Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from February 16 to February 28, 2010. Games were hosted at two venues – Canada Hockey Place (renamed from "General Motors Place" for the Olympics because IOC rules disallowed host venues to be named after non-Olympic sponsors) and UBC Thunderbird Arena. These Olympics were the first to take place in a city with a National Hockey League team since the NHL players were introduced in 1998, which meant players on the Vancouver Canucks who were competing in the Olympics were playing in their home arena: Roberto Luongo for Canada, Ryan Kesler for the United States, Pavol Demitra for Slovakia, Sami Salo for Finland, Christian Ehrhoff for Germany, and Daniel and Henrik Sedin for Sweden.

2010 Winter Olympics

A round-robin game between the USA and Canada
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	Canada Hockey Place UBC Thunderbird Arena
Dates	February 16–28
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Canada (8th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Scoring leader(s)	Pavol Demitra (10 points)
MVP	Ryan Miller
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Teams from twelve national hockey associations competed, seeded into three groups for the preliminary round. The tournament consisted of 30 games: 18 in the preliminary round (teams played the other teams in their own group); 4 qualification playoff games; 4 quarterfinal games; 2 semifinal games; 1 bronze medal game; and 1 gold medal game.^[1]

During the tournament, Teemu Selänne of Finland became the all-time leader for points scored in the Olympics.^[2][3] He notched an assist in his second game of the tournament for 37 career points, surpassing Valeri Kharlamov of the Soviet Union, Vlastimil Bubník of Czechoslovakia, and Harry Watson of Canada.^[2][3] Sweden's goaltender Henrik Lundqvist set a modern-day Olympic shutout streak record of 172 minutes and 34 seconds, continuous from the final of the gold medal game of the 2006 Olympics until Sweden's quarterfinal against Slovakia.^[4]

The tournament was won by Canada for the record eighth time (one more than the Soviet Union), which defeated the United States in overtime in the gold medal game.

Qualification

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States qualified as the top nine teams in the IIHF World Ranking. Germany, Latvia and Norway qualified via the qualification tournament for teams ranked 10th through 30th.

Rosters

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters

Group A	Group B	Group C
Canada (roster)  Norway (roster)   Switzerland (roster)  United States (roster)	Czech Republic (roster)  Latvia (roster)  Russia (roster)  Slovakia (roster)	Belarus (roster)  Finland (roster)  Germany (roster)  Sweden (roster)

Preliminary round

Points to each team were awarded as follows:^[1]

• 3 points for a win at the conclusion of regulation time
• 2 points for an overtime or shootout win
• 1 point for an overtime or shootout loss
• 0 points for a loss at the conclusion of regulation

If two or more teams were tied in points, the following tiebreaker criteria were used:^[1]

• points earned in games involving only tied teams
• goal difference in games involving only tied teams
• goals scored in games involving only tied teams
• goal difference in all group games
• goals scored in all group games
• better 2009 IIHF World Ranking position

If a criterion left only two teams tied, then those teams were ranked based on their head-to-head result.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	3	0	0	0	14	5	+9	9	Quarterfinals
Canada	3	1	1	0	1	14	7	+7	5
Switzerland	3	0	1	1	1	8	10	−2	3
Norway	3	0	0	1	2	5	19	−14	1

Source: ESPN

All times are local (UTC−8).

16 February 2010 12:00

United States

3–1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,706

Game reference
	Ryan Miller	Goalies	Jonas Hiller	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Dan O'Halloran Linesmen: Jean Morin Yuri Oskirko
	B. Ryan – 18:59 1–0 D. Backes – 25:52 2–0 R. Malone (R. Suter) (PP) – 28:25 3–0 3–1 49:45 – R. Wick (H. Domenichelli, M. Streit) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	15

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16 February 2010 16:30

Canada

8–0 (0–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Norway

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,652

Game reference
	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Pål Grotnes (out 44:29) / André Lysenstøen (in 44:29)	Referees: Jyri Rönn Chris Rooney Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Tim Nowak
	J. Iginla (S. Crosby, D. Doughty) (PP) – 22:30 1–0 D. Heatley (C. Pronger, J. Thornton) – 24:27 2–0 M. Richards (P. Bergeron, S. Weber) – 31:06 3–0 R. Getzlaf (S. Niedermayer, J. Toews) – 44:29 4–0 D. Heatley (P. Marleau, D. Boyle) (PP) – 46:43 5–0 J. Iginla (R. Nash, S. Crosby) – 47:36 6–0 C. Perry (E. Staal, D. Boyle) – 51:03 7–0 J. Iginla (R. Nash, S. Crosby) – 58:11 8–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	15

