2006 IIHF World Championship

2006 IIHF World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5–21 May
Opened by	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (8th title)
Runner-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	56
Goals scored	329 (5.88 per game)
Attendance	324,794 (5,800 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Sidney Crosby (16 points)
MVP	Niklas Kronwall
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The 2006 IIHF World Championship was held in between 5–21 May 2006 in Riga, Latvia. It was the 70th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

One of the requirements of the IIHF for Latvia to host the event was that a new arena would be constructed.

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Venues

Arena Riga Capacity: 10,300	Arena Riga Skonto Hall	Skonto Hall Capacity: 6,500
Latvia – Riga		Latvia – Riga

Nations

The following 16 nations qualified for the elite hockey tournament – 13 nations from Europe, two nations from North America and one nation from Asia are represented.

Asia

•  Kazakhstan^[a]

Europe

North America

Rosters

Preliminary round

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round. The last team in each group competed in the relegation round.

Groups A and D were played in Kloten, groups B and C in Berne.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Finland	3	2	1	0	13	6	+7	5	Qualifying round
Czech Republic	3	1	2	0	9	8	+1	4
Latvia	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	3
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	8	15	−7	0	Relegation round

All times local (

+3)

5 May 2006 17:15

Finland

5–3 (1–2, 2–1, 2–0)

Slovenia

Arena Riga Attendance: 5386

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	0–1 7:10 - A. Kranjc (A. Kopitar) (PP1) 0–2 14:41 - A. Kopitar (M. Sotlar, M. Rodman) (PP1) 17:07 - T. Kallio (P. Nummelin (PP1) 1–2 25:03 - A. Miettinen (J. Jokinen) (PP1) 2–2 2–3 27:21 - A. Kopitar (T. Razingar, M. Rodman) (PP1) 37:44 - S. Bergenheim (M. Lehtonen) 3–3 41:56 - T. Kallio (A. Miettinen, J. Jokinen) (PP1) 4–3 53:16 - M. Lehtonen (J. Viuhkola) (PP1) 5–3
	18 min	Penalties	30 min
	49	Shots	16

5 May 2006 21:15	A. Sirokovs	1–0
	1–1	19:32 - D. Výborný

22 minPenalties6 min12Shots32

7 May 2006 16:15

Czech Republic

5–4 (4–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Slovenia

Arena Riga Attendance: 9018

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Gaber Glavic Robert Kristan	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	1:09 - T. Plekanec (J. Hlaváč, T. Kaberle) 1–0 3:04 - J. Balaštík (T. Kaberle, M. Erat) (PP1) 2–0 10:35 - M. Erat (D. Výborný, T. Kaberle) (PP1) 3–0 13:23 - Z. Michálek (M. Erat, D. Výborný) (PP1) 4–0 4–1 14:30 - E. Murič (T. Hafner) 4–2 20:24 - M. Sotlar (T. Razingar, A. Kopitar) (PP1) 24:28 - Z. Michalek (M. Erat, J. Balaštík) (PP1) 5–2 5–3 34:54 - A. Kranjc (A. Kopitar, T. Razingar) 5–4 59:59 - T. Razingar (U. Vidmar)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	41	Shots	16

7 May 2006 20:15

Finland

5–0 (0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 10,616

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Chris Savage
	24:32 - J. Viuhkola (J. Hentunen, M. Lehtonen) (PP1) 1–0 35:02 - T. Kallio (SH1) 2–0 48:38 - V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin) (PP1) 3–0 51:51 - A. Berg (P. Nummelin, J. Jokinen) (PP1) 4–0 55:10 - J. Rita (E. Pirnes) 5–0
	47 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	18

