Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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2002 Winter Olympics
USA vs Finland faceoff 2002.jpg
United States (left) and Finland (right)
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United States.svg United States
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates9–24 February
Teams14
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (7th title)
Runners-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Fourth placeFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Sundin
Awards
MVP Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joe Sakic
  1998
2006  

The men's tournament marked the second Olympic Games where the National Hockey League took a break [1] to allow all its players the opportunity to play. The break lasted for 12 days, from February 14 to February 25.

Contents

Summary

Fourteen countries played in the tournament. Six hockey powers (Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden, and the United States) were automatically admitted to the final eight. The other eight countries (Austria, Belarus, France, Germany, Latvia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Ukraine) played in a preliminary round in two pools. The winners of those pools, Belarus and Germany, advanced to the final round with the six hockey powers.

The biggest surprise of the tournament[ according to whom? ] was Belarus, 0–3–0 in Group D play, knocking off 3–0–0 Sweden in quarterfinal play. After that upset, the Swedish media held their players responsible for the loss, even going as far to publish their NHL salaries.[ citation needed ] The players responded by not returning to Sweden during the NHL break[ citation needed ], although that was unlikely since the Olympics were held in the same continent as their NHL teams and play resumed soon after the Olympics ended.[ according to whom? ]

Another major surprise was the silver-medal finish of Team USA, which was not considered a contender[ according to whom? ] as it was steeped heavily in over-30 veterans.[ citation needed ] Although it retained most of the players from the 1998 team which had performed below expectations, this time it was coached by Herb Brooks, who had been responsible for the "Miracle on Ice" over the Soviet Union during the 1980 Winter Olympics. Despite being close to the ends of their NHL careers, Mike Richter and Phil Housley put up phenomenal performances.[ according to whom? ] Brett Hull, John LeClair, and Mike Modano formed the "Divine Line" which led the tournament in scoring. USA and Russia played to a 2–2 tie in their group game, drawing some comparisons to the famous 1980 Miracle game.[ citation needed ] Ending up, USA finished second behind Sweden in the round robin results. [2]

USA and Russia met again in the semi-finals of the tournament. The USA's victory over Russia came coincidentally on the 22-year anniversary of the "Miracle on Ice", the upset of the Soviet Union team, at Lake Placid in 1980 (also a Friday). The Americans stormed out to a 3–0 lead for the first two periods, before withstanding a two-goal rally from the Russians to advance. Russian coach Slava Fetisov, one of the stars for the 1980 Soviet squad, complained about the selection of NHL referees to officiate Olympic matches (a stipulation by the NHL if most Olympic players are NHLers) and charged that officials were trying to fix a Canada-USA final for North American audiences. [3] However, Russian goalie Nikolai Khabibulin thought that the refereeing was fair, having faced 38 shots in the first two periods and 49 overall. [4] [5]

Canada had a lackluster start, losing 5–2 to Sweden, only managing to defeat Germany by a score of 3–2, and drawing with the Czech Republic. These performances prompted an emotional response from Team Canada manager Wayne Gretzky, in particular the referee's failure to call a clear hit from behind on Canada's Theoren Fleury in the game against the Czech Republic. However, Canada improved in the elimination round, defeating Finland 2–1, and easily sweeping surprise semi-finalist Belarus 7–1.

Canada and the US faced off in the final. For both nations, the gold-medal game came coincidentally on the anniversary of each nation's last gold medal in men's Olympic hockey. Canada last won 50 years previously at the 1952 Winter Olympics when they tied the US 3–3 (Olympic ice hockey previously only had a round-robin portion). The US won their last gold medal when they defeated Finland two days after "The Miracle on Ice" in 1980. Both games, coincidentally, were played on a Sunday.

The Canada-USA final was tied at 2–2, however Canada then scored three goals to win 5–2. It was only the second time and first in 70 years that the US men's hockey team lost an Olympic game on home soil. The first loss came against Canada (a 2–1 OT loss) in their first game at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

