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Canada Women's National Ice Hockey Team
The Canadian women's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Canada in women's hockey. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and participates in international competitions. Canada has been a dominant figure in international competition, having won the majority of major ice hockey tournaments. Canada is rivaled by the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ..., the only other winner of a major tournament. Competition achievements Olympic Games World Championships 4 Nations Cup Pacific Rim Championship Team Current roster Roster for the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship. Head coach: Troy Ryan Coaches * Dave McMaster, 1990 * Rick Polutnick, 1992 * Les Lawton, 1994 * Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symbols Of Canada
Over the course of centuries, a multitude of national symbols and material items have arisen as uniquely Canadians, Canadian or possessing uniquely Canadian characteristics. These symbols and items represent the culture of Canada—Canadian cultural protectionism, protectionism of that culture, Canadian identity, identity, Canadian values, values, Canadian nationalism, nationalism, and the Ethnic origins of people in Canada, heritage of its inhabitants. Themes and symbols of nature, pioneers, trappers, and traders played an important part in the early development of Canadian symbolism. Modern symbols emphasize the country's geography, cold climate, lifestyles, and the Canadianization of traditional European and indigenous symbols. A 2013 Statistics Canada survey found that more than 90% of those polled believed that the Flag of Canada, national flag and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms were the top symbols of Canadian identity. Next highest were the national anthem (" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 1994 IIHF Women's World Championships was held April 11–17, 1994, at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York, in the United States. The Canadian national women's ice hockey team, Team Canada won their third consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States women's national ice hockey team, United States. Finland national women's ice hockey team, Finland picked up their third consecutive bronze medal, with a win over semifinal debutants, China national women's ice hockey team, China. Qualification The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States received automatic qualification for the tournament. In addition, the top five teams from the 1993 IIHF European Women Championships, 1993 European Championship would be joined by the winner of the 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament. * - Automatically Qualified * - Winner - 1994 Asian Qualification Tournament * - Winner - 1993 European Championship * - 4th place - 1993 Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy from 11 to 20 February 2006. Eight countries qualified for the tournament. Qualification Canada, United States, Finland and Sweden qualified as the top four teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2004. Italy qualified as host team. The remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments. ;Notes Rosters Preliminary round ''All times are local (UTC+1).'' Group A ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- Placement round Bracket 5–8th place semifinals Seventh place game Fifth place game Playoff round Bracket Semifinals Bronze medal game Gold medal game Final ranking Statistics Leading scorers ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; +/− = P Plus–minus; POS = Position'' SourceIIHF.com/small> Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Utah, Provo and West Valley City, Utah, West Valley City, United States, from 11 to 21 February. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. Canada women's national ice hockey team, Canada won the final by a score of 3–2 over the United States women's national ice hockey team, United States, who were awarded silver. The bronze medal game was won by Sweden women's national ice hockey team, Sweden with a 2–1 victory over Finland women's national ice hockey team, Finland. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, usually as a symbol of an award to give an outstanding student some financial freedom. Others offer only the prestige of the award. Many organizations now award gold medals either annually or extraordinarily, including various academic societies. While some gold medals are solid gold, others are gold-plated or silver-gilt, like those of the Olympic Games, the Lorentz Medal, the United States Congressional Gold Medal and the Nobel Prize medal. Nobel Prize medals consist of 18 karat green gold plated with 24 karat gold. Before 1980, they were struck in 23 karat gold. Military origins Before the establishment of standard military awards, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 23rd edition of the IIHF World Women's Championship, an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), contested in Utica, New York, United States from 3–14 April 2024 at the Adirondack Bank Center. Canada won their record-extending 13th title after a win over the United States 6-5 in overtime. Venue Participants ;Group A * * * * * ;Group B * * * * – ''Promoted from Division IA Group A in 2023'' * – ''Promoted from Division IA Group A in 2023'' Format The top five teams from the previous tournament were placed in Group A and the teams that finished sixth through eighth in the 2023 tournament, plus two teams promoted from 2023 Division IA, were placed in Group B. All of the teams in Group A and the top three teams from Group B continued to the knockout phase, while the bottom two teams from Group B were relegated. During the knockout stage, there was a re-seeding afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) which was contested in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark, from 25 August to 4 September 2022, at the KVIK Hockey Arena, and Scanel Hockey Arena. Historically, a top division tournament was not played during Olympic years, but in September 2021, the IIHF announced the change to play the tournament each year, even during Olympic years. Canada defeated the United States 2–1 in the final in overtime to win their record-extending 12th title. Venues Participating teams ;Group A * * * * *1 (expelled) * ;Group B * * * * *1 1Russia was expelled on 1 March 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and Sweden was invited to replace them. Rosters Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters ( forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which was contested in Calgary, Alberta, from 20 to 31 August 2021, at WinSport Arena. It was originally scheduled to be contested in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the 20th edition of the IIHF Women's World Championship Top Division tournament. No divisional promotion and relegation occurred after this tournament as the Division I tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled from 7 to 17 April, the tournament was postponed to 6 to 16 May 2021 on 4 March. On 21 April 2021, the Province of Nova Scotia informed Hockey Canada and the IIHF that the tournament had been cancelled at the recommendation of Premier Iain Rankin "due to concerns over safety risks associated with COVID-19." The IIHF and Hockey Canada released a joint statement pledging to explore all avenues for hosting the even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation and took place in Vermont, United States, at the Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vermont, Burlington, and the Cairns Arena in South Burlington, Vermont, South Burlington. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship, 2013 competition, and the Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics - Women's qualification, 2014 Olympics. The Top Division was contested between eight teams from April 7 to April 14, 2012, in Burlington and was hosted by USA Hockey. Canada women's national ice hockey team, Canada won their record-extending tenth title by defeating the three-time defending champions United States women's national ice hockey team, United States 5–4 in Sudden death (ice hockey), overtime. Caroline Ouellette scored the decisive goal. The Americans defeated the Canadians 9–2 in the group stage earlier in the tournament. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2004 IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 30 – April 6, 2004 in Halifax and Dartmouth, Canada at the Halifax Metro Centre (now known as Scotiabank Centre), and the Dartmouth Sportsplex (now known as Zatzman Sportsplex). The Canadian national women's hockey team won their eighth straight World Championships. The event had 9 teams, because the 2003 event was cancelled due to the SARS epidemic, therefore no teams were relegated and the winners of the 2002 and 2003 Division I tournaments qualified. Canada won their 37th consecutive World Championship game before losing 3–1 in their third game. They later avenged their loss to the US by defeating them in the gold medal game 2–1. Sweden and Finland also met each other twice, with Finland winning the bronze medal game 3–2 improving on the earlier draw. In addition to being the qualifications for the 2005 world tournaments, this year also finalized the qualification for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Top Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
