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

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2006 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates15–26 February
Teams12
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (2nd title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Czech Republic
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played38
Goals scored206 (5.42 per game)
Attendance236,013 (6,211 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Teemu Selänne (11 points)
MVPFinland Antero Niittymäki
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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 (NHL) players and the tenth best-on-best hockey tournament in history. United States defenseman 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 tournament 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, which 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 defending champion Canada, which lost two group stage games (including a shock defeat to Switzerland) before being eliminated by Russia in the quarter-finals. There were allegations that Sweden intentionally lost their final group game against Slovakia to set up a quarterfinal against Switzerland.

In the semi-finals,

2006 World Championships and became the first team to win the Olympic and World Championship gold in the same year.[2]

Qualification

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Canada, Sweden, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Finland, United States, Russia and Germany qualified as the top eight teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2004. Italy qualified as host team. The remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments.

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host 19 June 1999 South Korea Seoul 1  Italy
2004 IIHF World Ranking[a] 26 March 2001 – 9 May 2004 Czech Republic Prague and Ostrava[b] 8  Canada
 Sweden
 Slovakia
 Czech Republic
 Finland
 United States
 Russia
 Germany
Final qualification tournament 10–13 February 2005 Switzerland Kloten 1   Switzerland
Final qualification tournament 10–13 February 2005 Latvia Riga 1  Latvia
Final qualification tournament 10–13 February 2005 Austria Klagenfurt 1  Kazakhstan
Total 12
Notes
  1. a 2004
    2004 World Championship
  2. b Prague and Ostrava were the sites for 2004 IIHF World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Rosters

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 5 5 0 0 19 2 +17 10 Quarterfinals
2   Switzerland 5 2 2 1 10 12 −2 6
3  Canada 5 3 0 2 15 9 +6 6
4  Czech Republic 5 2 0 3 14 12 +2 4
5  Germany 5 0 2 3 7 16 −9 2
6  Italy (H) 5 0 2 3 9 23 −14 2
Source: IIHF
(H) Hosts
15 February 2006
13:05
PP)
J. Cirone (G. Scandella) (PP) – 20:431–1
1–221:55 – D. Heatley (M. St. Louis, V. Lecavalier)
1–325:38 – S. Doan (C. Pronger, B. Richards)
1–426:04 – J. Iginla (J. Sakic) (PP)
1–533:53 – M. St. Louis (D. Heatley, V. Lecavalier)
1–634:38 – B. Richards (S. Doan, T. Bertuzzi)
J. Parco (T. Tuzzolino) – 38:082–6
2–743:39 – J. Thornton (S. Gagné) (PP)
20 minPenalties12 min20Shots50
15 February 2006
15:35
PP)
0–223:35 – T. Numminen (T. Selänne, J. Lehtinen) (PP)
0–328:04 – O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, J. Jokinen) (PP)
0–433:25 – T. Selänne (S. Koivu)
0–539:25 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, O. Jokinen)
10 minPenalties8 min24Shots37
15 February 2006
17:05
PP) – 19:10
1–0
1–121:02 – T. Kaberle (P. Kubina, T. Vokoun) (PP)
1–223:38 – T. Kaberle (M. Straka, J. Jágr) (PP)
1–357:47 – J. Jágr
1–459:32 – D. Výborný (EN)
10 minPenalties12 min25Shots34
16 February 2006
12:05
PP) – 21:49
1–0
S. Koivu (T. Numminen) (PP) – 23:512–0
J. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, S. Salo) (PP) – 30:113–0
V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin) (PP) – 38:254–0
T. Selänne (S. Koivu, S. Salo) (PP2) – 52:075–0
T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen) – 55:086–0
4 minPenalties22 min51Shots16
16 February 2006
13:05
PP
)
14 minPenalties20 min42Shots19
16 February 2006
20:05
PP) – 7:29
2–0
S. Gagné (R. Regehr, B. Richards) – 10:493–0
3–129:13 – C. Ehrhoff (C. Schubert, S. Ustorf)
D. Heatley (A. Foote) – 35:374–1
S. Doan (R. Smyth) – 59:265–1
24 minPenalties18 min40Shots12
18 February 2006
13:05
PP
)
18 minPenalties16 min21Shots34
18 February 2006
15:35
PP2
)
34 minPenalties42 min49Shots18
18 February 2006
21:05
PP) – 8:25
1–0
1–114:14 – O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, V. Peltonen)
1–235:02 – J. Lehtinen (K. Timonen) (PP)
M. Židlický (R. Lang, J. Špaček) (PP2) – 38:172–2
2–340:30 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, S. Koivu)
2–448:33 – J. Lehtinen (S. Koivu, T. Selänne)
12 minPenalties39 min39Shots32
19 February 2006
12:05
Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,756
Game reference
Olaf KölzigGoaliesDavid AebischerReferee:
Canada Don Van Massenhoven
Linesmen:
United States Kevin Redding
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
S. Felski (C. Ehrhoff) – 22:201–0
1–128:17 – F. Conne (P. Fischer)
1–238:05 – P. DiPietro (P. Della Rossa)
T. Boos (E. Lewandowski) – 52:092–2
8 minPenalties8 min
28Shots25
19 February 2006
20:05
Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,776
Game reference
Tomáš VokounGoaliesGünther Hell (out 27:32)
Jason Muzzatti (in 27:32)		Referee:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
Sweden Joacim Karlsson
M. Hejduk (D. Výborný, T. Kaberle) – 12:571–0
V. Prospal (J. Jágr, M. Straka) – 14:202–0
V. Prospal (M. Straka) (SH) – 28:363–0
3–157:53 – J. Parco (G. de Bettin, T. Iob)
V. Prospal (M. Straka, T. Vokoun) (EN) – 58:404–1
20 minPenalties58 min
43Shots16
19 February 2006
21:05		Finland 2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 CanadaTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 4,420
Game reference
Antero NiittymäkiGoaliesRoberto LuongoReferee:
Czech Republic Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Slovakia Milan Mášik
United States Thor Nelson
T. Selänne (S. Koivu) – 11:141–0
N. Kapanen (V. Nieminen, K. Timonen) – 15:022–0
6 minPenalties12 min
30Shots24
21 February 2006
12:35
PP) − 3:06
1–0
P. Fischer (M. Plüss) – 6:332–0
2–115:41 – J. Busillo (B. Nardella) (PP)
2–220:53 – C. Trevisani (J. Cirone, J. Busillo) (PP)
2–346:13 – T. Iob (G. de Bettin)
I. Rüthemann – 56:383–3
14 minPenalties10 min25Shots35
21 February 2006
15:35
PP) – 2:35
1–0
S. Koivu (J. Lehtinen, T. Selänne) – 39:392–0
6 minPenalties18 min25Shots18
21 February 2006
16:35
PP) – 11:19
2–0
C. Pronger (J. Thornton) – 19:243–0
3–133:46 – P. Kubina (J. Jágr, M. Ručinský) (PP)
3–242:41 – P. Čajánek (T. Kaberle, A. Hemský)
8 minPenalties4 min16Shots33

