1990 IIHF Women's World Championship

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1990 IIHF Women's World Championship
1990 IIHF Women's World Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Dates19–25 March 1990
Opened by Ray Hnatyshyn
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (1st title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Fourth placeFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored237 (11.85 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Curley (23 points)

The 1990 IIHF Women's World Championships was an international women's ice hockey competition held at Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (now renamed TD Place Arena) from March 19 to 25, in 1990. [1] This was the first IIHF-sanctioned international tournament in women's ice hockey and is the only major international tournament in women's ice hockey to allow bodychecking. [2] Full contact bodychecking was allowed with certain restrictions near the boards. The intermissions between periods were twenty minutes instead of fifteen. [3] This has since[ when? ] been changed to the usual fifteen minutes.

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The Canadian team won the gold medal, the United States won silver, and Finland won bronze. Team Finland had won the first IIHF European Women’s Championship the previous year (1989), in Düsseldorf and Ratingen, Germany.

Canada's Fran Rider helped to organize the championships without the financial support from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (now known as Hockey Canada). [4]

The tournament drew strong international attention. The gold medal game packed 9,000 people into the arena and drew over a million viewers on television.[ citation needed ] For marketing purposes, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided the Canadian national team should wear pink and white uniforms instead of the expected red and white [5] and released a related film called, "Pretty in Pink". While the experiment only lasted for this tournament, Ottawa was taken over by a "pink craze" during the championships. Restaurants had pink-coloured food on special, and pink became a popular colour for flowers and bow ties. [5]

Qualification Tournament

The United States, Canadian and Asian representative Japan, qualified automatically. [3] [6] The 1989 European Women's Ice Hockey Championship served as the qualification tournament for this championship. The top five finishers in the top pool qualified. They were Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and West Germany. [3]

U.S. team members ranged in age from 17 to 30 and included high school and college players, a law student and a construction worker. [7]

Venue

The tournament took place in Canada at the Civic Centre in Ottawa, now renamed, TD Place Arena.

Ottawa, Canada
Host VenueDetails
Ottawa Civic Centre
TD Place Arena - Interior.JPG
Renamed: TD Place Arena		Location: Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ottawa, Canada
Broke ground: 1966
Opened: December 29, 1967
Renamed: TD Place Arena
Renovated: 1992, 2005, 2012–2014
Expanded: 1992 (seating reduced as part of 2005 renovation)

Capacity:
9,500 (standard)
10,585 (temporary)

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3300501+496Advanced to Final round
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3201191904
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3102425−212Sent to Consolation round
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3003533−280
Source: [ citation needed ]
19 March 1990 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg15–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
19 March 1990 West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
21 March 1990 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg17–0Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
21 March 1990 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg4–11Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
22 March 1990 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg18–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
22 March 1990 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg7–0Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3300387+316Advanced to Final round
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3201246+184
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 31021129−182Sent to Consolation round
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3003435−310
Source: [ citation needed ]
19 March 1990 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg1–10Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
19 March 1990 United States  Flag of the United States.svg16–3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
21 March 1990 United States  Flag of the United States.svg17–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
21 March 1990 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg10–0Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
22 March 1990 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg8–3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
22 March 1990 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg4–5Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Consolation round

5–8 place

24 March 1990 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg5–4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
24 March 1990 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg6–3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany

7–8 place

25 March 1990 West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg9–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

5–6 place

25 March 1990 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg7–6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Final round

Semifinals

24 March 1990 United States  Flag of the United States.svg10–3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
24 March 1990 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6–5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

3–4 place

25 March 1990 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg6–3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Final

25 March 1990 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings

  1. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2. Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  3. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  4. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  5. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
  6. Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  7. Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
  8. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Scoring leaders

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

　GAPts
Cindy Curley, Flag of the United States.svg  United States 111223
Tina Cardinale, Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51015
Cammi Granato, Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9514
Kim Urech, Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 8614
Angela James, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11213
Heather Ginzel, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7512
Susana Yuen, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5712
Kelly O'Leary, Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6511
Shirley Cameron, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5611
Stacy Wilson, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3811

Canada's Dawn McGuire was named MVP of the gold medal game.

