Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's ice hockey at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Venues	Torino Palasport Olimpico Torino Esposizioni
Dates	15–26 February 2006
Medalists
Sweden    Finland    Czech Republic
«2002	2010»

Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Qualification
men  women
Rosters
men  women
Statistics
men  women

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 players and the tenth best-on-best hockey tournament in history. 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).

The 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. The 12 teams 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.

Final rankings

Gold[2]	Silver[3]	Bronze[4]
Sweden Defencemen: Christian Bäckman Niclas Hävelid Kenny Jönsson Niklas Kronwall Nicklas Lidström–A Mattias Öhlund Ronnie Sundin Daniel Tjärnqvist Forwards: Daniel Alfredsson–A Per Johan Axelsson Peter Forsberg Mika Hannula Tomas Holmström Jörgen Jönsson Fredrik Modin Samuel Påhlsson Mikael Samuelsson Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Mats Sundin–C Henrik Zetterberg Goaltenders: Stefan Liv Henrik Lundqvist Mikael Tellqvist	Finland Defencemen: Aki-Petteri Berg Lasse Kukkonen Toni Lydman Antti-Jussi Niemi Petteri Nummelin Teppo Numminen–A Sami Salo Kimmo Timonen Forwards: Niklas Hagman Jukka Hentunen Olli Jokinen Jussi Jokinen Niko Kapanen Saku Koivu–C Mikko Koivu Antti Laaksonen Jere Lehtinen Ville Nieminen Ville Peltonen Jarkko Ruutu Teemu Selänne–A Goaltenders: Niklas Bäckström Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Czech Republic Defencemen: František Kaberle Tomáš Kaberle Filip Kuba Pavel Kubina Marek Malík Jaroslav Špaček Marek Židlický Forwards: Jan Bulis Petr Čajánek Patrik Eliáš Martin Erat Milan Hejduk Aleš Hemský Jaromír Jágr–C Aleš Kotalík Robert Lang Rostislav Olesz Václav Prospal Martin Ručínský Martin Straka David Výborný Goaltenders: Dominik Hašek Milan Hnilička Dušan Salfický Tomáš Vokoun

The full final rankings for the tournament were:

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

In a celebration of the gold in Stockholm on 27 February, the Swedish team was seen in front of advertisements for sponsors of the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, not the ones of the Swedish Olympic Committee. This could have led to Sweden's disqualification, but the Finnish opponents in the final game chose not to report the incident to the IOC.^[5]

Qualification

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

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

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

Qualification tournaments

The winners of Groups D, E and F advanced to Groups C, B, and A respectively. The winners of Groups A, B, and C qualified for the Olympics.

Group D (Briançon, France, 11–14 November 2004)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First round

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	10
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	10	12	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	15	9	6
Czech Republic	5	2	3	0	14	12	4
Germany	5	0	3	2	7	16	2
Italy	5	0	3	2	9	23	2

Group A summary

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

Group A match details

15 February 2006 v 13:05

Italy

2 – 7 (0–1, 2–5, 0–1)

Canada

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,575

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	Cirone (Scandella) (PP) - 20:43 Parco (Tuzzolino) - 38:08	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 1 – 6 2 – 6 2 – 7	5:33 - Iginla (Bertuzzi, Sakic) 21:55 - Heatley (St. Louis, Lecavalier) 25:38 - Doan (Pronger, Richards) 26:04 - Iginla (Sakic) (PP) 33:53 - St. Louis (Heatley, Lecavalier) 34:38 - Richards (Doan, Bertuzzi) 43:39 - Thornton (Gagné) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	50

15 February 2006 v 15:35

Switzerland

0 – 5 (0–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Finland

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,960

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

15 February 2006 v 17:05

Germany

1 – 4 (1–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6,463

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

16 February 2006 v 12:05

Finland

6 – 0 (0–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 7,776

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

16 February 2006 v 13:05

Czech Republic

2 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 3,400

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Dennis Larue
	Jágr (Straka, Prospal) - 22:55 Židlický (Hemský, Ručínský) - 41:00	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3	5:11 - Ziegler (Rüthemann) 29:44 - Paterlini (SH) 46:42 - Streit (Seger, Plüss)
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	19

16 February 2006 v 20:05

Canada

5 – 1 (3–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Germany

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,554

Game reference
	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Thomas Greiss	Referee: Christer Lärking
	Redden (Gagné, Thornton) - 4:52 Sakic (Bertuzzi, Nash) (PP) - 7:29 Gagné (Regehr, Richards) - 10:49 Heatley (Foote) - 35:37 Doan (Smyth) - 59:26	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1	29:13 - Ehrhoff (Schubert, Ustorf)
	24 min	Penalties	18 min
	40	Shots	12

