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Ice Hockey, Women

Date	8 – 17 February 1998
Status	Olympic
Location	Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano / Big Hat, Nagano
Participants	120 from 6 countries
Format	Round-robin pool, followed by classification matches.

Women’s World Championships had been held since 1987. Canada had won every title, with the United States second at each tournament. Finland had finished 3rd in 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1997. There were six teams competing in Nagano in the inaugural women’s Olympic ice hockey event, China, Sweden, and Japan joining the three favorites. Canada was favored as it had not lost a game at the World Championships and had lost only once, to the United States, in seven international tournaments. But they were closely matched, as leading up to the Olympics, the two teams played each other 13 times, Canada winning 7 and the United States 6 times.

In the round-robin pools, the USA met the Canadians in the final game, after they had both qualified. Canada led 4-1, but the Americans scored six unanswered goals to win 7-4. After the game, American player Sandra Whyte taunted Canada’s leading scorer, Danielle Goyette. When they met in the final game, bad-blood existed between the two teams. The Americans scored twice in the second period, to lead 2-0 at the final break. Canada scored one goal, but with less than a minute remaining, they pulled their goalie, and Whyte scored into an empty net to give the USA a 3-1 victory and the gold medal.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	Penalties in Minutes (PIM)	Plus/Minus	Saves	Save%	Goals Against Average	Shots on Goal	Minutes Played
1	–	United States	USA	6	36	42	78	86	+107	88	91.7%	1.34	213	–	Gold
Forward	18	Alana Blahoski		6	0	2	2	0	+11	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	11	A. J. Mleczko		6	2	2	4	4	+6	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	4	Angela Ruggiero		6	0	0	0	18	+9	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	21	Cammi Granato		6	4	4	8	0	+2	–	–	–	17	–
Defense	24	Chris Bailey		6	0	1	1	4	+7	–	–	–	11	–
Defense	5	Colleen Coyne		6	0	0	0	4	+7	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	3	Lisa Brown-Miller		6	1	2	3	2	+6	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	22	Gretchen Ulion		6	3	5	8	4	+3	–	–	–	18	–
Forward	12	Jenny Schmidgall-Potter		6	2	3	5	4	+2	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	6	Karyn Bye		6	5	3	8	4	+4	–	–	–	24	–
Forward	20	Katie King		6	4	5	9	0	+10	–	–	–	15	–
Forward	8	Laurie Baker		6	4	3	7	6	+10	–	–	–	15	–
Forward	25	Tricia Dunn-Luoma		6	1	0	1	6	+4	–	–	–	12	–
Forward	9	Sandra Whyte		6	2	2	4	0	+1	–	–	–	14	–
Goalkeeper	1	Sara DeCosta		3	0	0	0	0	–	15	88.2%	0.80	0	150:36
Goalkeeper	29	Sarah Tueting		4	0	0	0	0	–	73	92.4%	1.72	0	208:59
Forward	15	Shelley Looney		6	4	1	5	2	+4	–	–	–	12	–
Defense	7	Sue Merz		6	1	5	6	6	+10	–	–	–	10	–
Defense	2	Tara Mounsey		6	2	4	6	12	+4	–	–	–	27	–
Defense	14	Vicki Movsessian		6	1	0	1	10	+7	–	–	–	4	–
Coach		Ben Smith
2	–	Canada	CAN	6	29	33	62	72	+33	82	85.4%	2.34	222	–	Silver
Defense	4	Becky Kellar		6	1	2	3	2	-2	–	–	–	4	–
Defense	77	Cassie Campbell		6	1	2	3	8	+4	–	–	–	15	–
Forward	15	Danielle Goyette		6	8	1	9	10	+10	–	–	–	29	–
Defense	9	Fiona Smith		6	1	1	2	2	+7	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	3	France St. Louis		6	1	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	91	Geraldine Heaney		6	2	4	6	2	-1	–	–	–	19	–
Forward	22	Hayley Wickenheiser		6	2	6	8	4	+7	–	–	–	27	–
Forward	16	Jayna Hefford		6	1	0	1	6	+1	–	–	–	12	–
Forward	7	Jennifer Botterill		6	0	0	0	0	-3	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	21	Judy Diduck		6	1	2	3	10	+1	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	89	Karen Nystrom		6	1	0	1	2	+2	–	–	–	11	–
Forward	14	Kathy McCormack		6	0	0	0	0	+1	–	–	–	10	–
Forward	27	Laura Schuler		6	0	0	0	4	0	–	–	–	5	–
Goalkeeper	30	Lesley Reddon		4	0	0	0	0	–	51	91.1%	1.43	0	210:13
Forward	12	Lori Dupuis		6	2	1	3	6	-3	–	–	–	7	–
Goalkeeper	33	Manon Rhéaume		3	0	0	0	0	–	31	93.9%	0.81	0	148:45
Forward	18	Nancy Drolet		6	1	2	3	10	-4	–	–	–	14	–
Forward	17	Stacy Wilson		6	1	5	6	0	+9	–	–	–	10	–
Defense	6	Thérèse Brisson		6	5	2	7	6	+5	–	–	–	17	–
Forward	61	Vicky Sunohara		6	1	3	4	0	-1	–	–	–	15	–
Coach		Shannon Miller
3	–	Finland	FIN	6	31	30	61	56	+94	87	88.8%	1.83	166	–	Bronze
Defense	3	Emma Laaksonen-Terho		6	0	0	0	2	-1	–	–	–	2	–
Forward	13	Riikka Nieminen-Välilä		6	7	5	12	4	+14	–	–	–	17	–
Defense	15	Johanna Ikonen		6	4	1	5	6	+8	–	–	–	18	–
Forward	29	Karoliina Rantamäki		6	2	1	3	0	+5	–	–	–	15	–
Forward	28	Katja Riipi		6	1	2	3	4	0	–	–	–	7	–
Defense	4	Katja Lehto		6	1	3	4	0	+12	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	20	Kirsi Hänninen		6	4	3	7	6	+13	–	–	–	9	–
Goalkeeper	1	Liisa-Maria Sneck		2	0	0	0	0	–	16	80.0%	2.70	0	88:53