9 May 2006 16:15

A. Sirokovs, A. Tribuncovs ) (PP2)

24 minPenalties16 min18Shots29

9 May 2006 20:15

Czech Republic

3–3 (2–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Finland

Arena Riga Attendance: 6758

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Peter Jonak
	2:28 - M. Erat (J. Balaštík) (PP1) 1–0 2:52 - J. Balaštík (J. Hlinka) 2–0 2–1 8:19 - L. Kukkonen (M. Lehtonen, J. Hentunen) (PP1) 34:41 - J. Hlaváč (D. Výborný) 3–1 3–2 40:30 - A. Berg (P. Nummelin, J. Jokinen) (PP1) 3–3 58:48 - P. Nummelin (J. Jokinen)
	24 min	Penalties	18 min
	27	Shots	24

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	3	2	1	0	12	6	+6	5	Qualifying round
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	5
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	2
Italy	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

6 May 2006 16:15	A. Iob (G. de Bettin, J. Parco) (PP1)
44:56 - I. Rüthemann (S. Jeannin, M. Plüss)	1–1
52:31 - P. Della Rossa	2–1
59:40 - M. Plüss (I. Rüthemann, S. Blindenbacher)	3–1

24 minPenalties26 min41Shots14

6 May 2006 20:15	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Goalies	Johan Holmqvist	Referee: Peter Jonak
0–1 17:55 - F. Emvall (A. Karlsson) (PP1) 19:16 - K. Kasianchuk (Y. Dyachenko) (PP1) 1–1 1–2 20:50 - Emvall (B. Melin) (PP1) 34:55 - A. Mikhov (O. Shafarenko) 2–2 2–3 38:55 - A. Karlsson (B. Melin, R. Sundin) (PP1) 2–4 46:38 - M. Hannula (J. Nordquist) (PP1)
18 min	Penalties	12 min
24	Shots	45

8 May 2006 16:15

Skonto Arena Attendance: 4609

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Igor Karpenko	Referee: Milan Minar
	9:57 - G. Bezina (S. Jeannin) (PP1) 1–0 18:06 - A. Ambühl (SH1) 2–0 2–1 33:54 - A. Mikhnov (O. Materukhin, A. Sryubko)
	30 min	Penalties	36 min
	25	Shots	26

8 May 2006 20:15

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3586

Game reference
	Stefan Liv	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti Thomas Tragust	Referee: David Hansen
	14:02 - A. Karlsson (N. Kronwall, J. Franzén) (PP1) 1–0 16:00 - J. Lundqvist (H. Zetterberg, M. Johansson) (PP1) 2–0 22:36 - K. Jönsson (A. Holmqvist, J. Franzén) (PP1) 3–0 47:19 - K. Jönsson (N. Kronwall) 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	13

10 May 2006 16:15	G. Busillo (C. Trevisani, J. Cirone)	1–2
	1–3	51:11 - I. Gunko (V. Lytvynenko)
55:38 - C. Borgatello (A. Molteni) (PP1)	2–3
	2–4	57:56 - Y. Dyachenko (Gunko)

52 minPenalties42 min21Shots27

10 May 2006 20:15

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3031

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	13:43 - H. Zetterberg (M. Johansson, N. Kronwall) 1–0 1–1 23:19 - V. Wirz (M. Streit, R. Lemm) (PP2) 44:11 - H. Zetterberg 2–1 44:37 - J. Mattsson (A. Karlsson, N. Kronwall) 3–1 3–2 45:02 - R. Sannitz (S. Jeannin, M. Streit) 51:16 - A. Karlsson (F. Emvall, N. Kronwall) 4–2 4–3 51:35 - I. Rüthemann (M. Plüss, P. Della Rossa) 4–4 56:44 - R. Sannitz (S. Jeannin, R. Lemm)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	17

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	3	3	0	0	17	6	+11	6	Qualifying round
Belarus	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	4
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	10	6	+4	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	2	23	−21	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

6 May 2006 16:15

Belarus

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Arena Riga Attendance: 6,960

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Ján Lašák Karol Križan	Referee: David Hansen
	34:18 - D. Meleshko (A. Zhurik) (PP1) 1–0 1–1 37:29 - I. Čiernik (M. Kováčik, R. Kapuš) 39:27 - O. Antonenko (A. Skabelka, M. Grabovsky) (PP1) 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	13

