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Ice Hockey, Men

Date	7 – 22 February 1998
Status	Olympic
Location	Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano / Big Hat, Nagano
Participants	306 from 14 countries
Format	Round-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 1998 Winter Olympics saw the NHL competing at the highest level for the first time ever. The league closed down its play for 2½ weeks to allow all their players to compete at the Olympics. The IIHF seeded the six best teams in the world – Canada, USA, Russia, Sweden, Finland, and the Czech Republic – into a final medal round. Eight other teams competed in two preliminary pools, with the winners of those pools advancing to the final pools of four teams each. Those medal pools were really only for seeding purposes as all of the teams advanced to the quarter-finals of a single-elimination tournament.

The story of the tournament was the goalie for the Czech Republic, Dominik Hašek, who played for the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL. In the quarters, Hašek recorded 38 saves as the Czechs defeated the United States, 4-1. The semis against Canada came down to a shoot-out, after a 1-1 tie, but Hašek stopped all five Canadian shots. The final matched Russia against the Czech Republic, and Hašek again dominated with a shut-out, the Czech Republic winning 1-0.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	Penalties in Minutes (PIM)	Plus/Minus	Saves	Save%	Goals Against Average	Shots on Goal	Minutes Played
1	–	Czech Republic	CZE	6	18	25	43	75	+43	149	96.1%	0.97	167	–	Gold
Forward	22	David Moravec		6	0	1	1	2	0	–	–	–	5	–
Goalkeeper	39	Dominik Hašek		6	0	0	0	4	–	149	96.1%	0.97	0	369:36
Defense	4	František Kučera		6	0	0	0	0	+3	–	–	–	11	–
Forward	16	Jan Čaloun		6	0	6	6	4	0	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	68	Jaromír Jágr		6	1	4	5	2	+3	–	–	–	15	–
Defense	6	Jaroslav Špaček		6	0	0	0	4	+2	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	30	Jiří Dopita		6	1	2	3	0	+3	–	–	–	12	–
Defense	71	Jiří Šlégr		6	1	0	1	8	+2	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	42	Josef Beránek		6	1	0	1	4	+2	–	–	–	14	–
Defense	5	Libor Procházka		6	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	20	Martin Procházka		6	1	1	2	0	+1	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	26	Martin Ručinský		6	3	1	4	4	+3	–	–	–	14	–
Forward	28	Martin Straka		6	1	2	3	0	+1	–	–	–	10	–
Forward	24	Milan Hejduk		6	0	0	0	2	+2	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	10	Pavel Patera		6	2	3	5	0	0	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	23	Petr Svoboda		6	1	1	2	39	+5	–	–	–	4	–
Defense	32	Richard Šmehlík		6	0	1	1	4	+2	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	13	Robert Lang		6	0	3	3	0	+4	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	21	Robert Reichel		6	2	0	2	0	+4	–	–	–	16	–
Defense	44	Roman Hamrlík		6	1	0	1	2	+4	–	–	–	8	–
Forward	97	Vladimír Růžička		6	3	0	3	0	+2	–	–	–	8	–
Goalkeeper	3	Milan Hnilička DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	29	Roman Čechmánek DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ivan Hlinka
2	–	Russian Federation	RUS	6	26	32	58	64	+69	142	92.2%	2.00	166	–	Silver
Defense	5	Aleksey Gusarov		6	0	3	3	6	+4	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	24	Aleksey Morozov		6	2	2	4	0	+1	–	–	–	8	–
Forward	19	Aleksey Yashin		6	3	3	6	0	+6	–	–	–	11	–
