Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics

1994 Winter Olympics
Ice Hockey
Tournament details
Host country  Norway
Dates 12–27 February
Teams 12
Venue(s) Fjellhallen
Håkons Hall (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up   Canada
Third place   Finland
Fourth place  Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 46
Goals scored 308 (6.7 per match)
Attendance 334,373 (7,269 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Slovakia Zigmund Palffy 10 points

The men's ice hockey tournament (women's was added in 1998) at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, was the 18th Olympic Championship. Sweden won its first gold medal, becoming the sixth nation to ever win Olympic ice hockey gold. The silver medal win by Canada extended its all-time Olympic ice hockey lead to 12 medals (extended to 15 medals, for the men's team, as of the 2014 Winter Olympics). The tournament, held from February 12 to February 27, was played at the Fjellhallen in Gjøvik and the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer.

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 Sweden (SWE)
Håkan Algotsson,
Tommy Salo,
Magnus Svensson,
Fredrik Stillman,
Tomas Jonsson,
Roger Johansson,
Kenny Jönsson,
Christian Due-Boje,
Leif Rohlin,
Håkan Loob,
Patrik Juhlin,
Jörgen Jönsson,
Peter Forsberg,
Roger Hansson,
Mats Näslund,
Jonas Bergqvist,
Charles Berglund,
Stefan Örnskog,
Patric Kjellberg,
Niklas Eriksson,
Andreas Dackell,
Daniel Rydmark		  Canada (CAN)
Corey Hirsch,
Manny Legace,
Allain Roy,
Brad Werenka,
Derek Mayer,
Mark Astley,
Adrian Aucoin,
Chris Therien,
Brad Schlegel,
David Harlock,
Ken Lovsin,
Paul Kariya,
Petr Nedvěd,
Todd Hlushko,
Chris Kontos,
Dwayne Norris,
Brian Savage,
Greg Parks,
Greg Johnson,
Todd Warriner,
Fabian Joseph,
Wally Schreiber,
Jean-Yves Roy		  Finland (FIN)
Jarmo Myllys,
Pasi Kuivalainen,
Jukka Tammi,
Marko Kiprusoff,
Mika Strömberg,
Hannu Virta,
Timo Jutila,
Janne Laukkanen,
Erik Hämäläinen,
Pasi Sormunen,
Mika Nieminen,
Saku Koivu,
Ville Peltonen,
Janne Ojanen,
Esa Keskinen,
Raimo Helminen,
Marko Palo,
Jere Lehtinen,
Mika Alatalo,
Petri Varis,
Sami Kapanen,
Tero Lehterä,
Mikko Mäkelä

Source:

  1.  Sweden
  2.  Canada
  3.  Finland
  4.  Russia
  5.  Czech Republic
  6.  Slovakia
  7.  Germany
  8.  United States
  9.  Italy
  10.  France
  11.  Norway
  12.  Austria

Qualification

The top eleven nations from the 1993 World Championships qualified directly. To fill the twelfth spot, five nations were selected to compete: The top two from Group B (Great Britain and Poland), the top nation from Group C (Latvia), the best Asian nation (Japan), and Slovakia. This was the first IIHF event for Slovakia.[1]

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 4 3 0 1 25 8 7
 Latvia 4 3 1 0 22 14 6
 Poland 4 1 1 2 14 16 4
 Japan 4 1 3 0 11 22 2
 Great Britain 4 0 3 1 9 21 1
 Great Britain 2:2 Poland
 Slovakia 7:2 Japan
 Latvia 6:2 Poland
 Great Britain 2:4 Japan
 Slovakia 4:4 Poland
 Great Britain 4:8 Latvia
 Latvia 1:7 Slovakia
 Poland 6:4 Japan
 Japan 1:7 Latvia
 Great Britain 1:7 Slovakia

First round

Twelve participating teams were placed in the two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Finland 5 5 0 0 25 4 10
 Germany 5 3 2 0 11 14 6
 Czech Republic 5 3 2 0 16 11 6
 Russia 5 3 2 0 20 14 6
 Austria 5 1 4 0 13 28 2
 Norway 5 0 5 0 5 19 0
 Finland 3:1 Czech Republic
 Norway 1:5 Russia
 Germany 4:3 Austria
 Norway 1:2 Germany
 Czech Republic 7:3 Austria
 Finland 5:0 Russia
 Czech Republic 1:0 Germany
 Russia 9:1 Austria
 Norway 0:4 Finland
 Germany 4:2 Russia
 Finland 6:2 Austria
 Norway 1:4 Czech Republic
 Norway 2:4 Austria
 Finland 7:1 Germany
 Russia 4:3 Czech Republic