6 May 2006 20:15	A. Koreshkov, T. Zhailauov) (PP1)
18:48 - D. Bykov (A. Kruchinin, I. Yemeleyev) (PP1)	4–1
24:13 - A. Ovechkin (E. Malkin)	5–1
26:41 - E. Malkin (SH1)	6–1
29:39 - A. Ovechkin (E. Malkin) (PP1)	7–1
32:24 - A. Semin (D. Arkhipov, I. Nikulin)	8–1
44:38 - A. Semin (I. Nikulin, D. Zaripov)	9–1
53:52 - A. Semin (D. Zaripov, I. Nikulin) (PP1)	10–1

26 minPenalties40 min27Shots17

8 May 2006 16:15

A. Kharitonov (I. Yemeleyev)

3–2

16 minPenalties20 min28Shots15

8 May 2006 20:15	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
20:41 - R. Kapuš (Mari. Hossa, Marc. Hossa) (PP1) 1–0 32:42 - T. Surový (R. Pavlikovský, M. Bartovič) (PP1) 2–0 39:48 - M. Bartovič (R. Pavlikovský, Mari. Hossa) 3–0 49:05 - R. Pavlikovský (M. Zálešák, I. Čiernik) 4–0 55:06 - M. Kováčik 5–0 56:22 - M. Jurčina (T. Surový) 6–0
14 min	Penalties	32 min
52	Shots	8

10 May 2006 16:15

Slovakia

3–4 (2–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Russia

Arena Riga Attendance: 7,467

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Sergei Zvyagin	Referee: Brett Reiber
	0–1 3:56 - D. Kulyash (I. Grigorenko, V. Khomitsky) (PP1) 6:00 - T. Surový (M. Cibák) 1–1 9:03 - A. Kollar (SH1) 2–1 2–2 17:26 - E. Malkin 2–3 27:23 - D. Zaripov (V. Khomitsky) (PP1) 36:45 - I. Čiernik (D. Milo) (PP1) 3–3 3–4 46:22 - A. Mikhnov (D. Arkhipov, A. Semin) (PP1)
	22 min	Penalties	41 min
	27	Shots	25

10 May 2006 20:15	Dudik (Mikhalev , Ugarov)
	1–7	48:42 - Grabovsky

22 minPenalties39 min32Shots35

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	3	0	0	14	5	+9	6	Qualifying round
United States	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	4
Norway	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5	2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	6	14	−8	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

5 May 2006 16:15

Komisarek ) (PP1)

3–1

18 minPenalties16 min31Shots21

5 May 2006 20:15	Boyes (Bergeron, Stuart) (PP1)
	0–2	7:18 - Crosby (Boyes, Bergeron) (PP2)
	0–3	13:41 - Comrie (DuPont)
27:43 - F. Nielsen (Kjaergaard) (SH1)	1–3
30:46 - J. Nielsen (Johnsen, Kjaergaard) (PP1)	2–3
37:49 - Staal (Green)	3–3
	3–4	43:17 - Crosby (Bergeron)
	3–5	53:09 - Richards (Carter)

16 minPenalties10 min23Shots44

7 May 2006 16:15

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3886

Game reference
	Craig Anderson	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Brent Reiber
	20:33 - Alberts (Brown) 1–0 26:32 - Stastny (Suter, Kelser) 2–0 52:52 - Park (Hilbert) 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	19

7 May 2006 20:15	Cammalleri) (PP1)	7–0
	7–1	47:42 - Thoresen (Ask) (PP2)

14 minPenalties26 min36Shots15

9 May 2006 16:15

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3885

Game reference
	Mathias Gundersen	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	16:36 - Trygg (Myrvold, Vikingstad) (PP1) 1–0 1–1 17:30 - Green (D. Nielsen) (PP1) 1–2 19:59 - Staal (Green) (PP2) 28:41 - Hansen (Bastiansen, Ask) (PP1) 2–2 30:02 - Skrøder (Trygg, Vikingstad) (PP1) 3–2 33:34 - Thoresen (Vikingstad, Myrvold) (PP1) 4–2 41:08 - Holtet (Bastiansen, Ask) 5–2 5–3 43:43 - Hansen (D. Nielsen) (PP1) 59:18 - Vikingstad (Trygg) 6–3
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	45	Shots	23

9 May 2006 20:15

Cammalleri, Williams ) (PP1)

2–1

16 minPenalties18 min30Shots19

Qualifying round

The top three teams from each group in the preliminary round advance to the qualifying round. The top three teams from Groups A and D advance to Group E, and the top three teams from Groups B and C advance to Group F.

