The 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship was the eighth edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship (the ninth edition overall, if the season when only the lower divisions were played is also counted).
The Top Division tournament was held from March 30 to April 6, 2004 in Halifax and Dartmouth, Canada at the Halifax Metro Centre (now known as Scotiabank Centre), and the Dartmouth Sportsplex (now known as Zatzman Sportsplex). The Canadian national women's hockey team won their eighth straight World Championships. The event had 9 teams, because the 2003 event was cancelled due to the SARS epidemic, therefore no teams were relegated and the winners of the 2002 and 2003 Division I tournaments qualified. Canada won their 37th consecutive World Championship game before losing 3–1 in their third game. They later avenged their loss to the US by defeating them in the gold medal game 2–1. Sweden and Finland also met each other twice, with Finland winning the bronze medal game 3–2 improving on the earlier draw.
In addition to being the qualifications for the 2005 world tournaments, this year also finalized the qualification for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Top Division Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Qualifying round Group D
Group E
Group F
Final round Bronze medal game
Final
Final standings 4 5 6 7 8 9
Awards and statistics Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIM 1 Jennifer Botterill 5 3 8 11 +8 0 2 Natalie Darwitz 5 7 3 10 +7 2 2 Jayna Hefford 5 7 3 10 +6 2 4 Caroline Ouellette 5 3 6 9 +10 0 5 Krissy Wendell 4 4 3 7 +7 0 6 Angela Ruggiero 5 2 5 7 +9 2 6 Danielle Goyette 5 2 5 7 +7 6 8 Cherie Piper 5 1 6 7 +7 4 9 Jenny Potter 5 3 3 6 +6 4 10 Katie King 5 2 4 6 +6 2 10 Elin Holmlöv 5 2 4 6 −1 8GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Kim St. Pierre 179:44 3 1.00 95.16 2 2 Pam Dreyer 158:39 4 1.51 92.86 0 2 Chanda Gunn 139:18 2 0.86 92.86 2 4 Florence Schelling 166:14 5 1.80 92.42 1 5 Heidi Wiik 240:00 5 1.25 92.19 1TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Directorate Awards Goaltender: Kim St. Pierre Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero Forward: Jayna Hefford Most Valuable Player: Jennifer BotterillCollins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p. 544, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada,
All-Star team Goaltender: Pam Dreyer Defencemen: Gunilla Andersson, Angela Ruggiero Forwards: Jennifer Botterill, Natalie Darwitz, Jayna Hefford
Division I The Division I IIHF World Women's Championships were held March 14–20, 2004 in Ventspils, Latvia
is promoted to the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and are demoted to Division II
Awards and statistics Directorate Awards Goalie: Yelena Kuznetsova, (Kazakhstan) Defender: Olga Konysheva, (Kazakhstan) Forward: Iveta Koka, (Latvia) Source: Passionhockey.com
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIM 1 Hege Ask 5 5 3 8 0 2 2 Iveta Koka 5 2 6 8 +7 2 3 Drahomíra Fialová 5 4 2 6 +3 2 3 Eva Holešova 5 4 2 6 −1 4 3 Zuzana Králová 5 4 2 6 +5 4 3 Christine Duchamp 5 4 2 6 −1 10 7 Lyubov Alexeyeva 5 3 3 6 +10 4 8 Inese Geca-Miljone 5 5 0 5 +5 4 9 Olga Potapova 5 4 1 5 +10 4 10 Helene Martinsen 5 4 1 5 +3 14GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Yelena Kuznetsova 298:57 4 0.80 95.70 3 2 Radka Lhotská 180:00 5 1.67 93.06 0 3 Lolita Andriševska 300:00 14 2.80 92.86 0 3 Nolwenn Rousselle 300:00 11 2.20 92.86 1 5 Petra Šmardová 120:00 4 2.00 91.49 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Division II The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships will be held March 14–20, 2004 in Sterzing, Italy
is promoted to Division I while and are demoted to Division III in the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
Awards and statistics Directorate Awards Goalie: Zuzana Tomčíková Defender: Jana Kapustová Forward: Maria Leitner Source: Passionhockey.com
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIM 1 Nicole Bona 5 3 9 12 +7 8 2 Maria Leitner 5 7 4 11 +10 2 3 Tine Perry 5 5 5 10 +3 6 4 Marie Henriksen 5 3 7 10 +7 0 5 Sofie Lund 5 8 1 9 +4 2 6 Sabina Florian 5 6 1 7 +6 6 7 Martina Veličková 5 5 2 7 +5 2 8 Zuzana Moravčíková 5 4 2 6 +10 2 9 Natalie Babonyová 5 3 3 6 +5 6 10 Maria Olausson 5 5 0 5 +7 2GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Andrea Risova 120:00 1 0.50 95.00 1 2 Debora Montanari 247:10 4 0.97 94.81 3 3 Camilla Bedmar 240:00 6 1.50 93.18 1 4 Helena Kysela 300:00 13 2.60 93.16 1 5 Vicky Robbins 245:39 19 4.54 91.88 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Division III The Division III IIHF Women World Championships were held March 21–28, 2004 in Maribor, Slovenia.
was promoted to Division II at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, while both and were relegated to the newly formed Division IV.
Awards and statistics Directorate Awards Goalie: Nina Geyer, (Austria) Defender: Kerstin Oberhuber, (Austria) Forward: Jasmina Rosar, (Slovenia) Source: Passionhockey.com
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIM 1 Jasmina Rošar 5 11 6 17 +9 8 2 Ina Prezelj 5 9 8 17 +9 4 3 Denise Altmann 5 6 5 11 +14 10 4 Eva Maria Schwarzler 5 6 3 9 +14 2 5 Pia Pren 5 4 3 7 +9 2 6 Esther Kantor 5 3 3 6 +10 4 7 Cacilia Reichel 5 3 3 6 +9 0 8 Sonja Ban 5 4 1 5 +10 0 8 Kerstin Oberhuber 5 4 1 5 +12 2 8 Edit Darányi 5 4 1 5 +1 6 8 Tímea Tóvölgyi 5 4 1 5 +1 2GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: [ IIHF.com]
Goaltending leaders Player Mins GA SOG GAA SV% Nina Geyer151:132 580.7996.55 Hedvika Korbar239:303 640.7595.31 Beata Antal293:1318 2313.6892.21 Doris Abele148:472 240.8191.67 Eszter Kökényesi280:0015 1423.2189.44
Citations
References Complete results
IIHF results index for 2004