medal in women's hockey. They previously won in 1998 in Nagano, Japan, which was also against Canada.^[5] Canada's loss ended their winning streak of four consecutive winter games, having won since 2002.^[6]

Qualification[]

Canada and the United States assured themselves of top four ranking after the 2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships by the end of the 2015 Championships and qualified for the A group.

Finland, Russia, and Sweden qualified by their ranking after the 2016 Championships.

South Korea qualified as the host team. The remaining two teams qualified from qualification tournaments.

Qualified teams[]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts	19 September 2014[7]	Tenerife	1	South Korea[a]
2016 IIHF World Ranking[b]	7 December 2012 – 10 April 2016	Kamloops[c]	5	United States  Canada  Finland  Russia[d]  Sweden
Final qualification tournament	9–12 February 2017	Arosa	1	Switzerland
Final qualification tournament	9–12 February 2017	Tomakomai	1	Japan
TOTAL			8

Notes

Format[]

The top four teams based on the 2016 IIHF World Ranking, the United States, Canada, Finland and Olympic Athletes from Russia, compete in Group A, while the remaining four teams compete in Group B. The top two teams in Group A received a bye to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, the third placed team in Group A played the second place team in Group B, while the fourth placed team in Group A played the first place team in Group B. The winners advanced to the semifinals, while the two losers, and the third and fourth placed teams in Group B, competed in a classification bracket for places five through eight.

Rosters[]

Match officials[]

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[10]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	7	8	−1	3	Quarterfinals
4	Olympic Athletes from Russia	3	0	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

11 February 2018 v 16:40

Finland

1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,032

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Maddie Rooney	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Aina Hove Linesmen: Charlotte Girard-Fabre Veronica Johansson
	Hovi (Nieminen, Välimäki) – 19:54 1–0 1–1 28:58 – Lamoureux-Morando 1–2 31:29 – Coyne (Knight, Decker) 1–3 59:47 – Cameranesi (Keller) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	42

11 February 2018 v 21:10

Canada

5–0 (0–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Olympic Athletes from Russia

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,912

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Nadezhda Morozova Nadezhda Aleksandrova	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Lisa Linnek
	Johnston (Jenner, Saulnier) – 21:55 1–0 Irwin (Johnston) (PP) – 24:13 2–0 Daoust (Agosta, Poulin) – 35:58 3–0 Johnston (Lacquette, Poulin) (PP2) – 48:41 4–0 Daoust (Poulin) – 50:44 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	48	Shots	18

13 February 2018 v 16:40

Canada

4–1 (2–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Finland

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,879

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Dina Allena Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Veronica Johansson Jessica Leclerc
	Agosta (Daoust) – 00:35 1–0 Poulin – 17:11 2–0 Daoust (Fortino, Agosta) – 28:19 3–0 Saulnier (Johnston) – 38:26 4–0 4–1 47:17 – Välilä (Tapani, Karvinen)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	23

13 February 2018 v 21:10

United States

5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Olympic Athletes from Russia

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,797

Game reference
	Nicole Hensley	Goalies	Valeria Tarakanova Nadezhda Morozova	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Zuzana Svobodová Johanna Tauriainen
	Bellamy (Lamoureux-Davidson, Marvin) – 08:02 1–0 Lamoureux-Davidson (Lamoureux-Morando) – 31:46 2–0 Lamoureux-Davidson – 31:52 3–0 Marvin (Pelkey, Duggan) – 34:38 4–0 Brandt (Cameranesi, Keller) – 58:23 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	50	Shots	13

15 February 2018 v 12:10

United States

1–2 (0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Canada

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,885

Game reference
	Maddie Rooney	Goalies	Geneviève Lacasse	Referees: Aina Hove Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Veronica Johansson
	0–1 27:18 – Agosta (Spooner, Jenner) (PP) 0–2 34:56 – Nurse (Larocque) Coyne (Decker) – 40:23 1–2
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	23

15 February 2018 v 16:40

Olympic Athletes from Russia

1–5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Finland

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,353

Game reference
	Nadezhda Morozova	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Justine Todd
	0–1 17:47 – Karvinen (Hiirikoski) (PP) 0–2 20:20 – Karvinen (Nuutinen, Välilä) 0–3 39:08 – Välilä Shokhina (Belyakova) – 44:50 1–3 1–4 52:49 – Tuominen (Hiirikoski, Nieminen) (PP) 1–5 55:33 – Nieminen
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	37

Group B[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	11	3	+8	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	6	6	0	3	Classification
4	Korea (H)	3	0	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

10 February 2018 v 16:40

Japan

1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,762

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Katie Guay Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Zuzana Svobodová
	0–1 02:21 – Rask (Küller, Carlsson) Ukita (Kubo) – 36:52 1–1 1–2 41:53 – Hjalmarsson (Grahm)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	26