Teams in the qualifying round carry forward the results and points gained in the preliminary round with the teams that they have played and advance with. Teams, which have played in the preliminary round, do not meet again in the qualifying round.

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	5	4	0	1	28	10	+18	8	Playoff round
Finland	5	3	1	1	17	7	+10	7
United States	5	3	0	2	11	10	+1	6
Czech Republic	5	2	2	1	14	12	+2	6
Latvia	5	1	1	3	7	23	−16	3	Eliminated
Norway	5	0	0	5	5	20	−15	0

All times local (

+3)

11 May 2006 20:15	Cammalleri) (PP1)	5–0
40:24 - Carter (Calder, Schultz)	6–0
41:18 - Pettinger (Daley, Metropolit) (PP2)	7–0
42:24 - Richards (Stuart, Carter) (PP1)	8–0
45:59 - Calder (PP1)	9–0
46:31 - Calder (Hamhuis, Richards)	10–0
50:17 - Hartnell (Metropolit) (PP1)	11–0

16 minPenalties32 min40Shots26

12 May 2006 16:15

Czech Republic

3–1 (0–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

Arena Riga Attendance: 7004

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Mathias Gundersen	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	0–1 12:21 - Ask (Hansen) (PP1) 27:21 - Hlaváč (Škoula, Richter) 1–1 38:31 - Balaštík (Richter) 2–1 58:26 - Tenkrát (Hlinka) 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	21

12 May 2006 20:15

Finland

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

United States

Arena Riga Attendance: 7379

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Craig Anderson	Referee: Milan Minar
	11:13 - Koivu (Luoma, Jokinen) 1–0 26:01 - Bergenheim (Ruutu, Hahl) 2–0 32:44 - Nummelin (Koivu) (PP2) 3–0 54:27 - Kukkonen (Hahl) 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	24

13 May 2006 20:15	Patrick O'Sullivan (Cullen) (PP1)	3–2
49:50 - Suter (PP1)	4–2

24 minPenalties22 min27Shots24

14 May 2006 16:15

Norway

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Arena Riga Attendance: 7345

Game reference
	Mathias Gundersen	Goalies	Fredrik Norrena	Referee: Peter Jonak
	0–1 9:35 - Hentunen (Pirnes, Kallio) 0–2 33:30 - Jokinen (Nummelin) (PP1) 0–3 55:58 - Pirnes (Hentunen, Kallio)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	40

14 May 2006 20:15

Canada

4–6 (1–3, 2–1, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 7474

Game reference
	Alex Auld	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	0–1 6:34 - Hubáček (Hlinka) 0–2 8:06 - Výborný 0–3 13:30 - Plekanec (Irgl) 15:44 - Robidas 1–3 21:51 - Richards (Calder) 2–3 31:26 - Hamhuis (Boyes, Crosby) 3–3 3–4 35:04 - Irgl 41:01 - Crosby (Bergeron) 4–4 4–5 46:29 - Balaštík (Škoula) 4–6 53:39 - Erat (Výborný)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	40

15 May 2006 20:15

Finland

2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Canada

Arena Riga Attendance: 7171

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Marc Denis	Referee: Marcus Vinnerborg
	0–1 5:58 - Bergeron (Boyes, Crosby) (PP1) 0–2 16:57 - Carter (SH1) 18:15 - Koivu (Saravo) 1–2 1–3 26:33 - Carter (SH1) 50:46 - Nummelin (Luoma, Koivu) (PP1) 2–3 2–4 51:36 - Boyes (Crosby, Bergeron)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	25

