Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

1998 Winter Olympics
Men's Ice Hockey

Team Czech Republic defeats Team Russia, 1–0, in the final game
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venue(s)	Big Hat Aqua Wing Arena
Dates	7–22 February
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (1st title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	35
Goals scored	210 (6 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Teemu Selänne (10 points)
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Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Qualification
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Tournament
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Rosters
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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was the 19th Olympic Championship. The Czech Republic, which emerged from the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, won its first winter gold medal, becoming only the seventh nation to win Olympic ice hockey gold. The tournament, held from February 7 to February 22, was played at the Big Hat and Aqua Wing arenas.

This was the first Olympics in which the National Hockey League (NHL) took a break (17 days, from February 8 to February 24) allowing national teams to include NHL players from each country.^[1][2] Unlike basketball's Dream Team in 1992, where the players stayed in a hotel in Barcelona due to security concerns,^[3] NHL players stayed in the Olympic Village due to improved security measures.^[4]

The Canadian team, despite a strong start in the round robin, lost their semifinal match against the Czech Republic in a shootout. Team Finland defeated Canada in the bronze medal game. In the final, the Czech Republic beat Russia 1-0 to win the gold medal, as goaltender Dominik Hašek shutout the Russian squad.^[5]

Rosters

Qualification

Preliminary round

All times are local (

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	14	11	+3	5	First Round
2	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	3
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	11	11	0	2
4	Austria	3	0	2	1	9	12	−3	2

7 February 1998 16:00

Austria

2–2 (1–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Slovakia

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 4,315

	Claus Dalpiaz	Goalies	Igor Murín	Referee: Pekka Haajanen Linesmen: Alexander Poliakov Thomas Schurr
	Lavoie (Ulrich) (PP) − 07:16 1–0 Perthaler (Schaden) − 23:30 2–0 2–1 26:35 − Cíger 2–2 33:52 − Petrovický (Kontšek, Sekeráš) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	12	Shots	38

10 February 1998 14:00

Slovakia

3–4 (1–1, 1–0, 1–3)

Kazakhstan

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,659

	Igor Murín	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev	Referee: Gerhard Müller Linesmen: Janne Rautavuori Ulf Rönnmark
	Plavucha (Daňo) − 05:42 1–0 1–1 09:07 − Y. Koreshkov (Sokolov) (PP) Jánoš (Petrovický) − 28:03 2–1 2–2 42:55 − Borodulin (Zavyalov) 2–3 47:04 − Shafranov (A. Koreshkov, Y. Koreshkov) Bondra (Švehla) (PP) − 52:16 3–3 3–4 58:39 − A. Koreshkov (Zemlyanoy)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	25

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belarus	3	2	1	0	14	4	+10	5	First Round
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	7	9	−2	4
3	France	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	2
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1

7 February 1998 20:00

Germany

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Japan

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,861

	Josef Heiß	Goalies	Shinichi Iwasaki	Referee: Donald Adam Linesmen: Václav Český Rudolf Lauff
	Hecht (Wieland) – 37:03 1–0 1–1 43:50 – Sugisawa (Otomo) Kunce (Wieland) – 51:24 2–1 Benda (MacKay) – 55:05 3–1
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	21

9 February 1998 18:00

Japan

2–5 (2–1, 0–1, 0–3)

France

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,930

	Dusty Imoo	Goalies	François Gravel	Referee: Gerhard Müller Linesmen: Václav Český Rudolf Lauff
	Fujita (Sakai, Kudo) – 7:36 1–0 1–1 14:42 – Bozon (SH) Kuwabara (Sugisawa, Yahata) (PP) – 15:32 2–1 2–2 23:51 – Barin (Mortas, Ouellet) 2–3 57:05 – Pouget (Poudrier, Bozon) (PP) 2–4 59:08 – Bozon (Poudrier) (SH, EN) 2–5 59:37 – Poudrier (Lemoine) (SH, EN)
	18 min	Penalties	41 min
	21	Shots	25

Consolation round

13th place match

12 February 1998 12:00	Tsujiura Fujita Sakai Sugisawa Kabayama Yahata	Shootout	Kromp Kalt Nasheim Lavoie Wheeldon Kalt Nasheim Wheeldon
18 min	Penalties	36 min
40	Shots	30

11th place match

9th place match

First round

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9	6	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	4
3	Finland	3	1	0	2	11	9	+2	2
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	6	25	−19	0

