2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

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The 2006 Men's Ice Hockey Championships was held in 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. Sweden was the stand-by organizer in case the arena was delayed, but the construction was completed on schedule, marking the first time a former Soviet state apart from Russia has hosted the event. The mascot of the championships was a beaver called RIX (after Riga International Airport's IATA code.)

It was preceded 2 months earlier by the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, where ice hockey was also a major event.

In the gold medal game, Sweden won against the Czech Republic and thus became the first hockey team to win both the Winter Olympics and the World Championships in the same year.^[1]

[edit] Championship results

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	3	2	0	1	13	6	5
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	9	8	4
Latvia	3	1	1	1	6	7	3
Slovenia	3	0	3	0	8	16	0

All times local (UTC +3)

May 5, 2006
	Finland	5 – 3	Slovenia	Riga Arena
	T. Kallio 17:07 (PP) A. Miettinen 25:03 (PP) S. Bergenheim 37:44 (ES) T. Kallio 41:56 (PP) M. Lehtonen 53:16 (PP)		A. Kranjc 07:10 (PP) A. Kopitar 14:41 (PP) A. Kopitar 27:21 (PP)


Latvia	1 – 1	Czech Republic	Riga Arena
A. Sirokovs 06:22 (ES)		D. Vyborny 19:32 (ES)

May 7, 2006
	Czech Republic	5 – 4	Slovenia	Riga Arena
	T. Plekanec 01:09 (ES) J. Balastik 03:04 (PP) M. Erat 10:35 (PP) Z. Michalek 13:23 (PP) Z. Michalek 24:28 (PP)		E. Muric 14:13 (ES) M. Sotlar 20:24 (PP) A. Kranjc 34:54 (ES) T. Razingar 59:59 (ES)


Finland	5 – 0	Latvia	Riga Arena
J. Viuhkola 24:32 (PP) T. Kallio 35:02 (SH) V. Peltonen 48:38 (PP) A. Berg 51:51 (PP) J. Rita 55:10 (ES)

May 9, 2006
	Slovenia	1 – 5	Latvia	Riga Arena
	M. Sivic 05:35 (ES)		A. Semjonovs 24:15 (ES) M. Cipulis 28:20 (ES) A. Jerofejevs 29:51 (PP) L. Tambijevs 37:51 (ES) H. Vasiļjevs 50:06 (PP2)


Czech Republic	3 – 3	Finland	Riga Arena
M. Erat 02:28 (PP) J. Balastik 02:58 (ES) J. Hlavac 34:41 (ES)		L. Kukkonen 08:19 (PP) A. Berg 40:30 (PP) P. Nummelin 58:43 (ES)

[edit] Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	3	2	0	1	12	6	5
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	9	6	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	7	8	2
Italy	3	0	3	0	3	11	0

All times local (UTC +3)

May 6, 2006
	Switzerland	3 – 1	Italy	Skonto Arena
	I. Rüthemann 44:56 (ES) P. Dellarossa 52:31 (ES) M. Plüss 59:40 (EN)		A. Iob 30:18 (PP)


Ukraine	2 – 4	Sweden	Skonto Arena
K. Kasianchuk 19:16 (PP) A. Mikhnov 34:55 (ES)		F. Emvall 17:55 (PP) F. Emvall 20:50 (PP) A. Karlsson 38:55 (PP) M. Hannula 46:38 (PP)

May 8, 2006
	Switzerland	2 – 1	Ukraine	Skonto Arena
	G. Bezina 09:57 (PP) A. Ambuhl 18:06 (SH)		A. Mikhnov 33:54 (ES)


Sweden	4 – 0	Italy	Skonto Arena
A. Karlsson 14:02 (PP) J. Lundqvist 16:00 (PP) K. Jönsson 22:36 (PP) K. Jönsson 47:19 (ES)

May 10, 2006
	Italy	2 – 4	Ukraine	Skonto Arena
	G. Busillo 32:25 (ES) C. Borgatello 55:38 (PP)		K. Kasianchuk 14:54 (PP) R. Salnikov 21:08 (PP) I. Gunko 51:11 (ES) Y. Dyachenko 57:56 (EN)


Sweden	4 – 4	Switzerland	Skonto Arena
H. Zetterberg 13:34 (ES) H. Zetterberg 44:11 (ES) J. Mattsson 44:37 (ES) A. Karlsson 51:16 (ES)		V. Wirz 23:19 (PP) R. Sannitz 45:02 (ES) I. Rüthemann 51:35 (ES) R. Sannitz 56:44 (ES)

