Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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1998 Winter Olympics
Men's Ice Hockey
Nagano 1998-Russia vs Czech Republic.jpg
Team Czech Republic defeats Team Russia, 1–0, in the final game
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Venue(s) Big Hat
Aqua Wing Arena
Dates7–22 February
Teams14
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Fourth placeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played35
Goals scored210 (6 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Finland.svg Teemu Selänne (10 points)
  1994
2002  

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was the 19th Olympic Championship. The Czech Republic, which emerged from the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, won its first winter gold medal, becoming only the seventh nation to win Olympic ice hockey gold. The tournament, held from February 7 to February 22, was played at the Big Hat and Aqua Wing arenas.

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This was the first Olympics in which the National Hockey League (NHL) took a break (17 days, from February 8 to February 24) allowing national teams to include NHL players from each country. [1] [2] Unlike basketball's Dream Team in 1992, where the players stayed in a hotel in Barcelona due to security concerns, [3] NHL players stayed in the Olympic Village due to improved security measures. [4]

The Canadian team, despite a strong start in the round robin, lost their semifinal match against the Czech Republic in a shootout. Team Finland defeated Canada in the bronze medal game. In the final, the Czech Republic beat Russia 1–0 to win the gold medal, as goaltender Dominik Hašek shutout the Russian squad. [5]

Rosters

Qualification

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 32101411+35 First Round
2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 31119903
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3102111102
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 302191232
Source: Olympedia
7 February 1998
16:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–5
(3–1, 0–1, 0–3)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,634
Mike Rosati Goalies Vitali Yeremeyev
Alexander Shimin
Referee:
Flag of Germany.svg Gerhard Müller
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Rautavuori
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rönnmark
0–112:11 − Tregubov (Zavyalov, Pchelyakov) (PP)
Zarrillo (Orlando)− 13:041–1
Felicetti (Figliuzzi) − 14:222–1
Zarrillo (Nardella, Orlando) (PP) − 19:553–1
3–225:49 − Borodulin (Glovatsky)
3–341:42 − Dudarev (Savenkov)
3–447:44 − Borodulin (A. Koreshkov, Zemlyanoy) (PP)
3–556:01 − Kamentsev (Dudarev) (SH)
12 minPenalties10 min
18Shots21
7 February 1998
16:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–2
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 4,315
Claus Dalpiaz Goalies Igor Murín Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Haajanen
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Poliakov
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Schurr
Lavoie (Ulrich) (PP) − 07:161–0
Perthaler (Schaden) − 23:302–0
2–126:35 − Cíger
2–233:52 − Petrovický (Kontšek, Sekeráš) (PP)
12 minPenalties22 min
12Shots38

8 February 1998
14:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg5–5
(2–2, 2–1, 1–2)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,410
Claus Dalpiaz Goalies Alexander Shimin
Vitali Yeremeyev
Referee:
Flag of Russia.svg Leonid Vaisfeld
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kenneth Sartison
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Kotyra
Puschnik (Nasheim) − 00:331–0
1–107:12 − Pchelyakov (Zavyalov) (SH)
1–213:09 − Shafranov
Lavoie − 15:372–2
Pusnik (Searle) (PP) − 31:163–2
Lavoie (Perthaler) − 34:204–2
4–339:46 − Y. Koreshkov (Zemlyanoy, A. Koreshkov) (PP)
4–453:30 − Sokolov (Shafranov, A. Koreshkov)
4–558:08 − A. Koreshkov (Shafranov)
Pusnik (Lavoie) (PP) − 58:515–5
20 minPenalties38 min
25Shots23
8 February 1998
18:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg4–3
(1–2, 3–1, 0–0)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,620
Igor Murín Goalies Mario Brunetta Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Andersson
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Schurr
Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Takahashi
Plavucha (Sekeráš) − 06:411–0
1–108:50 − Figliuzzi (Insam) (PP)
1–211:56 − Felicetti (Mansi, De Angelis)
Plavucha (Daňo) − 21:232–2
Petrovický − 22:003–2
Plavucha (Sekeráš, Cíger) − 23:364–2
4–339:13 − Chitaroni (Ramoser)
12 minPenalties20 min
22Shots28

