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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.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1CanadaCANGold
Defense4Rob Blake
Defense3Eric Brewer
Goalkeeper30Martin Brodeur
Forward74Theo Fleury
Defense52Adam Foote
Forward21Simon Gagné
Forward12Jarome Iginla
Goalkeeper31Curtis Joseph
Defense55Ed Jovanovski
Forward9Paul Kariya
Forward66Mario Lemieux
Forward88Eric Lindros
Defense2Al MacInnis
Defense27Scott Niedermayer
Forward25Joe Nieuwendyk
Forward11Owen Nolan
Forward37Mike Peca
Defense44Chris Pronger
Forward91Joe Sakic
Forward14Brendan Shanahan
Forward94Ryan Smyth
Forward19Steve Yzerman
Goalkeeper20Ed Belfour DNS
CoachPat Quinn
2United StatesUSASilver
Forward11Tony Amonte
Goalkeeper30Tom Barrasso
Defense24Chris Chelios
Forward28Adam Deadmarsh
Forward18Chris Drury
Goalkeeper1Mike Dunham
Forward13Bill Guerin
Defense6Phil Housley
Forward16Brett Hull
Forward10John LeClair
Defense2Brian Leetch
Defense33Aaron Miller
Forward9Mike Modano
Defense5Tom Poti
Defense3Brian Rafalski
Goalkeeper35Mike Richter
Forward97Jeremy Roenick
Forward12Brian Rolston
Defense20Gary Suter
Forward7Keith Tkachuk
Forward39Doug Weight
Forward61Mike York
Forward48Scott Young
CoachHerb Brooks
3Russian FederationRUSBronze
Forward61Maksim Afinogenov
Forward10Pavel Bure
Forward20Valery Bure
Forward26Pavel Datsyuk
Forward91Sergey Fyodorov
Defense55Sergey Gonchar
Defense11Darius Kasparaitis
Goalkeeper35Nikolay Khabibulin
Forward71Ilya Kovalchuk
Defense27Aleksey Kovalyov
Forward29Igor Kravchuk
Forward12Oleg Kvasha
Forward8Igor Larionov
Defense23Vladimir Malakhov
Defense5Danny Markov
Defense2Boris Mironov
Forward33Andrey Nikolishin
Forward14Sergey Samsonov
Forward7Oleg Tverdovsky
Forward79Aleksey Yashin
Forward13Aleksey Zhamnov
Goalkeeper30Ilya Bryzgalov DNS
Goalkeeper31Yegor Podomatsky DNS
CoachVyacheslav Fetisov
4BelarusBLR
Forward9Aliaksandr Andriyeuski
Forward18Aleh Antonenka
Forward11Vadzim Bekbulatau
Forward24Dzmitry Dudzik
Forward17Aliaksei Kaliuzhny
Defense3Aleh Khmyl
Forward28Kanstantsin Kaltsou
Defense30Uladzimir Kopats
Forward13Andrei Kavaliou
Defense4Aliaksandr Makritski
Defense6Ihar Matushkin
Goalkeeper31Andrei Miezin
Defense21Aleh Mikulchyk
Forward14Dzmitry Pankou
Forward37Andrei Rasolka
Defense5Aleh Romanou
Defense23Ruslan Salei
Goalkeeper2Siarhei Shabanau
Forward16Andrei Skabielka
Defense26Siarhei Stas
Forward29Uladzimir Tsyplakou
Forward19Eduard Zankavets
Defense27Aliaksandr Zhuryk
Forward32Vasil Pankou 1
CoachVladimir Krikunov
=5GermanyGER
Forward27Tobias Abstreiter
Forward83Jan Benda
Forward10Christian Ehrhoff
Defense36Rick Goldmann
Forward17Jochen Hecht
Forward16Wayne Hynes
Forward49Klaus Kathan
Forward26Daniel Kreutzer
Goalkeeper47Christian Künast
Defense41Daniel Kunce
Forward18Andreas Loth
Defense12Mirko Lüdemann
Forward81Mark MacKay
Defense6Jörg Mayr
Forward75Andreas Morczinietz