[edit] Group C

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	3	3	0	17	6	6
Belarus	3	2	1	11	5	4
Slovakia	3	1	2	10	6	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	2	23	0

All times local (UTC +3)

May 6, 2006
	Belarus	2 – 1	Slovakia	Riga Arena
	D. Meleshko 34:18 (PP) O. Antonenko 39:27 (PP)		I. Ciernik 37:29 (ES)


Russia	10 – 1	Kazakhstan	Riga Arena
A. Ovechkin 01:36 (PP) D. Arkhipov 02:44 (PP) K. Gorovikov 10:44 (ES) D. Bykov 18:48 (PP) A. Ovechkin 24:13 (ES) E. Malkin 26:41 (SH) A. Ovechkin 29:39 (PP) A. Semin 32:24 (ES) A. Semin 44:38 (ES) A. Semin 53:52 (PP)		Y. Koreshkov 17:40 (PP)

May 8, 2006
	Russia	3 – 2	Belarus	Riga Arena
	I. Yemeleyev 10:57 (PP) D. Kulyash 43:28 (PP) A. Kharitonov 53:19 (ES)		O. Antonenko 21:40 (PP2) A. Makritsky 23:28 (ES)


Slovakia	6 – 0	Kazakhstan	Riga Arena
R. Kapus 20:41 (PP) T. Surovy 34:42 (PP) M. Bartovic 39:48 (ES) R. Pavlikovsky 49:05 (ES) M. Kovacik 55:06 (ES) M. Jurcina 56:22 (ES)

May 10, 2006
	Slovakia	3 – 4	Russia	Riga Arena
	T. Surovy 06:00 (ES) A. Kollar 09:03 (SH) I. Ciernik 36:45 (PP)		D. Kulyash 03:56 (PP) E. Malkin 17:26 (ES) D. Zaripov 27:23 (PP) A. Mikhnov 46:02 (PP)


Kazakhstan	1 – 7	Belarus	Riga Arena
A. Spiridonov 18:57 (ES)		S. Zadelenov 02:07 (PP) S. Zadelenov 29:08 (SH) Y. Chupris 34:28 (PP) V. Kostyuchenok 39:25 (PP) S. Zadelenov 45:11 (ES) D. Dudik 46:13 (ES) M. Grabovski 48:42 (PS)

[edit] Group D

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	14	5	6
United States	3	2	1	7	3	4
Norway	3	1	2	8	13	2
Denmark	3	0	3	6	14	0

All times local (UTC +3)

May 5, 2006
	United States	3 – 1	Norway	Skonto Arena
	D. Brown 21:21 (PP) D. Brown 45:42 (PP) D. Brown 55:46 (ES)		T. Jakobsen 13:32 (PP)


Denmark	3 – 5	Canada	Skonto Arena
F. Nielsen 27:43 (SH) J. Nielsen 30:46 (PP) K. Staal 37:49 (ES)		B. Boyes 05:01 (PP) S. Crosby 07:18 (PP2) M. Comrie 13:41 (ES) S. Crosby 43:17 (ES) M. Richards 53:09 (ES)

May 7, 2006
	United States	3 – 0	Denmark	Skonto Arena
	A. Alberts 20:33 (ES) Y. Stastny 26:32 (ES) R. Park 52:52 (ES)


Canada	7 – 1	Norway	Skonto Arena
P. Bergeron 08:09 (PP) B. Boyes 08:33 (ES) M. Comrie 13:35 (ES) S. Crosby 21:05 (ES) J. Williams 23:00 (PP) P. Bergeron 31:56 (ES)		P. Thoresen 47:42 (PP2)

May 9, 2006
	Norway	6 – 3	Denmark	Skonto Arena
	M. Trygg 16:36 (PP) M. Hansen 28:41 (PP) P. Skrøder 30:02 (PP) P. Thoresen 33:34 (PP) M. Holtet 41:08 (ES) T. Vikingstad 59:18 (EN)		M. Green 17:30 (PP) K.Staal 19:59 (PP2) J. Hansen 43:43 (PP)


Canada	2 – 1	United States	Skonto Arena
S. Crosby 29:01 (ES) B. Shanahan 47:44 (PP)		P. Kessel 13:53 (ES)

[edit] Qualification 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.

