The seventh sanctioned Women's World Hockey Championship, held in Minneapolis, Minn. and surrounding areas, April 2-8, 2001. Top two teams (*) in each group after preliminary round-robin advance to the medal round.
Pool A Final Standings
| GROUP A |
W-L-T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
| *Canada |
3-0-0 |
6 |
29 |
1 |
| *Russia |
2-1-0 |
4 |
12 |
7 |
| Sweden |
1-2-0 |
2 |
3 |
17 |
| Kazakstan |
0-3-0 |
0 |
3 |
22 |
| GROUP B |
W-L-T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
| *United States |
3-0-0 |
6 |
35 |
0 |
| *Finland |
2-1-0 |
4 |
12 |
17 |
| China |
0-2-1 |
1 |
6 |
20 |
| Germany |
0-2-1 |
1 |
2 |
18 |
Medal Round
| Canada 8 |
Finland 0 |
| United States 6 |
Russia 1 |
| Bronze Medal: Russia 2 |
Finland 1 |
| Gold Medal: Canada 3 |
United States 2 |
Scoring Leaders
| |
Gm |
G |
A |
Pts |
PM |
| Cammi Granato, USA |
5 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
0 |
| Krissy Wendell, USA |
5 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
4 |
| Nancy Drolet, Canada |
5 |
4 |
7 |
11 |
4 |
| Jennifer Botterill, Canada |
5 |
8 |
2 |
10 |
4 |
| Ekaterina Pashkevich, Russia |
5 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
| Jenny Schmidgall, USA |
5 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
4 |
| Kelly Bechard, Canada |
5 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
Goaltending Leaders
| (At least 120 minutes) |
Gm |
Min |
Sv% |
GAA |
| Sara DeCosta, USA |
2 |
120 |
.975 |
0.50 |
| Sami Jo Small, Canada |
2 |
120 |
.952 |
0.50 |
| Kim St-Pierre, Canada |
3 |
180 |
.969 |
0.67 |
| Sarah Tueting, USA |
3 |
179 |
.933 |
1.01 |
| Irina Gachennikova, Russia |
5 |
286 |
.913 |
2.73 |