TV ratings for Canada vs USA gold medal matchup were the highest in Olympic history to that time. [6] In the United States, NBC's live coverage of the gold medal hockey game drew a 10.7 rating, the highest-rated hockey game, Olympic or NHL, since the 1980 Winter Olympics and was the largest network hockey audience in the U.S. in 22 years. [7] In Canada, the CBC said that the game drew 10.6 million viewers, making the game the most-watched CBC Sports program. [7] As the final seconds ticked away, veteran CBC Sports commentator Bob Cole called: "Now after 50 years, it's time for Canada to stand up and cheer. Stand up and cheer everybody! The Olympics Salt Lake City, 2002, men's ice hockey, gold medal: Canada!" The CBC also said that the 10.6 million viewers broke the previous record of 4.957 million viewers for Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, another moment Cole himself called: "Here comes the faceoff and blare it Manhattan! The New York Rangers have done it here on a hot June night in New York! The Rangers are Stanley Cup Champions!" [7]

During the final, the legend of the lucky loonie was born when Canadian icemaker Trent Evans buried a one dollar coin (Loonie) under centre ice and both the Canadian men's and women's teams won gold. [8] [9]

Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan became the second and third players to win the Olympic Gold Medal in hockey (with Team Canada) and the Stanley Cup (with the Detroit Red Wings) in the same year, the first to win an Olympic Gold and Stanley Cup was Ken Morrow in 1980. Chris Chelios and Brett Hull became the second and third players to win Olympic Silver Medal in hockey (with Team USA) and Stanley Cup in the same year (Sergei Fedorov was the first in 1998).

The format of the tournament was the same one used in the 1998 tournament in Nagano. It was controversial because the National Hockey League clubs would not release their players for the preliminary round. This severely hampered the campaigns of Germany and Slovakia, although the former country managed to qualify for the final group stage. Also the final group stage was criticized as being meaningless since all of the teams qualified for the quarter-finals.[ citation needed ] The format was changed for the 2006 tournament in an effort to address these criticisms.

Qualifying

The final standings at the end of the 1999 IIHF World Championship were used to determine the path to the Olympic tournament. The top six places were given direct entry to the first round, places seven and eight were given direct entry to the preliminary round, and all other participants were seeded in qualifying tournaments to fill the remaining six spots. This chart shows the seeding path for all nations, in detail.

Preliminary round

Group A

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

TeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3300103+76
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 3111111213
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 31207922
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 302181241
Source: [ citation needed ]

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002
16:05
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,504
Pavol Rybár Goalies Marc Seliger Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Acheson
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg James Garofalo
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Kulakov
0–120:30 − Rumrich (SH)
0–227:03 − Benda (MacKay, Soccio) (PP)
0–359:07 − Kathan (Seidenberg) (ENG)
8 minPenalties10 min
29Shots17
9 February 2002
19:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–4
(1–2, 1–2, 0–0)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,159
Reinhard Divis Goalies Sergejs Naumovs Referee:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Derek Nansen
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Shelyanin
0–101:03 − Fanduļs (Beļavskis, Kerčs) (PP)
0–207:38 − Bondarevs (Astašenko, Seņins)
Setzinger (Salfi) (PP) − 18:561–2
Trattnig − 21:162–2
2–324:40 − Panteļejevs (Tambijevs, Vītoliņš)
2–428:29 − Vītoliņš (Tambijevs, Sorokins)
12 minPenalties16 min
28Shots19

10 February 2002
16:05
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–3
(0–2, 2–0, 0–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,444
Reinhard Divis Goalies Marc Seliger Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hansen
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Antti Hämäläinen
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Norrman
0–101:21 − Kathan (Soccio, Kunce)
0–219:14 − Soccio (Kathan, Morczinietz)
Ressmann (Trattnig, Perthaler) (PP) − 23:201–2
Unterluggauer − 39:562–2
2–358:46 − Loth (MacKay)
14 minPenalties12 min
31Shots22
10 February 2002
19:00
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg6–6
(2–2, 2–4, 2–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,377
Sergejs Naumovs Goalies Pavol Rybár
Ján Lašák
Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rådbjer
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Kulakov
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Shelyanin
0–100:11 − Stümpel (Lintner, Višňovský)
Fanduļs (Ozoliņš) (PP) − 06:391–1
1–208:23 − Pardavý (Majeský)
Ņiživijs (Ozoliņš) − 11:452–2
Macijevskis (Cipruss, Ņiživijs) − 25:023–2
3–325:37 − Hossa (Stümpel)
3–428:13 − Višňovský (Demitra) (PP2)
3–533:20 − Petrovický (Hossa, Pavlikovský) (PP)
3–638:20 − Demitra (Petrovický)
Macijevskis (Ozoliņš) − 39:564–6
Beļavskis (Semjonovs) − 44:455–6
Tribuncovs (Ozoliņš, Cipruss) (PP) − 47:436–6
12 minPenalties12 min
24Shots35