16 May 2006 15:15

Czech Republic

1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

United States

Arena Riga Attendance: 7441

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Jason Bacashihua	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	0–1 13:03 - Malone 0–2 19:43 - Cullen (Park, Hilbert) 27:25 - Michálek (Erat, Výborný) 1–2 1–3 47:25 - Brown (Malone)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	27

16 May 2006 19:15	Blinovs (Širokovs)	2–0
	2–1	30:58 - Skrøder (Vikingstad, Myrvold) (PP1)
36:02 - Dārziņš (Rēdlihs)	3–1
53:16 - Semjonovs (Tambijevs) (PP1)	4–1
	4–2	59:34 - Nygard (Jakobsen)

12 minPenalties18 min25Shots18

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	5	4	1	0	22	11	+11	9	Playoff round
Sweden	5	2	2	1	17	15	+2	6
Belarus	5	3	0	2	16	10	+6	6
Slovakia	5	2	1	2	19	10	+9	5
Switzerland	5	1	2	2	12	15	−3	4	Eliminated
Ukraine	5	0	0	5	4	29	−25	0

All times local (UTC +3)

11 May 2006 16:15	Misharin)	5–0
57:03 - Grigorenko (Mozyakin, Gorovikov) (PP1)	6–0

8 minPenalties41 min50Shots25

12 May 2006 16:15	Pavlikovsky, Surový) (PP1)
49:50 - Reichert (Plüss) (PP1)	1–2
58:04 - Jeannin (Bezina)	2–2

37 minPenalties14 min19Shots15

12 May 2006 20:15

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2209

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Sergei Shabanov	Referee: Jari Levonen
	4:16 - Nylander (Zetterberg, Johansson) (PP1) 1–0 7:18 - Nordquist (Timander, Jönsson) 2–0 16:40 - Johansson (Franzén) 3–0 18:58 - Hållberg (Samuelsson, Timander) 4–0 4–1 49:14 - Zadelenov (Meleshko, Chupris)
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	42	Shots	23

13 May 2006 20:15	Dudik (Skabelka)	5–1
46:17 - Skabelka (Antonenko) (PP2)	6–1
56:40 - Kopat (Zadelenov, Skabelka)	7–1
57:26 - Grabovski (Kostitsyn)	8–1
57:48 - Dudik (Mikhalev) (PP1)	9–1

14 minPenalties38 min39Shots32

14 May 2006 16:15	Sushinski)	1–0
22:26 - Arkhipov (Mikhnov, Semin)	2–0
	2–1	22:36 - Paterlini (Ambühl, Reichert)
	2–2	32:33 - Forster (Wirz, Déruns)
40:51 - Bykov (Zaripov, Sushinski) (PP1)	3–2
42:38 - Nikulin (Mikhnov, Arkhipov) (PP1)	4–2
	4–3	45:17 - Bezina (Streit, Blindenbacher) (PP2)
57:25 - Kulemin	5–3
59:45 - Malkin (Atyushov)	6–3

14 minPenalties14 min31Shots25

14 May 2006 20:15	Milo) (PP1)	3–0
	3–1	22:20 - Johansson (Mattsson, Zetterberg)
	3–2	23:29 - Karlsson (Emvall, Mattson) (PP1)
26:22 - Marcel Hossa (Marián Hossa, Pavlikovsky) (PP1)	4–2
46:33 - Kollar (Milo) (SH1)	5–2

16 minPenalties14 min21Shots36

15 May 2006 20:15	Zhukov, Arkhipov) (PP1)
20:14 - Samuelsson (K. Jönsson) (PP1)	2–2
22:58 - J. Jönsson (Hållberg, Samuelsson)	3–2
	3–3	55:47 - Mikhnov (Semin, Khomitsky)

16 minPenalties18 min29Shots24

16 May 2006 15:15

Skonto Arena Attendance: 3170

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: David Hansen
	0–1 9:04 - Skabelka (Grabovski) 0–2 29:58 - Zadelenov (Skabelka, Meleshko) 48:17 - Plüss (Rüthemann) 1–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	21

