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Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament
The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Sochi, Russia. For the first time,
the women's gold medal game was decided in overtime, with Canada defeating the United States 3–2. Switzerland defeated Sweden
for their first Olympic ice hockey medal in 66 years, and first ever medal in the women's tournament. With the win,
the Canadian women's national ice hockey team won its fourth consecutive gold medal, a feat only previously accomplished
by the Soviet Union men's team in 1964–76, and the Canadian men's team in 1920–32. Canadians Hayley Wickenheiser, Jayna Hefford
and Caroline Ouellette became the first hockey players to win four Olympic gold medals. They also joined Soviet biathlete Alexander Tikhonov
and German speed skater Claudia Pechstein as the only athletes to win gold medals in four straight Winter Olympics. On December 6,
2017 six Russian ice hockey players were disqualified for doping violations. Results of the Russian team were annulled. The IIHF was requested
to modify the results accordingly. Tatiana Burina and Anna Shukina were also disqualified ten days later.
Qualification
Russia qualified as the host. Canada, the United States, Finland, Switzerland,
and Sweden qualified as the top five teams in the IIHF World Ranking. Germany and Japan qualified via the qualification tournament.
Format
The top four teams based on the 2012 IIHF World Ranking, Canada, United States, Finland and Switzerland, competed in Group A,
while the remaining four teams competed in Group B. The top two teams in Group A received a bye to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals,
the third place team in Group A played the second place team in Group B,
while the fourth placed team in Group A played the first place team in Group B. The winners advanced to the semifinals, while the two losers,
and the third and fourth placed teams in Group B, competed in a classification bracket for places five through eight. This format was introduced
to create more competitive games in response to blowout victories in the previous Olympics where Canada
and the United States outscored their competition by a cumulative 86–4 margin. It has been used in the IIHF Women's World Championship since 2012.
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. GP Games played; G Goals; A Assists; Pts Points; +/− Plus/Minus;
PIM Penalties in Minutes; POS Position Source: [ IIHF.com]
Leading goaltenders
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.
TOI Time on Ice ; SA Shots Against; GA Goals Against; GAA Goals Against Average; Sv% Save Percentage; SO Shutouts Source: [ IIHF.com]
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