13 February 1998 14:45

Czech Republic

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Finland

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,050

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Gord Broseker Ulf Rönnmark
	Patera (Ručinský) (PP) – 29:09 1–0 Reichel (Lang) – 44:54 2–0 Růžička (Jágr) – 48:40 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	17

15 February 1998 13:45

Russia

4–3 (1–2, 2–1, 1–0)

Finland

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,894

	Andrei Trefilov	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Gord Broseker Ulf Rönnmark
	0–1 6:11 – Koivu (Lehtinen, Selänne) (PP) 0–2 7:04 – Lehtinen (Koivu, Selänne) (PP) P. Bure (Fedorov, Kamensky) (PP) – 13:36 1–2 1–3 28:24 – Lehtinen (Selänne) Nemchinov (Gonchar, Kravchuk) – 29:31 2–3 Yashin (Fedorov, Zhitnik) (PP) – 35:03 3–3 Morozov (Zelepukin) – 56:43 4–3
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	28	Shots	33

15 February 1998 18:45

Czech Republic

8–2 (1–0, 3–2, 4–0)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,975

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev Alexander Shimin	Referee: Pekka Haajanen Linesmen: Alexander Poliakov Ray Scapinello
	Straka (Jágr) – 3:51 1–0 Beránek (Moravec, Dopita) – 23:22 2–0 2–1 27:13 – Kamentsev (Glovatsky, Antipin) (PP) M. Ručinský – 32:02 3–1 Růžička (Jágr) (PP) – 37:31 4–1 4–2 39:09 – A. Koreshkov Ručinský (Lang, Svoboda) – 41:00 5–2 Patera (SH) – 49:42 6–2 M. Procházka (PP) – 52:16 7–2 Hamrlík (Straka) – 57:06 8–2
	43 min	Penalties	41 min
	45	Shots	23

16 February 1998 18:45

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Russia

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,847

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Mikhail Shtalenkov	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Kevin Collins Janne Rautavuori
	Reichel (Patera) (PP) – 31:53 1–0 1–1 43:27 – V. Bure (Kravchuk, Gonchar) 1–2 43:37 – Zhamnov (Gusarov, D. Mironov)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	31

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	6	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	11	7	+4	4
3	United States	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	2
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	4	15	−11	0

13 February 1998 14:45

Sweden

4–2 (1–2, 2–0, 1–0)

United States

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,985

	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Mike Richter	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Gérard Gauthier Troy Sartison
	0–1 11:10 – Chelios (Guerin, Tkachuk) Alfredsson (Forsberg) (PP) – 12:26 1–1 1–2 12:50 – Modano (Guerin) Kjellberg (Renberg, Samuelsson) – 21:50 2–2 Alfredsson (Forsberg) – 31:33 3–2 Sundin (Andersson) – 57:04 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	20	Shots	31

13 February 1998 18:45

Canada

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Belarus

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,960

	Patrick Roy	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Mark Faucette Linesmen: Kevin Collins Janne Rautavuori
	Fleury (Primeau) (SH) – 7:55 1–0 Bourque (Brind'Amour, Corson) – 14:34 2–0 MacInnis (Nieuwendyk) (PP) – 24:38 3–0 Lindros (Bourque) – 37:44 4–0 Lindros (Brind'Amour) – 52:57 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	18

14 February 1998 18:45

Sweden

2–3 (1–0, 0–3, 1–0)

Canada

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,945

	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Patrick Roy	Referee: Mark Faucette Linesmen: Kevin Collins Janne Rautavuori
	Lidström (Alfredsson, Renberg) (PP) – 15:27 1–0 1–1 31:56 – Nieuwendyk (Blake, Lindros) 1–2 37:02 – MacInnis (Nieuwendyk) (PP) 1–3 39:53 – Blake (Nieuwendyk, Fleury) Sundin (Lidström, Norström) – 49:31 2–3
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	29

16 February 1998 13:45

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

United States

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 10,076

	Patrick Roy	Goalies	Mike Richter	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Gord Broseker Troy Sartison
	Zamuner (Gretzky, Sakic) – 16:30 1–0 Primeau (Yzerman) (SH) – 33:37 2–0 Sakic (Fleury) – 38:19 3–0 Primeau (Recchi, Sakic) – 46:00 4–0 4–1 54:04 – Hull (Weight)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	31