16 May 2006 19:15

Pavlikovsky ) (PP1)

18 minPenalties8 min10Shots37

Relegation round

The relegation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, and the bottom two teams get relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
Denmark	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	5	Qualified for the 2007 IIHF World Championship
Italy	3	1	1	1	6	10	−4	3
Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3	2	Relegated to Division I
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	6	11	−5	2

All times local (

+3)

May 12, 2006 12:15	Kranjc (Rodman) (PP1)	2–3
57:59 - Sotlar (Kopitar, Kranjc)	3–3

10 minPenalties8 min24Shots32

May 12, 2006 12:15	A. Koreshkov, A. Argokov) (PP1)
44:55 - G. Busillo (A. Helfer)	2–2
50:16 - A. Helfer (G. Busillo) (PP1)	3–2

14 minPenalties26 min25Shots37

May 13, 2006 16:15	A. Trockshinskiy, M. Belyayev)	4–0
32:11 - V. Krasnoslabotsev (N. Zarzhitskiy, A. Spiridonov)	5–0

22 minPenalties35 min25Shots31

May 13, 2006 16:15

Skonto Arena Attendance: 2,640

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Rick Looker
	0–1 4:16 - M. Bødker 0–2 37:19 - K. Staal (D. Nielsen, M. Green) (PP1) 0–3 49:46 - F. Nielsen 0–4 55:23 - F. Nielsen (K. Staal) (PP1) 0–5 59:50 - J. Damgaard (J. Nielsen) (PP2)
	69 min	Penalties	12 min
	15	Shots	39

May 15, 2006 16:15

G. Busillo )

10 minPenalties10 min31Shots30

May 15, 2006 16:15

Y. Koreshkov )

12 minPenalties14 min27Shots24

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

F1

Russia

3

E4

Czech Republic

4

QF1

Czech Republic

3

QF2

Finland

1

E2

Finland

3

F3

Belarus

0

SF1

Czech Republic

0

SF2

Sweden

4

E1

Canada

4

F4

Slovakia

1

QF4

Canada

4

Bronze medal game

QF3

Sweden

5

F2

Sweden

6

SF2

Canada

0

E3

United States

0

SF1

Finland

5

Quarter-finals

17 May 2006 15:15

Sweden

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

United States

Arena Riga Attendance: 2,800

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Craig Anderson Jason Bacashihua	Referee: Brent Reiber
	2:48 - M. Hannula (R. Sundin) 1–0 15:40 - M. Hannula (N. Kronwall, K. Jönsson) 2–0 25:51 - M. Samuelsson (M. Nylander) 3–0 35:34 - K. Jönsson (M. Nylander, M. Samuelsson) (PP1) 4–0 48:41 - M. Hannula (J. Nordquist) 5–0 58:36 - A. Karlsson (T. Mårtensson, N. Kronwall) (PP1) 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	18

17 May 2006 19:15

Canada

4–1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Arena Riga Attendance: 7,129

Game reference
	Marc Denis	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Alexander Poliakov
	0–1 17:36 - D. Milo (Mari. Hossa) 34:35 - M. Cammalleri (B. Shanahan) 1–1 52:53 - P. Bergeron (D. Hamhuis) 2–1 54:23 - S. Crosby (P. Bergeron) 3–1 54:32 - J. Carter 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	23

18 May 2006 16:15	N. Kulemin)	1–0
	1–1	25:45 - T. Kaberle (D. Výborný, M. Erat) (PP1)
	1–2	43:39 - J. Hlinka (PP1)
45:10 - S. Mozyakin (K. Gorovikov)	2–2
	2–3	47:06 - P. Štefan (J. Hlinka, T. Kaberle) (PP1)
58:55 - A. Mikhnov (V. Atyushov, A. Ovechkin)	3–3
	3–4	67:58 - Z. Irgl (D. Výborný)

