2005 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup

The 2005 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup was the second holding of the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup (EWCC) ice hockey club tournament. AIK IF Solna of Sweden's Riksserien won the tournament for the second consecutive time.[1]

2005 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countries Sweden
 Estonia
 Germany
 Italy
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
DatesQualifiers
13–16 October 2005
Finals
2–4 December 2005
Teams13
Final positions
Champions Sweden AIK IF (2nd title)
Runner-up Finland Espoo Blues
Third place Russia SKIF Moscow
Fourth placeSwitzerland EV Zug
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Finals
Karoliina Rantamäki, Espoo Blues (5 points)

Each of the Qualification groups and the Super Final were played as single round-robin tournaments. Points were awarded by match outcome: two points for a regulation win, one point for an overtime win or loss, and no points/zero points for a regulation loss. As the defending cup holders, AIK IF progressed directly to the Super Final and did not participate in the qualification round.

Qualification edit

The qualification round was played in three groups in three host cities during 13–16 October 2005. The team with the highest point total in each round-robin group moved on to the Finals.

Group A edit

Group A was hosted in Tallinn, Estonia and played during 14–16 October 2005. The Espoo Blues Naiset of Finland's Naisten SM-sarja won the round and progressed to the Final.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Espoo Blues 3 3 0 0 54 1 +53 6
2   Aisulu Almaty 3 2 0 1 32 5 +27 4
3   SHK Laima Riga 3 1 0 2 13 13 0 2
4   Dreamland Queens Tallinn 3 0 0 3 1 81 −80 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B edit

Group B was played during 13–15 October 2005 and hosted in Bolzano, Italy, though no Italian teams participated. SKIF Moscow of the Russian Women's Hockey League won the round and progressed to the Final.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   SKIF Moscow 3 3 0 0 26 2 +24 6
2   MB Hockey Skärholmen 3 2 0 1 23 6 +17 4
3   HC Rødovre 3 1 0 2 12 12 0 2
4   UTE Marilyn Budapest 3 0 0 3 1 42 −41 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group C edit

Group C was hosted in Unna, Germany, and played during 14–16 October 2005. EV Zug Damen of Switzerland's Leistungsklasse A won the round and progressed to the Final.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   EV Zug 3 3 0 0 28 4 +24 6
2   HC Cergy-Pontoise 3 1 1 1 9 19 −10 3
3   EC Bergkamen 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 2
4   MHK Martin 3 0 1 2 9 20 −11 1
Source: [citation needed]

Super Final edit

The Super Final was hosted in Solna, Sweden, the same host city as the 2004–05 EWCC Final, and was played during 2–4 December 2005. AIK IF Solna of Sweden's Riksserien won the Cup for the second time. Karoliina Rantamäki of the Espoo Blues was the top scorer of the Super Final with five points (1+4).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    AIK 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 6
    Espoo Blues 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 4
    SKIF Moscow 3 0 1 2 5 7 −2 1
4   EV Zug 3 0 1 2 6 11 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Abbreviations: GP = games played, G = goals, A = assists, Pts = points, +/- = plus–minus, PIM = penalty infraction minutes; Bold: Best of tournament

Player Team GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Karoliina Rantamäki   Espoo Blues 3 4 1 5 +4 2
Pernilla Winberg   AIK IF 3 2 2 4 +2 0
Danijela Rundqvist   AIK IF 3 1 3 4 +2 6
Julia Marty   EV Zug 3 2 1 3 +1 0
Daniela Díaz   EV Zug 3 2 1 3 −2 2
Marjo Voutilainen   Espoo Blues 3 1 2 3 +1 2
Petra Vaarakallio   Espoo Blues 3 1 2 3 +3 6
Isabella Jordansson   AIK IF 3 0 3 3 +2 0

Top goaltenders edit

Abbreviations: GP = games played, TOI = time on ice (in minutes), GA = goals against, SO = shutouts, SV% = save percentage, GAA = goals against average; Bold: Best of tournament

Player Team GP TOI GA SO SV% GAA
Kim Martin   AIK IF 3 180:00 3 1 97.52 1.00
Noora Räty   Espoo Blues 3 179:10 5 1 93.06 1.67
Michelle von Allmen   EV Zug 3 179:45 8 0 91.30 2.67
Nadezhda Alexandrova   SKIF Moscow 2 120:00 5 0 88.89 2.50

Best Players Selected by the Directorate edit

Award No. Player Team
Best Goalkeeper 30 Kim Martin (SWE)   AIK IF
Best Defenceman 10 Emma Laaksonen (FIN)   Espoo Blues
Best Forward 4 Daniela Díaz (SUI/SPA)   EV Zug

References edit

Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de:IIHF European Women Champions Cup 2005; see its history for attribution.

  1. ^ "European Women's Champions Cup (since 2005)". webarchive.iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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