Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament marked the second Olympic Games where the National Hockey League took a break (12 days, from February 14 to February 25)^[1] to allow all its players the opportunity to play.

2002 Winter Olympics

United States (left) and Finland (right)
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	9–24 February
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	Canada (7th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Belarus
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Mats Sundin
MVP	Joe Sakic
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Summary

Fourteen countries played in the tournament. Six hockey powers (Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden, and the United States) were automatically admitted to the final eight. The other eight countries (Austria, Belarus, France, Germany, Latvia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Ukraine) played in a preliminary round in two pools. The winners of those pools, Belarus and Germany, advanced to the final round with the six hockey powers.

The biggest surprise of the tournament was Belarus, 0–3–0 in Group D play, knocking off 3–0–0 Sweden in quarterfinal play. After that upset, the Swedish media held their players responsible for the loss, even going as far to publish their NHL salaries. The players responded by not returning to Sweden during the NHL break, although that was unlikely since the Olympics were held in the same continent as their NHL teams and play resumed soon after the Olympics ended.

Another major surprise was the silver-medal finish of Team USA, which was not considered a contender as it was steeped heavily in over-30 veterans. Although it retained most of the players from the 1998 team which had performed below expectations, this time it was coached by Herb Brooks, who had been responsible for the "Miracle on Ice" over the Soviet Union during the 1980 Winter Olympics. Despite being close to the ends of their NHL careers, Mike Richter and Phil Housley put up phenomenal performances. Brett Hull, John LeClair, and Mike Modano formed the "Divine Line" which led the tournament in scoring. USA and Russia played to a 2–2 tie in their group game, drawing some comparisons to the famous 1980 Miracle game. Ending up, USA finished second behind Sweden in the round robin results.^[2]

USA and Russia met again in the semi-finals of the tournament. The USA's victory over Russia came coincidentally on the 22-year anniversary of the "Miracle on Ice", the upset of the Soviet Union team, at Lake Placid in 1980 (also a Friday). The Americans stormed out to a 3–0 lead for the first two periods, before withstanding a two-goal rally from the Russians to advance. Russian coach Slava Fetisov, one of the stars for the 1980 Soviet squad, complained about the selection of NHL referees to officiate Olympic matches (a stipulation by the NHL if most Olympic players are NHLers) and charged that officials were trying to fix a Canada-USA final for North American audiences.^[3] However, Russian goalie Nikolai Khabibulin thought that the refereeing was fair, having faced 38 shots in the first two periods and 49 overall.^[4][5]

Canada had a lackluster start, losing 5–2 to Sweden, only managing to defeat Germany by a score of 3–2, and drawing with the Czech Republic. These performances prompted an emotional response from Team Canada manager Wayne Gretzky, in particular the referee's failure to call a clear hit from behind on Canada's Theoren Fleury in the game against the Czech Republic. However, Canada improved in the elimination round, defeating Finland 2–1, and easily sweeping surprise semi-finalist Belarus 7–1.

Canada and the US faced off in the final. For both nations, the gold-medal game came coincidentally on the anniversary of each nation's last gold medal in men's Olympic hockey. Canada last won 50 years previously at the 1952 Winter Olympics when they tied the US 3–3 (Olympic ice hockey previously only had a round-robin portion). The US won their last gold medal when they defeated Finland two days after "The Miracle on Ice" in 1980. Both games, coincidentally, were played on a Sunday.

The Canada-USA final was tied at 2–2, however Canada then scored three goals to win 5–2. It was only the second time and first in 70 years that the US men's hockey team lost an Olympic game on home soil. The first loss came against Canada (a 2–1 OT loss) in their first game at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