Forward	33	Aleksey Zhamnov		6	2	1	3	2	+6	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	44	Aleksey Zhitnik		6	0	2	2	2	+1	–	–	–	11	–
Forward	51	Andrey Kovalenko		6	4	1	5	14	+5	–	–	–	11	–
Goalkeeper	34	Andrey Trefilov		2	0	0	0	2	–	34	89.5%	3.45	0	69:36
Defense	2	Boris Mironov		6	0	2	2	10	+7	–	–	–	4	–
Defense	11	Darius Kasparaitis		6	0	2	2	6	+8	–	–	–	3	–
Defense	15	Dmitry Mironov		6	0	3	3	0	+5	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	3	Dmitry Yushkevich		6	0	0	0	2	+2	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	14	German Titov		6	1	0	1	6	+3	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	29	Igor Kravchuk		6	0	2	2	2	+1	–	–	–	7	–
Goalkeeper	35	Mikhail Shtalenkov		5	0	0	0	0	–	108	93.1%	1.66	0	289:56
Forward	10	Pavel Bure		6	9	0	9	2	+6	–	–	–	23	–
Forward	91	Sergey Fyodorov		6	1	5	6	8	+6	–	–	–	12	–
Defense	55	Sergey Gonchar		6	0	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	9	Sergey Krivokrasov		6	0	0	0	4	0	–	–	–	12	–
Forward	8	Sergey Nemchinov		6	1	0	1	0	-1	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	20	Valery Bure		6	1	0	1	0	+1	–	–	–	17	–
Forward	13	Valery Kamensky		6	1	2	3	0	+7	–	–	–	15	–
Forward	25	Valery Zelepukin		6	1	2	3	0	+1	–	–	–	5	–
Goalkeeper	29	Oleg Shevtsov DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Vladimir Yurzinov
3	–	Finland	FIN	6	20	42	62	74	-12	125	86.8%	3.18	153	–	Bronze
Defense	5	Aki-Petteri Berg		6	0	0	0	6	+2	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	15	Antti Törmänen		6	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	1	–
Goalkeeper	31	Ari Sulander		3	0	0	0	0	–	59	84.3%	3.67	0	180:00
Forward	10	Esa Tikkanen		6	1	1	2	0	-1	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	44	Janne Niinimaa		6	0	3	3	8	+1	–	–	–	10	–
Defense	12	Janne Laukkanen		6	0	0	0	4	-2	–	–	–	8	–
Forward	17	Jari Kurri		6	1	4	5	2	0	–	–	–	9	–
Goalkeeper	35	Jarmo Myllys		3	0	0	0	0	–	66	89.2%	2.69	0	178:42
Forward	20	Jere Lehtinen		6	4	2	6	2	+1	–	–	–	13	–
Forward	19	Juha Lind		6	0	1	1	6	+1	–	–	–	2	–
Forward	37	Juha Ylönen		6	0	0	0	8	-2	–	–	–	7	–
Defense	21	Jyrki Lumme		6	1	10	11	16	-2	–	–	–	9	–
Defense	4	Kimmo Timonen		6	0	1	1	2	-3	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	25	Kimmo Rintanen		6	1	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	40	Mika Nieminen		6	1	3	4	0	-1	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	14	Raimo Helminen		6	2	0	2	0	-2	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	11	Saku Koivu		6	2	8	10	4	+1	–	–	–	16	–
Forward	24	Sami Kapanen		6	0	1	1	0	-4	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	8	Teemu Selänne		6	4	6	10	8	0	–	–	–	20	–
Defense	27	Teppo Numminen		6	1	1	2	2	-1	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	6	Tuomas Grönman		6	0	0	0	2	+1	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	16	Ville Peltonen		6	2	1	3	4	-1	–	–	–	13	–
Goalkeeper	30	Jukka Tammi DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Hannu Aravirta
4	–	Canada	CAN	6	19	26	45	60	+53	130	93.5%	1.46	182	–
Defense	44	Rob Blake		6	1	1	2	2	+8	–	–	–	13	–
Defense	77	Ray Bourque		6	1	2	3	4	+8	–	–	–	14	–
Forward	17	Rod Brind'Amour		6	1	2	3	0	+3	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	27	Shayne Corson		6	1	1	2	2	+3	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	37	Éric Desjardins		6	0	0	0	2	+1	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	74	Theo Fleury		6	1	3	4	2	+1	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	52	Adam Foote		6	0	1	1	2	-2	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	99	Wayne Gretzky		6	0	3	3	2	+3	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	16	Trevor Linden		6	1	0	1	10	+2	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	88	Eric Lindros		6	2	3	5	2	+6	–	–	–	13	–
