Gold Medal Game – USA vs. Canada

• Referee:  Joy Tottman (Great Britain)
• Linesmen:  Ilona Novotna (CZE) and Zuzana Svobodova (CZE)
  
  • Tottman has officiated three games in 2014 Sochi Olympics:
    

    	Teams	Total PIM	PIM by Team
    Preliminaries	CAN 3 – FIN 0	22	CAN-12 FIN-10
    Preliminaries	RUS 3 – SWE 1	18	RUS-4 SWE-14
    Quarterfinal	SUI 2 – RUS 0	10	SUI-8 RUS-2

  • PIM called by period:
    

    1st	2nd	3rd
    20	16	14

  • This is Tottman’s first Gold Medal Game at a major tournament
    

    Referee Joy Tottman (GBR)

  • She has worked Women’s World Championship every year from 2009-2013.
  • Officiated the Bronze Medal Game of the 2013 Women’s World Championship (Russia defeated Finland 2-0)
  • Tottman worked the Olympics in Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010, but did not officiate any games in the medal round.
  • Tottman has worked one game for Canada (3-0 win vs. Finland).
    This will be her first game for USA at Sochi.
  • The last time she officiated for USA was for their 3-0 win vs. Finland in the 2013 Women’s World Championship.
  • Linesmen Novotna and Svobodova worked the Gold Medal Game of the 2013 Women’s World Championship (USA defeated Canada 3-2). This is their first time working with Tottman in these Olympics.

  TEAMS

  	Avg PIM/gm	Opponent’s Avg PIM	PP	PK	1st Per. PIM*	2nd Per. PIM*	3rd Per. PIM*
  CAN	8.5	8.5	3/16 18.8%	14/16 87.5%	1.6	2.8	2.0
  USA	6.0	8.0	5/16 31.3%	10/12 83.3%	2.0	1.6	1.2

  *Only counting situations resulting in loss of manpower; matching minors or game misconducts excluded

   

Bronze Medal Game – Switzerland vs. Sweden

• Referee:  Nicole Hertrich (Germany)
• Linesmen:  Ilona Novotna (CZE) and Zuzana Svobodova (CZE)
  • Hertrich has officiated three games in 2014 Sochi Olympics
    

    	Teams	Total PIM	PIM by Team
    Preliminaries	USA 3 – FIN 1	12	USA-4 FIN-8
    Preliminaries	RUS 2 – JPN 1	12	RUS-6 JPN-6
    Quarterfinal	SWE 4 – FIN 2	22	SWE-10 FIN-12

  • PIM called by period:
    

    1st	2nd	3rd
    10	22	14

  • Hertrich averages 15.3 PIM called per game
  • Has worked Women’s World Championship 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013
  • Officiated the Gold Medal Games at the 2011 Women’s World Championship (USA defeated Canada, 3-2OT) and 2013 Women’s World Championship  (USA defeated Canada 3-2)
  • Worked the Bronze Medal Game at Vancouver 2010
  • Partnered with these linesmen for the Preliminary match between Russia/Japan.
  • Refereed one game for Sweden at Sochi, their 4-2 win vs Finland.   This is her first game for team Sweden at this year’s Olympics.

Referee Nicole Hertrich (Photo: Thomas Nitsche)

TEAMS

*Only counting situations resulting in loss of manpower; matching minors or game misconducts excluded.