2022 Women's World Challenge

2022 Women's World Challenge
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	Cornerstone Community Center, Green Bay
Dates	26 August – 28 September
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Team World
Fourth place	Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Games played	8
Goals scored	58 (7.25 per game)
Official website
	Green Bay 2022
	2023 →

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
25	F	Hadley Frittenburg
14	F	Raphaelle Tousignant
15	F	Sheena Darnley
9	D	Mackenzie Spong
18	F	Aubree Clements
12	D	Alicia Souveny
71	D	Emilie Charron-Pilotte
29	F	Vanessa Racine
23	F	Hailey King
10	D	Claire Buchanan
17	F	Alanna Mah
33	G	Marie-Eve Croteau
22	D	Peggy Assinck
8	D	Meghan Harris
31	G	Tracey Arnold
16	D	Hailey Halik
11	F	Myriam Adam
30	G	Jessie Gregory
5	F	Alyssa White

Great Britain

Head coach: Ian Offers

No.	Pos.	Name
22	D	Alysha Tracy Anne Atkinson
6	F	Shannon Marie Couch
7	F	Dani Czernuszka-Watts
4	D	Rae Davis
21	D	Leanne Emmerson
13	D	Felicity Elizabeth Anne Gregory
99	G	Nicole Jodi Hill
87	F	Sarah Louise Hope
12	F	Freya Alice Levy
11	D	Helen Louise McGivern
94	F	Emily Louise McLean
8	F	Stacey Quirk
3	G	Susi Rogers-Hartley
15	F	Nicola Claire Terrell

United states

Head coach: Rose Misiewicz

No.	Pos.	Name
13	F	Brianna Atkins
44	F	Jamie Benassi
17	F	Sarah Bettencourt
30	G	Hope Bevilhymer
11	F	Kelsey Lee Diclaudio
15	F	Lera Doederlein
5	F	Madison Eberhard
6	F	Catherine Faherty
83	F	Madeleine Gallagher
19	D	Christy Gardner
14	G	Gabby Graves-Wake
4	F	Rachel Grusse
36	F	Kaden Herchenroether
31	D	Robynne Hill
12	D	Chloe Kirkpatrick
2	F	Katie Ladlie
8	D	Erica McKee
16	D	Monica Quimby

Team World

Head coach: Espen Hedge

No.	Pos.	Name
14	G	Elisabeth Bisaillon
10	D	Cameon Eisenzimmer
22	F	Amanda Fanizza
4	F	Meika Fujiwara
5	F	Dina Grinberga
21	F	Isabelle Hogness
16	D	Sanna Koivusalo
1	G	Hope Magelky
7	D	Rebecca Mann
3	D	Cindy Ouellet
9	F	Caroline Persson
23	F	Solvei Skjold
6	F	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	17	0	+17	9	Gold Medal match
2	Canada	3	2	1	24	5	+19	6	Gold Medal match
3	Team World	3	1	2	5	19	−14	3	Bronze Medal match
4	Great Britain	3	0	3	1	23	−22	0	Bronze Medal match

Source: [1][2]
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 World

Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3

^{[Game reference 1]}

Hill

Goalies

Magelky
Bisaillon

	0–1	13:13 – pp – Zheng
	0–2	23:21 – Persson (Ouellet, Skjold)
	0–3	34:20 – Zheng (Ouellet, Mann)
	0–4	35:19 – Mann (Zheng)
	0–5	38:20 – Mann
McLean (Couch, Quirk) – 36:47	1–5

0 min

Penalties

8 min

7

Shots

24

26 August 2022
18:36

United States

5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Canada

Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3

^{[Game reference 2]}

Graves-Wake, Bevilhymer

Goalies

Arnold

DiClaudio (Ladlie) – 1:33	1–0
Faherty (Doederlein) – 19:42	2–0
Eberhard (Faherty) – 20:53	3–0
DiClaudio – 22:20	4–0
Ladlie (Doederlein) – 42:55	5–0

4 min

Penalties

6 min

31

Shots

4

27 August 2022
10:00

Canada

12–0
(4–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Team World

Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3

^{[Game reference 3]}

Arnold
Yurczyszyn

Goalies

Magelky

Mah – 00:34	1–0
Tousignant – 1:10	2–0
White (Charron-Pilotte) – pp – 13:21	3–0
Mah – 14:58	4–0
White (Assinck) – 16:14	5–0
Tousignant – 23:11	6–0
Mah – 23:36	7–0
de Boer (Mah) – pp – 29:36	8–0
Buchanan – 30:59	9–0
Tousignant – sh – 33:41	10–0
Mah – 39:42	11–0
Clements (Tousignant) – 40:38	12–0