10 February 1998
14:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–4
(1–1, 1–0, 1–3)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,659
Igor Murín Goalies Vitali Yeremeyev Referee:
Flag of Germany.svg Gerhard Müller
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Rautavuori
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rönnmark
Plavucha (Daňo) − 05:421–0
1–109:07 − Y. Koreshkov (Sokolov) (PP)
Jánoš (Petrovický) − 28:032–1
2–242:55 − Borodulin (Zavyalov)
2–347:04 − Shafranov (A. Koreshkov, Y. Koreshkov)
Bondra (Švehla) (PP) − 52:163–3
3–458:39 − A. Koreshkov (Zemlyanoy)
8 minPenalties8 min
32Shots25
10 February 1998
18:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg5–2
(2–0, 2–0, 1–2)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,473
Mike Rosati Goalies Claus Dalpiaz Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Meier
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Český
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
Figliuzzi (Biafore) − 05:181–0
Figliuzzi − 12:412–0
Chitaroni (De Angelis, Busillo) (PP) − 27:493–0
Ramoser (Nardella) − 36:574–0
4–143:41 − Ressmann (Pusnik)
Zarrillo (Topatigh) − 50:395–1
5–253:27 − Kromp (Searle)
20 minPenalties16 min
33Shots22

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 3210144+105 First Round
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32017924
3Flag of France.svg  France 31025832
4Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 301251051
Source: Olympedia
7 February 1998
20:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,861
Josef Heiß Goalies Shinichi Iwasaki Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Adam
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Český
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
Hecht (Wieland) – 37:031–0
1–143:50 – Sugisawa (Otomo)
Kunce (Wieland) – 51:242–1
Benda (MacKay) – 55:053–1
22 minPenalties16 min
33Shots21
7 February 1998
20:00
France  Flag of France.svg0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,419
Cristobal Huet Goalies Andrey Mezin Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Meier
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kenneth Sartison
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Kotyra
0–115:06 – Karachun (Romanov)
0–238:52 – Bekbulatov
0–346:21 – Kalyuzhny (Karachun, Antonenko)
0–453:10 – Skabelka (Andriyevsky) (PP)
26 minPenalties14 min
18Shots36

9 February 1998
14:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–8
(0–2, 2–3, 0–3)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,063
Klaus Merk Goalies Andrey Mezin
Aleksandr Shumidub
Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Haajanen
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Gerhard Rönnmark
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Rautavuori
0–18:23 – Antonenko (Stas)
0–214:51 – Salei (Khmyl) (PP)
Hegen (Bergen, MacKay) (PP) – 23:391–2
1–328:05 – Andriyevsky (Matushkin, Romanov) (PP)
1–428:37 – Kovalyov (Roshchin, Lozhkin)
Bergen (Brandl) (PP) – 38:392–4
2–539:49 – Skabelka (Bekbulatov)
2–643:38 – Galchenyuk (Alekseyev)
2–746:35 – Aliakseyev (Kovalyov)
2–857:17 – Yerkovich (Galchenyuk) (PP)
14 minPenalties22 min
28Shots31
9 February 1998
18:00
Japan  Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg2–5
(2–1, 0–1, 0–3)
Flag of France.svg  France The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,930
Dusty Imoo Goalies François Gravel Referee:
Flag of Germany.svg Gerhard Müller
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Český
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
Fujita (Sakai, Kudo) – 7:361–0
1–114:42 – Bozon (SH)
Kuwabara (Sugisawa, Yahata) (PP) – 15:322–1
2–223:51 – Barin (Mortas, Ouellet)
2–357:05 – Pouget (Poudrier, Bozon) (PP)
2–459:08 – Bozon (Poudrier) (SH, EN)
2–559:37 – Poudrier (Lemoine) (SH, EN)
18 minPenalties41 min
21Shots25

