List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Canada

Women's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1998.[1] Eight goaltenders and fifty-three skaters have played for Canada.

The gold medal winning Canadian women's ice hockey team celebrates at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's ice hockey had been introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924.[2] In July 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event to first be held at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[1][3] Until 1998, women's hockey had been dominated by Canada's national team. Canadian teams had won every World Championship; however, by 1997, the American team had improved and was evenly matched with Canada. In thirteen games played between the two teams in 1997, Canada won seven and the United States won six. Canada and the United States dominated the preliminary round of the 1998 tournament, and in their head-to-head match up, the United States won 7–4.[4] The two teams met in the gold medal final, which the United States won 3–1.[5] The Canadian and American teams continued their rivalry, and in a rematch between the two at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Canada won 3–2. In 2006, the Canadian team started the tournament by outscoring opponents 36–1 over three games. American defenceman Angela Ruggiero accused the team of running up the score and warned that the event's Olympic status could be called into question due to a perceived lack of competitive teams.[6][7][8] In the final, Canada beat Sweden to claim their second consecutive gold medal.[9][10] In 2010, the Canadian and American teams outscored opponents in the preliminary round by 41-2 and 31-1 margins, respectively.[11] This brought on more criticism about uneven competition.[12] René Fasel said the IIHF would consider adding a mercy rule to future tournaments.[13] In the gold medal game, Canada defeated the American team 2-0 to win their third consecutive gold.[11] In 2014, the talent disparity had gotten smaller, with Canada and the United States only outscoring their opponents 11-2 and 14-4 in the preliminary round, respectfully.[14] Nevertheless, Canada and the United States once again faced off in the gold medal game. Canada, on the shoulders of two goals from Marie-Philip Poulin came back from a 3-2 deficit late in the 3rd period to claim the gold medal for the fourth consecutive time.[15] In 2018, the United States had their own come-from-behind victory, winning their first gold medal in 20 years. The deciding goal came in a shootout on a beautiful move by American forward Jocelyne Lamoureux.[16]

Canada has won four gold medals and two silver medals in women's hockey.[17] The Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame has inducted the 2002 and 2006 gold medal winning teams. Cassie Campbell was the first female hockey player inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame or any national hall of fame in 2007.[18] Hayley Wickenheiser will be inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame in May 2019.[19] Two women have participated in five tournaments and won five medals (four gold and one silver)—Jayna Hefford, and Hayley Wickenheiser. Wickenheiser is the all-time leading scorer in the women's tournament at the Olympics, with 18 goals, 33 assists and 51 points.[20][21]

Key

Abbreviations GP Games played Indicates that the player was a part of that year's Olympic roster. IIHFHOF IIHF Hall of Fame[22] COHOF Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame[23] CSHOF Canada's Sports Hall of Fame[24]

Goaltenders W Wins SO Shutouts L Losses GA Goals against T Ties GAA Goals against average MIN Minutes played

Skaters P Points G Goals PIM Penalty minutes A Assists

Goaltenders

Charline Labonté won gold medals in 2006, 2010 and 2014.

Kim St-Pierre was part of three gold medal winning teams.

Player	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	GP	W	L	T	SO	Min	GA	GAA	Medals	Notes	Ref.
Ann-Renée Desbiens							1	1	0	0	1	60	0	0	Silver (2018)		[25]
Geneviève Lacasse							1	1	0	0	0	60	1	1	Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[26] [25]
Charline Labonté							6	5	0	0	3	320	4	0.75	Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)	COHOF (2012)	[27] [28] [25]
Lesley Reddon							3	2	1	1	0	151	9	3.58	Silver (1998)		[29]
Manon Rhéaume							4	2	0	1	1	208	4	1.15	Silver (1998)		[29]
Kim St-Pierre							8	8	0	0	4	460	6	0.78	Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)	COHOF (2009, 2012)	[30] [27] [28]
Sami Jo Small							1	1	0	0	1	60	0	0.00	Gold (2002)	COHOF (2009)	[30]
Shannon Szabados							9	8	1	0	4	568	7	0.74	Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[28] [26] [25]

Skaters

Jennifer Botterill was a member of four women's teams.

Cassie Campbell is the only Canadian player to be captain of multiple teams (2002 and 2006).[31]

Marie-Philip Poulin scored the gold medal winning goal in two consecutive Olympics (2010 and 2014)[32]

Hayley Wickenheiser is the all-time leading scorer in the women's event and was named tournament MVP twice.[33]

