Finally! The 2022 Winter Olympics are about to kick off, and we’re celebrating with our inaugural edition of Olympic women’s hockey Power Rankings. Can the U.S. defend its 2018 Olympic title in Beijing? Will Canada, the world champion, win the Olympics for the first time since Sochi 2014? Or could Finland make history with its first Olympic gold medal of all time? One thing is for sure: those three nations – in that order – set the pace in the pre-tournament rankings.

1		USA	Champs, and not just on PlayStation
2		CAN	USA can kiss our Xbox
3		FIN	All our goalies are good, including Koskinen
4		SUI	When it gets too much, we pretend we’re in Sochi
5		ROC	Bronze or bust! And if we do it, we get bronze busts
6		CZE	Fore-Czech, back-Czech, medal-Czech
7		JPN	On special teams, we have ninja skills
8		SWE	We’re back and we’re gonna be Rooth-less
9		DEN	OMG this is literally the biggest IIHF tournament!!!
10		CHN	Welcome! We have home-ice advantage and you do not

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The Power Rankings are for the enjoyment of IIHF.com readers, and reflect the progress of teams during Olympic Winter Games. They are distinct from the official standings and IIHF Women's World Ranking.