[edit] Group E

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	5	4	1	0	28	10	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	17	7	7
United States	5	3	2	0	11	10	6
Czech Republic	5	2	1	2	14	12	6
Latvia	5	1	3	1	7	23	3
Norway	5	0	5	0	5	20	0

May 11, 2006
	Canada	11 – 0	Latvia	Riga Arena
	J. Williams 05:41 (PP) S. Crosby 08:49 (PP2) B. Boyes 14:40 (PP) P. Bergeron 17:43 (PP) B. Shanahan 25:58 (PP) J. Carter 40:24 (ES) M. Pettinger 41:18 (PP2) M. Richards 42:24 (PP) K. Calder 45:59 (PP) K. Calder 46:31 (ES) S. Hartnell 50:17 (PP)

May 12, 2006
	Czech Republic	3 – 1	Norway	Riga Arena
	J. Hlavac 27:21 (ES) J. Balastik 38:31 (ES) P. Tenkrat 58:26 (ES)		M. Ask 12:21 (PP)


Finland	4 – 0	United States	Riga Arena
M. Koivu 11:13 (ES) S. Bergenheim 26:01 (ES) P. Nummelin 32:44 (PP2) L. Kukkonen 54:27 (ES)

May 13, 2006
	United States	4 – 2	Latvia	Riga Arena
	R. Malone 20:59 (ES) D. Brown 34:29 (PP) P. O'Sullivan 42:27 (PP) R. Suter 49:50 (PP)		L. Dārziņš 22:12 (ES) A. Semjonovs 41:00 (PP)

May 14, 2006
	Norway	0 – 3	Finland	Riga Arena
			J. Hentunen 09:35 (ES) J. Jokinen 33:30 (PP) E. Pirnes 55:58 (ES)


Canada	4 – 6	Czech Republic	Riga Arena
S. Robidas 15:44 (ES) M. Richards 21:51 (ES) D. Hamhuis 31:26 (ES) S. Crosby 41:01 (ES)		P. Hubacek 06:34 (ES) D. Vyborny 08:06 (ES) T. Plekanec 13:30 (ES) Z. Irgl 35:04 (ES) J. Balastik 46:29 (ES) M. Erat 53:39 (ES)

May 15, 2006
	Finland	2 – 4	Canada	Riga Arena
	M. Koivu 18:15 (ES) P. Nummelin 50:46 (PP)		P. Bergeron 05:58 (PP) J. Carter 16:57 (SH) J. Carter 26:33 (SH) B.Boyes 51:36 (ES)

May 16, 2006
	Czech Republic	1 – 3	United States	Riga Arena
	Z. Michalek 27:25 (ES)		R. Malone 13:03 (ES) M. Cullen 19:43 (ES) D. Brown 47:25 (ES)


Latvia	4 – 2	Norway	Riga Arena
A. Rekis 06:44 (PP) V. Blinovs 08:34 (ES) L. Darzins 36:02 (ES) A. Semjonovs 53:16 (PP)		P. Skroder 30:58 (PP) K. Nygard 59:34 (ES)

[edit] Group F

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	5	4	0	1	22	11	9
Sweden	5	2	1	2	17	15	6
Belarus	5	3	2	0	16	10	6
Slovakia	5	2	2	1	19	10	5
Switzerland	5	1	2	2	12	15	4
Ukraine	5	0	5	0	4	29	0

All times local (UTC +3)

May 11, 2006
	Russia	6 – 0	Ukraine	Riga Arena
	M. Sushinsky 16:06 (PP) M. Sushinsky 41:03 (PP) A. Ovechkin 46:06 (ES) D. Kulyash 48:19 (PP2) S. Mozyakin 53:47 (ES) I. Grigorenko 57:03 (PP)

May 12, 2006
	Switzerland	2 – 2	Slovakia	Skonto Arena
	M. Reichert 49:50 (PP) S. Jeannin 58:04 (ES)		M. Cibak 14:18 (ES) D. Milo 31:33 (PP)


Sweden	4 – 1	Belarus	Skonto Arena
M. Nylander 04:10 (PP) J. Nordquist 07:18 (ES) M. Johansson 16:40 (ES) P. Hållberg 18:58 (ES)		S. Zadelenov 49:14 (PP)

May 13, 2006
	Belarus	9 – 1	Ukraine	Skonto Arena
	M. Grabovski 10:36 (PP) V. Kostyuchenok 22:11 (PP) O. Antonenko 22:37 (ES) M. Grabovski 35:47 (PP) D. Dudik 45:06 (ES) A. Skabelka 46:17 (PP2) V. Kopat 56:40 (ES) M. Grabovski 57:26 (ES) D. Dudik 57:48 (PP)		I. Gunko 39:47 (ES)

