Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1998 Olympic women's ice hockey tournament was the first year that featured women in ice hockey competition. It was anticipated that the women's gold medal match would feature Canada versus the United States. Canada was favored to come out on top as they had won all the competitions in previous years in women's hockey, with the United States perpetually finishing second, while no other national teams could match their level of play. However, the United States beat Canada in the final and became the first country to win gold in women's ice hockey at the Olympics.

Petra Vaarakallio scored the first-ever goal in women's ice hockey at the Olympics in 1998. She had won bronze at the 1992 World Ringette Championships but stopped playing ringette after receiving a six-month suspension for kicking an opponent who was lying on the ice.

There were no qualification tournaments, the host Japan played alongside the top five nations at the previous season's World Championships.

Rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Final round

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Medalists Women's tournamentAlana BlahoskiA. J. MleczkoAngela RuggieroCammi Granato (C)Chris BaileyColleen CoyneLisa Brown-MillerGretchen UlionJenny SchmidgallKaryn Bye (A)Katie KingLaurie BakerTricia DunnSandra WhyteSara DeCosta (G)Sarah Tueting (G)Shelley LooneySue MerzTara MounseyVicki MovsessianHead coach: Ben SmithBecky KellarCassie CampbellDanielle GoyetteFiona SmithFrance Saint-LouisGeraldine HeaneyHayley WickenheiserJayna HeffordJennifer BotterillJudy DiduckKaren NystromKathy McCormackLaura SchulerLesley Reddon (G)Lori DupuisManon Rhéaume (G)Nancy DroletStacy Wilson (C)Thérèse Brisson (A)Vicky SunoharaHead coach: Shannon MillerEmma TerhoRiikka Nieminen (A)Johanna IkonenKaroliina RantamäkiKatja RiipiKatja LehtoKirsi Hänninen (A) Liisa-Maria Sneck (G)Maria SelinMarianne Ihalainen (C)Marika LehtimäkiMarja-Helena PälviläPäivi SaloPetra VaarakallioSanna LankosaariSari FiskSari KrooksSatu HuotariTiia ReimaTuula Puputti (G)Head coach: Rauno Korpi

Final rankings

Statistics

Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Riikka Nieminen 6 7 5 12 +144 F Danielle Goyette 6 8 1 9 +1010 F Karyn Bye 6 5 3 8 +44 F Cammi Granato 6 4 4 8 +20 F Katie King 6 4 4 8 +102 F Gretchen Ulion 6 3 5 8 34 F Hayley Wickenheiser 6 2 6 8 +74 F Thérèse Brisson 6 5 2 7 +56 D Laurie Baker 6 4 3 7 +106 F Kirsi Hänninen 6 4 3 7 +136 D GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: eurohockey.com

Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list. Player TOI GA SA Sv% SO Sarah Tueting 210 4 64 93.75 1 Manon Rhéaume 208 4 54 92.59 1 Charlotte Göthesson 120 5 53 90.57 1 Tuula Puputti 271 7 67 89.55 1 Guo Hong 350 16 150 89.33 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Broadcasts Television broadcasts of the women's tournament by The Sports Network were produced by Paul Graham.

Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

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