Defense	2	Al MacInnis		6	2	0	2	2	+2	–	–	–	10	–
Forward	25	Joe Nieuwendyk		6	2	4	6	2	0	–	–	–	14	–
Forward	55	Keith Primeau		6	2	1	3	4	+3	–	–	–	10	–
Defense	24	Chris Pronger		6	0	0	0	2	0	–	–	–	8	–
Forward	8	Mark Recchi		5	0	2	2	0	+1	–	–	–	4	–
Goalkeeper	33	Patrick Roy		6	0	1	1	0	–	130	93.5%	1.46	0	369:07
Forward	91	Joe Sakic		5	1	2	3	4	+2	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	14	Brendan Shanahan		6	2	0	2	0	+3	–	–	–	21	–
Defense	4	Scott Stevens		6	0	0	0	2	+5	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	19	Steve Yzerman		6	1	1	2	10	+4	–	–	–	11	–
Forward	7	Rob Zamuner		6	1	0	1	6	0	–	–	–	9	–
Goalkeeper	30	Martin Brodeur DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	31	Curtis Joseph DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Marc Crawford
=5	–	United States	USA	4	9	15	24	38	-44	79	84.9%	3.50	132	–
Forward	11	Tony Amonte		4	0	1	1	4	-4	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	6	Bryan Berard		4	0	0	0	0	-1	–	–	–	1	–
Defense	24	Keith Carney		4	0	0	0	2	0	–	–	–	0	–
Defense	7	Chris Chelios		4	2	0	2	2	-2	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	18	Adam Deadmarsh		4	1	0	1	2	-3	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	12	Bill Guerin		4	0	3	3	2	+2	–	–	–	15	–
Defense	3	Derian Hatcher		4	0	0	0	0	-1	–	–	–	0	–
Defense	4	Kevin Hatcher		4	0	2	2	0	-4	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	25	Jamie Langenbrunner		3	0	0	0	4	-2	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	15	Brett Hull		4	2	1	3	0	-1	–	–	–	14	–
Forward	16	Pat LaFontaine		4	1	1	2	0	-4	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	10	John LeClair		4	0	1	1	0	-2	–	–	–	15	–
Defense	2	Brian Leetch		4	1	1	2	0	-4	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	9	Mike Modano		4	2	0	2	0	-2	–	–	–	13	–
Forward	29	Joel Otto		4	0	0	0	0	-1	–	–	–	3	–
Goalkeeper	35	Mike Richter		4	0	0	0	0	–	79	84.9%	3.52	0	238:28
Forward	27	Jeremy Roenick		4	0	1	1	6	-1	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	5	Mathieu Schneider		4	0	0	0	6	-1	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	20	Gary Suter		4	0	0	0	2	-7	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	17	Keith Tkachuk		4	0	2	2	6	-3	–	–	–	6	–
Goalkeeper	34	John Vanbiesbrouck		1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0.0%	0.00	0	1:31
Forward	19	Doug Weight		4	0	2	2	2	-3	–	–	–	6	–
Goalkeeper	31	Guy Hebert DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ron Wilson
=5	–	Sweden	SWE	4	12	17	29	48	+27	94	91.3%	2.27	104	–
Defense	3	Tommy Albelin		4	0	0	0	4	0	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	38	Andreas Johansson		4	0	0	0	2	-1	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	11	Daniel Alfredsson		4	2	3	5	2	+3	–	–	–	16	–
Forward	34	Michael Andersson		4	1	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	22	Ulf Dahlén		4	1	0	1	2	+1	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	21	Peter Forsberg		4	1	4	5	6	+5	–	–	–	9	–
Defense	6	Calle Johansson		4	0	0	0	2	+1	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	20	Jörgen Jönsson		4	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	24	Patric Kjellberg		4	1	0	1	0	+1	–	–	–	2	–
Defense	4	Nicklas Lidström		4	1	1	2	2	+4	–	–	–	8	–
Forward	41	Mats Lindgren		4	0	0	0	2	+1	–	–	–	2	–
