2012 IIHF Women's World Championship



The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 15th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2013 competition, and the 2014 Olympics.

Canada won their tenth title by defeating the United States 5–4 in overtime. Caroline Ouellette scored the decisive goal.[1]  The Swiss team, by finishing third, captured their first ever Women's World Championship medal.[2]



Contents
[hide]  *1 Top Division  ==Top Division[edit] == 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.[3] ===Rosters[edit] === For more details on this topic, see 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship 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.[4] ===Preliminary round[edit] === ====Group A[edit] ==== All times are local (UTC−4). ====Group B[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times are local (UTC−4). ===Relegation series<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;">Best of three.
 * 1.1 Rosters
 * 1.2 Preliminary round
 * 1.2.1 Group A
 * 1.2.2 Group B
 * 1.3 Relegation series
 * 1.4 Final round
 * 1.4.1 Quarterfinals
 * 1.4.2 Semifinals
 * 1.4.3 Fifth place game
 * 1.4.4 Bronze medal game
 * 1.4.5 Gold medal game
 * 1.5 Ranking and statistics
 * 1.5.1 Final standings
 * 1.5.2 Scoring leaders
 * 1.5.3 Leading goaltenders
 * 1.6 Tournament Awards
 * 2 Division I
 * 3 Division II
 * 4 See also
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">All times are local (UTC−4). ===Final round<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;">All times are local (UTC−4). ====Quarterfinals<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] ==== ====Semifinals<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] ==== ====Fifth place game<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] ==== ====Bronze medal game<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] ==== ====Gold medal game<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] ==== ===Ranking and statistics<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] === ====Final standings<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] ==== ====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] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
 * The third game of the relegation series was cancelled because Germany won both meetings and Slovakia is therefore relegated.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Source: IIHF.COM ====Leading goaltenders<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;">Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">Source: IIHF.com ===Tournament 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] === ==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] == Main article: 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The Division I competition is being held in two groups. Group A games will be played from March 25 to March 31, 2012 in Ventspils, Latvia and Group B will be played from April 9 to April 15, 2012 in Hull, England,Great Britain. ==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] == Main article: 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The Division II competition is being held in two groups. Group A games will be played from March 25 to 31, 2012 in Slovenia and Group B will be played from March 10 to 16, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea.
 * Media All-Stars
 * Goalkeeper:  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 Goalkeeper:  Florence Schelling  (SUI)
 * Best Defenseman:  Jenni Hiirikoski  (FIN)
 * Best Forward:  Kelli Stack  (USA)