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18 February 2010 12:00

United States

6–1 (2–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Norway

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,710

Game reference
	Ryan Miller	Goalies	Pål Grotnes	Referees: Marc Joannette Guy Pellerin Linesmen: Petr Blümel Jean Morin
	P. Kessel (J. Pavelski, R. Malone) – 2:39 1–0 C. Drury (R. Callahan, D. Backes) – 13:04 2–0 P. Kane (Z. Parise) – 25:52 3–0 3–1 28:37 – M. Holtet (SH) R. Malone (J. Johnson, R. Miller) – 54:19 4–1 B. Rafalski (Z. Parise, P. Kessel) (PP) – 57:00 5–1 B. Rafalski (R. Suter, J. Pavelski) – 59:23 6–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	11

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18 February 2010 16:30

Switzerland

2–3 (SO) (0–1, 2–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,019

Game reference
	Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referees: Dennis LaRue Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Peter Feola Tim Nowak
	0–1 9:21 – D. Heatley (P. Marleau, J. Toews) 0–2 20:35 – P. Marleau (D. Heatley, S. Weber) (PP) I. Rüthemann (M. Plüss, T. Paterlini) – 28:59 1–2 P. von Gunten (T. Monnet, P. Furrer) – 39:50 2–2
	H. Domenichelli R. Lemm R. Wick M. Plüss	Shootout	S. Crosby J. Toews R. Getzlaf S. Crosby
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	47

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20 February 2010 12:00

Norway

4–5 (OT) (1–1, 2–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,952

Game reference
	Pål Grotnes	Goalies	Jonas Hiller	Referees: Paul Devorski Peter Ország Linesmen: Milan Novak Felix Winnekens
	0–1 1:03 – J. Sprunger (H. Domenichelli, R. Sannitz) T. Vikingstad (P. Thoresen, T. Jakobsen) – 12:21 1–1 M. Hansen (P. Thoresen) (PP) – 25:24 2–1 2–2 29:15 – R. Wick (M. Seger, M. Plüss) 2–3 35:42 – R. Sannitz (M. Seger, R. Wick) T. Vikingstad (M. Zuccarello, M. Olimb) – 38:46 3–3 3–4 49:56 – S. Blindenbacher (R. Wick, M. Streit) (PP) T. Vikingstad (P. Thoresen) – 52:18 4–4 4–5 62:28 – R. Lemm (S. Jeannin)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	38

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21 February 2010 16:40

Canada

3–5 (1–2, 1–1, 1–2)

United States

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,910

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Ryan Miller	Referees: Chris Rooney Brad Watson Linesmen: Thor Nelson Jay Sharrers
	0–1 0:41 – B. Rafalski (R. Suter, J. Langenbrunner) E. Staal (B. Seabrook, J. Toews) – 8:53 1–1 1–2 9:15 – B. Rafalski D. Heatley (J. Toews, S. Weber) – 23:32 2–2 2–3 36:46 – C. Drury (B. Ryan, D. Backes) 2–4 47:09 – J. Langenbrunner (B. Rafalski, R. Suter) (PP) S. Crosby (R. Nash, D. Keith) (PP) – 56:51 3–4 3–5 59:15 – R. Kesler (Z. Parise) (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	45	Shots	23

Group B

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	3	2	0	1	0	13	6	+7	7	Quarterfinals
Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	10	7	+3	6
Slovakia	3	1	1	0	1	9	4	+5	5
Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	4	19	−15	0

Source: ESPN

All times are local (UTC−8).

16 February 2010 21:00

Russia

8–2 (3–0, 1–0, 4–2)

Latvia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,862

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Dennis LaRue Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Peter Feola Jay Sharrers
	D. Zaripov (S. Fedorov, I. Nikulin) – 2:38 1–0 A. Radulov (S. Fedorov, D. Kalinin) – 7:46 2–0 A. Ovechkin (A. Semin) – 19:25 3–0 E. Malkin (M. Afinogenov, I. Kovalchuk) (PP) – 38:18 4–0 4–1 40:33 – H. Vasiļjevs (A. Ņiživijs, M. Cipulis) A. Ovechkin (P. Datsyuk) – 40:59 5–1 D. Zaripov (S. Zinovyev) – 41:30 6–1 I. Kovalchuk (E. Malkin, F. Tyutin) – 43:04 7–1 7–2 43:35 – Ģ. Ankipāns (J. Sprukts, M. Karsums) A. Morozov (A. Markov) – 58:57 8–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	45	Shots	20

