Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. The men's competition, held from February 15 to February 26, was won by Sweden, and the women's competition, held from February 11 to February 20, was won by Canada.

Fixtures and Results Rosters: Men | Women Statistics: Men | Women Game stats: Men | Women

Contents 1 Men's competition 1.1 Final Rankings 1.2 Group A 1.2.1 Preliminary round summary 1.2.2 Preliminary round 1.3 Group B 1.3.1 Preliminary round summary 1.3.2 Preliminary round 1.4 Finals round 1.4.1 Quarterfinals 1.4.2 Semifinals 1.4.3 Bronze medal game 1.4.4 Gold medal game 1.5 Leading scorers 1.6 Leading goaltenders 1.7 Awards 1.8 Qualification 1.8.1 Qualification tournaments 1.9 Trivia 2 Women's competition 2.1 Final Rankings 2.2 Group A 2.2.1 Preliminary round 2.3 Group B 2.3.1 Preliminary round 2.4 Classification 5-8 2.4.1 Classification 7/8 2.4.2 Classification 5/6 2.5 Finals round 2.5.1 Semifinals 2.5.1.1 Bronze medal game 2.5.1.2 Gold medal game 2.6 Leading scorers 2.7 Goalies 2.8 Awards 2.9 Qualification 2.9.1 Qualification tournaments 3 References

[edit] Men's competition

The format was changed from the version used in the 1998 and 2002 tournaments. In the new format, the number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12 and the preliminary and final group stages were combined to form two six-team groups with the top four from each group advancing to the quarter-finals.

These changes had the following effects:

• They increased the number of group games played by the "Super Six", who previously automatically qualified for the final group stage, from three to five.
• They ensured that all teams in the tournament were treated more or less equally, and ensured that NHL players could play the entire tournament whether or not they were part of the "Super Six" group of teams.
• They ensured that only four teams from each group would advance to the knock-out stage. This would give the games more meaning.

[edit] Final Rankings

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze
Sweden Christian Bäckman Niclas Hävelid Kenny Jönsson Niklas Kronwall Nicklas Lidström-A Mattias Öhlund Ronnie Sundin Daniel Tjärnqvist Daniel Alfredsson-A Per Johan Axelsson Peter Forsberg Mika Hannula Tomas Holmström Jörgen Jönsson Fredrik Modin Samuel Påhlsson Mikael Samuelsson Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Mats Sundin-C Henrik Zetterberg Stefan Liv Henrik Lundqvist Mikael TellqvistHi buddy	Finland Aki Berg Lasse Kukkonen Toni Lydman Antti-Jussi Niemi Petteri Nummelin Teppo Numminen Sami Salo Kimmo Timonen Niklas Hagman Jukka Hentunen Olli Jokinen Jussi Jokinen Niko Kapanen Saku Koivu-C Mikko Koivu Antti Laaksonen Jere Lehtinen Ville Nieminen Ville Peltonen Jarkko Ruutu Teemu Selänne-A Niklas Bäckström Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Czech Republic František Kaberle Tomáš Kaberle Filip Kuba Pavel Kubina Marek Malík Jaroslav Špaček Marek Židlický Jan Bulis Petr Čajánek Patrik Eliáš Martin Erat Milan Hejduk Aleš Hemský Jaromír Jágr-C Aleš Kotalík Robert Lang Rostislav Olesz Václav Prospal Martin Ručínský Martin Straka David Výborný Dominik Hašek Milan Hnilička Dušan Salfický Tomáš Vokoun

1.  Sweden
2.  Finland
3.  Czech Republic
4.  Russia
5.  Slovakia
6.  Switzerland
7.  Canada
8.  United States
9.  Kazakhstan
10.  Germany
11.  Italy
12.  Latvia

[edit] Group A

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Points
Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	10
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	10	12	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	15	9	6
Czech Republic	5	2	3	0	14	12	4
Germany	5	0	3	2	7	16	2
Italy	5	0	3	2	9	23	2

[edit] Preliminary round summary

Team	FIN	SUI	CAN	CZE	GER	ITA
FIN		5-0	2-0	4-2	2-0	6-0
SUI	0-5		2-0	3-2	2-2	3-3
CAN	0-2	0-2		3-2	5-1	7-2
CZE	2-4	2-3	2-3		4-1	4-1
GER	0-2	2-2	1-5	1-4		3-3
ITA	0-6	3-3	2-7	1-4	3-3

[edit] Preliminary round

15 February
	Italy	2 – 7	Canada		Palasport Olimpico (1300)
		First period			Ref: Thomas Andersson
			Iginla (Bertuzzi, Sakic) pp 5:33
		Second period
	Cirone (Scandella) pp 0:43
			Heatley (St. Louis, Lecavalier) 1:55
			Doan (Pronger, Richards) 5:38
			Iginla (Sakic) pp 6:40
			St. Louis (Heatley, Lecavalier) 13:53
			Richards (Doan, Bertuzzi) 14:38
	Parco (Tuzzolino) 18:08
		Third period
			Thornton (Gagné) pp 3:39
		Game stats