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

C1

Russia

4

D4

Belarus

1

C1

Russia

7

C3

Finland

4

D2

Sweden

1

C3

Finland

2

C1

Russia

0

C2

Czech Republic

1

D1

Canada

4

C4

Kazakhstan

1

D1

Canada

1

Bronze medal game

C2

Czech Republic

2

C2

Czech Republic

4

D1

Canada

2

D3

United States

1

C3

Finland

3

Quarterfinals

18 February 1998 14:45

Czech Republic

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

United States

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,822

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Mike Richter / John Vanbiesbrouck	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Alexander Poliakov Ray Scapinello
	0–1 16:12 – Modano (Amonte, Tkachuk) Růžička (Jágr, Straka) – 28:21 1–1 Jágr (Dopita) – 29:19 2–1 Ručinský (Lang, Šmehlík) – 36:35 3–1 Dopita – 59:21 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	39

18 February 1998 14:45

Russia

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Belarus

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 4,628

	Mikhail Shtalenkov	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Mark Faucette Linesmen: Gord Broseker Ulf Rönnmark
	Kamensky (Yashin) – 19:00 1–0 Kovalenko (Fedorov, Yashin) – 21:31 2–0 P. Bure – 42:38 3–0 Morozov (Zelepukin, Kasparaitis) – 43:19 4–0 4–1 44:18 – Yerkovich (Khmyl, Roshchin)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	26

18 February 1998 18:45

Canada

4–1 (2–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,602

	Patrick Roy	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev	Referee: Don Adam Linesmen: Kevin Collins Janne Rautavuori
	Nieuwendyk (Fleury, Roy) – 1:31 1–0 Corson (Lindros) – 2:13 2–0 2–1 3:46 – Shafranov (Koreshkov) Shanahan (Gretzky, Bourque) – 36:29 3–1 Yzerman (Gretzky) – 37:01 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	17

18 February 1998 18:45

Sweden

1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Finland

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,044

	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Václav Český Gérard Gauthier
	0–1 44:12 – Selänne (Numminen) 0–2 52:43 – Selänne (Koivu, Lehtinen) (PP) Forsberg – 59:48 1–2
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	19

Semi-finals

20 February 1998 14:45

SO: 0–1)

Czech Republic

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,854

	Patrick Roy	Goalies	Dominik Hašek	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Kevin Collins Janne Rautavuori
	0–1 49:46 – Šlégr (Patera) Linden (Lindros) – 58:57 1–1
	Fleury Bourque Nieuwendyk Lindros Shanahan	Shootout	Reichel Ručinský Patera Jágr
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	31

20 February 1998 18:45

Russia

7–4 (2–0, 2–3, 3–1)

Finland

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,640

	Mikhail Shtalenkov	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Gérard Gauthier Troy Sartison
	P. Bure (Zhamnov) (PP) – 9:51 1–0 P. Bure (Mironov) – 17:28 2–0 P. Bure – 20:59 3–0 3–1 23:28 – Helminen (Lind) 3–2 24:59 – Rintanen (Kurri, Timonen) 3–3 34:07 – Selänne (Koivu, Kurri) (PP2) Zhamnov (Zhitnik) (PP) – 37:26 4–3 4–4 45:15 – Koivu (Selänne) Kovalenko (Fedorov) – 46:33 5–4 P. Bure – 55:58 6–4 P. Bure (Yashin, Mironov) (EN) – 59:55 7–4
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	31

Bronze medal game

21 February 1998 15:15

Canada

2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Finland

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,875

	Patrick Roy	Goalies	Ari Sulander	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Gord Broseker Alexander Poliakov
	0–1 03:33 – Kurri (Tikkanen, Nieminen) (PP) Brind'Amour (Foote) – 16:50 1–1 1–2 17:23 – Lehtinen (Koivu) Shanahan (Gretzky, Recchi) (PP) – 22:47 2–2 2–3 40:17 – Peltonen (Koivu) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	15

Gold medal game

22 February 1998 13:45

Russia

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 10,010

	Mikhail Shtalenkov	Goalies	Dominik Hašek	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Ulf Rönnmark Ray Scapinello
	0–1 48:08 − Svoboda (Patera, M. Procházka)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	21

Statistics

Average age

Team Canada was the oldest team in the tournament, with an average age of 30 years. Team Kazakhstan was the youngest, averaging 26 years and 11 months. The gold medal-winning Czech Republic team averaged 27 years and 2 months. The tournament average was 28 years and 1 month.^[6]