Defense	14	Mattias Norström		4	0	1	1	2	+3	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	92	Michael Nylander		4	0	0	0	6	+1	–	–	–	4	–
Defense	2	Mattias Öhlund		4	0	1	1	4	-1	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	33	Marcus Ragnarsson		4	0	1	1	0	+1	–	–	–	2	–
Forward	19	Mikael Renberg		4	1	2	3	4	+2	–	–	–	13	–
Goalkeeper	35	Tommy Salo		4	0	0	0	0	–	94	91.3%	2.27	0	238:23
Defense	5	Ulf Samuelsson		3	0	1	1	4	+1	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	17	Tomas Sandström		4	0	1	1	0	+1	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	13	Mats Sundin		4	3	0	3	4	+1	–	–	–	11	–
Forward	37	Niklas Sundström		4	1	1	2	2	+3	–	–	–	4	–
Goalkeeper	1	Johan Hedberg DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	30	Tommy Söderström DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Kent Forsberg
=5	–	Kazakhstan	KAZ	7	21	27	48	139	-74	174	82.9%	5.14	142	–
Defense	9	Vladimir Antipin		7	1	1	2	4	-7	–	–	–	12	–
Forward	27	Mikhail Borodulin		7	3	0	3	10	-6	–	–	–	10	–
Forward	24	Pyotr Devyatkin		7	0	2	2	25	-5	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	15	Igor Dorokhin		7	0	0	0	4	-6	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	18	Dmitry Dudaryev		7	1	1	2	0	-5	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	28	Vadim Glovatsky		7	0	2	2	6	-6	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	11	Pavel Kamentsev		7	2	0	2	4	-3	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	17	Aleksandr Koreshkov		7	3	6	9	2	-1	–	–	–	17	–
Forward	19	Yevgeny Koreshkov		7	2	1	3	8	+1	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	10	Oleg Kryazhev		7	0	0	0	0	-3	–	–	–	3	–
Defense	7	Igor Nikitin		7	1	0	1	6	-3	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	21	Andrey Pchelyakov		7	1	2	3	4	-7	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	25	Erlan Sagymbayev		7	1	0	1	4	-3	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	26	Andrey Savenkov		7	0	1	1	4	-3	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	29	Konstantin Shafranov		7	4	3	7	6	-1	–	–	–	13	–
Goalkeeper	1	Aleksandr Shimin		4	0	0	0	0	–	32	80.0%	5.11	0	93:58
Defense	8	Andrey Sokolov		7	1	1	2	4	-2	–	–	–	16	–
Defense	4	Vitaly Tregubov		7	1	0	1	4	-3	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	5	Aleksey Troshchinsky		7	0	1	1	32	-3	–	–	–	2	–
Goalkeeper	30	Vitaly Yeremeyev		7	0	0	0	0	–	142	83.5%	5.15	0	326:02
Forward	23	Vladimir Zavyalov		7	0	3	3	4	-5	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	3	Igor Zemlyanoy		7	0	3	3	8	-3	–	–	–	5	–
Coach		Boris Aleksandrov
=5	–	Belarus	BLR	7	19	31	50	84	-4	177	88.5%	3.29	190	–
Defense	15	Aliaksandr Aliakseyev		7	1	1	2	0	-1	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	9	Aliaksandr Andriyeuski		7	1	2	3	8	-1	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	11	Vadzim Bekbulatau		5	2	2	4	4	+4	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	7	Siarhei Yerkovich		7	2	0	2	16	-3	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	55	Аlex Halcheniuk		7	1	2	3	0	+2	–	–	–	8	–
Forward	17	Aliaksei Kaliuzhny		7	1	2	3	4	-2	–	–	–	13	–
Forward	10	Viktar Karachun		7	2	1	3	8	-3	–	–	–	14	–
Defense	3	Aleh Khmyl		7	0	2	2	4	-1	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	13	Andrei Kavaliou		7	1	3	4	2	0	–	–	–	17	–
Forward	8	Aliaksei Lozhkin		7	0	2	2	0	-2	–	–	–	9	–
Defense	6	Ihar Matushkin		7	1	2	3	4	+3	–	–	–	10	–
Goalkeeper	30	Andrei Miezin		6	0	0	0	2	–	155	88.1%	3.54	0	355:46
