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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.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1SwedenSWEGold
Forward11Daniel Alfredsson
Forward22Per-Johan Axelsson
Forward8Christian Bäckman
Forward21Peter Forsberg
Forward51Mika Hannula
Defense15Niclas Hävelid
Forward96Tomas Holmström
Forward72Jörgen Jönsson
Forward29Kenny Jönsson
Defense7Niklas Kronwall
Forward5Nicklas Lidström
Goalkeeper1Stefan Liv
Goalkeeper35Henrik Lundqvist
Forward33Fredrik Modin
Forward2Mattias Öhlund
Forward26Samuel Påhlsson
Forward37Mikael Samuelsson
Forward12Daniel Sedin
Forward20Henrik Sedin
Forward13Mats Sundin
Forward23Ronnie Sundin
Goalkeeper32Mikael Tellqvist
Forward34Daniel Tjärnqvist
Forward40Henrik Zetterberg
CoachBengt-Åke Gustafsson
2FinlandFINSilver
Defense7Aki-Petteri Berg
Defense14Niklas Hagman
Forward25Jukka Hentunen
Forward36Jussi Jokinen
Forward12Olli Jokinen
Forward39Niko Kapanen
Forward21Mikko Koivu
Forward11Saku Koivu
Forward5Lasse Kukkonen
Forward24Antti Laaksonen
Forward26Jere Lehtinen
Defense32Toni Lydman
Defense77Antti-Jussi Niemi
Forward10Ville Nieminen
Goalkeeper31Antero Niittymäki
Goalkeeper30Fredrik Norrena
Defense3Petteri Nummelin
Defense27Teppo Numminen
Forward16Ville Peltonen
Forward37Jarkko Ruutu
Defense6Sami Salo
Forward8Teemu Selänne
Defense4Kimmo Timonen
Goalkeeper33Niklas Bäckström DNS
CoachErkka Westerlund
3Czech RepublicCZEBronze
Forward38Jan Bulis
Forward16Petr Čajánek
Forward62Patrik Eliáš
Forward91Martin Erat
Goalkeeper39Dominik Hašek
Forward23Milan Hejduk
Forward83Aleš Hemský
Goalkeeper33Milan Hnilička
Forward68Jaromír Jágr
Forward12František Kaberle, Jr.
Forward15Tomáš Kaberle
Forward22Aleš Kotalík
Forward17Filip Kuba
Forward13Pavel Kubina
Forward20Robert Lang
Forward8Marek Malík
Forward85Rostislav Olesz
Forward40Václav Prospal
Forward26Martin Ručinský
Forward6Jaroslav Špaček
Forward28Martin Straka
Goalkeeper29Tomáš Vokoun
Forward9David Výborný
Defense3Marek Židlický
Goalkeeper72Dušan Salfický DNS
CoachAlois Hadamczik
4Russian FederationRUS
Forward61Maksim Afinogenov
Goalkeeper30Ilya Bryzgalov
Forward13Pavel Datsyuk
Forward24Aleksandr Frolov
Forward55Sergey Gonchar
Forward11Darius Kasparaitis
Forward21Aleksandr Kharitonov
Forward94Aleksandr Korolyuk
Forward71Ilya Kovalchuk
Forward27Aleksey Kovalyov
Forward25Viktor Kozlov
Forward18Yevgeny Malkin
Defense52Andrey Markov
Defense29Danny Markov
Goalkeeper20Yevgeny Nabokov
Forward23Ivan Nepryayev
Forward8Aleksandr Ovechkin
Goalkeeper39Maksim Sokolov
Forward33Maksim Sushinsky
Forward22Andrey Taratukhin
Forward51Fyodor Tyutin
Forward5Vitaly Vishnevsky
Forward6Anton Volchenkov
Forward79Aleksey Yashin
Forward4Sergey Zhukov
CoachVladimir Krikunov
5SlovakiaSVK
Forward23Ľuboš Bartečko
Forward12Peter Bondra
Goalkeeper37Peter Budaj
Defense3Zdeno Chára
Forward38Pavol Demitra
Forward10Marián Gáborík
Forward91Marcel Hossa
Forward81Marián Hossa
Defense68Milan Jurčina
Forward22Richard Kapuš
Goalkeeper60Karol Križan
Goalkeeper25Ján Lašák
Defense29Ivan Majeský
Defense14Andrej Meszároš
Forward28Ronald Petrovický
Forward18Miroslav Šatan
Defense7Martin Štrbák
Forward15Jozef Stümpel
Defense6Radoslav Suchý
Forward43Tomáš Surový
Forward40Marek Svatoš
Defense17Ľubomír Višňovský
Forward20Richard Zedník
CoachFrantišek Hossa
6SwitzerlandSUI
Goalkeeper40David Aebischer
Forward10Andres Ambühl
Defense57Goran Bezina
Defense5Severin Blindenbacher
Goalkeeper44Marco Bührer
Forward4Flavien Conne
Forward12Patric Della Rossa
Forward15Paul DiPietro
Forward21Patrick Fischer
Defense29Beat Forster
Goalkeeper26Martin Gerber
Defense33Steve Hirschi
Forward35Sandy Jeannin
Forward30Marcel Jenni
Defense22Olivier Keller
Forward67Romano Lemm
Forward23Thierry Paterlini
Forward28Martin Plüss
Forward32Ivo Rüthemann
