2011 MLP Nations Cup

2011 MLP Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	Bodensee Arena
Dates	January 4 – 8
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Canada (8th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played	11
Goals scored	73 (6.64 per game)
Attendance	1,210 (110 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Vicki Bendus (9 points); Bailey Bram (9 points)

The 2011 MLP Nations Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament that featured five countries' national teams in addition to Canada, who played with their national under-22 team. Canada has defended the title which they won in 2010. All games were contested at the Bodensee Arena in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.

Group stage

All times local (CET/UTC +1)^[1]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	2	1	0	1	0	9	6	+3	4	Advance to semifinal
Russia	2	1	0	0	1	4	6	−2	3	Advance to semifinal
Finland	2	0	1	0	1	4	5	−1	2	5th-place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

January 4, 2011
20:00

Finland

4–3 SO
(1–1, 2–2, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–1)

Sweden

Bodensee Arena
Attendance: 50

Game reference

Anna Vanhatalo

Goalies

Sara Grahn

Referee:

Katja Bandlowski

	0–1	05:59 – F. Nevalainen (E. Eliasson, E. Holst)
K. Rantamäki (S. Tuominen, S. Kärnä) – 19:35	1–1
T. Niskanen (K. Rantamäki) (PP) – 22:15	2–1
	2–2	27:44 – T. Enström (R. Stenberg)
K. Rantamäki (S. Kärnä) – 37:02	3–2
	3–3	38:43 – K. Myren (T. Enström)
K. Rantamäki – 65:00	4–3

2 min

Penalties

24 min

40

Shots

41

January 5, 2011
16:00

Russia

2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Finland

Bodensee Arena
Attendance: 30

Game reference

Anna Prugova

Goalies

Maija Hassinen

Referee:

Nicole Hertrich

S. Terenteva – 06:23	1–0
E. Lebedeva (S. Kolmykova, N. Shiryaeva) – 33:33	2–0

14 min

Penalties

12 min

43

Shots

40

January 6, 2011
16:00

Sweden

6–2
(1–1, 3–0, 2–1)

Russia

Bodensee Arena
Attendance: 90

Game reference

Valentina Lizana

Goalies

Anna Prugova

Referee:

Katja Bandlowski

	0–1	02: 16 – T. Burina (G. Skiba, O. Sosina) (PP)
A. Svedin (K. Myren, N. Larsen) – 17:02	1–1
K. Myren (PP) – 26:19	2–1
E. Eliasson (E. Holt, G. Andersson) – 30:56	3–1
A. Östlund (J. Asserholt, K. Johansson) – 39:00	4–1
	4–2	51:06 – I. Dyubanok (G. Skiba) (PP)
A. Svedin (L. Bäckman, T. Enström) – 56:09	5–2
A. Östlund (E. Eliasson, E. Grahm – 59:53	6–2

10 min

Penalties

10 min

53

Shots

37

Group B

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	2	2	0	0	0	14	0	+14	6	Advance to semifinal
Germany	2	0	1	0	1	5	13	−8	2	Advance to semifinal
Switzerland	2	0	0	1	1	4	10	−6	1	5th-place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

January 4, 2011
16:00

Canada

5–0
(3–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Goalies

Referee:

Nicole Hertrich

C. Birchard (J. Saulnier, L. McIntosh) – 10:59	1–0
C. Karpenko (M. Deluce) – 15:09	2–0
J. Campbell (J. Wong) – 19:25	3–0
J. Campbell (V. Bendus) – 53:03	4–0
L. McIntosh (J. Saulnier, I. Menard) – 56:04	5–0

12 min

Penalties

14 min

67

Shots

18

January 5, 2011
20:00

Switzerland

4–5 OT
(1–1, 1–2, 2–1)
(OT: 0–1)

Germany

Bodensee Arena
Attendance: 120

Game reference

Florence Schelling

Goalies

Viona Harrer

Referee:

