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Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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2002 Winter Olympics
United States (left) and Finland (right)
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates9–24 February
Teams14
Final positions
Champions  Canada (7th title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Belarus
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Sweden Mats Sundin
MVPCanada Joe Sakic
← 1998
2006 →

The men's tournament marked the second Olympic Games where the National Hockey League took a break (12 days, from February 14 to February 25)[1] to allow all its players the opportunity to play.

Summary

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Fourteen countries played in the tournament. Six hockey powers (Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden, and the United States) were automatically admitted to the final eight. The other eight countries (Austria, Belarus, France, Germany, Latvia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Ukraine) played in a preliminary round in two pools. The winners of those pools, Belarus and Germany, advanced to the final round with the six hockey powers.

The biggest surprise of the tournament was Belarus, 0–3–0 in Group D play, knocking off 3–0–0 Sweden in quarterfinal play. After that upset, the Swedish media held their players responsible for the loss, even going as far to publish their NHL salaries. The players responded by not returning to Sweden during the NHL break, although that was unlikely since the Olympics were held in the same continent as their NHL teams and play resumed soon after the Olympics ended.

Another major surprise was the silver-medal finish of Team USA, which was not considered a contender as it was steeped heavily in over-30 veterans. Although it retained most of the players from the 1998 team which had performed below expectations, this time it was coached by Herb Brooks, who had been responsible for the "Miracle on Ice" over the Soviet Union during the 1980 Winter Olympics. Despite being close to the ends of their NHL careers, Mike Richter and Phil Housley put up phenomenal performances. Brett Hull, John LeClair, and Mike Modano formed the "Divine Line" which led the tournament in scoring. USA and Russia played to a 2–2 tie in their group game, drawing some comparisons to the famous 1980 Miracle game. Ending up, USA finished second behind Sweden in the round robin results.[2]

USA and Russia met again in the semi-finals of the tournament. The USA's victory over Russia came coincidentally on the 22-year anniversary of the "Miracle on Ice", the upset of the Soviet Union team, at Lake Placid in 1980 (also a Friday). The Americans stormed out to a 3–0 lead for the first two periods, before withstanding a two-goal rally from the Russians to advance. Russian coach Slava Fetisov, one of the stars for the 1980 Soviet squad, complained about the selection of NHL referees to officiate Olympic matches (a stipulation by the NHL if most Olympic players are NHLers) and charged that officials were trying to fix a Canada-USA final for North American audiences.[3] However, Russian goalie Nikolai Khabibulin thought that the refereeing was fair, having faced 38 shots in the first two periods and 49 overall.[4][5]

Canada had a lackluster start, losing 5–2 to Sweden, only managing to defeat Germany by a score of 3–2, and drawing with the Czech Republic. These performances prompted an emotional response from Team Canada manager Wayne Gretzky, in particular the referee's failure to call a clear hit from behind on Canada's Theoren Fleury in the game against the Czech Republic. However, Canada improved in the elimination round, defeating Finland 2–1, and easily sweeping surprise semi-finalist Belarus 7–1.

Canada and the US faced off in the final. For both nations, the gold-medal game came coincidentally on the anniversary of each nation's last gold medal in men's Olympic hockey. Canada last won 50 years previously at the 1952 Winter Olympics when they tied the US 3–3 (Olympic ice hockey previously only had a round-robin portion). The US won their last gold medal when they defeated Finland two days after "The Miracle on Ice" in 1980. Both games, coincidentally, were played on a Sunday.

The Canada-USA final was tied at 2–2, however Canada then scored three goals to win 5–2. It was only the second time and first in 70 years that the US men's hockey team lost an Olympic game on home soil. The first loss came against Canada (a 2–1 OT loss) in their first game at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

TV ratings for Canada vs USA gold medal matchup were the highest in Olympic history to that time.[6] In the United States, NBC's live coverage of the gold medal hockey game drew a 10.7 rating, the highest-rated hockey game, Olympic or NHL, since the 1980 Winter Olympics and was the largest network hockey audience in the U.S. in 22 years.[7] In Canada, the CBC said that the game drew 10.6 million viewers, making the game was the most-watched CBC Sports program.[7] As the final seconds ticked away, veteran CBC Sports commentator Bob Cole called: "Now after 50 years, it's time for Canada to stand up and cheer. Stand up and cheer everybody! The Olympics Salt Lake City, 2002, men's ice hockey, gold medal: Canada!" The CBC also said that the 10.6 million viewers broke the previous record of 4.957 million viewers for Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, another moment Cole himself called: "Here comes the faceoff and blare it Manhattan! The New York Rangers have done it here on a hot June night in New York! The Rangers are Stanley Cup Champions!"[7]

