1996 World Ringette Championships
4th World Ringette Championships
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
CityStockholm
DatesApril 15–20, 1996
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Canada (1st title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  United States
Fourth place Sweden

The 1996 World Ringette Championship (1996 WRC) was an international ringette tournament and the 4th (IX) World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in Stockholm, Sweden, from April 15 to 20, 1996. WRC 1996 was the first time all competing teams represented individual nations with Canada creating its first, singular, all-Canadian team.

Overview

Team Canada won the gold medal beating Team Finland 6–5 in extra time.[1][2][3] Team Canada took home the gold and the Sam Jacks Trophy, the first year the updated design of the trophy was awarded.

Venue

The tournament was contested in Stockholm, Sweden.

Teams

1996 WRC Rosters
Finland 1996 Team Finland
Canada 1996 Team Canada
United States 1996 Team USA
Sweden 1996 Team Sweden

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)Canada Team Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Finland Team Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)United States Team USA
4thSweden Team Sweden

Rosters

Team Finland

The 1996 Team Finland Senior team competed at the 1996 WRC.[4] Petra Ojaranta was present.

Team Canada

The 1996 Team Canada Senior team became Canada's first official national ringette team and competed in the 1996 World Ringette Championships. It was the first time Canada sent only one ringette team to represent the nation and was technically the first Team Canada in ringette history.

The 1996 Team Canada team included the following:[5][6][7]

Name
Tamara Anderson - Goaltender
Jennifer Wood
Lisa Brown (Captain)
Maria (McKenzie) Thompson
Michelle Ethier
Jeanette Cook
Heather Gregg
Jacinda Chomik
Jennifer (Willan) Krochak
Laura Warner
Michelle MacKinnon
Tawny Lipinski
Shelley Potter
Tracy Crowe
Shelley Reynolds
Kari Sadoway
Jennifer Rogers
Leanne Fedor
Kara Eriksen
Carly Ross
Team Staff
Head coach Lyndsay Wheelans
Assistant coach Phyllis Sadoway
Assistant coach Deb Marek[8]
Mental skills coach Blair Whitmarsh
Trainer Lorrie Horne
Manager Warren Hannay
Manager Kim Arndt

See also


References

  1. "1996 World Ringette Championship Team". 28 April 2015.
  2. "1996 World Championship". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. "Team Canada 1996 Roster". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. "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.
  5. "1996 World Ringette Championship Team". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  6. "1996 World Championship". International Ringette Federation. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. "The History of Ringette in Calgary | 1994–1995". history.ringettecalgary.ca. Ringette Calgary. 1994. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  8. "Ringette Canada Hall of Fame | Deb Marek". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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