Women's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

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12 hours ago, hckosice said:

So tomorrow begin the final battles for PyeongChang, the first match between France and Germany will start at 6:30 AM our central european time in Tomakomai, Japan. Remember only the tournament winners will qualify to the olympics, we will use the IIHF traditional rules, so since each match must have a winner the main tie-breakrer in case of points equality is the head 2 head confrontation result, so every game will be important and can be decisive at the end.

 

Good luck to all last 8 contenders.

 

and Germany beat France 3-2 (after Penalty Shootout) in the opening game of group D in Japan...meanwhile Japan is 2-1 ahead of Austria in the 2nd period at the moment...

 

p.s. all games from both tournaments can be watched for free on the Olympic Channel (and for those who can watch those channels, Saturday's SUI vs NOR will be live on the Swiss National TV SF2 HD and Sunday's SUI vs CZE will be live on the Czech public Sport channel CT Sport HD)...

[hckošice 14,902]

FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND

Tournament 2

Tomakomai (JPN) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017

 

Round-Robin

4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st Nation will Qualify to the Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

 

Day 1 Results

 

Germany  (GWS)3 - 2  France

(Score by Period: 0-1, 1-0, 1-1, OT: 0-0, GWS: 1-0)

9th February 2017, h. 14:30 (GMT +9), Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

 

Austria  1 - 6  Japan  

(Score by Period: 1-1, 0-2, 0-3)

9th February 2017, h. 18:00 (GMT +9), Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

 

Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 1

RANK	NATION	GAME	WINS	W(OT)	L(OT)	LOSE	SCORE	POINTS
1	Japan	1	1	0	0	0	6:1	3
2	Germany	1	0	1	0	0	3:2	2
3	France	1	0	0	1	0	2:3	1
4	Austria	1	0	0	0	1	1:6	0

 

 

[hckošice 14,902]

FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND

Tournament 2

Tomakomai (JPN) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017

 

 

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Germany - France  3-2 after GWS

 

Germany 3, France 2

Anwander scores shootout winner in thriller

                       Germany's Manuela Anwander scores the shootout winner against French goalie Caroline Baldin

 

 

Germany scored late in regulation and twice in the shootout to beat France 3-2 in their opening game of the Final Olympic Qualification Group D.

 

Lore Baudrit scored four minutes into the third period to give France a 2-1 lead.

 

It looked like the game would end in France's favor but with just over a minute left in regulation, Marie Delarbre beat France goalie Caroline Baldin from a tight angle to send the game to a 3-on-3 overtime.

 

Neither team scored in overtime and the game went to a shootout.

 

Manuela Anwander scored Germany's first goal of the shootout, deking Baldin and Andrea Lanzl added another by beating Baldin five-hole from close range. France didn't score on any of its shootout chances.

 

"We never gave up and I think today's result shows our character," Germany captain Julia Zorn said. "This was the first step and we want to keep improving with every game."

 

One team from Group D will qualify for the Pyeongchang Olympics. The other teams in the group are Japan and Austria.

 

Eight nations will play in the women's tournament at the 2018 Games. The United States, Canada, Finland, Russia and Sweden have already secured places, along with South Korea which earns a spot as the host nation.

 

France took a 1-0 lead late in the first period when Marion Allemoz picked up a loose puck on a goal-mouth scramble and fired past German goalkeeper Jennifer Harss.

 

Germany was penalized three times in the first period and the first goal came on a delayed penalty.

 

"We took too many penalties in the first period," Germany coach Benjamin Hinterstocker said. "I talked to the players in the first intermission and told them we have to play a full 60 minutes, period by period."

 

Germany equalized on a power-play goal at 14:58 of the second period. Sophie Kratzer grabbed a rebound and lifted a backhanded shot over Baldin.

 

Germany dominated play in the third but was unable to take advantage of their power-play opportunities. The Germans had a 5-on-3 midway through the third period but couldn't find an equalizer. When they did get a shot on net, Baldin was there to make the save.

 

 

[hckošice 14,902]

FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND

Tournament 2

Tomakomai (JPN) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017

 

 

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Austria - Japan  1-6

Japan overpowers Austria

Veteran Kubo scores a hat trick

                                                              Japan's Ami Nakamura and Akane Hosoyamada celebrate a goal against Austria.