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17 February 2010 21:00

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,924

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Brent Reiber Brad Watson Linesmen: Shane Heyer Sylvain Losier
	P. Eliáš (M. Havlát, M. Blaťák) – 9:02 1–0 1–1 20:47 – M. Gáborík (Mari. Hossa, P. Demitra) J. Jágr (R. Červenka) – 37:56 2–1 T. Plekanec (J. Jágr, M. Židlický) – 39:58 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	35

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18 February 2010 21:00

Slovakia

2–1 (SO) (0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Russia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,202

Game reference
	Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Ilya Bryzgalov	Referees: Danny Kurmann Bill McCreary Linesmen: Jay Sharrers Felix Winnekens
	0–1 25:32 – A. Morozov (A. Markov, S. Zinovyev) Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Marc. Hossa) – 49:48 1–1
	J. Stümpel P. Demitra Mari. Hossa J. Stümpel M. Handzuš M. Gáborík P. Demitra	Shootout	A. Morozov A. Ovechkin P. Datsyuk A. Ovechkin I. Kovalchuk A. Ovechkin E. Malkin
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	37

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19 February 2010 16:30

Czech Republic

5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Latvia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,984

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Jyri Rönn Chris Rooney Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Thor Nelson
	D. Krejčí (M. Erat, T. Fleischmann) – 2:30 1–0 M. Michálek (M. Židlický, T. Plekanec) – 3:33 2–0 J. Jágr (M. Židlický, T. Kaberle) (PP) – 5:07 3–0 T. Kaberle (P. Eliáš, M. Židlický) (PP) – 26:33 4–0 4–1 35:30 – K. Sotnieks (H. Vasiļjevs) 4–2 38:26 – Ģ. Ankipāns (M. Karsums, G. Pujacs) (PP) P. Eliáš (SH) (EN) – 59:42 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	26 min
	39	Shots	18

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20 February 2010 16:30

Latvia

0–6 (0–3, 0–2, 0–1)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,023

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Dan O'Halloran Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Andriy Kicha Brian Murphy
	0–1 2:44 – Ľ. Višňovský (J. Stümpel, R. Zedník) (PP) 0–2 9:11 – R. Zedník (M. Handzuš, Ľ. Bartečko) 0–3 17:08 – J. Stümpel (Ž. Pálffy) 0–4 21:07 – Mari. Hossa (J. Stümpel) (PP) 0–5 22:20 – M. Handzuš 0–6 57:20 – I. Baranka (M. Štrbák, M. Handzuš)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	37

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21 February 2010 12:00

Russia

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,114

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun	Referees: Dan O'Halloran Guy Pellerin Linesmen: Peter Feola Jean Morin
	E. Malkin (P. Datsyuk, A. Ovechkin) (PP) – 15:13 1–0 1–1 19:06 – T. Plekanec (P. Eliáš, T. Kaberle) (PP2) V. Kozlov (A. Radulov, S. Fedorov) – 34:34 2–1 E. Malkin (A. Semin, F. Tyutin) – 41:49 3–1 3–2 54:51 – M. Michálek (M. Židlický, M. Blaťák) P. Datsyuk (E. Malkin, A. Ovechkin) (EN) – 59:47 4–2
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	25

Group C

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Quarterfinals
Finland	3	2	0	0	1	10	4	+6	6
Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	8	12	−4	3
Germany	3	0	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: ESPN

All times are local (UTC−8).

17 February 2010 12:00

Finland

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,639

Game reference
	Miikka Kiprusoff	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Paul Devorski Peter Ország Linesmen: Brian Murphy Milan Novak
	O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, T. Selänne) (PP) – 3:24 1–0 N. Hagman (M. Koivu, J. Pitkänen) (PP) – 17:50 2–0 2–1 20:21 – S. Kostitsyn (S. Demagin) N. Hagman (M. Koivu) – 36:52 3–1 V. Filppula (M. Koivu) – 40:23 4–1 J. Ruutu (L. Kukkonen, N. Kapanen) – 52:59 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	12

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17 February 2010 16:30

Sweden

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Germany

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,966

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Thomas Greiss	Referees: Marc Joannette Guy Pellerin Linesmen: Andriy Kicha Thor Nelson
	M. Öhlund (T. Enström, M. Weinhandl) (PP) – 24:29 1–0 L. Eriksson (N. Bäckström) – 34:13 2–0
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	25	Shots	21

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19 February 2010 12:00

Belarus

2–4 (0–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,878

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Jonas Gustavsson	Referees: Dennis LaRue Brent Reiber Linesmen: Brian Murphy Yuri Oskirko
	0–1 6:40 – D. Sedin (H. Sedin, M. Weinhandl) 0–2 9:04 – D. Alfredsson (M. Johansson, N. Bäckström) (PP) 0–3 29:35 – J. Franzén (S. Påhlsson, F. Modin) D. Meleshko (N. Stasenko, A. Ryadinsky) (PP) – 34:40 1–3 D. Meleshko (A. Kulakov) – 51:33 2–3 2–4 59:49 – D. Alfredsson (H. Sedin, D. Sedin)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	38

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19 February 2010 21:00

Finland

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Germany

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,662

Game reference
	Niklas Bäckström	Goalies	Dimitri Pätzold	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Brad Watson Linesmen: Shane Heyer Sylvain Losier
	T. Ruutu (J. Niskala, N. Hagman) (PP) – 4:21 1–0 K. Timonen (S. Koivu, O. Jokinen) (PP) – 24:04 2–0 K. Timonen (S. Salo, T. Selänne) (PP) – 36:03 3–0 J. Ruutu (V. Peltonen, N. Kapanen) – 47:10 4–0 J. Pitkänen (N. Hagman) (PP) – 49:01 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	24

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20 February 2010 21:00

Germany

3–5 (1–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,979

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Danny Kurmann Bill McCreary Linesmen: Petr Blümel Shane Heyer
	D. Seidenberg (M. Sturm, M. Goc) (PP) – 5:39 1–0 1–1 10:43 – A. Ugarov 1–2 28:36 – A. Kalyuzhny (S. Kostitsyn, N. Stasenko) 1–3 51:10 – S. Kostitsyn (K. Koltsov) J. Tripp (A. Rankel) – 51:49 2–3 M. Goc (J. Hecht) – 52:10 3–3 3–4 54:36 – R. Salei (A. Kalyuzhny, S. Kostitsyn) (PP) 3–5 58:45 – A. Kalyuzhny (K. Koltsov, S. Kostitsyn)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	17

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21 February 2010 21:00

Sweden

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Finland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,410

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Miikka Kiprusoff	Referees: Marc Joannette Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Tim Nowak Yuri Oskirko
	L. Eriksson (N. Bäckström, M. Johansson) (PP2) – 6:41 1–0 N. Bäckström (D. Sedin) – 24:19 2–0 L. Eriksson (J. Franzén, N. Bäckström) (PP) – 38:08 3–0
	14 min	Penalties	33 min
	32	Shots	20

Ranking after preliminary round

Team advances to Quarterfinals

Team must play in Qualification playoffs

Rank	Team	GP	GS	Pts	GD	GF	WR
1D	United States	3	1	9	+9	14	5
2D	Sweden	3	1	9	+7	9	3
3D	Russia	3	1	7	+7	13	1
4D	Finland	3	2	6	+6	10	4
5D	Czech Republic	3	2	6	+3	10	6
6D	Canada	3	2	5	+7	14	2
7D	Slovakia	3	3	5	+5	9	9
8D	Switzerland	3	3	3	−2	8	7
9D	Belarus	3	3	3	−4	8	8
10D	Norway	3	4	1	−14	5	11
11D	Germany	3	4	0	−9	3	12
12D	Latvia	3	4	0	−15	4	10

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
• higher number of points
• better goal difference
• higher number of goals scored for
• better 2009 IIHF World Ranking.

Bracket

Qualification playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

1D

United States

2

E4

Switzerland

0

8D

Switzerland

3‡

9D

Belarus

2

F1

United States

6

F4

Finland

1

4D

Finland

2

E1

Czech Republic

0

5D

Czech Republic

3†

12D

Latvia

2

F1

United States

2

F3

Canada

3†

3D

Russia

3

E2

Canada

7

6D

Canada

8

11D

Germany

2

F3

Canada

3

F2

Slovakia

2

Bronze medal game

2D

Sweden

3

F4

Finland

5

E3

Slovakia

4

F2

Slovakia

3

7D

Slovakia

4

10D

Norway

3

† Indicates overtime victory

‡ Indicates shootout victory

Qualification playoffs

The top four ranked teams (1D–4D) received byes to and were deemed the home team in the quarterfinals as they were seeded to advance, with the remaining eight teams (5D–12D) playing qualification playoff games as follows:

•  Czech Republic vs.  Latvia (winner re-ranked as E1)
•  Canada vs.  Germany (winner re-ranked as E2)
•  Slovakia vs.  Norway (winner re-ranked as E3)
•   Switzerland vs.  Belarus (winner re-ranked as E4).

If the score remained even after regulation, a 10-minute overtime period was played. If neither team scored, a shoot out of three rounds of penalty shots decided the winner. The four winners of these qualification playoff games advanced to the quarterfinal round, while the losers of the qualification playoff games received a final ranking of 9 through 12 based on their preliminary round ranking.^[1]

All times are local (UTC−8)

23 February 2010 12:00

Switzerland

3–2 (SO) (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,397

Game reference
	Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referees: Paul Devorski Peter Ország Linesmen: Petr Blümel Tim Nowak
	0–1 0:59 – A. Kalyuzhny (V. Kostyuchenok) J. Sprunger (R. Wick, M. Plüss) (PP) – 12:25 1–1 H. Domenichelli (M. Streit, S. Blindenbacher) (PP) – 27:07 2–1 2–2 35:42 – K. Zakharov (A. Ugarov, N. Stasenko) (PP)
	T. Déruns R. Lemm I. Rüthemann	Shootout	O. Antonenko D. Meleshko S. Kostitsyn
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	22

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23 February 2010 16:30

Canada

8–2 (1–0, 3–1, 4–1)

Germany

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,723

Game reference
	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Thomas Greiss	Referees: Jyri Rönn Chris Rooney Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Brian Murphy
	J. Thornton (D. Heatley, D. Keith) – 10:13 1–0 S. Weber (M. Richards) – 22:32 2–0 J. Iginla (D. Doughty, E. Staal) (PP) – 23:41 3–0 J. Iginla (E. Staal, D. Boyle) – 28:50 4–0 4–1 36:34 – M. Goc (C. Schmidt, M. Müller) S. Crosby (E. Staal, D. Keith) – 41:10 5–1 M. Richards (B. Morrow, J. Toews) – 46:41 6–1 S. Niedermayer – 51:22 7–1 R. Nash (C. Pronger) – 56:28 8–1 8–2 58:58 – M. Klinge (M. Müller, K. Hospelt)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	23

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23 February 2010 19:00

Czech Republic

3–2 (OT) (2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Latvia

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,448

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Bill McCreary Brent Reiber Linesmen: Milan Novak Felix Winnekens
	T. Rolinek (F. Kuba, M. Havlát) (PP) – 5:52 1–0 T. Fleischmann (D. Krejčí, R. Červenka) – 11:06 2–0 2–1 52:02 – M. Cipulis (A. Ņiživijs, K. Rēdlihs) 2–2 56:19 – M. Rēdlihs (A. Bērziņš, L. Dārziņš) D. Krejčí (T. Fleischmann) – 65:10 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	50	Shots	26

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23 February 2010 21:00

Slovakia

4–3 (3–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Norway

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,583

Game reference
	Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Pål Grotnes	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Marc Joannette Linesmen: Andriy Kicha Sylvain Losier
	M. Handzuš (M. Gáborík, Mari. Hossa) (PP) – 7:03 1–0 M. Gáborík (P. Demitra, Z. Chára) (PP) – 9:48 2–0 2–1 18:06 – M. Zuccarello (J. Holøs) R. Zedník (J. Stümpel, Ž. Pálffy) (PP) – 18:52 3–1 3–2 27:27 – T. Vikingstad (P. Thoresen, M. Zuccarello) 3–3 39:59 – A. Bastiansen (M. Olimb, P. Thoresen) M. Šatan (Ľ. Višňovský, R. Zedník) – 48:41 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	29 min
	40	Shots	19

Quarterfinals

Teams seeded D1 to D4 were the home teams. If the teams were tied after 60 minutes of regulation, a 10-minute overtime period decided the winner immediately upon the next goal. If the game remained tied after the overtime period, a penalty shot competition determined the winning team.

Following the quarterfinal games, the winning teams were 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 received a final ranking of 5 through 8 based on their preliminary round ranking.^[1]

All times are local (UTC−8).

24 February 2010 12:00

United States

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,536

Game reference
	Ryan Miller	Goalies	Jonas Hiller	Referees: Paul Devorski Peter Ország Linesmen: Shane Heyer Felix Winnekens
	Z. Parise (B. Rafalski, P. Stastny) (PP) – 42:08 1–0 Z. Parise (EN) – 59:48 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	19

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24 February 2010 16:30

Russia

3–7 (1–4, 2–3, 0–0)

Canada

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,740

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov (out 24:07) / Ilya Bryzgalov (in 24:07)	Goalies	Roberto Luongo	Referees: Dennis LaRue Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Thor Nelson Milan Novak
	0–1 2:21 – R. Getzlaf (D. Boyle, C. Pronger) 0–2 12:09 – D. Boyle (D. Heatley, P. Marleau) (PP) 0–3 12:55 – R. Nash (J. Toews, M. Richards) D. Kalinin (A. Volchenkov, S. Fedorov) – 14:39 1–3 1–4 18:18 – B. Morrow (D. Boyle, D. Keith) 1–5 23:10 – C. Perry (R. Getzlaf, D. Keith) 1–6 24:07 – S. Weber (J. Toews, J. Iginla) M. Afinogenov (I. Kovalchuk, D. Grebeshkov) – 24:46 2–6 2–7 29:51 – C. Perry (E. Staal, R. Getzlaf) S. Gonchar (E. Malkin) (PP) – 31:40 3–7
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	42

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24 February 2010 19:00

Finland

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver Attendance: 5,461

Game reference
	Miikka Kiprusoff	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun	Referees: Dan O'Halloran Brad Watson Linesmen: Yuri Oskirko Jay Sharrers
	N. Hagman (J. Niskala) (PP) – 53:34 1–0 V. Filppula (M. Koivu) (EN) – 58:25 2–0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	31

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24 February 2010 21:00

Sweden

3–4 (0–0, 2–3, 1–1)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,493

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Bill McCreary Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Peter Feola Jean Morin
	0–1 27:34 – M. Gáborík (Mari. Hossa, P. Demitra) (PP) 0–2 28:11 – A. Sekera (R. Zedník, Ž. Pálffy) P. Hörnqvist (P. Forsberg) – 33:49 1–2 H. Zetterberg (T. Enström) – 34:26 2–2 2–3 39:12 – P. Demitra (Z. Chára, Mari. Hossa) (PP) 2–4 49:01 – T. Kopecký (Mari. Hossa, Demitra) D. Alfredsson (N. Bäckström, L. Eriksson) – 49:39 3–4
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	14

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−8).

26 February 2010 12:00

United States

6–1 (6–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,602

Game reference
	Ryan Miller (out 48:29) / Tim Thomas (in 48:29)	Goalies	Miikka Kiprusoff (out 10:08) / Niklas Bäckström (in 10:08)	Referees: Dan O'Halloran Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Petr Blümel Shane Heyer
	R. Malone – 2:04 1–0 Z. Parise (P. Stastny, B. Rafalski) (PP) – 6:22 2–0 E. Johnson (J. Pavelski, R. Malone) (PP) – 8:36 3–0 P. Kane – 10:08 4–0 P. Kane (B. Rafalski) – 12:31 5–0 P. Stastny (J. Langenbrunner, Z. Parise) – 12:46 6–0 6–1 54:46 – A. Miettinen (S. Lepistö) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	25	Shots	25

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26 February 2010 18:30

Canada

3–2 (2–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,799

Game reference
	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Dennis LaRue Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Thor Nelson
	P. Marleau (S. Weber, S. Niedermayer) – 13:30 1–0 B. Morrow (C. Pronger, R. Getzlaf) – 15:17 2–0 R. Getzlaf (C. Perry, C. Pronger) (PP) – 36:54 3–0 3–1 51:35 – Ľ. Višňovský (J. Stümpel) 3–2 55:07 – M. Handzuš (R. Zedník, M. Šatan)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	21

Bronze medal game

The Finnish team celebrating after winning the bronze medal

All times are local (UTC−8).

27 February 2010 19:00

Finland

5–3 (1–0, 0–3, 4–0)

Slovakia

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,322

Game reference
	Miikka Kiprusoff	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Paul Devorski Brad Watson Linesmen: Petr Blümel Yuri Oskirko
	S. Salo (PP) – 18:50 1–0 1–1 29:56 – M. Gáborík (P. Demitra, Z. Chára) (PP) 1–2 35:38 – Mari. Hossa (M. Handzuš, P. Demitra) (PP2) 1–3 38:45 – P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) N. Hagman (K. Timonen) (PP) – 45:06 2–3 O. Jokinen (J. Ruutu) – 46:41 3–3 O. Jokinen (J. Pitkänen, M. Kiprusoff) (PP) – 48:41 4–3 V. Filppula (K. Timonen) (EN) – 59:49 5–3
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	33	Shots	22

Gold medal game

All times are local (UTC−8).

28 February 2010 12:15

United States

2–3 (OT) (0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Canada

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,748

Game reference
	Ryan Miller	Goalies	Roberto Luongo	Referees: Bill McCreary Dan O'Halloran Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Jean Morin
	0–1 12:50 – J. Toews (M. Richards) 0–2 27:13 – C. Perry (R. Getzlaf, D. Keith) R. Kesler (P. Kane) – 32:44 1–2 Z. Parise (J. Langenbrunner, P. Kane) – 59:35 2–2 2–3 67:40 – S. Crosby (J. Iginla)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	39

Crowds take to the streets of Vancouver to celebrate Canada's win in the gold medal game

The Canadian team celebrating after winning the gold medal

The gold medal game was a rematch of the men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, United States. In addition, Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer, Martin Brodeur and Jarome Iginla of Team Canada were returnees from the 2002 gold-winning squad and collected their second gold medal. Brian Rafalski and Chris Drury were the only players remaining from USA's 2002 silver squad.