Forward	14	Maria Selin		6	0	1	1	2	+3	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	9	Marianne Ihalainen		6	0	0	0	0	+1	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	26	Marika Lehtimäki		6	2	3	5	0	+8	–	–	–	10	–
Defense	25	Marja-Helena Pälvilä		6	0	0	0	0	+3	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	27	Päivi Salo		6	0	0	0	4	+1	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	21	Petra Vaarakallio		6	2	2	4	2	+6	–	–	–	14	–
Forward	22	Sanna Lankosaari		6	2	1	3	6	-1	–	–	–	12	–
Forward	10	Sari Fisk		6	2	4	6	4	+15	–	–	–	24	–
Forward	17	Sari Krooks		6	2	2	4	12	0	–	–	–	12	–
Defense	5	Satu Huotari		6	0	1	1	4	+2	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	16	Tiia Reima		6	2	1	3	0	+5	–	–	–	3	–
Goalkeeper	19	Tuula Puputti		5	0	0	0	0	–	71	91.0%	1.55	0	271:07
Coach		Rauno Korpi
4	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	6	11	13	24	68	-26	138	89.0%	2.84	103	–
Defense	10	Chen Jing		6	0	0	0	2	+1	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	5	Dang Hong		6	0	0	0	0	-5	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	12	Diao Ying		6	0	0	0	0	-1	–	–	–	2	–
Defense	2	Gong Ming		6	0	1	1	10	0	–	–	–	4	–
Goalkeeper	20	Guo Hong		6	0	0	0	0	–	134	89.9%	2.58	0	349:14
Forward	16	Guo Lili		6	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	14	Guo Wei		6	3	1	4	6	-2	–	–	–	13	–
Goalkeeper	1	Huo Lina		1	0	0	0	0	–	4	66.7%	12.08	0	9:56
Defense	4	Li Xuan		6	0	1	1	6	-3	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	21	Liu Chunhua		6	0	0	0	4	-1	–	–	–	2	–
Forward	3	Liu Hongmei		6	2	3	5	4	-4	–	–	–	17	–
Defense	6	Lu Yan		6	0	1	1	6	0	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	18	Ma Jinping		6	0	0	0	6	-2	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	19	Ma Xiaojun		6	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	9	Sang Hong		6	1	0	1	4	-1	–	–	–	9	–
Defense	17	Wang Wei		6	0	2	2	2	-6	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	15	Xu Lei		6	0	1	1	4	-1	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	8	Yang Xiuqing		6	3	2	5	12	+2	–	–	–	7	–
Defense	13	Zhang Jing		6	0	0	0	2	-5	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	7	Zhang Lan		6	2	1	3	0	+2	–	–	–	6	–
Coach		Zhang Zhinan
5	–	Sweden	SWE	5	10	11	21	98	-55	130	86.1%	4.20	78	–
Goalkeeper	30	Annica Åhlén		2	0	0	0	0	–	42	82.4%	4.50	0	120:00
Forward	15	Lotta Almblad		5	0	2	2	4	-2	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	23	Gunilla Andersson		5	1	1	2	20	-5	–	–	–	13	–
Forward	11	Kristina Bergstrand		4	0	0	0	2	0	–	–	–	2	–
Defense	20	Pernilla Burholm		4	1	0	1	4	-5	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	28	Susanne Ceder		5	0	0	0	2	-4	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	24	Ann-Louise Edstrand		5	0	0	0	2	-5	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	21	Joa Elfsberg		5	0	1	1	10	-4	–	–	–	2	–
Forward	18	Åsa Elfving		5	0	1	1	2	-1	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	22	Anne Ferm		5	0	0	0	0	-7	–	–	–	1	–
Goalkeeper	1	Lotta Göthesson		3	0	0	0	0	–	88	88.0%	4.00	0	180:00
Defense	4	Linda Gustafsson		4	0	0	0	2	-3	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	12	Malin Gustafsson		5	2	0	2	16	-4	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	8	Erika Holst		5	2	3	5	8	-4	–	–	–	15	–
Defense	29	Åsa Lidström		5	0	0	0	2	-2	–	–	–	0	–
Defense	27	Ylva Lindberg		4	0	0	0	2	-4	–	–	–	2	–
Forward	19	Tina Månsson		5	1	0	1	2	-2	–	–	–	1	–
Defense	26	Pia Morelius		5	0	0	0	14	-2	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	7	Maria Rooth		5	2	1	3	0	0	–	–	–	13	–
Defense	25	Therese Sjölander		5	1	2	3	6	-1	–	–	–	7	–
Coach		Bengt Ohlson
6	–	Japan	JPN	5	2	3	5	90	-163	198	81.5%	9.00	38	–
Forward	11	Miharu Araki		5	0	0	0	0	-8	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	17	Shiho Fujiwara		5	0	1	1	4	-13	–	–	–	1	–
Defense	4	Akiko Hatanaka		5	1	0	1	4	-9	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	13	Mitsuko Igarashi		5	0	0	0	2	-13	–	–	–	1	–
Defense	2	Yoko Kondo		5	0	0	0	0	-6	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	19	Akiko Naka		5	0	0	0	0	-6	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	6	Maiko Obikawa		5	0	1	1	4	-17	–	–	–	2	–
Goalkeeper	1	Yuka Oda		5	0	0	0	0	–	146	83.0%	8.76	0	205:35
Forward	14	Yukari Ohno		5	0	0	0	8	-11	–	–	–	0	–
Defense	5	Chie Sakuma		5	0	0	0	6	-14	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	12	Ayumi Sato		5	0	0	0	0	-3	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	15	Masako Sato		5	1	0	1	6	-6	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	3	Rie Sato		5	0	0	0	2	-7	–	–	–	2	–
Forward	7	Satomi Ono		5	0	0	0	8	-4	–	–	–	4	–
Defense	9	Yukio Satomi		5	0	0	0	0	-7	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	16	Aki Sudo		5	0	0	0	20	-8	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	10	Yuki Togawa		5	0	0	0	16	-11	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	18	Aki Tsuchida		5	0	0	0	6	-11	–	–	–	3	–
Goalkeeper	20	Haruka Watanabe		3	0	0	0	0	–	52	77.6%	9.53	0	94:25
Defense	8	Naho Yoshimi		5	0	1	1	4	-9	–	–	–	5	–
Coach		Toru Itabashi