May 14, 2006
	Russia	6 – 3	Switzerland	Skonto Arena
	D. Zaripov 13:55 D. Arkhipov 22:26 D. Bykov 40:51 (PP) I. Nikulin 42:38 (PP) N. Kulemin 57:25 E. Malkin 59:45		T. Paterlini 22:36 B. Forster 32:33 G. Bezina 45:17 (PP2)


Slovakia	5 – 2	Sweden	Skonto Arena
Marian Hossa 1:45 M. Cibak 8:57 (PP) R. Vydareny 21:57 (PP) Marcel Hossa 26:22 (PP) A. Kollar 46:33 (SH)		M. Johansson 22:20 A. Karlsson 23:29 (PP)

May 15, 2006
	Sweden	3 – 3	Russia	Skonto Arena
	M. Samuelsson 7:33 (PP) M. Samuelsson 20:14 (PP) J. Jönsson 22:58 (ES)		A. Ovechkin 01:22 (ES) A. Mikhnov 11:28 (PP) A. Mikhnov 55.47 (ES)

May 16, 2006
	Switzerland	1 – 2	Belarus	Skonto Arena
	M. Luss 48:17 (ES)		A. Skabelka 09:04 (ES) S. Zadelenov 29:58 (ES)


Ukraine	0 – 8	Slovakia	Skonto Arena
		R. Kapus 12:52 (ES) D. Milo 21:36 (ES) M. Strbak 25:11 (PP) M. Kovacik 35:46 (ES) M. Bartovic 36:58 (ES) R. Kapus 44:25 (ES) M. Hudec 49:19 (PP) M. Jurcina 58:25 (PP)

[edit] Final Round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

18/5 16:15

Russia

3

20/5 16:15

Czech Republic

4

Czech Republic

3

18/5 20:15

Finland

1

Finland

3

21/5 20:15

Belarus

0

Czech Republic

0

17/5 15:15

Sweden

4

Sweden

6

20/5 20:15

United States

0

Sweden

5

Third place

17/5 19:15

Canada

4

Canada

4

Canada

0

Slovakia

1

Finland

5

21/5 16:15

[edit] Quarterfinals

May 17, 2006
	Sweden	6 – 0	United States	Riga Arena
	M. Hannula 2:48 (ES) M. Hannula 15:40 (ES) M. Samuelsson 25:51 (ES) K. Jönsson 35:34 (PP) M. Hannula 48:41 (ES) A. Karlsson 58:36 (PP)


Canada	4 – 1	Slovakia	Riga Arena
M. Cammalleri 34:35 (ES) P. Bergeron 52:53 (ES) S. Crosby 54:23 (ES) J. Carter 54:32 (ES)		D. Milo 17:36 (ES)

May 18, 2006
	Russia	3 – 4	Czech Republic	Riga Arena
	A. Ovechkin 2:30 (ES) S. Mozyakin 45:10 (ES) A. Mikhnov 58:55 (ES)		T. Kaberle 25:45 (PP) J. Hlinka 43:49 (PP) P. Stefan 47:06 (PP) Z. Irgl 67:58 (ES)


Finland	3 – 0	Belarus	Riga Arena
R. Hahl 9:24 (ES) V. Peltonen 43:58 (ES) O. Jokinen 54:48 (PP2)

[edit] Semifinals

May 20, 2006
	Finland	1 – 3	Czech Republic	Riga Arena
	R. Hahl 08:03 (ES)		T. Plekanec 28:26 (SH) D. Vyborny 56:17 (PP) J. Hlinka 59:14 (EN)


Canada	4 – 5	Sweden	Riga Arena
K. Calder 08:11 (ES) M. Comrie 16:38 (PP) S. Crosby 39:25 (ES) P. Bergeron 43:38 (PP)		N. Kronwall 1:27 (ES) J. Jönsson 4:11 (PP) T. Mårtensson 11:52 (ES) M. Samuelsson 21:33 (ES) J. Nordquist 22:41 (ES)

[edit] Bronze Medal Game

May 21, 2006
	Canada	0 – 5	Finland	Riga Arena
			T. Kallio 04:06 (PP) O. Jokinen 25:20 (PP) R. Hahl 36:18 (ES) A. Miettinen 42:55 (ES) J. Jokinen 53:56 (PP)

[edit] Gold Medal Game

May 21, 2006
	Czech Republic	0 – 4	Sweden	Riga Arena
			J. Mattsson 14:36 (ES) F. Emwall 15:13 (ES) N. Kronwall 24:07 (ES) J. Jönsson 37:01 (PP2)

[edit] 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.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Denmark	3	2	0	1	11	5	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	6	10	3
Kazakhstan	3	1	2	0	9	6	2
Slovenia	3	0	1	2	6	11	2

Kazakhstan and Slovenia are demoted to Division I.

