1992 Winter Olympics / Ice Hockey

Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Albertville
Competition venue	Palais de Glaces Méribel
Teams	12
Nations	12
Athletes	267 (267 )
date	8-23 February 1992
decisions	1
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The 1992 Winter Olympics took place in Albertville , France . The Olympic ice hockey tournament was held from February 8 to 23. Twelve teams took part in this tournament. The venue for all encounters was the Palais de Glaces Méribel . The Olympic champion was the United Team , which defeated Canada 3-1 in the first Olympic ice hockey final since 1920 . It was the eighth Olympic victory for the Soviet / United Team and the first Olympic medal for Canada since 1968.

Attendees

In addition to the host France, the eight teams of the A group of the 1991 Ice Hockey World Championship and the two best teams of the B group were eligible to participate . The last place was played in a qualification between the B group fourth (France as B group third was qualified as host) and the C group winner.

The Olympic tournament was also influenced by the political events of that time. A team whose state no longer existed took part in the tournament. During 1991, the Soviet Union disintegrated into 15 states. At first the Baltic States had separated, then in the autumn the rest of the USSR broke up into its constituent republics almost overnight, with the 12 new states amalgamating to form a loose union, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Since the new states could not set up their own Olympic teams so quickly, the planned Soviet team started at the Winter Olympics under the name "United Team" . Of course, this also applied to the Olympic ice hockey tournament.

Mode changes

The Olympic tournament brought some innovations. For the first time, professional players were allowed to play in an Olympic tournament without restrictions. In addition, the competition mode was changed again. Compared to the previous Olympic tournament, there was no more final round, but the best four teams in each group reached the quarter-finals and then played the medals and the Olympic champion in the knockout system . In addition, the fifth and sixth placed in the preliminary round, as well as the teams eliminated in the quarterfinals, played placement games.

Qualification for the Olympic ice hockey tournament

April 14, 1991

Denmark

4: 6 (0: 5, 2: 1, 2: 0)

Poland

Copenhagen

April 16, 1991

Poland

9: 5 (4: 2, 2: 2, 3: 1)

Denmark

Oświęcim

Poland was thus qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Olympic ice hockey tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

February 9, 1992

Sweden

7: 2 (2: 1, 3: 0, 2: 1)

Poland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 9, 1992

Finland

5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1)

Germany

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 9, 1992

United States

6: 3 (2: 1, 0: 2, 4: 0)

Italy

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 11, 1992

Finland

9: 1 (4: 0, 1: 0, 4: 1)

Poland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 11, 1992

United States

2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Germany

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 11, 1992

Sweden

7: 3 (2: 0, 4: 1, 1: 2)

Italy

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 13, 1992

Italy

7: 1 (5: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Poland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 13, 1992

United States

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)

Finland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 13, 1992

Sweden

3: 1 (3: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0)

Germany

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 15, 1992

Germany

5: 2 (2: 0, 0: 2, 3: 0)

Italy

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 15, 1992

Sweden

2: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1)

Finland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 15, 1992

United States

3: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)

Poland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

17th February 1992

Germany

4: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)

Poland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

17th February 1992

Finland

5: 3 (3: 0, 0: 1, 2: 2)

Italy

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

17th February 1992

Sweden

3: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 3: 1)

United States

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1.	United States	5	4th	1	0	18: 07	+11	09: 01
2.	Sweden	5	3	2	0	22:11	+11	08: 02
3.	Finland	5	3	1	1	22:11	+11	07: 03
4th	Germany	5	2	0	3	11:12	- 01	04: 06
5.	Italy	5	1	0	4th	18:24	- 06	02: 08
6th	Poland	5	0	0	5	04:30	-24	00:10

Group B

February 8, 1992

France

2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 2, 1: 0)

Canada

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 8, 1992

Czechoslovakia

10: 1 (4: 0, 5: 1, 1: 0)

Norway

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 8, 1992

United team

8: 1 (3: 0, 3: 0, 2: 1)

