Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's ice hockey
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenuesTorino Palasport Olimpico
Torino Esposizioni
Dates15–26 February 2006
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The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy, from 15 to 26 February. Twelve teams competed, with Sweden winning the gold medal, Finland winning silver, and the Czech Republic winning bronze. It was the third Olympic tournament to feature National Hockey League players and the tenth best-on-best hockey tournament in history. Chris Chelios set a standard for longest time between his first Olympic ice hockey tournament and his last—he had competed twenty-two years earlier at the 1984 Olympics.[1] The old record was set by Swiss hockey player Bibi Torriani who had played twenty years after his debut (1928 and 1948).

The format was changed from the 1998 and 2002 tournaments, to a format similar to the 1992 and 1994 tournaments. The number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12. The 12 teams were split into two groups in the preliminary stage, which followed a round robin format. Each team played the other teams in their group once. The top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

The tournament is also notable for the lacklustre performance of the defending champion Canada, which lost two group stage games (including a shock defeat to Switzerland) before being eliminated by Russia in the quarter-finals. As of 2016, this is the only Olympic ice hockey tournament of the 21st century (men's or women's) to not be won by the Canadian team.

Final rankings

Gold[2] Silver[3] Bronze[4]
Sweden
Defencemen:
Christian Bäckman
Niclas Hävelid
Kenny Jönsson
Niklas Kronwall
Nicklas Lidström–A
Mattias Öhlund
Ronnie Sundin
Daniel Tjärnqvist
Forwards:
Daniel Alfredsson–A
Per Johan Axelsson
Peter Forsberg
Mika Hannula
Tomas Holmström
Jörgen Jönsson
Fredrik Modin
Samuel Påhlsson
Mikael Samuelsson
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin
Mats SundinC
Henrik Zetterberg
Goaltenders:
Stefan Liv
Henrik Lundqvist
Mikael Tellqvist
Finland
Defencemen:
Aki-Petteri Berg
Lasse Kukkonen
Toni Lydman
Antti-Jussi Niemi
Petteri Nummelin
Teppo Numminen–A
Sami Salo
Kimmo Timonen
Forwards:
Niklas Hagman
Jukka Hentunen
Olli Jokinen
Jussi Jokinen
Niko Kapanen
Saku KoivuC
Mikko Koivu
Antti Laaksonen
Jere Lehtinen
Ville Nieminen
Ville Peltonen
Jarkko Ruutu
Teemu Selänne–A
Goaltenders:
Niklas Bäckström
Antero Niittymäki
Fredrik Norrena
Czech Republic
Defencemen:
František Kaberle
Tomáš Kaberle
Filip Kuba
Pavel KubinaA
Marek Malík
Jaroslav Špaček
Marek Židlický
Forwards:
Jan Bulis
Petr Čajánek
Patrik Eliáš
Martin Erat
Milan Hejduk
Aleš Hemský
Jaromír Jágr
Aleš Kotalík
Robert LangC
Rostislav Olesz
Václav Prospal
Martin Ručínský
Martin Straka
David VýbornýA
Goaltenders:
Dominik Hašek
Milan Hnilička
Dušan Salfický
Tomáš Vokoun

The full final rankings for the tournament were:

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

In a celebration of the gold in Stockholm on 27 February, the Swedish team was seen in front of advertisements for sponsors of the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, not the ones of the Swedish Olympic Committee. This could have led to Sweden's disqualification, but the Finnish opponents in the final game chose not to report the incident to the IOC.[5]

Qualification

Twelve places were allotted for the men's ice hockey tournament. The first eight were awarded to the top eight teams in the International Ice Hockey Federation ranking following the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Those teams were:

  1.  Canada
  2.  Sweden
  3.  Slovakia
  4.  Czech Republic
  5.  Finland
  6.  United States
  7.  Russia
  8.  Germany

The teams that automatically qualified include the same "Super Six" teams that were automatically qualified for the final group stage in the two previous tournaments, plus Slovakia and Germany which (IIHF rankings notwithstanding) are often regarded as the seventh and eighth best teams. The ninth place was given to the host nation, Italy. The final three places were allotted through qualification tournaments in which Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Switzerland won places.

Qualification tournaments

The winners of Groups D, E and F advanced to Groups C, B, and A respectively. The winners of Groups A, B, and C qualified for the Olympics.

