2006 Olympics

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

Men's competition

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

These changes had the following effects:

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

Final rankings

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

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

Preliminary 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 Medal 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	Finland	Switzerland	Canada	Czech Republic	Germany	Italy
Finland		5–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	6–0
Switzerland	0–5		2–0	3–2	2–2	3–3
Canada	0–2	0–2		3–2	5–1	7–2
Czech Republic	2–4	2–3	2–3		4–1	4–1
Germany	0–2	2–2	1–5	1–4		3–3
Italy	0–6	3–3	2–7	1–4	3–3

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	Slovakia	Russia	Sweden	United States	Kazakhstan	Latvia
Slovakia		5–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	6–3
Russia	3–5		5–0	5–4	1–0	9–2
Sweden	0–3	0–5		2–1	7–2	6–1
United States	1–2	4–5	1–2		4–1	3–3
Kazakhstan	1–2	0–1	2–7	1–4		5–2
Latvia	3–6	2–9	1–6	3–3	2–5

Final rounds

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

22 February 2006

24 February 2006

26 February 2006

A

4th

Czech Republic

3

B

1st

Slovakia

1

Czech Republic

3

Sweden

7

B

3rd

Sweden

6

A

2nd

Switzerland

2

Sweden

3

Finland

2

A

3rd

Canada

0

B

2nd

Russia

2

Russia

0

Finland

4

B

4th

United States

3

Bronze medal match

Czech Republic

3

A

1st

Finland

4

Russia

0

Leading scorers

At the end of game 34.

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
• Fredrik Norrena
• Martin Gerber
• Tomáš Vokoun
• Evgeni Nabokov

Awards

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

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

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

Qualification

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

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

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

Qualification tournaments

Groups D, E and F winners advance to Groups C, B and A respectively. Groups A, B and C winners qualify for the Olympic tournament.
Group D - 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)

Women's competition

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

Final rankings

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

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	36	1	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	15	9	4
Russia	3	1	2	0	6	16	2
Italy	3	0	3	0	1	32	0

Group A Games

• Sweden 3 Russia 1
• Canada 16 Italy 0
• Canada 12 Russia 0
• Sweden 11 Italy 0
• Russia 5 Italy 0
• Canada 8 Sweden 1

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
United States	3	3	0	0	18	3	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	10	7	4
Germany	3	1	2	0	2	9	2
Switzerland	3	0	3	0	1	12	0

Group B Games

• Finland 3 Germany 0
• United States 6 Switzerland 0
• United States 5 Germany 0
• Finland 4 Switzerland 0
• Germany 2 Switzerland 1
• United States 7 Finland 3

Classification 5–8

17 February 2006 13:05

Russia

6 – 2 (1-1, 4-1, 1-0)

Switzerland

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2800

Game reference
	Irina Gasehnnikova	Goalies	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter (out 30:00) Florence Schelling (in 30:00)	Referee: Arina Ustinova
	Trefilova - 2:03 Burina (Mishina, Barykina) - 25:14 Mishina (Smolentseva) - 26:19 Mishina (Byalkovskaya) (PP) - 30:00 Mishina (Smolentseva) - 39:18 Kapustina (Shchelchkova) (PP) - 52:17	1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 4 - 1 4 - 2 5 - 2 6 - 2	10:52 - Rochat - 10:52 31:55 - Lehmann (Cattaneo, Bullo)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	18

17 February 2006 18:35

Germany

5 – 2 (3-2, 0-0, 2-0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2750

Game reference
	Stephanie Wartosch-Kuerten	Goalies	Debora Montanari	Referee: Arina Ustinova
	Becker (M. Lanzl) - 0:27 Seiler (Tamas) (PP) - 5:32 Holmes (Soesilo) - 7:47 Becker (Ritter) - 42:50 Ritter (Becker, M. Lanzl) - 55:35	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 2 4 - 2 5 - 2	6:18 - Leitner 6:59 - Leitner (Kaser, Bazzanella)
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	13