12 February 2002
16:05
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,362
Ján Lašák Goalies Reinhard Divis Referee:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Antti Hämäläinen
Flag of Latvia.svg Eduards Odiņš
0–102:27 − Wheeldon (Lavoie)
Pavlikovský (Pardavý) (PP) − 08:021–1
1–225:03 − Kalt (Wheeldon, Brandner)
Lintner (Kapuš) − 32:072–2
2–349:09 − Unterluggauer (Lanzinger)
22 minPenalties28 min
29Shots30
12 February 2002
19:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,574
Marc Seliger Goalies Artūrs Irbe Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Rami Savolainen
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Panu Bruun
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Norrman
Reichel (Abstreiter) – 02:211–0
Soccio (Kathan, Morczinietz) – 04:072–0
2–106:34 − Cipruss (Ņiživijs, Macijevskis)
Ustorf – 22:563–1
Kathan (Soccio) – 33:574–1
10 minPenalties10 min
29Shots26

Group B

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

TeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 321053+24
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 321095+44
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 31117923
Flag of France.svg  France 302161041
Source: [ citation needed ]

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002
14:00
Belarus  Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,294
Sergei Shabanov Goalies Igor Karpenko Referee:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Vladimír Mihálik
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Blümel
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
Mikulchik (Skabelka, Stas) (PP2) – 47:491–0
16 minPenalties16 min
30Shots17
9 February 2002
21:00
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg3–3
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
Flag of France.svg  France E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,504
David Aebischer Goalies Cristobal Huet Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Rami Savolainen
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Panu Bruun
Flag of Latvia.svg Eduards Odiņš
0–102:50 − M. Rozenthal (Bozon) (PP2)
Aeschlimann (Sutter) (PP) − 10:261–1
1–234:50 − Bozon (M. Rozenthal)
Rötheli (Sutter, Streit) (PP) − 43:552–2
2–352:38 − M. Rozenthal (Meunier) (PP)
Streit (Keller, Aeschlimann) − 55:503–3
10 minPenalties14 min
33Shots21

11 February 2002
16:05
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,387
Igor Karpenko Goalies David Aebischer
Martin Gerber
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Acheson
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Blümel
Flag of the United States.svg James Garofalo
Oletsky (SH) − 02:081–0
Fedotenko (Ponikarovsky) − 14:202–0
2–116:02 − Jeannin (Aeschlimann, Rötheli)
Varlamov − 21:193–1
3–228:41 − Rüthemann (Von Arx) (PP)
Shakhraychuk (Lytvynenko, Klymentiev) − 31:354–2
Oletsky (Bobrovnikov) − 42:345–2
26 minPenalties18 min
26Shots29
11 February 2002
19:00
Belarus  Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of France.svg  France Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,214
Sergei Shabanov Goalies Cristobal Huet Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hansen
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Derek Nansen
0–103:34 − M. Rozenthal (Bozon)
Rasolko (Zhurik) (PP2) − 08:191–1
Tsyplakov (Romanov, Khmyl) (PP) − 36:252–1
D. Pankov (Bekbulatov) − 57:563–1
14 minPenalties10 min
21Shots23

13 February 2002
16:05
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,736
Martin Gerber Goalies Andrei Mezin Referee:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Vladimír Mihálik
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Kulakov
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
Fischer (Crameri) − 16:521–0
1–123:42 − Bekbulatov (Dudik, Kovalev)
Aeschlimann (Jeannin, Rötheli) − 29:112–1
8 minPenalties10 min
37Shots24
13 February 2002
19:00
France  Flag of France.svg2–4
(0–2, 2–2, 0–0)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,019
Cristobal Huet Goalies Kostiantyn Simchuk Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rådbjer
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg James Garofalo
Flag of Latvia.svg Eduards Odiņš
0–112:00 − Chybirev (Salnikov, Shyriaiev) (PP2)
0–218:36 − Khristich (Salnikov) (PP)
Bozon − 22:421–2
1–323:39 − Shakhraychuk (Sryubko, Savenko)
1–424:38 − Ponikarovsky (Salnikov, Shyriaiev) (PP)
Bozon (Bachet) − 25:592–4
14 minPenalties16 min
31Shots32

