The Russian men's team finished the round robin portion of the competition ranked second in Group B, losing just once, to Slovakia . It beat Canada in thequarter finals, but lost both the semifinal and bronze medal game to finish fourth overall
Players
1 Alexander Frolov was replaced after three games by Andrei Taratukhin.[4] 2 Alexander Korolyuk was replaced after three games by Ivan Nepriayev.[4] Results
Round-robin
15 February 2006 v
20:05
Russia
3 – 5
(2–1, 1–2, 0–2)
Slovakia
Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,800
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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)
33:05 - Bondra (Meszároš, Chára) (PP)
56:32 - Gáborík
59:31 - Gáborík
16 min
Penalties
10 min
23
Shots
36
16 February 2006 v
16:05
Sweden
0 – 5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)
Russia
Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,545
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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
18 February 2006 v
11:35
Kazakhstan
0 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
Russia
Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,660
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Vitaliy Yeremeyev
Goalies
Evgeni Nabokov
Referee:
Christer Lärking
0 – 1
31:38 - Kharitonov (Sushinsky, Malkin)
26 min
Penalties
12 min
24
Shots
50
19 February 2006 v
13:05
Russia
9 – 2
(3–1, 3–0, 3–1)
Latvia
Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,310
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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
21 February 2006 v
20:35
United States
4 – 5
(1–2, 1–1, 2–2)
Russia
Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 9,378
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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)
51:52 - Kovalev (Datsyuk, Malkin)
8 min
Penalties
14 min
34
Shots
21
Standings
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
Medal round
Quarterfinal
22 February 2006
20:35
Russia
2 – 0
(0-0, 0-0, 2-0)
Canada
Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4130
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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
Semifinal
24 February 2006
21:05
Finland
4 – 0
(1-0, 2-0, 1-0)
Russia
Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8702
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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 game
25 February 2006
20:35
Russia
0 – 3
(0-1, 0-1, 0-1)
Czech Republic
Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8379