During the final, the legend of the lucky loonie was born when Canadian icemaker Trent Evans buried a one dollar coin (Loonie) under centre ice and both the Canadian men's and women's teams won gold.[8][9]

Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan became the second and third players to win the Olympic Gold Medal in hockey (with Team Canada) and the Stanley Cup (with the Detroit Red Wings) in the same year, the first to win an Olympic Gold and Stanley Cup was Ken Morrow in 1980. Chris Chelios and Brett Hull became the second and third players to win Olympic Silver Medal in hockey (with Team USA) and Stanley Cup in the same year (Sergei Fedorov was the first in 1998).

The format of the tournament was the same one used in the 1998 tournament in Nagano. It was controversial because the National Hockey League clubs would not release their players for the preliminary round. This severely hampered the campaigns of Germany and Slovakia, although the former country managed to qualify for the final group stage. Also the final group stage was criticized as being meaningless since all of the teams qualified for the quarter-finals. The format was changed for the 2006 tournament in an effort to address these criticisms.

Qualifying

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The final standings at the end of the 1999 IIHF World Championship were used to determine the path to the Olympic tournament. The top six places were given direct entry to the first round, places seven and eight were given direct entry to the preliminary round, and all other participants were seeded in qualifying tournaments to fill the remaining six spots. This chart shows the seeding path for all nations, in detail.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 6
 Latvia 3 1 1 1 11 12 −1 3
 Austria 3 1 2 0 7 9 −2 2
 Slovakia 3 0 2 1 8 12 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002
16:05
Slovakia 0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
 GermanyE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,504
Pavol RybárGoaliesMarc SeligerReferee:
Canada Kevin Acheson
Linesmen:
United States James Garofalo
Russia Sergei Kulakov
0–120:30 − Rumrich (SH)
0–227:03 − Benda (MacKay, Soccio) (PP)
0–359:07 − Kathan (Seidenberg) (ENG)
8 minPenalties10 min
29Shots17
9 February 2002
19:00
Austria 2–4
(1–2, 1–2, 0–0)
 LatviaPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,159
Reinhard DivisGoaliesSergejs NaumovsReferee:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Canada Derek Nansen
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–101:03 − Fanduļs (Beļavskis, Kerčs) (PP)
0–207:38 − Bondarevs (Astašenko, Seņins)
Setzinger (Salfi) (PP) − 18:561–2
Trattnig − 21:162–2
2–324:40 − Panteļejevs (Tambijevs, Vītoliņš)
2–428:29 − Vītoliņš (Tambijevs, Sorokins)
12 minPenalties16 min
28Shots19

10 February 2002
16:05
Austria 2–3
(0–2, 2–0, 0–1)
 GermanyPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,444
Reinhard DivisGoaliesMarc SeligerReferee:
United States Scott Hansen
Linesmen:
Finland Antti Hämäläinen
Sweden Johan Norrman
0–101:21 − Kathan (Soccio, Kunce)
0–219:14 − Soccio (Kathan, Morczinietz)
Ressmann (Trattnig, Perthaler) (PP) − 23:201–2
Unterluggauer − 39:562–2
2–358:46 − Loth (MacKay)
14 minPenalties12 min
31Shots22
10 February 2002
19:00
Latvia 6–6
(2–2, 2–4, 2–0)
 SlovakiaE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,377
Sergejs NaumovsGoaliesPavol Rybár
Ján Lašák
Referee:
Sweden Ulf Rådbjer
Linesmen:
Russia Sergei Kulakov
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–100:11 − Stümpel (Lintner, Višňovský)
Fanduļs (Ozoliņš) (PP) − 06:391–1
1–208:23 − Pardavý (Majeský)
Ņiživijs (Ozoliņš) − 11:452–2
Macijevskis (Cipruss, Ņiživijs) − 25:023–2
3–325:37 − Hossa (Stümpel)
3–428:13 − Višňovský (Demitra) (PP2)
3–533:20 − Petrovický (Hossa, Pavlikovský) (PP)
3–638:20 − Demitra (Petrovický)
Macijevskis (Ozoliņš) − 39:564–6
Beļavskis (Semjonovs) − 44:455–6
Tribuncovs (Ozoliņš, Cipruss) (PP) − 47:436–6
12 minPenalties12 min
24Shots35