18 February 2006 v 13:05

Italy

3 – 3 (1–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Germany

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,908

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Olaf Kölzig	Referee: Timo Favorin
	Parco (Iob) - 2:03 Iob (Parco, de Bettin) - 44:27 Borgatello (de Bettin, Chitarroni) (SH) - 58:28	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 3	26:21 - Martinec (Boos) 47:16 - Felski (Kreutzer) Goc (Kreutzer, Lewandowski) - 58:43 (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	34

18 February 2006 v 15:35

Canada

0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4,769

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Martin Gerber	Referee: Viacheslav Bulanov
		0 – 1 0 – 2	18:19 - di Pietro (Della Rossa) 28:47 - di Pietro (Bezina, Streit) (PP2)
	34 min	Penalties	42 min
	49	Shots	18

18 February 2006 v 21:05

Czech Republic

2 – 4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,705

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Antero Niittymäki	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	Židlický (Lang, Hejduk) (PP) - 8:25 Židlický (Lang, Špaček) (PP2) - 38:17	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4	14:14 - O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, Peltonen) 35:02 - Lehtinen (Timonen) (PP) 40:30 - Selänne (Lehtinen, S. Koivu) 48:33 - Lehtinen (S. Koivu, Selänne)
	12 min	Penalties	39 min
	28	Shots	37

19 February 2006 v 12:05

Germany

2 – 2 (0–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Switzerland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,756

Game reference
	Olaf Kölzig	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven
	Felski (Ehrhoff) - 22:20 Boos (Lewandowski) - 52:09	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2	28:17 - Conne (Fischer) 38:05 - di Pietro (Della Rossa)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	25

19 February 2006 v 20:05

Czech Republic

4 – 1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,776

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Hejduk (Výborný, T. Kaberle) - 12:57 Prospal (Jágr, Straka) - 14:20 Prospal (Straka) (SH) - 28:36 Prospal (Straka, Vokoun) (EN) - 58:40	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1	57:53 - Parco (de Bettin, Iob)
	20 min	Penalties	58 min
	43	Shots	16

19 February 2006 v 21:05

Finland

2 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Canada

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4,420

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Roberto Luongo	Referee: Vladimir Sindler
	Selänne (S. Koivu) - 11:14 Kapanen (Nieminen, Timonen) - 15:02	1 – 0 2 – 0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	24

21 February 2006 v 12:35

Switzerland

3 – 3 (2–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,529

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti	Referee: Dennis Larue
	Lemm (Bezina, Blindenbacher) (PP) - 3:06 Fischer (Plüss) - 6:33 Rüthemann - 56:38	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 3	15:41 - Busillo (Nardella) (PP) 20:53 - Trevisani (Cirone, Busillo) (PP) 46:13 - Iob (de Bettin)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	35

21 February 2006 v 15:35

Finland

2 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Germany

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,430

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Robert Müller	Referee: Danny Kurmann
	Kapanen (Hagman, S. Koivu) (PP) - 2:35 S. Koivu (Lehtinen, Selänne) - 39:39	1 – 0 2 – 0
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	18

21 February 2006 v 12:35

Canada

3 – 2 (3–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 9,126

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun (out 20:00) Milan Hnilička (in 20:00)	Referee: Dan Marouelli
	Richards (Iginla, Pronger) - 7:37 St. Louis (Lecavalier, Blake) (PP) - 11:19 Pronger (Thornton) - 19:24	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2	33:46 - Kubina (Jágr, Ručínský) (PP) 42:41 - Čajánek (T. Kaberle, Hemský)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	33

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	10
Russia	5	4	1	0	23	11	8
Sweden	5	3	2	0	15	12	6
United States	5	1	3	1	13	13	3
Kazakhstan	5	1	4	0	9	16	2
Latvia	5	0	4	1	11	29	1

Group B summary

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

Group B match details

15 February 2006 v 11:35

Kazakhstan

2 – 7 (0–3, 1–4, 1–0)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,200

Game reference
	Vitaly Yeremeyev	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Vladimir Sindler
	Y. Koreshkov - 20:17 (SH) Antipin (Upper) - 48:33	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 1 – 6 1 – 7 2 – 7	7:45 - Tjärnqvist (J. Jönsson, Holmström) 10:46 - Alfredsson (PP) 16:06 - H. Sedin (Samuelsson, D. Sedin) 28:47 - Axelsson (Påhlsson, Öhlund) 31:08 - M. Sundin (Bäckman, Modin) (PP) 35:31 - D. Sedin (Öhlund, H. Sedin) 36:21 - Tjärnqvist (Axelsson, Påhlsson)
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	34

15 February 2006 v 20:05

Russia

3 – 5 (2–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Slovakia

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 3,800

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

15 February 2006 v 21:05

Latvia

3 – 3 (1–2, 2–0, 0–1)

