| Type: | ihw |
| Year: | 2024–2025 |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Country2: | Sweden |
| Country3: | Finland |
| Country4: | Czechia |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Games: | 12 |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Updated: | 9 November 2024 |
The 2024–25 Women's Euro Hockey Tour is the first Women's Euro Hockey Tour (WEHT) season following the joint commitment of Czechia, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland to host and participate in the tour through 2028.[1] It is the fifth season since the revision and expansion of the tournament format in 2018.[2]
The season comprises four tournaments, hosted in Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, and Czechia, respectively. The national teams of,, and are scheduled to participate in all four tournaments. is participating in the first three tournaments but will not participate in the fourth due to a scheduling conflict with the Olympic qualification, which is being held in Sweden at the same time. and the will participate in the December tournament in Finland.[3]
The 2024–25 season began in Switzerland with the 4-Nations Tournament in Kloten during 29 to 31 August 2024.[4] The core WEHT national teams – Czechia, Finland, Switzerland, and Sweden – participated in the tournament. All six games were played at SWISS Arena (previously Stimo Arena) in Kloten, Canton of Zurich.[5]
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Top scorers
| Player | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | –2 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | –1 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | –3 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | –1 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | –2 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | –4 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | –4 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –4 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –2 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –3 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ±0 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –1 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –1 |
Goaltenders
| Player | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 116:47 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.06 | |||
| 2 | 119:07 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3.02 | |||
| 2 | 118:34 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3.04 | |||
| 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | |||
| 1 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.92 | |||
| 1 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.92 | |||
| 1 | 56:02 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.50 |
The second event of the season was a four-nations tournament in Södertälje, Sweden during 6 to 9 November 2024. Officially called the Lidl Hockey Games, it was the first WEHT tournament with a title sponsor to be hosted in Sweden.[8] The core WEHT national teams participated and all games were played at Scaniarinken.[9] [10] [11]
Czechia secured three victories – two in regulation and one in overtime – to win the tournament. Finland placed second, with two wins and one loss, and Sweden placed third, with one win, one overtime loss, and one loss in regulation. Switzerland finished last with zero points after notching only one goal across their three losses.[12]
With four assists in three games, Finnish defender Ronja Savolainen led the tournament in scoring. Teammate Susanna Tapani ranked second, with a goal and two assists. Czech centre Kateřina Mrázová and Finnish centre Sanni Vanhanen tied for third on the tournament scoring chart, with three assists each. In total, the tournament's top-ten scorers featured six Finnish players, three Czech players, and three Swedish players, led by Lina Ljungblom (2+0). Rahel Enzler scored Switzerland's only goal of the tournament unassisted and was the only Swiss player to record a point.
Eighteen year old Barbora Dalecká of Czechia and Salla Sivula of Finland both recorded shutouts in their respective match played and topped the tournament goaltending table with perfect marks across 60 minutes in play (MIP). The Lidl Hockey Games served as the two goaltenders' senior national team debuts.[13] [14] Finland's Anni Keisala recorded the best statistics of goalies playing in more than one game, earning a 93.9 save percentage (S%) and 1.55 goals against average (GAA) in 116 minutes on ice, and was named Best Goaltender of the tournament.[15] Andrea Brändli was Switzerland's top performing goaltender, with a 91.7 S% and 3.00 GAA in 60 MIP, and Emma Söderberg led Swedish netminders, with a 90.0 S% and 1.00 GAA in 60 MIP.
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Top scorers
| Player | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ±0 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +2 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | +3 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | +1 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ±0 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +2 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ±0 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +1 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Goaltenders
| Player | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0.00 | |||
| 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0.00 | |||
| 1 | 61:16 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 94.7 | 0.98 | |||
| 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 94.4 | 1.00 | |||
| 2 | 116:12 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 93.9 | 1.55 | |||
| 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 91.7 | 3.00 | |||
| 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 90.0 | 3.00 | |||
| 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 90.0 | 2.00 | |||
| 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 1.00 | |||
| 2 | 121:16 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 88.4 | 2.47 |
The third event of the season will be a 6-Nations Tournament in Tampere, Finland during 11 to 15 December 2024. In addition to the four core WEHT teams, the Canada women's national development team and the United States collegiate women’s national select team are scheduled to participate.[25] [26] [27] Games will be played at Hakametsä, officially known as or Tampere Ice Stadium. Unlike the other 2024–25 WEHT tournaments, the six-nations in Tampere will be played in two stages: a group stage followed by a placement round.[28]
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The final event of the season will be a 3-Nations Tournament in Czechia during 3 to 9 February 2025. The national teams of Czechia, Finland, and Switzerland are scheduled to participate. Sweden will not participate in the tournament due to a scheduling conflict with the Olympic qualification, which is being held in Sweden at the same time. Game site(s) and tournament schedule have yet to be announced.