Group D (Briançon, France, 11–14 November 2004)

Group E (Nowy Targ, Poland, 11–14 November 2004)

Group F (Stavanger, Norway, 11–14 November 2004)

Group A (Kloten, Switzerland, 10–13 February 2005)

Group B (Riga, Latvia, 10–13 February 2005)

Group C (Klagenfurt, Austria, 10–13 February 2005)

First round

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Finland 5 5 0 0 19 2 10
  Switzerland 5 2 1 2 10 12 6
 Canada 5 3 2 0 15 9 6
 Czech Republic 5 2 3 0 14 12 4
 Germany 5 0 3 2 7 16 2
 Italy 5 0 3 2 9 23 2

Group A summary

Team  FIN   SUI  CAN  CZE  GER  ITA
 FIN   5–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 6–0
  SUI 0–5   2–0 3–2 2–2 3–3
 CAN 0–2 0–2   3–2 5–1 7–2
 CZE 2–4 2–3 2–3   4–1 4–1
 GER 0–2 2–2 1–5 1–4   3–3
 ITA 0–6 3–3 2–7 1–4 3–3  

Group A match details

15 February 2006
13:05
 Italy2 – 7
(0–1, 2–5, 0–1)
 CanadaPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,575
15 February 2006
15:35
  Switzerland0 – 5
(0–1, 0–4, 0–0)
 FinlandTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,960
15 February 2006
17:05
 Germany1 – 4
(1–0, 0–2, 0–2)
 Czech RepublicPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 6,463
16 February 2006
12:05
 Finland6 – 0
(0–0, 4–0, 2–0)
 ItalyPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 7,776
16 February 2006
13:05
 Czech Republic2 – 3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)
  SwitzerlandTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,400
16 February 2006
20:05
 Canada5 – 1
(3–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 GermanyPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,554
18 February 2006
13:05
 Italy3 – 3
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
 GermanyPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,908
18 February 2006
15:35
 Canada0 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,769
18 February 2006
21:05
 Czech Republic2 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2)
 FinlandPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,705
19 February 2006
12:05
 Germany2 – 2
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,756
19 February 2006
20:05
 Czech Republic4 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 ItalyPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,776
19 February 2006
21:05
 Finland2 – 0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 CanadaTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,420
21 February 2006
12:35
  Switzerland3 – 3
(2–1, 0–1, 1–1)
 ItalyPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,529
21 February 2006
15:35
 Finland2 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 GermanyTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,430
21 February 2006
12:35
 Canada3 – 2
(3–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 Czech RepublicPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 9,126

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 5 5 0 0 18 8 10
 Russia 5 4 1 0 23 11 8
 Sweden 5 3 2 0 15 12 6
 United States 5 1 3 1 13 13 3
 Kazakhstan 5 1 4 0 9 16 2
 Latvia 5 0 4 1 11 29 1

Group B summary

Team  SVK  RUS  SWE  USA  KAZ  LAT
 SVK   5–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 6–3
 RUS 3–5   5–0 5–4 1–0 9–2
 SWE 0–3 0–5   2–1 7–2 6–1
 USA 1–2 4–5 1–2   4–1 3–3
 KAZ 1–2 0–1 2–7 1–4   5–2
 LAT 3–6 2–9 1–6 3–3 2–5  

Group B match details

15 February 2006
11:35
 Kazakhstan2 – 7
(0–3, 1–4, 1–0)
 SwedenTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,200
15 February 2006
20:05
 Russia3 – 5
(2–1, 1–2, 0–2)
 SlovakiaTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,800
15 February 2006
21:05
 Latvia3 – 3
(1–2, 2–0, 0–1)
 United StatesPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 7,851
16 February 2006
16:05
 Sweden0 – 5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)
 RussiaPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,545
16 February 2006
17:05
 Slovakia6 – 3
(4–1, 1–2, 0–1)
 LatviaTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,960
16 February 2006
21:05
 United States4 – 1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)
 KazakhstanTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,400
18 February 2006
11:35
 Kazakhstan0 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
 RussiaTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,660
18 February 2006
17:05
 Sweden6 – 1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)
 LatviaPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,795
18 February 2006
20:05
 Slovakia2 – 1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 United StatesTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,697
19 February 2006
13:05
 Russia9 – 2
(3–1, 3–0, 3–1)
 LatviaTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,310
19 February 2006
16:05
 Slovakia2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
 KazakhstanPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 9,160
19 February 2006
17:05
 United States1 – 2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 SwedenTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,450
21 February 2006
11:35
 Latvia2 – 5
(1–1, 0–1, 1–3)
 KazakhstanTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,300
21 February 2006
20:05
 Sweden0 – 3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
 SlovakiaTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,250
21 February 2006
20:35
 United States4 – 5
(1–2, 1–1, 2–2)
 RussiaPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 9,378

