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2008 IIHF Women's World Championship

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FieldValue
tourney_nameIIHF Women's World Championship
year2008
image2008 IIHF Women's World Championship.png
sizex240px
countryChina
cityHarbin
dates4–12 April 2008
openedHu Jintao
num_teams9
venues2
cities1
typeihw
winnersUnited States
secondCAN
thirdFIN
fourthSUI
count2
games20
goals117
attendance22910
scoring_leaderNatalie Darwitz
points10
mvpNoora Räty
prevseason2007
nextseason2009

The 2008 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 11th edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship (the 12th edition overall, if the season when only the lower divisions were played is also counted), organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The Top Division tournament was held from 4 to 12 April 2008 in Harbin, People's Republic of China. The games took place at the event's main arena, Baqu Arena. The Division I tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, at the Ice Hall of the Ventspils Olimpiskais Centrs from 10 to 16 March 2008. The Division II tournament was held from 25 to 30 March 2008 at the Suomen urheiluopisto ('Sports Institute of Finland') in Vierumäki, Finland.

For the 11th-straight Top Division tournament, met the in the gold medal match and, for only the second time, the American team defeated the Canadians for the gold medal. This tournament was the first IIHF Women's tournament in which the host nation (in this case, ) failed to medal. competed for a medal for the first time, losing to in the bronze medal game.

Top Division

Preliminary round

All times are local (China Standard Time – UTC+8).

Group A

Valentina Ostrovlyanchik 13:16 – Kingsbury 32:50 – Botterill (Ouellette, Hefford) 35:05 – Agosta (Kingsbury) 43:47 – Piper (Hefford, Wickenheiser) (PP2) 55:07 – Ouellette (Hefford) (PP1) 57:15 – Wickenheiser (Botterill, Piper) (PP1) 57:28 – Agosta (Ferrari) Sang (Zhang B.) (PP1) – 46:39 Sang (Jin, Sun) (PP1) – 59:37 21:43 – Smolentseva (Terentieva) 25:17 – Smolentseva (Terentieva, Gavrilova) 43:34 – Gavrilova (Terentieva, Smolentseva) 59:56 – Gavrilova (ENG) Botterill (MacLeod, Hefford) – 10:52 MacLeod (Bechard) – 13:17 Botterill (Hefford) – 13:42 Ouellette (Botterill, Collins) – 25:00 Agosta (Kellar) – 25:39 Apps (Sostorics, Kellar) – 26:02 Wickenheiser (Piper) – 45:12 Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) – 46:31 Wickenheiser (Piper, Vaillancourt) – 50:35 Vaillancourt (Wickenheiser, Piper) – 53:34

Group B

21:30 – Potter (Parsons) 29:30 – Thatcher (Parsons) 31:17 – Duggan (Ruggiero, Darwitz) 41:58 – Thatcher (Drazan, Parsons) 43:11 – Darwitz (Chu) 52:42 – Duggan (Darwitz) 56:08 – Parsons (Potter) Ruhnke (Bruggmann, Hafliger) – 23:27 Nussbaum (J. Marty, Meier) (PP1) – 39:02

Group C

17:04 – Myrén (Östberg, Enström) 30:18 – Myrén (Enström) 37:01 – Rooth (Eliasson) (PP1) 48:23 – Jordansson (Rooth, Eliasson) Pelttari (Pehkonen, Saarinen) – 28:05 Kovalainen (Tallus, Saarinen) (PP2) – 44:23 Helin (Laaksonen, Hiirikoski) (PP1) – 44:42 Saarinen (Pelttari) (PP1) – 50:00 Helin (Voutilainen) (PP1) – 52:02 (OT: 0–1) Eliasson (Holmlöv, Rundqvist) – 50:56 42:01 – Saarinen (Pehkonen) 63:00 – Pehkonen (Pelttari, Hiirikoski) (PP1)

Qualifying round

All times are local (China Standard Time – UTC+8).

Group D (1st–3rd place)

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(OT: 0–1) Pehkonen – 46:41 31:23 – Vaillancourt (Wickenheiser) (PP1) 32:01 – Vaillancourt (Botterill) (PP1) 37:25 – Weatherston (MacLeod) Bechard (MacLeod) – 16:08 26:33 – Cahow (Marvin, Drazan) (PP1) 48:24 – Duggan (Darwitz, Potter) 59:36 – Darwitz (Chu) (ENG)

Group E (4th–6th place)

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(OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) Winberg (Holmlöv, Nordin) – 35:06 Timglas (Jordansson, Rooth) (PP1) – 44:10 20:54 – S. Marty (Lehmann, Nussbaum) (PP2)

Consolation round

All times are local (China Standard Time – UTC+8).

