# Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy from 11 to 20 February 2006. Eight countries qualified for the tournament.

## Qualification

Canada, United States, Finland and Sweden qualified as the top four teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2004. Italy qualified as host team. The remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments.
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host | | | 1 | Italy |
| 2004 IIHF World Ranking | 5 March 2001 – 6 April 2004 | Halifax | 4 | Canada United States Finland Sweden |
| Qualification tournament | 11–13 November 2004 | Podolsk | 1 | Russia |
| Qualification tournament | 11–14 November 2004 | Bad Tölz | 1 | Germany |
| Qualification tournament | 11–14 November 2004 | Beijing | 1 | Switzerland |
| Total | | | 8 | |

### Notes

* $^a$ 2004 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2000 World Championship, 2001 World Championship, 2002 Winter Olympic Games and 2004 World Championship.
* $^b$ Halifax was the site for 2004 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | +35 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Italy (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | −31 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |

## Placement round
### Bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| B3 | Germany | 5 | | | |
| A4 | Italy | 2 | | | |
| A4 | Italy | 2 | B3 | Germany (GWS) | 1 |
| | | | A3 | Russia | 0 |
| A3 | Russia | 6 | A3 | Russia | 0 |
| B4 | Switzerland | 2 | 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | | B4 | Switzerland | 11 |
| | | | A4 | Italy | 0 |

### Fifth place game
## Playoff round
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| A1 | United States | 2 | | | |
| B2 | Sweden (GWS) | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Sweden (GWS) | 3 | B2 | Sweden | 1 |
| | | | B1 | Canada | 4 |
| B1 | Canada | 6 | B1 | Canada | 4 |
| A2 | Finland | 0 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | A2 | Finland | 0 |
| | | | A1 | United States | 4 |

### Gold medal game
## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Canada |
| | Sweden |
| | United States |
| 4 | Finland |
| 5 | Germany |
| 6 | Russia |
| 7 | Switzerland |
| 8 | Italy |

## Statistics
### Leading scorers

| Rank | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/− | POS |
| 1 | Hayley Wickenheiser | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | +15 | F |
| 2 | Cherie Piper | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | +15 | F |
| 3 | Gillian Apps | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | +13 | F |
| 4 | Caroline Ouellette | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | +12 | F |
| 4 | Maria Rooth | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | +1 | F |
| 6 | Jenny Potter | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | +10 | F |
| 7 | Katie King | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | +6 | F |
| 8 | Sarah Parsons | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | +9 | F |
| 9 | Jayna Hefford | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | +8 | F |
| 10 | Jennifer Botterill | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | +6 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; +/− = P Plus–minus; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

### Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
| Rank | Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Charline Labonte | 180:00 | 1 | 0.33 | 42 | 97.62 | 2 |
| 2 | Jennifer Harß | 190:00 | 6 | 1.89 | 103 | 94.17 | 1 |
| 3 | Florence Schelling | 150:00 | 6 | 2.40 | 90 | 93.33 | 1 |
| 4 | Kim St-Pierre | 120:00 | 1 | 0.50 | 13 | 92.31 | 1 |
| 5 | Kim Martin | 190:00 | 7 | 2.21 | 96 | 92.71 | 0 |
TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source:IIHF.com

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Hayley Wickenheiser
* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Kim Martin
** Best Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
** Best Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser
Source: IIHF.com
* Media All-Stars
** Goaltender: Kim Martin
** Defencemen: Angela Ruggiero, Carla MacLeod
** Forwards: Maria Rooth, Hayley Wickenheiser, Gillian Apps
Source: IIHF.com