15 February
	Switzerland	0 – 5	Finland		Torino Esposizioni (1535)
		First period			Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
			O. Jokinen (Peltonen) pp 13:07
		Second period
			Numminen (Selänne, Lehtinen) pp 3:35
			O. Jokinen (Peltonen, J. Jokinen) pp 8:40
			Selänne (Koivu) 13:25
			Selänne (Lehtinen, O. Jokinen) 19:25
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

15 February
	Germany	1 – 4	Czech Republic		Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
	Boos (Sulzer) pp 19:10
		Second period
			Kaberle (Kubina, Vokoun) pp 1:20
			Kaberle (Straka, Jagr) pp 3:38
		Third period
			Jagr 17:47
			Výborný 19:32
		Game stats

16 February
	Finland	6 – 0	Italy		Palasport Olimpico (1205)
		First period			Ref: Vyacheslav Bulanov
		no scoring
		Second period
	Lehtinen (Numminen) pp 1:49
	Koivu (Numminen) pp 3:51
	J. Jokinen (Nummelin, Salo) pp 10:11
	Peltonen (Nummelin) pp 18:25
		Third period
	Selänne (Koivu, Salo) pp 12:07
	Selänne (Lehtinen) 15:08
		Game stats

16 February
	Czech Republic	2 – 3	Switzerland		Torino Esposizioni (1300)
		First period			Ref: Dennis Larue
			Ziegler (Ruthemann) 5:11
		Second period
	Jagr (Straka, Prospal) 2:55
			Paterlini sh 9:44
		Third period
	Zidlicky (Hemsky, Rucinsky) 1:00
			Streit (Seger, Pluss) 6:42
		Game stats

16 February
	Canada	5 – 1	Germany		Palasport Olimpico (2005)
		First period			Ref: Christer Lärking
	Redden (Gagné, Thornton) 4:52
	Sakic (Bertuzzi, Nash) pp 7:29
	Gagné (Regehr, Richards) 10:49
		Second period
			Ehrhoff (Schubert, Ustorf) 9:13
	Heatley (Foote) 15:37
		Third period
	Doan (Smyth) 19:26
		Game stats

18 February
	Italy	3 – 3	Germany		Palasport Olimpico (1205)
		First period			Ref: Timo Favorin
	Parco (Iob) 02:03
		Second period
			Martinec (Boos) 26:21
		Third period
	Iob (Parco, de Bettin) 44:27
			Felski (Kreutzer) 47:16
	Borgatello (de Bettin, Chitarroni) sh 58:28
			Goc (Kreutzer, Lewandowski) pp 58:43
		Game stats

18 February
	Switzerland	2 – 0	Canada		Torino Esposizionio (2005)
		First period			Ref: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	di Pietro (Della Rossa) 18:19
		Second period
	di Pietro (Bezina, Streit) pp 8:47
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

18 February
	Czech Republic	2 – 4	Finland		Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period			Ref: Thomas Andersson
	Zidlicky (Lang, Hejduk) pp 8:25
			O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, Peltonen) 14:14
		Second period
			Lehtinen (Timonen) 35:02
	Zidlicky (Lang, Spacek) pp 38:17
		Third period
			Selänne (Lehtinen, S. Koivu) 40:30
			Lehtinen (S. Koivu, Selänne) 48:33
		Game stats

19 February
	Germany	2 – 2	Switzerland		Palasport Olimpico (1205)
		First period			Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
		no scoring
		Second period
	Felski (Ehrhoff) 22:20
			Conne (Fischer) pp 28:17
			di Pietro (Della Rossa) 38:50
		Third period
	Boos (Lewandowski, Martinec) 52:09
		Game stats

19 February
	Czech Republic	4 – 1	Italy		Palasport Olimpico (2005)
		First period			Ref: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Hejduk (Výborný, Kaberle) 12:57
	Prospal (Jagr, Straka) 14:20
		Second period
	Prospal (Straka) sh 28:36
		Third period
			John Parco (De Bettin, Iob) 57:53
	Prospal (Straka, Vokoun) 58:40
		Game stats

19 February
	Finland	2 – 0	Canada		Torino Esposizioni (2105)
		First period			Ref: Vladimir Sindler
	Selänne (S. Koivu) 11:14
	Kapanen (Timonen, Nieminen) 15:02
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
		no scoring

21 February
	Switzerland	3 – 3	Italy		Torino Esposizioni (1230)
		First period			Ref: Dennis Larue
	Lemm (Bezina, Blindenbacher) pp 3:06
	Fischer (Pluss) 6:33
			Busillo (Nardella) pp 15:41
		Second period
			Trevisani (Cirone, Busillo) pp 00:53
		Third period
			Iob (Giorgio De Bettin) 6:13
	Ruthemann 16:38
		Game stats

21 February
	Finland	2 – 0	Germany		Torino Esposizioni (1535)
		First period			Ref: Danny Kurmann
	Kapanen (Hagman, S. Koivu) pp 2:35
		Second period
	S. Koivu (Lehtinen Selänne), pp 39:39
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

21 February
	Canada	3 – 2	Czech Republic		Palasport Olimpico (1635)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
	Richards (Iginla, Pronger) 7:37
	St. Louis (Lecavalier, Blake) pp 11:19
	Pronger (Thornton) 19:24
		Second period
			Kubina (Jagr, Rucinsky) pp 33:46
		Third period
			Cajanek (T. Kaberle, Hemsky) 42:41
		Game stats