Defense31Mathias Seger
Defense7Mark Streit
Defense3Julien Vauclair
Forward97Adrian Wichser
Forward38Thomas Ziegler
CoachRalph Krueger
7CanadaCAN
Forward14Todd Bertuzzi
Defense4Rob Blake
Defense3Jay Bouwmeester
Goalkeeper30Martin Brodeur
Forward9Shane Doan
Forward33Kris Draper
Defense52Adam Foote
Forward21Simon Gagné
Forward15Dany Heatley
Forward12Jarome Iginla
Forward40Vincent Lecavalier
Goalkeeper1Roberto Luongo
Defense24Bryan McCabe
Forward61Rick Nash
Defense44Chris Pronger
Defense6Wade Redden
Defense28Robyn Regehr
Forward39Brad Richards
Forward91Joe Sakic
Forward94Ryan Smyth
Forward26Martin St. Louis
Forward97Joe Thornton
Goalkeeper35Marty Turco DNS
CoachPat Quinn
8United StatesUSA
Forward55Jason Blake
Defense24Chris Chelios
Forward26Erik Cole
Forward22Craig Conroy
Goalkeeper29Rick DiPietro
Forward18Chris Drury
Goalkeeper42Robert Esche
Forward14Brian Gionta
Forward11Scott Gomez
Goalkeeper47John Grahame
Forward13Bill Guerin
Defense2Derian Hatcher
Defense6Bret Hedican
Forward21Mike Knuble
Defense4Jordan Leopold
Defense27John-Michael Liles
Forward9Mike Modano
Forward37Mark Parrish
Defense28Brian Rafalski
Forward12Brian Rolston
Defense23Mathieu Schneider
Forward7Keith Tkachuk
Forward39Doug Weight
CoachPeter Laviolette
9KazakhstanKAZ
Forward34Sergey Aleksandrov
Defense11Vladimir Antipin
Forward80Nik Antropov
Defense64Artyom Argokov
Defense16Yevgeny Blokhin
Forward21Dmitry Dudaryev
Defense52Aleksey Koledayev
Goalkeeper20Vitaly Kolesnik
Forward17Aleksandr Koreshkov
Forward19Yevgeny Koreshkov
Defense12Oleg Kovalenko
Forward22Andrey Ogorodnikov
Forward23Andrey Pchelyakov
Forward79Fyodor Polishchuk
Defense43Yevgeny Pupkov
Forward25Andrey Samokhvalov
Defense26Andrey Savenkov
Forward18Konstantin Shafranov
Defense30Denis Shemelin
Forward55Andrey Troshchinsky
Forward36Dmitry Upper
Defense2Aleksey Vasilchenko
Goalkeeper31Vitaly Yeremeyev
Goalkeeper1Kirill Zinovyev DNS
CoachNikolay Myshagin
10GermanyGER
Forward29Alexander Barta
Forward73Tino Boos
Forward46Florian Busch
Forward10Christian Ehrhoff
Forward11Sven Felski
Forward72Petr Fical
Forward54Sebastian Furchner
Forward57Marcel Goc
Forward7Sascha Goc
Goalkeeper40Thomas Greiss
Forward49Klaus Kathan
Goalkeeper37Olaf Kölzig
Forward58Lasse Kopitz
Forward26Daniel Kreutzer
Forward5Rob Leask
Forward34Eduard Lewandowski
Forward32Tomáš Martinec
Goalkeeper80Robert Müller
Forward31Andreas Renz
Forward15Stefan Schauer
Forward13Christoph Schubert
Forward84Dennis Seidenberg
Forward52Alexander Sulzer
Forward16Stefan Ustorf
CoachUwe Krupp
11ItalyITA
Forward71Luca Ansoldi
Forward50Christian Borgatello
Forward21Joe Busillo
Forward24Mario Chitarroni
Forward34Jason Cirone
Forward9Giorgio De Bettin
Forward28Manuel De Toni
Forward19Nicola Fontanive
Forward26Armin Helfer
Goalkeeper73Günther Hell
Forward17Tony Iob
Forward14Carlo Lorenzi
Forward22Stefano Margoni
Goalkeeper29Jason Muzzatti
Forward7Bob Nardella
Forward16John Parco
Forward8Florian Ramoser
Forward10Giulio Scandella
Defense11Andrè Signoretti
Forward6Michele Strazzabosco
Forward27Lucio Topatigh
Forward3Carter Trevisani
Forward33Tony Tuzzolino
Forward2Stefan Zisser
Goalkeeper85René Baur DNS
CoachMickey Goulet
12LatviaLAT
Forward9Ģirts Ankipāns
Forward21Armands Bērziņš
Forward29Aigars Cipruss
Forward47Mārtiņš Cipulis
Goalkeeper1Artūrs Irbe
Defense2Rodrigo Laviņš
Forward10Vladimirs Mamonovs
Goalkeeper31Edgars Masaļskis
Goalkeeper30Sergejs Naumovs
Forward17Aleksandrs Ņiživijs
Defense8Sandis Ozoliņš
Forward13Grigorijs Panteļejevs
Defense18Georgijs Pujacs
Defense25Krišjānis Rēdlihs
Forward24Miķelis Rēdlihs
Defense3Arvīds Reķis
Defense4Agris Saviels
Forward27Aleksandrs Semjonovs
Defense7Kārlis Skrastiņš
Forward14Leonīds Tambijevs
Defense23Atvars Tribuncovs
Forward12Herberts Vasiļjevs
Forward15Māris Ziediņš
CoachLeonids Beresnevs

