Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's ice hockey at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Venues	Bolshoy Ice Dome Shayba Arena
Dates	12–23 February 2014
Competitors	300 from 12 nations

The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia from 12–23 February 2014. For the fifth consecutive Olympics, players from the National Hockey League will participate. Twelve countries qualified for the tournament; nine of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament. The defending gold medalists are Canada.

Qualification

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States qualified as the top nine teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2012. Austria, Latvia, and Slovenia qualified via the qualification tournament.

Rosters

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters

Group A	Group B	Group C
Russia Slovakia United States Slovenia	Finland Canada Norway Austria	Czech Republic Sweden Switzerland Latvia

Officials

The IIHF selected 14 referees and 14 linesmen to work the 2014 Winter Olympics. They were the following:

Referees

• Lars Brüggemann
• Dave Jackson
• Antonín Jeřábek
• Mike Leggo
• Brad Meier
• Konstantin Olenin
• Tim Peel

Referees

• Daniel Piechaczek
• Kevin Pollock
• Jyri Rönn
• Vladimír Šindler
• Kelly Sutherland
• Marcus Vinnerborg
• Ian Walsh

Linesmen

• Derek Amell
• Lonnie Cameron
• Chris Carlson
• Ivan Dedioulia
• Greg Devorski
• Tommy George
• Brad Kovachik

Linesmen

• Andy McElman
• André Schrader
• Sakari Suominen
• Miroslav Valach
• Mark Wheler
• Jesse Wilmot
• Christopher Woodworth

Preliminary round

Tiebreak criteria

In each group, teams will be ranked according to the following criteria:

1. number of points (3 points for a regulation time win, 2 points for an overtime or shootout win, 1 point for an overtime or shootout defeat, 0 points for a regulation time defeat);
2. in case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking;
3. in case three or four teams are tied on points, the following criteria will apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remain tied, the result of their head-to-head match will determine their ranking):
   1. points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
   2. goal difference in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
   3. number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
   4. if three teams remain tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
   5. place in 2013 IIHF World Ranking.

All times are local (UTC+4).

Playoff round

Following the completion of the preliminary round, all teams were ranked 1D through 12D. To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented:

1. higher position in the group
2. higher number of points
3. better goal difference
4. higher number of goals scored for
5. better 2013 IIHF World Ranking.

Playoff standings

Team advanced to Quarterfinals

Team must play in Qualification playoffs

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	GP	Pts	GD	GF	IIHF Rank
1D	Sweden	C	1	3	9	+5	10	1
2D	United States	A	1	3	8	+11	15	6
3D	Canada	B	1	3	8	+9	11	5
4D	Finland	B	2	3	7	+8	15	2
5D	Russia	A	2	3	6	+3	8	3
6D	Switzerland	C	2	3	6	+1	2	7
7D	Czech Republic	C	3	3	3	−1	6	4
8D	Slovenia	A	3	3	3	−5	6	17
9D	Austria	B	3	3	3	−8	7	15
10D	Slovakia	A	4	3	1	−9	2	8
11D	Latvia	C	4	3	0	−5	5	11
12D	Norway	B	4	3	0	−9	3	9

Bracket

Qualification playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

1D

Sweden

5

E4

Slovenia

0

8D

Slovenia

4

9D

Austria

0

F1

Sweden

F4

4D

Finland

1

E1

Russia

1

5D

Russia

4

12D

Norway

0

WSF1

WSF2

3D

Canada

E2

Latvia

6D

Switzerland

1

11D

Latvia

3

F3

F2

Bronze medal game

2D

United States

LSF1

E3

Czech Republic

LSF2

7D

Czech Republic

5

10D

Slovakia

3

† Indicates overtime victory

‡ Indicates shootout victory

Qualification playoffs

The top four ranked teams (1D–4D) received byes and were deemed the home team in the quarterfinals as they are seeded to advance, with the remaining eight teams (5D–12D) playing qualification playoff games as follows.

Quarterfinals

Teams seeded D1 to D4 are the home teams.

Following the quarterfinal games, the winning teams will be re-ranked F1 through F4, with the winner of 1D vs. E4 re-ranked as F1, the winner of 2D vs. E3 re-ranked as F2, the winner of 3D vs. E2 re-ranked as F3, and the winner of 4D vs. E1 re-ranked as F4. The losers of the quarterfinal round games will receive a final ranking of 5 through 8 based on their preliminary round ranking.

Final rankings

The final standings of the tournament according to the IIHF:

4
5
6
7
8
9	Switzerland
10	Austria
11	Slovakia
12	Norway

Statistics

Leading scorers

Rankings based upon points, and sorted by goals, then lowest games played

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1	Phil Kessel (USA)	3	4	3	7	2	+5
2	Michael Grabner (AUT)	4	5	1	6	0	−2
3	Alexander Radulov (RUS)	4	3	3	6	4	+4
4	Drew Doughty (CAN)	3	4	1	5	0	+3
5	Erik Karlsson (SWE)	3	3	2	5	0	+4
6	Pavel Datsyuk (RUS)	4	2	3	5	0	+3
7	Jeff Carter (CAN)	3	3	1	4	2	+5
8	Lauris Dārziņš (LAT)	4	3	1	4	2	0
9	Olli Määttä (FIN)	3	2	2	4	0	+2
	Shea Weber (CAN)	3	2	2	4	0	+3

Hat trick scorers

•  Michael Grabner (AUT)
•  Phil Kessel (USA)
•  Jeff Carter (CAN)

Leading goaltenders

Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.

Rank	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves	SO
1	Jonas Hiller (SUI)	179:09	2	0.67	97.06	66	2
2	Mathias Lange (AUT)	139:38	4	1.72	95.24	80	0
3	Semyon Varlamov (RUS)	125:00	2	0.96	95.12	39	1
4	Sergei Bobrovsky (RUS)	125:00	3	1.44	94.64	53	1
5	Edgars Masaļskis (LAT)	179:52	6	2.00	94.59	105	0

Shutout posters

•  Jonas Hiller (SUI) (2)
•  Henrik Lundqvist (SWE)
•  Roberto Luongo (CAN)
•  Semyon Varlamov (RUS)
•  Sergei Bobrovsky (RUS)
•  Robert Kristan (SLO)

External links

• Official IIHF website