1992 WORLD RINGETTE CHAMPIONSHIPS

1992 World Ringette Championships
2nd World Ringette Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
City	Helsinki
Dates	March 4–8, 1992
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Canada West; (Team Alberta "AAA")
Runner-up	Canada East
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	United States
	← 1990 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?]

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").^[1] Also present was Team Finland, Team USA, Team France,^{[
citation needed]} Team Sweden, and Team Russia.^[2]^[3]

Team Canada West won gold. Twelve members of Team Alberta were members of the Calgary Deb AA team.^{[
citation needed]}

Venue

The tournament was contested in Helsinki, Finland.^[
where?]

Teams

1992 WRC Rosters
1992 Team Finland
1992 Team Canada East
1992 Team Canada West
1992 Team USA
1992 Team Sweden
1992 Team Russia

Final standings

	Country	Team
	Canada	Team Canada West (Team Alberta "AAA")
	Canada	Team Canada East
	Finland	Team Finland
4th	USA	Team USA
5th	Russia	Team Russia
6th	Sweden	Team Sweden

Rosters

Team Finland

The 1992 Team Finland Senior team competed at the 1992 World Ringette Championships and won the bronze medal.^[4]^[5] The team won the bronze medal. Petra Vaarakallio 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.^[6] Clémence Duchesneau of 1992 Team Canada East was named the tournament's top goalie.^[7]

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.^[8]

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):^[9]^[6]

Name	Position	Home city or town
Deb Marek*	Goaltender	Edmonton
Anne Gillespie*	Goaltender
Tamara Anderson	Goaltender	Calgary
Cindy Annala*	Defence
Cara Brown*
Lisa Brown*
Nicole Chapdelaine		Fort Saskatechwan
Shelley Reynolds
Jenny Cook		Calgary
Susan Curran		Calgary
Tammy (Tami) Ironside		Calgary
Jackie Richards		Calgary
Kristal Zwarych		Calgary
Stacey Hannay		Sherwood Park
Shauna Flath*
Diana Kondrosky*
Tanya Orr*
Holly Reeves*
Jennifer Rogers*
Lyndsay Wheelans*
Shelley Reynolds		Fort Saskatchewan
Team Staff
Head coach	Cheryl Govenlock	Edmonton
Assistant coach	Karen White
Officials
Official	Denise Weeks

Team USA

Max Feierstein was the head coach of Team USA. [1]

References

^ "Team Canada 1992 Roster". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ "Ringette". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ "1992 World Championship". Retrieved 3 December 2017. ^{[
permanent dead link]}
^ "Ringeten MM 2000-projekti käynnistyy" [Ringete's MM 2000 project starts]. yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle. 25 November 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Team Canada - 1992 Roster". Ringette Canada. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "Clémence Duchesneau - Ringette Canada Hall of Fame". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ "Canada West Ringette Teams 1990 & 1992 | Ringette Team - Inducted 1994". albertasportshallmembers.ca. Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ "Ringette Canada Hall of Fame | The 1992 world ringette championship team | 2005 | Team". Ringette Canada. 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

Preceded by Gloucester 1990	World Ringette Championships Helsinki 1992 World Ringette Championships	Succeeded by Saint Paul 1994

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[1] "Team Canada 1992 Roster". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

[2] "Ringette". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

[3] "1992 World Championship". Retrieved 3 December 2017. ^{[
permanent dead link]}

[2000TeamFinlandSenior-4] "Ringeten MM 2000-projekti käynnistyy" [Ringete's MM 2000 project starts]. yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle. 25 November 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

[RFhistory-5] "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.

[TC_1992-6] "Team Canada - 1992 Roster". Ringette Canada. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

[RCHOFP1-7] "Clémence Duchesneau - Ringette Canada Hall of Fame". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[TCW1992-8] "Canada West Ringette Teams 1990 & 1992 | Ringette Team - Inducted 1994". albertasportshallmembers.ca. Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[9] "Ringette Canada Hall of Fame | The 1992 world ringette championship team | 2005 | Team". Ringette Canada. 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

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Overview

Venue

Teams

Final standings