2022 Women's World Challenge

2022 Women's World Challenge
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)Cornerstone Community Center, Green Bay
Dates26 August – 28 September
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runners-up  Canada
Third place Team World
Fourth place Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Games played8
Goals scored58 (7.25 per game)
Official website
Green Bay 2022

The 2022 Women's World Challenge (or for sponsorship reasons, the 2022 Women's World Challenge presented by Citi) was the inaugural edition of this Para Ice Hockey world competition made for women's teams. This tournament acts as a precursor for a fully fledged Women's World Championship in 2025.[1] The tournament was held in Green Bay, Wisconsin in the United States. United States won the tournament after beating Canada, 5–1, in the Gold Medal match.[2] While Team World defeated Great Britain 7–0 to secure bronze.

Host selection

For the first edition, Green Bay, in Wisconsin, was given the hosting rights.[1]

Teams

Four teams took part: Canada, United States, Great Britain, Team World.

Citi is the sponsor for the competition.[3]

Broadcasting rights

The games were streamed live on the Green Bay 2022 website, World Para Ice Hockey Facebook page and Paralympics Games YouTube channel.

Rosters

In total, the players came from 7 countries.[4]

Canada

Head coach: Tara Chrisholm

No. Pos. Name
25FHadley Frittenburg
14FRaphaelle Tousignant
15FSheena Darnley
9DMackenzie Spong
18FAubree Clements
12DAlicia Souveny
71DEmilie Charron-Pilotte
29FVanessa Racine
23FHailey King
10DClaire Buchanan
17FAlanna Mah
33GMarie-Eve Croteau
22DPeggy Assinck
8DMeghan Harris
31GTracey Arnold
16DHailey Halik
11FMyriam Adam
30GJessie Gregory
5FAlyssa White

Great Britain

Head coach: Ian Offers

No. Pos. Name
22DAlysha Tracy Anne Atkinson
6FShannon Marie Couch
7FDani Czernuszka-Watts
4DRae Davis
21DLeanne Emmerson
13DFelicity Elizabeth Anne Gregory
99GNicole Jodi Hill
87FSarah Louise Hope
12FFreya Alice Levy
11DHelen Louise McGivern
94FEmily Louise McLean
8FStacey Quirk
3GSusi Rogers-Hartley
15FNicola Claire Terrell

United states

Head coach: Rose Misiewicz

No. Pos. Name
13FBrianna Atkins
44FJamie Benassi
17FSarah Bettencourt
30GHope Bevilhymer
11FKelsey Lee Diclaudio
15FLera Doederlein
5FMadison Eberhard
6FCatherine Faherty
83FMadeleine Gallagher
19DChristy Gardner
14GGabby Graves-Wake
4FRachel Grusse
36FKaden Herchenroether
31DRobynne Hill
12DChloe Kirkpatrick
2FKatie Ladlie
8DErica McKee
16DMonica Quimby

Team World

Head coach: Espen Hedge

No. Pos. Name
14GFrance Elisabeth Bisaillon
10DGermany Cameon Eisenzimmer
22FCanada Amanda Fanizza
4FJapan Meika Fujiwara
5FLatvia Dina Grinberga
21FGermany Isabelle Hogness
16DFinland Sanna Koivusalo
1GCanada Hope Magelky
7DCanada Rebecca Mann
3DUnited States Cindy Ouellet
9FSweden Caroline Persson
23FNorway Solvei Skjold
6FUnited States Ai Lin Zheng

Referees

For the first time ever in an international Para Ice Hockey competition, there was an all-female officiating crew.[5]

Referees
 Danielle Williams (CAN)
 Jane Ogilvie (CAN)
 Rachel Hutchinson (GBR)
 Bianca Bartolomei (USA)
 Bree Kraut (USA)
 Brooke Nunemaker (USA)
 Evonne Fix (USA)
 Sarah Hickman (USA)

Format

The four teams all played each other in a round robin format. The top two advanced to the final, while bottom 2 played a bronze medal match.

Group stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 0 17 0 +17 9 Gold Medal match
2  Canada 3 2 0 0 1 24 5 +19 6
3 Team World 3 1 0 0 2 5 19 −14 3 Bronze Medal match
4  Great Britain 3 0 0 0 3 1 23 −22 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host

All times are Central Daylight Time (−05:00 GMT).

