Olympic Winter Games 2010 / Ice Hockey (Men)

sport	ice Hockey
discipline	competition
gender	Men
Attendees	276 athletes in 12 teams
Competition location	Canada Hockey Place (18,810 seats) UBC Thunderbird Arena (6,800 seats)
Competition phase	16.-28. February 2010
Medalist  Canada  United States  Finland
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Ice hockey tournaments at the 2010 Olympic Games
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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver took place from February 16 to 28 - as at the Turin Games - with twelve national teams. However, instead of the previous 38 games, only 30 were played. Of these 30 games, only two were played in the UBC Thunderbird Arena with a capacity of 6,800 spectators, all others took place in the 19,300-seat Canada Hockey Place .

Like the leagues of the European participating countries, the North American National Hockey League also interrupted the 2009/10 season from February 15 to March 1 , so that the players active there had the opportunity to represent their home country. Canada secured the Olympic victory in a re-edition of the final game of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City with a 3-2 win after extra time over the USA . Third place went to Finland and thus won bronze.

qualification

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The first nine nations of the IIHF world rankings qualified for the tournament after the 2008 World Cup . In addition, three participants were played in several qualifying tournaments.

The following qualified nine teams in the 2008 IIHF world rankings:

•  Canada
•  Russia
•  Sweden
•  Finland
•  Czech Republic
•  United States
•  Switzerland
•  Slovakia
•  Belarus

Qualified through the seven qualifying tournaments:

•  Germany
•  Latvia
•  Norway

mode

Olympic ice hockey tournament 2010
Number of nations	12
Olympic champion	Canada
silver	United States
bronze	Finland
Venue (s)	Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
opening	February 16, 2010
Endgame	February 28, 2010
spectator	419,444 (16,381 per game)
Gates	180 (6.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Ryan Miller
Best defenders	Brian Rafalski
Best striker	Jonathan Toews
Most Valuable Players	Ryan Miller
Top scorer	Pavol Demitra (10 points)

The twelve teams of the Olympic ice hockey tournament were divided into three groups of four teams each in the preliminary round. The three groups were composed according to the positions of the national teams in the IIHF world rankings after the 2008 World Cup according to the following key:

Group A	Group B	Group C
A1 (1)	B1 (2)	C1 (3)
A2 (6)	B2 (5)	C2 (4)
A3 (7)	B3 (8)	C3 (9)
A4 (12)	B4 (11)	C4 (10)

The first three teams in the world rankings formed the group heads. It was followed by the teams in ranks 4 to 6 in second position and 7 to 9 in third. The three remaining places were determined by the three qualifiers. The best placed qualifier in the world rankings in 2008 was placed in Group C, the second best in Group B and the third best in Group A. This ultimately resulted in the following groupings:

Group A	Group B	Group C
Canada (1)	Russia (2)	Sweden (3)
USA (6)	Czech Republic (5)	Finland (4)
Switzerland (7)	Slovakia (8)	Belarus (9)
Norway (12)	Latvia (11)	Germany (10)

Within the groups, the teams initially play according to the everyone-against-everyone mode , so that each team initially plays three games. According to their results in the preliminary round - first according to the placement within the group, then according to points, goal difference, goals scored and finally according to the world ranking - the teams are then assigned to positions 1 to 12 of a newly determined seeding list.

The top three in the group and the best of the three runners-up automatically qualified for the quarter-finals. The remaining eight teams played the remaining four places in the quarter-finals in a quarter-final qualification. The team in fifth place on the seeding list met the twelfth placed, the sixth placed the eleventh, the seventh placed the tenth and the eighth placed the ninth. The victorious playoff qualifiers then played in the quarterfinals against one of the four automatically qualified teams. The winners from it met in the semi-finals, with the winners playing the final for the gold medal and the losers the game for the bronze medal.

Venues

Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
Canada Hockey Place Capacity: 19,300	Vancouver Venue of the tournament	UBC Thunderbird Arena Capacity: 6,800

Squad

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Preliminary round

Group A

Face off in the game between Switzerland and Canada

In Group A, to which the two North American teams belonged, to the surprise of many, the United States team prevailed as group winners.