[edit] Group B

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Points
Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	10
Russia	5	4	1	0	23	11	8
Sweden	5	3	2	0	15	12	6
United States	5	1	3	1	13	13	3
Kazakhstan	5	1	4	0	9	18	2
Latvia	5	0	4	1	11	29	1

[edit] Preliminary round summary

Team	SVK	RUS	SWE	USA	KAZ	LAT
SVK		5-3	3-0	2-1	2-1	6-3
RUS	3-5		5-0	5-4	1-0	9-2
SWE	0-3	0-5		2-1	7-2	6-1
USA	1-2	4-5	1-2		4-1	3-3
KAZ	1-2	0-1	2-7	1-4		5-2
LAT	3-6	2-9	1-6	3-3	2-5

[edit] Preliminary round

15 February
	Kazakhstan	2 – 7	Sweden		Torino Esposizioni (1135)
		First period			Ref: Vladimir Sindler
			Tjärnqvist (J. Jönsson, Holmström) 7:45
			Alfredsson pp 10:46
			H. Sedin (Samuelsson, D. Sedin) 16:06
		Second period
	Koreshkov sh 0:17
			Axelsson (Påhlsson, Öhlund) 8:47
			M. Sundin (Bäckman, Modin) pp 11:08
			D. Sedin (Öhlund, H. Sedin) 15:31
			Tjärnqvist (Axelsson, Påhlsson) 16:21
		Third period
	Antipin (Upper) 8:33
		Game stats

15 February
	Russia	3 – 5	Slovakia		Torino Esposizioni (2005)
		First period			Ref: Paul Devorski
			Demitra (Hossa, Suchy) 9:07
	Datsyuk (D. Markov) 10:00
	Kovalev (Datsyuk, Kovalchuk) 12:38
		Second period
			Višňovský (Demitra) pp 5:51
	Ovechkin (Gonchar, Tyutin) pp 10:30
			Bondra (Meszaros, Chara) pp 13:50
		Third period
			Gaborik 16:42
			Gaborik 19:31
		Game stats

15 February
	Latvia	3 – 3	United States		Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period			Ref: Timo Favorin
			Gionta (Liles, Gomez) pp 9:44
			Conroy 10:38
	Nizivijs (Ozolinsh) 12:38
		Second period
	Tribuncovs (Ozolinsh, Nizivijs) pp 15:40
	Vasiljevs (Lavins) 15:44
		Third period
			Leopold (Hedican, Conroy) 2:10
		Game stats

16 February
	Sweden	0 – 5	Russia		Palasport Olimpico (1605)
		First period			Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
		no scoring
		Second period
			Kovalev (A. Markov) pp 7:13
			Ovechkin (Yashin) 8:50
			Sushinsky (Malkin, Zhukov) 18:58
		Third period
			Kozlov (Frolov, Korolyuk) 10:31
			Afinogenov (Datsyuk) 14:40
		Game stats

16 February
	Slovakia	6 – 3	Latvia		Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period			Ref: Danny Kurmann
	Zednik (Višňovský) 5:23
	Petrovický (Surovy, Meszaros) 5:43
			Ozolinsh (Cipulis, Pantelejevs) 6:27
	Demitra (Hossa) sh 7:54
	Hossa 13:17
		Second period
			Cipulis (Cipruss, Pantelejevs) 0:54
			Nizivijs (Skrastins) 6:51
	Chara (Hossa) 15:44
		Third period
	Hossa (Gaborik) 2:10
		Game stats

16 February
	United States	4 – 1	Kazakhstan		Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period			Ref: Thomas Andersson
	Guerin (Drury) 1:34
	Rolston (Weight) pp 8:31
	Gionta (Liles, Gomez) pp 16:50
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
			Koreshkov (Vassilchenko) pp 11:20
	Modano (Cole) 11:53
		Game stats

18 February
	Kazakhstan	0 – 1	Russia		Torino Esposizioni (1135)
		First period			Ref: Christer Lärking
		no scoring
		Second period
			Kharitonov (Sushinsky, Malkin) 11:38
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

18 February
	Sweden	6 – 1	Latvia		Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period			Ref: Paul Devorski
	Påhlsson (Forsberg) 14:20
		Second period
	Lidström (Zetterberg) pp 2:22
	Alfredsson (K. Jönsson) pp 4:59
	Axelsson (Forsberg, Påhlsson) pp 5:17
	Zetterberg (Holmström) 7:58
		Third period
	Alfredsson (M. Sundin, Forsberg) 4:48
			Ziedins (Nizivijs, Ozolinsh) 9:10
		Game stats

18 February
	Slovakia	2 – 1	United States		Torino Esposizioni (2005)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
		no scoring
		Second period
	Hossa (Demitra, Gaborik) pp 14:20
			Rolston (Rafalski, Gomez) pp 18:24
		Third period
	Bondra (Šatan, Kapus) 1:48
		Game stats

