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Ice Hockey, Men

Date9 – 24 February 2002
StatusOlympic
LocationE Center, Salt Lake City, Utah / The Peaks Ice Arena, Provo, Utah
Participants312 from 14 countries
FormatRound-robin pools, followed by classification rounds, and single-elimination matches. Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden, and United States directly qualified for preliminary round.

The format for the tournament was the same as in 1998, with Canada, the United States, Russia, Sweden, Finland, and the Czech Republic seeded into the medal pools, to be joined by the winners of two preliminary pools. Again, the NHL suspended their schedule during the Winter Olympics, so that all the best players in the world could compete. Although many Europeans now played in the NHL, Canada and the United States still provided the bulk of the players in the world’s best ice hockey league. Since they could now use their best players, they were considered the favorites. Canada had last won a gold medal in ice hockey in 1952, and the United States had won only the two upsets of 1960 and 1980. But both of those were on home ice, and with the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the Americans were optimistic.

Canada easily won their semi-final match, 7-1, against Belarus. The other semi-final saw the United States defeat Russia, 3-2, in one of the most exciting Olympic games ever played. In the final, the USA scored first, on a breakaway goal by Tony Amonte. But Canada pulled ahead to lead, 3-2, entering the third period. Canada extended the lead in the final period to win, 5-2, and win their first gold medal in 50 years. They were led by Joe Sakic and Jarome Iginla, who each scored two goals in the final game.

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoalsGPMPGLSSOGASSPTS+/-PIMSVSSV%GAA
1CanadaCAN411922–14Gold
2United StatesUSA411926–10Silver
3Russian FederationRUS312719–14Bronze
4BelarusBLR306618–42
=5GermanyGER304615–26
=5Czech RepublicCZE112312–8
=5FinlandFIN202412–10
=5SwedenSWE301617–8
9LatviaLAT211520–14
10UkraineUKR202411–14
11SwitzerlandSUI211511–10
12AustriaAUT10328–13
13SlovakiaSVK112315–13
14FranceFRA01317–17

Qualifying Round (9 – 18 February 2002)

Group A (9 – 12 February 2002)

Round-robin pool. Winners qualified for preliminary round.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1GER300610–3Q
2LAT111311–12
3AUT10227–9
4SVK01218–12

Match #1 09 Feb 16:05GER 3 – 0SVK
Match #2 09 Feb 19:00LAT 4 – 2AUT
Match #3 10 Feb 16:05GER 3 – 2AUT
Match #4 10 Feb 19:00SVK 6 – 6LAT
Match #5 12 Feb 16:00AUT 3 – 2SVK
Match #6 12 Feb 19:00GER 4 – 1LAT

Group B (9 – 13 February 2002)

Round-robin pool. Winners qualified for preliminary round.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1BLR20145–3Q
2UKR20149–5
3SUI11137–9
4FRA01216–10

Match #1 09 Feb 14:00BLR 1 – 0UKR
Match #2 09 Feb 21:00FRA 3 – 3SUI
Match #3 11 Feb 16:05UKR 5 – 2SUI
Match #4 11 Feb 19:00BLR 3 – 1FRA
Match #5 13 Feb 16:05SUI 2 – 1BLR
Match #6 13 Feb 19:00UKR 4 – 2FRA

Preliminary Round (9 – 18 February 2002)

Group C (15 – 18 February 2002)

Round-robin pool. Seeding for quarter-finals.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1SWE300614–4
2CZE111312–7
3CAN11138–10
4GER00305–18

Match #1 15 Feb 16:05SWE 5 – 2CAN
Match #2 15 Feb 19:00CZE 8 – 2GER
Match #3 17 Feb 16:05SWE 2 – 1CZE
Match #4 17 Feb 19:00CAN 3 – 2GER
Match #5 18 Feb 16:00CZE 3 – 3CAN
Match #6 18 Feb 19:00SWE 7 – 1GER

Group D (15 – 18 February 2002)

Round-robin pool. Seeding for quarter-finals.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1USA210516–3
2FIN201411–8
3RUS11139–9
4BLR00306–22

Match #1 15 Feb 11:00RUS 6 – 4BLR
Match #2 15 Feb 20:46USA 6 – 0FIN
Match #3 16 Feb 16:45FIN 8 – 1BLR
Match #4 16 Feb 21:30RUS 2 – 2USA
Match #5 18 Feb 11:05USA 8 – 1BLR
Match #6 18 Feb 13:30FIN 3 – 1RUS

Quarter-Finals (20 February 2002)

Single elimination matches.

Match #1 20 Feb 11:05BLR 4 – 3SWE
Match #2 20 Feb 13:00RUS 1 – 0CZE
Match #3 20 Feb 15:30USA 5 – 0GER
Match #4 20 Feb 18:40CAN 2 – 1FIN

Semi-Finals (22 February 2002)

Single elimination matches.

Match #1 22 Feb 12:00CAN 7 – 1BLR
Match #2 22 Feb 16:15USA 3 – 2RUS

Final Round (14 – 24 February 2002)

Classification matches.

Match 1/2 24 Feb 13:00CAN 5 – 2USA
Match 3/4 23 Feb 12:15RUS 7 – 2BLR
Match 9/10 14 Feb 20:00LAT 9 – 2UKR
Match 11/12 14 Feb 15:00SUI 4 – 1AUT
Match 13/14 14 Feb 21:00SVK 7 – 1FRA

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