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10 February 1998
14:00
Japan  Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg2–2
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,659
Dusty Imoo Goalies Aleksandr Shumidub Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Adam
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Kotyra
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kenneth Sartison
0–112:36 – Romanov (Andriyevsky, Skabelka)
Kabayama (Fujita, Sakai) (PP) – 19:021–1
1–230:32 – Bekbulatov (Matushkin)
Kuwabara (Yahata, Sugisawa) (PP) – 34:232–2
16 minPenalties12 min
19Shots44
10 February 1998
18:00
France  Flag of France.svg0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,916
François Gravel Goalies Olaf Kolzig Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Bengt Andersson
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Polyakov
Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Takahashi
0–127:46 – MacKay (Draisaitl, Lüdemann)
0–258:06 – Draisaitl (Krupp)
12 minPenalties16 min
25Shots31

Consolation round

13th place match

12 February 1998
12:00
Japan  Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg4–3 SO
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,495
Dusty Imoo Goalies Reinhard Divis Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Meier
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Český
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
0–12:35 – Lavoie (Ulrich, Wheeldon) (PP)
Yahata (Yamanaka) (PP) – 9:221–1
1–218:17 – Ressmann (Pusnik, Kalt)
Sugisawa (Yamanaka, Yahata) (PP) – 28:342–2
2–343:04 – Lavoie (Ulrich) (PP)
Otomo – 46:353–3
Sugisawa Ice hockey puck.svg
Yahata Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Tsujiura Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Fujita Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Sakai Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Sugisawa Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Kabayama Ice hockey puck.svg
Yahata Ice hockey puck.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Kromp
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Kalt
Ice hockey puck.svg Nasheim
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Lavoie
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Wheeldon
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Kalt
Ice hockey puck.svg Nasheim
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Wheeldon
18 minPenalties36 min
40Shots30

11th place match

12 February 1998
16:00
France  Flag of France.svg5–1
(1–0, 0–0, 4–1)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,854
Cristobal Huet Goalies Mike Rosati Referee:
Flag of Germany.svg Gerhard Müller
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Schurr
Flag of Japan.svg Hirokazu Takahashi
Bozon (Dubois) – 9:391–0
Bozon (Poudrier, Pouget) – 40:562–0
Bozon (Pouget) – 47:313–0
Briand (Bozon, Poudrier) – 50:03 (PP)4–0
4–153:21 – Orlando (Topatigh, Bartolone) (PP)
Poudrier – 56:43 (PP)5–1
14 minPenalties18 min
22Shots31

9th place match

12 February 1998
20:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,670
Olaf Kolzig Goalies Igor Murín Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Adam
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Polyakov
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Kotyra
0–117:51 – Daňo
Draisaitl (Goldmann) (PP) – 21:301–1
1–238:03 – Pardavý (Sekeráš)
Benda (Brüggemann, MacKay) – 42:512–2
Benda (Krupp) – 46:593–2
Lüdemann (Draisaitl) – 49:584–2
29 minPenalties29 min
19Shots33

First round

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3300156+96 Quarterfinals
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3201124+84
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3102119+22
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3003625190
Source: Olympedia
13 February 1998
14:45
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,050
Dominik Hašek Goalies Jarmo Myllys Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Gord Broseker
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rönnmark
Patera (Ručinský) (PP) – 29:091–0
Reichel (Lang) – 44:542–0
Růžička (Jágr) – 48:403–0
6 minPenalties6 min
29Shots17
13 February 1998
18:45
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg9–2
(2–1, 5–0, 2–1)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,752
Andrei Trefilov Goalies Vitali Yeremeyev
Alexander Shimin
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Don Adam
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Český
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ray Scapinello
Fedorov (Kovalenko) – 1:301–0
1–12:15 – Sagymbayev (Pchelyakov)
Yashin (Fedorov) – 8:152–1
Yashin (Kasparaitis) – 20:553–1
P. Bure (D. Mironov) – 27:344–1
P. Bure – 32:015–1
Kovalenko – 32:146–1
Titov (Kamensky, Morozov) – 38:397–1
Kovalenko (B. Mironov) – 45:098–1
Zelepukin (Morozov) – 55:469–1
9–257:40 – Y. Koreshkov (Shafranov, A. Koreshkov)
8 minPenalties6 min
31Shots18