18 minPenalties16 min34Shots36

18 May 2006 20:15

Finland

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Belarus

Arena Riga Attendance: 7,164

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Chris Savage
	9:24 - R. Hahl (J. Ruutu, S. Bergenheim) 1–0 43:58 - V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin, O. Jokinen) 2–0 54:48 - O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, P. Nummelin) (PP2) 3–0
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	20

Semi-finals

20 May 2006 16:15

Finland

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 8,763

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	8:03 - R. Hahl (J. Ruutu, P. Nummelin) 1–0 1–1 28:26 - T. Plekanec (Z. Irgl) (SH1) 1–2 56:17 - D. Výborný (T. Kaberle) (PP1) 1–3 59:14 - J. Hlinka (EN)
	45 min	Penalties	37 min
	34	Shots	21

20 May 2006 20:15

Canada

4–5 (2–3, 1–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Arena Riga Attendance: 8,845

Game reference
	Marc Denis Alex Auld	Goalies	Johan Holmqvist	Referee: Milan Minář
	0–1 1:27 - N. Kronwall (M. Nylander) 0–2 4:11 - J. Jönsson (M. Samuelsson, M. Nylander) (PP1) 8:11 - K. Calder (M. Richards) 1–2 1–3 11:52 - T. Mårtensson (M. Timander) 16:38 - M. Comrie (M. Cammalleri) (PP1) 2–3 2–4 21:33 - M. Samuelsson (P. Hallberg, M. Nylander) 2–5 22:41 - J. Nordquist (M. Hannula) 39:25 - S. Crosby 3–5 43:38 - P. Bergeron (S. Crosby, J. Williams) (PP1) 4–5
	18 min	Penalties	39 min
	32	Shots	25

Bronze medal game

21 May 2006 16:15

Canada

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Arena Riga Attendance: 9,365

Game reference
	Alex Auld	Goalies	Fredrik Norrena	Referee: Peter Jonak
	0–1 4:06 - T. Kallio (E. Pirnes, A. Miettinen) (PP1) 0–2 25:20 - O. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, M. Lehtonen) (PP2) 0–3 36:18 - R. Hahl 0–4 42:55 - A. Miettinen (P. Nummelin) 0–5 53:56 - J. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, V. Peltonen) (PP2)
	32 min	Penalties	34 min
	37	Shots	33

Gold medal game

21 May 2006 20:15

Sweden

4–0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Arena Riga Attendance: 9,800

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	14:36 - J. Mattsson (N. Kronwall, A. Karlsson) 1–0 15:13 - F. Emvall (J. Mattsson, A. Karlsson) 2–0 24:07 - N. Kronwall (R. Sundin, M. Nylander) 3–0 37:01 - J. Jönsson (M. Samuelsson, M. Nylander) (PP2) 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	15

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to

:

	Sweden
	Czech Republic
	Finland
4	Canada
5	Russia
6	Belarus
7	United States
8	Slovakia
9	Switzerland
10	Latvia
11	Norway
12	Ukraine
13	Denmark
14	Italy
15	Kazakhstan
16	Slovenia

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Sidney Crosby	9	8	8	16	+7	10	F
Patrice Bergeron	9	6	8	14	+5	2	F
Petteri Nummelin	9	3	11	14	-1	2	D
Niklas Kronwall	8	2	8	10	+3	10	D
Alexander Ovechkin	7	6	3	9	+6	6	F
Mikhail Grabovski	7	5	4	9	+2	2	F
Andreas Karlsson	9	5	4	9	0	6	F
Mikael Samuelsson	8	4	5	9	+7	4	F
Anže Kopitar	6	3	6	9	-2	2	F
Evgeni Malkin	7	3	6	9	+7	6	F

Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Fredrik Norrena	325:43	122	6	1.11	95.08	3
Andrei Mezin	417:01	239	14	2.01	94.14	0
Karol Križan	379:41	142	12	1.90	91.55	3
Sergey Zvyagin	278:32	105	9	1.94	91.43	1
Marc Denis	262:41	123	11	2.51	91.06	1

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF broadcasting rights

See also

• 2006 in ice hockey
• 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships
• 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

References

External links

• 2006 IIHF World Championship official site Archived 5 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine