Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

2020 Winter Youth Olympics –
Boys' tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–22 January
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	72 (7.2 per game)
Attendance	68,800 (6,880 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Matvei Michkov (14 points)

The boys' ice hockey tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics was held from 18 to 22 January at the Vaudoise Aréna in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The Russian team won its first Youth Olympics gold medal, outscoring its opponents 29–3 throughout the tournament.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	0	15	7	+8	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	2	1	0	0	1	7	8	−1	3
3	Switzerland (H)	2	0	0	0	2	3	10	−7	0

Source: Lausanne2020
(H) Host

18 January 2020 20:00

United States

7–5 (3–1, 2–1, 2–3)

Finland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Dylan Silverstein	Goalies	Topias Leinonen	Referees: Jan Jaroš Igor Prusov Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Ilia Kolyasnikov
	Stramel (McGroarty, Snuggerud) – 00:29 1–0 Brindley (Nazar) – 01:10 2–0 Howard (Duke, Lucius) – 06:22 3–0 3–1 10:31 – Laakso (Lassila) Nazar – 19:02 4–1 4–2 20:26 – Sulku (Laakso, Lassila) (PP) Howard (Fleming) – 25:25 5–2 5–3 32:24 – Sulku (Lassila, Kaskimäki) (PP) Howard – 37:44 6–3 Stramel (Duke, Borgesi) (PP) – 40:10 7–3 7–4 41:15 – Lassila (Hokkanen, Nyman) 7–5 41:42 – Sulku (Lassila, Kemell)
	16.5 min	Penalties	19 min
	32	Shots	28

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19 January 2020 20:00

Switzerland

2–8 (1–3, 0–1, 1–4)

United States

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 7,800

Game reference
	Alessio Beglieri Valentino Zaetta	Goalies		Referees: Filip Eriksson Jan Jaroš Linesmen: Ilia Kolyasnikov Juraj Konc
	Greuter (Taibel) – 00:29 1–0 1–1 02:44 – Howard (Lucius, Duke) (PP) 1–2 05:30 – Howard (Brzustewicz, Hutson) (PP) 1–3 10:24 – Hutson (PS) 1–4 15:41 – Nazar (Chesley, Brindley) 1–5 31:24 – Gauthier (Nazar, Brzustewicz) 1–6 34:18 – McGroarty (Chesley) Füllemann (Comolli, Reinhard) (PP) – 40:57 2–6 2–7 41:48 – Howard (Fleming) 2–8 42:48 – Chesley (McGroarty, Snuggerud)
	6 min	Penalties	19 min
	19	Shots	39

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20 January 2020 20:00

Finland

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 8,200

Game reference
	Topias Leinonen	Goalies	Alessio Beglieri	Referees: Zsombor Pálkövi Igor Prusov Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Ilia Kolyasnikov
	Rönni (Nyman, Hynninen) (PP) – 14:35 1–0 1–1 33:45 – Füllemann (Comolli, Offner) (PP) Männistö (Salin) – 44:00 2–1
	80.5 min	Penalties	94 min
	35	Shots	18

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  Team Finland
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  Team United States
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  Team Switzerland
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  Game-winning goal of Team United States in the match versus Team Finland
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  Game-winning penalty shot goal by Lane Hutson, USA, against Switzerland
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  Moved net in the game between Finland and Switzerland

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	2	2	0	0	0	15	2	+13	6	Semifinals
2	Canada	2	1	0	0	1	8	6	+2	3
3	Denmark	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	−15	0

Source: Lausanne2020

18 January 2020 14:00

Canada

2–6 (0–4, 2–1, 0–1)

Russia

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Vincent Filion Dylan Ernst	Goalies	Sergei Ivanov	Referees: David Good Zsombor Pálkövi Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Juraj Konc
	0–1 06:43 – Michkov (Kvochko, Duda) (PP) 0–2 08:12 – Gazizov (Miroshnichenko) (SH) 0–3 11:21 – Michkov (Duda, Miroshnichenko) (PP) 0–4 12:53 – Malov (Gazizov, Ryzhov) 0–5 18:28 – Kvochko (Michkov) (PP) Fantilli (Ludwinski) – 19:35 1–5 Mateychuk (Fimis) – 24:33 2–5 2–6 43:17 – Malov
	19 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	17	Shots	22

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19 January 2020 14:00

Denmark

0–6 (0–4, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 7,200

Game reference
	Mathias Petersen	Goalies	Vincent Filion	Referees: David Good Igor Prusov Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Shane Gustafson
	0–1 05:00 – Côté (Lindgren) 0–2 09:23 – Fantilli (Savoie, Danielson) 0–3 11:45 – Verreault (Luneau) (PP) 0–4 13:12 – Savoie (Mateychuk) (SH) 0–5 26:32 – Guindon (Verreault, Lindgren) 0–6 35:03 – Verreault (Guindon)
	4.5 min	Penalties	6 min
	8	Shots	44