On the opening day, both the USA won against Switzerland and Canada against Norway. While the Americans were not yet able to convince at 3-1, tournament favorites Canada won 8-0. After the second game day, the USA took the lead in the group, as the Canadians did not get beyond a 3-2 in the penalty shootout against Switzerland despite a 2-0 lead in the meantime . Thus, the hosts needed a victory in the final game against their arch rivals in order to create the direct quarter-final qualification. However, the Americans won a close match 5-3 - it was the Canadians' first Olympic defeat against their neighbors since they lost 2-1 in the 1960 Olympic finals. Switzerland secured themselves with a win over Norway in extra time third rank.

Ultimately, the United States qualified as the best team of all preliminary round groups directly for the quarter-finals, the Canadians finished sixth after the preliminary round. Switzerland and Norway ranked 8th and 10th.

February 16, 2010 12:00 p.m. (local time)

February 16, 2010 9:00 p.m. ( CET )

USA B. Ryan (18:59) D. Backes (25:52) R. Malone (28:25)

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

Switzerland R. Wick (49:25)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,706

February 16, 2010 4:30 p.m.

February 17, 2010 1:30 am

Canada J. Iginla (22:30) D. Heatley (24:27) M. Richards (31:06) R. Getzlaf (44:29) D. Heatley (46:43) J. Iginla (47:36) C. Perry (51:03) J. Iginla (58:11)

8: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 5: 0) game report

Norway

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,652

February 18, 2010 12:00 p.m.

February 18, 2010 9:00 p.m.

USA P. Kessel (2:39) C. Drury (13:04) P. Kane (25:52) R. Malone (54:19) B. Rafalski (57:00) B. Rafalski (59:23)

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

Norway M. Holtet (28:37)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 16,710

February 18, 2010 4:30 p.m.

February 19, 2010 1:30 am

Switzerland I. Rüthemann (28:59) P. von Gunten (39:50)

2: 3 n.P. (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Canada D. Heatley (9:21) P. Marleau (20:35) S. Crosby (PS)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 17,019

February 20, 2010 12:00 p.m.

February 20, 2010 9:00 p.m.

Norway T. Vikingstad (12:21) M. Hansen (25:24) T. Vikingstad (38:46) T. Vikingstad (52:18)

4: 5 a.d. (1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Switzerland J. Sprunger (1:03) R. Wick (29:15) R. Sannitz (35:42) S. Blindenbacher (49:56) R. Lemm (62:28)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,952

February 21, 2010 4:40 pm

February 22, 2010 1:40 p.m.

Canada E. Staal (8:53) D. Heatley (23:32) S. Crosby (56:51)

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

USA B. Rafalski (0:41) B. Rafalski (9:15) C. Drury (36:46) J. Langenbrunner (47:09) R. Kesler (59:15)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 18,561

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	0	14: 05	9
2.	Canada	3	1	1	0	1	14: 07	5
3.	Switzerland	3	0	1	1	1	08:10	3
4th	Norway	3	0	0	1	2	05:19	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: direct qualification for the quarter-finals

Group B

Scene from the match between Russia and Latvia

With Russia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, group B emerged as the most balanced of the tournament. Despite a defeat, co-favorites Russia reached the quarter-finals directly.

Russia with an 8-2 win and the Czech Republic with a 3-1 win over neighboring Slovakia - as expected - had a good start to the tournament. On the second day of the match, however, the Slovaks caused one of the biggest surprises of the preliminary round when they beat double world champions Russia 2-1 in extra time . Since the Czech Republic and Slovakia subsequently also won their game against Latvia, there was a direct duel for group victory in the last group game. There Russia defeated the Czechs 4-2. This put the Czechs in second place behind Russia, but ahead of Slovakia and Latvia.

As third overall in the preliminary round, the Russians moved directly into the quarter-finals. The Czech Republic and Slovakia were placed fifth and seventh according to their results for the quarter-finals qualification. Latvia was ranked twelfth as the worst team in the preliminary round.

February 16, 2010 9:00 p.m. (local time)

February 17, 2010 6:00 a.m. ( CET )

Russia D. Saripov (2:38) A. Radulow (7:46) A. Ovechkin (19:25) J. Malkin (38:18) A. Ovechkin (40:59) D. Saripov (41:30) I. . Kovalchuk (43:04) A. Morozov (58:57)

8: 2 (3: 0, 1: 0, 4: 2) game report

Latvia H. Vasiļjevs (40:33) Ģ. Ankipāns (43:35)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,862

February 17, 2010 9:00 p.m.

February 18, 2010 6:00 am

Czech Republic P. Eliáš (9:02) J. Jágr (37:56) T. Plekanec (39:58)

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

Slovakia M. Gáborík (20:47)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 16,924

February 18, 2010 9:00 p.m.

February 19, 2010 6:00 am

Slovakia M. Hossa (49:48) P. Demitra (PS)

2: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Russia A. Morosow (25:32)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 17,202

February 19, 2010 4:30 p.m.

February 20, 2010 1:30 am

Czech Republic D. Krejčí (2:30) T. Plekanec (3:33) J. Jágr (5:07) T. Kaberle (26:33) P. Eliáš (59:42)

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

Latvia K. Sotnieks (35:30) Ģ. Ankipāns (38:26)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,984

February 20, 2010 4:30 p.m.

February 21, 2010 1:30 am

Latvia

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

Slovakia Ľ. Višňovský (2:44) R. Zedník (9:11) J. Stümpel (17:08) M. Hossa (21:07) M. Handzuš (22:20) I. Baranka (57:20)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 17,023

February 21, 2010 12:00 p.m.

February 21, 2010 9:00 p.m.

Russia J. Malkin (15:13) W. Koslow (34:34) J. Malkin (41:49) P. Dazjuk (59:47)

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

Czech Republic T. Plekanec (19:06) M. Michálek (54:51)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 17,114

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	3	2	0	1	0	13: 06	7th
2.	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	10: 07	6th
3.	Slovakia	3	1	1	0	1	09: 04	5
4th	Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	04:19	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: direct qualification for the quarter-finals

Group C

Marcel Goc (left, Germany) and Samuel Påhlsson (Sweden) during the face-off

In Group C, the two Scandinavian nations Sweden and Finland easily qualified for the quarter-finals. Both had played the final at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin .

At the start, the Finns won confidently against Belarus, while the Swedes had serious problems in their 2-0 win over Germany. Both teams underpinned their favorite position on the second group matchday with further victories. In the last two games Belarus won against Germany 5-3, although they had equalized a two-goal deficit shortly before the end of the game. Sweden won 3-0 against Finland and thus remained clean in their second game. At the same time, they secured group victory over Finland. Belarus came third ahead of Germany.

As second and fourth overall in the preliminary round, both Sweden and Finland reached the quarter-finals directly. Finland was the best runner-up of all groups. The Belarusians finished ninth in the final ranking of the preliminary round, while the Germans went into the quarter-finals as penultimate.

February 17, 2010 12:00 p.m. (local time)

February 17, 2010 9:00 p.m. ( CET )

Finland O. Jokinen (3:24) N. Hagman (17:50) N. Hagman (36:52) V. Filppula (40:23) J. Ruutu (52:59)

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

Belarus S. Kaszitsyn (20:21)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 16,639

February 17, 2010 4:30 p.m.

February 18, 2010 1:30 am

Sweden M. Öhlund (24:29) L. Eriksson (34:13)

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

Germany

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,966

February 19, 2010 12:00 p.m.

February 19, 2010 9:00 p.m.

Belarus D. Mjaleschka (34:40) D. Mjaleschka (51:33)

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

Sweden D. Sedin (6:40) D. Alfredsson (9:04) J. Franzén (29:35) D. Alfredsson (59:49)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,878

February 19, 2010 9:00 p.m.

February 20, 2010 6:00 a.m.

Finland T. Ruutu (4:21) K. Timonen (24:04) K. Timonen (36:03) J. Ruutu (47:10) J. Pitkänen (49:01)

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

Germany

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 16,662

February 20, 2010 9:00 p.m.

February 21, 2010 6:00 am

Germany D. Seidenberg (5:39) J. Tripp (51:49) M. Goc (52:10)

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

Belarus A. Uharau (10:43) A. Kaljuschny (28:36) S. Kaszizyn (51:10) R. Salej (54:36) A. Kaljuschny (58:45)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 16,979

February 21, 2010 9:00 p.m.

February 22, 2010 6:00 am

Sweden L. Eriksson (6:41) N. Bäckström (24:19) L. Eriksson (38:08)

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

Finland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 17,410

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	09: 02	9
2.	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	10: 04	6th
3.	Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	08:12	3
4th	Germany	3	0	0	0	3	03:12	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: direct qualification for the quarter-finals

Seeding list after the group stage

The following seeding list decided on the pairings of the playoffs for the quarter-finals as well as the quarter-finals itself. The table only lists the criteria necessary for differentiation (placement in the group; points; goal difference), while the other criteria that are not required are listed in the section Mode .

rank		group	space	Points	Goal difference
1	United States	A.	1	9	+9
2	Sweden	C.	1	9	+7
3	Russia	B.	1	7th	+7
4th	Finland	C.	2	6th	+6
5	Czech Republic	B.	2	6th	+3
6th	Canada	A.	2	5	+7
7th	Slovakia	B.	3	5	+5
8th	Switzerland	A.	3	3	−2
9	Belarus	C.	3	3	−4
10	Norway	A.	4th	1	−14
11	Germany	C.	4th	0	−9
12	Latvia	B.	4th	0	−15

Explanations: direct qualification for the quarter-finals

Final round

Quarter-final qualification

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

United States

2

8th

Switzerland

0

8th

Switzerland

3

9

Belarus

2

1

United States

6th

4th

Finland

1

4th

Finland

2

5

Czech Republic

0

5

Czech Republic

3

12

Latvia

2

1

United States

2

6th

Canada

3

3

Russia

3

3rd place match

6th

Canada

7th

6th

Canada

8th

4th

Finland

5

11

Germany

2

7th

Slovakia

3

6th

Canada

3

7th

Slovakia

2

2

Sweden

3

7th

Slovakia

4th

7th

Slovakia

4th

10

Norway

3

Quarter-final qualification

The games of the quarter-finals qualification were very even with the exception of one game. Three of the four games were decided with only one goal difference, one each in overtime and one in penalty shootout . Only the Canadians won sovereignly in the unequal duel with Germany. Belarus, Latvia and Norway created considerable problems for their respective opponents.

• The first quarter-final qualifier was played by the Swiss, who were in eighth position, and the Belarusians, who were placed immediately behind. Aljaksej Kaljuschny took the lead after just 59 seconds . After 27 minutes, Switzerland turned the game around and led 2-1. Before the end of the second third, the Belarusians equalized with Kanstanzin Sacharau . After a goalless final section and extra time, Romano Lemm ensured the decision and the quarter-finals of the Swiss with his goal in the penalty shootout.

The German goalkeeper Thomas Greiss prevents a chance for the Canadian Ryan Getzlaf

• In the second quarter-final qualifier, the Canadians reported back with a confident 8-2 victory over Germany among the favorites. The Canadians showed their class especially in the second and third third. A total of seven different players scored the goal on the Canadian side. Only Jarome Iginla scored twice in the middle section. For Germany, Marcel Goc and Manuel Klinge scored the goals at the interim 1: 4 and 2: 8 final results.
• Due to the tournament mode, the Czech Republic and Latvia met in the third game. Both had already played against each other in the preliminary group and won the Czech Republic 5-2. Although the Czechs were able to achieve the early lead by Tomáš Rolinek and Tomáš Fleischmann this time, the Latvians punished the Czech carelessness in the final phase. Mārtiņš Cipulis and Miķelis Rēdlihs equalized with hits in the closing stages. It was only in the sixth minute of extra time that David Krejčí released the Czech Republic and paved the way for the quarter-finals.
• The fourth game saw the Slovaks move into the quarter-finals as the third team in Group B. They defeated the Norwegians 4-3. The Slovaks also lost a two-goal lead in the course of the game, which Michal Handzuš , Marián Gáborík and Richard Zedník had shot out. Nevertheless, the Norwegians equalized with the final siren in the second third break to 3: 3 by Anders Bastiansen . The Slovak Miroslav Šatan made the 4: 3 final result in the 49th minute.

February 23, 2010 12:00 p.m. (local time)

February 23, 2010 9:00 p.m. ( CET )

Switzerland J. Sprunger (12:25) H. Domenichelli (27:07) R. Lemm (PS)

3: 2 n.P. (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Belarus A. Kaljuschny (0:59) K. Sacharau (35:42)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 17,397

February 23, 2010 4:30 p.m.

February 24, 2010 1:30 am

Canada J. Thornton (10:13) S. Weber (22:32) J. Iginla (23:41) J. Iginla (28:50) S. Crosby (41:10) M. Richards (46:41) S. . Niedermayer (51:22) R. Nash (56:28)

8: 2 (1: 0, 3: 1, 4: 1) game report

Germany M. Goc (36:34) M. Klinge (58:58)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 17,723

February 23, 2010 7:00 p.m.

February 24, 2010 4:00 am

Czech Republic T. Rolinek (5:52) T. Fleischmann (11:06) D. Krejčí (65:10)

3: 2 n.V. (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0) game report

Latvia M. Cipulis (52:02) M. Rēdlihs (56:19)

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,448

February 23, 2010 9:00 p.m.

February 24, 2010 6:00 am

Slovakia M. Handzuš (7:03) M. Gáborík (9:48) R. Zedník (18:52) M. Šatan (48:41)

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

Norway M. Zuccarello Aasen (18:06) T. Vikingstad (27:27) A. Bastiansen (39:59)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 17,583

Quarter finals

Henrik Sedin (right, Sweden) and Michal Handzuš (Slovakia) in a direct duel

Similar to the quarter-finals qualification, the quarter-finals were also very even. Although no game went beyond the regular playing time of 60 minutes, three games were only decided in the final phase. The match between Canada and Russia, which is envisaged by many as a possible final pairing, rose in the quarter-finals due to the poor performance of the Canadians.

• In the first quarter-finals, the Swiss caused considerable problems for the Americans, who were so sovereign in the preliminary round. Only in the 43rd minute had Zach Parise taken the lead for the USA after they were denied a goal in the second period just after the clock ran out. With his second goal twelve seconds before the end, Parise sealed the passage of the Americans into the semifinals and the elimination of the Swiss.
• The eagerly awaited encounter between Russia and Canada took a rather unexpected turn. The Canadians were already 4-1 ahead after the first third. They expanded this lead to 7-2 by the 30th minute. With six different goalscorers, the balance of the squad was again evident. Sergei Gonchar made a little cosmetic result with the 3: 7.
• The game between Finland and the Czech Republic was only decided in the last seven minutes. Until then, the game had been 0-0 and was balanced in all respects. The goals of Niklas Hagman and Valtteri Filppula finally ensured Finland's semi-finals.
• The encounter between Sweden and Slovakia turned out to be varied. Another team, the Slovaks, who had qualified for the quarter-finals in the preliminary round, succeeded in throwing the Swedish team out of the tournament. They defeated the defending champion 4-3. The Swedes had made up a two-goal deficit shortly before the end of the second period, but had not been able to save the draw in the break. The Scandinavians were unable to catch up with another hit by the Slovaks, which was linked to the renewed two-goal lead.

February 24, 2010 12:00 p.m.

February 24, 2010 9:00 p.m.

USA Z. Parise (42:08) Z. Parise (59:48)

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

Switzerland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 17,536

February 24, 2010 4:30 p.m.

February 25, 2010 1:30 am

Russia D. Kalinin (14:39) M. Afinogenow (24:46) S. Gonchar (31:40)

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

Canada R. Getzlaf (2:21) D. Boyle (12:09) R. Nash (12:55) B. Morrow (18:18) C. Perry (23:10) S. Weber (24:07) C. . Perry (29:51)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 17,740

February 24, 2010 7:00 p.m.

February 25, 2010 4:00 am

Finland N. Hagman (53:34) V. Filppula (58:25)

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

Czech Republic

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 5,461

February 24, 2010 9:00 p.m.

February 25, 2010 6:00 am

Sweden P. Hörnqvist (33:49) H. Zetterberg (34:26) D. Alfredsson (49:39)

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

Slovakia M. Gáborík (27:34) A. Sekera (28:11) P. Demitra (39:12) T. Kopecký (49:01)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 17,493

Semifinals

In the two semi-finals, the United States faced Finland and hosts Canada faced tournament surprise Slovakia. They were able to make the game largely even, while the Americans reached the final without any problems.

• In the first semifinals, the Americans rolled over in the first third and made it into the final after just 13 minutes, when they led 6-0. Patrick Kane was the only one of the Americans who had met twice. The obviously shocked Finns couldn't think of anything and the Americans managed the lead with their young team. Antti Miettinen scored the consolation goal for the Scandinavians five minutes before the end .
• The second semi-final saw the Canadians win 3-2. In the first third, Patrick Marleau and Brenden Morrow shot out a 2-0 lead, which Ryan Getzlaf expanded to 3-0 in the middle section. In the final phase of the game, the Canadians had to tremble again, as Ľubomír Višňovský and Michal Handzuš had scored the goals to 1: 3 and 2: 3 within a short time. In the last five minutes, Canada successfully saved the narrow result over time.

February 26, 2010 12:00 p.m.

February 26, 2010 9:00 p.m.

USA R. Malone (2:04) Z. Parise (6:22) E. Johnson (8:36) P. Kane (10:08) P. Kane (12:31) P. Stastny (12:46)

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

Finland A. Miettinen (54:46)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 17,602

February 26, 2010 6:30 p.m.

February 27, 2010 3:30 am

Canada P. Marleau (13:30) B. Morrow (15:17) R. Getzlaf (36:54)

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

Slovakia Ľ. Višňovský (51:35) M. Handzuš (55:07)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Spectators: 17,799

3rd place match

The Finnish team celebrates winning the bronze medal

In a more than varied game for the bronze medal, the Finns had the better end for themselves in the end. They defeated Slovakia 5-3.

Shortly before the end of the first period, the 2006 silver medalist took the lead through defender Sami Salo . Marián Gáborík , Marián Hossa and Pavol Demitra turned the game in the second third in favor of the Slovaks, who went into the final section with a 3-1. Niklas Hagman scored the next goal for Finland five minutes after the restart and Olli Jokinen was able to give Finland the lead within two minutes. Shortly before the end, Valtteri Filppula made the final result.

February 27, 2010 7:00 p.m.

February 28, 2010 4:00 am

Finland S. Salo (18:50) N. Hagman (45:06) O. Jokinen (46:41) O. Jokinen (48:41) V. Filppula (59:49)

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

Slovakia M. Gáborík (29:56) M. Hossa (35:38) P. Demitra (38:45)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 17,322

final

Sidney Crosby and his teammates cheer after the 3-2 winner

In the final - the remake of the final of the 2002 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Salt Lake City - the Canadians faced the United States. Both had already met in the preliminary round when the Americans surprisingly but deservedly got the upper hand 5-3.

In contrast to the preliminary round game, the hosts took the lead this time. Jonathan Toews scored in the 13th minute after submission by Mike Richards . With a score of 1-0 for the Canadians, they also went into the third break, after which Canada continued to dominate the game. Corey Perry made it 2-0 in the 28th minute, before Ryan Kesler scored the connecting goal for the Americans five and a half minutes later. In the final section, the United States pressed for the equalizer, but were seldom compulsory because the Canadians played disciplined. One and a half minutes before the end of the game, the Americans took goalkeeper Ryan Miller out of the gate for a sixth outfield player. The majority led to Zach Parise equalizing 25 seconds before the end . In extra time, which was played with only four outfield players on both sides, Sidney Crosby scored the 3-2 winner for Canada after 7:40 minutes on presentation of Jarome Iginla .

February 28, 2010 12:15 p.m.

February 28, 2010 9:15 pm

USA R. Kesler (32:44) Z. Parise (59:35)

2: 3 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Canada J. Toews (12:50) C. Perry (27:13) S. Crosby (67:40)

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver spectators: 17,748

statistics

Best scorer

The Slovak striker Pavol Demitra emerged from the tournament as the best scorer . He recorded ten points in seven games, one point ahead of his teammate Marián Hossa . Demitra and Canadian Jonathan Toews were the competition's best scorers with seven assists . The Canadian Olympic champion Jarome Iginla proved to be the most accurate with five goals.

The strongest offensive defender of the tournament was the American Brian Rafalski with four goals and a total of eight scorer points, together with Zach Parise he was also the most dangerous attacker in the United States.

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Pavol Demitra	Slovakia	7th	3	7th	10	± 0	2
Marián Hossa	Slovakia	7th	3	6th	9	± 0	6th
Zach Parise	United States	6th	4th	4th	8th	+4	0
Brian Rafalski	United States	6th	4th	4th	8th	+7	2
Jonathan Toews	Canada	7th	1	7th	8th	+9	2
Jarome Iginla	Canada	7th	5	2	7th	+5	0
Sidney Crosby	Canada	7th	4th	3	7th	+2	4th
Dany Heatley	Canada	7th	4th	3	7th	+1	4th
Ryan Getzlaf	Canada	7th	3	4th	7th	+2	2
Niklas Hagman	Finland	6th	4th	2	6th	−3	2

Best goalkeeper

Among the goalkeepers, the American Ryan Miller had the best catch rate with 94.56 percent saved shots on goal , which made him a significant part of the Americans' finals. The Swede Henrik Lundqvist achieved the lowest average per game with 1.34 and recorded two shutouts . The longest time on the ice was spent by Jaroslav Halák from Slovakia, who played all seven of his team's games and completed over 422 minutes.

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%
Ryan Miller	United States	6th	355: 07	8th	1	1.35	94.56
Ilya Brysgalov	Russia	2	100: 53	3	0	1.78	94.23
Tomáš Vokoun	Czech Republic	5	303: 35	9	0	1.78	93.57
Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	3	179: 05	4th	2	1.34	92.73
Roberto Luongo	Canada	5	307: 40	9	1	1.76	92.68

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 (losers of the quarter-finals qualifying games): according to placement - then points, then goal difference in the preliminary round
• 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
• Places 31 to 33 (pre-qualification): according to placement

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

rank nation 13 Austria 14th Ukraine 15th Denmark 16 Kazakhstan 17th Italy 18th Japan 19th Slovenia 20th France 21st Hungary

rank nation 22nd Lithuania 23 Estonia 24 Poland 25th Great Britain 26th Croatia 27 Netherlands 28 Serbia 29 Romania 30th Spain

rank nation 31 Bulgaria 32 Mexico 33 Turkey

Medalist

Olympic champion Canada

Patrice Bergeron , Dan Boyle , Martin Brodeur , Sidney Crosby , Drew Doughty , Marc-André Fleury , Ryan Getzlaf , Dany Heatley , Jarome Iginla , Duncan Keith , Roberto Luongo , Patrick Marleau , Brenden Morrow , Rick Nash , Scott Niedermayer , Corey Perry , Chris Pronger , Mike Richards , Brent Seabrook , Eric Staal , Joe Thornton , Jonathan Toews , Shea Weber Head coach: Mike Babcock    Assistant coach: Ken Hitchcock , Jacques Lemaire , Lindy Ruff

silver United States

David Backes , Dustin Brown , Ryan Callahan , Chris Drury , Tim Gleason , Erik Johnson , Jack Johnson , Patrick Kane , Ryan Kesler , Phil Kessel , Jamie Langenbrunner , Ryan Malone , Ryan Miller , Brooks Orpik , Zach Parise , Joe Pavelski , Jonathan Quick , Brian Rafalski , Bobby Ryan , Paul Stastny , Ryan Suter , Tim Thomas , Ryan Whitney Head Coach: Ron Wilson    Assistant Coach : Scott Gordon , John Tortorella

bronze Finland

Niklas Bäckström , Valtteri Filppula , Niklas Hagman , Jarkko Immonen , Olli Jokinen , Niko Kapanen , Miikka Kiprusoff , Mikko Koivu , Saku Koivu , Lasse Kukkonen , Jere Lehtinen , SAMI LEPISTÖ , Toni Lydman , Antti Miettinen , Antero Niittymäki , Janne Niskala , Ville Peltonen , Joni Pitkänen , Jarkko Ruutu , Tuomo Ruutu , Sami Salo , Teemu Selänne , Kimmo Timonen Head coach: Jukka Jalonen    Assistant coach: Risto Dufva , Timo Lehkonen

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Ryan Miller	United States
Best defender	Brian Rafalski	United States
Best striker	Jonathan Toews	Canada
Most valuable player	Ryan Miller	United States

All-Star Team

Attack:	Zach Parise - Jonathan Toews - Pavol Demitra
Defense:	Brian Rafalski - Shea Weber
Goal:	Ryan Miller

Web links

• Official website of the Olympic Ice Hockey Tournaments
• Official website of the IIHF for the Olympic ice hockey tournaments

Individual evidence

1. ^ Vancouver2010.com, venue profile of the Thunderbird Arena
2. ^ Vancouver2010.com, venue profile of the Canada Hockey Place
3. ↑ tsn.ca, NHL releases schedule; Canadiens, Leafs meet opening night
4. ↑ ^{a b} iihf.com, Miller gets MVP honors