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

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Field	Value
tourney_name	Winter Olympics
year	2006
image	File:Patinoire Turin.jpg
size	200px
country	Italy
dates	15–26 February
num_teams	12
venues	2
cities	1
type	ih
winners	SWE
count	2
second	FIN
third	CZE
fourth	RUS
games	38
goals	206
attendance	236013
scoring_leader	FIN Teemu Selänne
points	11
mvp	FIN Antero Niittymäki
prevseason	2002
nextseason	2010

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. The old record was set by Swiss hockey player Bibi Torriani. who had played twenty years after his debut (1928 and 1948).

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.

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
Host	19 June 1999	KOR Seoul	1
2004 IIHF World Ranking	26 March 2001 – 9 May 2004	CZE Prague and Ostrava	8
Final qualification tournament	10–13 February 2005	SUI Kloten	1
Final qualification tournament	10–13 February 2005	LAT Riga	1
Final qualification tournament	10–13 February 2005	AUT Klagenfurt	1

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Rosters

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

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 1–6 2–6 2–7 J. Parco (T. Tuzzolino) – 38:08 21:55 – D. Heatley (M. St. Louis, V. Lecavalier) 25:38 – S. Doan (C. Pronger, B. Richards) 26:04 – J. Iginla (J. Sakic) (PP)
33:53 – M. St. Louis (D. Heatley, V. Lecavalier) 34:38 – B. Richards (S. Doan, T. Bertuzzi)

43:39 – J. Thornton (S. Gagné) (PP) David Aebischer (in 40:00) 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 23:35 – T. Numminen (T. Selänne, J. Lehtinen) (PP) 28:04 – O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, J. Jokinen) (PP) 33:25 – T. Selänne (S. Koivu) 39:25 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, O. Jokinen) Tomáš Vokoun (in 9:25) 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 23:38 – T. Kaberle (M. Straka, J. Jágr) (PP) 57:47 – J. Jágr 59:32 – D. Výborný (EN)

2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 S. Koivu (T. Numminen) (PP) – 23:51 J. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, S. Salo) (PP) – 30:11 V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin) (PP) – 38:25 T. Selänne (S. Koivu, S. Salo) (PP2) – 52:07 T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen) – 55:08 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3

M. Židlický (A. Hemský, M. Ručinský) – 41:00 29:44 – T. Paterlini (SH) 46:42 – M. Streit (M. Seger, M. Plüss) (PP) 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 5–1 J. Sakic (T. Bertuzzi, R. Nash) (PP) – 7:29 S. Gagné (R. Regehr, B. Richards) – 10:49 D. Heatley (A. Foote) – 35:37 S. Doan (R. Smyth) – 59:26

1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–3 T. Iob (J. Parco, G. de Bettin) – 44:27 C. Borgatello (G. de Bettin, M. Chitaroni) (SH) – 58:28 47:16 – S. Felski (D. Kreutzer) 58:43 – M. Goc (D. Kreutzer, E. Lewandowski) (PP) 0–2 28:47 – P. DiPietro (G. Bezina, M. Streit) (PP2) 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4 M. Židlický (R. Lang, J. Špaček) (PP2) – 38:17 35:02 – J. Lehtinen (K. Timonen) (PP) 40:30 – T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, S. Koivu) 48:33 – J. Lehtinen (S. Koivu, T. Selänne)

1–1 1–2 2–2 T. Boos (E. Lewandowski) – 52:09 38:05 – P. DiPietro (P. Della Rossa) Jason Muzzatti (in 27:32) 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 V. Prospal (J. Jágr, M. Straka) – 14:20 V. Prospal (M. Straka) (SH) – 28:36 V. Prospal (M. Straka, T. Vokoun) (EN) – 58:40 2–0 N. Kapanen (V. Nieminen, K. Timonen) – 15:02

2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–3 P. Fischer (M. Plüss) – 6:33 I. Rüthemann – 56:38 20:53 – C. Trevisani (J. Cirone, J. Busillo) (PP) 46:13 – T. Iob (G. de Bettin) 2–0 S. Koivu (J. Lehtinen, T. Selänne) – 39:39 Milan Hnilička (in 20:00) 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 M. St. Louis (V. Lecavalier, R. Blake) (PP) – 11:19 C. Pronger (J. Thornton) – 19:24 42:41 – P. Čajánek (T. Kaberle, A. Hemský)

