1992 World Ringette Championships

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.

1992 World Ringette Championships
2nd World Ringette Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesMarch 4–8, 1992
Teams6
Arena(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Canada Canada West
(Team Alberta "AAA")
Runner-up Canada Canada East
Third place  Finland
Fourth place United States

Teams from six different countries competed: Canada, Finland, the United States, Sweden, Russia, and France.

Overview

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, 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.

Venue

The tournament was contested in Helsinki, Finland.

Teams
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
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

Team Finland

The 1992 Team Finland Senior team competed at the 1992 World Ringette Championships and won the bronze medal.[4][5] The team won the 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

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

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

Max Feierstein was the head coach of Team USA.

See also


References
  1. "Team Canada 1992 Roster". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. "Ringette". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. "1992 World Championship". Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. "Ringeten MM 2000-projekti käynnistyy" [Ringete's MM 2000 project starts]. yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle. 25 November 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. "HISTORIA | SUOMEN RINGETTELIITTO PERUSTETTIIN 5.5.1983" [HISTORY | RINGETTE FINLAND WAS ESTABLISHED ON MAY 5, 1983]. ringette.fi. Ringette Finland. 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. "Team Canada - 1992 Roster". Ringette Canada. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  7. "Clémence Duchesneau - Ringette Canada Hall of Fame". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. "Canada West Ringette Teams 1990 & 1992 | Ringette Team - Inducted 1994". albertasportshallmembers.ca. Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  9. "Ringette Canada Hall of Fame | The 1992 world ringette championship team | 2005 | Team". Ringette Canada. 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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