Round-Robin

Date	8 – 14 February 1998
Format	Round-robin pool. First two qualified for final, next two for bronze medal match.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	United States	USA	5	0	10	33-7	Q
2	Canada	CAN	4	1	8	28-12	Q
3	Finland	FIN	3	2	6	27-10	q
4	People's Republic of China	CHN	2	3	4	10-15	q
5	Sweden	SWE	1	4	2	10-21
6	Japan	JPN	0	5	0	2-45

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	08 Feb 12:00	Finland	FIN	6 – 0	Sweden	SWE
Match #2	08 Feb 16:00	Canada	CAN	13 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #3	08 Feb 20:00	United States	USA	5 – 0	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #4	09 Feb 12:00	Finland	FIN	11 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match #5	09 Feb 16:00	United States	USA	7 – 1	Sweden	SWE
Match #6	09 Feb 20:00	Canada	CAN	2 – 0	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #7	11 Feb 12:00	Canada	CAN	5 – 3	Sweden	SWE
Match #8	11 Feb 16:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	6 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match #9	11 Feb 20:00	United States	USA	4 – 2	Finland	FIN
Match #10	12 Feb 12:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	3 – 1	Sweden	SWE
Match #11	12 Feb 16:00	United States	USA	10 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #12	12 Feb 20:00	Canada	CAN	4 – 2	Finland	FIN
Match #13	13 Feb 12:00	Sweden	SWE	5 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #14	14 Feb 16:00	Finland	FIN	6 – 1	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #15	14 Feb 20:00	United States	USA	7 – 4	Canada	CAN

Final Round

Date	17 February 1998
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	17 Feb 18:00	United States	USA	3 – 1	Canada	CAN
Match 3/4	17 Feb 14:00	Finland	FIN	4 – 1	People's Republic of China	CHN