# Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from February 13 to 25. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. Canada won the final by a score of 2–0 over the United States, who were awarded silver. The bronze medal game was won by Finland with a 3–2 victory over Sweden in overtime.
The tournament consisted of 20 games: 12 in the preliminary round (teams play the other teams in their own group); 4 final classification games; 2 semifinal games; 1 bronze medal game; and 1 final.
The tournament had a total attendance of 162,419, an average of 8,120 spectators per game, making it the most attended IIHF-run women's hockey tournament of all-time.

## Rosters
### Group A

* Canada (roster)
* Slovakia (roster)
* Sweden (roster)
* Switzerland (roster)

### Group B

* China (roster)
* Finland (roster)
* Russia (roster)
* United States (roster)

## First round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | +39 | 9 | Semifinals |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 6 | Semifinals |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | 5–8th classification |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 29 | −25 | 0 | 5–8th classification |
All times are local (UTC−8).

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | +30 | 9 | Semifinals |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | Semifinals |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 3 | 5–8th classification |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | 5–8th classification |
All times are local (UTC−8).

## Classification round

| 5th place semifinals | 5th place semifinals | 5th place semifinals | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| A3 | Switzerland | 6 | | | |
| B4 | China | 0 | | | |
| B4 | China | 0 | A3 | Switzerland | 2 |
| | | | B3 | Russia | 1 |
| B3 | Russia | 4 | B3 | Russia | 1 |
| A4 | Slovakia | 2 | 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | | B4 | China | 3 |
| | | | A4 | Slovakia | 1 |

### Fifth place semifinal

All times are local (UTC−8).

### Seventh place game

All times are local (UTC−8).

### Fifth place game

All times are local (UTC−8).

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Canada | 5 | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 0 | | | |
| B2 | Finland | 0 | A1 | Canada | 2 |
| | | | B1 | United States | 0 |
| B1 | United States | 9 | B1 | United States | 0 |
| A2 | Sweden | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | B2 | Finland | 3 |
| | | | A2 | Sweden | 2 |

### Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−8).

### Bronze medal game

All times are local (UTC−8).

### Final

All times are local (UTC−8).

## Final rankings

The final rankings of the 2010 Winter Olympics Women's Ice Hockey Tournament are as follows:
| Rank | Team |
| | Canada |
| | United States |
| | Finland |
| 4th | Sweden |
| 5th | Switzerland |
| 6th | Russia |
| 7th | China |
| 8th | Slovakia |

## Statistics
### Leading scorers

| Rank | Player | Games played | Goals | Assists | Pts | PIM | +/- |
| 1 | Meghan Agosta (CAN) | 5 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | +14 |
| 2 | Jayna Hefford (CAN) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | +15 |
| 3 | Stefanie Marty (SUI) | 5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +4 |
| 4 | Jenny Potter (USA) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | +8 |
| 5 | Natalie Darwitz (USA) | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | +6 |
| 6 | Caroline Ouellette (CAN) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | +12 |
| 6 | Hayley Wickenheiser (CAN) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | +14 |
| 8 | Cherie Piper (CAN) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | +12 |
| 9 | Monique Lamoureux (USA) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | +7 |
| 10 | Kelli Stack (USA) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | +4 |
| 10 | Sarah Vaillancourt (CAN) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | +7 |
Hat-trick scorers
* Meghan Agosta (CAN) (2)
* Jayna Hefford (CAN)
* Pernilla Winberg (SWE)
* Stefanie Marty (SUI) (2)
* Monique Lamoureux (USA)
* Jenny Potter (USA) (2)

### Leading goaltenders

Goalies with 40% or more of their team's total minutes
| Rank | Goalie | GP | Minutes | GA | GAA | SV% | Saves |
| 1 | Shannon Szabados (CAN) | 3 | 180:00 | 1 | 0.33 | 98.04 | 50 |
| 2 | Jessie Vetter (USA) | 4 | 239:50 | 3 | 0.75 | 95.77 | 68 |
| 3 | Florence Schelling (SUI) | 5 | 301:55 | 16 | 3.18 | 90.91 | 160 |
| 4 | Irina Gashennikova (RUS) | 4 | 250:00 | 10 | 2.40 | 90.20 | 92 |
| 5 | Shi Yao (CHN) | 5 | 247:53 | 19 | 4.60 | 88.82 | 151 |
Shutout posters
* Kim St-Pierre (CAN)
* Shannon Szabados (CAN) (2)
* Kim Martin (SWE)
* Florence Schelling (SUI)
* Jessie Vetter (USA) (2)

## Awards

Canada's Meghan Agosta was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best forward of the tournament. Directorate Awards also went to Molly Engstrom (United States) for best defenceman, and to Shannon Szabados (Canada) for best goaltender.
The tournament all-star team was voted on by the international media at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:
| Position | Player | Team |
| G | Shannon Szabados | Canada |
| D | Angela Ruggiero | United States |
| D | Molly Engstrom | United States |
| F | Meghan Agosta | Canada |
| F | Jenny Potter | United States |
| F | Marie-Philip Poulin | Canada |