10 February 2018 v 21:10

Switzerland

8–0 (3–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Korea

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,606

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referees: Dina Allen Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Justine Todd
	Müller (S. Benz) (SH) – 10:23 1–0 Müller (S. Benz, Stalder) – 11:24 2–0 Müller (S. Benz, Meier) – 19:49 3–0 Müller – 21:26 4–0 Stänz (Raselli) – 22:21 5–0 Stänz (Raselli) – 37:19 6–0 Stalder (Meier, Müller) (PP) – 49:42 7–0 Stalder (Müller) – 51:48 8–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	52	Shots	8

12 February 2018 v 16:40

Switzerland

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,033

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Gabriella Gran Aina Hove Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Natasa Pagon
	S. Benz (Rüegg, L. Benz) (PP) – 30:19 1–0 S. Benz (Meier) (PP) – 33:10 2–0 Müller – 44:27 3–0 3–1 47:33 – Kubo (Hori, H. Toko)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	38

12 February 2018 v 21:10

Sweden

8��0 (4–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Korea

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,244

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Johanna Tauriainen Jessica Leclerc
	Nylén Persson (Alasalmi) (PP) – 04:00 1–0 Lundberg (Rask, Grahm) – 09:47 2–0 Fällman (Rask, Küller) – 10:17 3–0 Udén Johansson (Johansson) – 17:04 4–0 Winberg (Lundberg, Alasalmi) – 24:08 5-0 Nordin (Winberg) – 41:09 6–0 Winberg (Grahm, Nordin) – 41:45 7–0 Stenberg (Winberg) – 45:34 8–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	50	Shots	19

14 February 2018 v 12:10

Sweden

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,545

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Katie Guay Linesmen: Charlotte Girard-Fabre Lisa Linnek
	0–1 33:51 – Müller (Meier, Stalder) (PP) Borgqvist (Olsson, Nyhlén Persson) (PP) – 47:35 1–1 1–2 51:28 – Stänz (Meier, Müller) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	47

14 February 2018 v 16:40

Korea

1–4 (0–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,110

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies	Akane Konishi	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Zuzana Svobodová
	0–1 01:07 – Kubo (H. Toko, Ukita) 0–2 03:58 – Ono (Koike, Yoneyama) (PP) Griffin (Park Yo.) – 29:31 1–2 1–3 51:42 – Koike (Hosoyamada, Yoneyama) (PP) 1–4 58:33 – Ukita (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	44

Playoff round[]

Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					19 February
					Canada	5
	17 February
					Olympic Athletes from Russia	0
	Olympic Athletes from Russia	6
									22 February
	Switzerland	2
									Canada	2
									United States (GWS)	3
					19 February
					United States	5
	17 February
					Finland	0			Bronze medal game
	Finland	7
									21 February
	Sweden	2
									Finland	3
									Olympic Athletes from Russia	2

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	18 February
	Switzerland	2
					20 February
	Korea	0
					Switzerland	1
	18 February
					Japan	0
	Sweden	1
	Japan (OT)	2
					Seventh place game
					20 February
					Sweden	6
					Korea	1

Quarterfinals[]

The top two teams in Group A received byes and were deemed the home team in the semifinals as they were seeded to advance.

17 February 2018 v 12:10

Olympic Athletes from Russia

6–2 (1–0, 2–2, 3–0)

Switzerland

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,903

Game reference
	Nadezhda Morozova	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Gabriella Gran Linesmen: Charlotte Girard-Fabre Johanna Tauriainen
	Shokhina (SH2) – 07:22 1–0 1–1 20:48 – Müller (Meier) 1–2 31:47 – Stalder (Stänz, Meier) (PP) Kulishova (Smolina) – 33:53 2–2 Ganeyeva (Shokhina) (PP) – 38:53 3–2 Dergachyova (Shokhina) – 47:36 4–2 Shokhina (Dergachyova) (PP) – 53:25 5–2 Sosina (SH, ENG) – 59:08 6–2
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	19

17 February 2018 v 16:40

Finland

7–2 (3–0, 2–2, 2–0)

Sweden

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,803

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Sara Grahn Sarah Berglind	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Katie Guay Linesmen: Natasa Pagon Zuzana Svobodová
	Nieminen (Hovi) – 06:12 1–0 Välilä (Rahunen) – 15:32 2–0 Tapani (Tulus, Välimäki) (PP) – 17:44 3–0 Karvinen (Tuominen, Savolainen) – 27:14 4–0 4–1 28:53 – Nordin (Grahm, Svedin) Välilä (Karvinen, Tapani) – 29:29 5–1 5–2 39:12 – Stenberg (Nyhlén-Persson) (SH) Nuutinen (Tulus, Rahunen) - 44:35 6–2 Hakala (Rajahuhta) - 57:47 7–2
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	21

5–8th place semifinals[]

18 February 2018 v 12:10

Switzerland

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Korea

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,811

Game reference
	Janine Alder	Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Veronica Johansson
	Zollinger (Bullo, L. Benz) (PP) – 16:35 1–0 Raselli (Rüegg, Altmann) – 38:52 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	53	Shots	19

18 February 2018 v 16:40

Sweden

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,554

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Dina Allen Aina Hove Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Justine Todd
	0–1 21:43 – Koike (Yoneyama, Ono) Johansson (SH) – 26:25 1–1 1–2 63:16 – A. Toko (Osawa)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	37