Group B

0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4 1–5 1–6 1–7 2–7 V. Antipin (D. Upper) – 48:33 10:46 – D. Alfredsson (PP) 16:06 – H. Sedin (M. Samuelsson, D. Sedin) 28:47 – P. Axelsson (S. Påhlsson, M. Öhlund) 31:08 – M. Sundin (C. Bäckman, F. Modin) (PP) 35:31 – D. Sedin (M. Öhlund, H. Sedin) 36:21 – D. Tjärnqvist (P. Axelsson, S. Påhlsson) 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–3 3–4 3–5 A. Kovalev (P. Datsyuk, I. Kovalchuk) – 12:38 A. Ovechkin (S. Gonchar, F. Tyutin) (PP) – 30:03 25:51 – L. Višňovský (P. Demitra) (PP) 33:05 – P. Bondra (A. Meszároš, Z. Chára) (PP) 56:32 – M. Gáborík 59:31 – M. Gáborík 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 A. Tribuncovs (S. Ozoliņš, A. Ņiživijs) (PP) – 35:04 H. Vasiļjevs (R. Laviņš) – 35:44 10:38 – C. Conroy 42:01 – J. Leopold (B. Hedican, C. Conroy)

0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 28:05 – A. Ovechkin (A. Yashin) 38:58 – M. Sushinsky (E. Malkin, S. Zhukov) 50:31 – V. Kozlov (A. Frolov, A. Korolyuk) 54:04 – M. Afinogenov (P. Datsyuk) 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–2 4–3 5–3 6–3 R. Petrovický (T. Surový, A. Meszároš) – 5:43 P. Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) – 7:54 Mari. Hossa – 13:17 Z. Chára (Mari. Hossa) – 33:49 Mari. Hossa (M. Gáborík) – 49:04 20:54 – M. Cipulis (A. Cipruss, G. Panteļejevs) 26:51 – A. Ņiživijs (K. Skrastiņš) 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 B. Rolston (D. Weight) (PP) – 8:31 B. Gionta (J. Liles, S. Gomez) (PP) – 16:50 M. Modano (E. Cole) – 51:53

2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 6–1 N. Lidström (H. Zetterberg) (PP) – 22:22 D. Alfredsson (K. Jönsson) (PP) – 24:59 P. Axelsson (P. Forsberg) (PP) – 25:17 H. Zetterberg (T. Holmström) – 27:58 D. Alfredsson (M. Sundin, N. Lidström) – 44:48 1–1 2–1 P. Bondra (M. Šatan, R. Kapuš) – 41:48

Maxim Sokolov (in 40:00) Edgars Masaļskis (in 27:58) 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 8–1 9–1 9–2 M. Sushinsky (A. Kharitonov, S. Gonchar) (PP2) – 9:15 I. Kovalchuk (P. Datsyuk) – 12:36 I. Kovalchuk (A. Kovalev, P. Datsyuk) – 23:32 V. Kozlov (A. Yashin) – 25:45 I. Kovalchuk (P. Datsyuk) – 35:16 A. Yashin (V. Kozlov, S. Zhukov) – 41:58 E. Malkin (M. Sushinsky, V. Vishnevski) – 47:32 A. Ovechkin (V. Kozlov, A. Yashin) – 56:27 58:04 – M. Rēdlihs (A. Bērziņš) 1–1 2–1 Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) – 48:09 1–1 1–2 44:22 – M. Samuelsson (D. Alfredsson, M. Sundin) (PP)

1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–5

A. Cipruss (G. Panteļejevs, A. Tribuncovs) – 45:04 35:04 – N. Antropov (E. Koreshkov) 52:33 – S. Alexandrov (F. Polishchuk, A. Troschinsky) 54:53 – E. Koreshkov (PS) 58:08 – E. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov) 0–2 0–3 46:16 – Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) 58:58 – R. Suchý (P. Demitra, Mari. Hossa) Maxim Sokolov (in 20:00) 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–3 3–4 4–4 4–5 B. Gionta (S. Gomez, D. Weight) (PP) – 39:01 S. Gomez (M. Schneider, B. Rolston) (PP) – 45:00 E. Cole (M. Knuble, C. Drury) – 50:38 10:41 – E. Malkin (D. Kasparaitis) (SH) 35:00 – A. Markov (P. Datsyuk, M. Sushinsky) 49:55 – A. Ovechkin (E. Malkin, D. Kasparaitis) 51:52 – A. Kovalev (P. Datsyuk, E. Malkin)

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." 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.