Forward	14	Vasil Pankou		7	1	2	3	4	-4	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	5	Aleh Romanou		7	1	3	4	4	+4	–	–	–	14	–
Forward	18	Aleh Antonenka		2	1	1	2	0	+2	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	21	Yauhen Roshchyn		6	0	2	2	0	+2	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	23	Ruslan Salei		7	1	0	1	4	-2	–	–	–	24	–
Goalkeeper	1	Aliaksandr Shumidub		2	0	0	0	0	–	22	91.7%	1.87	0	64:14
Forward	16	Andrei Skabielka		7	2	2	4	0	+2	–	–	–	17	–
Defense	93	Siarhei Stas		7	0	1	1	8	-3	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	29	Uladzimir Tsyplakou		5	1	1	2	2	-4	–	–	–	10	–
Forward	19	Eduard Zankavets		4	0	0	0	2	0	–	–	–	3	–
Defense	25	Aliaksandr Zhuryk		5	0	0	0	10	+3	–	–	–	4	–
Coach		Anatol Varyvonchyk
9	–	Germany	GER	4	11	14	25	81	-1	99	90.0%	2.75	111	–
Forward	83	Jan Benda		4	3	0	3	8	+1	–	–	–	13	–
Defense	47	Brad Bergen		3	1	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	12	–
Forward	7	Thomas Brandl		4	0	1	1	8	-1	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	32	Lars Brüggemann		4	0	1	1	0	+1	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	16	Benoît Doucet		4	0	0	0	6	-2	–	–	–	8	–
Forward	17	Peter Draisaitl		4	2	2	4	0	+1	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	36	Rick Goldmann		4	0	1	1	27	+2	–	–	–	2	–
Forward	29	Jochen Hecht		4	1	0	1	6	-1	–	–	–	12	–
Forward	23	Dieter Hegen		3	1	0	1	0	-3	–	–	–	4	–
Goalkeeper	30	Josef Heiß		1	0	0	0	0	–	20	95.2%	1.00	0	60:00
Goalkeeper	1	Olaf Kölzig		2	0	0	0	0	–	56	96.6%	1.00	0	120:00
Defense	44	Uwe Krupp		2	0	2	2	4	+2	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	41	Daniel Kunce		3	1	0	1	2	-2	–	–	–	4	–
Defense	12	Mirko Lüdemann		4	1	1	2	0	-1	–	–	–	10	–
Forward	22	Andreas Lupzig		4	0	0	0	4	+2	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	81	Mark MacKay		4	1	3	4	6	+3	–	–	–	3	–
Goalkeeper	27	Klaus Merk		1	0	0	0	0	–	23	74.2%	8.00	0	60:00
Defense	15	Jochen Molling		4	0	0	0	4	-1	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	10	Reemt Pyka		4	0	0	0	0	+3	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	20	Jürgen Rumrich		4	0	0	0	0	-1	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	39	Marco Sturm		2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	71	Stefan Ustorf		4	0	0	0	0	-3	–	–	–	9	–
Defense	33	Markus Wieland		4	0	2	2	6	-1	–	–	–	2	–
Coach		George Kingston
10	–	Slovakia	SVK	4	11	10	21	71	-4	71	84.5%	3.25	125	–
Forward	12	Peter Bondra		2	1	0	1	25	-1	–	–	–	12	–
Forward	20	Zdeněk Cíger		4	1	1	2	4	+1	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	29	Jozef Daňo		4	1	2	3	4	-1	–	–	–	12	–
Defense	33	Ivan Droppa		4	0	0	0	0	-4	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	10	Oto Haščák		2	0	0	0	4	0	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	21	Branislav Jánoš		4	1	0	1	2	-2	–	–	–	10	–
Defense	8	Stanislav Jasečko		4	0	0	0	4	+1	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	28	Ľubomír Kolník		4	0	0	0	2	0	–	–	–	12	–
Forward	22	Roman Kontšek		4	0	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	5	Miroslav Mosnár		4	0	0	0	6	0	–	–	–	4	–
Goalkeeper	1	Igor Murín		4	0	0	0	0	–	71	84.5%	3.25	0	240:00
Forward	24	Ján Pardavý		4	1	0	1	0	-1	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	19	Róbert Petrovický		4	2	1	3	0	-1	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	9	Vlastimil Plavucha		4	4	0	4	2	+1	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	15	Peter Pucher		2	0	0	0	0	+1	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	35	Karol Rusznyák		4	0	0	0	0	+1	–	–	–	3	–
