Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

2012 Winter Youth Olympics –
Boys' tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–22 January
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Finland (1st title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	14
Goals scored	100 (7.14 per game)
Attendance	20,880 (1,491 per game)
Scoring leader	Ivan Nikolishin (12 points)
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The boys' ice hockey tournament at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held from 13 to 22 January at the Tyrolean Ice Arena in Innsbruck, Austria.

Teams from five national hockey associations competed, in one single preliminary round group. The tournament consisted of 14 games: 10 in the preliminary round (teams played all other teams); 2 semifinal games; 1 bronze medal game; and 1 gold medal game. ^[1]

All games were played in three 15-minute periods, as opposed to the traditional 20-minute periods. ^[2]

Qualification

The top eight teams in the 2011 IIHF World Ranking will choose which tournament (either boys' or girls') they want to compete in. First priority is given to higher ranked nations. ^[3]

Rosters

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' team rosters

Each country is allowed to enter 17 athletes each. ^[3]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	3	0	0	1	25	9	+16	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	4	2	1	0	1	20	7	+13	8
3	Finland	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	+2	7
4	United States	4	2	0	0	2	14	18	−4	6
5	Austria (H)	4	0	0	0	4	3	30	−27	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams.
(H) Host

13 January 2012 10:15

Austria

0–3 (0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 520

Game reference
	Thomas Stroj	Goalies	Juuso Kannel	Referee: Simon Acher Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Benjamin Hoppe
	0–1 30:22 − Kapanen (Hopponen) 0–2 32:05 − Hopponen (Honkanen, Kapanen) 0–3 44:40 − Kiviranta (Sopanen, Kannel) (SH, ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	8	Shots	43

13 January 2012 14:45

Russia

4–3 (2–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Canada

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 932

Game reference
	Sergey Korobov	Goalies	Keven Bouchard	Referee: Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Daniel Persson Martin Smeibidlo
	Protapovich (Tsvetkov) – 05:08 1–0 1–1 05:33 – Pilon (Hicketts, Gardiner) Tsvetkov – 11:56 2–1 Lazarev (Nikolishin) (SH) – 18:58 3–1 3–2 21:37 – Brooks (Carrick) Vovchenko (Nikolishin) – 26:38 4–2 4–3 42:05 – Gardiner (Hicketts)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	29

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14 January 2012 12:30

United States

7–2 (4–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,180

Game reference
	Edwin Minney	Goalies	Stefan Müller	Referee: Andris Ansons Linesmen: Tilen Pahor Daniel Persson
	Gersich (Godbout, Schmaltz) – 00:47 1–0 Wegwerth (Eichel, Clarke) – 01:13 2–0 MacInnis (Magyar, Baughman) (PP) – 09:02 3–0 Gersich (Eichel) (PP) – 12:03 4–0 4–1 20:40 – Huber Gersich (Billitier) – 23:37 5–1 5–2 30:44 – Gaffal (Kraus, Huber) MacInnis (Godbout, Jacobs) (SH) – 41:06 6–2 Godbout (Schmaltz) (SH) – 41:24 7–2
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	16

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15 January 2012 13:30

Finland

4–3 (0–2, 3–0, 1–1)

Russia

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 783

Game reference
	Kaapo Kähkönen	Goalies	Maxim Tretiak	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Benjamin Hoppe Martin Smeibidlo
	0–1 03:32 – Sergeev (PP) 0–2 14:56 – Nikolishin (Nasybullin, Lazarev) (PP2) Honkanen (PS) – 25:04 1–2 Kapanen (Tuulola, Sopanen) (PP) – 27:08 2–2 Hopponen (Kapanen, Honkanen) (PP) – 29:33 3–2 Kapanen – 30:41 4–2 4–3 35:31 – Nikolishin (Lazarev, Svechnikov)
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	32

15 January 2012 18:00

Canada

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 2,575

Game reference
	Kevin Bouchard	Goalies	Edwin Minney Logan Halladay	Referee: Simon Aicher Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Tilen Pahor
	Cornel – 03:58 1–0 Gropp (Cornel) – 16:30 2–0 2–1 17:39 – Clarke (Jacobs) Duke (Brooks, Pilon) – 28:54 3–1 Brooks (Martin, Gardiner) (PP) – 43:21 4–1 Gropp (Cornel, Gardiner) (PP) – 44:06 5–1
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	16

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16 January 2012 12:45

Russia

11–1 (0–1, 4–0, 7–0)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,274

Game reference
	Sergey Korobov Maxim Tretiak	Goalies	Thomas Stroj	Referee: Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Tilen Pahor Daniel Persson
	0–1 12:30 – Gaffal (Kraus) (PP) Kondratyev (Vovchenko, Tsvetkov) – 16:13 1–1 Svetlakov (Vovchenko) – 19:33 2–1 Nikolishin (Nekolenko) – 25:51 3–1 Protapovich (Lazarev) (PP) – 27:55 4–1 Zinovev (PP) – 31:23 5–1 Svechnikov (Protapovich) – 33:22 6–1 Nikolishin (Zinovev) – 33:32 7–1 Protapovich (Lazarev, Orlov) (PP) – 35:34 8–1 Mikulovich (Nikolishin, Sergeev) – 40:04 9–1 Svechnikov (Lazarev, Nasybullin) (PP) – 42:41 10–1 Nikolishin (Zinovev, Nekolenko) – 43:52 11–1
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	53	Shots	12

