1992 World Ringette Championships
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| 2nd World Ringette Championships | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
| City | Helsinki |
| Dates | March 4–8, 1992 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions File:Gold medal blank.svg | Canada Canada West (Team Alberta "AAA") |
| Runners-up File:Silver medal blank.svg | Canada Canada East |
| Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svg | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
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The 1992 World Ringette Championships (1992 WRC) was an international ringette tournament, the 2nd (II) World Ringette Championships, and was organized by the World Ringette Council, the precursor to the International Ringette Federation (IRF). The tournament was contested in Helsinki, Finland, from March 4 to 8, 1992.[where?]
Teams from six countries competed: Canada, Finland, the United States, Sweden, Russia, and France.
Overview
[edit | edit source]There were two Canadian ringette teams, Team Canada East and Team Canada West (Team Alberta "AAA").[1] Also present was Team Finland, Team USA, Team France,[citation needed] Team Sweden, and Team Russia.[2][3]
Team Canada West won gold. Twelve members of Team Alberta were members of the Calgary Deb AA team.[citation needed]
Venue
[edit | edit source]The tournament was contested in Helsinki, Finland.[where?]
Teams
[edit | edit source]| 1992 WRC Rosters |
|---|
| Finland 1992 Team Finland |
| Canada 1992 Team Canada East |
| Canada 1992 Team Canada West |
| United States 1992 Team USA |
| Sweden 1992 Team Sweden |
| Russia 1992 Team Russia |
Final standings
[edit | edit source]| Country | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Canada Canada | Canada Team Canada West Alberta (Team Alberta "AAA") |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Canada Canada | Canada Team Canada East |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Finland Finland | Finland Team Finland |
| 4th | United States USA | United States Team USA |
| 5th | Russia Russia | Russia Team Russia |
| 6th | Sweden Sweden | Sweden Team Sweden |
Rosters
[edit | edit source]Team Finland
[edit | edit source]The 1992 Team Finland Senior team competed at the 1992 World Ringette Championships and won the bronze medal.[4][5] The team won the bronze medal. Petra Vaarakallio was a member of the winning team, but eventually stopped playing ringette after receiving a six-month suspension for kicking an opponent who was lying on the ice during a ringette game. The team also included Arja Oksanen, Satu Himberg, Marika Mäkinen, and Mia Melkinen.
Team Canada
[edit | edit source]Two teams represented Canada at the 1992 World Ringette Championships: Team Canada East and Team Canada West. Team Canada West (Team Alberta "AAA") included twelve members originating from the 1991–1992 Calgary Deb "AA" ringette team.[6] Clémence Duchesneau of 1992 Team Canada East was named the tournament's top goalie.[7]
Team Canada West
[edit | edit source]1992 Team Canada West was inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame in 2005 and were inducted in the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.[8]
The 1992 Team Canada West gold medal team included the following (which includes 11 returning members from the 1990 team who are marked by asterisks):[9][6]
| Name | Position | Home city or town |
|---|---|---|
| Deb Marek* | Goaltender | Edmonton |
| Anne Gillespie* | Goaltender | |
| Tamara Anderson | Goaltender | Calgary |
| Cindy Annala* | Defence | |
| Cara Brown* | ||
| Lisa Brown* | ||
| Nicole Chapdelaine | Fort Saskatechwan | |
| Shelley Reynolds | ||
| Jenny Cook | Calgary | |
| Susan Curran | Calgary | |
| Tammy (Tami) Ironside | Calgary | |
| Jackie Richards | Calgary | |
| Kristal Zwarych | Calgary | |
| Stacey Hannay | Sherwood Park | |
| Shauna Flath* | ||
| Diana Kondrosky* | ||
| Tanya Orr* | ||
| Holly Reeves* | ||
| Jennifer Rogers* | ||
| Lyndsay Wheelans* | ||
| Shelley Reynolds | Fort Saskatchewan | |
| Team Staff | ||
| Head coach | Cheryl Govenlock | Edmonton |
| Assistant coach | Karen White | |
| Officials | ||
| Official | Denise Weeks | |
Team USA
[edit | edit source]Max Feierstein was the head coach of Team USA.[1]
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