Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's ice hockey
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Venues Torino Palasport Olimpico
Torino Esposizioni
Dates 15–26 February 2006
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The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy, from 15 to 26 February. Twelve teams competed, with Sweden winning the gold medal, Finland winning silver, and the Czech Republic winning bronze. It was the third Olympic tournament to feature National Hockey League players and the tenth best-on-best hockey tournament in history. Chris Chelios set a standard for longest time between his first Olympic ice hockey tournament and his last—he had competed twenty-two years earlier at the 1984 Olympics.[1] The old record was set by Swiss hockey player Bibi Torriani who had played twenty years after his debut (1928 and 1948).

The format was changed from the 1998 and 2002 tournaments, to a format similar to the 1992 and 1994 tournaments. The number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12. The 12 teams were split into two groups in the preliminary stage, which followed a round robin format. Each team played the other teams in their group once. The top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Contents

Final rankings

Gold[2] Silver[3] Bronze[4]
Sweden
Defencemen:
Christian Bäckman
Niclas Hävelid
Kenny Jönsson
Niklas Kronwall
Nicklas Lidström–A
Mattias Öhlund
Ronnie Sundin
Daniel Tjärnqvist
Forwards:
Daniel Alfredsson–A
Per Johan Axelsson
Peter Forsberg
Mika Hannula
Tomas Holmström
Jörgen Jönsson
Fredrik Modin
Samuel Påhlsson
Mikael Samuelsson
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin
Mats SundinC
Henrik Zetterberg
Goaltenders:
Stefan Liv
Henrik Lundqvist
Mikael Tellqvist
Finland
Defencemen:
Aki-Petteri Berg
Lasse Kukkonen
Toni Lydman
Antti-Jussi Niemi
Petteri Nummelin
Teppo Numminen–A
Sami Salo
Kimmo Timonen
Forwards:
Niklas Hagman
Jukka Hentunen
Olli Jokinen
Jussi Jokinen
Niko Kapanen
Saku KoivuC
Mikko Koivu
Antti Laaksonen
Jere Lehtinen
Ville Nieminen
Ville Peltonen
Jarkko Ruutu
Teemu Selänne–A
Goaltenders:
Niklas Bäckström
Antero Niittymäki
Fredrik Norrena
Czech Republic
Defencemen:
František Kaberle
Tomáš Kaberle
Filip Kuba
Pavel KubinaA
Marek Malík
Jaroslav Špaček
Marek Židlický
Forwards:
Jan Bulis
Petr Čajánek
Patrik Eliáš
Martin Erat
Milan Hejduk
Aleš Hemský
Jaromír Jágr
Aleš Kotalík
Robert LangC
Rostislav Olesz
Václav Prospal
Martin Ručínský
Martin Straka
David VýbornýA
Goaltenders:
Dominik Hašek
Milan Hnilička
Dušan Salfický
Tomáš Vokoun

The full final rankings for the tournament were:

  1.  Sweden
  2.  Finland
  3.  Czech Republic
  4.  Russia
  5.  Slovakia
  6.  Switzerland
  7.  Canada
  8.  United States
  9.  Kazakhstan
  10.  Germany
  11.  Italy
  12.  Latvia

In a celebration of the gold in Stockholm on 27 February, the Swedish team was seen in front of advertisements for sponsors of the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, not the ones of the Swedish Olympic Committee. This could have led to Sweden's disqualification, but the Finnish opponents in the final game chose not to report the incident to the IOC.[5]

Qualification

Twelve places were allotted for the men's ice hockey tournament. The first eight were awarded to the top eight teams in the International Ice Hockey Federation ranking following the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Those teams were:

  1.  Canada
  2.  Sweden
  3.  Slovakia
  4.  Czech Republic
  5.  Finland
  6.  United States
  7.  Russia
  8.  Germany

The teams that automatically qualified include the same "Super Six" teams that were automatically qualified for the final group stage in the two previous tournaments, plus Slovakia and Germany which (IIHF rankings notwithstanding) are often regarded as the seventh and eighth best teams. The ninth place was given to the host nation, Italy. The final three places were allotted through qualification tournaments in which Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Switzerland won places.