12 February 2002
16:05
Slovakia 2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
 AustriaE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,362
Ján LašákGoaliesReinhard DivisReferee:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Finland Antti Hämäläinen
Latvia Eduards Odiņš
0–102:27 − Wheeldon (Lavoie)
Pavlikovský (Pardavý) (PP) − 08:021–1
1–225:03 − Kalt (Wheeldon, Brandner)
Lintner (Kapuš) − 32:072–2
2–349:09 − Unterluggauer (Lanzinger)
22 minPenalties28 min
29Shots30
12 February 2002
19:00
Germany 4–1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)
 LatviaPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,574
Marc SeligerGoaliesArtūrs IrbeReferee:
Finland Rami Savolainen
Linesmen:
Finland Panu Bruun
Sweden Johan Norrman
Reichel (Abstreiter) – 02:211–0
Soccio (Kathan, Morczinietz) – 04:072–0
2–106:34 − Cipruss (Ņiživijs, Macijevskis)
Ustorf – 22:563–1
Kathan (Soccio) – 33:574–1
10 minPenalties10 min
29Shots26

Group B

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Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Belarus 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 4
 Ukraine 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 4
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 7 9 −2 3
 France 3 0 2 1 6 10 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002
14:00
Belarus 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 UkrainePeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,294
Sergei ShabanovGoaliesIgor KarpenkoReferee:
Slovakia Vladimír Mihálik
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
Mikulchik (Skabelka, Stas) (PP2) – 47:491–0
16 minPenalties16 min
30Shots17
9 February 2002
21:00
Switzerland 3–3
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
 FranceE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,504
David AebischerGoaliesCristobal HuetReferee:
Finland Rami Savolainen
Linesmen:
Finland Panu Bruun
Latvia Eduards Odiņš
0–102:50 − M. Rozenthal (Bozon) (PP2)
Aeschlimann (Sutter) (PP) − 10:261–1
1–234:50 − Bozon (M. Rozenthal)
Rötheli (Sutter, Streit) (PP) − 43:552–2
2–352:38 − M. Rozenthal (Meunier) (PP)
Streit (Keller, Aeschlimann) − 55:503–3
10 minPenalties14 min
33Shots21

11 February 2002
16:05
Ukraine 5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,387
Igor KarpenkoGoaliesDavid Aebischer
Martin Gerber
Referee:
Canada Kevin Acheson
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
United States James Garofalo
Oletsky (SH) − 02:081–0
Fedotenko (Ponikarovsky) − 14:202–0
2–116:02 − Jeannin (Aeschlimann, Rötheli)
Varlamov − 21:193–1
3–228:41 − Rüthemann (Von Arx) (PP)
Shakhraychuk (Lytvynenko, Klymentiev) − 31:354–2
Oletsky (Bobrovnikov) − 42:345–2
26 minPenalties18 min
26Shots29
11 February 2002
19:00
Belarus 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
 FrancePeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,214
Sergei ShabanovGoaliesCristobal HuetReferee:
United States Scott Hansen
Linesmen:
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
Canada Derek Nansen
0–103:34 − M. Rozenthal (Bozon)
Rasolko (Zhurik) (PP2) − 08:191–1
Tsyplakov (Romanov, Khmyl) (PP) − 36:252–1
D. Pankov (Bekbulatov) − 57:563–1
14 minPenalties10 min
21Shots23

