Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 15–26 February |
Teams | 12 |
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Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 38 |
Goals scored | 206 (5.42 per game) |
Attendance | 236,013 (6,211 per game) |
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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, Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 7–3, and Finland ousted Russia 4–0. Sweden won its second ice hockey gold, and first in a best-on-best competition, over Finland 3–2 and the Czech Republic won the bronze medal over Russia 3–0. Three months later, Sweden won the 2006 World Championships and became the first team to win the Olympic and World Championship gold in the same year.[2]
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 |
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Host | 19 June 1999 | ![]() |
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2004 IIHF World Ranking[a] | 26 March 2001 – 9 May 2004 | ![]() |
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Final qualification tournament | 10–13 February 2005 | ![]() |
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Final qualification tournament | 10–13 February 2005 | ![]() |
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Final qualification tournament | 10–13 February 2005 | ![]() |
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Total | 12 |
- Notes
- a 2004 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2001 World Championship, 2002 Winter Olympic Games, 2002 World Championship, 2003 World Championship and 2004 World Championship
- 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
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
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Playoff round
Bracket
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
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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.[3]
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +7 | 4 | F |
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8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +5 | 12 | F |
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8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +2 | 4 | F |
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6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +9 | 4 | F |
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8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +4 | 6 | F |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +5 | 2 | F |
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8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +6 | 0 | F |
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8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +1 | 4 | F |
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8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 6 | F |
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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 |
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358:51 | 8 | 1.34 | 164 | 95.12 | 3 |
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359:27 | 8 | 1.34 | 134 | 94.03 | 3 |
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200:00 | 7 | 2.10 | 117 | 94.02 | 0 |
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179:24 | 6 | 2.01 | 79 | 92.41 | 0 |
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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
- Media All-Stars
Source: IIHF
- Most Valuable Player:
Antero Niittymäki
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender:
Antero Niittymäki
- Best Defenceman:
Kenny Jönsson
- Best Forward:
Teemu Selänne
- Best Goaltender:
Source: IIHF
References
- ^ Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew (2008). IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time. Bolton, Ontario, Canada: Fenn Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4.
- ^ Podnieks & Szemberg 2008 , Story #8–Sweden's unique double, Olympics & Worlds.
- ^ https://www.quanthockey.com/olympics/en/teams/team-canada-players-2006-olympics-stats.html
External links
- "Turin 2006". International Olympic Committee.
- "Men's ice hockey". International Olympic Committee.