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 5 3 0 2 26 14 8
 Canada 5 3 1 1 17 11 7
 Sweden 5 3 1 1 23 13 7
 United States 5 1 1 3 21 17 5
 Italy 5 1 4 0 15 31 2
 France 5 0 4 1 11 27 1
 Sweden 4:4 Slovakia
 Canada 7:2 Italy
 United States 4:4 France
 Sweden 4:1 Italy
 Canada 3:1 France
 United States 3:3 Slovakia
 Sweden 7:1 France
 Slovakia 10:4 Italy
 United States 3:3 Canada
 Slovakia 3:1 Canada
 Sweden 6:4 United States
 Italy 7:3 France
 United States 7:1 Italy
 Canada 3:2 Sweden
 Slovakia 6:2 France

Consolation Round (9th to 12th places)

Consolation Round 9th Place Match
February 22
   France   5  
   Austria   4  
 
February 24
       Italy   3
     France   2
11th Place Match
February 22 February 24
   Norway   3    Norway   3
   Italy   6      Austria   1

Final round

  Quarterfinal                    
  A1   Finland 6  
  B4   United States 1   Semifinal
      QF1   Finland 3  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Canada 5  
  B2   Canada 3
  A3   Czech Republic 2         Final
              SF1   Canada 2 (2)
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Sweden (SO) 2 (3)
  B1   Slovakia 2      
  A4   Russia 3   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Sweden 4   SF1   Finland 4
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Russia 3     SF2   Russia 0
  A2   Germany 0
  B3   Sweden 3  

All times are local.

Quarter-finals

February 23
15:00		 Canada 3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1
(OT 1–0)		 Czech Republic Gjøvik, Fjellhallen
Attendance: 3,500
February 23
16:30		 Finland 6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 United States Lillehammer, Håkons Hall
Attendance: 8,585
February 23
19:30		 Germany 0–3
(0–0, 0–1, 0–2)		 Sweden Gjøvik, Fjellhallen
Attendance: 4,500
February 23
21:00		 Slovakia 2–3 OT
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–1)		 Russia Lillehammer, Håkons Hall
Attendance: 9,400

Semi-finals

February 25
19:30		 Finland 3–5
(0–0, 2–2, 1–3)		 Canada Gjøvik, Fjellhallen
Attendance: 5,237
February 25
21:00		 Sweden 4–3
(2–1, 1–0, 1–2)		 Russia Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 8,528

Bronze Medal Game

February 26
21:00		 Finland 4–0
(2–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 Russia Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 9,215

Gold Medal Game

February 27
15:15		 Sweden 3–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 Canada Håkons Hall, Lillehammer
Attendance: 9,187

Gold Medal Game

An exciting Gold Medal game saw Sweden force overtime by tying the score with less than two minutes to go. After a scoreless overtime, the winner was determined by a shootout. The first five rounds saw two players for each side make their penalty shots (Nedved and Kariya for Canada and Forsberg and Svensson for Sweden). In the sixth round, both Nedved and Svensson missed their shots. Forsberg then scored on Canadian goaltender Hirsch to start the seventh round. Kariya took Canada's seventh round shot and was stopped by Swedish goaltender Salo—giving the Swedes the gold medal.[2]

Commemorative Swedish Stamp

In 1995, the Swedish postal service memorialized Forsberg's game winning shootout goal. Because Hirsch would not grant permission for his likeness to be used on the stamp he was 'disguised' by means of changing the color of his sweater and his player number.[3]

Consolation Round (5th to 8th places)

Consolation Round 5th Place Match
February 24
   Czech Republic   5  
   United States   3  
 
February 26
       Czech Republic   7
     Slovakia   1
7th Place Match
February 24 February 26
   Slovakia   6    Germany   4
   Germany   5      United States   3

Leading scorers

Name Games Goals Assists Points
1 Slovakia Zigmund Palffy 83710
2 Slovakia Miroslav Satan 8909
3 Slovakia Peter Stastny 8549
4 Sweden Haakan Loob 8459
5 Italy Gates Orlando 7369
6 Sweden Patrik Juhlin 8718
7 Czech Republic Jiří Kučera 8628
8 Austria Marty Dallman 7448
9 Finland Mika Nieminen 8358
10 United States David Sacco 8358
11 Sweden Peter Forsberg 8268

References

  1. ↑ Qualifying tournament at passionhockey.com
  2. ↑ "Jeux Olympiques de Lillehammer 1994". HockeyArchives.info. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
  3. ↑ "Hirsch Stung By Forsberg Again". GreatestHockeyLegends.com. Retrieved 2010-02-16.

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