2005 IIHF Women's World Championship

2005 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 2–9, 2005
Opened by	Carl XVI Gustaf
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	121 (6.05 per game)
Attendance	21,436 (1,072 per game)
Scoring leader	Krissy Wendell (9 points)
Awards
MVP	Krissy Wendell
←  2004 2007  →

The 2005 IIHF Women's World Championship was the ninth edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship (the tenth edition overall, if the season when only the lower divisions were played is also counted).

The Top Division tournament was held from April 2 to 9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center (now called the Saab Arena), and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden.^{[ where? ]} USA won their first gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the eight-time defending champions Canada in a penalty shootout. Sweden won their first medal at the World Women's Championships, defeating Finland 5–2 in the bronze medal game. The championship was expanded to nine teams in 2006, so there was no relegation at any level.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	35	0	+35	6	Semifinals
2	Sweden (H)	3	2	0	1	8	12	−4	4
3	Russia	3	0	1	2	3	17	−14	1	5–8th place semifinals
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	3	20	−17	1

Source: IIHF
(H) Hosts

2 April 2005 15:30

Sweden

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Russia

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 2,252

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	14

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3 April 2005 20:00

Canada

13–0 (4–0, 6–0, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 1,103

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	55	Shots	2

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4 April 2005 20:00

Russia

0–12 (0–1, 0–4, 0–7)

Canada

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 1,098

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	7	Shots	46

4 April 2005 20:00

Sweden

5–1 (0–0, 0–0, 5–1)

Kazakhstan

Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 461

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	76	Shots	5

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6 April 2005 16:00

Kazakhstan

2–2 (1–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Russia

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 954

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	33

6 April 2005 20:00

Canada

10–0 (3–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Sweden

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 2,513

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	22 min
	44	Shots	14

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	23	3	+20	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	11	10	+1	4
3	China	3	0	1	2	6	16	−10	1	5–8th place semifinals
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	4	15	−11	1

Source: IIHF

3 April 2005 16:00

United States

8–2 (4–1, 2–0, 2–1)

China

Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 214

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	79	Shots	14

3 April 2005 20:00

Finland

5–1 (3–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Germany

Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	48	Shots	21

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5 April 2005 20:00

Germany

0–7 (0–5, 0–1, 0–1)

United States

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 1,008

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	15	Shots	37

5 April 2005 20:00

Finland

5–1 (0–0, 4–1, 1–0)

China

Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 210

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	14

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6 April 2005 16:00

China

3–3 (1–1, 0–2, 2–0)

Germany

Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 87

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	35

6 April 2005 20:00

United States

8–1 (2–0, 3–0, 3–1)

Finland

Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 300

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	47	Shots	12

Placement round

Bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	8 April
	Russia	1
					9 April
	Germany	2
					Germany	3
	8 April
					China	0
	China	3
	Kazakhstan	0
					Seventh place
					9 April
					Russia	1
					Kazakhstan (GWS)	2

5–8th place semifinals

8 April 2005 15:00

China

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 42

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	35	Shots	14

8 April 2005 15:00

Russia

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Germany

Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 60

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	26

Seventh place game

9 April 2005 15:00

Russia

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

Kazakhstan

Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 50

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	19

Fifth place game

9 April 2005 19:00

Germany

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

China

Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 65

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	19

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	8 April
	Canada	3
					9 April
	Finland	0
					Canada	0
	8 April
					United States (GWS)	1
	United States	4
	Sweden	1
					Third place
					9 April
					Finland	2
					Sweden	5

Semifinals

8 April 2005 16:00

Canada

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 1,648

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	16

8 April 2005 20:00

United States

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 2,192

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	14

Bronze medal game

9 April 2005 15:30

Finland

2–5 (1–1, 1–0, 0–4)

Sweden

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 2,536

Game reference
	Anna-Kaisa Piiroinen	Goalies	Kim Martin Cecilia Andersson
	0–1 00:24 – Rooth Hoikkala (PP) – 15:58 1–1 Sirviö (Rantamäki) – 25:21 2–1 2–2 43:52 – Vikman (Sjölander) (PP) 2–3 48:04 – O'Konor (G. Andersson) (PP) 2–4 55:08 – Holst (Holmlöv) (SH) 2–5 59:46 – Rooth (ENG)
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	33	Shots	29

Final

9 April 2005 19:00

Canada

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

United States

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 4,468

Game reference
	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Chanda Gunn
		Shootout	Ruggiero
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	50

Final standings

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

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Krissy Wendell	United States	5	4	5	9	+9	0
2	Jayna Hefford	Canada	5	6	2	8	+7	0
3	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	5	5	3	8	+8	6
4	Sarah Vaillancourt	Canada	5	3	5	8	+10	0
5	Caroline Ouellette	Canada	5	2	6	8	+7	0
6	Kelly Stephens	United States	5	3	4	7	+7	16
7	Jennifer Botterill	Canada	5	1	6	7	+6	4
8	Gillian Apps	Canada	5	4	2	6	+7	8
9	Satu Hoikkala	Finland	5	3	3	6	−2	6
9	Angela Ruggiero	United States	5	3	3	6	+12	10

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Kim St. Pierre	Canada	200:00	1	0.30	98.48	2
2	Chanda Gunn	United States	230:01	2	0.52	96.77	3
3	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Germany	265:48	10	2.26	92.65	1
4	Natalya Trunova	Kazakhstan	279:27	19	4.08	91.12	0
5	Huo Lina	China	300:00	19	3.80	90.95	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

• Canadian goaltender Charline Labonté is listed first in the IIHF source, however they incorrectly list her as playing 40% of the teams minutes, she played 37.5%.