Leading scorers

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	Teemu Selänne (FIN)	5	4	6	10	8
2	Saku Koivu (FIN)	6	2	8	10	4
3	Pavel Bure (RUS)	6	9	0	9	2
4	Aleksandr Koreshkov (KAZ )	7	3	6	9	2
5	Philippe Bozon (FRA)	4	5	2	7	4
6	Konstantin Shafranov (KAZ)	7	4	3	7	6
7	Dominic Lavoie (AUT)	4	5	1	6	8
8	Jere Lehtinen (FIN)	6	4	2	6	2
9	Alexei Yashin (RUS)	6	3	3	6	0
10	Serge Poudrier (FRA)	6	2	4	6	4
11	Sergei Fedorov (RUS)	6	1	5	6	8

Medal-winning rosters

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Czech Republic (CZE) Josef Beránek Jan Čaloun Roman Čechmánek Jiří Dopita Roman Hamrlík Dominik Hašek Milan Hejduk Milan Hnilička Jaromír Jágr František Kučera Robert Lang David Moravec Pavel Patera Libor Procházka Martin Procházka Robert Reichel Martin Ručinský Vladimír Růžička-C Jiří Šlégr Richard Šmehlík Jaroslav Špaček Martin Straka Petr Svoboda	Russia (RUS) Pavel Bure-C Valeri Bure Oleg Chevtsov Sergei Fedorov Sergei Gonchar Alexei Gusarov Valeri Kamensky Darius Kasparaitis Andrei Kovalenko Igor Kravchuk Sergei Krivokrasov Boris Mironov Dmitri Mironov Alexei Morozov Sergei Nemchinov Mikhail Shtalenkov German Titov Andrei Trefilov Alexei Yashin Dmitri Yushkevich Valeri Zelepukin Alexei Zhitnik Alexei Zhamnov	Finland (FIN) Aki-Petteri Berg Tuomas Grönman Raimo Helminen Sami Kapanen Saku Koivu-C Jari Kurri Janne Laukkanen Jere Lehtinen Juha Lind Jyrki Lumme Jarmo Myllys Mika Nieminen Janne Niinimaa Teppo Numminen Ville Peltonen Kimmo Rintanen Teemu Selänne Ari Sulander Jukka Tammi Esa Tikkanen Kimmo Timonen Antti Törmänen Juha Ylönen

Source:

• Gold – "Team members CZECH REPUBLIC". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
• Silver – "Team members Russia". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
• Bronze – "Team members Finland". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.

Roster notes

Several of general manager Bobby Clarke's selections for Team Canada were controversial. Eric Lindros was named captain over longtime leaders such as Wayne Gretzky, Steve Yzerman, and Ray Bourque (Clarke at the time was general manager of Lindros's NHL team, the Philadelphia Flyers).^[7] Rob Zamuner was a surprise pick, while Mark Messier, Adam Oates, Ron Francis, Doug Gilmour and Scott Niedermayer were omitted.^[8] Japanese fans were disappointed when their adopted hero, Paul Kariya, a Canadian of Japanese heritage and one of Canada's best stars, failed to make the Games due to a head injury sustained from a crosscheck by Gary Suter during regular season NHL play.^[9][10][11]

Memorably, during the shootout in their semifinal match against the

Swedish player Ulf Samuelsson was discovered to have applied for American citizenship. Under Swedish law at the time, when one acquires a foreign passport, their citizenship is annulled. Samuelsson was ejected after having played the first game against Belarus, although Sweden kept their points from the win. The Czech National Olympic Committee felt that Sweden should lose the points and filed a protest with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which was rejected.^[14][15]

The United States team, loaded with 17 NHL stars, was eliminated in the first game of the knockout round, and responded by trashing their rooms in the Olympic Village.^[12] Three apartments were vandalized, ten chairs were broken and three fire extinguishers were emptied. Six of those chairs and one fire extinguisher were thrown down five stories into a courtyard.^[16][12]

Final rankings

	Team
	Czech Republic
	Russia
	Finland
4th	Canada
5th	Sweden
6th	United States
7th	Belarus
8th	Kazakhstan
9th	Germany
10th	Slovakia
11th	France
12th	Italy
13th	Japan
14th	Austria

These standings are presented as the IIHF has them,^[17] however both the NHL and IOC maintain that all quarterfinal losers are ranked equal at 5th.^[18][19]

References

• ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4. Archived
  from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120613015209/http://hokej.snt.cz/oh/oh1998.html (in English)
• http://www.hockeyarchives.info/JO1998.htm (in French)
• Hockey Nut – 1998 Olympic Hockey (in English)
• Marcolympics – Ice Hockey 1998 (in English)
• IIHF: Nagano 1998 in Web Archive (in English)
• la84 foundation – Nagano 1998 Official Report (171–180) (in English)