Olympic Winter Games 2006 / Ice Hockey (Men)

sport	ice Hockey
discipline	competition
gender	Men
Attendees	287 athletes in 12 teams
Competition location	Palasport Olimpico (12,350 seats) Torino Esposizioni (4,320 seats)
Competition phase	15-26 February 2006
Medalist  Sweden  Finland  Czech Republic
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Ice hockey tournaments at the 2006 Olympic Games
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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin took place from February 15 to 26 with twelve national teams - two fewer than at the Games in Salt Lake City . However, instead of the last 35 games, 38 were played. Of these 38 games, 17 took place in Torino Esposizioni with a capacity of 4,320 spectators, all others were played in Palasport Olimpico with a capacity of 12,350 .

Like the leagues of the European participating countries, the North American National Hockey League also interrupted the 2005/06 season from February 13 to 28 , so that the players active there had the opportunity to represent their home country. Sweden secured the Olympic victory in a purely Scandinavian final by beating Finland 3-2 . Third place went to the Czech Republic and won bronze.

qualification

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In addition to the host nation Italy, the first eight nations of the IIHF world rankings qualified for the tournament after the 2004 World Cup . In addition, three participants were played in several qualifying tournaments.

Automatically eligible as a host:

•  Italy

The best eight teams in the IIHF world rankings 2004 qualified:

•  Canada
•  Sweden
•  Slovakia
•  Czech Republic
•  Finland
•  United States
•  Russia
•  Germany

Qualified through the six qualifying tournaments:

•  Switzerland
•  Latvia
•  Kazakhstan

mode

Olympic ice hockey tournament 2006
Number of nations	12
Olympic champion	Sweden
silver	Finland
bronze	Czech Republic
Venue (s)	Turin , Italy
opening	February 15, 2006
Endgame	February 26, 2006
spectator	236,013 (6,210 per game)
Gates	204 (5.37 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Antero Niittymäki
Best defenders	Kenny Jonsson
Best striker	Teemu Selänne
Most Valuable Players	Antero Niittymäki
Top scorer	Teemu Selänne (11 points)

The twelve teams of the Olympic ice hockey tournament were divided into two groups of six teams each in the preliminary round. The two groups were composed according to the positions of the national teams in the IIHF world rankings after the 2004 World Cup according to the following key:

Group A	Group B
A1 (1)	B1 (2)
A2 (4)	B2 (3)
A3 (5)	B3 (6)
A4 (8)	B4 (7)
A5 (9)	B5 (10)
A6 (12)	B6 (11)

The first two teams in the world rankings formed the group heads. It was followed by the teams in ranks 3 and 4 in second position and 5 and 6 in third and so on up to eighth place, so that the first four places in each group were occupied. Due to Italy's low world rankings, their classification remained open until after the qualifying tournaments were over. The three remaining places were determined by the three qualifiers. The best placed qualifier in the world rankings in 2004 was placed in Group A. As the other two qualifiers were better placed than Italy, both came in Group B, leaving Italy the remaining place in Group A. This ultimately resulted in the following groupings:

Group A	Group B
Canada (1)	Sweden (2)
Czech Republic (4)	Slovakia (3)
Finland (5)	USA (6)
Germany (8)	Russia (7)
Switzerland (9)	Latvia (10)
Italy (19)	Kazakhstan (17)

Within the groups, the teams initially play according to the everyone-versus-everyone mode , so that each team initially plays five games. The first four teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals. The winners will meet in the semifinals, with the winners playing the final for the gold medal and the losers the game for the bronze medal. There are no further placement games compared to the last tournament.