Goalkeeper80Robert Müller
Forward22Martin Reichel
Defense31Andreas Renz
Forward20Jürgen Rumrich
Defense13Christoph Schubert
Defense84Dennis Seidenberg
Goalkeeper33Marc Seliger
Forward48Len Soccio
Forward19Marco Sturm
Forward21Stefan Ustorf
CoachHans Zach
=5Czech RepublicCZE
Forward16Petr Čajánek
Forward30Jiří Dopita
Forward19Radek Dvořák
Forward25Patrik Eliáš
Defense4Roman Hamrlík
Goalkeeper39Dominik Hašek
Forward9Martin Havlát
Forward24Milan Hejduk
Forward38Jan Hrdina
Forward68Jaromír Jágr
Defense15Tomáš Kaberle
Defense13Pavel Kubina
Forward20Robert Lang
Forward10Pavel Patera
Forward21Robert Reichel
Forward26Martin Ručinský
Defense41Martin Škoula
Defense42Richard Šmehlík
Defense6Jaroslav Špaček
Forward17Petr Sýkora
Defense29Michal Sýkora
Goalkeeper3Milan Hnilička DNS
Goalkeeper23Roman Čechmánek DNS
CoachJosef Augusta
=5FinlandFIN
Forward41Antti Aalto
Defense7Aki-Petteri Berg
Forward22Mikko Eloranta
Forward16Niklas Hagman
Forward14Raimo Helminen
Goalkeeper35Jani Hurme
Forward12Olli Jokinen
Forward17Tomi Kallio
Forward24Sami Kapanen
Forward26Jere Lehtinen
Forward42Juha Lind
Defense21Jyrki Lumme
Defense10Ville Nieminen
Defense44Janne Niinimaa
Defense27Teppo Numminen
Goalkeeper30Pasi Nurminen
Forward37Jarkko Ruutu
Defense5Sami Salo
Forward8Teemu Selänne
Defense4Kimmo Timonen
Defense6Ossi Väänänen
Forward36Juha Ylönen
Goalkeeper31Jussi Markkanen DNS
CoachHannu Aravirta
=5SwedenSWE
Forward11Daniel Alfredsson
Forward20Magnus Arvedson
Forward12Per-Johan Axelsson
Forward22Ulf Dahlén
Goalkeeper1Johan Hedberg
Forward96Tomas Holmström
Forward17Mathias Johansson
Defense3Kim Johnsson
Defense29Kenny Jönsson
Forward42Jörgen Jönsson
Defense5Nicklas Lidström
Forward91Markus Näslund
Defense14Mattias Norström
Forward92Michael Nylander
Defense2Mattias Öhlund
Defense4Fredrik Olausson
Defense10Marcus Ragnarsson
Forward19Mikael Renberg
Goalkeeper35Tommy Salo
Forward13Mats Sundin
Forward24Niklas Sundström
Forward40Henrik Zetterberg
Goalkeeper32Mikael Tellqvist DNS
CoachHardy Nilsson
9LatviaLAT
Defense15Kaspars Astašenko
Forward9Aleksandrs Beļavskis
Defense5Igors Bondarevs
Forward29Aigars Cipruss
Forward8Vjačeslavs Fanduļs
Defense3Viktors Ignatjevs
Goalkeeper1Artūrs Irbe
Forward21Aleksandrs Kerčs
Defense2Rodrigo Laviņš
Forward12Aleksandrs Macijevskis
Defense28Andrejs Maticins
Goalkeeper30Sergejs Naumovs
Forward17Aleksandrs Ņiživijs
Defense18Sandis Ozoliņš
Forward13Grigorijs Panteļejevs
Forward27Aleksandrs Semjonovs
Forward11Sergejs Seņins
Defense7Kārlis Skrastiņš
Defense22Oļegs Sorokins
Forward14Leonīds Tambijevs
Forward23Atvars Tribuncovs
Forward20Harijs Vītoliņš
Goalkeeper32Edgars Masaļskis DNS
CoachCurt Lindström
10UkraineUKR
Forward7Vasyl Bobrovnykov
Forward16Ihor Chybirev
Forward11Ruslan Fedotenko
Defense2Yuriy Hunko
Goalkeeper20Ihor Karpenko
Forward8Dmytro Khrystych
Defense3Serhiy Klymentiev
Forward15Vitaliy Lytvynenko