13 February 2002
16:05
Switzerland 2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 BelarusE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,736
Martin GerberGoaliesAndrei MezinReferee:
Slovakia Vladimír Mihálik
Linesmen:
Russia Sergei Kulakov
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
Fischer (Crameri) − 16:521–0
1–123:42 − Bekbulatov (Dudik, Kovalev)
Aeschlimann (Jeannin, Rötheli) − 29:112–1
8 minPenalties10 min
37Shots24
13 February 2002
19:00
France 2–4
(0–2, 2–2, 0–0)
 UkrainePeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,019
Cristobal HuetGoaliesKostiantyn SimchukReferee:
Sweden Ulf Rådbjer
Linesmen:
United States James Garofalo
Latvia Eduards Odiņš
0–112:00 − Chybirev (Salnikov, Shyriaiev) (PP2)
0–218:36 − Khristich (Salnikov) (PP)
Bozon − 22:421–2
1–323:39 − Shakhraychuk (Sryubko, Savenko)
1–424:38 − Ponikarovsky (Salnikov, Shyriaiev) (PP)
Bozon (Bachet) − 25:592–4
14 minPenalties16 min
31Shots32

Consolation round

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13th place game

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14 February 2002
21:00
Slovakia 7–1
(1–0, 2–0, 4–1)
 FrancePeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,956
Rastislav StaňaGoaliesPatrick RollandReferee:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Finland Panu Bruun
Latvia Eduards Odiņš
Hossa (SH) − 08:021–0
Stümpel (Šatan, Hossa) (PP) − 28:042–0
Handzuš (Bartečko, Demitra) − 39:023–0
Hossa (Višňovský) − 47:224–0
Pardavý (Milo, Pavlikovský) − 50:475–0
Pavlikovský (Milo) − 55:536–0
Hossa (Pavlikovský) − 58:507–0
7–159:19 – M. Rozenthal (Bozon, Mortas)
10 minPenalties12 min
49Shots19

11th place game

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14 February 2002
15:00
Switzerland 4–1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–1)
 AustriaE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,986
Martin GerberGoaliesReinhard DivisReferee:
Slovakia Vladimír Mihálik
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
Aeschlimann − 30:251–0
Plüss (Rüthemann) − 36:392–0
2–144:33 − Searle (Perthaler, Kromp)
Vauclair (Aeschlimann) (SH) − 50:303–1
Plüss (Seger) (ENG) − 59:204–1
10 minPenalties8 min
27Shots55

9th place game

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14 February 2002
20:00
Ukraine 2–9
(0–6, 2–3, 0–0)
 LatviaE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,449
Igor Karpenko
Kostiantyn Simchuk
GoaliesSergejs NaumovsReferee:
Finland Rami Savolainen
Linesmen:
United States James Garofalo
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
0–101:33 − Tambijevs (Bondarevs)
0–202:26 − Vītoliņš (Sorokins, Kerčs)
0–305:20 − Fanduļs (Maticins, Kerčs) (PP2)
0–405:56 − Ņiživijs (Macijevskis) (PP)
0–518:22 − Panteļejevs (Maticins)
0–619:11 − Maticins (PS)
0–729:31 − Bondarevs (Macijevskis, Ņiživijs)
0–830:39 − Fanduļs
Khristich (Chybirev, Gunko) – 31:381–8
Chybirev (Oletsky, Sierov) – 35:332–8
2–939:41 − Semjonovs (Vītoliņš, Bondarevs)
26 minPenalties6 min
26Shots35

First round

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Group C

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Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 6
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 12 7 +5 3
 Canada 3 1 1 1 8 10 −2 3
 Germany 3 0 3 0 5 18 −13 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local (UTC-7).