Venues

Turin , Italy
Palasport Olimpico Capacity: 12,350	Turin Venue of the tournament	Torino Esposizioni Capacity: 4,320

Squad

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Preliminary round

Group A

February 15, 2006 1:05 p.m. (local time)

Italy J. Cirone (20:43) J. Parco (38:08)

2: 7 (0: 1, 2: 5, 0: 1) game report

Canada J. Iginla (5:33) D. Heatley (21:55) S. Doan (25:38) J. Iginla (26:04) M. St. Louis (33:53) B. Richards (34:38 ) J. Thornton (43:39)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,575

February 15, 2006 3:35 pm

Switzerland

0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 4, 0: 0) game report

Finland O. Jokinen (13:07) T. Numminen (23:35) O. Jokinen (28:04) T. Selänne (33:25) T. Selänne (39:25)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin spectators: 2,960

February 15, 2006 5:05 pm

Germany T. Boos (19:01)

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

Czech Republic T. Kaberle (21:02) T. Kaberle (23:38) J. Jágr (57:47) D. Výborný (59:32)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 6,463

February 16, 2006 12:05 pm

Finland J. Lehtinen (21:49) S. Koivu (23:51) J. Jokinen (30:11) V. Peltonen (38:25) T. Selänne (52:07) T. Selänne (55:08)

6: 0 (0: 0, 4: 0, 2: 0) game report

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 7,776

February 16, 2006 1:05 pm

Czech Republic J. Jágr (22:55) M. Židlický (41:00)

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

Switzerland T. Ziegler (5:11) T. Paterlini (29:44) M. Streit (46:42)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin Spectators: 3,400

February 16, 2006 8:05 pm

Canada W. Redden (4:52) J. Sakic (7:29) S. Gagné (10:49) D. Heatley (35:37) S. Doan (59:26)

5: 1 (3: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Germany C. Ehrhoff (29:13)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,554

February 18, 2006 1:05 pm

Italy J. Parco (2:03) A. Iob (44:27) C. Borgatello (58:28)

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

Germany T. Martinec (26:21) S. Felski (47:16) M. Goc (58:43)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,908

February 18, 2006 3:35 pm

Canada

0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Switzerland P. DiPietro (18:19) P. DiPietro (28:47)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin Spectators: 4,769

February 18, 2006 9:05 pm

Czech Republic M. Židlický (8:25) M. Židlický (38:17)

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

Finland O. Jokinen (14:14) J. Lehtinen (35:02) T. Selänne (40:30) J. Lehtinen (48:33)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,705

February 19, 2006 12:05 pm

Germany S. Felski (22:20) T. Boos (52:09)

2: 2 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0) match report

Switzerland F. Conne (28:17) P. DiPietro (38:05)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin spectators: 8,756

February 19, 2006 8:05 pm

Czech Republic M. Hejduk (12:57) V. Prospal (14:20) V. Prospal (28:36) V. Prospal (58:40)

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

Italy J. Parco (57:53)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,776

February 19, 2006 9:05 pm

Finland T. Selänne (11:14) S. Kapanen (15:02)

2: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Canada

Torino Esposzioni, Turin Spectators: 4,420

February 21, 2006 12:35 p.m.

Switzerland R. Lemm (3:06) P. Fischer (6:33) I. Rüthemann (56:38)

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

Italy J. Busillo (15:41) C. Trevisani (20:53) A. Iob (46:13)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,529

February 21, 2006 3:35 pm

Finland N. Kapanen (2:35) S. Koivu (39:39)

2: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0) game report

Germany

Torino Esposzioni, Turin Spectators: 2,430

February 21, 2006 4:35 pm

Canada B. Richards (7:37) M. St. Louis (11:19) C. Pronger (19:24)

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

Czech Republic P. Kubina (33:46) P. Čajánek (42:41)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 9,126

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	5	5	0	0	19: 02	10
2.	Switzerland	5	2	2	1	10:12	6th
3.	Canada	5	3	0	2	15: 09	6th
4th	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	14:12	4th
5.	Germany	5	0	2	3	07:16	2
6th	Italy	5	0	2	3	09:23	2

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the quarter finals

Group B

February 15, 2006 11:35 am (local time)

Kazakhstan J. Koreschkow (20:17) W. Antipin (48:33)