Group F (7th–9th place)

Anwander (Lanzl, Tamas) – 03:32

Final round

3rd place match

Saarinen (Pelttari) – 41:09 Tikkinen – 46:25 Hiirikoski (Rantamäki, Laaksonen) (PP1) – 55:00

Final

Charline Labonté Darwitz (Bellamy, Cahow) – 17:41 Potter (Ruggiero, Chu) (PP2) – 30:54 Darwitz (Bellamy) – 38:30 48:38 – Weatherston (Kellar, Sostorics) 49:48 – Botterill (Ouellette) (PP1)

Final standings

RankTeam
****
4
5
6
7
8
9
Relegated to the 2009 Division I

Source:

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM
1Natalie Darwitz56410+72
2Hayley Wickenheiser5369+26
3Jennifer Botterill5448+44
4Jayna Hefford5358+48
5Cherie Piper5268+20
6Jenny Potter5527+52
7Julie Chu5077+22
8Yekaterina Smolentseva4426+433
9Kathrin Lehmann5426+58
9Stefanie Marty5426+610
9Sarah Vaillancourt5426+18

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1Noora Räty243:4261.4892.591
2Florence Schelling305:00152.9591.891
3Azusa Nakaoku179:3182.6791.010
4Charline Labonté138:2931.3090.911
5Jessie Vetter243:4271.7288.140

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

  • Goaltender: Noora Räty,
  • Defenseman: Angela Ruggiero,
  • Forward: Natalie Darwitz, Source: IIHF.com

Media All-Stars

  • Goaltender: Noora Räty
  • Defensemen: Julie Chu, Emma Laaksonen
  • Forwards: Jayna Hefford, Hayley Wickenheiser, Natalie Darwitz
  • MVP: Noora Räty Source:

Division I

The Division I tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, at the Ice Hall of the Ventspils Olimpiskais Centrs, from 10 to 16 March 2008.

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

(OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM
15639+510
25527+14
25527+66
45336−14
55066+614
65415+22
65415+610
85235+68
85235+26
8523502

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1300:0081.6093.980
2303:38122.3793.720
3305:00112.1693.680
4184:5272.2792.780
5304:44112.1792.760
6239:10102.5191.741

Directorate Awards

  • Goaltender: Zuzana Tomčíková,
  • Defenseman: Tatyana Shtelmaister,
  • Forward: Iveta Koka,

Source: IIHF.com

Division II

The Division II tournament was played from 25 to 30 March 2008 at the Suomen urheiluopisto ('Sports Institute of Finland') in Vierumäki, Finland.

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2; on 30 March Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).

(OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) Alexandra Stefan Giulia Mazzocchi Giulia Mazzocchi Alexandra Stefan

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM
1510515+98
258614+100
356713+102
456511+78
552810+72
65459+84
75369+82
85415+34
85415+56
85415+42

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1240:0061.5093.551
2120:0042.0093.440
3180:0062.0092.591
4275:3391.9691.742
5304:29152.9690.380

Directorate Awards

  • Goaltender: Sandra Borschke
  • Defenseman: Linda de Rocco
  • Forward: Denise Altmann

Source: IIHF.com

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Miskolc, Hungary, at the Miskolc Ice Hall, from 6 to 12 April 2008.

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

(OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) Laura Saunders (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM
1515318+138
2541418+154
3510111−64
455510+90
55369+102
65628+96
75358+176
85347+62
95426−66
105415+22

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1185:0041.3095.741
2299:26163.2191.160
3303:40224.3588.940
4210:55133.7086.320
5209:0351.4485.710

Directorate Awards

  • Goaltender: Ksenija Božnar
  • Defenseman: Diana Krušelj-Posavec
  • Forward: Angela Taylor
  • MVP: Jasmina Rošar Source: IIHF.com

Division IV

The Division IV tournament was played in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, at Lajos Vákár Ice Hall, from 23 to 29 March 2008.

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

(1–0)

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM
1510717+166
257916+80
356713+94
456511+122
553811+114
656410+94
753710+94
753710+80
95369+146
105448+1118

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1240:0051.2595.151
2271:24143.1090.070
3145:1220.8390.001
4203:2972.0689.390
5243:06122.9688.120

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards

  • Goaltender: Karítas Halldórsdóttir
  • Defenseman: Annabelle Lewis
  • Forward: Magdolna Dobondi

Source: IIHF.com

References

References

  1. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/138/ 2008 Top Division statistics]
  2. (2019). "IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020". Moydart.
  3. (2009). "Collins Gem Hockey Facts & Stats, 2009–10". Harper Collins.
  4. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/139/ 2008 Division I statistics]
  5. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/163/ 2008 Division II statistics]
  6. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/140/ 2008 Division III statistics]
  7. [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/141/ 2008 Division IV statistics]
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