2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2005 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 2-9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center, and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USA won 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.
==Top Division==
===First Round===
===Group A===
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0	0	35	0 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	8 	12	4
 	3 	0	1	2	3 	17	1
 	3 	0	1	2	3 	20	1
Results:
*April 2: 3 - 1 @ Linköping
*April 3: 13 - 0 @ Linköping 
*April 4: 0 - 12 @ Linköping
*April 4: 5 - 1 @ Norrköping
*April 6: 2 - 2 @ Linköping
*April 6: 10 - 0 @ Linköping
===Group B===
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0	0	23	3 	6
 	3 	2	0	1	11	10	4
 	3 	0	1	2	6 	16	1
 	3 	0	1	2	4 	15	1
Results:
*April 3: 8 - 2 @ Norrköping
*April 3: 5 - 1 @ Norrköping
*April 5: 0 - 7 @ Linköping
*April 5: 5 - 1 @ Norrköping
*April 6: 3 - 3 @ Norrköping
*April 6: 8 - 1 @ Norrköping
===Final Round===
Semifinals April 8
* 3 - 0 @ Linköping
* 4 - 1 @ Linköping
Match for third place April 9
* 2 - 5 @ Linköping
Final April 9
* 0 - 1 (SO) @ Linköping
===Consolation Round 5-8 Place===
*April 8: 3 - 0 @ Norrköping
*April 8: 1 - 2 @ Norrköping
Consolation Round 7-8 Place April 9
* 1 - 2 (SO) @ Norrköping
Consolation Round 5-6 Place April 9
* 3 - 0 @ Norrköping
==Scoring leaders==
　 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Krissy Wendell, 	5 	4	5	9 	0
Jayna Hefford, 	5 	6	2	8 	0
Hayley Wickenheiser,	5 	5	3	8 	6
Sarah Vaillancourt, 	5 	3	5	8 	2
Caroline Ouellette, 	5 	2	6	8 	0
Kelly Stephens, 	5 	3	4	7 	16
Jennifer Botterill, 	5 	1	6	7 	4
Gillian Apps, 	5 	4	2	6 	8
Satu Hoikkala, 	5 	3	3	6 	6
Angela Ruggiero, 	5 	3	3	6 	10
==Goaltending leaders==
　 	Mins	GA	GAA 	Sv%
Charline Labonté, 	120 	0 	0.00	1.000
Jennifer Harss, 	1 	0 	0.00	.000
Kim St-Pierre, 	200 	1 	0.30	.985
Chanda Gunn, 	230 	2 	0.52	.968
Megan van Beusekom, 	90 	2 	1.33	.895
Steffi Wartosch-Kurten,	266 	10	2.26	.926
Maria Onolbaeva, 	282 	13	2.77	.887
Annakaisa Piiroinen, 	270 	13	2.89	.900
Cecilia Andersson, 	91 	5 	3.31	.800
Kim Martin, 	209 	13	3.73	.873
==Awards==
Championship game
*Goalkeeper: Chanda Gunn, 
*Defenseman: Angela Ruggiero, 
*Forward: Jayna Hefford, 
*MVP: Krissy Wendell, 
Tournament
*Goalkeeper: Natalya Trunova, 
*Defensemen: Angela Ruggiero, ; Cheryl Pounder, 
*Forwards: Krissy Wendell, ; Hayley Wickenheiser, ; Maria Rooth, 
 is demoted to Division I at the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
==Division I==
The Division I IIHF World Women Championships was held March 27-April 2, 2005 in Romanshorn, Switzerland
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	29	7 	10
 	5 	4	0	1	18	8 	8
 	5 	2	1	2	13	9 	5
 	5 	2	1	2	18	19	5
 	5 	1	0	4	15	31	2
 	5 	0	0	5	12	31	0
 is promoted to the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, is demoted to Division II
==Division II==
The Division II IIHF World Women Championships was held March 13-20 , 2005 in Asiago, Italy
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	4	0	1	21	6 	8
 	5 	4	0	1	21	7 	8
 	5 	4	0	1	16	8 	8
 	5 	2	0	3	12	15	4
 	5 	1	0	4	10	24	2
 	5 	0	0	5	6 	26	0
 is promoted to Division I and the is demoted to Division III in the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
==Division III==
The Division III IIHF World Women Championships was held March 3-9 , 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0	0	41	8 	10
 	5 	4	0	1	42	6 	8
 	5 	2	1	2	7 	20	5
 	5 	2	0	3	16	14	4
 	5 	1	1	3	15	18	3
 	5 	0	0	5	6 	61	0
 is promoted to Division II and is demoted to Division IV in the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
==Division IV==
The Division IV IIHF Women World Championships was held April 1-4 , 2005 in Dunedin, New Zealand. 
　 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0	0	15	5 	6
 	3 	1	1	1	9 	9 	3
 	3 	1	0	2	3 	5 	2
 	3 	0	1	2	6 	14	1
 is promoted to Division III at the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
==Awards and honors==
===Directorate Awards===
*Goalie: Chanda Gunn, (United States)
*Defender: Angela Ruggiero, (United States)
*Forward: Jayna Hefford, (Canada)
*Most Valuable Player: Krissy Wendell, (United States)Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, pp.544-545, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
===All-Star team===
*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) Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.545, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
==References==
Category:2005 in hockey
Category:IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships