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Ice Hockey, Men

Date15 – 26 February 2006
StatusOlympic
LocationTorino Esposizioni, Torino / Palasport Olimpico, Torino
Participants282 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools, followed by single-elimination matches.

The tournament format was changed slightly. The super six teams – Canada, the United States, Russia, Finland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic – were joined by Slovakia and Germany, and seeded directly into the Winter Olympic tournament. Four other teams were selected in regional qualifying tournaments. The 12 teams were separated into two round-robin pools, with the top four teams in each pool advancing to a single-elimination tournament, beginning at the quarter-finals.

Finland dominated the early going, winning all 5 games in Pool A. They then beat the United States in the quarters, and easily handled Russia, 4-0, in the semi-finals. In the finals, they met Sweden, which had had a more difficult time in the pools, losing two games. But Sweden easily won their quarters, 6-2, over Switzerland, and the semi, 7-3, over the Czech Republic. The final was closely fought and was tied, 2-2, after two periods. But Sweden’s Nicklas Lidström, scored 10 seconds into the final period, and Finland was unable to answer, Sweden winning its second Olympic ice hockey gold medal.

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoalsGPMPGLSSOGASSPTS+/-PIMSVSSV%GAA
1SwedenSWE6021231–19Gold
2FinlandFIN7011429–8Silver
3Czech RepublicCZE404823–20Bronze
4Russian FederationRUS5031025–18
5SlovakiaSVK5011019–11
6SwitzerlandSUI222612–18
7CanadaCAN303615–11
8United StatesUSA114316–17
9KazakhstanKAZ10429–16
10GermanyGER02327–16
11ItalyITA02329–23
12LatviaLAT014111–29

Preliminary Round (15 – 21 February 2006)

Group A (15 – 21 February 2006)

Round-robin pool. First four qualified for quarter-finals.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1FIN5001019–2Q
2SUI221610–12Q
3CAN302615–9Q
4CZE203414–12Q
5GER02327–16
6ITA02329–23

Match #1 15 Feb 13:05CAN 7 – 2ITA
Match #2 15 Feb 15:35FIN 5 – 0SUI
Match #3 15 Feb 17:05CZE 4 – 1GER
Match #4 16 Feb 12:05FIN 6 – 0ITA
Match #5 16 Feb 13:05SUI 3 – 2CZE
Match #6 16 Feb 20:05CAN 5 – 1GER
Match #7 18 Feb 13:05GER 3 – 3ITA
Match #8 18 Feb 15:35SUI 2 – 0CAN
Match #9 18 Feb 21:05FIN 4 – 2CZE
Match #10 19 Feb 12:05GER 2 – 2SUI
Match #11 19 Feb 20:05CZE 4 – 1ITA
Match #12 19 Feb 21:05FIN 2 – 0CAN
Match #13 21 Feb 12:35ITA 3 – 3SUI
Match #14 21 Feb 15:35FIN 2 – 0GER
Match #15 21 Feb 16:35CAN 3 – 2CZE

Group B (15 – 21 February 2006)

Round-robin pool. First four qualified for quarter-finals.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1SVK5001018–8Q
2RUS401823–11Q
3SWE302615–12Q
4USA113313–13Q
5KAZ10429–16
6LAT014111–29

Match #1 15 Feb 11:35SWE 7 – 2KAZ
Match #2 15 Feb 20:05SVK 5 – 3RUS
Match #3 15 Feb 21:05LAT 3 – 3USA
Match #4 16 Feb 16:05RUS 5 – 0SWE
Match #5 16 Feb 17:05SVK 6 – 3LAT
Match #6 16 Feb 21:05USA 4 – 1KAZ
Match #7 18 Feb 11:35RUS 1 – 0KAZ
Match #8 18 Feb 17:05SWE 6 – 1LAT
Match #9 18 Feb 20:05SVK 2 – 1USA
Match #10 19 Feb 13:05RUS 9 – 2LAT
Match #11 19 Feb 16:05SVK 2 – 1KAZ
Match #12 19 Feb 17:05SWE 2 – 1USA
Match #13 21 Feb 11:35KAZ 5 – 2LAT
Match #14 21 Feb 20:05SVK 3 – 0SWE
Match #15 21 Feb 20:35RUS 5 – 4USA

Quarter-Finals (22 February 2006)

Single elimination matches.

Match #1 22 Feb 16:35SWE 6 – 2SUI
Match #2 22 Feb 17:35FIN 4 – 3USA
Match #3 22 Feb 20:35RUS 2 – 0CAN
Match #4 22 Feb 21:35CZE 3 – 1SVK

Semi-Finals (24 February 2006)

Single elimination matches.

Match #1 24 Feb 16:35SWE 7 – 3CZE
Match #2 24 Feb 21:05FIN 4 – 0RUS

Final Round (25 – 26 February 2006)

Classification matches.

Match 1/2 26 Feb 14:05SWE 3 – 2FIN
Match 3/4 25 Feb 20:35CZE 3 – 0RUS

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