15 February 2002
16:10
Canada 2–5
(1–1, 0–4, 1–0)
 SwedenE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,597
Curtis JosephGoaliesTommy SaloReferee:
United States Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
Russia Sergei Kulakov
United States Dan Schachte
R. Blake (M. Peca, T. Fleury) – 2:371–0
1–15:30 − M. Sundin (D. Alfredsson)
1–226:06 – N. Sundström (M. Nylander, M. Näslund)
1–330:42 – M. Sundin (D. Alfredsson, N. Lidström)
1–431:47 – K. Jönsson (H. Zetterberg)
1–535:58 – U. Dahlén (N. Sundström, M. Sundin) (PP)
E. Brewer (O. Nolan) – 55:392–5
2 minPenalties6 min
35Shots25
15 February 2002
19:00
Czech Republic 8–2
(3–0, 3–1, 2–1)
 GermanyPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,303
Dominik HašekGoaliesChristian Künast
Marc Seliger
Referee:
Canada Kevin Acheson
Linesmen:
Finland Antti Hämäläinen
Canada Jean Morin
J. Jágr (M. Ručinský, R. Lang) (PP) – 3:511–0
P. Sýkora (P. Eliáš, J. Dopita) – 13:352–0
M. Hejduk (M. Havlát, T. Kaberle) (PP) – 16:183–0
M. Havlát – 27:424–0
4–128:49 − L. Soccio (M. Sturm)
R. Lang (M. Ručinský, J. Jágr) (PP) – 33:445–1
J. Jágr (R. Lang) – 38:326–1
6–247:46 – S. Ustorf (J. Hecht)
P. Eliáš (J. Dopita) – 53:057–2
R. Reichel (M. Ručinský, J. Jágr) (PP) – 58:428–2
6 minPenalties10 min
38Shots20

17 February 2002
16:05
Sweden 2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Tommy SaloGoaliesDominik HašekReferee:
Canada Stephen Walkom
Linesmen:
Finland Antti Hämäläinen
United States Dan Schachte
K. Johnsson (N. Lidström, N. Sundström) (PP) – 4:451–0
M. Sundin (U. Dahlén, D. Alfredsson) – 25:142–0
2–130:23 − J. Dopita
10 minPenalties31 min
22Shots38
17 February 2002
19:00
Canada 3–2
(0–0, 3–0, 0–2)
 GermanyPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,425
Martin BrodeurGoaliesMarc SeligerReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Sweden Johan Norrman
United States Tim Nowak
J. Sakic (S. Gagné) – 23:351–0
P. Kariya (O. Nolan) (PP) – 33:512–0
A. Foote (E. Jovanovski, J. Nieuwendyk) – 34:353–0
3–147:42 − A. Loth (M. MacKay, M. Lüdemann)
3–253:50 – J. Hecht (C. Schubert, T. Abstreiter) (PP)
10 minPenalties27 min
37Shots20

18 February 2002
16:10
Czech Republic 3–3
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
 CanadaE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Dominik HašekGoaliesMartin BrodeurReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Russia Sergei Kulakov
United States Dan Schachte
0–19:11 − M. Lemieux (S. Niedermayer)
M. Havlát (J. Jágr) – 18:231–1
M. Havlát (P. Kubina) – 23:082–1
2–238:49 – M. Lemieux (S. Yzerman)
J. Dopita (R. Hamrlík) – 53:173–2
3–356:36 – J. Nieuwendyk (T. Fleury, E. Jovanovski)
6 minPenalties4 min
23Shots36
18 February 2002
19:00
Germany 1–7
(0–3, 0–3, 1–1)
 SwedenPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,348
Christian Künast
Robert Müller
GoaliesJohan HedbergReferee:
Finland Rami Savolainen
Linesmen:
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
United States Tim Nowak
0–14:30 − M. Näslund (N. Lidström, N. Sundström) (PP)
0–26:03 – M. Sundin (D. Alfredsson, U. Dahlén)
0–39:23 – M. Renberg (M. Öhlund, M. Ragnarsson)
0–423:05 – M. Johansson
0–527:58 – D. Alfredsson (M. Sundin)
0–634:49 – M. Näslund (M. Öhlund, M. Ragnarsson)
0–747:53 – T. Holmström (N. Lidström, M. Sundin) (PP)
D. Seidenberg (S. Ustorf) – 58:011–7
16 minPenalties8 min
20Shots44

Group D

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Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 2 0 1 16 3 +13 5
 Finland 3 2 1 0 11 8 +3 4
 Russia 3 1 1 1 9 9 0 3
 Belarus 3 0 3 0 6 22 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local (UTC-7).