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17 January 2012 11:15

Austria

0–9 (0–4, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 749

Game reference
	Stefan Müller	Goalies	Sam Walsh	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Benjamin Hoppe
	0–1 00:40 – Brooks (Hébert, Martin) 0–2 02:16 – Burton (Yetman, Crossman) 0–3 06:15 – Gropp (Cornel) (PP) 0–4 12:07 – Cornel (Gropp) 0–5 16:42 – Gardiner (Gropp) 0–6 24:35 – James 0–7 38:31 – Duke (Martin, Brooks) (PP) 0–8 40:14 – Pilon 0–9 41:24 – Duke (Martin, Carrick)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	44

17 January 2012 15:45

Finland

4–5 (1–0, 2–3, 1–2)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,824

Game reference
	Jusso Kannel	Goalies	Edwin Minney	Referee: Andris Ansons Linesmen: Tilen Pahor Martin Smeibidlo
	Kiviranta (Hopponen, Tuulola) – 12:16 1–0 1–1 16:31 – Baughman (Schmaltz) Tuulola (Kiviranta, Pitkänen) – 19:45 2–1 2–2 23:10 – Glover (Bliss) (PP) Kauppinen (Hopponen, Levänen) – 24:36 3–2 3–3 27:47 – Clarke (Kerr) 3–4 31:01 – Schmaltz (Bliss, Fiegl) 3–5 32:15 – MacInnis (Gersich, Magyar) Kapanen (Haapanen) – 41:45 4–5
	10 min	Penalties	26 min
	29	Shots	32

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18 January 2012 11:45

Canada

3–2 GWS (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,261

Game reference
	Kevin Bouchard	Goalies	Kaapo Kähkönen	Referee: Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Martin Smeibidlo
	Brooks (Duke) – 15:11 1–0 1–1 21:05 – Kiviranta (Pitkänen) Cornel (Gropp, Hicketts) – 22:01 2–1 2–2 36:42 – Kiviranta (Pitkänen, Nieminen)
	Cornel Gropp Gardiner	Shootout	Kiviranta Kapanen Honkanen
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	25

18 January 2012 16:15

United States

1–7 (0–2, 0–3, 1–2)

Russia

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 2,124

Game reference
	Edwin Minney Logan Halladay	Goalies	Sergey Korobov	Referee: Simon Aicher Linesmen: Benjamin Hoppe Daniel Persson
	0–1 01:43 – Orlov (Svechnikov, Protapovich (PP) 0–2 06:47 – Mikulovich (Nikolishin, Sergeev) (PP) 0–3 16:24 – Kondratyev (Svetlakov) 0–4 19:32 – Svechnikov (Lazarev, Protapovich) (PP) 0–5 21:58 – Lazarev (Svechnikov) Fiegl (MacInnis, Wegwerth) – 38:17 1–5 1–6 40:30 – Lazarev (Svechnikov) 1–7 43:32 – Nasybullin (Orlov, Protapovich) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	30

Playoffs

Canada against Finland

	Semifinals					Gold medal game
	1	Russia	5
	4	United States	2
						1	Russia	1
						3	Finland (GWS)	2
	2	Canada	1
	3	Finland	2			Bronze medal game
						2	Canada	7
						4	United States	5

Semifinals

20 January 2012 14:15

Russia

5–2 (1–0, 1–0, 3–2)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,632

Game reference
	Sergey Korobov	Goalies	Logan Halladay	Referee: Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Daniel Persson
	Orlov (Nasybullin, Protapovich) (PP) – 02:06 1–0 Nikolishin (Nekolenko) – 28:01 2–0 Zinovev (Mikulovich, Nikolishin) – 31:03 3–0 Nekolenko (Nikolishin, Sergeev) – 32:49 4–0 4–1 40:06 – Wegwerth (Eichel) 4–2 41:22 – Eichel (Glover) (PP, EA) Svechnikov (ENG) – 44:37 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	32

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20 January 2012 18:45

Canada

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,426

Game reference
	Keven Bouchard	Goalies	Kaapo Kähkönen	Referee: Simon Aicher Linesmen: Benjamin Hoppe Tilen Pahor
	Carrick (Gardiner, Cornel) (PP) – 04:17 1–0 1–1 11:29 – Nieminen (Kiviranta, Pitkänen) 1–2 40:26 – Sopanen (Nieminen, Pitkänen) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	19

Bronze medal game

21 January 2012 14:45

Canada

7–5 (3–1, 4–1, 0–3)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,592

Game reference
	Keven Bouchard	Goalies	Logan Halladay	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Benjamin Hoppe Martin Smeibidlo
	Cornel (Gardiner, Hicketts) (PP) – 04:19 1–0 Pilon (Gardiner, Cornel) – 06:58 2–0 Gropp (Gardiner, Pilon) (PP) – 13:22 3–0 3–1 14:53 – Billitier (Baughman) 3–2 19:40 – MacInnis (Eichel) Brooks (Duke, Martin) – 21:27 4–2 Gardiner (Hicketts) – 22:35 5–2 Gropp – 23:10 6–2 Gropp (Gardiner) – 25:40 7–2 7–3 31:44 – Eichel (Schmaltz) 7–4 38:54 – Magyar (Jacobs, Wegwerth) 7–5 40:10 – Schmaltz (MacInnis, Godbout) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	40

Gold medal game

22 January 2012 12:15

Russia

1–2 GWS (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 3,008

Game reference
	Sergey Korobov	Goalies	Kaapo Kähkönen	Referee: Simon Aicher Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Daniel Persson
	Zinovev – 08:35 1–0 1–1 43:58 – Hopponen (EA)
	Lazarev Nikolishin	Shootout	Honkanen Kapanen
	24 min	Penalties	26 min
	28	Shots	25

References

1. "2012 Winter Youth Olympics schedule". IIHF . Retrieved December 16, 2011.
2. "Ice hockey sport guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
3. Qualification system