 

 

Japan relied on its speed and conditioning to overwhelm Austria 6-1 in its first game of the Final Olympic Qualification Group D.

 

Veteran Hanae Kubo scored a a hat trick for Japan which is bidding to qualify for its third Olympics following Nagano and Sochi.

 

"We got off to a bit of a slow start but were able to find our rhythm as the game progressed," Japan coach Takeshi Yamanaka said. "This was a good way to start the tournament and will give us a lot of confidence going forward."

 

Kubo put Japan ahead early in the first period but Austria equalized on a goal by captain Esther Kantor in the final minute of the opening frame.

 

It was all Japan after that. Shiori Koike widening the lead just under three minutes into the second period and Kubo put Japan firmly in control with her second goal of the night midway through the period.

 

Shoko Ono put the game out of reach at 4-1 when she deflected a centering pass by Chiho Osawa four minutes into the third period.

 

Kubo completed her hat trick on a powerplay with with 3:10 remaining and Akane Hosoyamada completed the rout late in the third.

 

"I had a wide-open net and it was just a question of tapping it in," Kubo said of her third goal. "I give a lot of credit to my teammates who got me the puck."

 

One team in Group D will qualify for the Pyeongchang Olympics. Germany beat France 3-2 in Thursday's first game.

 

Manuela Anwander and Andrea Lanzl scored in the shootout for Germany after Marie Delarbre tallied in the final minute of regulation to tie the game at 2-2.

 

Eight nations will play in the women's tournament at the 2018 Games. The United States, Canada, Finland, Russia and Sweden have already secured places, along with Korea which earns a spot as the host nation.

 

Japan will France in its next game on Saturday while Germany takes on Austria.

 

[dcro 10,210]

This tournament looks very much like a formality. They could give Japan the place right away...

[hckošice 14,902]

FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND

Tournament 1

Arosa (SUI) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017

 

Round-Robin

4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st Nation will Qualify to the Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

 

Day 1 Results

 

Denmark  1 - 6  Switzerland

(Score by Period: 0-2, 0-3, 1-1)

9th February 2017, h. 16:00 (GMT +1), Sport und Kongresszentrum, Arosa

 

Czech Republic  5 - 0  Norway  

(Score by Period: 2-0, 3-0, 0-0)

9th February 2017, h. 20:00 (GMT +1), Sport und Kongresszentrum, Arosa

 

Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 1

RANK	NATION	GAME	WINS	W(OT)	L(OT)	LOSE	SCORE	POINTS
1	Switzerland	1	1	0	0	0	6:1	3
2	Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	0	5:0	3
3	Denmark	1	0	0	0	1	1:6	0
4	Norway	1	0	0	0	1	0:5	0

 

 

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FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND

Tournament 1

Arosa (SUI) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017

 

 

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Denmark - Switzerland  1-6

Easy start for Swiss

Stalder shines with hat trick vs. Danes

                                      The Swiss players celebrate a goal in the Final Olympic Qualification opener against Denmark

 

 

The Swiss women’s national team had a successful start into the Final Olympic Qualification Group C on home ice beating Denmark 6-1.

 

The Swiss dominated the game for two periods and earned a deserved opening win. Lara Stalder scored a hat trick and collected five points.

 

“We planned to enter the tournament step by step and stick to our game plan and it worked. We were a bit nervous in the beginning but then played well for two periods. In the third period we allowed them to come back into the game and they scored a goal, which shouldn’t happen, but we learn from that so that it’ll be good against Norway,” Stalder said.

 

Already after 82 seconds it was Stalder, who had the first chance of the game. The Swiss didn’t manage to capitalize on their chances in the first minutes but at 9:18 they were lucky when a long shot from Alina Muller unexpectedly found the way into the Danish net.

 

After that goal the Danes had to work more on their offence but they struggled and sometimes became an easy target for breakaways.

Five minutes after the first goal Christine Meier capitalized on a rebound during the Swiss’ first power play to make it 2-0 following a video review by the officials.

 

At the end of the period the Swiss had a couple of chances including Alina Muller with a penalty shot. She tried to deke Danish netminder Lisa Jensen but didn’t succeed against her.

 

“The discrepancy is probably the reality. We knew they’re a good team, we’ve never played them before,” Denmark captain Henriette Ostergaard said.