TV ratings for Canada vs USA gold medal matchup were the highest in Olympic history to that time.^[6] In the United States, NBC's live coverage of the gold medal hockey game drew a 10.7 rating, the highest-rated hockey game, Olympic or NHL, since the 1980 Winter Olympics and was the largest network hockey audience in the U.S. in 22 years.^[7] In Canada, the CBC said that the game drew 10.6 million viewers, making the game was the most-watched CBC Sports program.^[7] As the final seconds ticked away, veteran CBC Sports commentator Bob Cole called: "Now after 50 years, it's time for Canada to stand up and cheer. Stand up and cheer everybody! The Olympics Salt Lake City, 2002, men's ice hockey, gold medal: Canada!" The CBC also said that the 10.6 million viewers broke the previous record of 4.957 million viewers for Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, another moment Cole himself called: "Here comes the faceoff and blare it Manhattan! The New York Rangers have done it here on a hot June night in New York! The Rangers are Stanley Cup Champions!"^[7]

During the final, the legend of the lucky loonie was born when Canadian icemaker Trent Evans buried a one dollar coin (Loonie) under centre ice and both the Canadian men's and women's teams won gold.^[8][9]

Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan became the second and third players to win the Olympic Gold Medal in hockey (with Team Canada) and the Stanley Cup (with the Detroit Red Wings) in the same year, the first to win an Olympic Gold and Stanley Cup was Ken Morrow in 1980. Chris Chelios and Brett Hull became the second and third players to win Olympic Silver Medal in hockey (with Team USA) and Stanley Cup in the same year (Sergei Fedorov was the first in 1998).

The format of the tournament was the same one used in the 1998 tournament in Nagano. It was controversial because the National Hockey League clubs would not release their players for the preliminary round. This severely hampered the campaigns of Germany and Slovakia, although the former country managed to qualify for the final group stage. Also the final group stage was criticized as being meaningless since all of the teams qualified for the quarter-finals. The format was changed for the 2006 tournament in an effort to address these criticisms.

Qualifying

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

The final standings at the end of the 1999 IIHF World Championship were used to determine the path to the Olympic tournament. The top six places were given direct entry to the first round, places seven and eight were given direct entry to the preliminary round, and all other participants were seeded in qualifying tournaments to fill the remaining six spots. This chart shows the seeding path for all nations, in detail.

Preliminary round

Group A

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	6
Latvia	3	1	1	1	11	12	−1	3
Austria	3	1	2	0	7	9	−2	2
Slovakia	3	0	2	1	8	12	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002 16:05

Slovakia

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Germany

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,504

	Pavol Rybár	Goalies	Marc Seliger	Referee: Kevin Acheson Linesmen: James Garofalo Sergei Kulakov
	0–1 20:30 − Rumrich (SH) 0–2 27:03 − Benda (MacKay, Soccio) (PP) 0–3 59:07 − Kathan (Seidenberg) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	17

9 February 2002 19:00

Austria

2–4 (1–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Latvia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,159

	Reinhard Divis	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Derek Nansen Sergei Shelyanin
	0–1 01:03 − Fanduļs (Beļavskis, Kerčs) (PP) 0–2 07:38 − Bondarevs (Astašenko, Seņins) Setzinger (Salfi) (PP) − 18:56 1–2 Trattnig − 21:16 2–2 2–3 24:40 − Panteļejevs (Tambijevs, Vītoliņš) 2–4 28:29 − Vītoliņš (Tambijevs, Sorokins)
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	19

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10 February 2002 16:05

Austria

2–3 (0–2, 2–0, 0–1)

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,444

	Reinhard Divis	Goalies	Marc Seliger	Referee: Scott Hansen Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Johan Norrman
	0–1 01:21 − Kathan (Soccio, Kunce) 0–2 19:14 − Soccio (Kathan, Morczinietz) Ressmann (Trattnig, Perthaler) (PP) − 23:20 1–2 Unterluggauer − 39:56 2–2 2–3 58:46 − Loth (MacKay)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	22

10 February 2002 19:00

Latvia

6–6 (2–2, 2–4, 2–0)

Slovakia

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,377

	Sergejs Naumovs	Goalies	Pavol Rybár Ján Lašák	Referee: Ulf Rådbjer Linesmen: Sergei Kulakov Sergei Shelyanin
	0–1 00:11 − Stümpel (Lintner, Višňovský) Fanduļs (Ozoliņš) (PP) − 06:39 1–1 1–2 08:23 − Pardavý (Majeský) Ņiživijs (Ozoliņš) − 11:45 2–2 Macijevskis (Cipruss, Ņiživijs) − 25:02 3–2 3–3 25:37 − Hossa (Stümpel) 3–4 28:13 − Višňovský (Demitra) (PP2) 3–5 33:20 − Petrovický (Hossa, Pavlikovský) (PP) 3–6 38:20 − Demitra (Petrovický) Macijevskis (Ozoliņš) − 39:56 4–6 Beļavskis (Semjonovs) − 44:45 5–6 Tribuncovs (Ozoliņš, Cipruss) (PP) − 47:43 6–6
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	35

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12 February 2002 16:05

Slovakia

2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Austria

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,362

	Ján Lašák	Goalies	Reinhard Divis	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Eduards Odiņš
	0–1 02:27 − Wheeldon (Lavoie) Pavlikovský (Pardavý) (PP) − 08:02 1–1 1–2 25:03 − Kalt (Wheeldon, Brandner) Lintner (Kapuš) − 32:07 2–2 2–3 49:09 − Unterluggauer (Lanzinger)
	22 min	Penalties	28 min
	29	Shots	30

12 February 2002 19:00

Germany

4–1 (2–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,574

	Marc Seliger	Goalies	Artūrs Irbe	Referee: Rami Savolainen Linesmen: Panu Bruun Johan Norrman
	Reichel (Abstreiter) – 02:21 1–0 Soccio (Kathan, Morczinietz) – 04:07 2–0 2–1 06:34 − Cipruss (Ņiživijs, Macijevskis) Ustorf – 22:56 3–1 Kathan (Soccio) – 33:57 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	26

Group B

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belarus	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Ukraine	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	4
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	3
France	3	0	2	1	6	10	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002 14:00

Belarus

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Ukraine

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,294

	Sergei Shabanov	Goalies	Igor Karpenko	Referee: Vladimír Mihálik Linesmen: Petr Blümel Rudolf Lauff
	Mikulchik (Skabelka, Stas) (PP2) – 47:49 1–0
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	17

9 February 2002 21:00

Switzerland

3–3 (1–1, 0–1, 2–1)

France

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,504

	David Aebischer	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referee: Rami Savolainen Linesmen: Panu Bruun Eduards Odiņš
	0–1 02:50 − M. Rozenthal (Bozon) (PP2) Aeschlimann (Sutter) (PP) − 10:26 1–1 1–2 34:50 − Bozon (M. Rozenthal) Rötheli (Sutter, Streit) (PP) − 43:55 2–2 2–3 52:38 − M. Rozenthal (Meunier) (PP) Streit (Keller, Aeschlimann) − 55:50 3–3
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	21

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11 February 2002 16:05

Ukraine

5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Switzerland

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,387

	Igor Karpenko	Goalies	David Aebischer Martin Gerber	Referee: Kevin Acheson Linesmen: Petr Blümel James Garofalo
	Oletsky (SH) − 02:08 1–0 Fedotenko (Ponikarovsky) − 14:20 2–0 2–1 16:02 − Jeannin (Aeschlimann, Rötheli) Varlamov − 21:19 3–1 3–2 28:41 − Rüthemann (Von Arx) (PP) Shakhraychuk (Lytvynenko, Klymentiev) − 31:35 4–2 Oletsky (Bobrovnikov) − 42:34 5–2
	26 min	Penalties	18 min
	26	Shots	29

11 February 2002 19:00

Belarus

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

France

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,214

	Sergei Shabanov	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referee: Scott Hansen Linesmen: Rudolf Lauff Derek Nansen
	0–1 03:34 − M. Rozenthal (Bozon) Rasolko (Zhurik) (PP2) − 08:19 1–1 Tsyplakov (Romanov, Khmyl) (PP) − 36:25 2–1 D. Pankov (Bekbulatov) − 57:56 3–1
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	23

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13 February 2002 16:05

Switzerland

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,736

	Martin Gerber	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Vladimír Mihálik Linesmen: Sergei Kulakov Rudolf Lauff
	Fischer (Crameri) − 16:52 1–0 1–1 23:42 − Bekbulatov (Dudik, Kovalev) Aeschlimann (Jeannin, Rötheli) − 29:11 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	24

13 February 2002 19:00

France

2–4 (0–2, 2–2, 0–0)

Ukraine

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,019

	Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Kostiantyn Simchuk	Referee: Ulf Rådbjer Linesmen: James Garofalo Eduards Odiņš
	0–1 12:00 − Chybirev (Salnikov, Shyriaiev) (PP2) 0–2 18:36 − Khristich (Salnikov) (PP) Bozon − 22:42 1–2 1–3 23:39 − Shakhraychuk (Sryubko, Savenko) 1–4 24:38 − Ponikarovsky (Salnikov, Shyriaiev) (PP) Bozon (Bachet) − 25:59 2–4
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	32

Consolation round

13th place game

14 February 2002 21:00

Slovakia

7–1 (1–0, 2–0, 4–1)

France

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,956

	Rastislav Staňa	Goalies	Patrick Rolland	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Panu Bruun Eduards Odiņš
	Hossa (SH) − 08:02 1–0 Stümpel (Šatan, Hossa) (PP) − 28:04 2–0 Handzuš (Bartečko, Demitra) − 39:02 3–0 Hossa (Višňovský) − 47:22 4–0 Pardavý (Milo, Pavlikovský) − 50:47 5–0 Pavlikovský (Milo) − 55:53 6–0 Hossa (Pavlikovský) − 58:50 7–0 7–1 59:19 – M. Rozenthal (Bozon, Mortas)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	49	Shots	19

11th place game

14 February 2002 15:00

Switzerland

4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Austria

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,986

	Martin Gerber	Goalies	Reinhard Divis	Referee: Vladimír Mihálik Linesmen: Petr Blümel Sergei Shelyanin
	Aeschlimann − 30:25 1–0 Plüss (Rüthemann) − 36:39 2–0 2–1 44:33 − Searle (Perthaler, Kromp) Vauclair (Aeschlimann) (SH) − 50:30 3–1 Plüss (Seger) (ENG) − 59:20 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	55

9th place game

14 February 2002 20:00

Ukraine

2–9 (0–6, 2–3, 0–0)

Latvia

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,449

	Igor Karpenko Kostiantyn Simchuk	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Rami Savolainen Linesmen: James Garofalo Rudolf Lauff
	0–1 01:33 − Tambijevs (Bondarevs) 0–2 02:26 − Vītoliņš (Sorokins, Kerčs) 0–3 05:20 − Fanduļs (Maticins, Kerčs) (PP2) 0–4 05:56 − Ņiživijs (Macijevskis) (PP) 0–5 18:22 − Panteļejevs (Maticins) 0–6 19:11 − Maticins (PS) 0–7 29:31 − Bondarevs (Macijevskis, Ņiživijs) 0–8 30:39 − Fanduļs Khristich (Chybirev, Gunko) – 31:38 1–8 Chybirev (Oletsky, Sierov) – 35:33 2–8 2–9 39:41 − Semjonovs (Vītoliņš, Bondarevs)
	26 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	35

First round

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	14	4	+10	6
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	12	7	+5	3
Canada	3	1	1	1	8	10	−2	3
Germany	3	0	3	0	5	18	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC-7).

15 February 2002 16:10

Canada

2–5 (1–1, 0–4, 1–0)

Sweden

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,597

	Curtis Joseph	Goalies	Tommy Salo	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Sergei Kulakov Dan Schachte
	R. Blake (M. Peca, T. Fleury) – 2:37 1–0 1–1 5:30 − M. Sundin (D. Alfredsson) 1–2 26:06 – N. Sundström (M. Nylander, M. Näslund) 1–3 30:42 – M. Sundin (D. Alfredsson, N. Lidström) 1–4 31:47 – K. Jönsson (H. Zetterberg) 1–5 35:58 – U. Dahlén (N. Sundström, M. Sundin) (PP) E. Brewer (O. Nolan) – 55:39 2–5
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	25

15 February 2002 19:00

Czech Republic

8–2 (3–0, 3–1, 2–1)

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,303

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Christian Künast Marc Seliger	Referee: Kevin Acheson Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Jean Morin
	J. Jágr (M. Ručinský, R. Lang) (PP) – 3:51 1–0 P. Sýkora (P. Eliáš, J. Dopita) – 13:35 2–0 M. Hejduk (M. Havlát, T. Kaberle) (PP) – 16:18 3–0 M. Havlát – 27:42 4–0 4–1 28:49 − L. Soccio (M. Sturm) R. Lang (M. Ručinský, J. Jágr) (PP) – 33:44 5–1 J. Jágr (R. Lang) – 38:32 6–1 6–2 47:46 – S. Ustorf (J. Hecht) P. Eliáš (J. Dopita) – 53:05 7–2 R. Reichel (M. Ručinský, J. Jágr) (PP) – 58:42 8–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	20

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17 February 2002 16:05

Sweden

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Czech Republic

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Dominik Hašek	Referee: Stephen Walkom Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Dan Schachte
	K. Johnsson (N. Lidström, N. Sundström) (PP) – 4:45 1–0 M. Sundin (U. Dahlén, D. Alfredsson) – 25:14 2–0 2–1 30:23 − J. Dopita
	10 min	Penalties	31 min
	22	Shots	38

17 February 2002 19:00

Canada

3–2 (0–0, 3–0, 0–2)

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,425

	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Marc Seliger	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Johan Norrman Tim Nowak
	J. Sakic (S. Gagné) – 23:35 1–0 P. Kariya (O. Nolan) (PP) – 33:51 2–0 A. Foote (E. Jovanovski, J. Nieuwendyk) – 34:35 3–0 3–1 47:42 − A. Loth (M. MacKay, M. Lüdemann) 3–2 53:50 – J. Hecht (C. Schubert, T. Abstreiter) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	27 min
	37	Shots	20

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18 February 2002 16:10

Czech Republic

3–3 (1–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Sergei Kulakov Dan Schachte
	0–1 9:11 − M. Lemieux (S. Niedermayer) M. Havlát (J. Jágr) – 18:23 1–1 M. Havlát (P. Kubina) – 23:08 2–1 2–2 38:49 – M. Lemieux (S. Yzerman) J. Dopita (R. Hamrlík) – 53:17 3–2 3–3 56:36 – J. Nieuwendyk (T. Fleury, E. Jovanovski)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	36

18 February 2002 19:00

Germany

1–7 (0–3, 0–3, 1–1)

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,348

	Christian Künast Robert Müller	Goalies	Johan Hedberg	Referee: Rami Savolainen Linesmen: Rudolf Lauff Tim Nowak
	0–1 4:30 − M. Näslund (N. Lidström, N. Sundström) (PP) 0–2 6:03 – M. Sundin (D. Alfredsson, U. Dahlén) 0–3 9:23 – M. Renberg (M. Öhlund, M. Ragnarsson) 0–4 23:05 – M. Johansson 0–5 27:58 – D. Alfredsson (M. Sundin) 0–6 34:49 – M. Näslund (M. Öhlund, M. Ragnarsson) 0–7 47:53 – T. Holmström (N. Lidström, M. Sundin) (PP) D. Seidenberg (S. Ustorf) – 58:01 1–7
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	44

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	16	3	+13	5
Finland	3	2	1	0	11	8	+3	4
Russia	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	3
Belarus	3	0	3	0	6	22	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC-7).

15 February 2002 11:05

Russia

6–4 (3–1, 1–2, 2–1)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,484

	Nikolai Khabibulin	Goalies	Sergei Shabanov Andrei Mezin	Referee: Stephen Walkom Linesmen: Mike Cvik Johan Norrman
	S. Samsonov (I. Kovalchuk, S. Fedorov) (PP) – 1:45 1–0 1–1 8:20 − O. Antonenko (D. Pankov) A. Zhamnov (P. Bure) (PP) – 17:32 2–1 I. Kovalchuk – 19:39 3–1 A. Yashin – 25:16 4–1 4–2 26:42 – O. Khmyl (PP) 4–3 34:01 – A. Kalyuzhny (PP) B. Mironov (M. Afinogenov) – 42:21 5–3 S. Fedorov (M. Afinogenov) – 44:04 6–3 6–4 58:23 – R. Salei (V. Tsyplakov, O. Khmyl) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	33