Switzerland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 10, 1992

United team

8: 1 (3: 0, 2: 0, 3: 1)

Norway

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 10, 1992

France

4: 6 (2: 0, 1: 4, 1: 2)

Czechoslovakia

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 10, 1992

Canada

6: 1 (1: 0, 4: 0, 1: 1)

Switzerland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 12, 1992

Canada

10: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0)

Norway

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 12, 1992

France

4: 3 (1: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0)

Switzerland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 12, 1992

United team

3: 4 (1: 2, 1: 0, 1: 2)

Czechoslovakia

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 14, 1992

France

0: 8 (0: 2, 0: 4, 0: 2)

United team

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 14, 1992

Switzerland

6: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 5: 1)

Norway

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 14, 1992

Canada

5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0)

Czechoslovakia

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 16, 1992

France

4: 2 (1: 0, 0: 0, 3: 2)

Norway

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 16, 1992

Czechoslovakia

4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)

Switzerland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 16, 1992

United team

5: 4 (3: 2, 1: 0, 1: 2)

Canada

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

Closing table

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1.	Canada	5	4th	0	1	28: 09	+19	08: 02
2.	United team	5	4th	0	1	32:10	+22	08: 02
3.	Czechoslovakia	5	4th	0	1	25:15	+10	08: 02
4th	France	5	2	0	3	14:22	- 08	04: 06
5.	Switzerland	5	1	0	4th	13:25	-12	02: 08
6th	Norway	5	0	0	5	07:38	-31	00:10

Placement games for places 9–12

1 round

February 18, 1992

Italy

3: 5 (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 2)

Norway

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 18, 1992

Switzerland

7: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 4: 0)

Poland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

Game for 11th place

February 20, 1992

Italy

1: 4 (0: 3, 1: 0, 0: 1)

Poland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

Play for 9th place

February 20, 1992

Switzerland

2: 5 (0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 3)

Norway

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

Quarter finals

The quarter-final match between Canada and Germany turned out to be exciting. Ernst Köpf managed to equalize 3: 3 in the last third 2:24 minutes before the end. This hit also meant the final score after 60 minutes and led to a ten-minute extension that brought no more goals. For the first time in Olympic history there was a penalty shootout. The first five shooters for each team didn't make a decision either. Eric Lindros then gave Canada a 6: 5 lead with a converted penalty shot, while Peter Draisaitl brought the puck between the legs of goalkeeper Sean Burke , but the latter remained directly on the goal line. The referees decided on no goal and Canada reached the semi-finals against Czechoslovakia.

February 18, 1992 5:00 p.m.

Canada J. Juneau (9:38) B. Schlegel (20:28) K. Dahl (53:54) E. Lindros (PS)

4: 3 n.P. (1: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)

Germany J. Rumrich (12:40) D. Hegen (16:34) E. Köpf (57:38)

Palais des Glaces, Méribel Spectators: 5,500

February 18, 1992 9:00 p.m.

France S. Barin (11:01)

1: 4 (1: 0, 0: 3, 0: 1)

USA K. Tkachuk (25:43) T. Donato (28:13) T. Donato (31:29) M. McInnis (46:29)

Palais des Glaces, Méribel Spectators: 6,100 (sold out)

February 19, 1992 5:00 p.m.

United team N. Borschtschewski (5:42) A. Chomutow (17:36) J. Chmyljow (34:50) W. Malachow (37:12) W. Bykow (47:21) S. Petrenko (58:35)

6: 1 (2: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0)

Finland P. Tuomisto (8:25)

Palais des Glaces, Méribel Spectators: 6,100 (sold out)

February 19, 1992 9:00 p.m.

Sweden M. Johansson (5:00)

1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2)

Czechoslovakia D. Kadlec (18:46) O. Janecký (53:05) P. Augusta (57:43)

Palais des Glaces, Méribel Spectators: 6,100 (sold out)

Placement games for places 5–8

1 round

February 20, 1992

France

4: 5 (0: 1, 3: 3, 1: 1)

Germany

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

February 20, 1992

Sweden

3: 2 (2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1)

Finland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

Game for 7th place

February 22, 1992

France

1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 2)

Finland

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

Play for 5th place

February 22, 1992

Sweden

4: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 3: 1)

Germany

Palais de Glaces, Méribel

Semifinals

February 21, 1992 5:00 p.m.