Consolation round

13th place game

14 February 2002
21:00
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg7–1
(1–0, 2–0, 4–1)
Flag of France.svg  France Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,956
Rastislav Staňa Goalies Patrick Rolland Referee:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Panu Bruun
Flag of Latvia.svg Eduards Odiņš
Hossa (SH) − 08:021–0
Stümpel (Šatan, Hossa) (PP) − 28:042–0
Handzuš (Bartečko, Demitra) − 39:023–0
Hossa (Višňovský) − 47:224–0
Pardavý (Milo, Pavlikovský) − 50:475–0
Pavlikovský (Milo) − 55:536–0
Hossa (Pavlikovský) − 58:507–0
7–159:19 – M. Rozenthal (Bozon, Mortas)
10 minPenalties12 min
49Shots19

11th place game

14 February 2002
15:00
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg4–1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–1)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,986
Martin Gerber Goalies Reinhard Divis Referee:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Vladimír Mihálik
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Blümel
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Shelyanin
Aeschlimann − 30:251–0
Plüss (Rüthemann) − 36:392–0
2–144:33 − Searle (Perthaler, Kromp)
Vauclair (Aeschlimann) (SH) − 50:303–1
Plüss (Seger) (ENG) − 59:204–1
10 minPenalties8 min
27Shots55

9th place game

14 February 2002
20:00
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg2–9
(0–6, 2–3, 0–0)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,449
Igor Karpenko
Kostiantyn Simchuk
Goalies Sergejs Naumovs Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Rami Savolainen
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg James Garofalo
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
0–101:33 − Tambijevs (Bondarevs)
0–202:26 − Vītoliņš (Sorokins, Kerčs)
0–305:20 − Fanduļs (Maticins, Kerčs) (PP2)
0–405:56 − Ņiživijs (Macijevskis) (PP)
0–518:22 − Panteļejevs (Maticins)
0–619:11 − Maticins (PS)
0–729:31 − Bondarevs (Macijevskis, Ņiživijs)
0–830:39 − Fanduļs
Khristich (Chybirev, Gunko) – 31:381–8
Chybirev (Oletsky, Sierov) – 35:332–8
2–939:41 − Semjonovs (Vītoliņš, Bondarevs)
26 minPenalties6 min
26Shots35

First round

Group C

TeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3300144+106
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3111127+53
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 311181023
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3030518130
Source: [ citation needed ]

All times are local (UTC-7).

15 February 2002
16:10
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–5
(1–1, 0–4, 1–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,597
Curtis Joseph Goalies Tommy Salo Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Kulakov
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Schachte
R. Blake (M. Peca, T. Fleury) – 2:371–0
1–15:30 − M. Sundin (D. Alfredsson)
1–226:06 – N. Sundström (M. Nylander, M. Näslund)
1–330:42 – M. Sundin (D. Alfredsson, N. Lidström)
1–431:47 – K. Jönsson (H. Zetterberg)
1–535:58 – U. Dahlén (N. Sundström, M. Sundin) (PP)
E. Brewer (O. Nolan) – 55:392–5
2 minPenalties6 min
35Shots25
15 February 2002
19:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8–2
(3–0, 3–1, 2–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,303
Dominik Hašek Goalies Christian Künast
Marc Seliger
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Acheson
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Antti Hämäläinen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jean Morin
J. Jágr (M. Ručinský, R. Lang) (PP) – 3:511–0
P. Sýkora (P. Eliáš, J. Dopita) – 13:352–0
M. Hejduk (M. Havlát, T. Kaberle) (PP) – 16:183–0
M. Havlát – 27:424–0
4–128:49 − L. Soccio (M. Sturm)
R. Lang (M. Ručinský, J. Jágr) (PP) – 33:445–1
J. Jágr (R. Lang) – 38:326–1
6–247:46 – S. Ustorf (J. Hecht)
P. Eliáš (J. Dopita) – 53:057–2
R. Reichel (M. Ručinský, J. Jágr) (PP) – 58:428–2
6 minPenalties10 min
38Shots20