United States

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 7,851

Game reference
	Artūrs Irbe	Goalies	John Grahame	Referee: Timo Favorin
	Ņiživijs (Ozoliņš) - 13:15 Tribuncovs (Ozoliņš, Ņiživijs) (PP) - 35:04 Vasiļjevs (Laviņš) - 35:44	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 3	9:44 - Gionta (Liles, Gomez) (PP) 10:38 - Conroy 42:01 - Leopold (Hedican, Conroy)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	42

16 February 2006 v 16:05

Sweden

0 – 5 (0–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,545

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

16 February 2006 v 17:05

Slovakia

6 – 3 (4–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Latvia

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,960

Game reference
	Ján Lašák	Goalies	Artūrs Irbe	Referee: Danny Kurmann
	Zedník (Višňovský) - 5:23 Petrovický (Surový, Meszároš) - 5:43 Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) - 7:54 Mari. Hossa - 13:17 Chára (Mari. Hossa) - 33:49 Mari. Hossa - 49:04 (Gáborík)	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 4 – 2 4 – 3 5 – 3 6 – 3	6:27 - Ozoliņš (Cipulis, Panteļejevs) 20:54 - Cipulis (Cipruss, Panteļejevs) 26:51 - Ņiživijs (Skrastiņš)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	28

16 February 2006 v 21:05

United States

4 – 1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 3,400

Game reference
	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Vitaliy Kolesnik	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	Guerin (Drury) - 1:34 Rolston (Weight) (PP) - 8:31 Gionta (Liles, Gomez) (PP) - 16:50 Modano (Cole) - 51:53	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1	51:02 - Y. Koreshkov (Vassilchenko)
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	36	Shots	12

18 February 2006 v 11:35

Kazakhstan

0 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 3,660

Game reference
	Vitaliy Yeremeyev	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Christer Lärking
		0 – 1	31:38 - Kharitonov (Sushinsky, Malkin)
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	50

18 February 2006 v 17:05

Sweden

6 – 1 (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8,795

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

18 February 2006 v 20:05

Slovakia

2 – 1 (0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

United States

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4,697

Game reference
	Peter Budaj	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Dan Marouelli
	Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Gáborík) (PP) - 34:20 Bondra (Šatan, Kapuš) - 41:48	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1	38:24 - Rolston (Rafalski, Gomez) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	30

19 February 2006 v 13:05

Russia

9 – 2 (3–1, 3–0, 3–1)

Latvia

Torino Esposizioni 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
	Kovalchuk (Kovalev, D. Markov) - 7:26 Sushinsky (Kharitonov, Gonchar) (PP2) - 9:15 Kovalchuk (Datsyuk) - 12:36 Kovalchuk (Kovalev, Datsyuk) - 23:32 Kozlov (Yashin) - 25:45 Kovalchuk (Datsyuk) - 35:16 Yashin (Kozlov, Zhukov) - 41:58 Malkin (Sushinsky, Vishnevski) - 47:32 Ovechkin (Kozlov, Yashin) - 56:27	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 6 – 1 7 – 1 8 – 1 9 – 1 9 – 2	9:55 - Cipruss (SH) 58:04 - M. Rēdlihs (Bērziņš)
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	11

19 February 2006 v 16:05

Slovakia

2 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 9,160

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Vitaliy Kolesnik	Referee: Danny Kurmann
	Bondra (Kapuš, Jurčina) (PP) - 39:50 Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Gáborík) - 48:09	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1	16:16 - Y. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov, Savenkov) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	19

19 February 2006 v 17:05

United States

1 – 2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4,450

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

21 February 2006 v 11:35

Latvia

2 – 5 (1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Kazakhstan

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,300

Game reference
	Sergejs Naumovs	Goalies	Vitaliy Yeremeyev	Referee: Christer Lärking
	Tambijevs (Ņiživijs) (PP) - 15:13 Cipruss (Panteļejevs, Tribuncovs) - 45:04	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5	7:20 - A. Koreshkov (Y. Koreshkov) 35:04 - Antropov (Y. Koreshkov) 52:33 - Alexandrov (Polischuk, Trochshinskiy) 54:53 - Y. Koreshkov (PS) 58:08 - Y. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	30

21 February 2006 v 20:05

Sweden

0 – 3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4,250

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

21 February 2006 v 20:35

United States

4 – 5 (1–2, 1–1, 2–2)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 9,378

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

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

22 February 2006

24 February 2006

26 February 2006

A

4th

Czech Republic

3

B

1st

Slovakia

1

Czech Republic

3

Sweden

7

B

3rd

Sweden

6

A

2nd

Switzerland

2

Sweden

3

Finland

2

A

3rd

Canada

0

B

2nd

Russia

2

Russia

0

Finland

4

B

4th

United States

3

Bronze medal match

Czech Republic

3

A

1st

Finland

4

Russia

0

Quarterfinals

22 February 2006 16:35

Switzerland

2 – 6 (1-2, 0-3, 1-1)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2970

Game reference
	Martin Gerber	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Dan Marouelli
	Streit (Della Rossa, Plüss) - 8:37 Lemm (Rüthemann) - 40:49	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 4 1 - 5 2 - 5 2 - 6	3:06 - H. Sedin (D. Sedin, Lidström) 13:49 - Modin (Forsberg, Alfredsson) 22:17 - Zetterberg (Holmström, K. Jönsson) 29:07 - M. Sundin (Lidström, Alfredsson) (PP) M. Sundin (Forsberg, Tjärnqvist) 48:36 - Påhlsson (Alfredsson, 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 Attendance: 6691