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

Sweden D. Tjärnqvist (7:45) D. Alfredsson (10:46) H. Sedin (16:06) P. Axelsson (28:47) M. Sundin (31:08) D. Sedin (35:31) D. . Tjärnqvist (36:21)

Torino Esposizioni, Turin spectators: 2,200

February 15, 2006 8:05 pm

Russia P. Dazjuk (10:00) A. Kowaljow (12:38) A. Ovetschkin (30:03)

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

Slovakia P. Demitra (9:07) Ľ. Višňovský (25:51) P. Bondra (33:05) M. Gáborík (56:32) M. Gáborík (59:31)

Torino Esposizioni, Turin spectators: 3,800

February 15, 2006 9:05 pm

Latvia A. Ņiživijs (13:15) A. Tribuncovs (35:04) H. Vasiļjevs (35:44)

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

USA B. Gionta (9:44) C. Conroy (10:38) J. Leopold (42:01)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 7,851

February 16, 2006 4:05 pm

Sweden

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

Russia A. Kowaljow (27:13) A. Ovetschkin (28:05) M. Suschinski (38:58) W. Koslow (50:31) M. Afinogenow (54:04)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,545

February 16, 2006 5:05 pm

Slovakia R. Zedník (5:23) R. Petrovický (5:43) P. Demitra (7:54) M. Hossa (13:17) Z. Chára (33:49) M. Hossa (49:04)

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

Latvia S. Ozoliņš (6:27) M. Cipulis (20:54) A. Ņiživijs (26:51)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin spectators: 2,960

February 16, 2006 9:05 pm

USA B. Guerin (1:34) B. Rolston (8:31) B. Gionta (16:50) M. Modano (51:53)

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

Kazakhstan J. Koreshkov (51:02)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin Spectators: 3,400

February 18, 2006 11:35 am

Kazakhstan

0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Russia A. Kharitonov (31:38)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin spectators: 3,660

February 18, 2006 5:05 pm

Sweden S. Påhlsson (14:20) N. Lidström (22:22) D. Alfredsson (24:59) P. Axelsson (25:17) H. Zetterberg (27:58) D. Alfredsson (44:48)

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

Latvia M. Ziediņš (49:10)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin spectators: 8,795

February 18, 2006 8:05 pm

Slovakia M. Hossa (34:20) P. Bondra (41:48)

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

USA B. Rolston (38:24)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin Spectators: 4,697

February 19, 2006 1:05 pm

Russia I. Kovalchuk (7:26) M. Suschinski (9:15) I. Kovalchuk (12:36) I. Kovalchuk (23:32) W. Koslow (25:54) I. Kovalchuk (35:16) A. Yashin (41:58) J. Malkin (47:32) A. Ovechkin (56:27)

9: 2 (3: 1, 3: 0, 3: 1) game report

Latvia A. Cipruss (9:55) M. Rēdlihs (58:04)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin spectators: 4,310

February 19, 2006 4:05 pm

Slovakia P. Bondra (39:50) M. Hossa (48:09)

2: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Kazakhstan J. Koreschkow (16:16)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 9,160

February 19, 2006 5:05 pm

USA M. Modano (17:31)

1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Sweden D. Alfredsson (7:05) M. Samuelsson (44:22)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin Spectators: 4,450

February 21, 2006 11:35 am

Latvia L. Tambijevs (15:13) A. Cipruss (45:04)

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

Kazakhstan A. Koreschkow (7:20) N. Antropow (35:04) S. Alexandrow (52:33) J. Koreschkow (54:53) J. Koreschkow (58:08)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin spectators: 2,300

February 21, 2006 8:05 pm

Sweden

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

Slovakia P. Bondra (15:51) M. Hossa (46:16) R. Suchý (58:58)

Torino Esposzioni, Turin spectators: 4,250

February 21, 2006 8:35 pm

USA B. Rolston (18:38) B. Gionta (39:01) S. Gomez (45:00) E. Cole (50:38)