Qualification tournaments

The winners of Groups D, E and F advanced to Groups C, B, and A respectively. The winners of Groups A, B, and C qualified for the Olympics.

Group D (Briançon, France, 11–14 November 2004)

Group E (Nowy Targ, Poland, 11–14 November 2004)

Group F (Stavanger, Norway, 11–14 November 2004)

Group A (Kloten, Switzerland, 10–13 February 2005)

Group B (Riga, Latvia, 10–13 February 2005)

Group C (Klagenfurt, Austria, 10–13 February 2005)

First round

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Finland 5 5 0 0 19 2 10
 Switzerland 5 2 1 2 10 12 6
 Canada 5 3 2 0 15 9 6
 Czech Republic 5 2 3 0 14 12 4
 Germany 5 0 3 2 7 16 2
 Italy 5 0 3 2 9 23 2

Group A summary

Team  FIN  SUI  CAN  CZE  GER  ITA
 FIN   5–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 6–0
 SUI 0–5   2–0 3–2 2–2 3–3
 CAN 0–2 0–2   3–2 5–1 7–2
 CZE 2–4 2–3 2–3   4–1 4–1
 GER 0–2 2–2 1–5 1–4   3–3
 ITA 0–6 3–3 2–7 1–4 3–3  

Group A match details

15 February 2006
13:05
 Italy 2 – 7
(0–1, 2–5, 0–1)
 Canada Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,575
15 February 2006
15:35
 Switzerland 0 – 5
(0–1, 0–4, 0–0)
 Finland Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,960
15 February 2006
17:05
 Germany 1 – 4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2)
 Czech Republic Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 6,463
16 February 2006
12:05
 Finland 6 – 0
(0–0, 4–0, 2–0)
 Italy Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 7,776
16 February 2006
13:05
 Czech Republic 2 – 3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)
 Switzerland Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,400
16 February 2006
20:05
 Canada 5 – 1
(3–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 Germany Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,554
18 February 2006
13:05
 Italy 3 – 3
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
 Germany Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,908
18 February 2006
15:35
 Canada 0 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)
 Switzerland Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,769
18 February 2006
21:05
 Czech Republic 2 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2)
 Finland Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,705
19 February 2006
12:05
 Germany 2 – 2
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0)
 Switzerland Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,756
19 February 2006
20:05
 Czech Republic 4 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 Italy Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,776
19 February 2006
21:05
 Finland 2 – 0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 Canada Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,420
21 February 2006
12:35
 Switzerland 3 – 3
(2–1, 0–1, 1–1)
 Italy Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,529
21 February 2006
15:35
 Finland 2 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 Germany Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,430
21 February 2006
12:35
 Canada 3 – 2
(3–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 Czech Republic Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 9,126

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 5 5 0 0 18 8 10
 Russia 5 4 1 0 23 11 8
 Sweden 5 3 2 0 15 12 6
 United States 5 1 3 1 13 13 3
 Kazakhstan 5 1 4 0 9 16 2
 Latvia 5 0 4 1 11 29 1

Group B summary

Team  SVK  RUS  SWE  USA  KAZ  LAT
 SVK   5–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 6–3
 RUS 3–5   5–0 5–4 1–0 9–2
 SWE 0–3 0–5   2–1 7–2 6–1
 USA 1–2 4–5 1–2   4–1 3–3
 KAZ 1–2 0–1 2–7 1–4   5–2
 LAT 3–6 2–9 1–6 3–3 2–5  