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
22 February 2006 24 February 2006 26 February 2006
                           
           
A Canada Czech Republic Finland Germany Italy Switzerland 4th  Czech Republic 3
 
B Kazakhstan Latvia Russia Slovakia Sweden United States 1st  Slovakia 1  
   Czech Republic 3
   
   Sweden 7  
B Kazakhstan Latvia Russia Slovakia Sweden United States 3rd  Sweden 6
   
A Canada Czech Republic Finland Germany Italy Switzerland 2nd   Switzerland 2  
   Sweden 3
   
   Finland 2
A Canada Czech Republic Finland Germany Italy Switzerland 3rd  Canada 0
 
B Kazakhstan Latvia Russia Slovakia Sweden United States 2nd  Russia 2  
   Russia 0
   
   Finland 4  
B Kazakhstan Latvia Russia Slovakia Sweden United States 4th  United States 3 Bronze medal match
     Czech Republic 3
A Canada Czech Republic Finland Germany Italy Switzerland 1st  Finland 4  
   Russia 0

Quarterfinals

22 February 2006
16:35
  Switzerland2 – 6
(1-2, 0-3, 1-1)
 SwedenTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2970
22 February 2006
17:35
 Finland4 – 3
(2-1, 2-1, 0-1)
 United StatesPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 6691
22 February 2006
20:35
 Russia2 – 0
(0-0, 0-0, 2-0)
 CanadaTorino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4130
22 February 2006
21:35
 Slovakia1 – 3
(0-1, 0-1, 1-1)
 Czech RepublicPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 6893

Semifinals

24 February 2006
16:35
 Sweden7 – 3
(2-1, 4-2, 1-0)
 Czech RepublicPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8071
24 February 2006
21:05
 Finland4 – 0
(1-0, 2-0, 1-0)
 RussiaPalasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8702

Bronze medal game

25 February 2006
20:35
 Russia0 – 3
(0-1, 0-1, 0-1)
 Czech Republic Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8379

Gold medal game

26 February 2006
14:05
 Finland 2 – 3
(1-0, 1-2, 0-1)
 Sweden Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8274

Leading scorers

Rank Player Games played Goals Assists Pts PIM +/- Shots
1 Finland Teemu Selänne 865114+7 28
2 Finland Saku Koivu 8381112 +5 16
3 Sweden Daniel Alfredsson 855104 +2 15
3 Slovakia Marián Hossa 655104+9 19
5 Finland Ville Peltonen 84596 +4 22
6 Finland Olli Jokinen 86282 +5 28
7 Finland Jere Lehtinen 83580 +6 22
7 Sweden Mats Sundin 83584 +1 27
9 Czech Republic Martin Straka 82686+4 17
10 Russia Pavel Datsyuk 817810 +5 13

Hat trick scorers

Leading goaltenders

Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.

Rank Goaltender Minutes GA GAA SV% Saves
1 Finland Antero Niittymäki 358:5181.34.951156
2 Russia Evgeni Nabokov 359:2781.34.940126
3 Switzerland David Aebischer 20072.10.940110
4 Slovakia Peter Budaj 179:2462.01.92473
5 Canada Martin Brodeur 238:4082.01.92396

Shut-out posters

Awards

Finland's Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best goaltender of the tournament.[6] Directorate Awards also went to Teemu Selänne (Finland) for best forward, and to Kenny Jönsson (Sweden) for best defenceman.[6]

The tournament all-star team was voted on by the international media at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:[6]

Position Player Team
G Antero Niittymäki  Finland
D Nicklas Lidström  Sweden
D Kimmo Timonen  Finland
F Teemu Selänne  Finland
F Saku Koivu  Finland
F Alexander Ovechkin  Russia

References

  1. Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew (2008). IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time. Bolton, Ontario, Canada: Fenn Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4.
  2. "2006 Men's Hockey Roster – SWE". The Sports Network.
  3. "2006 Men's Hockey Roster – FIN". The Sports Network.
  4. "2006 Men's Hockey Roster – CZE". The Sports Network.
  5. Tanentsapf, David (3 March 2006). "Miljonkrav från SOK efter festen". Sportbladet (in Swedish).
  6. 1 2 3 "Sweden ranked #1; Niittymäki MVP". Eurohockey.net. 26 February 2006.
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