Diane Michaud

	0–1	01:36 – B. Evers (A. Lanzl)
S. Marty (S. Wyss, M. Hafliger) (PP) – 04:45	1–1
	1–2	21:15 – J. Zorn (M. Bittner, F. Busch)
	1–3	21:49 – A. Lanzl (B. Evers)
K. Lehmann (R. Michielin) (PP) – 34:45	2–3
	2–4	40:58 – F. Busch (J. Zorn) (PP)
S. Benz (S. Thalmann) – 43:38	3–4
S. Marty (S. Thalmann) (PP) – 46:30	4–4
	4–5	60:43 – J. Zorn (S. Götz)

14 min

Penalties

16 min

44

Shots

57

January 6, 2011
20:00

Germany

0–9
(0–3, 0–2, 0–4)

Canada

Bodensee Arena
Attendance: 212

Game reference

Jennifer Harss

Goalies

Roxanne Douville

Referee:

Diane Michaud

	0–1	01:36 – N. Spooner (L. McIntosh)
	0–2	02:56 – V. Bendus (B. Bram, J. Saulnier)
	0–3	15:45 – J. Saulnier (B. Bram, V. Bendus)
	0–4	22:10 – J. Saulnier (V. Bendus, B. Bram)
	0–5	36:37 – T. Watchorn (J. Wong)
	0–6	41:43 – I. Menard (J. Campbell, S. McKeough)
	0–7	42:15 – C. Prevost (I. Menard, J. Kohanchuk)
	0–8	42:44 – M. Deluce (C. Prevost, L. Fortino)
	0–9	55:59 – S. McKeough (J. Saulnier)

6 min

Penalties

4 min

15

Shots

90

Knockout stage

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Semifinals			Gold-medal game

A1	Sweden	3

B2	Germany	1
			A1	Sweden	0

			B1	Canada	6
B1	Canada	9

A2	Russia	0	Bronze-medal game


			B2	Germany	2

			A2	Russia	7

5th-place match

A3	Finland	2

B3	Switzerland	3*

Key: * – final in shootout.

Semifinals

January 7, 2011
16:00

Canada

9–0
(3–0, 5–0, 1–0)

Russia

Bodensee Arena
Attendance: 63

Game reference

Roxanne Douville

Goalies

Anna Prugova
Valentina Ostrovlyanchik

Referee:

Nicole Hertrich

V. Bendus (C. Birchard, T. Watchorn) (PP) – 01:09	1–0
L. Fortino (B. Bram, V. Bendus) – 13:58	2–0
N. Spooner (PS) – 16:18	3–0
C. Karpenko (M. Deluce) – 21:27	4–0
B. Bram (V. Bendus, J. Saulnier) (PP) – 26:07	5–0
C. Karpenko (C. Prevost, M. Deluce) – 26:46	6–0
B. Bram (V. Bendus, C. Birchard) – 31:56	7–0
I. Menard (S. McKeough, J. Campbell) (PP) – 39:26	8–0
C. White (N. Spooner, S. McKeough) (SH) – 53:46	9–0

6 min

Penalties

14 min

48

Shots

13

January 7, 2011
20:00

Sweden

3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Germany

Bodensee Arena
Attendance: 105

Game reference

Sara Grahn

Goalies

Viona Harrer

Referee:

Diane Michaud

J. Asserholt (L. Bäckman) – 01:20	1–0
E. Holst (E. Eliasson, G. Andersson) – 14:57	2–0
A. Östlund (J. Malmström) – 50:56	3–0
	3–1	54:45 – T. Voigt (A. Kuhn, I. Strohmair)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

46

Shots

23

5th-place game

January 8, 2011
10:00

Finland

2–3 SO
(0–0, 0–0, 2–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Switzerland

Bodensee Arena
Attendance: 110

Game reference

Anna Vanhatolo

Goalies

Florence Schelling

Referee:

Nicole Hertrich

S. Touminen (A. Toumanen, K. Rantamäki) (PP) – 42:49	1–0
	1–1	48:50 – S. Benz (E.Rasseli)
	1–2	50:30 – S. Wyss (S. Thalmann, S. Benz) (PP)
S. Touminen (K. Rantamäki, S. Kärnä) (PP) – 52:20	2–2
	2–3	65:00 – C. Meier

