The 2001 IIHF Women's World Championship was the seventh edition of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship. The Top Division tournament was held from April 2 to 8, 2001 in six cities in the state of Minnesota. Venues included the Ice Center in Plymouth, the Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, the Recreation Centre in Rochester, the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, the Columbia Arena in Fridley, and the Schwan Super Rink, in Blaine. Team Canada won their seventh consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States. Russia upset Finland 2–1 to capture their first medal in women's hockey.

Teams

With the promotion and relegation format now in use, the top seven nations were joined by Kazakhstan, the winner of Group B in 2000.

World Championship Group A

The eight participating teams were divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams played each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group proceeded to the Final Round, while the remaining teams played in the Consolation Round.

First round

Group A

Standings

Results All times local

Group B

Standings

Results All times local

Playoff round

Consolation round 5–8 place

Consolation round 7–8 place

Consolation round 5–6 place

Final round

Semifinals

Match for third place

Final

Statistics Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- Cammi Granato 5 7 6 13 0 16 Krissy Wendell 5 3 9 12 4 10 Nancy Drolet 5 4 7 11 4 7 Jennifer Botterill 5 8 2 10 4 11 Ekaterina Pashkevich 5 6 4 10 2 5 Jenny Schmidgall 5 3 7 10 4 15 Kelly Bechard 5 1 9 10 8 10 Tammy Shewchuk 5 5 4 9 2 11 Danielle Goyette 5 4 5 9 0 8 Katie King 5 7 1 8 0 10

Goaltending leaders

Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV% Sara Decosta 120:00 1 40 0.50 97.50 Kim St-Pierre 180:00 2 64 0.67 96.88 Sami Jo Small 120:00 1 21 0.50 95.24 Sarah Tueting 178:49 3 45 1.01 93.33 Irina Gachennikova 286:07 13 150 2.73 91.33

Final standings

Rk. Team Notes 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Relegated to the 2003 World Championships Division I

Rosters Medal Team Players Sami Jo Small, Becky Kellar, Colleen Sostorics, Therese Brisson, Cheryl Pounder, Caroline Ouellette, Danielle Goyette, Jayna Hefford, Jennifer Botterill, Nancy Drolet, Correne Bredin, Dana Antal, Kelly Bechard, Tammy Shewchuk, Gina Kingsbury, Kim St-Pierre, Vicky Sunohara, Isabelle Chartrand, Cassie Campbell, Geraldine Heaney Sara DeCosta, Winny Brodt, Angela Ruggiero, Nicki Luongo, Karyn Bye, Sue Merz, A.J. Mleczko, Jenny Schmidgall, Julie Chu, Shelley Looney, Krissy Wendell, Alana Blahoski, Annamarie Holmes, Katie King, Cammi Granato, Natalie Darwitz, Chris Bailey, Tricia Dunn, Carisa Zaban, Sarah Tueting Maria Misropian, Kristina Petrovskaia, Alena Khomitch, Elena Bobrova, Violetta Simanova, Larisa Mishina, Tatiana Sotnikova, Yulia Gladysheva, Ekaterina Smolentseva, Tatiana Tsareva, Luidmila Yurlova, Irina Gachennikova, Svetlana Trefilova, Svetlana Terentieva, Tatiana Burina, Ekaterina Pashkevich, Olga Savenkova, Oksana Tretiakova, Zhanna Shchelchkova, Irina Votintseva

World Championship Division I

World Championship Group B was renamed Division I and was played again with an eight team tournament which was hosted by Briançon in France. won the tournament with a 2–1 victory over to see them bounce straight back to the main World Championship in 2003.

Directorate Awards Goalie: Kim St-Pierre (Canada) Defender: Karyn Bye (United States) Forward: Jennifer Botterill (Canada) Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Botterill (Canada)Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p. 543, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada,

References

External links Summary from the Women's Hockey Net Detailed summary from passionhockey.com