Defense	7	Ľubomír Sekeráš		4	0	4	4	2	+2	–	–	–	10	–
Forward	13	Roman Stantien		4	0	0	0	0	+1	–	–	–	3	–
Defense	44	Róbert Švehla		2	0	1	1	0	-2	–	–	–	4	–
Defense	27	Ján Varholík		4	0	0	0	14	-2	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	6	Ľubomír Višňovský		3	0	0	0	2	+2	–	–	–	2	–
Goalkeeper	2	Pavol Rybár DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	30	Miroslav Šimonovič DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ján Šterbák
11	–	France	FRA	4	10	12	22	89	+3	110	92.4%	2.26	90	–
Forward	36	Richard Aimonetto		4	0	0	0	0	-3	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	15	Pierre Allard		4	0	0	0	6	-2	–	–	–	2	–
Forward	7	Stéphane Barin		4	1	0	1	2	+3	–	–	–	10	–
Forward	12	Philippe Bozon		4	5	2	7	4	+2	–	–	–	20	–
Forward	8	Arnaud Briand		4	1	0	1	4	-2	–	–	–	4	–
Defense	13	Karl DeWolf		4	0	0	0	4	0	–	–	–	4	–
Defense	2	Serge Djelloul		4	0	0	0	2	-1	–	–	–	2	–
Forward	28	Roger Dubé		4	0	0	0	29	0	–	–	–	5	–
Defense	43	Gregory Dubois		4	0	1	1	2	+1	–	–	–	1	–
Defense	34	Jean-Christophe Filippin		4	0	0	0	4	-1	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	40	Laurent Gras		4	0	0	0	2	0	–	–	–	1	–
Goalkeeper	29	François Gravel		2	0	0	0	4	–	48	92.3%	2.02	0	119:06
Goalkeeper	1	Christobal Huet		2	0	0	0	0	–	62	92.5%	2.50	0	120:00
Defense	16	Jean-Philippe Lemoine		4	0	1	1	10	+2	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	22	Anthony Mortas		4	0	1	1	0	-2	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	19	Robert Ouellet		4	0	1	1	2	+1	–	–	–	2	–
Defense	24	Denis Perez		4	0	0	0	0	+2	–	–	–	3	–
Defense	27	Serge Poudrier		4	2	4	6	4	+1	–	–	–	15	–
Forward	26	Christian Pouget		4	1	2	3	8	+3	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	14	François Rozenthal		4	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	9	Maurice Rozenthal		4	0	0	0	6	0	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	42	Jonathan Zwikel		4	0	0	0	0	-1	–	–	–	0	–
Goalkeeper	33	Fabrice Lhenry DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		James Tibbetts
12	–	Italy	ITA	4	12	17	29	68	-20	71	81.6%	4.00	108	–
Defense	29	Christopher Bartolone		4	0	1	1	2	0	–	–	–	11	–
Defense	25	Chad Biafore		4	0	1	1	6	+1	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	19	Patrick Brugnoli		4	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	–
Goalkeeper	1	Mario Brunetta		1	0	0	0	0	–	4	50.0%	10.17	0	23:36
Forward	77	Markus Brunner		4	0	0	0	4	0	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	21	Joe Busillo		4	0	2	2	2	-4	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	24	Mario Chitarroni		4	2	0	2	12	-5	–	–	–	9	–
Defense	37	Mike De Angelis		4	0	2	2	4	-2	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	9	Dino Felicetti		4	2	0	2	2	0	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	91	Stefan Figliuzzi		4	3	2	5	2	+2	–	–	–	12	–
Defense	5	Leo Insam		3	0	1	1	0	-1	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	12	Maurizio Mansi		4	0	1	1	2	0	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	22	Stefano Margoni		4	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	–
Defense	7	Bob Nardella		4	0	2	2	6	-5	–	–	–	17	–
Defense	4	Robert Oberrauch		4	0	0	0	4	0	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	17	Gaetano Orlando		4	1	2	3	4	-2	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	28	Martin Pavlu		4	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	11	Roland Ramoser		4	1	1	2	2	-2	–	–	–	5	–
Goalkeeper	34	Mike Rosati		4	0	0	0	0	–	67	84.8%	3.33	0	216:24