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Paul Devorski
	Peltonen (J. Jokinen, Salo) - 9:33 Salo (SH) - 12:01 O. Jokinen (Peltonen) (PP) - 25:06 O. Jokinen (PP) - 37:10	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 2 4 - 2 4 - 3	13:14 - Knuble (Schnieder, Weight) 21:29 - Schneider (Rafalski, Conroy) (PP) 55:33 - Gionta (Drury, 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 Attendance: 4130

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Dennis Larue
	Ovechkin (Kozlov) (PP) - 41:30 Kovalev (A. Markov) - 59:37	1 - 0 2 - 0
	18 min	Penalties	41 min
	33	Shots	27

22 February 2006 21:35

Slovakia

1 – 3 (0-1, 0-1, 1-1)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6893

Game reference
	Peter Budaj	Goalies	Milan Hnilička	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven
	Gáborík (Mari. Hossa) - 43:38	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3	12:51 - Ručínský (SH) 28:41 - Hejduk (F. Kaberle, Ručínský) 59:57 - 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 Attendance: 8071

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Milan Hnilička (out 27:54) Tomáš Vokoun (in 27:54)	Referee: Dan Marouelli
	Modin (Sundin, Forsberg) - 0:34 Axelsson (Lidström, Kronvall) - 13:37 H. Sedin (D. Sedin) - 21:16 Bäckman (Alfredsson) - 23:54 J. Jönsson (K. Jönsson, Samuelsson) - 27:54 Alfredsson (Axelsson) - 39:00 Holmström (Zetterberg) - 56:05	1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 4 - 1 5 - 1 5 - 2 5 - 3 6 - 3 7 - 3	3:11 - Kuba (Straka, Prospal) 30:40 - Hemský (Jágr, Židlický) (PP) 31:25 - Prospal (Výborný)
	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 Attendance: 8702

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven
	Peltonen (Timonen) (PP) - 6:13 Lydman (S. Koivu) - 29:33 S. Koivu (Timonen, Selänne) (PP) - 33:51 O. Jokinen (Peltonen, Kapanen) - 49:17	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 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 Attendance: 8379

Game reference
	Evgeni Nabokov	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun	Referee: Thomas Andersson
		0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3	4:48 - Erat (Výborný, Lang) 26:36 - Židlický (Jágr, Lang) (PP) 59:52 - Straka (Erat)
	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 Attendance: 8274

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Paul Devorski
	Timonen (Selänne) (PP) - 14:45 Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) - 35:00	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 3	24:42 - Zetterberg (Samuelsson, Bäckman) (PP) 33:24 - Kronwall (Zetterberg) (PP) 40:10 - Lidström (M. Sundin, Forsberg)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	28

Leading scorers

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

Hat trick scorers

• Ilya Kovalchuk
• Václav Prospal

Leading goaltenders

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

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

Shut-out posters

• Antero Niittymäki (3)
• Fredrik Norrena (2)
• Martin Gerber
• Tomáš Vokoun
• Evgeni Nabokov (3)

Awards

Finland's Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player and received the Directorate Award for best goaltender of the tournament.^[6] Directorate Awards also went to Teemu Selänne (Finland) for best forward, and to Kenny Jönsson (Sweden) for best defenceman.^[6]

The tournament all-star team was voted on by the international media at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:^[6]

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

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. ^ "2006 Men's Hockey Roster – SWE". The Sports Network. http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=5424. 
3. ^ "2006 Men's Hockey Roster – FIN". The Sports Network. http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=1704. 
4. ^ "2006 Men's Hockey Roster – CZE". The Sports Network. http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=5124. 
5. ^ Tanentsapf, David (3 March 2006). "Miljonkrav från SOK efter festen" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,786790,00.html. 
6. ^ ^{a b c} "Sweden ranked #1; Niittymäki MVP". Eurohockey.net. 26 February 2006. http://www.eurohockey.net/news/story.html?id=20060226175758swedenranked1niittymkimvp. 

External links

• "Turin 2006". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Turin-2006/. 
• "Men's ice hockey". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Ice-Hockey/All-Ice-hockey-events/ice-hockey-Men/.