May 12, 2006
	Slovenia	3 – 3	Denmark	Riga Arena
	T. Razingar 24:50 (PP) A. Kranjc 40:23 (PP) M. Sotlar 57:59 (ES)		M. Dahlmann 01:38 (PP) K. Staal 08:43 (PP) K. Staal 25:12 (PS)


Italy	3 – 2	Kazakhstan	Skonto Arena
G. Busillo 05:30 (PP) G. Busillo 44:55 (ES) A. Helfer 50:16 (PP)		A. Samokhvalov 28:24 (PP) T. Zhailauov 33:35 (PP)

May 13, 2006
	Kazakhstan	5 – 0	Slovenia	Riga Arena
	R. Starchenko 06:09 (ES) A. Pchelyakov 07:48 (ES) A. Litvinenko 27:10 (PP) R. Starchenko 29:56 (ES) V. Krasnoslabotsev 32:11 (ES)


Italy	0 – 5	Denmark	Skonto Arena
		M. Boedker 04:16 (ES) K. Staal 37:19 (PP) F. Nielsen 49:46 (ES) F. Nielsen 55:23 (PP) J. Damgaard 59:50 (PP2)

May 15, 2006
	Slovenia	3 – 3	Italy	Riga Arena
	A. Kranjc 05:01 (PP) A. Kopitar 22:03 (ES) D. Kontrec 25:25 (ES)		L. Ansoldi 27:26 (ES) L. Ansoldi 44:35 (ES) M. Strazzabosco 58:21 (ES)


Denmark	3 – 2	Kazakhstan	Skonto Arena
C. Kjaergaard 13:27 (PP) J. Hansen 34:17 (ES) J. Amgaard 57:26 (PP2)		Y. Pupkov 34:46 (PP) A. Argokov 59:40 (ES)

[edit] Leading scorers

	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Sidney Crosby	9	9	8	17	+7	10	FW
Patrice Bergeron	9	7	8	15	+5	2	FW
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	FW
Mikhail Grabovski	7	5	4	9	+2	2	FW
Andreas Karlsson	9	5	4	9	0	6	FW
Mikael Samuelsson	8	4	5	9	+7	4	FW
Anže Kopitar	6	3	6	9	-2	2	FW
Evgeni Malkin	7	3	6	9	+7	6	FW
David Výborný	9	3	6	9	0	2	FW

[edit] Leading goaltenders

Player	MINS	GA	GAA	SO	Sv%
Fredrik Norrena	326	6	1.11	3	.951
Andrei Mezin	417	14	2.01	0	.941
Karol Križan	380	12	1.90	3	.915
Sergei Zvyagin	279	9	1.94	1	.914
Marc Denis	263	11	2.51	1	.911
Johan Holmqvist	420	14	2.00	2	.908

[edit] Division I

Division I in the World Championships are composed of national teams that are not at the caliber of the teams in the top division. They play in a tournament that is separate from the main tournament, and which is composed of two groups. In each group all the teams play in a round-robin fashion and the first-placed team in each group is promoted to the main tournament, and the last-placed team in each division is relegated to Division II in the following year's tournament.

[edit] Group A

Division I, Group A was played at Amiens, France, April 24 – 30

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Germany	5	5	0	0	34	4	10
France	5	3	1	1	17	9	7
Japan	5	3	2	0	18	14	6
Hungary	5	2	2	1	20	18	5
Great Britain	5	1	4	0	17	17	2
Israel	5	0	5	0	3	47	0

[edit] Scores

Team	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ISR	JPN
FRA		1 – 0	0 – 5	3 – 3	9 – 0	4 – 1
GBR	0 – 1		0 – 8	3 – 4	12 – 0	2 – 4
GER	5 – 0	8 – 0		6 – 2	11 – 2	4 – 0
HUN	3 – 3	4 – 3	2 – 6		8 – 0	3 – 6
ISR	0 – 9	0 – 12	2 – 11	0 – 8		1 – 7
JPN	1 – 4	4 – 2	0 – 4	6 – 3	7 – 1