17 February 2002
16:05
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Tommy Salo Goalies Dominik Hašek Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephen Walkom
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Antti Hämäläinen
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Schachte
K. Johnsson (N. Lidström, N. Sundström) (PP) – 4:451–0
M. Sundin (U. Dahlén, D. Alfredsson) – 25:142–0
2–130:23 − J. Dopita
10 minPenalties31 min
22Shots38
17 February 2002
19:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–2
(0–0, 3–0, 0–2)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,425
Martin Brodeur Goalies Marc Seliger Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Norrman
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Nowak
J. Sakic (S. Gagné) – 23:351–0
P. Kariya (O. Nolan) (PP) – 33:512–0
A. Foote (E. Jovanovski, J. Nieuwendyk) – 34:353–0
3–147:42 − A. Loth (M. MacKay, M. Lüdemann)
3–253:50 – J. Hecht (C. Schubert, T. Abstreiter) (PP)
10 minPenalties27 min
37Shots20

18 February 2002
16:10
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–3
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Dominik Hašek Goalies Martin Brodeur Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Kulakov
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Schachte
0–19:11 − M. Lemieux (S. Niedermayer)
M. Havlát (J. Jágr) – 18:231–1
M. Havlát (P. Kubina) – 23:082–1
2–238:49 – M. Lemieux (S. Yzerman)
J. Dopita (R. Hamrlík) – 53:173–2
3–356:36 – J. Nieuwendyk (T. Fleury, E. Jovanovski)
6 minPenalties4 min
23Shots36
18 February 2002
19:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–7
(0–3, 0–3, 1–1)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,348
Christian Künast
Robert Müller
Goalies Johan Hedberg Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Rami Savolainen
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Nowak
0–14:30 − M. Näslund (N. Lidström, N. Sundström) (PP)
0–26:03 – M. Sundin (D. Alfredsson, U. Dahlén)
0–39:23 – M. Renberg (M. Öhlund, M. Ragnarsson)
0–423:05 – M. Johansson
0–527:58 – D. Alfredsson (M. Sundin)
0–634:49 – M. Näslund (M. Öhlund, M. Ragnarsson)
0–747:53 – T. Holmström (N. Lidström, M. Sundin) (PP)
D. Seidenberg (S. Ustorf) – 58:011–7
16 minPenalties8 min
20Shots44

Group D

TeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3201163+135
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3210118+34
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 31119903
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 3030622160
Source: [ citation needed ]

All times are local (UTC-7).

15 February 2002
11:05
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg6–4
(3–1, 1–2, 2–1)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,484
Nikolai Khabibulin Goalies Sergei Shabanov
Andrei Mezin
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephen Walkom
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Cvik
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Norrman
S. Samsonov (I. Kovalchuk, S. Fedorov) (PP) – 1:451–0
1–18:20 − O. Antonenko (D. Pankov)
A. Zhamnov (P. Bure) (PP) – 17:322–1
I. Kovalchuk – 19:393–1
A. Yashin – 25:164–1
4–226:42 – O. Khmyl (PP)
4–334:01 – A. Kalyuzhny (PP)
B. Mironov (M. Afinogenov) – 42:215–3
S. Fedorov (M. Afinogenov) – 44:046–3
6–458:23 – R. Salei (V. Tsyplakov, O. Khmyl) (PP)
8 minPenalties10 min
36Shots33
15 February 2002
20:45
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–6
(0–0, 0–3, 0–3)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,597
Jani Hurme Goalies Mike Dunham Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Derek Nansen
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Nowak
0–129:45 − S. Young (B. Rolston, G. Suter)
0–236:16 − J. LeClair (B. Hull)
0–337:45 − K. Tkachuk (J. Roenick, B. Leetch)
0–446:49 − J. LeClair (B. Leetch) (PP2)
0–551:23 − J. LeClair (B. Hull, D. Weight)
0–654:14 − B. Guerin (P. Housley)
10 minPenalties10 min
23Shots39

16 February 2002
16:45
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg8–1
(3–0, 3–0, 2–1)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Pasi Nurminen Goalies Sergei Shabanov
Andrei Mezin
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Cvik
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
O. Jokinen (N. Hagman, J. Niinimaa) – 1:301–0
T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, T. Numminen) (PP) – 14:532–0
O. Jokinen (T. Kallio) – 16:243–0
T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen) – 24:554–0
S. Kapanen (V. Nieminen, J. Niinimaa) – 25:435–0
T. Kallio (J. Lumme, N. Hagman) – 29:266–0
6–143:54 − V. Pankov (R. Salei, D. Pankov) (PP)
A. Berg (R. Helminen) – 49:217–1
M. Eloranta (K. Timonen) – 54:398–1
10 minPenalties8 min
39Shots21
16 February 2002
21:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–2
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Mike Richter Goalies Nikolai Khabibulin Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Blümel
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jean Morin
K. Tkachuk (B. Leetch, B. Rafalski) (PP2) – 26:191–0
1–137:08 – V. Bure (V. Malakhov) (PP)
1–242:06 – S. Fedorov (I. Kovalchuk, S. Samsonov) (PP)
B. Hull (P. Housley, M. Modano) – 55:302–2
10 minPenalties8 min
25Shots35