Semifinals[]

19 February 2018 v 13:10

United States

5−0 (2−0, 2−0, 1−0)

Finland

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 5,173

Game reference
	Maddie Rooney	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Justine Todd
	Marvin (Duggan, Pelkey) − 02:25 1−0 Cameranesi − 18:38 2−0 Lamoureux-Davidson (Pannek, Cameranesi) (PP2) – 33:21 3−0 Knight (Morin, Coyne) (PP) − 33:55 4−0 Cameranesi (Brandt, Kessel) (PP) – 40:45 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	14

19 February 2018 v 21:10

Canada

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Olympic Athletes from Russia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,396

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Valeria Tarakanova Nadezhda Alexandrova	Referees: Katie Guay Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Johanna Tauriainen
	Wakefield (Spooner, Turnbull) – 01:50 1–0 Poulin (Daoust) – 23:10 2–0 Wakefield (Fortino, Turnbull) – 41:59 3–0 Clark (Stacey, Mikkelson) – 42:30 4–0 Johnston (Daoust, Irwin) (PP) – 54:08 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	47	Shots	14

Seventh place game[]

20 February 2018 v 12:10

Sweden

6–1 (2–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Korea

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,125

Game reference
	Minatsu Murase Sarah Berglind	Goalies	Shin So-jung Han Do-hee	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Aina Hove Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Nataša Pagon
	Küller (Rask, Udén Johansson) – 05:50 1–0 1–1 06:21 – Han S. (Park J.) (PP) Alasalmi (Nylén Persson, Borgqvist) (PP) – 19:37 2–1 Grahm (Rask, Nordin) – 36:27 3–1 Svedin (Johansson, Hjalmarsson) – 43:05 4–1 Rask (Lindh) – 49:31 5–1 Johansson (Borgqvist, Hjalmarsson) – 57:19 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	40	Shots	16

Fifth place game[]

20 February 2018 v 16:40

Switzerland

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,958

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Gabriella Gran Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Charlotte Girard-Fabre Veronica Johansson
	Raselli – 03:19 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	20

Bronze medal game[]

21 February 2018 v 16:40

Finland

3–2 (1–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Olympic Athletes from Russia

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,217

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Nadezhda Morozova	Referees: Dina Allen Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Justine Todd
	Nieminen (Tuominen, Tapani) (PP) – 02:23 1–0 Tapani (Karvinen) – 20:10 2–0 2–1 22:40 – Sosina (Belyakova) Välimäki (Hovi) – 32:18 3–1 3–2 46:03 – Belyakova (Batalova, Shtaryova) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	35 min
	22	Shots	22

Gold medal game[]

22 February 2018 v 13:10

Canada

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

United States

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,467

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Maddie Rooney	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 19:34 – Knight (Morin, Decker) (PP) Irwin (Turnbull) – 22:00 1–1 Poulin (Agosta, Daoust) – 26:55 2–1 2–2 53:39 – Lamoureux-Morando (Pannek)
	Spooner Agosta Poulin Daoust Jenner Agosta	Shootout	Marvin Brandt Pfalzer Kessel Knight Lamoureux-Davidson
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	42

Final ranking[]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	A	United States	5	3	1	0	1	17	5	+12	11
	A	Canada	5	4	0	1	0	18	5	+13	13
	A	Finland	6	3	0	0	3	17	17	0	9
4	A	Olympic Athletes from Russia	6	1	0	0	5	9	25	−16	3
5	B	Switzerland	6	5	0	0	1	18	8	+10	15
6	B	Japan	5	1	1	0	3	8	8	0	5
7	B	Sweden	6	3	0	1	2	20	13	+7	10
8	B	Korea (H)	5	0	0	0	5	2	28	−26	0

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Alina Müller	6	7	3	10	+5	4	F
Christine Meier	6	0	8	8	+4	0	D
Mélodie Daoust	5	3	4	7	+7	2	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	5	3	3	6	+5	8	F
Lara Stalder	6	3	3	6	+3	4	F
Michelle Karvinen	6	3	3	6	–1	2	F
Fanny Rask	6	2	4	6	+4	0	F
Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson	5	4	1	5	+3	0	F
Riikka Välilä	6	4	1	5	–2	0	F
Rebecca Johnston	5	3	2	5	+2	2	F
Dani Cameranesi	5	3	2	5	+1	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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
Shannon Szabados	200:00	4	1.20	79	94.94	1
Maddie Rooney	258:56	5	1.16	92	94.57	1
Sara Grahn	262:14	8	1.83	145	94.48	1
Florence Schelling	298:19	7	1.41	120	94.17	2
Nana Fujimoto	236:30	7	1.78	87	91.95	0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards[]

• Media All-Stars^[11]
  • Goaltender: Noora Räty
  • Defencemen: Jenni Hiirikoski, Laura Fortino
  • Forwards: Mélodie Daoust, Jocelyne Lamoureux, Alina Müller
• Most Valuable Player: Mélodie Daoust
• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Shannon Szabados
  • Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski
  • Best Forward: Alina Müller

Source: IIHF.com

References[]

External links[]

• Official IIHF website