4: 5 (1: 2, 1: 1, 2: 2) game report

Russia A. Koroljuk (9:27) J. Malkin (10:41) A. Markow (35:00) A. Ovetschkin (49:55) A. Kovalev (51:52)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 9,378

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18: 08	10
2.	Russia	5	4th	0	1	23:11	8th
3.	Sweden	5	3	0	2	15:12	6th
4th	United States	5	1	1	3	13:13	3
5.	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4th	09:16	2
6th	Latvia	5	0	1	4th	11:29	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the quarter finals

Final round

Semi-final between Finland and Russia

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Finland

4th

B4

United States

3

A1

Finland

4th

B2

Russia

0

B2

Russia

2

A3

Canada

0

A1

Finland

2

B3

Sweden

3

A2

Switzerland

2

B3

Sweden

6th

B3

Sweden

7th

3rd place match

A4

Czech Republic

3

B1

Slovakia

1

B2

Russia

0

A4

Czech Republic

3

A4

Czech Republic

3

Quarter finals

February 22, 2006 4:35 p.m. (local time)

Switzerland M. Streit (8:37) R. Lemm (40:49)

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

Sweden H. Sedin (3:05) F. Modin (13:49) H. Zetterberg (22:17) M. Sundin (29:07) M. Sundin (32:52) S. Påhlsson (48:36)

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Spectators: 2,970

February 22, 2006 5:35 pm

Finland V. Peltonen (9:33) S. Salo (12:01) O. Jokinen (25:06) O. Jokinen (37:10)

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

USA M. Knuble (13:14) M. Schneider (21:29) B. Gionta (55:33)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 6,691

February 22, 2006 8:35 pm

Russia A. Ovetschkin (41:30) A. Kowaljow (59:37)

2: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) game report

Canada

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Spectators: 4,130

February 22, 2006 9:35 pm

Slovakia M. Gáborík (43:38)

1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1) game report

Czech Republic M. Ručínský (12:51) M. Hejduk (28:41) M. Straka (59:57)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 6,893

Semifinals

February 24, 2006 4:35 pm

Sweden F. Modin (0:34) P. Axelsson (13:37) H. Sedin (21:16) C. Bäckman (23:54) J. Jönsson (27:54) D. Alfredsson (39:00) T . Holmström (56:05)

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

Czech Republic F. Cuba (3:11) A. Hemský (30:40) V. Prospal (31:25)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,071

February 24, 2006 9:05 pm

Finland V. Peltonen (6:13) T. Lydman (29:33) S. Koivu (33:51) O. Jokinen (49:17)

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

Russia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,702

3rd place match

February 25, 2006 8:35 pm

Russia

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Czech Republic M. Erat (4:48) M. Židlický (26:36) M. Straka (59:52)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,379

final

February 26, 2006 2:05 pm

Finland K. Timonen (14:45) V. Peltonen (35:00)

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

Sweden H. Zetterberg (24:42) N. Kronwall (33:24) N. Lidström (40:10)

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Spectators: 8,274

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points , +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Teemu Selänne	Finland	8th	6th	5	11	+7	4th
Saku Koivu	Finland	8th	3	8th	11	+5	12
Daniel Alfredsson	Sweden	8th	6th	5	10	+2	4th
Marián Hossa	Slovakia	8th	6th	5	10	+9	4th
Ville Peltonen	Finland	8th	5	5	9	+4	6th
Olli Jokinen	Finland	8th	6th	2	8th	+5	2
Jere Lehtinen	Finland	8th	3	5	8th	+6	0
Mats Sundin	Sweden	8th	3	5	8th	+1	4th
Martin Straka	Czech Republic	8th	2	6th	8th	+4	6th
Pavel Datsyuk	Russia	8th	1	7th	8th	+5	10

Best goalkeeper

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%
Antero Niittymäki	Finland	6th	358: 51	8th	3	1.34	95.12
Yevgeny Nabokov	Russia	7th	359: 27	7th	3	1.34	94.03
David Aebischer	Switzerland	4th	200: 00	8th	0	2.10	94.02
Peter Budaj	Slovakia	3	179: 24	6th	0	2.01	92.41
Martin Brodeur	Canada	4th	238: 40	8th	0	2.01	92.31

Final placements

The placements are based on the following criteria:

• Places 1 to 4: Results in the final and in the game for 3rd place
• Places 5 to 8 (losers in the quarter-finals): according to placement - then points, then goal difference in the preliminary round
• Places 9 to 12 (preliminary round): according to placement - then points, then goal difference
• Places 13 to 21 (second qualifying round): according to placement - then points, then goal difference
• Places 22 to 30 (first qualifying round): according to placement - then points, then goal difference

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

rank nation 13 Belarus 14th Norway 15th Austria 16 France 17th Denmark 18th Slovenia 19th Ukraine 20th Poland 21st Japan

rank nation 22nd Hungary 23 Netherlands 24 Romania 25th Estonia 26th Lithuania 27 People's Republic of China 28 Croatia 29 Bulgaria 30th Serbia and Montenegro

Medalist

Olympic champion Sweden	Daniel Alfredsson , Per Johan Axelsson , Christian Bäckman , Peter Forsberg , Mika Hannula , Niclas Hävelid , Tomas Holmström , Jörgen Jönsson , Kenny Jönsson , Niklas Kronwall , Nicklas Lidström , Stefan Liv , Henrik Lundqvist , Fredrik Modin , Mattias Öhlund , Samuel Påhlsson , Mikael Samuelsson , Daniel Sedin , Henrik Sedin , Mats Sundin , Ronnie Sundin , Mikael Tellqvist , Daniel Tjärnqvist , Henrik Zetterberg Head coach: Bengt-Åke Gustafsson    Assistant coach: Anders Eldebrink , Janne Karlsson
silver Finland	Niklas Bäckström , Aki-Petteri Berg , Niklas Hagman , Jukka Hentunen , Jussi Jokinen , Olli Jokinen , Niko Kapanen , Mikko Koivu , Saku Koivu , Lasse Kukkonen , Antti Laaksonen , Jere Lehtinen , Toni Lydman , Antti-Jussi Niemi , Ville Nieminen , Antero Niittymäki , Fredrik Norrena , Petteri Nummelin , Teppo Numminen , Ville Peltonen , Jarkko Ruutu , Sami Salo , Teemu Selänne , Kimmo Timonen Head coach: Erkka Westerlund    Assistant coach: Risto Dufva , Hannu Virta
bronze Czech Republic	Jan Bulis , Petr Čajánek , Patrik Eliáš , Martin Erat , Dominik Hasek , Milan Hejduk , Aleš Hemský , Milan Hnilička , Jaromir Jagr , Frantisek Kaberle , Tomas Kaberle , Aleš Kotalík , Filip Kuba , Pavel Kubina , Robert Lang , Marek Malík , Rostislav Olesz , Václav Prospal , Martin Ručínský , Dušan Salfický , Jaroslav Špaček , Martin Straka , Tomáš Vokoun , David Výborný , Marek Židlický Head coach: Alois Hadamczik    Assistant coach: Mojmír Trličík , Ondřej Weissmann

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Antero Niittymäki	Finland
Best defender	Kenny Jonsson	Sweden
Best striker	Teemu Selänne	Finland
Most valuable player	Antero Niittymäki	Finland

All-Star Team

Attack:	Teemu Selänne - Saku Koivu - Alexander Ovetschkin
Defense:	Nicklas Lidström - Kimmo Timonen
Goal:	Antero Niittymäki

Web links

• Overview of the Olympic ice hockey tournament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Best Players Selected by the Directorate & MVP (PDF) iihf.com
2. ^ Media All Stars. (PDF) iihf.com