2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

The 2001 IIHF Women's World Championships was held April 2–8, 2001 in six cities in the state of Minnesota. Venues included the Ice Center in Plymouth, the Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, the Recreation Centre in Rochester, the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, the Columbia Arena in Fridley, and the Schwan Super Rink, in Blaine. Team Canada won their seventh consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States. Russia upset Finland 2–1 to capture their first medal in women's hockey.[1]

2001 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
DatesApril 2–8, 2001
Officially opened byGeorge W. Bush
Teams8
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (7th title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored143 (7.15 per game)
Attendance21,847 (1,092 per match)
Scoring leader(s)United States Cammi Granato (13 points)
MVPCanada Jennifer Botterill

Teams

With the promotion and relegation format now in use, the top seven nations were joined by Kazakhstan, the winner of Group B in 2000.

World Championship Group A

The eight participating teams were divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams played each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group proceeded to the Final Round, while the remaining teams played in the Consolation Round.

First round

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 29 1 +28 6 Advanced to Final round
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 12 7 +5 4
3  Sweden 3 1 0 2 3 17 −14 2 Sent to Consolation round
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 3 22 −19 0
Source:

Results

All times local

April 2, 2001
4:00 pm		Sweden 0 – 3
( 0 – 0, 0 – 2, 0 – 1 )		 RussiaRecreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 300
April 2, 2001
7:30 pm		Kazakhstan 0 – 11
( 0 – 4, 0 – 4, 0 – 3 )		 CanadaRecreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 301
April 3, 2001
4:00 pm		Sweden 3 – 1
( 1 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 )		 KazakhstanRecreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 303
April 3, 2001
7:30 pm		Canada 5 – 1
( 2 – 0, 3 – 1, 0 – 0 )		 RussiaRecreation Centre, Rochester
Attendance: 520
April 5, 2001
4:05 pm		Canada 13 – 0
( 4 – 0, 6 – 0, 3 – 0 )		 SwedenMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1178
April 5, 2001
7:30 pm		Russia 8 – 2
( 3 – 0, 1 – 1, 4 – 1 )		 KazakhstanSchwan's Super Rink, Blaine
Attendance: 301

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 35 0 +35 6 Advanced to Final round
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 12 17 −5 4
3  China 3 0 1 2 6 20 −14 1 Sent to Consolation round
4  Germany 3 0 1 2 2 18 −16 1
Source:

Results

All times local

April 2, 2001
4:00 pm		Finland 7 – 6
( 4 – 3, 1 – 1, 2 – 2 )		 ChinaNHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 300
April 2, 2001
7:30 pm		Germany 0 – 13
( 0 – 5, 0 – 6, 0 – 2 )		 United StatesNHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 301
April 3, 2001
4:00 pm		Finland 5 – 2
( 0 – 1, 3 – 1, 2 – 0 )		 GermanyNHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 300
April 3, 2001
7:30 pm		United States 13 – 0
( 6 – 0, 3 – 0, 4 – 0 )		 ChinaNHC, St. Cloud
Attendance: 581
April 5, 2001
7:30 pm		China 0 – 0
( 0 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0 )		 GermanyIce Center, Plymouth
Attendance: 300
April 5, 2001
7:35 pm		United States 9 – 0
( 3 – 0, 5 – 0, 1 – 0 )		 FinlandMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 4421

Playoff round

Consolation round 5–8 place
April 6, 2001
4:00 pm		China 4 – 1
( 2 – 0, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 )		 KazakhstanColumbia Arena, Fridley
Attendance: 301
April 6, 2001
7:30 pm		Sweden 2 – 6
( 1 – 2, 1 – 1, 0 – 3 )		 GermanyColumbia Arena, Fridley
Attendance: 305

Consolation round 7–8 place
April 8, 2001
12:00 pm		Kazakhstan 1 – 3 SwedenSchwan's Super Rink, Blaine
Attendance: 305

Consolation round 5–6 place
April 8, 2001
12:00 pm		Germany 1 – 0
( 1 – 0, 0 – 0, 0 – 0 )		 ChinaColumbia Arena, Fridley

Final round
Semi finals
7 April 2001 		Finals
8 April 2001
      
A1  Canada 8
B2  Finland 0
 Canada 3
 United States 2
B1  United States 6
A2  Russia 1 Bronze Medal Game
 Russia 2
 Finland 1

