1990 IIHF Women's World Championship

none IIHF Women's World Championship 1990 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship.png 120px Canada 19–25 March 1990 Ray Hnatyshyn 8 1 ihw Canada 1 USA FIN SWE 20 237 USA Cindy Curley (23 points) 1987 (Unofficial) 1992 The 1990 IIHF Women's World Championships was an international women's ice hockey competition held at Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (now renamed TD Place Arena) from March 19 to 25, in 1990.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQofTJQjjfs Highlights, Canada vs USA, 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship final Youtube.com en 2022-02-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220211023109/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQofTJQjjfs live This was the first IIHF-sanctioned international tournament in women's ice hockey and is the only major international tournament in women's ice hockey to allow bodychecking.Kelly, p. 89. Full contact bodychecking was allowed with certain restrictions near the boards. The intermissions between periods were twenty minutes instead of fifteen. This has sinceJuly 2015 been changed to the usual fifteen minutes. The Canadian team won the gold medal, the United States won silver, and Finland won bronze. Team Finland had won the first IIHF European Women’s Championship the previous year (1989), in Düsseldorf and Ratingen, Germany. Canada's Fran Rider helped to organize the championships without the financial support from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (now known as Hockey Canada).On the Edge: Women Making Hockey History, p. 81, by Elizabeth Etue and Megan K. Williams, Second Story Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1996, 0-929005-79-1 The tournament drew strong international attention. The gold medal game was attended by 8,784 people – at the time the largest ever audience for a women's hockey game – and drew over a million viewers on television.Patrick Alexander Reid The First Women’s World Ice Hockey Championship and the Emergence of the Routine of Women’s Elite Hockey https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/1b1deaa9-0c37-4529-88e3-51dc8b568a32/view/7b39b1e0-fd11-4893-a057-240fa83a8557/Reid_Patrick_A_2018March29_PhD.pdf 2025-04-16 2018Zawisza Mike This day in hockey history: 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship FanSided 2020-03-19 https://fansided.com/2020/03/19/1990-iihf-womens-world-championship-history/ 2025-04-16 For marketing purposes, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided the Canadian national team should wear pink and white uniforms instead of the expected red and whiteKelly p. 88. and released a related film called, "Pretty in Pink". While the experiment only lasted for this tournament, Ottawa was taken over by a "pink craze" during the championships. Restaurants had pink-coloured food on special, and pink became a popular colour for flowers and bow ties. Qualification tournament The United States, Canadian and Asian representative Japan, qualified automatically.Andria Hunter Women's Hockey Net page on the IIHF World Women's Championships https://web.archive.org/web/20100906073503/http://www.whockey.com/int/wwc/ 2010-09-06 accessed July 16, 2006.Championnats du monde feminins 1990 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140514/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondefem1990.htm 2015-09-24 accessed September 2, 2019. 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. U.S. team members ranged in age from 17 to 30 and included high school and college players, a law student and a construction worker. Venue The tournament took place in Canada at the Civic Centre in Ottawa, now renamed, TD Place Arena. Ottawa, CanadaHost VenueDetailsOttawa Civic Centre200px Renamed: TD Place ArenaLocation: CAN Ottawa, CanadaBroke ground: 1966Opened: December 29, 1967Renamed: TD Place ArenaRenovated: 1992, 2005, 2012–2014Expanded: 1992 (seating reduced as part of 2005 renovation) Capacity: 9,500 (standard)10,585 (temporary) Final tournament Group stage Group A main WDL Q 2 CAN CAN SWE SWE FRG FRG JPN JPN 3 0 0 50 01 2 0 1 19 19 1 0 2 04 25 0 0 3 05 33 #ccffcc Advanced to Final round A A red1 Sent to Consolation round R R complete Hockey Canada #eeeeee 19 March 1990 CAN 15–1 SWE #eeeeee 19 March 1990 FRG 4–1 JPN #eeeeee 21 March 1990 CAN 17–0 FRG #eeeeee 21 March 1990 JPN 4–11 SWE #eeeeee 22 March 1990 CAN 18–0 JPN #eeeeee 22 March 1990 SWE 7–0 FRG Group B main WDL Q 2 USA USA FIN FIN SUI SUI NOR NOR 3 0 0 38 07 2 0 1 24 06 1 0 2 11 29 0 0 3 04 35 #ccffcc Advanced to Final round A A red1 Sent to Consolation round R R complete Hockey Canada #eeeeee 19 March 1990 NOR 1–10 FIN #eeeeee 19 March 1990 USA 16–3 SUI #eeeeee 21 March 1990 USA 17–0 NOR #eeeeee 21 March 1990 FIN 10–0 SUI #eeeeee 22 March 1990 SUI 8–3 NOR #eeeeee 22 March 1990 FIN 4–5 USA Consolation round 5–8 place #eeeeee 24 March 1990 SUI 5–4 JPN #eeeeee 24 March 1990 NOR 6–3 FRG 7–8 place #eeeeee 25 March 1990 FRG 9–2 JPN 5–6 place #eeeeee 25 March 1990 SUI 7–6 NOR Final round Semifinals #eeeeee 24 March 1990 USA 10–3 SWE #eeeeee 24 March 1990 CAN 6–5 FIN 3–4 place #eeeeee 25 March 1990 FIN 6–3 SWE Final #eeeeee 25 March 1990 CAN 5–2 USA Rankings and statistics Final rankings CAN USA FIN SWE SUI NOR GER West Germany JPN Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. 　GAPtsCindy Curley, USA 11 12 23Tina Cardinale, USA 5 10 15Cammi Granato, USA 9 5 14Kim Urech, SUI 8 6 14Angela James, CAN 11 2 13Heather Ginzel, CAN 7 5 12Susana Yuen, CAN 5 7 12Kelly O'Leary, USA 6 5 11Shirley Cameron, CAN 5 6 11Stacy Wilson, CAN 3 8 11 Canada's Dawn McGuire was named MVP of the gold medal game. Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SOCAN Cathy Phillips 156 32 3 1.15 90.63 1JPN Tamae Satsu 151 143 17 6.75 88.11 0USA Kelly Dyer 200 83 12 3.60 85.54 1FRG Aurelia Vonderstrass 180 65 10 3.33 84.62 0SUI Tanja Muller 147 97 15 6.12 84.54 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: whockey.com Bodychecking thumb|1990 women's team jerseys for Team Canada This is the only major international tournament in women's ice hockey to allow bodychecking.Kelly, p. 89. Bodychecking rules allowed for full-contact checking, with certain limitations along the boards.http://www.whockey.com/int/wwc/1990/SportsIll_90.txt No place for pom-poms: the tough U.S. women were second in the first worlds. (Hockey) Fichtenbaum Paul Sports Illustrated 2 April 1990 23 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220523045256/http://www.whockey.com/int/wwc/1990/SportsIll_90.txt live Before the tournament, bodychecking had been allowed in women's ice hockey in Europe and North America though Canada had begun to gradually eliminate the tactic from their women's ice hockey programs in the mid-1980's, with contact having already been banned at all national women's ice hockey tournaments in Canada in 1983 due to the efforts of Rhonda Leeman Taylor.https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/newmarket-author-reveals-untold-stories-of-womens-hockey-history-2126317 Newmarket author reveals untold stories of women's hockey history newmarkettoday.ca Julia Galt 28 February 2020 25 May 2022 Newmarket Today en 13 February 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220213011141/https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/newmarket-author-reveals-untold-stories-of-womens-hockey-history-2126317 live However, the European teams had asked for bodychecking to be included in the 1990 international tournament. [Cammi] Granato said that the women's game, "without the checking, can't get too out of hand." She recalled how, in the 1990 world championships, checking was allowed for the first few games and the Americans looked forward to it. "We were psyched," Granato said. "Then we faced some of the European teams and said, 'Wow, these guys are strong and they know how to hit.' There were a couple head injuries right away and they took it out. There is too much of a size difference. It was kind of a trial and error. And then they took it out entirely."https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/17/sports/olympics-women-s-hockey-contact-is-a-hard-hitting-question-to-consider.html OLYMPICS: WOMEN'S HOCKEY; Contact Is a Hard-Hitting Question to Consider The New York Times Joe Lapointe 17 February 2002 31 May 2022 en 1 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220601054734/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/17/sports/olympics-women-s-hockey-contact-is-a-hard-hitting-question-to-consider.html live Joe Lapointe "OLYMPICS: WOMEN'S HOCKEY; Contact Is a Hard-Hitting Question to Consider" The New York Times (Feb. 17, 2002) After this tournament, the International Ice Hockey Federation disallowed bodychecking in women's ice hockey. It is currentlyJuly 2015 an infraction punished with a minor or major and game misconduct penalty.International Ice Hockey Federation Section 5, Rule 441 of Official Ice Hockey rules https://web.archive.org/web/20061017060205/http://www.iihf.com/hockey/rules/rules_part_two.pdf 2006-10-17 p. 84 accessed July 16, 2006. Injuries A number of players suffered head injuries from the beginning of the tournament. Finland's Kirsi Hirvonen was "carried away with a neck injury after being cross-checked." U.S. team captain Tina Cardinale-Beauchemin's right forearm and elbow, "were a mass of purple-and-blue welts, courtesy of a slash early in the tournament." Canada's France Saint-Louis, "spent three days in a hospital after taking a stick across the throat".https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/04/02/no-place-for-pom-poms-the-tough-us-women-were-second-in-the-first-worlds NO PLACE FOR POM-POMS Sports Illustrated Paul Fitchenbaum 2 April 1990 23 May 2022 en 24 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220524210529/https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/04/02/no-place-for-pom-poms-the-tough-us-women-were-second-in-the-first-worlds dead Attendance Precise attendance figures are not clear. The Globe and Mail in 2013 estimated that the total attendance was 13,000.Brady Rachel Women's world hockey championship returns to Ottawa with new identity The Globe and Mail 2013-04-01 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/womens-world-hockey-championship-returns-to-ottawa-with-new-identity/article10646951/ 2025-04-16 https://archive.today/20250416001835/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/womens-world-hockey-championship-returns-to-ottawa-with-new-identity/article10646951/ 2025-04-16 However, it was reported that the gold medal game alone had a record 8,784 spectators, and that Canada's first game against Sweden had 3,578. Broadcasts Television broadcasts of the event was produced by Paul Graham.https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm/static/67662/paul_graham Paul Graham: IIHF Media Award May 25, 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation May 28, 2025https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm/news/67976/iihf_honours_its_contributors IIHF honours its Contributors Podnieks Andrew Andrew Podnieks May 25, 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation May 28, 2025 See also IIHF Women's World Championship Notes References Malcolm G. Kelly, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canadian Sports History and Trivia", Alpha Books, 0-13-014658-7. Duplacey James Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League 1998 Total Sports 0-8362-7114-9 487–9 https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/487 Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press 26–7,227–8 External links Summary from the Women's Hockey Net Detailed summary from passionhockey.com Category:IIHF Women's World Championship Category:Ice hockey competitions in Ottawa World World 1990 Category:March 1990 sports events in Canada Category:1990s in Ottawa Category:1990 in sports in Ontario Category:Women's ice hockey competitions in Canada Category:Women's sports in Ottawa