The final score was a 3–2 win for Team Canada. Goal scorers for Canada were Jonathan Toews, Corey Perry and Sidney Crosby, with the winning goal scored in overtime. For USA, the goal scorers were Ryan Kesler and Zach Parise, the latter tying the game with 25 seconds left, forcing it to go into sudden death.

Sidney Crosby scored the game-winning goal off a pass from Jarome Iginla, seven minutes and forty seconds into overtime for Canada, gaining victory over the United States.^[5] The puck has been sent to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto;^[6] in Canadian media, Crosby's goal has been compared in significance to the ones scored by Paul Henderson in the 1972 Summit Series and Mario Lemieux in the 1987 Canada Cup.^[7]

The referees for the final were Bill McCreary (Canada) and Dan O'Halloran (Canada), while the linesmen were Stefan Fonselius (Finland) and Jean Morin (Canada).

The gold medal game was the last competitive event at the Olympics before the closing ceremony.

Game summary

Period (time)	Action	Team	Player	Score Canada – USA
1 – 12:50	Goal	Canada	Jonathan Toews	1–0
1 – 14:02	Penalty	United States	Bobby Ryan
2 – 02:33	Penalty	United States	Ryan Malone
2 – 04:41	Penalty	Canada	Eric Staal
2 – 07:13	Goal	Canada	Corey Perry	2–0
2 – 08:25	Penalty	Canada	Jonathan Toews
2 – 12:44	Goal	United States	Ryan Kesler	2–1
3 – 18:33	Goalkeeper out	United States	Ryan Miller
3 – 19:35	Goal	United States	Zach Parise	2–2
	Goalkeeper in	United States	Ryan Miller
OT – 07:40	Goal	Canada	Sidney Crosby	3–2
	Goalkeeper out	Canada	Roberto Luongo
	Goalkeeper out	United States	Ryan Miller

Television ratings

The gold medal game drew a big hockey audience in both Canada and the United States.

In Canada, the game drew an average 16.6 million viewers while 26.5 million Canadians watched at least part of the game.^[8][9] Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium claims that 22 million people – or two thirds of the Canadian population – were watching the gold medal game when Sidney Crosby scored in overtime, making the game the most-watched television broadcast in Canadian history.^[10] However, a new ratings system intended to better track out-of-home viewership was only implemented in August 2009, making it difficult to accurately compare these results with ratings prior to that date – specifically, the 2002 Canada–USA gold medal game in Salt Lake City, the record holder under the previous system.^[11] There was some speculation that the final game of the 1972 Summit Series had as many as 18 million viewers, although recently recovered Nielsen ratings archives indicate that only 4.255 million Canadians watched that game live.^[12]

In the United States, NBC said that the game was the most-watched hockey game in the U.S. in 30 years, drawing 27.6 million, the largest since the United States–Finland game that decided the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics.^[8]

Final rankings

The final standings of the tournament according to the IIHF:

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

Statistics

Average age

Team Finland was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 31 years and 5 months. Team USA was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 27 years and 2 months. Gold medalists team Canada averaged 28 years and 2 months. Tournament average was 29 years.^[13]

Leading scorers

Rankings based upon points.

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
1	Pavol Demitra (SVK)	7	3	7	10	2	0
2	Marián Hossa (SVK)	7	3	6	9	6	0
3	Zach Parise (USA)	6	4	4	8	0	+4
	Brian Rafalski (USA)	6	4	4	8	2	+7
	Jonathan Toews (CAN)	7	1	7	8	2	+9
6	Jarome Iginla (CAN)	7	5	2	7	0	+5
7	Sidney Crosby (CAN)	7	4	3	7	4	+2
	Dany Heatley (CAN)	7	4	3	7	4	+1
9	Ryan Getzlaf (CAN)	7	3	4	7	2	+2
10	Niklas Hagman (FIN)	6	4	2	6	2	−3

Leading goaltenders

Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.^[14]

Rank	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves	SO
1	Ryan Miller (USA)	355:07	8	1.35	94.56	139	1
2	Ilya Bryzgalov (RUS)	100:53	3	1.78	94.23	49	0
3	Tomáš Vokoun (CZE)	303:35	9	1.78	93.57	131	0
4	Henrik Lundqvist (SWE)	179:05	4	1.34	92.73	51	2
5	Roberto Luongo (CAN)	307:40	9	1.76	92.68	114	1