Canada D. Hannan (1:58) D. Archibald (10:43) C. Giles (43:59) F. Joseph (57:48)

4: 2 (2: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0)

Czechoslovakia R. Švehla (19:52) P. Augusta (23:22)

Palais des Glaces, Méribel Spectators: 6,100 (sold out)

February 21, 1992 9:00 p.m.

United team A. Kowaljow (11:08) W. Bykow (15:36) A. Chomutow (50:55) J. Chmyljow (54:08) J. Dawydow (57:09)

5: 2 (2: 1, 0: 1, 3: 0)

USA S. Hill (12:09) M. McInnis (38:28)

Palais des Glaces, Méribel Spectators: 6,100 (sold out)

3rd place match

February 22, 1992 9:00 p.m.

Czechoslovakia F. Procházka (16:12) T. Jelínek (17:23) K. Kašták (25:51) T. Jelínek (42:38) R. Lang (43:42) R. Lang (55:59)

6: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 1)

USA T. Drury (46:55)

Palais des Glaces, Méribel Spectators: 6,100 (sold out)

final

The final between the United Team and Canada was only decided in the final phase after two goalless periods. The team of the former Soviet republics, which had lost numerous top players to the NHL due to political changes and was significantly younger than in 1988, finally won 3-1.

February 23, 1992 2:30 p.m.

United team W. Buzayev (41:01) I. Boldin (55:54) W. Bykow (58:51)

3: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 3: 1)

Canada C. Lindberg (57:20)

Palais des Glaces, Méribel Spectators: 6,100 (sold out)

Best scorer

The Canadian striker Joé Juneau emerged from the tournament as the best scorer . He posted 15 points in eight games and was one point ahead of Andrei Chomutow , who led the scorer standings together with Teemu Selänne . Juneau was also the best goal setter of the competition with nine assists . The top defender of the tournament was the Swede Börje Salming , who scored four goals and gave three assists.

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Joé Juneau	Canada	8th	6th	9	15th	4th
Andrei Khomutov	United team	8th	7th	7th	14th	2
Robert Lang	Czechoslovakia	8th	5	8th	13	8th
Teemu Selänne	Finland	6th	7th	4th	11	6th
Eric Lindros	Canada	8th	5	6th	11	6th
Hannu Järvenpää	Finland	8th	5	6th	11	14th
Vyacheslav Bykov	United team	8th	4th	7th	11	0
Yuri Chmylev	United team	8th	4th	6th	10	4th
Mika Nieminen	Finland	8th	4th	6th	10	4th
Nikolai Borschtschewski	United team	8th	7th	2	9	0

Best goalkeeper

Among the goalkeepers, the American Ray LeBlanc had the best catch rate with 94.3 percent saved shots on goal. He finished two games without conceding a goal ( shutout ). Mikhail Shtalenkov achieved the lowest average per game conceded at 1.64 .

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GAA = goals conceded , Sv% = catch quota ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	ATM	Sv%
Mikhail Shtalenkov	United team	8th	440	14th	1	1.64	91.8
Helmut de Raaf	Germany	4th	250	8th	1	1.92	93.3
Ray LeBlanc	United States	8th	463	17th	2	2.20	94.3
Sean Burke	Canada	7th	429	17th	0	2.37	93.7
Tommy Soderstrom	Sweden	5	298	13	0	2.61	83.8
Petr Bříza	Czechoslovakia	7th		15th	0	2.72	90.3
Petri Ylönen	France	7th		17th	0	3.89	84.4
Renato Tosio	Switzerland	6th		24	0	4.01	87.2