19 February
	Russia	9 – 2	Latvia		Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period			Ref: Dennis Larue
	Kovalchuk (Kovalev, D. Markov) 7:26
	Sushinsky (Kharitonov, Gonchar) pp 9:15
			Cipruss sh 9:55
	Kovalchuk (Datsyuk) 12:36
		Second period
	Kovalchuk (Kovalev, Datsyuk) 3:32
	Kozlov (Yashin) 5:45
	Kovalchuk (Datsyuk) 15:16
		Third period
	Yashin (Kozlov, Zhukov) 1:58
	Malkin (Sushinsky, Vishnevski) 7:32
	Ovechkin (Kozlov, Yashin) 16:27
			Redlihs (Berzins) 18:04
		Game stats

19 February
	Slovakia	2 – 1	Kazakhstan		Palasport Olimpico (1605)
		First period			Ref: Danny Kurmann
			Koreshkov (Koreshjov, Savenkov) 16:16
		Second period
	Bondra (Kapus, Jurcina) 19:50
		Third period
	Hossa (Demitra, Gaborik) 18:09
		Game stats

19 February
	United States	1 – 2	Sweden		Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
			Alfredsson (Jönsson, M. Sundin) 7:05
	Modano (Conroy, Chelios) 17:31
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
			Samuelsson (Alfredsson, M. Sundin) 4:22
		Game stats

21 February
	Latvia	2 – 5	Kazakhstan		Torino Esposizioni (1135)
		First period			Ref: Christer Lärking
			A. Koreshov (Y. Koreshkov) 14:20
	Tambijevs (Nizivijs) pp 15:13
		Second period
			Antropov (Koreshkov) 15:04
		Third period
	Cipruss (Pantelejevs, Tribuncovs) 5:04
			Alexandrov (Polichshuk, Trochshinsky) 12:33
			Y. Koreshkov ps 14:53
			Y. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov) 18:08
		Game stats

21 February
	Sweden	0 – 3	Slovakia		Torino Esposizioni (2005)
		First period			Ref: Timo Favorin
			Bondra (Šatan, Stumpel) 15:51
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
			Hossa (Demitra, Gaborik) 6:16
			Suchy (Demitra, Hossa) 18:58
		Game stats

21 February
	United States	4 – 5	Russia		Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period			Ref: Paul Devorski
			Korolyuk 9:27
			Malkin (Kasparitis) 10:41
	Rolston (Conroy) pp 18:38
		Second period
			A. Markov (Datsyuk, Sushinsky) 15:00
	Gionta (Gomez, Weight) 15:04
		Third period
	Gomez (Schneider, Rolston) pp 5:00
			Ovechkin (Malkin, Kasparitis) 9:55
	Cole (Knuble, Drury) 10:38
			Kovalev (Datsyuk, Malkin) 11:52
		Game stats

[edit] Finals round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

22 February 2006

24 February 2006

26 February 2006

A

4th

Czech Republic

3

B

1st

Slovakia

1

Czech Republic

3

Sweden

7

B

3rd

Sweden

6

A

2nd

Switzerland

2

Sweden

3

Finland

2

A

3rd

Canada

0

B

2nd

Russia

2

Russia

0

Finland

4

B

4th

United States

3

Bronze medal match

Czech Republic

3

A

1st

Finland

4

Russia

0

[edit] Quarterfinals

22 February
	Switzerland	2 – 6	Sweden		Torino Esposizioni (1635)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
			H. Sedin (D. Sedin, Lidström) 3:05
	Streit (Della Rossa, Plüss) 8:37
			Modin (Forsberg, Alfredsson) pp 13:39
		Second period
			Zetterberg (Holmström, K. Jönsson) 2:07
			M. Sundin (Lidström, Alfredsson) pp 9:07
			M. Sundin (Forsberg, Tjärnqvist) 12:52
		Third period
	Lemm (Ruthemann) 0:49
			Påhlsson (Alfredsson, Axelsson) 8:36
		Game stats

22 February
	Finland	4 – 3	United States		Palasport Olimpico (1735)
		First period			Ref: Paul Devorski
	Peltonen (J. Jokinen, Salo) 9:33
	Salo sh 12:01
			Knuble (Schneider, Weight) 13:14
		Second period
			Schneider (Rafalski, Conroy) 1:29
	O. Jokinen (Peltonen) pp 5:06
	O. Jokinen pp 17:10
		Third period
			Gionta (Drury, Cole) pp 15:33
		Game stats

22 February
	Russia	2 – 0	Canada		Torino Esposizioni (2035)
		First period			Ref: Dennis Larue
		no scoring
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Ovechkin (Kozlov) pp 1:30
	Kovalev (A. Markov) pp 19:37
		Game stats

22 February
	Slovakia	1 – 3	Czech Republic		Palasport Olimpico (2135)
		First period			Ref: Don van Massenhoven
			Rucinsky sh 3:05
		Second period
			Hejduk (F. Kaberle, Rucinsky) 8:41
		Third period
	Gaborik (Hossa) 3:38
			Straka 59:57
		Game stats

[edit] Semifinals

24 February
	Sweden	7 – 3	Czech Republic		Torino Esposizioni (1635)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
	Modin (M. Sundin, Forsberg) 0:34
			Kuba (Straka, Prospal) 3:11
	Axelsson (Lidström, Kronwall) 16:41
		Second period
	H. Sedin (D. Sedin) 1:16
	Bäckman (Alfredsson) 3:54
	J. Jönsson (K. Jönsson, Samuelsson) pp 7:54
			Hemský (Jágr, Zidlický) pp 10:40
			Prospal (Výborný) 11:25
	Alfredsson (Axelsson) 19:00
		Third period
	Holmström (Zetterberg) 16:05
		Game stats

24 February
	Finland	4 – 0	Russia		Torino Esposizioni (2105)
		First period			Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
	Peltonen (Timonen) pp 6:13
		Second period
	Lydman (S. Koivu) 9:33
	S. Koivu (Timonen, Selänne) pp 13:51
		Third period
	O. Jokinen (Peltonen, Kapanen) 9:17
		Game stats

[edit] Bronze medal game

25 February
	Russia	0 – 3	Czech Republic		Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period			Ref: Thomas Andersson
			Erat (Výborný, Lang) 4:48
		Second period
			Židlický (Jágr, Lang) pp 6:36
		Third period
			Straka (Erat) 19:52
		Game stats

[edit] Gold medal game

26 February
	Sweden	3 – 2	Finland		Palasport Olimpico (1405)
		First period			Ref: Paul Devorski
			Timonen (Selänne) pp 14:45
		Second period
	Zetterberg (Samuelsson, Bäckman) pp 4:42
	Kronwall (Zetterberg) pp 13:24
			Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) 15:00
		Third period
	Lidström (M. Sundin, Forsberg) 0:10
		Game stats

[edit] Leading scorers

At the end of game 34.

Rk	Player	Games played	Goals	Assists	Pts	PIM	+/-	Shots
1	Teemu Selänne	8	6	5	11	4	+7	28
2	Saku Koivu	8	3	8	11	12	+5	16
3	Daniel Alfredsson	8	5	5	10	4	+2	15
3	Marian Hossa	6	5	5	10	4	+9	19
5	Ville Peltonen	8	4	5	9	6	+4	22
6	Olli Jokinen	8	6	2	8	2	+5	28
7	Jere Lehtinen	8	3	5	8	0	+6	22
7	Mats Sundin	8	3	5	8	4	+1	27
9	Martin Straka	8	2	6	8	6	+4	17
10	Pavel Datsyuk	8	1	7	8	10	+5	13

Hat Trick scorers

• Ilya Kovalchuk
• Vaclav Prospal

[edit] Leading goaltenders

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

Rk	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Antero Niittymäki	358:51	8	1.34	.951	156
2	Evgeni Nabokov	359:27	8	1.34	.940	126
3	David Aebischer	200	7	2.10	.940	110
4	Peter Budaj	179:24	6	2.01	.924	73
5	Martin Brodeur	238:40	8	2.01	.923	96

Shut-out posters

• Antero Niittymäki
• Fredrik Norrena
• Martin Gerber
• Tomas Vokoun
• Evgeni Nabokov

[edit] Awards

The tournament all-star team was voted on by the international media at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:

Player	Position	Team
Antero Niittymäki	G	Finland
Nicklas Lidström	D	Sweden
Kimmo Timonen	D	Finland
Teemu Selänne	F	Finland
Saku Koivu	F	Finland
Alexander Ovechkin	F	Russia

Additionally, Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player [1] and the best goaltender of the tournament. Teemu Selänne was named the best forward and Kenny Jönsson was awarded as the best defenceman of the tournament.

[edit] Qualification

Twelve places were allotted for the men's ice hockey tournament. The first eight were awarded to the top eight teams in the International Ice Hockey Federation ranking following the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Those teams were:

1.  Canada
2.  Sweden
3.  Slovakia
4.  Czech Republic
5.  Finland
6.  United States
7.  Russia
8.  Germany

The teams that automatically qualified include the same "Super Six" teams that were automatically qualified for the final group stage in the two previous tournaments, plus Slovakia and Germany which (IIHF rankings notwithstanding) are generally regarded by fans as being the seventh and eighth best teams. The ninth place was given to the host nation, Italy. The final three places were allotted through qualification tournaments in which Switzerland, Kazakhstan, and Latvia won places.

[edit] Qualification tournaments

Groups D, E and F winners advance to Groups C, B and A respectively. Groups A, B, and C winners qualify for the Olympic tournament.
Group D - Briancon, France (11-14 November 2004)

•  France-x (3-0)
•  Romania (2-1)
•  Estonia (1-2)
•  Bulgaria (0-3)

Group E - Nowy Targ, Poland (11-14 November 2004)

•  Poland-x (3-0)
•  Netherlands (2-1)
•  Lithuania (1-2)
•  Croatia (0-3)

Group F - Stavanger, Norway (11-14 November 2004)

•  Norway-x (2-0-1)
•  Hungary (2-0-1)
•  China (1-2)
•  Serbia and Montenegro (0-3)

Group A - Kloten, Switzerland (10-13 February 2005)

•  Switzerland-x (3-0)
•  Norway (2-1)
•  Denmark (1-2)
•  Japan (0-3)

Group B - Riga, Latvia (10-13 February 2005)

•  Latvia-x (3-0)
•  Belarus (2-1)
•  Slovenia (1-2)
•  Poland (0-3)

Group C - Klagenfurt, Austria (10-13 February 2005)

•  Kazakhstan-x (2-1)
•  Austria (1-1-1)
•  France (1-1-1)
•  Ukraine (1-2)

[edit] Trivia

In a celebration of the gold in Stockholm on 27 February, the Swedish team was seen in front of ads for sponsors of the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, not the ones of the Swedish Olympic Committee. This could have led to Sweden's disqualification, but the Finnish opponents in the final game chose not to report the incident to the IOC [2].

[edit] Women's competition

The loss of the United States to Sweden in Semifinal 1 was one of the most important events in the history of international women's ice hockey. It was the first time that either the US or Canada had lost in an international competition (other than to each other).

[edit] Final Rankings

Medals
Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Canada Becky Kellar Colleen Sostorics Charline Labonté Cherie Piper Cheryl Pounder Caroline Ouellette Danielle Goyette Jayna Hefford Jennifer Botterill Hayley Wickenheiser Kim St-Pierre Vicky Sunohara Cassie Campbell Gillian Ferrari Carla MacLeod Meghan Agosta Gillian Apps Gina Kingsbury Sarah Vaillancourt Katie Weatherston	Sweden Cecilia Andersson Gunilla Andersson Jenni Asserholt Ann-Louise Edstrand Joa Elfsberg Emma Eliasson Erika Holst Nanna Jansson Ylva Lindberg Jenny Lindqvist Kristina Lundberg Kim Martin Frida Nevalainen Emilie O'Konor Maria Rooth Danijela Rundqvist Therese Sjölander Katarina Timglas Anna Vikman Pernilla Winberg	United States Pam Dreyer Chanda Gunn Courtney Kennedy Angela Ruggiero Lyndsay Wall Helen Resor Caitlin Cahow Molly Engstrom Jamie Hagerman Krissy Wendell Kim Insalaco Jenny Potter Julie Chu Kelly Stephens Kathleen Kauth Kristin King Katie King Natalie Darwitz Tricia Dunn-Luoma Sarah Parsons

1.  Canada
2.  Sweden
3.  United States
4.  Finland
5.  Germany
6.  Russia
7.  Switzerland
8.  Italy

[edit] Group A

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Points
Canada	3	3	0	0	36	1	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	15	9	4
Russia	3	1	2	0	6	16	2
Italy	3	0	3	0	1	28	0

[edit] Preliminary round

11 February
	Sweden	3 – 1	Russia		Palasport Olimpico (1535)
		First period			Ref: Stephanie Normand
		no scoring
		Second period
	Jansson (Lindberg, Winberg) pp 3:26
	Timglas (Rooth, O'Konor) pp 5:14
			Trefilova 19:21
		Third period
	Rooth (G. Andersson) pp 00:32
		Game stats

11 February
	Canada	16 – 0	Italy		Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period			Ref: Danyel Howard
	Ouellette (Hefford, MacLeod) 1:36
	Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) 1:52
	Wickenheiser (Piper) 4:04
	Ouellette (Botterill, Campbell) pp 6:53
	Pounder (Kellar) 11:34
		Second period
	Vaillancourt (Piper) 0:25
	MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) 2:32
	Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) 18:45
	Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) 19:56
		Third period
	Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) 1:35
	Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) 7:31
	Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) pp 8:41
	Pounder 9:42
	Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) 12:19
	Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) pp 16:15
	Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) 17:37
		Game stats

12 February
	Canada	12 – 0	Russia		Torino Esposizioni (1630)
		First period			Ref: Joy Tottman
	Sunohara (Ouellette, Goyette) 4:53
	Agosta (Kingsbury, Weatherston) 6:52
	Piper (Apps) sh 10:00
	Goyette (Campbell) 15:14
	Piper (Wickenheiser) 16:18
	Wickenheiser sh 17:48
	Agosta (Vaillancourt) 19:20
		Second period
	Weatherston (Ouelltte, Vaillancourt) 7:19
	Agosta pp 13:27
		Third period
	Piper (Wickenheiser) 1:16
	Vaillancourt (Hefford, Botterill) 7:47
	MacLeod (Wickenheiser) 12:33
		Game stats

13 February
	Sweden	11 – 0	Italy		Torino Esposizioni (1505)
		First period			Ref: Katerina Ivicicova
	Sjölander (Winberg) pp 7:09
	Sjölander (Lindberg, Asserholt) pp 15:45
	G. Andersson (Holst) 18:15
		Second period
	Jansson (Eliasson) 0:59
	Holst (Rooth) 2:08
	Edstrand (Sjölander) 11:45
	Rooth (Holst) sh 12:37
	G. Andersson (Nevalainen) 14:16
		Third period
	Sjölander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) 9:31
	Rooth (G. Andersson) pp 10:55
	Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) pp 18:08
		Game stats

14 February
	Italy	1 – 5	Russia		Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period			Ref: Bianca Walter
	Florian (Leitner, Bettarina) pp 8:20
			Gladysheva pp 11:17
		Second period
			Trefilova (Pashkevich) pp 5:51
		Third period
			Gavrilova (Kholmich) pp 4:31
			Gavrilova (Sotnikova) 6:53
			Trefilova (Schchelchkova) pp 13:40
		Game stats