Shutout posters

•  Henrik Lundqvist (SWE) (2)
•  Niklas Bäckström (FIN)
•  Jaroslav Halák (SVK)
•  Miikka Kiprusoff (FIN)
•  Roberto Luongo (CAN)
•  Ryan Miller (USA)

Awards

United States' Ryan Miller was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best goaltender of the tournament.^[15] Directorate Awards also went to Brian Rafalski (United States) for best defenceman, and to Jonathan Toews (Canada) for best forward.^[15]

The tournament all-star team was voted on by the international media at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:^[15]

Position	Player	Team
G	Ryan Miller	United States
D	Brian Rafalski	United States
D	Shea Weber	Canada
F	Jonathan Toews	Canada
F	Zach Parise	United States
F	Pavol Demitra	Slovakia

Toews, along with Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith would become the fourth, fifth and sixth players to win both Olympic gold medal and Stanley Cup (with the Chicago Blackhawks) in the same year, following Ken Morrow 1980, and Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan (2002). Patrick Kane would become the fourth player to win both Olympic silver medal and Stanley Cup in the same year, following Red Wings Sergei Fedorov in 1998, and Chris Chelios and Brett Hull in 2002.

Triple Gold Club

The Triple Gold Club, made up of individuals who have won the Stanley Cup plus gold medals at the Olympics and World Championships, gained two new members:^[16]

• Team Canada centre Eric Staal became the 23rd player to win all three competitions. He had previously won the Stanley Cup in 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes and the World Championships in 2007.
• Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock became the first coach in the Triple Gold Club. He had led Team Canada to World Championships gold in 2004 and the Detroit Red Wings to the Stanley Cup in 2008.

Later the same season, Team Canada centre Jonathan Toews would go on to become the 24th and youngest player in the Triple Gold Club, following up his Olympic gold medal with the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks just four months after winning Olympic gold. He had previously won the World Championships in 2007.

Officials

Games were primarily officiated by NHL referees, a stipulation by the NHL if most Olympic players are NHLers, according to the IIHF (not NHL) rules.^[17]

Referees

Name	National affiliation	League
Vyacheslav Bulanov	Russia	KHL
Paul Devorski	Canada	NHL
Marc Joannette	Canada	NHL
Danny Kurmann	Switzerland	National League A
Dennis LaRue	United States	NHL
Bill McCreary	Canada	NHL
Dan O'Halloran	Canada	NHL
Peter Ország	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
Guy Pellerin	Canada	QMJHL
Brent Reiber	Switzerland	National League A
Jyri Rönn	Finland	SM-liiga
Chris Rooney	United States	NHL
Marcus Vinnerborg	Sweden	Elitserien
Brad Watson	Canada	NHL

Linesmen

Name	National affiliation	League
Petr Blümel	Czech Republic	Czech Extraliga
Peter Feola	United States	AHL, ECACHL
Stefan Fonselius	Finland	SM-liiga
Shane Heyer	Canada	NHL
Andriy Kicha	Ukraine	Ukrainian Major League
Sylvain Losier	Canada	QMJHL
Jean Morin	Canada	NHL
Brian Murphy	United States	NHL
Thor Nelson	United States	NHL
Milan Novák	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
Tim Nowak	United States	NHL
Yuriy Oskirko	Russia	KHL
Jay Sharrers	Canada	NHL
Felix Winnekens	Germany	Deutsche Eishockey Liga

References

1. "2010 OWG Men's Tournament Playing Format". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
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5. Allen, Kevin (28 February 2010). "Crosby golden as Canada defeats USA 3-2 in OT". USA Today. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
6. "Sidney Crosby's Olympic puck set to join several others at Hockey Hall". NHL.com. Canadian Press. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
7. "Crosby makes leap from superstar to legend". CBC.ca. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
8. "Olympic hockey final draws big hockey audience north and south of the border". Yahoo! Canada Sports. Canadian Press. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
9. "Oh Canada! 80 Percent of Canadians watch gold medal game". TSN. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
10. "Record numbers watch Canada win hockey gold".
11. Bill Brioux, Olympics score big TV ratings, helped by new way of calculating size of audience^{[dead link‍]}, The Canadian Press, 2010-02-17.
12. 2010 Gold Medal Game Is the Apex of TV Viewing in Canada as Legend of '72 Summit Series Finally Laid to Rest, COBMC press release, 2010-03-12.
13. "Team Canada - Olympics - Vancouver 2010 - Player Stats".
14. "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
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External links

• Game schedule from official IIHF website
• Official site
• 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament at ESPN