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2012 IIHF Women's World Championship

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Host country
  
United States

Teams
  
8

Champions
  
Canada (10th title)

Dates
  
7–14 April 2012

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 1 host city)

Runner-up
  
United States

The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2013 competition, and the 2014 Olympics.

Contents

Canada won their tenth title by defeating the United States 5–4 in overtime. Caroline Ouellette scored the decisive goal. The Swiss team, by finishing third, captured their first ever Women's World Championship medal.

Top Division

The Top Division was contested between eight teams from April 7 to April 14, 2012. The event was hosted by USA Hockey in Burlington, Vermont. A new format was used where the top four ranked teams were placed in Group A and were automatically qualified for the final round, and played in the preliminary round was only used to determine seeding for the next round. The top two teams received a bye into the semifinals. Meanwhile, the next four teams played the preliminary round in Group B. The top two teams from Group B joined the others for the final round, while the bottom two team played a best-of-three series, with the loser being relegated next year.

Rosters

Each teams roster for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting on 6 April 2012.

Group A

All times are local (UTC−4).

Group B

All times are local (UTC−4).

Relegation series

Best of three.

All times are local (UTC−4).

  • The third game of the relegation series was cancelled because Germany won both meetings and Slovakia is therefore relegated.

    • Final round

    All times are local (UTC−4).

    Scoring leaders

    List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.

    GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

    Source: IIHF.COM

    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.

    TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

    Source: IIHF.com

    Tournament Awards

  • Media All-Stars
  • Goaltender:  Florence Schelling (SUI)
  • Defense:  Gisele Marvin (USA),  Laura Fortino (CAN)
  • Forwards:  Monique Lamoureux-Kolls (USA),  Kelli Stack (USA),  Hayley Wickenheiser (CAN)
  • Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender:  Florence Schelling (SUI)
  • Best Defenceman:  Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
  • Best Forward:  Kelli Stack (USA)

    • Division I A

    The Division I A tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.

    Division I B

    The Division I B tournament was played in Hull, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 April 2012.

    Division II A

    The Division II A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.

    Division II B

    The Division II B tournament was played in Seoul, South Korea, from 10 to 16 March 2012.

    References

    2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Wikipedia
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