1992 World Ringette Championships#Team Canada East
{{Short description|1992 edition of the World Ringette Championships}}
{{refimprove|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox international hockey competition
| year = 1992
| other_titles = 2nd World Ringette Championships
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| country = Finland
| dates = March 4–8, 1992
| num_teams = 6
| venues =
| city = Helsinki
| type = ringette
| winners = {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada West
(Team Alberta "AAA")
| second = {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada East
| third = Finland
| fourth = USA
| games =
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| attendance =
| scoring_leader =
| points =
| mvp =
| prevseason = 1990
| nextseason = 1994
}}
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|August 2022|date=August 2022}}
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").{{cite web|url=http://www.ringette.ca/Content/Team%20Canada/Roster/Past%20Rosters/1992Roster.asp?langid=1|title=Team Canada 1992 Roster|access-date=3 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608004208/http://www.ringette.ca/Content/Team%20Canada/Roster/Past%20Rosters/1992Roster.asp?langid=1|archive-date=8 June 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Also present was Team Finland, Team USA, Team France,{{cn|date=June 2022}} Team Sweden, and Team Russia.{{cite web|url=http://www.ringette.cc/id118.htm|title=Ringette|access-date=3 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112020342/http://www.ringette.cc/id118.htm|archive-date=12 November 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ringette.ca/Content/About/Hall%20of%20Fame/Inductees/The%201992%20world%20ringette%20championship%20team%20.asp?langid=2|title=1992 World Championship|access-date=3 December 2017}} {{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Team Canada West won gold. Twelve members of Team Alberta were members of the Calgary Deb AA team.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
Venue
The tournament was contested in Helsinki, Finland.{{where?|date=October 2022}}
Teams
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| 1992 WRC Rosters |
|---|
| {{flagicon|FIN}} 1992 Team Finland |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|{{flagicon|Canada}} 1992 Team Canada East |
| {{flagicon|Canada}} 1992 Team Canada West |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|{{flagicon|USA}} 1992 Team USA |
| {{flagicon|SWE}} 1992 Team Sweden |
| {{flagicon|Russia}} 1992 Team Russia |
Final standings
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!width=100|Country !Team |
|---|
| style="background:#f7f6a8;"| {{Gold01}}
|align=left style="background:#f7f6a8;"|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada |align=left style="background:#f7f6a8;"|{{flagicon|Canada}} Team Canada West |
| style="background:#dce5e5;"| {{Silver02}}
|align=left style="background:#dce5e5;"|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada |align=left style="background:#dce5e5;"|{{flagicon|Canada}} Team Canada East |
| style="background:#ffdab9;" | {{Bronze03}}
|align=left style="background:#ffdab9;"|{{flagicon|Finland}} Finland |align=left style="background:#ffdab9;"|{{flagicon|Finland}} Team Finland |
| 4th
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} USA |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Team USA |
| 5th
|align=left|{{flagicon|Russia}} Russia |align=left|{{flagicon|Russia}} Team Russia |
| 6th
|align=left|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden |align=left|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Team Sweden |
Rosters
=Team Finland=
The 1992 Team Finland Senior team competed at the 1992 World Ringette Championships and won the bronze medal.{{cite web |url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/3-5927294|title=Ringeten MM 2000-projekti käynnistyy|trans-title=Ringete's MM 2000 project starts|website=yle.fi|author= |date=25 November 1999|access-date=30 September 2022|publisher=Yle|language=fi}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ringette.fi/fi/Ringetteliitto/Lajin+historia.html|title=HISTORIA {{!}} SUOMEN RINGETTELIITTO PERUSTETTIIN 5.5.1983|trans-title=HISTORY {{!}} RINGETTE FINLAND WAS ESTABLISHED ON MAY 5, 1983|website=ringette.fi|author= |date=2022|access-date=29 September 2022|publisher=Ringette Finland|language=en}} The team won the bronze medal. {{interlanguage|Petra Vaarakallio|fi}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.ringette.ca/Content/Team%20Canada/Roster/Past%20Rosters/1992Roster.asp?langid=1 |title=Team Canada - 1992 Roster |website= |author= |date= |access-date= 15 May 2022 |publisher=Ringette Canada |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608004208/http://www.ringette.ca/Content/Team%20Canada/Roster/Past%20Rosters/1992Roster.asp?langid=1 |archive-date=8 June 2009 |url-status=dead}} Clémence Duchesneau of 1992 Team Canada East was named the tournament's top goalie.{{cite web |url=https://www.ringette.ca/inductees/clemence-duchesneau/ |title=Clémence Duchesneau - Ringette Canada Hall of Fame |website=ringette.ca |author= |date= 28 April 2015|access-date=23 May 2022 |publisher=Ringette Canada|language=en}}
==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.{{cite web|url=https://albertasportshallmembers.ca/home/profiles/44|title= Canada West Ringette Teams 1990 & 1992 {{!}} Ringette Team - Inducted 1994|website=albertasportshallmembers.ca |date=2023|access-date=24 March 2023|publisher=Alberta Sports Hall of Fame|language=en}}
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):{{cite web|url=https://www.ringette.ca/inductees/the-1992-world-ringette-championship-team/ |title=Ringette Canada Hall of Fame {{!}} The 1992 world ringette championship team {{!}} 2005 {{!}} Team |website=Ringette Canada |date=2023|access-date=24 March 2023|language=en}}
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| bgcolor=pink
!width=210|Name !width=150; align=left|Position !Home city or town |
| Deb Marek*
|Goaltender |Edmonton |
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|Anne Gillespie* | Goaltender | |
| Tamara Anderson
|Goaltender |Calgary |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Cindy Annala* |Defence | |
| Cara Brown*
| | |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Lisa Brown* | | |
| Nicole Chapdelaine
| |Fort Saskatechwan |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Shelley Reynolds | | |
| Jenny Cook
| |Calgary |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Susan Curran | |Calgary |
| Tammy (Tami) Ironside
| |Calgary |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Jackie Richards | |Calgary |
| Kristal Zwarych
| |Calgary |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Stacey Hannay | |Sherwood Park |
| Shauna Flath*
| | |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Diana Kondrosky* | | |
| Tanya Orr*
| | |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Holly Reeves* | | |
| Jennifer Rogers*
| | |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| | |
| Shelley Reynolds
| |Fort Saskatchewan |
| style=background:pink colspan=3|Team Staff |
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| Head coach
|align=left |Cheryl Govenlock |Edmonton |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Assistant coach |align=left|Karen White | |
| style=background:pink colspan=3|Officials |
| Official
|align=left | Denise Weeks | |
=Team USA=
Max Feierstein was the head coach of Team USA.[https://books.google.com/books/about/Canadian_Jewish_Chronicle_Winnipeg.html?id=1zghAAAAIBAJ]
See also
- World Ringette Championships
- International Ringette Federation
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada national ringette team
- {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland national ringette team
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden national ringette team
- {{flagicon|USA}} United States national ringette team
References
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