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20 January 2020 14:00

Russia

9–0 (3–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Denmark

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 4,300

Game reference
	Sergei Murashov	Goalies	Magnus Mortensen	Referees: Filip Eriksson David Good Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Juraj Konc
	Miroshnichenko (Michkov, Kudryavtsev) – 00:25 1–0 Michkov (Miroshnichenko, Malyavin) – 03:18 2–0 Miroshnichenko (Michkov, Safin) – 12:36 3–0 Michkov (Rogovski, Duda) (PP2) – 17:30 4–0 Kvochko (Kudryavtsev) – 20:29 5–0 Michkov (Kvochko, Kudryavtsev) – 23:29 6–0 Michkov (Kvochko) – 35:19 7–0 Miroshnichenko (Kudryavtsev) – 39:30 8–0 Dolzhenkov (Safin, Gulyayev) – 44:01 9–0
	1.5 min	Penalties	17.5 min
	41	Shots	5

Playoff round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	21 January
	Russia	10
					22 January
	Finland	1
					Russia	4
	21 January
					United States	0
	United States	2
	Canada	1
					Third place
					22 January
					Canada	4
					Finland	2

Semifinals

21 January 2020 11:00

United States

2–1 (0–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Canada

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 8,400

Game reference
	Dylan Silverstein	Goalies	Vincent Filion	Referees: Jan Jaroš Zsombor Pálkövi Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Eric Cattaneo
	Nazar (PS) – 17:59 1–0 Howard (Lucius, Brzustewicz) (PP) – 20:13 2–0 2–1 33:42 – Danielson (Fantilli, Savoie)
	7.5 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	23

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21 January 2020 14:00

Russia

10–1 (3–0, 3–1, 4–0)

Finland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 7,700

Game reference
	Sergei Ivanov Sergei Murashov	Goalies	Topias Leinonen Niklas Kokko	Referees: Filip Eriksson David Good Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Juraj Konc
	Rogovski (Kvochko) – 03:48 1–0 Gazizov (Ryzhov, Malov) – 09:06 2–0 Miroshnichenko (SH) – 14:17 3–0 Michkov (Kvochko) (PP) – 15:45 4–0 4–1 19:04 – Kemell (Lassila, Kulonummi) Kvochko (Dolzhenkov, Miroshnichenko) – 21:41 5–1 Miroshnichenko (Kvochko) – 26:48 6–1 Miroshnichenko – 30:11 7–1 Gazizov (Michkov, Kvochko) (PP) – 34:42 8–1 Sapunov (Dolzhenkov, Grigoriev) (PP) – 37:59 9–1 Rogovski (Dolzhenkov) (PP) – 39:21 10–1
	17.5 min	Penalties	39.5 min
	40	Shots	21

Bronze medal game

22 January 2020 12:00

Canada

4–2 (3–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Finland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 3,600

Game reference
	Vincent Filion	Goalies	Topias Leinonen	Referees: Filip Eriksson Igor Prusov Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Ilia Kolyasnikov
	Verreault – 01:45 1–0 Danielson (Luneau) – 02:48 2–0 Guindon (Verreault, Ludwinski) – 09:40 3–0 3–1 14:17 – Laakso (Sulku) (PP2) 3–2 37:16 – Laakso (Lassila, Kemell) (PP) Guindon (Ludwinski) (ENG) – 44:28 4–2
	22 min	Penalties	20.5 min
	28	Shots	20

Gold medal game

22 January 2020 15:00

Russia

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

United States

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 8,600

Game reference
	Sergei Ivanov	Goalies	Dylan Silverstein	Referees: Jan Jaroš Zsombor Pálkövi Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Eric Cattaneo
	Michkov (Kvochko, Miroshnichenko) (PP) – 01:59 1–0 Michkov (Miroshnichenko) – 14:27 2–0 Gazizov (Michkov, Duda) (PP) – 21:46 3–0 Malov (Safin, Grigoriev) – 35:13 4–0
	1.5 min	Penalties	9 min
	26	Shots	15

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	B	Russia	4	4	0	0	0	29	3	+26	12
2	A	United States	4	3	0	0	1	17	12	+5	9
3	B	Canada	4	2	0	0	2	13	10	+3	6
4	A	Finland	4	1	0	0	3	10	22	−12	3
5	A	Switzerland (H)	2	0	0	0	2	3	10	−7	0
6	B	Denmark	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	−15	0

Source: Lausanne2020
(H) Host