15 February 2002
11:05
Russia 6–4
(3–1, 1–2, 2–1)
 BelarusE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,484
Nikolai KhabibulinGoaliesSergei Shabanov
Andrei Mezin
Referee:
Canada Stephen Walkom
Linesmen:
Canada Mike Cvik
Sweden Johan Norrman
S. Samsonov (I. Kovalchuk, S. Fedorov) (PP) – 1:451–0
1–18:20 − O. Antonenko (D. Pankov)
A. Zhamnov (P. Bure) (PP) – 17:322–1
I. Kovalchuk – 19:393–1
A. Yashin – 25:164–1
4–226:42 – O. Khmyl (PP)
4–334:01 – A. Kalyuzhny (PP)
B. Mironov (M. Afinogenov) – 42:215–3
S. Fedorov (M. Afinogenov) – 44:046–3
6–458:23 – R. Salei (V. Tsyplakov, O. Khmyl) (PP)
8 minPenalties10 min
36Shots33
15 February 2002
20:45
Finland 0–6
(0–0, 0–3, 0–3)
 United StatesE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,597
Jani HurmeGoaliesMike DunhamReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Canada Derek Nansen
United States Tim Nowak
0–129:45 − S. Young (B. Rolston, G. Suter)
0–236:16 − J. LeClair (B. Hull)
0–337:45 − K. Tkachuk (J. Roenick, B. Leetch)
0–446:49 − J. LeClair (B. Leetch) (PP2)
0–551:23 − J. LeClair (B. Hull, D. Weight)
0–654:14 − B. Guerin (P. Housley)
10 minPenalties10 min
23Shots39

16 February 2002
16:45
Finland 8–1
(3–0, 3–0, 2–1)
 BelarusE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Pasi NurminenGoaliesSergei Shabanov
Andrei Mezin
Referee:
United States Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
Canada Mike Cvik
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
O. Jokinen (N. Hagman, J. Niinimaa) – 1:301–0
T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen, T. Numminen) (PP) – 14:532–0
O. Jokinen (T. Kallio) – 16:243–0
T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen) – 24:554–0
S. Kapanen (V. Nieminen, J. Niinimaa) – 25:435–0
T. Kallio (J. Lumme, N. Hagman) – 29:266–0
6–143:54 − V. Pankov (R. Salei, D. Pankov) (PP)
A. Berg (R. Helminen) – 49:217–1
M. Eloranta (K. Timonen) – 54:398–1
10 minPenalties8 min
39Shots21
16 February 2002
21:30
United States 2–2
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 RussiaE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Mike RichterGoaliesNikolai KhabibulinReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
Canada Jean Morin
K. Tkachuk (B. Leetch, B. Rafalski) (PP2) – 26:191–0
1–137:08 – V. Bure (V. Malakhov) (PP)
1–242:06 – S. Fedorov (I. Kovalchuk, S. Samsonov) (PP)
B. Hull (P. Housley, M. Modano) – 55:302–2
10 minPenalties8 min
25Shots35

18 February 2002
11:05
Belarus 1–8
(1–0, 0–3, 0–5)
 United StatesE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Andrei MezinGoaliesTom BarrassoReferee:
Canada Stephen Walkom
Linesmen:
Canada Mike Cvik
Canada Derek Nansen
D. Pankov (V. Tsyplakov, O. Khmyl) – 0:201–0
1–120:46 – B. Hull (M. Modano)
1–222:46 – J. LeClair (B. Hull, B. Leetch) (PP)
1–327:33 – J. LeClair (M. Modano, B. Hull)
1–444:28 – S. Young (M. York, J. Roenick)
1–550:45 – A. Deadmarsh (B. Rolston) (SH)
1–652:34 – S. Young (J. Roenick)
1–753:32 – B. Guerin (T. Amonte)
1–856:26 – B. Guerin (A. Deadmarsh, B. Rolston)
8 minPenalties8 min
13Shots48
18 February 2002
13:30
Russia 1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)
 FinlandPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,360
Nikolai KhabibulinGoaliesJani HurmeReferee:
United States Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
Canada Jean Morin
P. Bure (I. Kravchuk) – 07:491–0
1–130:57 – T. Selänne (O. Väänänen)
1–236:15 – M. Eloranta (J. Ylönen, S. Kapanen)
1–340:33 – J. Lehtinen (S. Kapanen, J. Niinimaa) (PP)
10 minPenalties8 min
26Shots29

Final round

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
         
C2  Czech Republic 0
D3  Russia 1
D3  Russia 2
D1  United States 3
D1  United States 5
C4  Germany 0
D1  United States 2
C3  Canada 5
D2  Finland 1
C3  Canada 2
C3  Canada 7 Bronze medal game
D4  Belarus 1
C1  Sweden 3 D4  Belarus 2
D4  Belarus 4 D3  Russia 7

Quarter-finals

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All times are local (UTC-7).