Classification 7/8

20 February 2006 13:05

Switzerland

11 – 0 (4-0, 6-0, 1-0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2500

Game reference
	Irina Gasehnnikova	Goalies	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter (out 30:00) Florence Schelling (in 30:00)	Referee: Stephanie Normand
	Diaz - 4:33 Diaz (Mosimann) (PP) - 9:54 J. Marty (Diaz) (PP) - 16:06 Lehmann (S. Marty) - 16:41 Ruhnke (Rochat) - 22:36 J. Marty (Ruhnke) - 26:51 Meier (Kunzle) - 31:09 Lehmann (Mosimann) - 32:48 Ruhnke (Rochat) - 33:16 S. Marty (Lehmann) - 35:37 S. Marty (Lehmann) - 56:08	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0 7 - 0 8 - 0 9 - 0 10 - 0 11 - 0
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	29

Classification 5/6

20 February 2006 13:05

Germany

1 – 0 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2570

Game reference
	Jennifer Harss	Goalies	Irina Gasehnnikova	Referee: Danyel Howard
	Oswald M. Lanzl Scheytt Becker Holmes	Shootout 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 0 2 - 0	Pashkevich Smolentseva Smolina Kapustina
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	21

Finals round

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

Semi-finals

17 February 2006 17:05

United States

2 – 3 (1-0, 1-2, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5654

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Joy Tottman
	Kr. King (Potter, Chu) (PP) - 11:55 Stephens (Wall, Darwitz) (PP) - 21:04 Darwitz Potter Ruggiero Wendell	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2 Shootout 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 2	26:17 - Rooth (O'Konor) 29:40 - Rooth (Holst) (SH) Holst Ansson Winberg Rooth
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	17

17 February 2006 21:05

Canada

6 – 0 (2-0, 2-0, 2-0)

Finland

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5654

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Maija Hassinen (22:59 out) Noora Räty (22:59 in)	Referee: Joy Tottman
	Weatherston (Sostorics) (PP) - 17:33 Apps (Kingsbury, Goyette) (PP) - 19:15 Wickenheiser (Apps) (PP) - 34:59 Ouellette (Sunohara) (PP) - 36:26 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) - 47:49 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) (PP) - 54:47	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	17

Bronze medal game

20 February 2006 16:35

Finland

0 – 4 (0-3, 0-1, 0-0)

United States

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5150

Game reference
	Noora Räty (38:16 out) Maija Hassinen (38:16 in)	Goalies	Chanda Gunn	Referee: Joy Tottman
		0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 4	2:32 - Stephens (Chu, Darwitz) (PP) 8:09 - Ka. King (Resor) 11:05 - Ka. King (Potter) 21:44 - Ka. King (Chu, Kr. King)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	14	Shots	20

Gold medal game

20 February 2006 20:35

Sweden (Silver Medal)

1 – 4 (0-2, 0-2, 1-0)

Canada (Gold Medal)

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6664

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Charline Labonté	Referee: Anu Hirvonen
	G. Andersson (Holst, Rooth) (PP) - 45:24	0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 4 1 - 4	3:15 - Apps (Wickenheiser) 12:13 - Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) 28:58 - Piper (Wickenheiser, Pounder) 30:27 - Hefford (Botterill, Vaillancourt)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	8	Shots	26

Leading scorers

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

Hat trick scorers

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

Leading goaltenders

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

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

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

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

Shut-out posters

• Noora Räty (Finland)
• Cecilia Andersson (Sweden)
• Kim St. Pierre (Canada)
• Charline Labonté (Canada)
• Chanda Gunn (USA)
• Pam Dreyer (USA)
• Jennifer Harss (Germany)

Awards

Tournament

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

Qualification

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

Qualification tournaments

Group A - Podolsk, Russia (11–14 November 2004)

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

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

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

Group C - Beijing, China (11–14 November 2004)

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

See Also

• Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's qualification
• Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's statistics
• Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics- Men's team rosters
• Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's Tournament
• Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's qualification
• Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's statistics
• Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's team rosters
• Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's tournament

Team Photos

See Also

• 2005-06 Canada men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Canada women's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Finland men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Finland women's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Germany men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Germany women's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Italy men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Italy women's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Latvia men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Russia men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Russia women's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Slovakia men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Sweden men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Sweden women's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Switzerland men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 Switzerland women's national ice hockey team
• 2006 United States men's national ice hockey team
• 2006 United States women's national ice hockey team