18 February 2002
11:05
Belarus  Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg1–8
(1–0, 0–3, 0–5)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Andrei Mezin Goalies Tom Barrasso Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephen Walkom
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Cvik
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Derek Nansen
D. Pankov (V. Tsyplakov, O. Khmyl) – 0:201–0
1–120:46 – B. Hull (M. Modano)
1–222:46 – J. LeClair (B. Hull, B. Leetch) (PP)
1–327:33 – J. LeClair (M. Modano, B. Hull)
1–444:28 – S. Young (M. York, J. Roenick)
1–550:45 – A. Deadmarsh (B. Rolston) (SH)
1–652:34 – S. Young (J. Roenick)
1–753:32 – B. Guerin (T. Amonte)
1–856:26 – B. Guerin (A. Deadmarsh, B. Rolston)
8 minPenalties8 min
13Shots48
18 February 2002
13:30
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,360
Nikolai Khabibulin Goalies Jani Hurme Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Blümel
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jean Morin
P. Bure (I. Kravchuk) – 07:491–0
1–130:57 – T. Selänne (O. Väänänen)
1–236:15 – M. Eloranta (J. Ylönen, S. Kapanen)
1–340:33 – J. Lehtinen (S. Kapanen, J. Niinimaa) (PP)
10 minPenalties8 min
26Shots29

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
C2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0
D3 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1
D3 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2
D1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
D1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5
C4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0
D1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
C3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
D2 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
C3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
C3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7Bronze medal game
D4 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1
C1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3 D4 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2
D4 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 4D3 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7

Quarter-finals

All times are local (UTC-7).

20 February 2002
11:05
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–4
(1–2, 1–0, 1–2)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,240
Tommy Salo Goalies Andrei Mezin Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Blümel
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Schachte
N. Lidström (K. Johnsson, M. Nylander) – 3:101–0
1–17:47 – O. Romanov (I. Matushkin, A. Kalyuzhny) (SH)
1–29:33 – D. Dudik (A. Kovalev, A. Rasolko) (PP2)
M. Nylander (M. Sundin, N. Lidström) (PP) – 30:142–2
2–342:47 – A. Kovalev
M. Sundin – 47:543–3
3–457:36 – V. Kopat (O. Antonenko, V. Bekbulatov)
8 minPenalties14 min
47Shots19
20 February 2002
13:30
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,219
Dominik Hašek Goalies Nikolai Khabibulin Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephen Walkom
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Norrman
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Nowak
0–124:48 − M. Afinogenov (A. Nikolishin, V. Malakhov)
6 minPenalties22 min
41Shots27
20 February 2002
16:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg5–0
(1–0, 4–0, 0–0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Mike Richter Goalies Marc Seliger
Robert Müller
Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rådbjer
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jean Morin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Derek Nansen
J. Roenick (B. Rafalski, D. Weight) (PP2) – 13:061–0
C. Chelios – 20:462–0
T. Amonte (J. Roenick) – 29:423–0
J. LeClair (P. Housley, M. Modano) – 30:144–0
B. Hull (M. Modano, J. LeClair) – 31:475–0
4 minPenalties33 min
33Shots28
20 February 2002
20:15
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Jani Hurme Goalies Martin Brodeur Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Cvik
Flag of Slovakia.svg Rudolf Lauff
0–13:00 – J. Sakic (S. Gagné)
0–235:49 – S. Yzerman (M. Lemieux)
N. Hagman (T. Kallio, O. Jokinen) – 36:091–2
2 minPenalties2 min
19Shots34

Semi-finals

All times are local (UTC-7).