Playoff round

Bracket

|22 February||4||3 |22 February||2||0 |22 February||2||6 |22 February||1||3 |24 February||4||0 |24 February||7||3 |26 February||2||3 |25 February||0||3

Quarterfinals

1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 2–5 2–6 R. Lemm (I. Rüthemann) – 40:49 13:49 – F. Modin (P. Forsberg, D. Alfredsson) (PP) 22:17 – H. Zetterberg (T. Holmström, K. Jönsson) 29:07 – M. Sundin (N. Lidström, D. Alfredsson) (PP) 32:52 – M. Sundin (P. Forsberg, D. Tjärnqvist) 48:36 − S. Påhlsson (D. Alfredsson, P. Axelsson) 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 4–3 S. Salo (SH) − 12:01 O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen) (PP) – 25:06 O. Jokinen (PP2) – 37:10 21:29 − M. Schneider (B. Rafalski, C. Conroy) (PP) 55:33 – B. Gionta (C. Drury, E. Cole) 2–0 A. Kovalev (A. Markov) (PP) – 59:37 0–2 1–2 1–3 28:41 – M. Hejduk (F. Kaberle, M. Ručinský) 59:57 − M. Straka (EN)

Semifinals

Tomáš Vokoun (in 27:54) 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–2 5–3 6–3 7–3 P. Axelsson (N. Lidström, N. Kronwall) – 13:37 H. Sedin (D. Sedin) – 21:16 C. Bäckman (D. Alfredsson) – 23:54 J. Jönsson (K. Jönsson, M. Samuelsson) (PP) – 27:54 D. Alfredsson (P. Axelsson) – 39:00 T. Holmström (H. Zetterberg) – 56:05 30:40 – A. Hemský (J. Jágr, M. Židlický) (PP) 31:25 – V. Prospal (D. Výborný) 2–0 3–0 4–0 T. Lydman (S. Koivu) – 29:33 S. Koivu (K. Timonen, T. Selänne) (PP) – 33:51 O. Jokinen (V. Peltonen, N. Kapanen) – 49:17

Bronze medal game

0–2 0–3 26:36 – M. Židlický (J. Jágr, R. Lang) (PP) 59:52 – M. Straka (M. Erat) (EN)

Gold medal game

1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 V. Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) – 35:00 33:24 – N. Kronwall (H. Zetterberg) (PP) 40:10 – N. Lidström (M. Sundin, P. Forsberg)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

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.

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
FIN Teemu Selänne	8	6	5	11	+7	4	F
FIN Saku Koivu	8	3	8	11	+5	12	F
SWE Daniel Alfredsson	8	5	5	10	+2	4	F
SVK Marián Hossa	6	5	5	10	+9	4	F
FIN Ville Peltonen	8	4	5	9	+4	6	F
FIN Olli Jokinen	8	6	2	8	+5	2	F
FIN Jere Lehtinen	8	3	5	8	+6	0	F
SWE Mats Sundin	8	3	5	8	+1	4	F
CZE Martin Straka	8	2	6	8	+4	6	F
RUS 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
FIN Antero Niittymäki	358:51	8	1.34	164	95.12	3
RUS Evgeni Nabokov	359:27	8	1.34	134	94.03	3
SUI David Aebischer	200:00	7	2.10	117	94.02	0
SVK Peter Budaj	179:24	6	2.01	79	92.41	0
CAN Martin Brodeur	238:40	8	2.01	104	92.31	0

Awards

Media All-Stars
- Goaltender: FIN Antero Niittymäki
- Defencemen: SWE Nicklas Lidström, FIN Kimmo Timonen
- Forwards: FIN Saku Koivu, FIN Teemu Selänne, RUS Alexander Ovechkin Source: IIHF
Most Valuable Player: FIN Antero Niittymäki
Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: FIN Antero Niittymäki
- Best Defenceman: SWE Kenny Jönsson
- Best Forward: FIN Teemu Selänne Source: IIHF

References

(2008). "IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time". Fenn Publishing.
{{harvnb. Podnieks. Szemberg. 2008, [http://webarchive.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-8.html Story #8–Sweden's unique double, Olympics & Worlds].
Farber, Michael. (March 6, 2006). "Swede Success". [[Sports Illustrated]].
(19 December 2011). "Report: Peter Forsberg Says Sweden Threw Game During 2006 Winter Olympics". [[New England Sports Network.
(18 December 2011). "Forsberg shocker: admits Sweden may have tanked game in 2006 Olympics". Denver Post.
"Team Canada - Olympics - Turin 2006 - Player Stats".

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