4 min

Penalties

6 min

25

Shots

4

27 August 2022
13:30

Canada

12–0
(4–0, 6–0, 2–0)

Great Britain

Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3

^{[Game reference 4]}

Yurczyszyn

Goalies

Hill

Harris (Mah) – 3:59	1–0
Tousignant – 4:36	2–0
Clements (Tousignant) – pp – 7:38	3–0
Myriam Adam – 7:58	4–0
Spong (Clements) – sh – 11:58	5–0
Assinck – 18:31	6–0
White – pp – 19:21	7–0
Clements (Hanson) – pp – 21:14	8–0
de Boer (Mah) – pp – 25:15	9–0
Clements (Mah) – pp – 25:46	10–0
Assinck (Frittenburg) – 35:24	11–0
Clements (de Boer) – 41:00	12–0

4 min

Penalties

4 min

46

Shots

2

27 August 2022
17:00

Team World

0–6
(0–2, 0–4, 0–0)

United States

Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3

^{[Game reference 5]}

Bisaillon

Goalies

Bevilhymer

	0–1	9:55 – pp – DiClaudio (Grusse)
	0–2	14:51 – Hill (Doederlein, Faherty)
	0–3	16:59 – Doederlein (Herchenroether, Faherty)
	0–4	18:14 – Gallagher (Hill)
	0–5	25:56 – Gallagher
	0–6	29:49 – Gallagher (Benassi)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

0

Shots

20

27 August 2022
20:30

Great Britain

0–6
(0–4, 0–1, 0–1)

United States

Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3

^{[Game reference 6]}

Hill
Levy

Goalies

Graves-Wake

	0–1	2:21 – Herchenroether
	0–2	3:12 – Eberhard (DiClaudio)
	0–3	8:44 Gardner (Faherty)
	0–4	13:11 – Atkins (Gallagher)
	0–5	22:14 – Benassi
	0–6	32:44 – pp – Quimby

2 min

Penalties

0 min

0

Shots

18

Knockout stage

Bronze medal match

28 August
11:00

Team World

5–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3

^{[Game reference 7]}

Bisaillon
Magelky

Goalies

Hall

Zheng. (Mann) – pp – 6:08	1–0
Mann (Grinberga) – pp – 6:26	2–0
Zheng (Ouellet) – 14:02	3–0
Ouellet (Mann, Zheng) – 20:26	4–0
Mann (Zheng) – 32:00	5–0

2 min

Penalties

6 min

12

Shots

3

Gold medal match

28 August
15:00

Canada

1–5
(1–4, 0–0, 0–1)

United States

Cornerstone Ice Arena Rink 3

^{[Game reference 8]}

Arnold

Goalies

Bevilhymer

	0–1	00:49 – Ladlie (DiClaudio)
	0–2	3:51 – Ladlie (McKee, DiClaudio)
Tousignant – 5:34	1–2
	1–3	12:23 – Doederlein (Faherty)
	1–4	13:33 – pp – Faherty (McKee, DiClaudio)
	1–5	34:30 – Faherty (Doederlein, Eberhard)

12 min

Penalties

12 min

4

Shots

20

Final rankings

Rank	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Team World
4	Great Britain

External links

Official Website

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Convincing USA takes gold in Green Bay against arch-rival Canada". International Paralympic Committee.
^ "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.
^ "Green Bay 2022 Info for Teams". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^ "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

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

[auto-1] "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.

[6] "Game 1 – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[7] "Game 2 – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[8] "Game 3 – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[9] "Game 3(sic) – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[10] "Game 5 – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[11] "Game 6 – Pool Play". GameSheet, Inc. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[12] "Game 7 – Bronze Medal Game". GameSheet, Inc. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[13] "Game 8 – Gold Medal Game". GameSheet, Inc. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

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Host selection

Teams

Sponsor

Broadcasting rights

Rosters

Canada

Great Britain

United states

Team World

Referees

Format

Group stage

Standings

Match results

Knockout stage

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final rankings

See also

External links

References

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