20 February 2002
11:05
Sweden 3–4
(1–2, 1–0, 1–2)
 BelarusE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,240
Tommy SaloGoaliesAndrei MezinReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
United States Dan Schachte
N. Lidström (K. Johnsson, M. Nylander) – 3:101–0
1–17:47 – O. Romanov (I. Matushkin, A. Kalyuzhny) (SH)
1–29:33 – D. Dudik (A. Kovalev, A. Rasolko) (PP2)
M. Nylander (M. Sundin, N. Lidström) (PP) – 30:142–2
2–342:47 – A. Kovalev
M. Sundin – 47:543–3
3–457:36 – V. Kopat (O. Antonenko, V. Bekbulatov)
8 minPenalties14 min
47Shots19
20 February 2002
13:30
Czech Republic 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
 RussiaPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,219
Dominik HašekGoaliesNikolai KhabibulinReferee:
Canada Stephen Walkom
Linesmen:
Sweden Johan Norrman
United States Tim Nowak
0–124:48 − M. Afinogenov (A. Nikolishin, V. Malakhov)
6 minPenalties22 min
41Shots27
20 February 2002
16:00
United States 5–0
(1–0, 4–0, 0–0)
 GermanyE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Mike RichterGoaliesMarc Seliger
Robert Müller
Referee:
Sweden Ulf Rådbjer
Linesmen:
Canada Jean Morin
Canada Derek Nansen
J. Roenick (B. Rafalski, D. Weight) (PP2) – 13:061–0
C. Chelios – 20:462–0
T. Amonte (J. Roenick) – 29:423–0
J. LeClair (P. Housley, M. Modano) – 30:144–0
B. Hull (M. Modano, J. LeClair) – 31:475–0
4 minPenalties33 min
33Shots28
20 February 2002
20:15
Finland 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 CanadaE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Jani HurmeGoaliesMartin BrodeurReferee:
United States Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
Canada Mike Cvik
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
0–13:00 – J. Sakic (S. Gagné)
0–235:49 – S. Yzerman (M. Lemieux)
N. Hagman (T. Kallio, O. Jokinen) – 36:091–2
2 minPenalties2 min
19Shots34

Semi-finals

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All times are local (UTC-7).

22 February 2002
12:00
Canada 7–1
(2–1, 2–0, 3–0)
 BelarusE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Martin BrodeurGoaliesAndrei Mezin
Sergei Shabanov
Referee:
Canada Stephen Walkom
Linesmen:
Russia Sergei Kulakov
United States Tim Nowak
S. Yzerman (J. Sakic, R. Blake) – 6:051–0
1–113:24 – R. Salei
E. Brewer (S. Yzerman) – 17:252–1
S. Niedermayer (M. Lemieux, P. Kariya) (PP) – 22:093–1
P. Kariya (S. Yzerman, M. Lemieux) – 33:284–1
S. Gagné (M. Peca) (SH) – 45:215–1
E. Lindros (R. Smyth, O. Nolan) (PP) – 52:246–1
J. Iginla (B. Shanahan) – 56:157–1
16 minPenalties14 min
51Shots14
22 February 2002
16:20
Russia 2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–0)
 United StatesE Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Nikolai KhabibulinGoaliesMike RichterReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Finland Antti Hämäläinen
Canada Jean Morin
0–115:56 – B. Guerin (PP)
0–227:31 – S. Young (P. Housley, B. Leetch) (PP)
0–337:39 – P. Housley (T. Amonte) (PP)
A. Kovalev (D. Markov, O. Tverdovsky) – 40:111–3
V. Malakhov – 43:212–3
12 minPenalties8 min
30Shots49

Bronze medal game

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All times are local (UTC-7).

