Team Finland had won the first IIHF European Women’s Championship the previous year (1989), in Düsseldorf and Ratingen, Germany.

The gold medal game packed 9,000 people into the arena and drew over a million viewers on television.

[citation needed] For marketing purposes, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association decided the Canadian national team should wear pink and white uniforms instead of the expected red and white[5] and released a related film called, "Pretty in Pink".

Restaurants had pink-coloured food on special, and pink became a popular colour for flowers and bow ties.

[3] U.S. team members ranged in age from 17 to 30 and included high school and college players, a law student and a construction worker.

Capacity: 9,500 (standard)10,585 (temporary) List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

U.S. team captain Tina Cardinale-Beauchemin's right forearm and elbow, "were a mass of purple-and-blue welts, courtesy of a slash early in the tournament."