Group B match details

15 February 2006
11:35
 Kazakhstan 2 – 7
(0–3, 1–4, 1–0)
 Sweden Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,200
15 February 2006
20:05
 Russia 3 – 5
(2–1, 1–2, 0–2)
 Slovakia Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,800
15 February 2006
21:05
 Latvia 3 – 3
(1–2, 2–0, 0–1)
 United States Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 7,851
16 February 2006
16:05
 Sweden 0 – 5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)
 Russia Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,545
16 February 2006
17:05
 Slovakia 6 – 3
(4–1, 1–2, 0–1)
 Latvia Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,960
16 February 2006
21:05
 United States 4 – 1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)
 Kazakhstan Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,400
18 February 2006
11:35
 Kazakhstan 0 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
 Russia Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,660
18 February 2006
17:05
 Sweden 6 – 1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)
 Latvia Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,795
18 February 2006
20:05
 Slovakia 2 – 1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 United States Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,697
19 February 2006
13:05
 Russia 9 – 2
(3–1, 3–0, 3–1)
 Latvia Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,310
19 February 2006
16:05
 Slovakia 2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
 Kazakhstan Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 9,160
19 February 2006
17:05
 United States 1 – 2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 Sweden Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,450
21 February 2006
11:35
 Latvia 2 – 5
(1–1, 0–1, 1–3)
 Kazakhstan Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,300
21 February 2006
20:05
 Sweden 0 – 3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
 Slovakia Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,250
21 February 2006
20:35
 United States 4 – 5
(1–2, 1–1, 2–2)
 Russia Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 9,378

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
22 February 2006 24 February 2006 26 February 2006
                           
           
A 4th  Czech Republic 3
 
B 1st  Slovakia 1  
   Czech Republic 3
   
   Sweden 7  
B 3rd  Sweden 6
   
A 2nd  Switzerland 2  
   Sweden 3
   
   Finland 2
A 3rd  Canada 0
 
B 2nd  Russia 2  
   Russia 0
   
   Finland 4  
B 4th  United States 3 Bronze medal match
     Czech Republic 3
A 1st  Finland 4  
   Russia 0

Quarterfinals

22 February 2006
16:35
 Switzerland 2 – 6
(1-2, 0-3, 1-1)
 Sweden Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2970
22 February 2006
17:35
 Finland 4 – 3
(2-1, 2-1, 0-1)
 United States Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 6691
22 February 2006
20:35
 Russia 2 – 0
(0-0, 0-0, 2-0)
 Canada Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4130
22 February 2006
21:35
 Slovakia 1 – 3
(0-1, 0-1, 1-1)
 Czech Republic Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 6893

Semifinals

24 February 2006
16:35
 Sweden 7 – 3
(2-1, 4-2, 1-0)
 Czech Republic Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8071
24 February 2006
21:05
 Finland 4 – 0
(1-0, 2-0, 1-0)
 Russia Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8702

Bronze medal game

25 February 2006
20:35
 Russia 0 – 3
(0-1, 0-1, 0-1)
 Czech Republic Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8379

Gold medal game

26 February 2006
14:05
 Finland 2 – 3
(1-0, 1-2, 0-1)
 Sweden Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8274

Leading scorers

Rank Player Games played Goals Assists Pts PIM +/- Shots
1 Teemu Selänne 8 6 5 11 4 +7 28
2 Saku Koivu 8 3 8 11 12 +5 16
3 Daniel Alfredsson 8 5 5 10 4 +2 15
3 Marián Hossa 6 5 5 10 4 +9 19
5 Ville Peltonen 8 4 5 9 6 +4 22
6 Olli Jokinen 8 6 2 8 2 +5 28
7 Jere Lehtinen 8 3 5 8 0 +6 22
7 Mats Sundin 8 3 5 8 4 +1 27
9 Martin Straka 8 2 6 8 6 +4 17
10 Pavel Datsyuk 8 1 7 8 10 +5 13

Hat trick scorers

Leading goaltenders

Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.

Rank Goaltender Minutes GA GAA SV% Saves
1 Antero Niittymäki 358:51 8 1.34 .951 156
2 Evgeni Nabokov 359:27 8 1.34 .940 126
3 David Aebischer 200 7 2.10 .940 110
4 Peter Budaj 179:24 6 2.01 .924 73
5 Martin Brodeur 238:40 8 2.01 .923 96

Shut-out posters

Awards

Finland's Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best goaltender of the tournament.[6] Directorate Awards also went to Teemu Selänne (Finland) for best forward, and to Kenny Jönsson (Sweden) for best defenceman.[6]

The tournament all-star team was voted on by the international media at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:[6]

Position Player Team
G Antero Niittymäki  Finland
D Nicklas Lidström  Sweden
D Kimmo Timonen  Finland
F Teemu Selänne  Finland
F Saku Koivu  Finland
F Alexander Ovechkin  Russia

References

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