15 February 1998
13:45
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg4–3
(1–2, 2–1, 1–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,894
Andrei Trefilov Goalies Jarmo Myllys Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Gord Broseker
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rönnmark
0–16:11 – Koivu (Lehtinen, Selänne) (PP)
0–27:04 – Lehtinen (Koivu, Selänne) (PP)
P. Bure (Fedorov, Kamensky) (PP) – 13:361–2
1–328:24 – Lehtinen (Selänne)
Nemchinov (Gonchar, Kravchuk) – 29:312–3
Yashin (Fedorov, Zhitnik) (PP) – 35:033–3
Morozov (Zelepukin) – 56:434–3
24 minPenalties22 min
28Shots33
15 February 1998
18:45
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8–2
(1–0, 3–2, 4–0)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,975
Dominik Hašek Goalies Vitali Yeremeyev
Alexander Shimin
Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Pekka Haajanen
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Poliakov
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ray Scapinello
Straka (Jágr) – 3:511–0
Beránek (Moravec, Dopita) – 23:222–0
2–127:13 – Kamentsev (Glovatsky, Antipin) (PP)
M. Ručinský – 32:023–1
Růžička (Jágr) (PP) – 37:314–1
4–239:09 – A. Koreshkov
Ručinský (Lang, Svoboda) – 41:005–2
Patera (SH) – 49:426–2
M. Procházka (PP) – 52:167–2
Hamrlík (Straka) – 57:068–2
43 minPenalties41 min
45Shots23

16 February 1998
15:45
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg8–2
(3–1, 1–0, 4–1)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,544
Ari Sulander Goalies Vitali Yeremeyev
Alexander Shimin
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Faucette
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Český
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gérard Gauthier
0–14:25 – Antipin (PP)
Lumme (Selänne, Koivu) (PP) – 12:531–1
Helminen (Kapanen, Peltonen) (PP) – 16:192–1
Tikkanen (Kurri, Nieminen) – 17:093–1
Numminen (Niinimaa, Koivu) (PP) – 36:264–1
Lehtinen (Selänne) – 50:525–1
Peltonen (SH) – 52:286–1
Selänne (Niinimaa, Koivu) (PP) – 54:337–1
7–256:43 – Nikitin (Trochshinsky) (PP)
Nieminen (Niinimaa, Kurri) (PP) – 59:548–2
24 minPenalties22 min
37Shots15
16 February 1998
18:45
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,847
Dominik Hašek Goalies Mikhail Shtalenkov Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Collins
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Rautavuori
Reichel (Patera) (PP) – 31:531–0
1–143:27 – V. Bure (Kravchuk, Gonchar)
1–243:37 – Zhamnov (Gusarov, D. Mironov)
14 minPenalties6 min
24Shots31

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3300123+96 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3201117+44
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 310281022
4Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 3003415110
Source: Olympedia
13 February 1998
14:45
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–2
(1–2, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,985
Tommy Salo Goalies Mike Richter Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gérard Gauthier
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Troy Sartison
0–111:10 – Chelios (Guerin, Tkachuk)
Alfredsson (Forsberg) (PP) – 12:261–1
1–212:50 – Modano (Guerin)
Kjellberg (Renberg, Samuelsson) – 21:502–2
Alfredsson (Forsberg) – 31:333–2
Sundin (Andersson) – 57:044–2
16 minPenalties20 min
20Shots31
13 February 1998
18:45
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,960
Patrick Roy Goalies Andrei Mezin Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Faucette
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Collins
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Rautavuori
Fleury (Primeau) (SH) – 7:551–0
Bourque (Brind'Amour, Corson) – 14:342–0
MacInnis (Nieuwendyk) (PP) – 24:383–0
Lindros (Bourque) – 37:444–0
Lindros (Brind'Amour) – 52:575–0
10 minPenalties6 min
31Shots18