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 5 5 0 0 18 8 +10 10 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 0 1 23 11 +12 8
3  Sweden 5 3 0 2 15 12 +3 6
4  United States 5 1 1 3 13 13 0 3
5  Kazakhstan 5 1 0 4 9 16 −7 2
6  Latvia 5 0 1 4 11 29 −18 1
Source: IIHF
15 February 2006
11:35
PP)
0–316:06 – H. Sedin (M. Samuelsson, D. Sedin)
E. Koreshkov (SH) – 20:171–3
1–428:47 – P. Axelsson (S. Påhlsson, M. Öhlund)
1–531:08 – M. Sundin (C. Bäckman, F. Modin) (PP)
1–635:31 – D. Sedin (M. Öhlund, H. Sedin)
1–736:21 – D. Tjärnqvist (P. Axelsson, S. Påhlsson)
V. Antipin (D. Upper) – 48:332–7
18 minPenalties6 min14Shots34
15 February 2006
20:05
PP)
A. Ovechkin (S. Gonchar, F. Tyutin) (PP) – 30:033–2
3–333:05 – P. Bondra (A. Meszároš, Z. Chára) (PP)
3–456:32 – M. Gáborík
3–559:31 – M. Gáborík
16 minPenalties10 min23Shots36
15 February 2006
21:05
PP)
0–210:38 – C. Conroy
A. Ņiživijs (S. Ozoliņš) – 13:151–2
A. Tribuncovs (S. Ozoliņš, A. Ņiživijs) (PP) – 35:042–2
H. Vasiļjevs (R. Laviņš) – 35:443–2
3–342:01 – J. Leopold (B. Hedican, C. Conroy)
16 minPenalties16 min25Shots42
15 February 2006
16:05
S. Zhukov)
0–450:31 – V. Kozlov (A. Frolov, A. Korolyuk)
0–554:04 – M. Afinogenov (P. Datsyuk)
20 minPenalties16 min24Shots32
16 February 2006
17:05		Slovakia 6–3
(4–1, 1–2, 1–0)		 LatviaTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,960
Game reference
Ján LašákGoaliesArtūrs IrbeReferee:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Canada Pierre Racicot
R. Zedník (L. Višňovský) – 5:231–0
R. Petrovický (T. Surový, A. Meszároš) – 5:432–0
2–16:27 – S. Ozoliņš (M. Cipulis, G. Panteļejevs)
P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) – 7:543–1
Mari. Hossa – 13:174–1
4–220:54 – M. Cipulis (A. Cipruss, G. Panteļejevs)
4–326:51 – A. Ņiživijs (K. Skrastiņš)
Z. Chára (Mari. Hossa) – 33:495–3
Mari. Hossa (M. Gáborík) – 49:046–3
12 minPenalties8 min
25Shots28
16 February 2006
21:05
PP) – 8:31
2–0
B. Gionta (J. Liles, S. Gomez) (PP) – 16:503–0
3–151:02 – E. Koreshkov (A. Vassilchenko) (PP)
M. Modano (E. Cole) – 51:534–1
10 minPenalties20 min36Shots12
18 February 2006
11:35		Kazakhstan 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 RussiaTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 3,660
Game reference
Vitali YeremeyevGoaliesEvgeni NabokovReferee:
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Germany Thomas Gemeinhardt
0–131:38 – A. Kharitonov (M. Sushinsky, E. Malkin)
26 minPenalties12 min
24Shots50
18 February 2006
17:05
PP) – 22:22
2–0
D. Alfredsson (K. Jönsson) (PP) – 24:593–0
P. Axelsson (P. Forsberg) (PP) – 25:174–0
H. Zetterberg (T. Holmström) – 27:585–0
D. Alfredsson (M. Sundin, N. Lidström) – 44:486–0
6–149:10 – M. Ziediņš (A. Ņiživijs, S. Ozoliņš)
6 minPenalties14 min40Shots14
18 February 2006
20:05
PP) – 34:20
1–0
1–138:24 – B. Rolston (B. Rafalski, S. Gomez) (PP)
P. Bondra (M. Šatan, R. Kapuš) – 41:482–1
8 minPenalties16 min21Shots30
19 February 2006
13:05
V. Vishnevski) – 47:32
8–1
A. Ovechkin (V. Kozlov, A. Yashin) – 56:279–1
9–258:04 – M. Rēdlihs (A. Bērziņš)
16 minPenalties18 min39Shots11
19 February 2006
16:05
PP)
P. Bondra (R. Kapuš, M. Jurčina) (PP) – 39:501–1
Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) – 48:092–1
12 minPenalties20 min27Shots19
19 February 2006
17:05
PP
)
14 minPenalties12 min25Shots26
21 February 2006
11:35
PP) – 15:13
1–1
1–235:04 – N. Antropov (E. Koreshkov)
A. Cipruss (G. Panteļejevs, A. Tribuncovs) – 45:042–2
2–352:33 – S. Alexandrov (F. Polishchuk, A. Troschinsky)
2–454:53 – E. Koreshkov (PS)
2–558:08 – E. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov)
14 minPenalties6 min32Shots30
21 February 2006
20:05		Sweden 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)		 SlovakiaTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 4,250
Game reference
Mikael TellqvistGoaliesKarol KrižanReferee:
Finland Timo Favorin
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
Canada Pierre Racicot
0–115:51 – P. Bondra (M. Šatan)
0–246:16 – Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík)
0–358:58 – R. Suchý (P. Demitra, Mari. Hossa)
14 minPenalties10 min
17Shots31