Semifinals
April 7, 2001
3:08 pm		Canada 8 – 0
( 2 – 0, 2 – 0, 4 – 0 )		 FinlandMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1603
April 7, 2001
7:38 pm		United States 6 – 1
( 2 – 1, 3 – 0, 1 – 0 )		 RussiaMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 2582

Match for third place
April 8, 2001
4:00 pm		Russia 2 – 1
( 1 – 0, 1 – 1, 0 – 0 )		 FinlandMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 1558

Final
April 8, 2001
18:08		United States 2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)		 CanadaMariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Attendance: 5,632
Sarah TuetingGoaliesKim St-PierreReferee:
Canada Chantal Champagne
Linesmen:
Finland Johanna Suban
United States Julie Piacentini
0–108:09 – Antal (Drolet, Sunohara) (PP)
Zaban (Holmes) – 17:361–1
1–229:45 – Shewchuk (Bechard, Chartrand)
1–356:45 – Botterill (Brisson)
Mleczko (Wendell, Bye) (PP) – 58:412–3
10 minPenalties8 min
35Shots18
 2001 IIHF World Women Championship winners 

Canada
7th title

Statistics

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM +/-
United States Cammi Granato 57613016
United States Krissy Wendell 53912410
Canada Nancy Drolet 5471147
Canada Jennifer Botterill 58210411
Russia Ekaterina Pashkevich 5641025
United States Jenny Schmidgall 53710415
Canada Kelly Bechard 51910810
Canada Tammy Shewchuk 5549211
Canada Danielle Goyette 545908
United States Katie King 5718010

Goaltending leaders
Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV%
United States Sara Decosta 120:001400.5097.50
Canada Kim St-Pierre 180:002640.6796.88
Canada Sami Jo Small 120:001210.5095.24
United States Sarah Tueting 178:493451.0193.33
Russia Irina Gachennikova 286:07131502.7391.33

Final standings
Rk. Team Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia
4. Finland
5. Germany
6. China
7. Sweden
8. KazakhstanRelegated to the 2003 World Championships Division I

Rosters
MedalTeamPlayers
1st place, gold medalist(s) CanadaSami Jo Small, Becky Kellar, Colleen Sostorics, Therese Brisson, Cheryl Pounder, Caroline Ouellette, Danielle Goyette, Jayna Hefford, Jennifer Botterill, Nancy Drolet, Correne Bredin, Dana Antal, Kelly Bechard, Tammy Shewchuk, Gina Kingsbury, Kim St-Pierre, Vicky Sunohara, Isabelle Chartrand, Cassie Campbell, Geraldine Heaney[2]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United StatesSara DeCosta, Winny Brodt, Angela Ruggiero, Nicki Luongo, Karyn Bye, Sue Merz, A.J. Mleczko, Jenny Schmidgall, Julie Chu, Shelley Looney, Krissy Wendell, Alana Blahoski, Annamarie Holmes, Katie King, Cammi Granato, Natalie Darwitz, Chris Bailey, Tricia Dunn, Carisa Zaban, Sarah Tueting[3]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) RussiaMaria Misropian, Kristina Petrovskaia, Alena Khomitch, Elena Bobrova, Violetta Simanova, Larisa Mishina, Tatiana Sotnikova, Yulia Gladysheva, Ekaterina Smolentseva, Tatiana Tsareva, Luidmila Yurlova, Irina Gachennikova, Svetlana Trefilova, Svetlana Terentieva, Tatiana Burina, Ekaterina Pashkevich, Olga Savenkova, Oksana Tretiakova, Zhanna Shchelchkova, Irina Votintseva[4]

World Championship Division I
Main article: 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)

World Championship Group B was renamed Division I and was played again with an eight team tournament which was hosted by Briançon in France.   Switzerland won the tournament with a 2–1 victory over  Japan to see them bounce straight back to the main World Championship in 2003.

Directorate Awards

References
  1. "2001 - IIHF Women's World Championship".
  2. "Team Roster: Canada". 2001 IIHF World Women Championship.
  3. "Team Roster: USA". 2001 IIHF World Women Championship.
  4. "Team Roster: Russia". 2001 IIHF World Women Championship.
  5. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.543, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 26–7, 231–2.
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