Defense	26	Larry Rucchin		4	0	0	0	4	-2	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	27	Lucio Topatigh		4	0	2	2	6	+1	–	–	–	8	–
Forward	16	Bruno Zarrillo		4	3	0	3	6	-1	–	–	–	13	–
Goalkeeper	33	David Delfino DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Adolf Insam
13	–	Japan	JPN	4	8	17	25	64	-37	129	90.8%	3.13	93	–
Forward	40	Kiyoshi Fujita		4	1	1	2	2	-5	–	–	–	13	–
Forward	23	Yuji Iga		4	0	0	0	2	0	–	–	–	1	–
Goalkeeper	70	Dusty Imoo		3	0	0	0	0	–	99	90.8%	3.17	0	189:08
Goalkeeper	1	Shinichi Iwasaki		1	0	0	0	0	–	30	90.9%	3.00	0	60:00
Forward	47	Matthew Kabayama		4	1	0	1	0	-1	–	–	–	8	–
Defense	9	Tatsuki Katayama		4	0	0	0	4	-3	–	–	–	1	–
Defense	11	Yutaka Kawaguchi		4	0	0	0	0	-1	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	22	Makoto Kawahira		4	0	0	0	2	-1	–	–	–	1	–
Defense	7	Takayuki Kobori		4	0	0	0	6	-5	–	–	–	4	–
Defense	3	Atsuo Kudo		4	0	1	1	0	+2	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	71	Ryan Kuwabara		4	2	0	2	4	-2	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	31	Hiroshi Matsuura		4	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	1	–
Defense	2	Hiroyuki Miura		4	0	0	0	4	-3	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	13	Akihito Sugisawa		4	2	3	5	2	-2	–	–	–	2	–
Defense	36	Takayuki Miura		4	0	0	0	2	-1	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	15	Tsutsumi Otomo		4	1	1	2	12	-3	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	16	Toshiyuki Sakai		4	0	2	2	6	-2	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	24	Kunihiko Sakurai		4	0	0	0	4	-2	–	–	–	4	–
Forward	12	Steven Tsujiura		4	0	4	4	4	-3	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	30	Shin Yahata		4	1	3	4	4	-2	–	–	–	7	–
Defense	6	Takeshi Yamanaka		4	0	2	2	6	-3	–	–	–	9	–
Forward	75	Chris Yule		4	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	2	–
Goalkeeper	27	Jiro Nihei DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Björn Kinding
14	–	Austria	AUT	4	12	33	45	80	-16	109	87.2%	3.84	100	–
Forward	10	Christoph Brandner		4	0	0	0	2	-2	–	–	–	2	–
Goalkeeper	1	Claus Dalpiaz		3	0	0	0	0	–	75	88.2%	4.06	0	147:49
Goalkeeper	25	Reinhard Divis		2	0	0	0	0	–	34	85.0%	3.52	0	102:11
Defense	30	Herbert Hohenberger		4	0	0	0	4	+1	–	–	–	12	–
Forward	22	Martin Hohenberger		4	0	0	0	2	-2	–	–	–	1	–
Forward	74	Dieter Kalt, Jr.		4	0	1	1	2	-3	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	27	Wolfgang Kromp		4	1	4	5	2	+3	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	19	Norm Krumpschmid		4	0	0	0	2	-3	–	–	–	0	–
Defense	2	Michael Lampert		4	0	0	0	8	-1	–	–	–	1	–
Defense	6	Dominic Lavoie		4	5	1	6	8	-2	–	–	–	18	–
Defense	14	Engelbert Linder		4	0	0	0	0	-1	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	16	Rick Nasheim		4	0	1	1	4	-1	–	–	–	7	–
Forward	29	Christian Perthaler		4	1	1	2	2	+1	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	20	Patrick Pilloni		4	0	0	0	2	-1	–	–	–	0	–
Forward	7	Andreas Pusnik		4	2	2	4	6	-1	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	12	Gerhard Pusnik		4	1	16	17	16	-2	–	–	–	5	–
Forward	11	Gerald Ressmann		4	2	0	2	4	-1	–	–	–	6	–
Forward	21	Mario Schaden		4	0	1	1	2	+2	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	9	Tom Searle		4	0	2	2	2	+1	–	–	–	7	–
Defense	47	Martin Ulrich		4	0	3	3	0	-3	–	–	–	6	–
Defense	5	Gerhard Unterluggauer		4	0	0	0	4	0	–	–	–	3	–
Forward	26	Simon Wheeldon		4	0	1	1	8	-1	–	–	–	6	–
Goalkeeper	23	Michael Puschacher DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ron Kennedy