Match results

26 August 2022
15:00
Great Britain 1–5
(0–1, 0–1, 1–3)
Team WorldCornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3
[Game reference 1]
HillGoaliesMagelky
Bisaillon
0–113:13 – pp – Zheng
0–223:21 – Persson (Ouellet, Skjold)
0–334:20 – Zheng (Ouellet, Mann)
0–435:19 – Mann (Zheng)
0–538:20 – Mann
McLean (Couch, Quirk) – 36:471–5
0 minPenalties8 min
7Shots24
26 August 2022
18:36
United States 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 CanadaCornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3
[Game reference 2]
Graves-Wake, BevilhymerGoaliesArnold
DiClaudio (Ladlie) – 1:331–0
Faherty (Doederlein) – 19:422–0
Eberhard (Faherty) – 20:533–0
DiClaudio – 22:204–0
Ladlie (Doederlein) – 42:555–0
4 minPenalties6 min
31Shots4

27 August 2022
10:00
Canada 12–0
(4–0, 4–0, 4–0)
Team WorldCornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3
[Game reference 3]
Arnold
Yurczyszyn
GoaliesMagelky
Mah – 00:341–0
Tousignant – 1:102–0
White (Charron-Pilotte) – pp – 13:213–0
Mah – 14:584–0
White (Assinck) – 16:145–0
Tousignant – 23:116–0
Mah – 23:367–0
de Boer (Mah) – pp – 29:368–0
Buchanan – 30:599–0
Tousignant – sh – 33:4110–0
Mah – 39:4211–0
Clements (Tousignant) – 40:3812–0
4 minPenalties6 min
25Shots4
27 August 2022
13:30
Canada 12–0
(4–0, 6–0, 2–0)
 Great BritainCornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3
[Game reference 4]
YurczyszynGoaliesHill
Harris (Mah) – 3:591–0
Tousignant – 4:362–0
Clements (Tousignant) – pp – 7:383–0
Myriam Adam – 7:584–0
Spong (Clements) – sh – 11:585–0
Assinck – 18:316–0
White – pp – 19:217–0
Clements (Hanson) – pp – 21:148–0
de Boer (Mah) – pp – 25:159–0
Clements (Mah) – pp – 25:4610–0
Assinck (Frittenburg) – 35:2411–0
Clements (de Boer) – 41:0012–0
4 minPenalties4 min
46Shots2

27 August 2022
17:00
Team World0–6
(0–2, 0–4, 0–0)
United States Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3
[Game reference 5]
BisaillonGoaliesBevilhymer
0–19:55 – pp – DiClaudio (Grusse)
0–214:51 – Hill (Doederlein, Faherty)
0–316:59 – Doederlein (Herchenroether, Faherty)
0–418:14 – Gallagher (Hill)
0–525:56 – Gallagher
0–629:49 – Gallagher (Benassi)
2 minPenalties4 min
0Shots20
27 August 2022
20:30
Great Britain 0–6
(0–4, 0–1, 0–1)
 United StatesCornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3
[Game reference 6]
Hill
Levy
GoaliesGraves-Wake
0–12:21 – Herchenroether
0–23:12 – Eberhard (DiClaudio)
0–38:44 Gardner (Faherty)
0–413:11 – Atkins (Gallagher)
0–522:14 – Benassi
0–632:44 – pp – Quimby
2 minPenalties0 min
0Shots18

Knockout stage

Bronze medal match

28 August
11:00
Team World5–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 Great BritainCornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3
[Game reference 7]
Bisaillon
Magelky
GoaliesHall
Zheng. (Mann) – pp – 6:081–0
Mann (Grinberga) – pp – 6:262–0
Zheng (Ouellet) – 14:023–0
Ouellet (Mann, Zheng) – 20:264–0
Mann (Zheng) – 32:005–0
2 minPenalties6 min
12Shots3

Gold medal match

28 August
15:00
Canada 1–5
(1–4, 0–0, 0–1)
 United StatesCornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3
[Game reference 8]
ArnoldGoaliesBevilhymer
0–100:49 – Ladlie (DiClaudio)
0–23:51 – Ladlie (McKee, DiClaudio)
Tousignant – 5:341–2
1–312:23 – Doederlein (Faherty)
1–413:33 – pp – Faherty (McKee, DiClaudio)
1–534:30 – Faherty (Doederlein, Eberhard)
12 minPenalties12 min
4Shots20

Final rankings

RankTeam
 United States
 Canada
Team World
4 Great Britain

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Four teams set to compete at first Women's World Challenge presented by Citi". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Convincing USA takes gold in Green Bay against arch-rival Canada". International Paralympic Committee.
  3. ↑ "Stage set for Women's World Challenge with top action". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Green Bay 2022 Info for Teams". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "All-women's officiating crew to make Para ice hockey history in Green Bay". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

Game references

  1. ↑ "Game 1 – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Game 2 – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Game 3 – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Game 3(sic) – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Game 5 – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Game 6 – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Game 7 – Bronze Medal Game". GameSheet, Inc. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Game 8 – Gold Medal Game". GameSheet, Inc. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.