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
Medalists
Canada Sweden Finland

The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Sochi, Russia between 12–23 February 2014. For the fifth consecutive Olympics, players from the National Hockey League participated. 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 other three took part in a qualification tournament.

Canada won the tournament, defeating Sweden 3–0 in the gold medal match, and avenging their 1994 gold medal loss. Finland finished with the bronze medal, defeating the USA 5–0, with captain Teemu Selänne awarded as the MVP of the tournament, scoring twice in the bronze-medal game.

With the gold medal, Canada became the first men's team to successfully defend an Olympic title since the Soviet Union in 1988 and the first team to finish the tournament undefeated since 1984.

Canada surrendered only three goals in six games, the fewest allowed by a gold medallist since 1928 when Canada shut out the opposition in a three-game tournament. Canada also scored only seventeen goals, the fewest by a gold medal-winning team in Olympic history, although Great Britain averaged fewer goals per game at the 1936 Winter Olympics (nineteen goals in eight games).

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 by winning 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 (three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for an overtime or shootout defeat, no 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 differential 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

2

F4

Finland

1

4D

Finland

3

E1

Russia

1

5D

Russia

4

12D

Norway

0

Sweden

0

Canada

3

3D

Canada

2

E2

Latvia

1

6D

Switzerland

1

11D

Latvia

3

F3

Canada

1

F2

United States

0

Bronze medal game

2D

United States

5

Finland

5

E3

Czech Republic

2

United States

0

7D

Czech Republic

5

10D

Slovakia

3

† Indicates overtime victory

‡ Indicates shootout victory

Qualification playoffs

The four highest-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.Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game D1Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game D2Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game D3Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game D4

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.Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game E1Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game E2Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game E3Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game E4

Gold medal game

Canada won the game 3-0 with goals from Jonathan Toews, Sidney Crosby, and Chris Kunitz, each scoring their first goal of the tournament. Canada shut Sweden out with an overpowering defense limiting them to 24 shots, and Canada's goaltender Carey Price played well when needed. The Canadian team's executive director Steve Yzerman called the performance in Sochi the finest defensive effort ever for a Canadian team. Canada shut out its opponents in the semifinals and final and allowed only three goals in six games. It was also the first time since 1928 that a Canadian team won all its games.

The win represented Canada's second consecutive men's gold in ice hockey, and the third time in four Olympics that Canada won both men's and women's gold in hockey. Canada had not won back-to-back men's golds since 1948 and 1952, and no nation had done it since the Soviet Union in 1984 and 1988.

The game was a national phenomenon in Canada, with more than 15 million Canadians watching at least part of the game. Several provinces and cities relaxed their liquor laws to allow bars to open as early as 4am. Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game G2

Final rankings

The final standings of the tournament according to the IIHF:

	Canada
	Sweden
	Finland
4	United States
5	Russia
6	Czech Republic
7	Slovenia
8	Latvia
9	Switzerland
10	Austria
11	Slovakia
12	Norway

Statistics

Leading scorers

Rankings based upon points, and sorted by goals.

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1	Phil Kessel (USA)	6	5	3	8	4	+6
2	Erik Karlsson (SWE)	6	4	4	8	0	+5
3	Mikael Granlund (FIN)	6	3	4	7	4	+3
4	James van Riemsdyk (USA)	6	1	6	7	2	+7
5	Michael Grabner (AUT)	4	5	1	6	0	−2
6	Drew Doughty (CAN)	6	4	2	6	0	+4
7	Teemu Selänne (FIN)	6	4	2	6	4	+3
8	Alexander Radulov (RUS)	5	3	3	6	4	+4
9	Shea Weber (CAN)	6	3	3	6	0	+5
10	Pavel Datsyuk (RUS)	5	2	4	6	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, ranked by save percentage.

Rank	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves	SO
1	Carey Price (CAN)	302:32	3	0.59	.972	103	2
2	Jonas Hiller (SUI)	179:09	2	0.67	.971	66	2
3	Sergei Bobrovsky (RUS)	157:12	3	1.15	.952	60	1
4	Mathias Lange (AUT)	139:38	4	1.72	.952	80	0
5	Edgars Masaļskis (LAT)	179:52	6	2.00	.946	105	0

Shutout posters

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

Awards

The Finnish national and Anaheim Ducks' player Teemu Selänne was selected as the MVP of the tournament.

Most valuable player	Teemu Selänne	Finland
Best goaltender	Carey Price	Canada
Best defenseman	Erik Karlsson	Sweden
Best forward	Phil Kessel	United States

Source: IIHF.com

Tournament all-star team

Position	Player	Team
G	Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden
D	Erik Karlsson	Sweden
D	Drew Doughty	Canada
F	Teemu Selänne	Finland
F	Phil Kessel	United States
F	Mikael Granlund	Finland

External links

• Official IIHF website