Qualifying Round

Date	7 – 16 February 1998

Group A

Date	7 – 10 February 1998
Format	Round-robin pool. Winners qualified for preliminary round.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Kazakhstan	KAZ	2	1	0	5	14-11	Q
2	Slovakia	SVK	1	1	1	3	9-9
3	Italy	ITA	1	0	2	2	11-11
4	Austria	AUT	0	2	1	2	9-12

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Feb 16:00	Kazakhstan	KAZ	5 – 3	Italy	ITA
Match #2	07 Feb 16:00	Austria	AUT	2 – 2	Slovakia	SVK
Match #3	08 Feb 14:00	Kazakhstan	KAZ	5 – 5	Austria	AUT
Match #4	08 Feb 18:00	Slovakia	SVK	4 – 3	Italy	ITA
Match #5	10 Feb 14:00	Kazakhstan	KAZ	4 – 3	Slovakia	SVK
Match #6	10 Feb 18:00	Italy	ITA	5 – 2	Austria	AUT

Group B

Date	7 – 10 February 1998
Format	Round-robin pool. Winners qualified for preliminary round.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Belarus	BLR	2	1	0	5	14-4	Q
2	Germany	GER	2	0	1	4	7-9
3	France	FRA	1	0	2	2	5-8
4	Japan	JPN	0	1	2	1	5-10

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Feb 20:00	Germany	GER	3 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match #2	07 Feb 20:00	Belarus	BLR	4 – 0	France	FRA
Match #3	09 Feb 14:00	Belarus	BLR	8 – 2	Germany	GER
Match #4	09 Feb 18:00	France	FRA	5 – 2	Japan	JPN
Match #5	10 Feb 14:00	Belarus	BLR	2 – 2	Japan	JPN
Match #6	10 Feb 18:00	Germany	GER	2 – 0	France	FRA

Preliminary Round

Date	7 – 16 February 1998

Group C

Date	13 – 16 February 1998
Format	Round-robin pool. Seeding for quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Russian Federation	RUS	3	0	6	15-6
2	Czech Republic	CZE	2	1	4	12-4
3	Finland	FIN	1	2	2	11-9
4	Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	3	0	6-25

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	13 Feb 14:45	Czech Republic	CZE	3 – 0	Finland	FIN
Match #2	13 Feb 18:45	Russian Federation	RUS	9 – 2	Kazakhstan	KAZ
Match #3	15 Feb 13:45	Russian Federation	RUS	4 – 3	Finland	FIN
Match #4	15 Feb 18:45	Czech Republic	CZE	8 – 2	Kazakhstan	KAZ
Match #5	16 Feb 14:45	Finland	FIN	8 – 2	Kazakhstan	KAZ
Match #6	16 Feb 18:45	Russian Federation	RUS	2 – 1	Czech Republic	CZE

Group D

Date	13 – 16 February 1998
Format	Round-robin pool. Seeding for quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Canada	CAN	3	0	6	12-3
2	Sweden	SWE	2	1	4	11-7
3	United States	USA	1	2	2	8-10
4	Belarus	BLR	0	3	0	4-15

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	13 Feb 14:45	Sweden	SWE	4 – 2	United States	USA
Match #2	13 Feb 18:45	Canada	CAN	5 – 0	Belarus	BLR
Match #3	14 Feb 14:45	United States	USA	5 – 2	Belarus	BLR
Match #4	14 Feb 18:45	Canada	CAN	3 – 2	Sweden	SWE
Match #5	16 Feb 13:45	Canada	CAN	4 – 1	United States	USA
Match #6	16 Feb 18:45	Sweden	SWE	5 – 2	Belarus	BLR

Quarter-Finals

Date	18 February 1998
Format	Single elimination matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Feb 14:45	Czech Republic	CZE	4 – 1	United States	USA
Match #2	18 Feb 14:45	Russian Federation	RUS	4 – 1	Belarus	BLR
Match #3	18 Feb 18:45	Canada	CAN	4 – 1	Kazakhstan	KAZ
Match #4	18 Feb 18:45	Finland	FIN	2 – 1	Sweden	SWE

Semi-Finals

Date	20 February 1998
Format	Single elimination matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Feb 14:45	Russian Federation	RUS	7 – 4	Finland	FIN
Match #2	20 Feb 18:45	Czech Republic	CZE	1 – 1	Canada	CAN	AET, 1-0 PS

Final Round

Date	12 – 22 February 1998
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	22 Feb 13:45	Czech Republic	CZE	1 – 0	Russian Federation	RUS
Match 3/4	21 Feb 15:15	Finland	FIN	3 – 2	Canada	CAN
Match 9/10	12 Feb 20:00	Germany	GER	4 – 2	Slovakia	SVK
Match 11/12	12 Feb 16:00	France	FRA	5 – 1	Italy	ITA
Match 13/14	12 Feb 12:00	Japan	JPN	3 – 3	Austria	AUT	AET, 3-2 PS