8 min

Penalties

24 min

69

Shots

30

Bronze-medal game

January 8, 2011
16:00

Germany

2–7
(1–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Russia

Bodensee Arena

Game reference

Jennifer Harss

Goalies

Valentina Ostrovlyanchik

Referee:

Katja Bandlowski

S. Kratzer (M. Bittner, N. Kamenik) – 03:59	1–0
	1–1	05:45 – O. Sosina
	1–2	13:50 – N. Shiryaeva (A. Vafina)
	1–3	23:01 – S. Terenteva (A. Vafina, A. Khomich)
	1–4	24:54 – S. Terenteva (O. Semenets, A. Vafina)
M. Bittner (N. Kamenik) – 26:05	2–4
	2–5	28:12 – E. Lebedeva (O. Sosina, M. Sergina) (PP)
	2–6	46:00 – S. Terenteva (G. Skiba)
	2–7	50:51 – G. Skiba (M. Sergina, S. Tkacheva)

14 min

Penalties

16 min

33

Shots

44

Gold-medal game

January 8, 2011
20:00

Sweden

0–6
(0–5, 0–1, 0–0)

Canada

Bodensee Arena
Attendance: 200

Game reference

Sara Grahn
Valentina Lizana

Goalies

Genevieve Laccase

Referee:

Diane Michaud

	0–1	03:12 – L. Fortino
	0–2	07:40 – C. White (N. Spooner, L. Rougeau) (PP)
	0–3	10:04 – V. Bendus (B. Bram, J. Saulnier)
	0–4	16:24 – J. Kohanchuk (B. Bram, I. Menard)
	0–5	18:09 – C. Karpenko (M. Deluce, C. Prevost)
	0–6	28:24 – B. Bram (C. Birchard)

10 min

Penalties

6 min

37

Shots

60

2011 MLP Nations Cup
Canada Eighth title

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

	Canada
	Sweden
	Russia
4	Germany
5	Switzerland
6	Finland

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Vicki Bendus	4	3	6	9	+11	2	FW
Bailey Bram	4	3	6	9	+10	2	FW
Jillian Saulnier	4	2	6	8	+11	2	FW
Karoliina Rantamäki	3	3	3	6	+1	0	FW
Isabel Menard	4	2	3	5	+5	2	FW
Mallory Deluce	4	1	4	5	+5	2	FW
Chelsea Karpenko	4	4	0	4	+5	2	FW
Svetlana Terenteva	4	4	0	4	+1	0	FW
Angelica Östlund	4	3	1	4	+3	0	FW
Jessica Campbell	4	2	2	4	+4	0	FW
Klara Myren	4	2	2	4	-2	4	FW
Natalie Spooner	4	2	2	4	+3	0	FW
Galina Skiba	3	1	3	4	0	2	FW
Courtney Birchard	4	1	3	4	+8	0	DF
Emma Eliasson	4	1	3	4	+4	8	FW
Tina Enström	4	1	3	4	0	2	FW
Stefanie McKeough	4	1	3	4	+5	2	DF
Carolyne Prevost	4	1	3	4	+7	2	FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: [1]

Leading goaltenders

List contains goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO	Source
Roxanne Douville	120:00	0	0.00	100.00	2	[2]
Genevieve Lacasse	120:00	0	0.00	100.00	2	[3]
Valentina Lizana	101:51	3	1.77	96.00	0	[4]
Florence Schelling	125:43	7	3.34	94.44	0	[5]
Viona Harrer	120:43	7	3.48	92.22	0	[6]
Anna Vanhatalo	130:00	6	2.77	90.00	0	[7]
Anna Prugova	146:46	12	4.91	89.57	1	[8]
Sara Grahn	143:09	10	4.19	88.24	0	[9]
Jennifer Harss	120:00	16	8.00	88.06	0	[10]

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

References

^ ^a ^b "MLP Nations Cup 2011 Game-Schedule". Bodensee Arena. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

External links

Official website

[Schedule-1] "MLP Nations Cup 2011 Game-Schedule". Bodensee Arena. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

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