Player	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	GP	G	A	P	PIM	Medals	Notes	Ref.
Meghan Agosta							20	17	11	28	8	Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)	COHOF (2012)	[27] [28] [25] [26]
Dana Antal							5	2	1	3	2	Gold (2002)	COHOF (2009)	[34]
Gillian Apps							15	10	11	21	18	Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)	COHOF (2012)	[27] [28] [25]
Kelly Bechard							5	0	1	1	2	Gold (2002)	COHOF (2009)	[34]
Tessa Bonhomme							5	2	2	4	0	Gold (2010)		[28]
Jennifer Botterill							21	4	11	15	12	Silver (1998)  Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)	COHOF (2009, 2012)	[27] [34] [35]
Bailey Bram							5	0	0	0	0	Silver (2018)		[26]
Thérèse Brisson							11	7	4	11	12	Silver (1998)  Gold (2002)	COHOF (2009)	[34] [35]
Cassie Campbell							16	3	7	10	12	Silver (1998)  Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)	Team Captain (2002, 2006)[31] CSHOF (2007) COHOF (2009, 2012)	[27] [34] [35]
Isabelle Chartrand							5	2	1	3	2	Gold (2002)	COHOF (2009)	[34]
Emily Clark							5	1	0	1	4	Silver (2018)		[26]
Mélodie Daoust							10	4	4	8	6	Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[25] [26]
Judy Diduck							6	1	1	2	10	Silver (1998)		[35]
Lori Dupuis							5	1	1	2	4	Gold (2002)	COHOF (2009)	[34]
Renata Fast							5	0	0	0	0	Silver (2018)		[26]
Gillian Ferrari							5	0	0	0	0	Gold (2006)	COHOF (2012)	[27]
Laura Fortino							10	0	3	3	0	Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[25] [26]
Danielle Goyette							16	15	10	25	16	Silver (1998)  Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)	Flag bearer (2006)[36] COHOF (2009, 2012)	[27] [34] [35]
Geraldine Heaney							11	2	6	8	2	Silver (1998)  Gold (2002)	IIHFHOF (2008) COHOF (2009)	[34] [35]
Jayna Hefford							26	13	18	31	18	Silver (1998)  Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)	COHOF (2009, 2012)	[28] [27] [34] [35] [25]
Haley Irwin							15	6	3	9	4	Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[28] [25] [26]
Brianne Jenner							10	1	2	3	0	Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[25] [26]
Rebecca Johnston							15	6	10	16	8	Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[28] [25] [26]
Becky Kellar							21	1	7	8	14	Silver (1998)  Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)	COHOF (2009, 2012)	[28] [27] [34] [35]
Gina Kingsbury							10	2	4	6	8	Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)	COHOF (2012)	[28] [27]
Jocelyne Larocque							10	1	2	3	4	Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[25] [26]
Carla MacLeod							10	4	5	9	4	Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)	COHOF (2012)	[28] [27]
Kathy McCormack							6	0	0	0	0	Silver (1998)		[35]
Meaghan Mikkelson							14	0	2	2	6	Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[28] [25] [26]
Sarah Nurse							5	1	0	1	4	Silver (2018)		[26]
Karen Nystrom							6	1	0	1	2	Silver (1998)		[35]
Caroline Ouellette							20	8	17	26	14	Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)	COHOF (2009, 2012) Team Captain (2014) [37]	[28] [27] [34] [25]
Cherie Piper							15	15	15	30	0	Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)	COHOF (2009, 2012)	[27] [34]
Marie-Philip Poulin							15	11	7	17	8	Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)	Team Captain (2018)[38]	[28] [25] [26]
Cheryl Pounder							10	2	2	4	6	Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)	COHOF (2009, 2012)	[27] [34]
Lauriane Rougeau							10	0	0	0	6	Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[25] [26]
Jillian Saulnier							5	1	1	2	0	Silver (2018)		[26]
France St-Louis							6	1	2	3	0	Silver (1998)		[35]
Laura Schuler							6	0	0	0	4	Silver (1998)		[35]
Tammy Lee Shewchuk							5	1	1	2	0	Gold (2002)	COHOF (2009)	[34]
Fiona Smith							6	1	1	2	2	Silver (1998)		[35]
Colleen Sostorics							15	1	8	9	12	Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)	COHOF (2009, 2012)	[28] [27] [34]
Natalie Spooner							10	2	4	6	2	Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[25] [26]
Laura Stacey							5	0	1	1	0	Silver (2018)		[26]
Vicky Sunohara							16	6	7	13	8	Silver (1998)  Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)	COHOF (2009, 2012)	[27] [34] [35]
Blayre Turnbull							5	0	3	3	0	Silver (2018)		[26]
Sarah Vaillancourt							10	5	9	14	8	Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)	COHOF (2012)	[28] [27]
Jennifer Wakefield							10	2	1	3	4	Gold (2014)  Silver (2018)		[25] [26]
Catherine Ward							10	2	3	5	6	Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)		[28] [25]
Tara Watchorn							5	1	0	1	10	Gold (2014)		[25]
Katie Weatherston							5	4	1	5	2	Gold (2006)	COHOF (2012)	[27]
Hayley Wickenheiser							26	18	33	51	12	Silver (1998)  Gold (2002)  Gold (2006)  Gold (2010)  Gold (2014)	Team Captain (2010)[39] COHOF (2009, 2012)	[28] [27] [34] [35] [25]
Stacy Wilson							6	1	5	6	0	Silver (1998)	Team Captain (1998)[40]	[35]

See also

• List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Canada
• List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland
• List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for the United States

Notes

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• Podnieks, Andrew; Szemberg, Szymon (2008). IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All-Time. H. B. Fenn & Company, Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
• Wallechinsky, David (2002). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics (2002 ed.). New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 1-58567-185-1.
• "Results database". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-04-02.

External links

• Hockey Canada - Official website
• 2010 Olympic Team - Hockey Canada
• Olympic Review and Revue Olympique - LA84 Foundation