 

“We knew we had to work hard at our end but that being said I don’t think they were that much better than us. I think we had good chances we should have scored on. They had a few lucky goals in the beginning, which kind of set us back a little bit. We knew we had to play defensive hockey and that’s what we did. I think we did a good job in our own end but we just lacked the last little bit.”

 

In the middle frame the Swiss became more dominant and gained momentum. They didn’t let the Danes create a single chance for a while and kept the puck in the Danish zone even when playing shorthanded.

 

The Danes managed to keep the score low until the Swiss netted three goals in the second half of the period. At 13:18 Stalder was free on the right side to make it 2-0 and two-and-a-half minutes later, seconds after a Danish penalty had expired, Sabrina Zollinger scored for Switzerland. With 60 seconds left Stalder scored a shorthanded goal on a breakaway for the 5-0 score after two periods.

 

The Swiss also outshot Denmark in the last period in which Jeanette Langsager scored the consolation goal for the Scandinavians before Stalder completed her hat trick with a penalty shot.

 

The Swiss, supported by a vocal crowd of 450 fans in the mountain resort of Arosa, will continue the tournament against Norway on Saturday. Tonight the Czech Republic will play Norway.

 

“The teams from the Nordic countries are always athletic and fast. We analyzed Denmark as we will analyze Norway and go step by step,“ Stalder said.

 

 

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FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND

Tournament 1

Arosa (SUI) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017

 

 

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Czech Republic - Norway  5-0

 

Czechs follow suit

Easy win vs. Norway underlines Olympic ambitions

                                                      Czech player Tereza Vanisova is followed by Norway's Helene Martinsen

 

 

After Switzerland’s opening win against Denmark, the Czechs follow suit with another five-goal victory against Norway in the Olympic Qualification.

 

The Czech women’s national team will play in the top division of the IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship for the third time in a few weeks in Plymouth near Detroit, USA, but it has never qualified for the Olympic Winter Games.

 

It’s something they want to chance in the Final Olympic Qualification Group C in Arosa, Switzerland, and their 5-0 blanking of Norway underlines these ambitions as they moved up to Switzerland in the Day 1 standing winning their game with the same margin.

 

Denisa Krizova, one of the Czechs playing NCAA college hockey, scored two goals en route to the clear victory.

 

It was her who opened the scoring too. Katerina Mrazova sent a nice pass to the blue line allowing Krizova to skate alone to the net of 16-year-old rookie Ena Nystrom beating the Norwegian netminder top-shelf at 4:15.

 

It was a period with chances on both ends but with 2:35 left the Czechs made it 2-0. Vendula Pribylova shot on a loose puck from ten metres and Michaela Pejzlova scored on the rebound.

 

The Norwegians had chances too such as a crossbar shot in the second period and a Line Bialik shot deflected up into the air but the Czechs were more dangerous and more efficient on the other side. After a centering pass from Alena Polenska, Aneta Ledlova made it 3-0 at 12:09 of a second period that followed a similar pattern like the afternoon game as the Czechs netted three goals in seven minutes.

 

At 15:35 Aneta Tejralova sent of a hard point shot during a Czech power play and Krizova was in perfect position to make it a four-goal lead. And it wasn’t enough yet. The Czechs got another power play and they converted it again when Lucie Povova reacted fastest on a loose puck close to the Norwegian net.

 

[hckošice 14,902]

Very likeable effort of the french girls so far must admit I am pleasantly surprised by their level

 

https://freshlive.tv/icehockey-ch/82245?utm_source=embed

[hckošice 14,902]

FINAL QUALIFICATION ROUND

Tournament 2

Tomakomai (JPN) - 09.02.2017 - 12.02.2017

 

Round-Robin

4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st Nation will Qualify to the Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

 

Day 2 Results

 

Germany  4 - 1  Austria

(Score by Period: 2-1, 0-0, 2-0)

11th February 2017, h. 14:30 (GMT +9), Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

 

Japan  4 - 1  France  

(Score by Period: 1-0, 1-1, 2-0)

11th February 2017, h. 18:00 (GMT +9), Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

 

Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 2

RANK	NATION	GAME	WINS	W(OT)	L(OT)	LOSE	SCORE	POINTS
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	0	10:2	6
2	Germany	2	1	1	0	0	7:3	5
3	France	2	0	0	1	1	3:7	1
4	Austria	2	0	0	0	2	2:10	0