Directorate Awards

• Goaltender: Chanda Gunn
• Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
• Forward: Jayna Hefford

Media All-Stars

• Goaltender: Natalya Trunova
• Defencemen: Angela Ruggiero, Cheryl Pounder
• Forwards: Krissy Wendell, Hayley Wickenheiser, Maria Rooth
• MVP: Krissy Wendell

Source: ^[1]

Division I

The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 27 – April 2, 2005 in Romanshorn, Switzerland

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	5	5	0	0	29	7	+22	10
Japan	5	4	0	1	18	8	+10	8
Czech Republic	5	2	1	2	13	9	+4	5
France	5	2	1	2	18	19	−1	5
Denmark	5	1	0	4	15	31	−16	2
Latvia	5	0	0	5	12	31	−19	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

   Switzerland is promoted to the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

27 March 2005

France

2–2

Czech Republic

27 March 2005

Switzerland

11–0

Denmark

27 March 2005

Latvia

1–5

Japan

28 March 2005

Czech Republic

4–2

Denmark

28 March 2005

Japan

5–1

France

28 March 2005

Switzerland

5–2

Latvia

30 March 2005

Denmark

9–4

Latvia

30 March 2005

Japan

1–0

Czech Republic

30 March 2005

Switzerland

7–2

France

01 April 2005

Latvia

4–6

France

01 April 2005

Czech Republic

1–3

Switzerland

01 April 2005

Japan

5–3

Denmark

02 April 2005

Czech Republic

6–1

Latvia

02 April 2005

France

7–1

Denmark

02 April 2005

Switzerland

3–2

Japan

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Hanae Kubo	Japan	5	5	3	8	+5	2
2	Stefanie Marty	Switzerland	5	4	3	7	+8	0
2	Christine Meier	Switzerland	5	4	3	7	+10	4
4	Sandra Cattaneo	Switzerland	5	3	4	7	+11	2
4	Kathrin Lehmann	Switzerland	5	3	4	7	+8	6
6	Fracoise Bidaud	France	5	5	1	6	+4	6
7	Daniela Diaz	Switzerland	5	3	3	6	+12	6
8	Inese Geca-Miljone	Latvia	5	4	1	5	−9	4
8	Beata Szelongova	Czech Republic	5	4	1	5	+3	4
10	Draha Fialova	Czech Republic	5	3	2	5	+1	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	Switzerland	240:00	5	1.25	95.05	1
2	Petra Smardova	Czech Republic	240:00	6	1.50	94.69	0
3	Azusa Nakaoku	Japan	178:30	4	1.34	94.03	1
4	Nolwenn Rousselle	France	137:13	6	2.62	90.91	0
5	Nanna Holm Glaas	Denmark	144:23	11	4.57	90.35	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Division II

The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 13–20, 2005 in Asiago, Italy

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	5	4	0	1	21	6	+15	8
Italy	5	4	0	1	21	7	+14	8
Slovakia	5	4	0	1	16	8	+8	8
North Korea	5	2	0	3	12	15	−3	4
Austria	5	1	0	4	10	24	−14	2
Netherlands	5	0	0	5	6	26	−20	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

  Norway is promoted to Division I for the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