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

PlayerTOISAGAGAASv%SO
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cathy Phillips 1563231.1590.631
Flag of Japan.svg Tamae Satsu 151143176.7588.110
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Dyer 20083123.6085.541
Flag of Germany.svg Aurelia Vonderstrass 18065103.3384.620
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tanja Muller 14797156.1284.540

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: whockey.com

Bodychecking

1990 women's team jerseys for Team Canada Canada national ice hockey team jerseys 1990 WW.png
1990 women's team jerseys for Team Canada

This is the only major international tournament in women's ice hockey to allow bodychecking. [2] Bodychecking rules allowed for full-contact checking, with certain limitations along the boards. [7]

Before the tournament, bodychecking had been allowed in women's ice hockey in Europe and North America though Canada had begun to gradually eliminate the tactic from their women's ice hockey programs in the mid-1980's, with contact having already been banned at all national women's ice hockey tournaments in Canada in 1983 due to the efforts of Rhonda Leeman Taylor. [8] However, the European teams had asked for bodychecking to be included in the 1990 international tournament. [2]

[Cammi] Granato said that the women's game, "without the checking, can't get too out of hand." She recalled how, in the 1990 world championships, checking was allowed for the first few games and the Americans looked forward to it. "We were psyched," Granato said. "Then we faced some of the European teams and said, 'Wow, these guys are strong and they know how to hit.' There were a couple head injuries right away and they took it out. There is too much of a size difference. It was kind of a trial and error. And then they took it out entirely." [9]

— Joe Lapointe, "OLYMPICS: WOMEN'S HOCKEY; Contact Is a Hard-Hitting Question to Consider", The New York Times (Feb. 17, 2002)

After this tournament, the International Ice Hockey Federation disallowed bodychecking in women's ice hockey. [2] It is currently[ when? ] an infraction punished with a minor or major and game misconduct penalty. [10]

Injuries

A number of players suffered head injuries from the beginning of the tournament. [9] Finland's Kirsi Hirvonen was "carried away with a neck injury after being cross-checked." U.S. team captain Tina Cardinale-Beauchemin's right forearm and elbow, "were a mass of purple-and-blue welts, courtesy of a slash early in the tournament." Canada's France Saint-Louis, "spent three days in a hospital after taking a stick across the throat". [11] [7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Highlights, Canada vs USA, 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship final". Youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kelly, p. 89.
  3. 1 2 3 Andria Hunter Women's Hockey Net page on the IIHF World Women's Championships Archived 2010-09-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 16, 2006.
  4. ↑ On the Edge: Women Making Hockey History, p.81, by Elizabeth Etue and Megan K. Williams, Second Story Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1996, ISBN   0-929005-79-1
  5. 1 2 Kelly p. 88.
  6. ↑ Championnats du monde feminins 1990 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 2, 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 Fichtenbaum, Paul (2 April 1990). "No place for pom-poms: the tough U.S. women were second in the first worlds. (Hockey)". Sports Illustrated . Archived from the original on 23 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Julia Galt (28 February 2020). "Newmarket author reveals untold stories of women's hockey history". newmarkettoday.ca. Newmarket Today. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  9. 1 2 Joe Lapointe (17 February 2002). "OLYMPICS: WOMEN'S HOCKEY; Contact Is a Hard-Hitting Question to Consider". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  10. ↑ International Ice Hockey Federation Section 5, Rule 441 of Official Ice Hockey rules Archived 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine p. 84 accessed July 16, 2006.
  11. ↑ Paul Fitchenbaum (2 April 1990). "NO PLACE FOR POM-POMS | THE TOUGH U.S. WOMEN WERE SECOND IN THE FIRST WORLDS". vault.si.com. Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

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