1990 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
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The 1990 IIHF World Women Championships were held March 19 to 25, 1990 in Ottawa, Canada. The Canadian team won the gold medal, the United States won silver, and Finland won bronze. This was the first IIHF-sanctioned international tournament in women's ice hockey.
The gold medal game packed 9000 people into the arena and drew over a million viewers on television.
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[edit] Qualification
The United States and Canada qualified automatically.[1] A tournament in Asia took place between Korea, Japan, and China. Japan won the tournament.[1]
The 1989 European Women's Ice Hockey Championship served as the qualification tournament for this championship. The top five finishers in the top pool qualified. They were Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and West Germany.[1]
[edit] Final rankings
Canada
United States
Finland
Sweden
Switzerland
Norway
West Germany
Japan
[edit] Partial results
These games determined the final rankings. All took place on March 25.[2]
Gold medal game
- Canada 5 - 2 United States
Bronze medal game
Fifth place game
- Switzerland 7 - 6 Norway
Seventh place game
- West Germany 9 - 2 Japan
[edit] Scoring leaders
| G | A | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy Curley, United States |
11 | 12 | 23 |
| Tina Cardinale, United States |
5 | 10 | 15 |
| Cammi Granato, United States |
9 | 5 | 14 |
| Kim Urech, Switzerland |
8 | 6 | 14 |
| Angela James, Canada |
11 | 2 | 13 |
Canada's Dawn McGuire was named MVP of the gold medal game.
[edit] Bodychecking
This is the first and only major international tournament in Women's ice hockey to allow bodychecking.[3] Before the tournament, bodychecking had been allowed in women's ice hockey in Europe. The European teams, knowing that they were less competitive than the North American teams, asked for bodychecking to be included.[3] For some reason, the Europeans failed to realize the fact that while European women learned to play hockey by playing with themselves, most North American players learned to play hockey by playing with males. Consequently, North American players were bigger than European players and used to playing a rougher game. This added to the already significant mismatch between the squads.[citation needed]
After this tournament, the International Ice Hockey Federation disallowed bodychecking in women's ice hockey.[3] It is currently an infraction punished with a minor or major and game misconduct penalty.[4]
In addition, the intermission between periods was twenty minutes instead of fifteen.[1] This has since been abolished and changed to the usual fifteen minutes.
[edit] Trivia
For unknown reasons, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided that the Canadian team should wear pink and white uniforms instead of the expected red and white.[5] The experiment didn't last, and by the next tournament Canada had reverted to red and white. However, while it lasted, Ottawa was taken over by a "pink craze". Restaurants had pink-coloured food on special, and pink became a popular colour for flowers and bow ties.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Andria Hunter Women's Hockey Net page on the IIHF World Women Championships accessed July 16, 2006
- ^ Andria Hunter Women's Hockey net 1990 Summary accessed July 16, 2006
- ^ a b c Malcolm G. Kelly "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canadian Sports History and Trivia" p. 89 Alpha Books ISBN 0-13-014658-7
- ^ International Ice Hockey Federation Section 5, Rule 441 of Official Ice Hockey rules p. 84 accessed July 16, 2006
- ^ a b Kelly p. 88
[edit] External links
| Preceded by First |
IIHF World Women Championships 1990 |
Succeeded by 1992 Women's World Championships |
