{"history":[],"article":{"id":"ec20cdc9-612b-4ded-905b-1a0cef28695b","title":"Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament","slug":"ice-hockey-at-the-2006-winter-olympics-women-s-tournament","content":":::summary\n![women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Ice///hockey///pictogram.svg)\n**Tourney Name:** Winter Olympics \n**Year:** 2006 \n**Size:** 100 \n**Country:** Italy \n**Dates:** 11–20 February \n**Num Teams:** 8 \n**Venues:** 2 \n**Cities:** 1 \n**Type:** ihw \n**Winners:** CAN \n**Count:** 2 \n**Second:** SWE \n**Third:** USA \n**Fourth:** FIN \n**Games:** 20 \n**Goals:** 136 \n**Attendance:** 91609 \n**Scoring Leader:** [🇨🇦](https://bliptext.com/articles/canada) [Hayley Wickenheiser](https://bliptext.com/articles/hayley-wickenheiser) \n**Points:** 17 \n**Mvp:** [🇨🇦](https://bliptext.com/articles/canada) [Hayley Wickenheiser](https://bliptext.com/articles/hayley-wickenheiser) \n**Prevseason:** [2002](https://bliptext.com/articles/ice-hockey-at-the-2002-winter-olympics-women-s-tournament) \n**Nextseason:** [2010](https://bliptext.com/articles/ice-hockey-at-the-2010-winter-olympics-women-s-tournament) \n:::\n\n# \nThe **women's tournament in [ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/ice-hockey-at-the-2006-winter-olympics)** was held in [Turin](https://bliptext.com/articles/turin), [Italy](https://bliptext.com/articles/italy) from 11 to 20 February 2006.\nEight countries [qualified](https://bliptext.com/articles/ice-hockey-at-the-2006-winter-olympics-women-s-qualification) for the tournament.\n\n# Qualification\n[Canada](https://bliptext.com/articles/canada-women-s-national-ice-hockey-team), [United States](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states-women-s-national-ice-hockey-team), [Finland](https://bliptext.com/articles/finland-women-s-national-ice-hockey-team) and [Sweden](https://bliptext.com/articles/sweden-women-s-national-ice-hockey-team) qualified as the top four teams in the [IIHF World Ranking](https://bliptext.com/articles/iihf-world-ranking) in 2004.\n[Italy](https://bliptext.com/articles/italy-women-s-national-ice-hockey-team) qualified as host team.\nThe remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments.\n\n# Rosters\n\n# Preliminary round\nAll times are local ([UTC+1](https://bliptext.com/articles/central-european-time)).\n\n## Group A\n

\n\n## Group B\n

\n\n# Placement round\n\n## Bracket\n\n## 5–8th place semifinals\n

\n\n## Seventh place game\n

\n\n## Fifth place game\n

\n\n# Playoff round\n\n## Bracket\n\n## Semifinals\n

\n\n## Bronze medal game\n

\n\n## Gold medal game\n

\n\n# Final ranking\n\n# Statistics\n\n## Leading scorers\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; +/− = P [Plus–minus](https://bliptext.com/articles/plus-minus-sports); POS = Position\nSource: [IIHF.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)\n\n## Goaltending leaders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.\nTOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = [Goals against average](https://bliptext.com/articles/goals-against-average); SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = [Shutouts](https://bliptext.com/articles/shutout) Source:[IIHF.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)\n\n# Awards\nSource: [IIHF.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)\nSource: [IIHF.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T07:10:16.805Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T07:10:16.805Z","search_vector":"'2006':5 'hockey':2 'ice':1 'olymp':7 'tournament':10 'winter':6 'women':8","search_content":" \n \n**Tourney Name:** Winter Olympics \n**Year:** 2006 \n**Size:** 100 \n**Country:** Italy \n**Dates:** 11–20 February \n**Num Teams:** 8 \n**Venues:** 2 \n**Cities:** 1 \n**Type:** ihw \n**Winners:** CAN \n**Count:** 2 \n**Second:** SWE \n**Third:** USA \n**Fourth:** FIN \n**Games:** 20 \n**Goals:** 136 \n**Attendance:** 91609 \n**Scoring Leader:** [🇨🇦](https://bliptext.com/articles/canada) [Hayley Wickenheiser](https://bliptext.com/articles/hayley-wickenheiser) \n**Points:** 17 \n**Mvp:** [🇨🇦](https://bliptext.com/articles/canada) [Hayley Wickenheiser](https://bliptext.com/articles/hayley-wickenheiser) \n**Prevseason:** [2002](https://bliptext.com/articles/ice-hockey-at-the-2002-winter-olympics-women-s-tournament) \n**Nextseason:** [2010](https://bliptext.com/articles/ice-hockey-at-the-2010-winter-olympics-women-s-tournament) \n \n\n# \nThe **women's tournament in [ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/ice-hockey-at-the-2006-winter-olympics)** was held in [Turin](https://bliptext.com/articles/turin), [Italy](https://bliptext.com/articles/italy) from 11 to 20 February 2006.\nEight countries [qualified](https://bliptext.com/articles/ice-hockey-at-the-2006-winter-olympics-women-s-qualification) for the tournament.\n\n# Qualification\n[Canada](https://bliptext.com/articles/canada-women-s-national-ice-hockey-team), [United States](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-states-women-s-national-ice-hockey-team), [Finland](https://bliptext.com/articles/finland-women-s-national-ice-hockey-team) and [Sweden](https://bliptext.com/articles/sweden-women-s-national-ice-hockey-team) qualified as the top four teams in the [IIHF World Ranking](https://bliptext.com/articles/iihf-world-ranking) in 2004.\n[Italy](https://bliptext.com/articles/italy-women-s-national-ice-hockey-team) qualified as host team.\nThe remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments.\n\n# Rosters\n\n# Preliminary round\nAll times are local ([UTC+1](https://bliptext.com/articles/central-european-time)).\n\n## Group A\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n## Group B\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n# Placement round\n\n## Bracket\n\n## 5–8th place semifinals\n \n \n\n## Seventh place game\n \n\n## Fifth place game\n \n\n# Playoff round\n\n## Bracket\n\n## Semifinals\n \n \n\n## Bronze medal game\n \n\n## Gold medal game\n \n\n# Final ranking\n\n# Statistics\n\n## Leading scorers\nGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; +/− = P [Plus–minus](https://bliptext.com/articles/plus-minus-sports); POS = Position\nSource: [IIHF.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)\n\n## Goaltending leaders\nOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.\nTOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = [Goals against average](https://bliptext.com/articles/goals-against-average); SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = [Shutouts](https://bliptext.com/articles/shutout) Source:[IIHF.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)\n\n# Awards\nSource: [IIHF.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)\nSource: [IIHF.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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