14 February 1998
14:45
United States  Flag of the United States.svg5–2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,975
Mike Richter Goalies Andrei Mezin Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gérard Gauthier
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Troy Sartison
Chelios (LaFontaine) (PP) – 9:061–0
LaFontaine (Leetch, K. Hatcher) (PP) – 10:312–0
2–118:02 – Karachun (Lozhkin, Galchenyuk)
Leetch (LeClair, Hull) (PP) – 28:163–1
3–240:27 – Pankov (Skabelka, Bekbulatov)
Hull (Weight, K. Hatcher) (PP) – 53:454–2
Deadmarsh (Guerin, Roenick) – 58:145–2
14 minPenalties16 min
31Shots30
14 February 1998
18:45
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–3
(1–0, 0–3, 1–0)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,945
Tommy Salo Goalies Patrick Roy Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Faucette
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Collins
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Rautavuori
Lidström (Alfredsson, Renberg) (PP) – 15:271–0
1–131:56 – Nieuwendyk (Blake, Lindros)
1–237:02 – MacInnis (Nieuwendyk) (PP)
1–339:53 – Blake (Nieuwendyk, Fleury)
Sundin (Lidström, Norström) – 49:312–3
14 minPenalties14 min
30Shots29

16 February 1998
13:45
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 10,076
Patrick Roy Goalies Mike Richter Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Gord Broseker
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Troy Sartison
Zamuner (Gretzky, Sakic) – 16:301–0
Primeau (Yzerman) (SH) – 33:372–0
Sakic (Fleury) – 38:193–0
Primeau (Recchi, Sakic) – 46:004–0
4–154:04 – Hull (Weight)
12 minPenalties6 min
25Shots31
16 February 1998
18:45
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5–2
(2–0, 1–1, 2–1)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 4,235
Tommy Salo Goalies Andrei Mezin Referee:
Flag of Germany.svg Gerhard Müller
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Poliakov
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ray Scapinello
Andersson (Sundström, Ragnarsson) – 10:061–0
Dahlén (Sandström) – 11:222–0
Sundström (Forsberg, Öhlund) – 30:363–0
3–139:19 – Matushkin (Tsyplakov, Kovalev) (PP)
Sundin (Alfredsson) – 50:194–1
4–253:44 – Tsyplakov (Romanov, Kovalev) (PP)
Renberg (Alfredsson, Forsberg) – 54:365–2
14 minPenalties8 min
38Shots23

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
C1 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4
D4 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1
C1 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7
C3 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4
D2 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
C3 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2
C1 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0
C2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  1
D1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4
C4 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1
D1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1 Bronze medal game
C2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  2
C2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  4D1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
D3 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1 C3 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3

Quarterfinals

18 February 1998
14:45
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,822
Dominik Hašek Goalies Mike Richter / John Vanbiesbrouck Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Poliakov
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ray Scapinello
0–116:12 – Modano (Amonte, Tkachuk)
Růžička (Jágr, Straka) – 28:211–1
Jágr (Dopita) – 29:192–1
Ručinský (Lang, Šmehlík) – 36:353–1
Dopita – 59:214–1
6 minPenalties8 min
19Shots39
18 February 1998
14:45
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 4,628
Mikhail Shtalenkov Goalies Andrei Mezin Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Faucette
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Gord Broseker
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rönnmark
Kamensky (Yashin) – 19:001–0
Kovalenko (Fedorov, Yashin) – 21:312–0
P. Bure – 42:383–0
Morozov (Zelepukin, Kasparaitis) – 43:194–0
4–144:18 – Yerkovich (Khmyl, Roshchin)
14 minPenalties10 min
35Shots26
18 February 1998
18:45
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,602
Patrick Roy Goalies Vitali Yeremeyev Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Don Adam
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Collins
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Rautavuori
Nieuwendyk (Fleury, Roy) – 1:311–0
Corson (Lindros) – 2:132–0
2–13:46 – Shafranov (Koreshkov)
Shanahan (Gretzky, Bourque) – 36:293–1
Yzerman (Gretzky) – 37:014–1
14 minPenalties12 min
37Shots17
18 February 1998
18:45
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–2
(0–0, 0–0, 1–2)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,044
Tommy Salo Goalies Jarmo Myllys Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Český
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gérard Gauthier
0–144:12 – Selänne (Numminen)
0–252:43 – Selänne (Koivu, Lehtinen) (PP)
Forsberg – 59:481–2
12 minPenalties12 min
17Shots19