[3]

Allegations have surfaced of Sweden

powerplay with five NHL stars on the ice—Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin, Daniel Alfredsson, Nicklas Lidström and Fredrik Modin—and failed to put a shot on net. Sports Illustrated writer Michael Farber would say about this particular powerplay, "If the Swedes had passed the puck any more, their next opponent would have been the Washington Generals." "[They] were even afraid to shoot!", Russian coach Vladimir Krikunov
said.

As part of a subsequent interview about the championship over five years later, Forsberg was interpreted to insinuate that Sweden lost their preliminary round game against Slovakia on purpose, so as to draw Switzerland as their quarterfinal opponent, rather than Canada or the Czech Republic. Swedish forward Henrik Sedin, who played alongside Forsberg on the 2006 team denied the notion while adding that Forsberg's comments in the interview were misconstrued.[4][5]

21 February 2006
20:35
PP) – 18:38
1–2
1–335:00 – A. Markov (P. Datsyuk, M. Sushinsky)
B. Gionta (S. Gomez, D. Weight) (PP) – 39:012–3
S. Gomez (M. Schneider, B. Rolston) (PP) – 45:003–3
3–449:55 – A. Ovechkin (E. Malkin, D. Kasparaitis)
E. Cole (M. Knuble, C. Drury) – 50:384–4
4–551:52 – A. Kovalev (P. Datsyuk, E. Malkin)
8 minPenalties14 min34Shots21

Playoff round

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal game
 
          
 