All-Star Team

Attack:	Håkan Loob - Vyacheslav Bykow - Eric Lindros
Defense:	Igor Kravchuk - Dmitri Mironov
Goal:	Ray LeBlanc

Final placement and squad of the teams

placement	team	player
	United team	Nikolai Chabibulin , Mikhail Shtalenkow , Andrei Trefilow - Sergei Bautin , Dmitri Yushkewitsch , Vladimir Malachow , Dmitri Mironow , Darius Kasparaitis , Igor Kravchuk , Alexei Shitnik , Sergei Subow - Igor Boldin , Nikolai Borschtschewski , Vjatschesrei Chmyl , Buzjowuri , Vjatschesrei Chmyl Buzjowuri , Andkyl Buzjevuri , Yevgeny Davydov , Andrei Kovalenko , Alexei Kovalev , Sergei Petrenko , Vitaly Prokhorov , Alexei Shamnov Coaching staff: Viktor Tikhonov , Vladimir Yursinov , Igor Dmitriev
	Canada	Sean Burke , Trevor Kidd , Sam St. Laurent - Kevin Dahl , Curt Giles , Gordon Hynes , Adrien Plavsic , Dan Ratushny , Brad Schlegel , Brian Tutt , Jason Woolley - Dave Archibald , Todd Brost , Dave Hannan , Fabian Joseph , Joé Juneau , Patrick Lebeau , Chris Lindberg , Eric Lindros , Kent Manderville , Wally Schreiber , Randy Smith , Dave Tippett Coaching staff: Dave King , Tom Renney , Terry Crisp , Wayne Fleming
	Czechoslovakia	Petr Briza , Jaromír Dragan , Oldřich Svoboda - Leo Gudas , Drahomír Kadlec , Bedřich Ščerban , Jiří Šlégr , Richard Šmehlík , Róbert Švehla - Patrick Augusta , Miloslav Hořava , Petr Hrbek , Otakar Janecký , Tomas Jelinek , Kamil Kašťák , Robert Lang , Igor Liba , Ladislav Lubina , František Procházka , Petr Rosol , Radek Ťoupal , Peter Veselovský , Richard Žemlička Coaching staff: Ivan Hlinka , Jaroslav Walter
4th	United States	Ray LeBlanc , Scott Gordon - Greg Brown , Guy Gosselin , Bret Hedican , Dave Tretowicz , Sean Hill , Scott Lachance , Moe Mantha - Scott Young , Shawn McEachern , Joe Sacco , Clark Donatelli , CJ Young , Tim Sweeney , Steve Heinze , Ted Donato , Marty McInnis , Jim Johannson , Ted Drury , Keith Tkachuk , David Emma Coaching staff : Dave Peterson , Jeff Sauer
5	Sweden	Roger Nordström , Tommy Söderström - Tommy Sjödin , Peter Andersson , Peter Andersson , Börje Salming , Kenneth Kennholt , Fredrik Stillman - Petri Liimatainen , Håkan Loob , Thomas Rundqvist , Mats Näslund , Lars Edström , Bengt-Åke Gustafsson , Patrik Carnbäck , Jan Viktorsson , Charles Berglund , Mikael Johansson , Peter Ottosson , Patrik Erickson , Daniel Rydmark , Patric Kjellberg Coaching staff : Conny Evensson , Curt Lindström
6th	Germany	Karl Friesen , Helmut de Raaf , Joseph Heiss - Mike Heidt , Udo Kießling , Rick Amann , Uli Hiemer , Mike Schmidt - Jörg Mayr , Andreas Niederberger , Ron Fischer , Michael Rumrich , Georg Holzmann , Jürgen Rumrich , Bernd Truntschka , Gerd Truntschka , Dieter Hegen , Ernst Köpf , Peter Draisaitl , Andreas Brockmann , Raimund Hilger , Thomas Brandl , Axel Kammerer Coaching staff : Luděk Bukač , Franz Reindl
7th	Finland	Jukka Tammi , Markus Ketterer , Sakari Lindfors - Timo Jutila , Kari Eloranta , Ville Sirén , Arto Ruotanen , Simo Saarinen - Timo Blomqvist , Janne Laukkanen , Harri Laurila , Teemu Selanne , Hannu Järvenpää , Mika Nieminen , Mikko Mäkelä , Petri Skriko , Pekka Tuomisto , Jari Lindroos , Raimo Helminen , Raimo Summanen , Keijo Säilynoja , Timo Saarikoski , Timo Peltomaa Coaching staff : Pentti Matikainen , Sakari Pietilä
8th	France	Petri Ylönen , Jean-Marc Djian , Fabrice Lhenry - Serge Poudrier , Stéphane Botteri , Denis Perez , Bruno Saunier , Michel LeBlanc - Jean-Philippe Lemoine , Gérald Guennelon , Christophe Ville , Stéphane Barin , Peter Almásy , Philippe Bozon , Patrick Dunn , Benoît Laporte , Antoine Richer , Arnaud Briand , Yves Crettenand , Christian Pouget , Pierre Pousse , Michaël Babin , Pascal Margerit Coaching staff : Kjell Larsson , Marc Peythieu
9	Norway	Steve Allman , Jim Marthinsen , Rob Schistad - Petter Salsten , Jon-Magne Karlstad , Tommy Jakobsen , Morgan Andersen - Martin Friis , Jan-Roar Fagerli , Kim Søgaard , Marius Rath , Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm , Geir Hoff , Eirik Paulsen , Tom Johansen , Petter Thoresen , Erik Kristiansen , Carl Gunnar Gundersen , Ørjan Løvdal , Jarle Friis , Arne Billkvam , Rune Gulliksen , Øystein Olsen Coaching staff : Bengt Ohlson , Tore Jobs
10	Switzerland	Reto Pavoni , Manuele Celio - Renato Tosio , Samuel Balmer , Sandro Bertaggia , Sven Leuenberger , Patrice Brasey , Doug Honegger - Dino Kessler , Andreas Beutler , André Künzi , Jörg Eberle , Fredy Lüthi , Andy Ton , Patrick Howald , Gil Montandon , Thomas Vrabec , Mario Brodmann , Mario Rottaris , Keith Fair , André Rötheli , Peter Jaks coaching staff : Juhani Tamminen , Bryan Lefley
11	Poland	Gabriel Samolej , Marek Batkiewicz , Mariusz Kieca , Kazimierz Jurek , Henryk Gruth , Rafał Sroka , Robert Szopiński , Dariusz Garbocz , Marek Cholewa , Jerzy Sobera , Andrzej Kądziołka , Krzysztof Kuzniecov , Andrzej Świstak , Mariusz Puzio , Janusz Hajnos , Mirosław Tomasik , Waldemar Klisiak , Dariusz Płatek , Janusz Adamiec , Krzysztof Bujar , Mariusz Czerkawski , Wojciech Tkacz , Sławomir Wieloch
12	Italy	David Delfino , Diego Riva , Mike Zanier - Jim Camazzola , Anthony Circelli , Georg Comploi , Michael De Angelis , Bob Manno , Giovanni Marchetti , Robert Oberrauch , Bill Stewart - Joe Foglietta , Bob Ginnetti , Emilio Iovio , Rick Morocco , Frank Nigro , Santino Pellegrino , Marco Scapinello , Martino Soracreppa , Lucio Topatigh , John Vecchiarelli , Ivano Zanatta , Bruno Zarrillo Trainer : Gene Ubriaco

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rupert Kaiser, Olympic Almanac of the Winter Games, Agon Verlag, Kassel 2002, p. 292

Web links

• 1992 - The Albertville puck drama at sporthelden.de
• Jeux Olympiques d'Albertville 1992 at hockeyarchives.info (French)
• Men's Ice Hockey at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games on Sports-Reference.com

literature

• Jan Bürk: “Ice hockey at the Olympic Games with special consideration of the participation of Germany” pp. 112–120, GRIN Verlag 2004