2005 IIHF Women's World Championship



The 2005 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center, and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USAwon their first ever gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions Canada in a penalty shootout. Sweden won their first ever medal at the World Women Championships, defeating Finland 5 - 2 in the bronze medal game. The championship was expanded to nine teams for 2006, so there was no relegation at any level.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Top Division  ==Top Division[edit] == ===First Round[edit] === ===Group A[edit] === Results:
 * 1.1 First Round
 * 1.2 Group A
 * 1.3 Group B
 * 1.4 Final Round
 * 1.5 Consolation Round 5-8 Place
 * 2 Scoring leaders
 * 3 Goaltending leaders
 * 4 Awards
 * 5 Division I
 * 6 Division II
 * 7 Division III
 * 8 Division IV
 * 9 Awards and honors
 * 9.1 Directorate Awards
 * 9.2 All-Star team
 * 10 References

===Group B[edit] === Results:
 * April 2:  Sweden 3 - 1  Russia @ Linköping
 * April 3:  Canada 13 - 0  Kazakhstan @ Linköping
 * April 4:  Russia 0 - 12  Canada @ Linköping
 * April 4:  Sweden 5 - 1  Kazakhstan @ Norrköping
 * April 6:  Kazakhstan 2 - 2  Russia @ Linköping
 * April 6:  Canada 10 - 0  Sweden @ Linköping

===Final Round[edit] === Semifinals April 8
 * April 3:  United States 8 - 2  China @ Norrköping
 * April 3:  Finland 5 - 1  Germany @ Norrköping
 * April 5:  Germany 0 - 7  United States @ Linköping
 * April 5:  Finland 5 - 1  China @ Norrköping
 * April 6:  China 3 - 3  Germany @ Norrköping
 * April 6:  United States 8 - 1  Finland @ Norrköping

Match for third place April 9
 * Canada 3 - 0  Finland @ Linköping
 * United States 4 - 1  Sweden @ Linköping

Final April 9
 * Finland 2 - 5  Sweden @ Linköping

===Consolation Round 5-8 Place[edit] === Consolation Round 7-8 Place April 9
 * Canada 0 - 1  United States (SO) @ Linköping
 * April 8:  China 3 - 0  Kazakhstan @ Norrköping
 * April 8:  Russia 1 - 2  Germany @ Norrköping

Consolation Round 5-6 Place April 9
 * Russia 1 - 2  Kazakhstan (SO) @ Norrköping

==Scoring leaders<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ==Goaltending leaders<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ==Awards<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Championship game
 * Germany 3 - 0  China @ Norrköping

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Tournament
 * Goalkeeper: Chanda Gunn,  United States
 * Defenseman: Angela Ruggiero,  United States
 * Forward: Jayna Hefford,  Canada
 * MVP: Krissy Wendell,  United States

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;"> ==Division I<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 27-April 2, 2005 in Romanshorn, Switzerland <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">  Switzerland is promoted to the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships. ==Division II<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 13–20, 2005 in Asiago, Italy <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;"> Norway is promoted to Division I for the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships ==Division III<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The Division III IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 3–9, 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;"> Slovenia was promoted to Division II for the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships ==Division IV<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The Division IV IIHF Women World Championships was held April 1–4, 2005 in Dunedin, New Zealand. <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;"> South Korea was promoted to Division III at the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships ==Awards and honors<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ===Directorate Awards<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ===All-Star team<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ===
 * Goalkeeper: Natalya Trunova,  Kazakhstan
 * Defensemen: Angela Ruggiero,  United States; Cheryl Pounder,  Canada
 * Forwards: Krissy Wendell,  United States; Hayley Wickenheiser,  Canada; Maria Rooth,  Sweden
 * Goalie: Chanda Gunn, (United States)
 * Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
 * Forward: Jayna Hefford, (Canada)
 * Most Valuable Player: Krissy Wendell, (United States)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]
 * Goaltender: Natalya Turnova, (Kazakhstan)
 * Defender: Cheryl Pounder, (Canada)
 * Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
 * Forward: Maria Rooth, (Sweden)
 * Forward: Krissy Wendell, (United States)
 * Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser, (Canada) <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]