14 March 2005

Slovakia

2–1

North Korea

14 March 2005

Austria

0–3

Norway

14 March 2005

Netherlands

0–5

Italy

15 March 2005

Norway

2–3

Slovakia

15 March 2005

North Korea

6–0

Netherlands

15 March 2005

Italy

6–1

Austria

17 March 2005

Norway

7–1

Netherlands

17 March 2005

Austria

1–8

Slovakia

17 March 2005

North Korea

1–6

Italy

18 March 2005

Slovakia

3–2

Netherlands

18 March 2005

North Korea

4–3

Austria

18 March 2005

Italy

2–5

Norway

20 March 2005

Norway

4–0

North Korea

20 March 2005

Netherlands

3–5

Austria

20 March 2005

Italy

2–0

Slovakia

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Line Oien	Norway	5	8	3	11	+11	2
2	Maria Leitner	Italy	5	7	3	10	+6	0
3	Denise Altmann	Austria	5	5	4	9	−4	6
4	Federica Zandegiacomo	Italy	5	5	2	7	+3	10
5	Hege Ask	Norway	5	3	4	7	+10	6
6	Petra Pravlíková	Slovakia	5	4	2	6	+3	2
7	Waltraud Kaser	Italy	5	2	4	6	+6	0
7	Sabina Florian	Italy	5	2	4	6	+3	10
9	Trine Martens	Norway	5	2	3	5	+6	2
10	Marte Carlsson	Norway	5	2	2	4	+1	6
10	Petra Jurčová	Slovakia	5	2	2	4	+2	4
10	Kim Nong-gum	North Korea	5	2	2	4	0	4
10	Eva Maria Schwarzler	Austria	5	2	2	4	+1	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Debora Monanari	Italy	226:58	3	0.79	96.10	2
2	Christine Smestad	Norway	300:00	6	1.20	95.45	2
3	Zuzana Tomčíková	Slovakia	300:00	8	1.60	91.49	0
4	Hong Kum-sil	North Korea	300:00	15	3.00	87.50	1
5	Helena Kysela	Netherlands	227:25	17	4.49	87.22	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Division III

The Division III IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 3–9, 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovenia	5	5	0	0	41	8	+33	10
Great Britain	5	4	0	1	42	6	+36	8
Belgium	5	2	1	2	7	20	−13	5
Hungary	5	2	0	3	16	14	+2	4
Australia	5	1	1	3	15	18	−3	3
South Africa	5	0	0	5	6	61	−55	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

  Slovenia was promoted to Division II for the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

03 March 2005

Hungary

0–5

Great Britain

03 March 2005

Belgium

0–6

Slovenia

03 March 2005

South Africa

1–11

Australia

04 March 2005

Great Britain

11–0

Belgium

04 March 2005

Australia

0–3

Hungary

04 March 2005

Slovenia

19–2

South Africa

06 March 2005

Australia

1–1

Belgium

06 March 2005

Great Britain

1–4

Slovenia

06 March 2005

South Africa

1–9

Hungary

07 March 2005

Slovenia

7–1

Australia

07 March 2005

Hungary

0–3

Belgium

07 March 2005

Great Britain

19–0

South Africa

09 March 2005

Slovenia

5–4

Hungary

09 March 2005

Australia

2–6

Great Britain

09 March 2005

Belgium

3–2

South Africa

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Jasmina Rosar	Slovenia	5	12	18	30	+25	0
2	Pia Pren	Slovenia	5	10	9	19	+21	2
3	Danila Tominc	Slovenia	5	9	4	13	+15	2
4	Teresa Lewis	Great Britain	5	6	6	12	+12	6
5	Nicola Bicknell	Great Britain	5	5	6	11	+7	0
6	Angela Taylor	Great Britain	5	4	6	10	+6	2
7	Zoe Bayne	Great Britain	5	3	5	8	+14	8
8	Emily Turner	Great Britain	5	2	6	8	+7	2
9	Sharna Godfrey	Australia	5	2	4	6	+2	2
10	Lisa McMahon	Australia	5	5	0	5	−4	4
10	Laura Burke	Great Britain	5	5	0	5	+13	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Kelly Herring	Great Britain	120:00	0	0.00	100.00	2
2	Hedvika Korbar	Slovenia	260:00	3	0.69	96.05	2
3	Vicky Robbins	Great Britain	178:20	5	1.68	92.65	1
4	Kristy Bruske	Australia	196:53	7	2.13	90.54	1
5	Eszter Kokenyesi	Hungary	279:50	13	2.79	90.37	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Division IV

The Division IV IIHF Women World Championships was held April 1–4, 2005 in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	15	5	+10	6
New Zealand	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	3
Romania	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
Iceland	3	0	1	2	6	14	−8	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

  South Korea was promoted to Division III at the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

01 April 2005

New Zealand

3–0

Romania

01 April 2005

South Korea

8–2

Iceland

02 April 2005

Romania

2–0

Iceland

02 April 2005

South Korea

5–2

New Zealand

04 April 2005

Romania

1–2

South Korea

04 April 2005

Iceland

4–4

New Zealand

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Hwangbo Young	South Korea	3	8	2	10	+7	2
2	Shin So-jung	South Korea	3	2	3	5	+7	2
3	Jung Hye-sun	South Korea	3	1	3	4	+7	0
4	Alyx Anderson	New Zealand	3	3	0	3	+2	0
4	Sigrun Arnadottir	Iceland	3	3	0	3	−2	2
6	Han Ae-ri	South Korea	3	1	2	3	+7	2
7	Rachel Gabbard	New Zealand	3	2	0	2	+1	2
7	Cho Eun-hyun	South Korea	3	2	0	2	+1	0
9	Shiree Haslemore	New Zealand	3	1	1	2	+4	7

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Ma Sang-hee	South Korea	180:00	5	1.67	94.25	0
2	Beata Antal	Romania	180:00	5	1.67	93.59	1
3	Jenny Haskell	New Zealand	180:00	8	2.67	86.21	1
4	Gyda Sigurdardottir	Iceland	180:00	13	4.33	85.23	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Citations

1. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, pp.544–545, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN   978-1-55468-621-6

References

• Complete results
• Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League . Total Sports. pp.  498–528. ISBN   0-8362-7114-9.
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.
• IIHF results index for 2005