14 February
	Canada	8 – 1	Sweden		Torino Esposizioni (1530)
		First period			Ref: Anu Hirvonen
	Apps 4:36
	Wickenheiser (Pounder) 12:28
		Second period
	Apps pp 3:53
	Apps (Wickenheiser, Piper) 10:58
	Goyette (Piper, Campbell) pp 14:02
			Lindberg (Jansson, Winberg) 16:12
	Weatherston (Kingsbury) 17:25
	Hefford 18:53
		Third period
	Goyette (Piper, Wickenheiser) 6:02
		Game stats

[edit] Group B

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Points
United States	3	3	0	0	18	3	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	10	7	4
Germany	3	1	2	0	2	9	2
Switzerland	3	0	3	0	1	12	0

[edit] Preliminary round

11 February
	Finland	3 – 0	Germany		Torino Esposizioni (1300)
		First period			Ref: Arina Ustinova
	Pehkonen (Pelttari, Saara Tuominen) 8:15
	Pelttari pp 17:20
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Pälvilä sh 3:13
		Game stats

11 February
	United States	6 – 0	Switzerland		Torino Esposizioni (1805)
		First period			Ref: Katerina Ivicicova
	Ka. King (Potter) 2:38
		Second period
	Dunn-Luoma sh 12:27
		Third period
	Wendell (Ruggiero, Potter) 7:53
	Darwitz (Parsons) 10:33
	Wendell (Potter) 12:40
	Potter (Ruggiero) pp 18:50
		Game stats

12 February
	Germany	0 – 5	United States		Palasport Olimpico (1805)
		First period			Ref: Anu Hirvonen
			Potter (Ka. King) pp 4:33
			Ka. King (Chu, Potter) pp 17:13
		Second period
			Parsons (Resor, Stephens) 1:11
			Darwitz (Parsons, Kr. King) 9:57
		Third period
			Parsons (Ruggiero) 10:54
		Game stats

13 February
	Finland	4 – 0	Switzerland		Palasport Olimpico (1805)
		First period			Ref: Bianca Walter
	Saara Tuominen (Pelttari) pp 14:10
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Rantamäki 5:21
	Saarinen (Hoikkala, Tallus) 11:58
	Pehkonen (Rantamäki) 12:50
		Game stats

14 February
	Switzerland	1 – 2	Germany		Torino Esposizioni (1805)
		First period			Ref: Danyel Howard
		no scoring
		Second period
			M. Lanzl (Becker) 3:16
	Schumacher (Ju. Marty) pp 9:00
			Oswald (M. Lanzl, Ritter) pp 9:36
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

14 February
	United States	7 – 3	Finland		Torino Esposizioni (1805)
		First period			Ref: Stephanie Normand
			Pehkonen (Rantamäki) 0:13
	Parsons (Wendell, Potter) pp 8:08
			Laaksonen (Saara Tuominen) pp 11:26
		Second period
			Kovalainen (Saarinen) pp 12:10
	Parsons (Chu) 18:54
		Third period
	Ka. King 1:28
	Ruggiero 10:16
	Darwitz (Wall) pp 11:10
	Wendell (Parsons, Ruggiero) 12:18
	Ruggiero (Darwitz, Stephens) 15:36
		Game stats

[edit] Classification 5-8

17 February
	Russia	6 – 2	Switzerland		Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period			Ref: Katerina Ivicicova
	Trefilova 2:03
			Rochat 10:52
		Second period
	Burina (Mishina, Barykina) 5:14
	Mishina (Smolentseva) 6:19
	Mishina (Byalkovskaya) pp 10:00
			Lehmann (Cattaneo, Bullo) 11:55
	Mishina (Smolentseva) 19:18
		Third period
	Kapustina (Shchelchkova) pp 12:17
		Game stats

17 February
	Germany	5 – 2	Italy		Torino Esposizioni (1835)
		First period			Ref: Arina Ustinova
	Becker (M. Lanzl) 0:27
	Seiler (Tamas) pp 5:32
			Leitner 6:18
			Leitner (Kaser, Bazzanella)6:59
	Holmes (Soesilo) 7:47
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Becker (Ritter) 2:50
	Ritter (Becker, M. Lanzl) 15:35
		Game stats

[edit] Classification 7/8

20 February
	Switzerland	11 – 0	Italy		Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period			Ref: Stephanie Normand
	Diaz (Rochat) 4:33
	Diaz (Mosimann) pp 9:54
	Ju. Marty (Diaz, Je. Marty) pp 16:06
	Lehmann (S. Marty) 16:41
		Second period
	Ruhnke (Rochat) 2:36
	Ju. Marty (Ruhnke) 6:51
	Meier (Kunzle) 11:09
	Lehmann (Mosimann) 12:48
	Ruhnke (Rochat) 13:16
	S. Marty (Lehmann) 15:37
		Third period
	S. Marty (Lehmann) 16:08
		Game stats

[edit] Classification 5/6

17 February
	Germany	1 – 0	Russia		Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period			Ref: Danyel Howard
		no scoring
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
		no scoring
		Overtime
		no scoring
		Game Winning Shots
	Becker gwg
		Game stats

[edit] Finals round

					Semi finals				Final
					17 February 2006				20 February 2006
	A		2nd		Sweden	3
	B		1st		United States	2
									Sweden	1
									Canada	4
	B		2nd		Finland	0
	A		1st		Canada	6
									Bronze medal match
									United States	4
									Finland	0

[edit] Semifinals

17 February
	United States	2 – 3	Sweden		Palasport Olimpico (1705)
		First period			Ref: Joy Tottman
	Kr. King (Potter, Chu) pp 11:55
		Second period
	Stephens (Wall, Darwitz) pp 1:04
			Rooth (O'Konor) 6:17
			Rooth (Holst) sh 9:40
		Third period
		no scoring
		Overtime
		no scoring
		Game Winning Shots
			Winberg gwg
		Game stats

17 February
	Canada	6 – 0	Finland		Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period			Ref: Danyel Howard
	Weatherston (Sostorics) pp 17:33
	Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) pp 19:15
		Second period
	Wickenheiser (Apps) pp 14:59
	Ouellette (Sunohara) pp 16:26
		Third period
	Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) 7:49
	Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) pp 14:47
		Game stats

[edit] Bronze medal game

20 February
	Finland	0 – 4	United States		Palasport Olimpico (1635)
		First period			Ref: Joy Tottman
			Stephens (Chu, Darwitz) pp 2:32
			Ka. King (Resor) 8:09
			Ka. King (Potter) 11:05
		Second period
			Ka. King (Chu, Kr. King) 1:44
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

[edit] Gold medal game

20 February
	Canada	4 – 1	Sweden		Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period			Ref: Anu Hirvonen
	Apps (Wickenheiser) 3:15
	Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) 12:13
		Second period
	Piper (Wickenheiser, Pounder) 8:58
	Hefford (Botterill, Vaillancourt) 10:27
		Third period
			Andersson (Holst, Rooth) pp 5:24
		Game stats

[edit] Leading scorers

Rk	Player	Games played	Goals	Assists	Pts	PIM	+/-	Shots
1	Hayley Wickenheiser	5	5	12	17	6	+15	21
2	Cherie Piper	5	7	8	15	0	+15	14
3	Gillian Apps	5	7	7	14	14	+13	20
4	Caroline Ouellette	5	5	4	9	4	+12	17
	Maria Rooth	5	5	4	9	2	+1	22
6	Jenny Potter	5	2	7	9	4	+10	19
7	Katie King	5	6	2	8	2	+6	20
8	Sarah Parsons	5	4	3	7	0	+9	23
9	Jayna Hefford	5	3	4	7	0	+8	15
10	Jennifer Botterill	5	1	6	7	4	+6	10

Hat Trick scorers

• Hayley Wickenheiser, Caroline Ouellette
• Therese Sjölander, Maria Rooth
• Katie King

[edit] Goalies

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

Rk	Goalie	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Charline Labonté	180	1	0.33	.976	41
2	Jennifer Harss	190	6	1.89	.942	97
3	Florence Schelling	150	6	2.40	.933	84
4	Kim Martin	190	7	2.21	.927	89
5	Kim St-Pierre	120	1	0.50	.923	12
6	Chandra Gunn	249:58	6	1.44	.893	50
7	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	149:40	12	4.81	.883	91
8	Irina Gashennikova	266:25	12	2.70	.876	85
9	Maija Hassinen	195:17	11	3.38	.875	77
10	Debora Montanari	220	31	8.45	.821	142

Goalies with less than 40% of their team's total minutes

Rk	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Pam Dreyer	60	0	0.00	1.000	10
2	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	120	5	2.50	.875	35
3	Noora Räty	104:43	6	3.44	.867	39
4	Cecilia Andersson	120	8	4.00	.843	43
5	Luana Fraselli	80	17	12.75	.750	51
6	Nadezhda Aleksandrova	43:35	7	9.64	.741	20

Shut-out posters

• Noora Raty (Finland)
• Kim Martin (Sweden)
• Kim St. Pierre (Canada)
• Charline Labonte (Canada)
• Chanda Gunn (USA)
• Pam Dreyer (USA)
• Jennifer Harss (Germany)

[edit] Awards

Tournament

• Goalkeeper:
  • Kim Martin,  Sweden
• Defensemen:
  • Angela Ruggiero,  United States
  • Carla MacLeod,  Canada
• Forwards:
  • Gillian Apps,  Canada
  • Hayley Wickenheiser,  Canada
  • Maria Rooth,  Sweden
• Most Valuable Player:
  • Hayley Wickenheiser,  Canada

[edit] Qualification

The top four teams from the International Ice Hockey Federation world rankings following the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships qualified automatically. These teams were Canada, the United States, Finland, and Sweden. Italy also gained a place as the host nation. Russia, Germany, and Switzerland qualified for the last three places through qualification tournaments.

[edit] Qualification tournaments

Group A - Podolosk, Russia (11-14 November 2004)

1.  Russia-x (2-0)
2.  Japan (1-1)
3.  Czech Republic (0-2)

Group B - Bad Tölz, Germany (11-14 November 2004)

1.  Germany-x (3-0)
2.  Kazakhstan (2-1)
3.  Latvia (1-2)
4.  Slovenia (0-3)

Group C - Beijing, People's Republic of China (11-14 November 2004)

1.  Switzerland-x (3-0)
2.  China (2-1)
3.  France (1-2)
4.  Norway (0-3)

[edit] References

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