Forward21Valentyn Oletskyi
Forward26Oleksiy Ponikarovskyi
Forward23Roman Salnykov
Forward25Bohdan Savenko
Forward10Vadym Shakhraichuk
Defense14Valeriy Shyriaiev
Forward24Vladyslav Serov
Goalkeeper1Kostiantyn Simchuk
Forward9Vadym Slyvchenko
Defense6Andriy Sriubko
Defense29V'iacheslav Tymchenko
Defense12Dmytro Tolkunov
Forward17Serhiy Varlamov
Defense30V'iacheslav Zavalniuk
Goalkeeper22Oleksandr Fedorov DNS
CoachAnatoliy Bohdanov
11SwitzerlandSUI
Goalkeeper40David Aebischer
Forward19Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann
Forward37Björn Christen
Forward4Flavien Conne
Forward17Gian-Marco Crameri
Forward12Patric Della Rossa
Forward21Patrick Fischer
Goalkeeper26Martin Gerber
Defense10Martin Höhener
Forward35Sandy Jeannin
Forward30Marcel Jenni
Defense22Olivier Keller
Forward28Martin Plüss
Forward18André Rötheli
Forward32Ivo Rüthemann
Defense27Edgar Salis
Defense31Mathias Seger
Defense11Martin Steinegger
Defense7Mark Streit
Defense5Patrick Sutter
Defense3Julien Vauclair
Forward15Reto von Arx
Goalkeeper41Lars Weibel DNS
CoachRalph Krueger
12AustriaAUT
Defense10Christoph Brandner
Goalkeeper38Reinhard Divis
Forward22Martin Hohenberger
Forward74Dieter Kalt, Jr.
Defense96Peter Kasper
Forward27Wolfgang Kromp
Defense32André Lakos
Forward24Günther Lanzinger
Defense6Dominic Lavoie
Defense13Robert Lukas
Forward29Christian Perthaler
Forward16Thomas Pöck
Forward11Gerald Ressmann
Forward18Kent Salfi
Defense21Mario Schaden
Forward9Tom Searle
Forward15Oliver Setzinger
Forward12Matthias Trattnig
Defense47Martin Ulrich
Forward4Gerhard Unterluggauer
Forward26Simon Wheeldon
Goalkeeper25Michael Suttnig DNS
Goalkeeper31Claus Dalpiaz DNS
CoachRon Kennedy
13SlovakiaSVK
Forward23Ľuboš Bartečko
Forward38Pavol Demitra
Forward26Michal Handzuš
Forward81Marián Hossa
Forward30Richard Kapuš
Goalkeeper25Ján Lašák
Defense41Richard Lintner
Defense22Ivan Majeský
Defense11Dušan Milo
Defense5Jaroslav Obšut
Forward33Žigmund Pálffy
Forward24Ján Pardavý
Forward19Rastislav Pavlikovský
Defense50Richard Pavlikovský
Forward39Róbert Petrovický
Goalkeeper29Pavol Rybár
Forward18Miroslav Šatan
Forward42Richard Šechný
Defense4Peter Smrek
Goalkeeper31Rastislav Staňa
Forward15Jozef Stümpel
Forward72Jaroslav Török
Defense17Ľubomír Višňovský
CoachJán Filc
14FranceFRA
Forward25Richard Aimonetto
Defense27Baptiste Amar
Forward6Benoît Bachelet
Defense3Vincent Bachet
Forward7Stéphane Barin
Forward16Guillaume Besse
Defense20Jean-François Bonnard
Forward12Philippe Bozon
Defense8Arnaud Briand
Forward2Allan Carriou
Defense13Karl DeWolf
Forward28Laurent Gras
Goalkeeper1Christobal Huet
Forward10Laurent Meunier
Forward23Anthony Mortas
Defense24Denis Perez
Defense26Benoît Pourtanel
Goalkeeper31Patrick Rolland
Forward11François Rozenthal
Forward9Maurice Rozenthal
Forward14Yorick Treille
Forward22Jonathan Zwikel
Goalkeeper30Fabrice Lhenry DNS
CoachHeikki Leime

