With their victory, HK Tornado tied AIK Hockey for most EWCC titles won by a single club.
Source(s): Hockey Archives[4] Listed by highest save percentage (SVS%), then lowest goals against average (GAA).
Ultimately, SHK Laima was defeated by Aisulu Almaty, on the backs of their stellar goaltending tandem, Tatyana Mozhayeva and Canadian Jillian Marie MacIsaac, who together shutout every opponent and finished the round with perfect 1.00 save percentages and 0.00 goals against average.
Source(s): Hockey Archives[4] Listed by highest save percentage (SVS%), then lowest goals against average (GAA).
Source(s): IIHF[5] Group C was hosted in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia, and all games were played at the Spiš Aréna.
Hvidovre IK won the round and progressed to the second, despite being marginally out scored by both HC Spišská Nová Ves and SK Karviná.
Hvidovre’s Amalie Joa, posted the best goaltender statistics of the round, a passable 89.23 save percentage and 2.33 goals against average.
Slovak Olympian Martina Veličková of HC Spišská Nová Ves was the group’s top scorer, with 8 points (5 goals + 3 assists).
Source(s): Hockey Archives[4] Listed by highest save percentage (SVS%), then lowest goals against average (GAA).
Source(s): Hockey Archives[4] Listed by highest save percentage (SVS%), then lowest goals against average (GAA).
Group E was hosted in Bad Tölz, Germany, and all games were played at Hacker Pischorr Arena (since renamed weeArena).
The group introduced the reigning Swiss Champions, ZSC Lions Zurich of the Swiss Women's Hockey League A (SWHL A), and the reigning Russian and 2012–13 EWCC Champions, Tornado Moscow Region (HC Tornado) of the Women's Hockey League (ZhHL).
[11] With the four best point scorers and the top goaltender of the group, Tornado Moscow Region easily dominated the round.
Planegg’s net-minder, Julia Graunke, also had a solid performance, with a 93.88 save percentage and 1.99 goals against average, placing second on the list of the group’s top goaltenders.
Victoria Vigilanti was excellent in net for the EHV Sabres, earning the best save percentage of the round, a 92.77, and 2.00 goals against average.
Swiss defender Kathrin Lehmann of ESC Planegg was named “Best Defenseman,” the only player from a German team to ever be selected for the award in the EWCC Finals.
Abbreviation key: EA = extra attacker, ENG = empty net goal, PP1 = power play, PP2 = power play two-man advantage, PS = penalty shot, SH = short-handed, Teams: AIK = AIK Hockey, BLU = Espoo Blues, PLA = ESC Planegg, TOR = Tornado Moscow Region.
Source(s): IIHF[24] Source(s): IIHF[25] Defense: Yekaterina Nikolayeva, Olga Permyakova, Nina Pirogova, Zoya Polunina, Anna Shukina, Brittany Simpson, Svetlana Tkacheva Forwards: Xenia Bocharova, Tatyana Burina, Iya Gavrilova, Svetlana Kolmykova, Marina Sergina, Anna Shokhina, Galina Skiba, Yekaterina Smolina, Yekaterina Smolentseva, Kelley Steadman Head Coach: Alexei Chistyakov Source(s): IIHF[26] Tournament statistics and data from: