Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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).

2006 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	15–26 February
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (2nd title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	38
Goals scored	206 (5.42 per game)
Attendance	236,013 (6,211 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Teemu Selänne (11 points)
MVP	Antero Niittymäki
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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 beat 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. 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

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 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
Host	19 June 1999	Seoul	1	Italy
2004 IIHF World Ranking[a]	26 March 2001 – 9 May 2004	Prague and Ostrava[b]	8	Canada  Sweden  Slovakia  Czech Republic  Finland  United States  Russia  Germany
Final qualification tournament	10–13 February 2005	Kloten	1	Switzerland
Final qualification tournament	10–13 February 2005	Riga	1	Latvia
Final qualification tournament	10–13 February 2005	Klagenfurt	1	Kazakhstan
Total			12

Notes

1. ^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
2. ^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

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	+17	10	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	5	2	2	1	10	12	−2	6
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	15	9	+6	6
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	14	12	+2	4
5	Germany	5	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2
6	Italy (H)	5	0	2	3	9	23	−14	2

Source: IIHF
(H) Hosts

15 February 2006 13:05

Italy

2–7 (0–1, 2–5, 0–1)

Canada

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,575

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Sergei Shelyanin
	0–1 5:33 – J. Iginla (T. Bertuzzi, J. Sakic) (PP) J. Cirone (G. Scandella) (PP) – 20:43 1–1 1–2 21:55 – D. Heatley (M. St. Louis, V. Lecavalier) 1–3 25:38 – S. Doan (C. Pronger, B. Richards) 1–4 26:04 – J. Iginla (J. Sakic) (PP) 1–5 33:53 – M. St. Louis (D. Heatley, V. Lecavalier) 1–6 34:38 – B. Richards (S. Doan, T. Bertuzzi) J. Parco (T. Tuzzolino) – 38:08 2–6 2–7 43:39 – J. Thornton (S. Gagné) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	50

15 February 2006 15:35

Switzerland

0–5 (0–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Finland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,960

Game reference
	Martin Gerber (out 40:00) David Aebischer (in 40:00)	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Thor Nelson
	0–1 13:07 – O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen) (PP) 0–2 23:35 – T. Numminen (T. Selänne, J. Lehtinen) (PP) 0–3 28:04 – O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, J. Jokinen) (PP) 0–4 33:25 – T. Selänne (S. Koivu) 0–5 39:25 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, O. Jokinen)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	37

15 February 2006 17:05

Germany

1–4 (1–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,463

Game reference
	Olaf Kölzig	Goalies	Dominik Hašek (out 9:25) Tomáš Vokoun (in 9:25)	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Kevin Redding Tony Sericolo
	T. Boos (A. Sulzer) (PP) – 19:10 1–0 1–1 21:02 – T. Kaberle (P. Kubina, T. Vokoun) (PP) 1–2 23:38 – T. Kaberle (M. Straka, J. Jágr) (PP) 1–3 57:47 – J. Jágr 1–4 59:32 – D. Výborný (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	34

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16 February 2006 12:05

Finland

6–0 (0–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,776

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Günther Hell	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Milan Mášik Kevin Redding
	J. Lehtinen (T. Numminen) (PP) – 21:49 1–0 S. Koivu (T. Numminen) (PP) – 23:51 2–0 J. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, S. Salo) (PP) – 30:11 3–0 V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin) (PP) – 38:25 4–0 T. Selänne (S. Koivu, S. Salo) (PP2) – 52:07 5–0 T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen) – 55:08 6–0
	4 min	Penalties	22 min
	51	Shots	16

16 February 2006 13:05

Czech Republic

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,400

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Tony Sericolo Sergei Shelyanin
	0–1 5:11 – T. Ziegler (I. Rüthemann) J. Jágr (M. Straka, V. Prospal) – 22:55 1–1 1–2 29:44 – T. Paterlini (SH) M. Židlický (A. Hemský, M. Ručinský) – 41:00 2–2 2–3 46:42 – M. Streit (M. Seger, M. Plüss) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	19

16 February 2006 20:05

Canada

5–1 (3–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Germany

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,554

Game reference
	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Thomas Greiss	Referee: Christer Lärking Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Thor Nelson
	W. Redden (S. Gagné, J. Thornton) – 4:52 1–0 J. Sakic (T. Bertuzzi, R. Nash) (PP) – 7:29 2–0 S. Gagné (R. Regehr, B. Richards) – 10:49 3–0 3–1 29:13 – C. Ehrhoff (C. Schubert, S. Ustorf) D. Heatley (A. Foote) – 35:37 4–1 S. Doan (R. Smyth) – 59:26 5–1
	24 min	Penalties	18 min
	40	Shots	12

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18 February 2006 13:05

Italy

3–3 (1–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Germany

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,908

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Olaf Kölzig	Referee: Timo Favorin Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Milan Mášik
	J. Parco (T. Iob) – 2:03 1–0 1–1 26:21 – T. Martinec (T. Boos) T. Iob (J. Parco, G. de Bettin) – 44:27 2–1 2–2 47:16 – S. Felski (D. Kreutzer) C. Borgatello (G. de Bettin, M. Chitaroni) (SH) – 58:28 3–2 3–3 58:43 – M. Goc (D. Kreutzer, E. Lewandowski) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	34

18 February 2006 15:35

Canada

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,769

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Martin Gerber	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Kevin Redding
	0–1 18:19 – P. DiPietro (P. Della Rossa) 0–2 28:47 – P. DiPietro (G. Bezina, M. Streit) (PP2)
	34 min	Penalties	42 min
	49	Shots	18

18 February 2006 21:05

Czech Republic

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,705

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Tony Sericolo Sergei Shelyanin
	M. Židlický (R. Lang, M. Hejduk) (PP) – 8:25 1–0 1–1 14:14 – O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, V. Peltonen) 1–2 35:02 – J. Lehtinen (K. Timonen) (PP) M. Židlický (R. Lang, J. Špaček) (PP2) – 38:17 2–2 2–3 40:30 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, S. Koivu) 2–4 48:33 – J. Lehtinen (S. Koivu, T. Selänne)
	12 min	Penalties	39 min
	39	Shots	32

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19 February 2006 12:05

Germany

2–2 (0–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Switzerland

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,756

Game reference
	Olaf Kölzig	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Kevin Redding Sergei Shelyanin
	S. Felski (C. Ehrhoff) – 22:20 1–0 1–1 28:17 – F. Conne (P. Fischer) 1–2 38:05 – P. DiPietro (P. Della Rossa) T. Boos (E. Lewandowski) – 52:09 2–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	25

19 February 2006 20:05

Czech Republic

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,776

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Günther Hell (out 27:32) Jason Muzzatti (in 27:32)	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Joacim Karlsson
	M. Hejduk (D. Výborný, T. Kaberle) – 12:57 1–0 V. Prospal (J. Jágr, M. Straka) – 14:20 2–0 V. Prospal (M. Straka) (SH) – 28:36 3–0 3–1 57:53 – J. Parco (G. de Bettin, T. Iob) V. Prospal (M. Straka, T. Vokoun) (EN) – 58:40 4–1
	20 min	Penalties	58 min
	43	Shots	16

19 February 2006 21:05

Finland

2–0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,420

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Roberto Luongo	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Milan Mášik Thor Nelson
	T. Selänne (S. Koivu) – 11:14 1–0 N. Kapanen (V. Nieminen, K. Timonen) – 15:02 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	24

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21 February 2006 12:35

Switzerland

3–3 (2–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,529

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Milan Mášik Tony Sericolo
	R. Lemm (G. Bezina, S. Blindenbacher) (PP) − 3:06 1–0 P. Fischer (M. Plüss) – 6:33 2–0 2–1 15:41 – J. Busillo (B. Nardella) (PP) 2–2 20:53 – C. Trevisani (J. Cirone, J. Busillo) (PP) 2–3 46:13 – T. Iob (G. de Bettin) I. Rüthemann – 56:38 3–3
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	35

21 February 2006 15:35

Finland

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,430

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Robert Müller	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Kevin Redding
	N. Kapanen (N. Hagman, S. Koivu) (PP) – 2:35 1–0 S. Koivu (J. Lehtinen, T. Selänne) – 39:39 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	18

21 February 2006 16:35

Canada

3–2 (3–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 9,126

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun (out 20:00) Milan Hnilička (in 20:00)	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Thor Nelson
	B. Richards (J. Iginla, C. Pronger) – 7:37 1–0 M. St. Louis (V. Lecavalier, R. Blake) (PP) – 11:19 2–0 C. Pronger (J. Thornton) – 19:24 3–0 3–1 33:46 – P. Kubina (J. Jágr, M. Ručinský) (PP) 3–2 42:41 – P. Čajánek (T. Kaberle, A. Hemský)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	33

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	+10	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	0	1	23	11	+12	8
3	Sweden	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	6
4	United States	5	1	1	3	13	13	0	3
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4	9	16	−7	2
6	Latvia	5	0	1	4	11	29	−18	1

Source: IIHF

15 February 2006 11:35

Kazakhstan

2–7 (0–3, 1–4, 1–0)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,200

Game reference
	Vitali Yeremeyev	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Pierre Racicot
	0–1 7:45 – D. Tjärnqvist (J. Jönsson, T. Holmström) 0–2 10:46 – D. Alfredsson (PP) 0–3 16:06 – H. Sedin (M. Samuelsson, D. Sedin) E. Koreshkov (SH) – 20:17 1–3 1–4 28:47 – P. Axelsson (S. Påhlsson, M. Öhlund) 1–5 31:08 – M. Sundin (C. Bäckman, F. Modin) (PP) 1–6 35:31 – D. Sedin (M. Öhlund, H. Sedin) 1–7 36:21 – D. Tjärnqvist (P. Axelsson, S. Påhlsson) V. Antipin (D. Upper) – 48:33 2–7
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	34

15 February 2006 20:05

Russia

3–5 (2–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Slovakia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,800

Game reference
	Ilya Bryzgalov	Goalies	Peter Budaj	Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Derek Doucette Antti Hämäläinen
	0–1 9:07 – P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa, R. Suchý) P. Datsyuk (D. Markov) – 10:00 1–1 A. Kovalev (P. Datsyuk, I. Kovalchuk) – 12:38 2–1 2–2 25:51 – L. Višňovský (P. Demitra) (PP) A. Ovechkin (S. Gonchar, F. Tyutin) (PP) – 30:03 3–2 3–3 33:05 – P. Bondra (A. Meszároš, Z. Chára) (PP) 3–4 56:32 – M. Gáborík 3–5 59:31 – M. Gáborík
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	36

15 February 2006 21:05

Latvia

3–3 (1–2, 2–0, 0–1)

United States

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,851

Game reference
	Artūrs Irbe	Goalies	John Grahame	Referee: Timo Favorin Linesmen: Thomas Gemeinhardt Steve Miller
	0–1 9:44 – B. Gionta (J. Liles, S. Gomez) (PP) 0–2 10:38 – C. Conroy A. Ņiživijs (S. Ozoliņš) – 13:15 1–2 A. Tribuncovs (S. Ozoliņš, A. Ņiživijs) (PP) – 35:04 2–2 H. Vasiļjevs (R. Laviņš) – 35:44 3–2 3–3 42:01 – J. Leopold (B. Hedican, C. Conroy)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	42

15 February 2006 16:05

Sweden

0–5 (0–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,545

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Petr Blümel Steve Miller
	0–1 27:13 – A. Kovalev (A. Markov) (PP) 0–2 28:05 – A. Ovechkin (A. Yashin) 0–3 38:58 – M. Sushinsky (E. Malkin, S. Zhukov) 0–4 50:31 – V. Kozlov (A. Frolov, A. Korolyuk) 0–5 54:04 – M. Afinogenov (P. Datsyuk)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	32

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16 February 2006 17:05

Slovakia

6–3 (4–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Latvia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,960

Game reference
	Ján Lašák	Goalies	Artūrs Irbe	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Pierre Racicot
	R. Zedník (L. Višňovský) – 5:23 1–0 R. Petrovický (T. Surový, A. Meszároš) – 5:43 2–0 2–1 6:27 – S. Ozoliņš (M. Cipulis, G. Panteļejevs) P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) – 7:54 3–1 Mari. Hossa – 13:17 4–1 4–2 20:54 – M. Cipulis (A. Cipruss, G. Panteļejevs) 4–3 26:51 – A. Ņiživijs (K. Skrastiņš) Z. Chára (Mari. Hossa) – 33:49 5–3 Mari. Hossa (M. Gáborík) – 49:04 6–3
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	28

16 February 2006 21:05

United States

4–1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,400

Game reference
	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Derek Doucette Antti Hämäläinen
	B. Guerin (C. Drury) – 1:34 1–0 B. Rolston (D. Weight) (PP) – 8:31 2–0 B. Gionta (J. Liles, S. Gomez) (PP) – 16:50 3–0 3–1 51:02 – E. Koreshkov (A. Vassilchenko) (PP) M. Modano (E. Cole) – 51:53 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	36	Shots	12

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18 February 2006 11:35

Kazakhstan

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,660

Game reference
	Vitali Yeremeyev	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Christer Lärking Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Thomas Gemeinhardt
	0–1 31:38 – A. Kharitonov (M. Sushinsky, E. Malkin)
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	50

18 February 2006 17:05

Sweden

6–1 (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,795

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Derek Doucette Antti Hämäläinen
	S. Påhlsson (P. Forsberg) – 14:20 1–0 N. Lidström (H. Zetterberg) (PP) – 22:22 2–0 D. Alfredsson (K. Jönsson) (PP) – 24:59 3–0 P. Axelsson (P. Forsberg) (PP) – 25:17 4–0 H. Zetterberg (T. Holmström) – 27:58 5–0 D. Alfredsson (M. Sundin, N. Lidström) – 44:48 6–0 6–1 49:10 – M. Ziediņš (A. Ņiživijs, S. Ozoliņš)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	14

18 February 2006 20:05

Slovakia

2–1 (0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

United States

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,697

Game reference
	Peter Budaj	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Petr Blümel Pierre Racicot
	Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) (PP) – 34:20 1–0 1–1 38:24 – B. Rolston (B. Rafalski, S. Gomez) (PP) P. Bondra (M. Šatan, R. Kapuš) – 41:48 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	30

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19 February 2006 13:05

Russia

9–2 (3–1, 3–0, 3–1)

Latvia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,310

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov (out 40:00) Maxim Sokolov (in 40:00)	Goalies	Artūrs Irbe (out 27:58) Edgars Masaļskis (in 27:58)	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Petr Blümel Stefan Fonselius
	I. Kovalchuk (A. Kovalev, D. Markov) – 7:26 1–0 M. Sushinsky (A. Kharitonov, S. Gonchar) (PP2) – 9:15 2–0 2–1 9:55 – A. Cipruss (SH) I. Kovalchuk (P. Datsyuk) – 12:36 3–1 I. Kovalchuk (A. Kovalev, P. Datsyuk) – 23:32 4–1 V. Kozlov (A. Yashin) – 25:45 5–1 I. Kovalchuk (P. Datsyuk) – 35:16 6–1 A. Yashin (V. Kozlov, S. Zhukov) – 41:58 7–1 E. Malkin (M. Sushinsky, V. Vishnevski) – 47:32 8–1 A. Ovechkin (V. Kozlov, A. Yashin) – 56:27 9–1 9–2 58:04 – M. Rēdlihs (A. Bērziņš)
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	11

19 February 2006 16:05

Slovakia

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 9,160

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Derek Doucette Antti Hämäläinen
	0–1 16:16 – E. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov, A. Savenkov) (PP) P. Bondra (R. Kapuš, M. Jurčina) (PP) – 39:50 1–1 Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) – 48:09 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	19

19 February 2006 17:05

United States

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,450

Game reference
	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Thomas Gemeinhardt Steve Miller
	0–1 7:05 – D. Alfredsson (K. Jönsson, M. Sundin) M. Modano (C. Conroy, C. Chelios) – 17:31 1–1 1–2 44:22 – M. Samuelsson (D. Alfredsson, M. Sundin) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	26

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21 February 2006 11:35

Latvia

2–5 (1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Kazakhstan

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,300

Game reference
	Sergejs Naumovs	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev	Referee: Christer Lärking Linesmen: Derek Doucette Thomas Gemeinhardt
	0–1 7:20 – A. Koreshkov (E. Koreshkov) L. Tambijevs (A. Ņiživijs) (PP) – 15:13 1–1 1–2 35:04 – N. Antropov (E. Koreshkov) A. Cipruss (G. Panteļejevs, A. Tribuncovs) – 45:04 2–2 2–3 52:33 – S. Alexandrov (F. Polishchuk, A. Troschinsky) 2–4 54:53 – E. Koreshkov (PS) 2–5 58:08 – E. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	30

21 February 2006 20:05

Sweden

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,250

Game reference
	Mikael Tellqvist	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Timo Favorin Linesmen: Petr Blümel Pierre Racicot
	0–1 15:51 – P. Bondra (M. Šatan) 0–2 46:16 – Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) 0–3 58:58 – R. Suchý (P. Demitra, Mari. Hossa)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	31

^[3]

Allegations have surfaced of Sweden throwing the game against Slovakia so the Swedes would face Switzerland in the quarterfinals instead of Canada or the Czech Republic. Shortly before the game, Sweden coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson was reported to have publicly contemplated tanking in order to avoid those teams, saying about Canada and the Czechs, "One is cholera, the other the plague."^[3] During the game itself, one reportedly suspect sequence came when Sweden had an extended five-on-three powerplay with five NHL stars on the ice—Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin, Daniel Alfredsson, Nicklas Lidström and Fredrik Modin—and failed to put a shot on net. Sports Illustrated writer Michael Farber would say about this particular powerplay, "If the Swedes had passed the puck any more, their next opponent would have been the Washington Generals." "[They] were even afraid to shoot!", Russian coach Vladimir Krikunov said.

As part of a subsequent interview about the championship over five years later, Forsberg was interpreted to insinuate that Sweden lost their preliminary round game against Slovakia on purpose, so as to draw Switzerland as their quarterfinal opponent, rather than Canada or the Czech Republic. Swedish forward Henrik Sedin, who played alongside Forsberg on the 2006 team denied the notion while adding that Forsberg's comments in the interview were misconstrued.^[4][5]

21 February 2006 20:35

United States

4–5 (1–2, 1–1, 2–2)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 9,378

Game reference
	Robert Esche	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov (out 20:00) Maxim Sokolov (in 20:00)	Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Steve Miller
	0–1 9:27 – A. Korolyuk 0–2 10:41 – E. Malkin (D. Kasparaitis) (SH) B. Rolston (C. Conroy) (PP) – 18:38 1–2 1–3 35:00 – A. Markov (P. Datsyuk, M. Sushinsky) B. Gionta (S. Gomez, D. Weight) (PP) – 39:01 2–3 S. Gomez (M. Schneider, B. Rolston) (PP) – 45:00 3–3 3–4 49:55 – A. Ovechkin (E. Malkin, D. Kasparaitis) E. Cole (M. Knuble, C. Drury) – 50:38 4–4 4–5 51:52 – A. Kovalev (P. Datsyuk, E. Malkin)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	21

Playoff round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal game
	22 February
	Finland	4
					24 February
	United States	3
					Finland	4
	22 February
					Russia	0
	Russia	2
									26 February
	Canada	0
									Finland	2
	22 February
									Sweden	3
	Switzerland	2
					24 February
	Sweden	6
					Sweden	7
	22 February
					Czech Republic	3			Bronze medal game
	Slovakia	1
									25 February
	Czech Republic	3
									Russia	0
									Czech Republic	3

Quarterfinals

22 February 2006 16:35

Switzerland

2–6 (1–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,970

Game reference
	Martin Gerber	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Thor Nelson Sergei Shelyanin
	0–1 3:05 – H. Sedin (D. Sedin, N. Lidström) M. Streit (P. Della Rossa, M. Plüss) – 8:37 1–1 1–2 13:49 – F. Modin (P. Forsberg, D. Alfredsson) (PP) 1–3 22:17 – H. Zetterberg (T. Holmström, K. Jönsson) 1–4 29:07 – M. Sundin (N. Lidström, D. Alfredsson) (PP) 1–5 32:52 – M. Sundin (P. Forsberg, D. Tjärnqvist) R. Lemm (I. Rüthemann) – 40:49 2–5 2–6 48:36 − S. Påhlsson (D. Alfredsson, P. Axelsson)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	27

22 February 2006 17:35

Finland

4–3 (2–1, 2–1, 0–1)

United States

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,691

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Milan Mášik Steve Miller
	V. Peltonen (J. Jokinen, S. Salo) – 9:33 1–0 S. Salo (SH) − 12:01 2–0 2–1 13:14 – M. Knuble (M. Schneider, D. Weight) 2–2 21:29 − M. Schneider (B. Rafalski, C. Conroy) (PP) O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen) (PP) – 25:06 3–2 O. Jokinen (PP2) – 37:10 4–2 4–3 55:33 – B. Gionta (C. Drury, E. Cole)
	16 min	Penalties	30 min
	25	Shots	28

22 February 2006 20:35

Russia

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,130

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Tony Sericolo
	A. Ovechkin (V. Kozlov) (PP) – 41:30 1–0 A. Kovalev (A. Markov) (PP) – 59:37 2–0
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	33	Shots	27

22 February 2006 21:35

Slovakia

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,893

Game reference
	Peter Budaj	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Pierre Racicot
	0–1 12:51 – M. Ručinský (SH) 0–2 28:41 – M. Hejduk (F. Kaberle, M. Ručinský) M. Gáborík (Mari. Hossa) – 43:38 1–2 1–3 59:57 − M. Straka (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	28

Semifinals

24 February 2006 16:35

Sweden

7–3 (2–1, 4–2, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,071

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Milan Hnilička (out 27:54) Tomáš Vokoun (in 27:54)	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Pierre Racicot
	F. Modin (M. Sundin, P. Forsberg) – 0:34 1–0 1–1 3:11 – F. Kuba (M. Straka, V. Prospal) P. Axelsson (N. Lidström, N. Kronwall) – 13:37 2–1 H. Sedin (D. Sedin) – 21:16 3–1 C. Bäckman (D. Alfredsson) – 23:54 4–1 J. Jönsson (K. Jönsson, M. Samuelsson) (PP) – 27:54 5–1 5–2 30:40 – A. Hemský (J. Jágr, M. Židlický) (PP) 5–3 31:25 – V. Prospal (D. Výborný) D. Alfredsson (P. Axelsson) – 39:00 6–3 T. Holmström (H. Zetterberg) – 56:05 7–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	24

24 February 2006 21:05

Finland

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,702

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Milan Mášik Tony Sericolo
	V. Peltonen (K. Timonen) (PP) – 6:13 1–0 T. Lydman (S. Koivu) – 29:33 2–0 S. Koivu (K. Timonen, T. Selänne) (PP) – 33:51 3–0 O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, N. Kapanen) – 49:17 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	21

Bronze medal game

25 February 2006 20:35

Russia

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,379

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Steve Miller
	0–1 4:48 – M. Erat (D. Výborný, R. Lang) 0–2 26:36 – M. Židlický (J. Jágr, R. Lang) (PP) 0–3 59:52 – M. Straka (M. Erat) (EN)
	41 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	15

Gold medal game

26 February 2006 14:05

Finland

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,274

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Milan Mášik Thor Nelson
	K. Timonen (T. Selänne) (PP) – 14:45 1–0 1–1 24:42 – H. Zetterberg (M. Samuelsson, C. Bäckman) (PP) 1–2 33:24 – N. Kronwall (H. Zetterberg) (PP) V. Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) – 35:00 2–2 2–3 40:10 – N. Lidström (M. Sundin, P. Forsberg)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	28

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Sweden
	Finland
	Czech Republic
4	Russia
5	Slovakia
6	Switzerland
7	Canada
8	United States
9	Kazakhstan
10	Germany
11	Italy
12	Latvia

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.^[6]

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Teemu Selänne	8	6	5	11	+7	4	F
Saku Koivu	8	3	8	11	+5	12	F
Daniel Alfredsson	8	5	5	10	+2	4	F
Marián Hossa	6	5	5	10	+9	4	F
Ville Peltonen	8	4	5	9	+4	6	F
Olli Jokinen	8	6	2	8	+5	2	F
Jere Lehtinen	8	3	5	8	+6	0	F
Mats Sundin	8	3	5	8	+1	4	F
Martin Straka	8	2	6	8	+4	6	F
Pavel Datsyuk	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
Antero Niittymäki	358:51	8	1.34	164	95.12	3
Evgeni Nabokov	359:27	8	1.34	134	94.03	3
David Aebischer	200:00	7	2.10	117	94.02	0
Peter Budaj	179:24	6	2.01	79	92.41	0
Martin Brodeur	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
  • Goaltender: Antero Niittymäki
  • Defencemen: Nicklas Lidström, Kimmo Timonen
  • Forwards: Saku Koivu, Teemu Selänne, Alexander Ovechkin

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

Source: IIHF

References

1. 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.
2. Podnieks & Szemberg 2008, Story #8–Sweden's unique double, Olympics & Worlds.
3. Farber, Michael (March 6, 2006). "Swede Success". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
4. "Report: Peter Forsberg Says Sweden Threw Game During 2006 Winter Olympics". NESN. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
5. "Forsberg shocker: admits Sweden may have tanked game in 2006 Olympics". Denver Post. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
6. "Team Canada - Olympics - Turin 2006 - Player Stats".

• Podnieks, Andrew; Szemberg, Szymon (2008). IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All-Time. H. B. Fenn & Company, Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.

External links

• "Turin 2006". International Olympic Committee. 23 April 2018.
• "Men's ice hockey". International Olympic Committee.