15 February 2002 20:45

Finland

0–6 (0–0, 0–3, 0–3)

United States

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,597

	Jani Hurme	Goalies	Mike Dunham	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Derek Nansen Tim Nowak
	0–1 29:45 − S. Young (B. Rolston, G. Suter) 0–2 36:16 − J. LeClair (B. Hull) 0–3 37:45 − K. Tkachuk (J. Roenick, B. Leetch) 0–4 46:49 − J. LeClair (B. Leetch) (PP2) 0–5 51:23 − J. LeClair (B. Hull, D. Weight) 0–6 54:14 − B. Guerin (P. Housley)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	39

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16 February 2002 16:45

Finland

8–1 (3–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Pasi Nurminen	Goalies	Sergei Shabanov Andrei Mezin	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Mike Cvik Rudolf Lauff
	O. Jokinen (N. Hagman, J. Niinimaa) – 1:30 1–0 T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, T. Numminen) (PP) – 14:53 2–0 O. Jokinen (T. Kallio) – 16:24 3–0 T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen) – 24:55 4–0 S. Kapanen (V. Nieminen, J. Niinimaa) – 25:43 5–0 T. Kallio (J. Lumme, N. Hagman) – 29:26 6–0 6–1 43:54 − V. Pankov (R. Salei, D. Pankov) (PP) A. Berg (R. Helminen) – 49:21 7–1 M. Eloranta (K. Timonen) – 54:39 8–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	21

16 February 2002 21:30

United States

2–2 (0–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Russia

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Mike Richter	Goalies	Nikolai Khabibulin	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Petr Blümel Jean Morin
	K. Tkachuk (B. Leetch, B. Rafalski) (PP2) – 26:19 1–0 1–1 37:08 – V. Bure (V. Malakhov) (PP) 1–2 42:06 – S. Fedorov (I. Kovalchuk, S. Samsonov) (PP) B. Hull (P. Housley, M. Modano) – 55:30 2–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	35

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18 February 2002 11:05

Belarus

1–8 (1–0, 0–3, 0–5)

United States

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Tom Barrasso	Referee: Stephen Walkom Linesmen: Mike Cvik Derek Nansen
	D. Pankov (V. Tsyplakov, O. Khmyl) – 0:20 1–0 1–1 20:46 – B. Hull (M. Modano) 1–2 22:46 – J. LeClair (B. Hull, B. Leetch) (PP) 1–3 27:33 – J. LeClair (M. Modano, B. Hull) 1–4 44:28 – S. Young (M. York, J. Roenick) 1–5 50:45 – A. Deadmarsh (B. Rolston) (SH) 1–6 52:34 – S. Young (J. Roenick) 1–7 53:32 – B. Guerin (T. Amonte) 1–8 56:26 – B. Guerin (A. Deadmarsh, B. Rolston)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	48

18 February 2002 13:30

Russia

1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Finland

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,360

	Nikolai Khabibulin	Goalies	Jani Hurme	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Petr Blümel Jean Morin
	P. Bure (I. Kravchuk) – 07:49 1–0 1–1 30:57 – T. Selänne (O. Väänänen) 1–2 36:15 – M. Eloranta (J. Ylönen, S. Kapanen) 1–3 40:33 – J. Lehtinen (S. Kapanen, J. Niinimaa) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	29

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

C2

Czech Republic

0

D3

Russia

1

D3

Russia

2

D1

United States

3

D1

United States

5

C4

Germany

0

D1

United States

2

C3

Canada

5

D2

Finland

1

C3

Canada

2

C3

Canada

7

Bronze medal game

D4

Belarus

1

C1

Sweden

3

D4

Belarus

2

D4

Belarus

4

D3

Russia

7

Quarter-finals

All times are local (UTC-7).

20 February 2002 11:05

Sweden

3–4 (1–2, 1–0, 1–2)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,240

	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Petr Blümel Dan Schachte
	N. Lidström (K. Johnsson, M. Nylander) – 3:10 1–0 1–1 7:47 – O. Romanov (I. Matushkin, A. Kalyuzhny) (SH) 1–2 9:33 – D. Dudik (A. Kovalev, A. Rasolko) (PP2) M. Nylander (M. Sundin, N. Lidström) (PP) – 30:14 2–2 2–3 42:47 – A. Kovalev M. Sundin – 47:54 3–3 3–4 57:36 – V. Kopat (O. Antonenko, V. Bekbulatov)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	47	Shots	19

20 February 2002 13:30

Czech Republic

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Russia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,219

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Nikolai Khabibulin	Referee: Stephen Walkom Linesmen: Johan Norrman Tim Nowak
	0–1 24:48 − M. Afinogenov (A. Nikolishin, V. Malakhov)
	6 min	Penalties	22 min
	41	Shots	27

20 February 2002 16:00

United States

5–0 (1–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Germany

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Mike Richter	Goalies	Marc Seliger Robert Müller	Referee: Ulf Rådbjer Linesmen: Jean Morin Derek Nansen
	J. Roenick (B. Rafalski, D. Weight) (PP2) – 13:06 1–0 C. Chelios – 20:46 2–0 T. Amonte (J. Roenick) – 29:42 3–0 J. LeClair (P. Housley, M. Modano) – 30:14 4–0 B. Hull (M. Modano, J. LeClair) – 31:47 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	33 min
	33	Shots	28

20 February 2002 20:15

Finland

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Jani Hurme	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Mike Cvik Rudolf Lauff
	0–1 3:00 – J. Sakic (S. Gagné) 0–2 35:49 – S. Yzerman (M. Lemieux) N. Hagman (T. Kallio, O. Jokinen) – 36:09 1–2
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	34

Semi-finals

All times are local (UTC-7).

22 February 2002 12:00

Canada

7–1 (2–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Andrei Mezin Sergei Shabanov	Referee: Stephen Walkom Linesmen: Sergei Kulakov Tim Nowak
	S. Yzerman (J. Sakic, R. Blake) – 6:05 1–0 1–1 13:24 – R. Salei E. Brewer (S. Yzerman) – 17:25 2–1 S. Niedermayer (M. Lemieux, P. Kariya) (PP) – 22:09 3–1 P. Kariya (S. Yzerman, M. Lemieux) – 33:28 4–1 S. Gagné (M. Peca) (SH) – 45:21 5–1 E. Lindros (R. Smyth, O. Nolan) (PP) – 52:24 6–1 J. Iginla (B. Shanahan) – 56:15 7–1
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	51	Shots	14

22 February 2002 16:20

Russia

2–3 (0–1, 0–2, 2–0)

United States

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

	Nikolai Khabibulin	Goalies	Mike Richter	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Jean Morin
	0–1 15:56 – B. Guerin (PP) 0–2 27:31 – S. Young (P. Housley, B. Leetch) (PP) 0–3 37:39 – P. Housley (T. Amonte) (PP) A. Kovalev (D. Markov, O. Tverdovsky) – 40:11 1–3 V. Malakhov – 43:21 2–3
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	49

Bronze medal game

All times are local (UTC-7).

23 February 2002 12:15

Belarus

2–7 (1–2, 1–2, 0–3)

Russia

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin Sergei Shabanov	Goalies	Nikolai Khabibulin	Referee: Ulf Rådbjer Linesmen: Johan Norrman Dan Schachte
	0–1 5:28 – A. Kovalev (I. Larionov) D. Pankov (V. Tsyplakov) – 9:21 1–1 1–2 11:20 – D. Kasparaitis (I. Larionov, A. Kovalev) D. Dudik (V. Kopat) – 21:15 2–2 2–3 23:11 – O. Tverdovsky (S. Fedorov, A. Yashin) (PP) 2–4 23:34 – P. Datsyuk (I. Kravchuk) 2–5 47:47 – A. Kovalev (P. Datsyuk, I. Larionov) 2–6 52:30 – P. Bure (P. Datsyuk) 2–7 59:11 – M. Afinogenov (S. Samsonov, V. Malakhov)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	45

Gold medal game

All times are local (UTC-7).

24 February 2002 13:00

United States

2–5 (1–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

Game reference
	Mike Richter	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Mike Cvik Antti Hämäläinen
	T. Amonte (D. Weight, T. Poti) – 8:49 1–0 1–1 14:50 – P. Kariya (C. Pronger, M. Lemieux) 1–2 18:33 – J. Iginla (J. Sakic, S. Gagné) B. Rafalski (M. Modano, B. Hull) (PP) – 35:30 2–2 2–3 38:19 – J. Sakic (E. Jovanovski, R. Blake) (PP) 2–4 56:01 – J. Iginla (S. Yzerman, J. Sakic) 2–5 58:40 – J. Sakic (J. Iginla)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	39

Final rankings

	Team
	Canada
	United States
	Russia
4th	Belarus
5th	Sweden
6th	Finland
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Germany
9th	Latvia
10th	Ukraine
11th	Switzerland
12th	Austria
13th	Slovakia
14th	France

These standings are presented as the IIHF has them,^[10] however both the NHL and IOC maintain that all quarterfinal losers are ranked equal at 5th.^[11][12]

Statistics

Average age

Team USA was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 31 years and 10 months. Team Slovakia was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 26 years and 10 months. Gold medalists team Canada averaged 30 years and 3 months. Tournament average was 28 years and 9 months.^[13]

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Mats Sundin	4	5	4	9	+4	10	F
Brett Hull	6	3	5	8	+4	6	F
John LeClair	6	6	1	7	+2	2	F
Joe Sakic	6	4	3	7	+6	0	F
Marián Hossa	2	4	2	6	+5	0	F
Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann	4	3	3	6	0	2	F
Philippe Bozon	4	3	3	6	+1	2	F
Len Soccio	7	3	3	6	+3	8	F
Mario Lemieux	4	2	4	6	+4	0	F
Steve Yzerman	6	2	4	6	+4	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com Archived 2018-10-01 at the Wayback Machine

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
Martin Gerber	157:44	4	1.52	95	95.79	0
Mike Richter	240:00	9	2.25	132	93.18	1
Nikolai Khabibulin	359:12	14	2.34	200	93.00	1
Tommy Salo	179:03	7	2.35	92	92.39	0
Dominik Hašek	239:00	8	2.01	105	92.38	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com Archived 2019-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

Joe Sakic (far left) was named the MVP of the tournament

• Media All-Stars
  • Goaltender: Mike Richter
  • Defencemen: Brian Leetch, Chris Chelios
  • Forwards: John LeClair, Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin
• Most Valuable Player: Joe Sakic
• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Nikolai Khabibulin
  • Best Defenceman: Chris Chelios
  • Best Forward: Joe Sakic

References

1. "2001-02 NHL Schedule and Results".
2. "Thrilling draw". CNNSI.com. Associated Press. February 17, 2002. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
3. "US-Canada showdown set while Russians angered again". CNN. 2002-02-22. Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
4. "USA holds off Russia 3–2 to advance to gold medal game". CNN. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
5. "Roenick foils Russia's bid to tie game". CNN. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
6. "Dream final will come down to blueline play". CNN. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
7. Ohler, Shawn (February 26, 2002). "Lucky Loonie Stunt Pays Off". Calgary Herald. p. A1.
8. Duhatschek, Eric (2006-02-07). "It's time to bury the myth of the lucky loonie". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
9. Olson, Lisa (2002-02-25). "A great burden lifted, he turns into Loonie one". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
10. IIHF Media Guide and Record Book (2011), p. 119.
11. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book (2006), p. 15.
12. LA84 foundation Ice Hockey Men Official Report of the XIX Olympic Winter Games, p. 323.
13. "Team Canada - Olympics - Salt Lake City 2002 - Player Stats".

External links

• Official results for men's tournament Archived 2020-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Official structure and seeding for men's qualification and Olympic tournament Archived 2018-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Salt Lake City 2002 – Results – Ice hockey – Men