22 February
 
 
 Finland4
 
24 February
 
 United States3
 
 Finland4
 
22 February
 
 Russia0
 
 Russia2
 
26 February
 
 Canada0
 
 Finland2
 
22 February
 
 Sweden3
 
  Switzerland2
 
24 February
 
 Sweden6
 
 Sweden7
 
22 February
 
 Czech Republic3 Bronze medal game
 
 Slovakia1
 
25 February
 
 Czech Republic3
 
 Russia0
 
 
 Czech Republic3
 

Quarterfinals

22 February 2006
16:35
PP)
1–322:17 – H. Zetterberg (T. Holmström, K. Jönsson)
1–429:07 – M. Sundin (N. Lidström, D. Alfredsson) (PP)
1–532:52 – M. Sundin (P. Forsberg, D. Tjärnqvist)
R. Lemm (I. Rüthemann) – 40:492–5
2–648:36 − S. Påhlsson (D. Alfredsson, P. Axelsson)
8 minPenalties2 min29Shots27
22 February 2006
17:35
PP)
O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen) (PP) – 25:063–2
O. Jokinen (PP2) – 37:104–2
4–355:33 – B. Gionta (C. Drury, E. Cole)
16 minPenalties30 min25Shots28
22 February 2006
20:35
PP) – 41:30
1–0
A. Kovalev (A. Markov) (PP) – 59:372–0
41 minPenalties18 min33Shots27
22 February 2006
21:35
Palasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 6,893
Game reference
Peter BudajGoaliesMilan HniličkaReferee:
Canada Don Van Massenhoven
Linesmen:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Canada Pierre Racicot
0–112:51 – M. Ručinský (SH)
0–228:41 – M. Hejduk (F. Kaberle, M. Ručinský)
M. Gáborík (Mari. Hossa) – 43:381–2
1–359:57 − M. Straka (EN)
8 minPenalties14 min
21Shots28

Semifinals

24 February 2006
16:35
PP) – 27:54
5–1
5–230:40 – A. Hemský (J. Jágr, M. Židlický) (PP)
5–331:25 – V. Prospal (D. Výborný)
D. Alfredsson (P. Axelsson) – 39:006–3
T. Holmström (H. Zetterberg) – 56:057–3
8 minPenalties6 min32Shots24
24 February 2006
21:05
PP) – 6:13
1–0
T. Lydman (S. Koivu) – 29:332–0
S. Koivu (K. Timonen, T. Selänne) (PP) – 33:513–0
O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, N. Kapanen) – 49:174–0
8 minPenalties16 min30Shots21

Bronze medal game

25 February 2006
20:35
PP)
0–359:52 – M. Straka (M. Erat) (EN)
41 minPenalties14 min28Shots15

Gold medal game

26 February 2006
14:05
PP) – 14:45
1–0
1–124:42 – H. Zetterberg (M. Samuelsson, C. Bäckman) (PP)
1–233:24 – N. Kronwall (H. Zetterberg) (PP)
V. Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) – 35:002–2
2–340:10 – N. Lidström (M. Sundin, P. Forsberg)
14 minPenalties14 min27Shots28

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czech Republic
4  Russia
5  Slovakia
6   Switzerland
7  Canada
8  United States
9  Kazakhstan
10  Germany
11  Italy
12  Latvia

Statistics

Average age

Team USA was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 31 years and 8 months. Team Germany was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 26 years and 7 months. Gold medalists team Sweden averaged 29 years and 7 months. Tournament average was 29 years and 2 months.[6]

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Finland Teemu Selänne 8 6 5 11 +7 4 F
Finland Saku Koivu 8 3 8 11 +5 12 F
Sweden Daniel Alfredsson 8 5 5 10 +2 4 F
Slovakia Marián Hossa 6 5 5 10 +9 4 F
Finland Ville Peltonen 8 4 5 9 +4 6 F
Finland Olli Jokinen 8 6 2 8 +5 2 F
Finland Jere Lehtinen 8 3 5 8 +6 0 F
Sweden Mats Sundin 8 3 5 8 +1 4 F
Czech Republic Martin Straka 8 2 6 8 +4 6 F
Russia Pavel Datsyuk 8 1 7 8 +5 10 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF

Leading goaltenders

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

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Finland Antero Niittymäki 358:51 8 1.34 164 95.12 3
Russia Evgeni Nabokov 359:27 8 1.34 134 94.03 3
Switzerland David Aebischer 200:00 7 2.10 117 94.02 0
Slovakia Peter Budaj 179:24 6 2.01 79 92.41 0
Canada Martin Brodeur 238:40 8 2.01 104 92.31 0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

Source: IIHF

Source: IIHF

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4
    .
  2. ^ Podnieks & Szemberg 2008, Story #8–Sweden's unique double, Olympics & Worlds.
  3. ^ a b Farber, Michael (March 6, 2006). "Swede Success". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  4. NESN
    . 19 December 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Forsberg shocker: admits Sweden may have tanked game in 2006 Olympics". Denver Post. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Team Canada - Olympics - Turin 2006 - Player Stats".

External links
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