Semi-finals

20 February 1998
14:45
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–2 SO
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,854
Patrick Roy Goalies Dominik Hašek Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Collins
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Rautavuori
0–149:46 – Šlégr (Patera)
Linden (Lindros) – 58:571–1
Fleury Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Bourque Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Nieuwendyk Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Lindros Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shanahan Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck.svg Reichel
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Ručinský
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Patera
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Jágr
2 minPenalties4 min
30Shots31
20 February 1998
18:45
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg7–4
(2–0, 2–3, 3–1)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,640
Mikhail Shtalenkov Goalies Jarmo Myllys Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gérard Gauthier
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Troy Sartison
P. Bure (Zhamnov) (PP) – 9:511–0
P. Bure (Mironov) – 17:282–0
P. Bure – 20:593–0
3–123:28 – Helminen (Lind)
3–224:59 – Rintanen (Kurri, Timonen)
3–334:07 – Selänne (Koivu, Kurri) (PP2)
Zhamnov (Zhitnik) (PP) – 37:264–3
4–445:15 – Koivu (Selänne)
Kovalenko (Fedorov) – 46:335–4
P. Bure – 55:586–4
P. Bure (Yashin, Mironov) (EN) – 59:557–4
12 minPenalties6 min
21Shots31

Bronze medal game

21 February 1998
15:15
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–3
(1–2, 1–0, 0–1)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Bronze medal icon.svg The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,875
Patrick Roy Goalies Ari Sulander Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Gord Broseker
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Poliakov
0–103:33 – Kurri (Tikkanen, Nieminen) (PP)
Brind'Amour (Foote) – 16:501–1
1–217:23 – Lehtinen (Koivu)
Shanahan (Gretzky, Recchi) (PP) – 22:472–2
2–340:17 – Peltonen (Koivu) (PP)
12 minPenalties12 min
34Shots15

Gold medal game

22 February 1998
13:45
Silver medal icon.svg Russia  Flag of Russia.svg0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Gold medal icon.svg The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 10,010
Mikhail Shtalenkov Goalies Dominik Hašek Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rönnmark
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ray Scapinello
0–148:08 − Svoboda (Patera, M. Procházka)
4 minPenalties8 min
20Shots21

Statistics

Average age

Team Canada was the oldest team in the tournament, with an average age of 30 years. Team Kazakhstan was the youngest, averaging 26 years and 11 months. The gold medal-winning Czech Republic team averaged 27 years and 2 months. The tournament average was 28 years and 1 month. [6]

Leading scorers

RankPlayerGP G A Pts PIM
1Flag of Finland.svg  Teemu Selänne  (FIN)546108
2Flag of Finland.svg  Saku Koivu  (FIN)628104
3Flag of Russia.svg  Pavel Bure  (RUS)69092
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Aleksandr Koreshkov  (KAZ)73692
5Flag of France.svg  Philippe Bozon  (FRA)45274
6Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Konstantin Shafranov  (KAZ)74376
7Flag of Austria.svg  Dominic Lavoie  (AUT)45168
8Flag of Finland.svg  Jere Lehtinen  (FIN)64262
9Flag of Russia.svg  Alexei Yashin  (RUS)63360
10Flag of France.svg  Serge Poudrier  (FRA)62464
11Flag of Russia.svg  Sergei Fedorov  (RUS)61568