Qualifying Round

Date9 – 18 February 2002

Group A

Date9 – 12 February 2002
FormatRound-robin pool. Winners qualified for preliminary round.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1GermanyGER300610-3Q
2LatviaLAT111311-12
3AustriaAUT10227-9
4SlovakiaSVK01218-12
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #109 Feb 16:05GermanyGER3 – 0SlovakiaSVK
Match #209 Feb 19:00LatviaLAT4 – 2AustriaAUT
Match #310 Feb 16:05GermanyGER3 – 2AustriaAUT
Match #410 Feb 19:00SlovakiaSVK6 – 6LatviaLAT
Match #512 Feb 16:00AustriaAUT3 – 2SlovakiaSVK
Match #612 Feb 19:00GermanyGER4 – 1LatviaLAT

Group B

Date9 – 13 February 2002
FormatRound-robin pool. Winners qualified for preliminary round.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1BelarusBLR20145-3Q
2UkraineUKR20149-5
3SwitzerlandSUI11137-9
4FranceFRA01216-10
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #109 Feb 14:00BelarusBLR1 – 0UkraineUKR
Match #209 Feb 21:00FranceFRA3 – 3SwitzerlandSUI
Match #311 Feb 16:05UkraineUKR5 – 2SwitzerlandSUI
Match #411 Feb 19:00BelarusBLR3 – 1FranceFRA
Match #513 Feb 16:05SwitzerlandSUI2 – 1BelarusBLR
Match #613 Feb 19:00UkraineUKR4 – 2FranceFRA

Preliminary Round

Date9 – 18 February 2002

Group C

Date15 – 18 February 2002
FormatRound-robin pool. Seeding for quarter-finals.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1SwedenSWE300614-4
2Czech RepublicCZE111312-7
3CanadaCAN11138-10
4GermanyGER00305-18
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #115 Feb 16:05SwedenSWE5 – 2CanadaCAN
Match #215 Feb 19:00Czech RepublicCZE8 – 2GermanyGER
Match #317 Feb 16:05SwedenSWE2 – 1Czech RepublicCZE
Match #417 Feb 19:00CanadaCAN3 – 2GermanyGER
Match #518 Feb 16:00Czech RepublicCZE3 – 3CanadaCAN
Match #618 Feb 19:00SwedenSWE7 – 1GermanyGER

Group D

Date15 – 18 February 2002
FormatRound-robin pool. Seeding for quarter-finals.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1United StatesUSA210516-3
2FinlandFIN201411-8
3Russian FederationRUS11139-9
4BelarusBLR00306-22
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #115 Feb 11:00Russian FederationRUS6 – 4BelarusBLR
Match #215 Feb 20:46United StatesUSA6 – 0FinlandFIN
Match #316 Feb 16:45FinlandFIN8 – 1BelarusBLR
Match #416 Feb 21:30Russian FederationRUS2 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #518 Feb 11:05United StatesUSA8 – 1BelarusBLR
Match #618 Feb 13:30FinlandFIN3 – 1Russian FederationRUS

Quarter-Finals

Date20 February 2002
FormatSingle elimination matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #120 Feb 11:05BelarusBLR4 – 3SwedenSWE
Match #220 Feb 13:00Russian FederationRUS1 – 0Czech RepublicCZE
Match #320 Feb 15:30United StatesUSA5 – 0GermanyGER
Match #420 Feb 18:40CanadaCAN2 – 1FinlandFIN

Semi-Finals

Date22 February 2002
FormatSingle elimination matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #122 Feb 12:00CanadaCAN7 – 1BelarusBLR
Match #222 Feb 16:15United StatesUSA3 – 2Russian FederationRUS

Final Round

Date14 – 24 February 2002
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/224 Feb 13:00CanadaCAN5 – 2United StatesUSA
Match 3/423 Feb 12:15Russian FederationRUS7 – 2BelarusBLR
Match 9/1014 Feb 20:00LatviaLAT9 – 2UkraineUKR
Match 11/1214 Feb 15:00SwitzerlandSUI4 – 1AustriaAUT
Match 13/1414 Feb 21:00SlovakiaSVK7 – 1FranceFRA