22 February 2002
12:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg7–1
(2–1, 2–0, 3–0)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Martin Brodeur Goalies Andrei Mezin
Sergei Shabanov
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephen Walkom
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Kulakov
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Nowak
S. Yzerman (J. Sakic, R. Blake) – 6:051–0
1–113:24 – R. Salei
E. Brewer (S. Yzerman) – 17:252–1
S. Niedermayer (M. Lemieux, P. Kariya) (PP) – 22:093–1
P. Kariya (S. Yzerman, M. Lemieux) – 33:284–1
S. Gagné (M. Peca) (SH) – 45:215–1
E. Lindros (R. Smyth, O. Nolan) (PP) – 52:246–1
J. Iginla (B. Shanahan) – 56:157–1
16 minPenalties14 min
51Shots14
22 February 2002
16:20
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–0)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Nikolai Khabibulin Goalies Mike Richter Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Antti Hämäläinen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jean Morin
0–115:56 – B. Guerin (PP)
0–227:31 – S. Young (P. Housley, B. Leetch) (PP)
0–337:39 – P. Housley (T. Amonte) (PP)
A. Kovalev (D. Markov, O. Tverdovsky) – 40:111–3
V. Malakhov – 43:212–3
12 minPenalties8 min
30Shots49

Bronze medal game

All times are local (UTC-7).

23 February 2002
12:15
Belarus  Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg2–7
(1–2, 1–2, 0–3)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Bronze medal icon.svg E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Game reference
Andrei Mezin
Sergei Shabanov
Goalies Nikolai Khabibulin Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rådbjer
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Norrman
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Schachte
0–15:28 – A. Kovalev (I. Larionov)
D. Pankov (V. Tsyplakov) – 9:211–1
1–211:20 – D. Kasparaitis (I. Larionov, A. Kovalev)
D. Dudik (V. Kopat) – 21:152–2
2–323:11 – O. Tverdovsky (S. Fedorov, A. Yashin) (PP)
2–423:34 – P. Datsyuk (I. Kravchuk)
2–547:47 – A. Kovalev (P. Datsyuk, I. Larionov)
2–652:30 – P. Bure (P. Datsyuk)
2–759:11 – M. Afinogenov (S. Samsonov, V. Malakhov)
12 minPenalties8 min
23Shots45

Gold medal game

All times are local (UTC-7).

24 February 2002
13:00
Silver medal icon.svg United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–5
(1–2, 1–1, 0–2)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Gold medal icon.svg E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Game reference
Mike Richter Goalies Martin Brodeur Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Cvik
Flag of Finland.svg Antti Hämäläinen
T. Amonte (D. Weight, T. Poti) – 8:491–0
1–114:50 – P. Kariya (C. Pronger, M. Lemieux)
1–218:33 – J. Iginla (J. Sakic, S. Gagné)
B. Rafalski (M. Modano, B. Hull) (PP) – 35:302–2
2–338:19 – J. Sakic (E. Jovanovski, R. Blake) (PP)
2–456:01 – J. Iginla (S. Yzerman, J. Sakic)
2–558:40 – J. Sakic (J. Iginla)
6 minPenalties8 min
33Shots39

Final rankings

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

These standings are presented as the IIHF has them, [10] however both the NHL and IOC maintain that all quarterfinal losers are ranked equal at 5th. [11] [12]

Statistics

Average age

Team USA was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 31 years and 10 months. Team Slovakia was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 26 years and 10 months. Gold medalists team Canada averaged 30 years and 3 months. Tournament average was 28 years and 9 months. [13]

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Sundin 4549+410F
Flag of the United States.svg Brett Hull 6358+46F
Flag of the United States.svg John LeClair 6617+22F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joe Sakic 6437+60F
Flag of Slovakia.svg Marián Hossa 2426+50F
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann 433602F
Flag of France.svg Philippe Bozon 4336+12F
Flag of Germany.svg Len Soccio 7336+38F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mario Lemieux 4246+40F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Yzerman 6246+42F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com Archived 2018-10-01 at the Wayback Machine

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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martin Gerber 157:4441.529595.790
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Richter 240:0092.2513293.181
Flag of Russia.svg Nikolai Khabibulin 359:12142.3420093.001
Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Salo 179:0372.359292.390
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominik Hašek 239:0082.0110592.380

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com Archived 2019-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

Joe Sakic (far left) was named the MVP of the tournament Joe Sakic Team Canada.jpg
Joe Sakic (far left) was named the MVP of the tournament

References

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  11. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book (2006), p. 15.
  12. LA84 foundation Ice Hockey Men Official Report of the XIX Olympic Winter Games, p. 323.
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