Medal-winning rosters

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)
Josef Beránek
Jan Čaloun
Roman Čechmánek
Jiří Dopita
Roman Hamrlík
Dominik Hašek
Milan Hejduk
Milan Hnilička
Jaromír Jágr
František Kučera
Robert Lang
David Moravec
Pavel Patera
Libor Procházka
Martin Procházka
Robert Reichel
Martin Ručinský
Vladimír Růžička-C
Jiří Šlégr
Richard Šmehlík
Jaroslav Špaček
Martin Straka
Petr Svoboda
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Pavel Bure-C
Valeri Bure
Oleg Chevtsov
Sergei Fedorov
Sergei Gonchar
Alexei Gusarov
Valeri Kamensky
Darius Kasparaitis
Andrei Kovalenko
Igor Kravchuk
Sergei Krivokrasov
Boris Mironov
Dmitri Mironov
Alexei Morozov
Sergei Nemchinov
Mikhail Shtalenkov
German Titov
Andrei Trefilov
Alexei Yashin
Dmitri Yushkevich
Valeri Zelepukin
Alexei Zhitnik
Alexei Zhamnov
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Aki-Petteri Berg
Tuomas Grönman
Raimo Helminen
Sami Kapanen
Saku Koivu-C
Jari Kurri
Janne Laukkanen
Jere Lehtinen
Juha Lind
Jyrki Lumme
Jarmo Myllys
Mika Nieminen
Janne Niinimaa
Teppo Numminen
Ville Peltonen
Kimmo Rintanen
Teemu Selänne
Ari Sulander
Jukka Tammi
Esa Tikkanen
Kimmo Timonen
Antti Törmänen
Juha Ylönen

Source:

Roster notes

Several of general manager Bobby Clarke's selections for Team Canada were controversial. Eric Lindros was named captain over longtime leaders such as Wayne Gretzky, Steve Yzerman, and Ray Bourque (Clarke at the time was general manager of Lindros's NHL team, the Philadelphia Flyers). [7] Rob Zamuner was a surprise pick, while Mark Messier, Adam Oates, Ron Francis, Doug Gilmour and Scott Niedermayer were omitted. [8] Japanese fans were disappointed when their adopted hero, Paul Kariya, a Canadian of Japanese heritage and one of Canada's best stars, failed to make the Games due to a head injury sustained from a crosscheck by Gary Suter during regular season NHL play. [9] [10] [11]

Memorably, during the shootout in their semifinal match against the Czech Republic, Canadian coach Marc Crawford opted to have defenceman Ray Bourque shoot in the shootout instead of high-scoring forwards Wayne Gretzky and Steve Yzerman. Hockey commentators alternatively criticized Crawford's decision (Bourque, like the other four Canadian shooters, failed to score) or praised it on the grounds that Bourque was one of hockey's most accurate shooters at the time and Gretzky had always been surprisingly mediocre on breakaways. [12] [13]

Controversy

Swedish player Ulf Samuelsson was discovered to have applied for American citizenship. Under Swedish law at the time, when one acquires a foreign passport, their citizenship is annulled. Samuelsson was ejected after having played the first game against Belarus, although Sweden kept their points from the win. The Czech National Olympic Committee felt that Sweden should lose the points and filed a protest with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which was rejected. [14] [15]

The United States team, loaded with 17 NHL stars, was eliminated in the first game of the knockout round, and responded by trashing their rooms in the Olympic Village. [12] Three apartments were vandalized, ten chairs were broken and three fire extinguishers were emptied. Six of those chairs and one fire extinguisher were thrown down five stories into a courtyard. [16] [12]

Final rankings

Team
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
4thFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
5thFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
6thFlag of the United States.svg  United States
7thFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
8thFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
9thFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
10thFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
11thFlag of France.svg  France
12thFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
13thFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
14thFlag of Austria.svg  Austria

These standings are presented as the IIHF has them, [17] however both the NHL and IOC maintain that all quarterfinal losers are ranked equal at 5th. [18] [19]

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