Preliminary Round

Date15 – 21 February 2006

Group A

Date15 – 21 February 2006
FormatRound-robin pool. First four qualified for quarter-finals.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1FinlandFIN5001019-2Q
2SwitzerlandSUI221610-12Q
3CanadaCAN302615-9Q
4Czech RepublicCZE203414-12Q
5GermanyGER02327-16
6ItalyITA02329-23
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #115 Feb 13:05CanadaCAN7 – 2ItalyITA
Match #215 Feb 15:35FinlandFIN5 – 0SwitzerlandSUI
Match #315 Feb 17:05Czech RepublicCZE4 – 1GermanyGER
Match #416 Feb 12:05FinlandFIN6 – 0ItalyITA
Match #516 Feb 13:05SwitzerlandSUI3 – 2Czech RepublicCZE
Match #616 Feb 20:05CanadaCAN5 – 1GermanyGER
Match #718 Feb 13:05GermanyGER3 – 3ItalyITA
Match #818 Feb 15:35SwitzerlandSUI2 – 0CanadaCAN
Match #918 Feb 21:05FinlandFIN4 – 2Czech RepublicCZE
Match #1019 Feb 12:05GermanyGER2 – 2SwitzerlandSUI
Match #1119 Feb 20:05Czech RepublicCZE4 – 1ItalyITA
Match #1219 Feb 21:05FinlandFIN2 – 0CanadaCAN
Match #1321 Feb 12:35ItalyITA3 – 3SwitzerlandSUI
Match #1421 Feb 15:35FinlandFIN2 – 0GermanyGER
Match #1521 Feb 16:35CanadaCAN3 – 2Czech RepublicCZE

Group B

Date15 – 21 February 2006
FormatRound-robin pool. First four qualified for quarter-finals.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1SlovakiaSVK5001018-8Q
2Russian FederationRUS401823-11Q
3SwedenSWE302615-12Q
4United StatesUSA113313-13Q
5KazakhstanKAZ10429-16
6LatviaLAT014111-29
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #115 Feb 11:35SwedenSWE7 – 2KazakhstanKAZ
Match #215 Feb 20:05SlovakiaSVK5 – 3Russian FederationRUS
Match #315 Feb 21:05LatviaLAT3 – 3United StatesUSA
Match #416 Feb 16:05Russian FederationRUS5 – 0SwedenSWE
Match #516 Feb 17:05SlovakiaSVK6 – 3LatviaLAT
Match #616 Feb 21:05United StatesUSA4 – 1KazakhstanKAZ
Match #718 Feb 11:35Russian FederationRUS1 – 0KazakhstanKAZ
Match #818 Feb 17:05SwedenSWE6 – 1LatviaLAT
Match #918 Feb 20:05SlovakiaSVK2 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #1019 Feb 13:05Russian FederationRUS9 – 2LatviaLAT
Match #1119 Feb 16:05SlovakiaSVK2 – 1KazakhstanKAZ
Match #1219 Feb 17:05SwedenSWE2 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #1321 Feb 11:35KazakhstanKAZ5 – 2LatviaLAT
Match #1421 Feb 20:05SlovakiaSVK3 – 0SwedenSWE
Match #1521 Feb 20:35Russian FederationRUS5 – 4United StatesUSA

Quarter-Finals

Date22 February 2006
FormatSingle elimination matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #122 Feb 16:35SwedenSWE6 – 2SwitzerlandSUI
Match #222 Feb 17:35FinlandFIN4 – 3United StatesUSA
Match #322 Feb 20:35Russian FederationRUS2 – 0CanadaCAN
Match #422 Feb 21:35Czech RepublicCZE3 – 1SlovakiaSVK

Semi-Finals

Date24 February 2006
FormatSingle elimination matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #124 Feb 16:35SwedenSWE7 – 3Czech RepublicCZE
Match #224 Feb 21:05FinlandFIN4 – 0Russian FederationRUS

Final Round

Date25 – 26 February 2006
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/226 Feb 14:05SwedenSWE3 – 2FinlandFIN
Match 3/425 Feb 20:35Czech RepublicCZE3 – 0Russian FederationRUS