2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
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The 2004 IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 30-April 6, 2004 in Halifax and Dartmouth
, Canada
. 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 the winners of the 2002 and 2003 Division I tournaments qualified.
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and are demoted to Division I at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
, Latvia
is promoted to the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
, and are demoted to Division II
, Italy
is promoted to Division I while and are demoted to Division III in the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
, Slovenia.
is promoted to Division II at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
.
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The Canadian national women's hockey team
Canadian national women's hockey team
The Canadian women's national ice hockey team is controlled by Hockey Canada. Canada has been by far one of the two most dominant teams in international competition. They have won the majority of major ice hockey tournaments, while their losses have only been against the United States and Sweden...
won their eighth straight World Championships. The event had 9 teams, because the 2003 event was cancelled due to the SARS epidemic, therefore the winners of the 2002 and 2003 Division I tournaments qualified.
Group A
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
Results:
- March 30: 0-11
- March 31: 4-2
- April 1: 13-0
Group B
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Results:
- March 30: 1-9
- March 31: 2-1
- April 1: 8-0
Group C
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Results:
- March 30: 2-8
- March 31: 1-0
- April 1: 2-2
Group D (1-3 Place)
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
Results:
- April 3: 1-3
- April 4: 1-7
- April 5: 9-2
Group E (4-6 Place)
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Results:
- April 3: 2-4
- April 4: 4-0
- April 5: 1-2
Group F (7-9 Place)
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Results:
- April 3: 6-4
- April 4: 2-5
- April 5: 4-0
Finals
All finals on April 6- Gold medal final: 0-2
- Bronze medal final: 3-2
Leading scorers
- Jennifer BotterillJennifer BotterillJennifer Botterill, OM is a retired women's hockey player who played for the Canadian national women's hockey team, Mississauga Chiefs and the Toronto Aeros. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5-0 loss to the Montreal Stars...
, (3 goals, 8 assists, 11 points) - Natalie DarwitzNatalie DarwitzNatalie Darwitz is an American ice hockey player. Natalie has been the Captain of the US Women's National Team since the start of the 2007-08 season...
, (7 goals, 3 assists, 10 points) - Jayna HeffordJayna HeffordJayna Hefford is a women's ice hockey player. Hefford played forward for the Canadian women's team at the Winter Olympics in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010...
, (7 goals, 3 assists, 10 points) - Caroline OuelletteCaroline OuelletteCaroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...
, (3 goals, 6 assists, 9 points) - Krissy WendellKrissy WendellKrissy Wendell is an American women's ice hockey player. During the 2004-05 season, Krissy Wendell set an NCAA record for most shorthanded goals in one season with 7. After graduating from Minnesota, she had the career record for most shorthanded goals in a career with 16...
, (4 goals, 3 assists, 7 points) - Angela RuggieroAngela RuggieroAngela Marie Ruggiero is an American ice hockey defenseman. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She is also the author of a memoir about her hockey experiences and a former contestant on the NBC reality show The Apprentice...
, (2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points) - Danielle GoyetteDanielle GoyetteDanielle Goyette is a retired women's ice hockey player, and has been on the Canadian national team.-Hockey Canada:...
, (2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points) - Cherie PiperCherie PiperCherie Piper is a Canadian ice hockey player residing in Markham, Ontario. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and plays for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League...
, (1 goal, 6 assists, 7 points) - Jenny PotterJenny PotterJenny Schmidgall-Potter is an American ice hockey player. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics...
, (3 goals, 3 assists, 6 points)
and are demoted to Division I at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2005 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center, and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USA won their first ever gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions Canada in a penalty shootout...
Division I
The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 14–20 , 2004 in VentspilsVentspils
Ventspils is a city in northwestern Latvia in the Courland historical region of Latvia, the sixth largest city in the country. As of 2006, Ventspils had a population of 43,806. Ventspils is situated on the Venta River and the Baltic Sea, and has an ice-free port...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 7 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 0 |
is promoted to the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2005 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center, and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USA won their first ever gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions Canada in a penalty shootout...
, and are demoted to Division II
Division II
The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships will be held March 14–20 , 2004 in SterzingSterzing
Sterzing is a comune in South Tyrol in the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. It is the main village of the southern Wipptal, and the Eisack River flows through the medieval town.-Origin:...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 9 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 8 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 7 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 0 |
is promoted to Division I while and are demoted to Division III in the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2005 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center, and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USA won their first ever gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions Canada in a penalty shootout...
Division III
The Division III IIHF Women World Championships were held March 21–28 , 2004 in MariborMaribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
, Slovenia.
| GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 10 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 8 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 6 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 0 |
is promoted to Division II at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2005 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center, and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USA won their first ever gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions Canada in a penalty shootout...
.
Directorate Awards
- Goalie: Kim St. Pierre, (Canada)
- Defender: Angela RuggieroAngela RuggieroAngela Marie Ruggiero is an American ice hockey defenseman. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She is also the author of a memoir about her hockey experiences and a former contestant on the NBC reality show The Apprentice...
, (United States) - Forward: Jayna HeffordJayna HeffordJayna Hefford is a women's ice hockey player. Hefford played forward for the Canadian women's team at the Winter Olympics in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010...
, (Canada) - Most Valuable Player: Jennifer BotterillJennifer BotterillJennifer Botterill, OM is a retired women's hockey player who played for the Canadian national women's hockey team, Mississauga Chiefs and the Toronto Aeros. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5-0 loss to the Montreal Stars...
, Canada
All-Star team
- Goaltender: Pam DreyerPam DreyerPam Dreyer is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the games in Turin, she played 60 minutes and had 10 saves. She graduated from Brown University in 2003.-External links:*...
, (United States) - Defender: Gunilla Andersson, (Sweden)
- Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
- Forward: Jennifer Botterill, (Canada)
- Forward: Natalie DarwitzNatalie DarwitzNatalie Darwitz is an American ice hockey player. Natalie has been the Captain of the US Women's National Team since the start of the 2007-08 season...
, (United States) - Forward: Jayna Hefford, (Canada)