23 February 2002
12:15
Belarus 2–7
(1–2, 1–2, 0–3)
 Russia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Game reference
Andrei Mezin
Sergei Shabanov
GoaliesNikolai KhabibulinReferee:
Sweden Ulf Rådbjer
Linesmen:
Sweden Johan Norrman
United States Dan Schachte
0–15:28 – A. Kovalev (I. Larionov)
D. Pankov (V. Tsyplakov) – 9:211–1
1–211:20 – D. Kasparaitis (I. Larionov, A. Kovalev)
D. Dudik (V. Kopat) – 21:152–2
2–323:11 – O. Tverdovsky (S. Fedorov, A. Yashin) (PP)
2–423:34 – P. Datsyuk (I. Kravchuk)
2–547:47 – A. Kovalev (P. Datsyuk, I. Larionov)
2–652:30 – P. Bure (P. Datsyuk)
2–759:11 – M. Afinogenov (S. Samsonov, V. Malakhov)
12 minPenalties8 min
23Shots45

Gold medal game

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All times are local (UTC-7).

24 February 2002
13:00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States 2–5
(1–2, 1–1, 0–2)
 Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s)E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599
Game reference
Mike RichterGoaliesMartin BrodeurReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Canada Mike Cvik
Finland Antti Hämäläinen
T. Amonte (D. Weight, T. Poti) – 8:491–0
1–114:50 – P. Kariya (C. Pronger, M. Lemieux)
1–218:33 – J. Iginla (J. Sakic, S. Gagné)
B. Rafalski (M. Modano, B. Hull) (PP) – 35:302–2
2–338:19 – J. Sakic (E. Jovanovski, R. Blake) (PP)
2–456:01 – J. Iginla (S. Yzerman, J. Sakic)
2–558:40 – J. Sakic (J. Iginla)
6 minPenalties8 min
33Shots39

Final rankings

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Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia
4th  Belarus
5th  Sweden
6th  Finland
7th  Czech Republic
8th  Germany
9th  Latvia
10th  Ukraine
11th   Switzerland
12th  Austria
13th  Slovakia
14th  France

These standings are presented as the IIHF has them,[10] however both the NHL and IOC maintain that all quarterfinal losers are ranked equal at 5th.[11][12]

Statistics

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Average age

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Team USA was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 31 years and 10 months. Team Slovakia was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 26 years and 10 months. Gold medalists team Canada averaged 30 years and 3 months. Tournament average was 28 years and 9 months.[13]

Scoring leaders

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List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Sweden Mats Sundin 4 5 4 9 +4 10 F
United States Brett Hull 6 3 5 8 +4 6 F
United States John LeClair 6 6 1 7 +2 2 F
Canada Joe Sakic 6 4 3 7 +6 0 F
Slovakia Marián Hossa 2 4 2 6 +5 0 F
Switzerland Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann 4 3 3 6 0 2 F
France Philippe Bozon 4 3 3 6 +1 2 F
Germany Len Soccio 7 3 3 6 +3 8 F
Canada Mario Lemieux 4 2 4 6 +4 0 F
Canada Steve Yzerman 6 2 4 6 +4 2 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com Archived 2018-10-01 at the Wayback Machine

Leading goaltenders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Switzerland Martin Gerber 157:44 4 1.52 95 95.79 0
United States Mike Richter 240:00 9 2.25 132 93.18 1
Russia Nikolai Khabibulin 359:12 14 2.34 200 93.00 1
Sweden Tommy Salo 179:03 7 2.35 92 92.39 0
Czech Republic Dominik Hašek 239:00 8 2.01 105 92.38 0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com Archived 2019-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

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Joe Sakic (far left) was named the MVP of the tournament

References

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  1. ^ "2001-02 NHL Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Thrilling draw". CNNSI.com. Associated Press. February 17, 2002. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "US-Canada showdown set while Russians angered again". CNN. 2002-02-22. Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
  4. ^ "USA holds off Russia 3–2 to advance to gold medal game". CNN. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  5. ^ "Roenick foils Russia's bid to tie game". CNN. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  6. ^ "Dream final will come down to blueline play". CNN. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  7. ^ a b c Ohler, Shawn (February 26, 2002). "Lucky Loonie Stunt Pays Off". Calgary Herald. p. A1.
  8. ^ Duhatschek, Eric (2006-02-07). "It's time to bury the myth of the lucky loonie". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  9. ^ Olson, Lisa (2002-02-25). "A great burden lifted, he turns into Loonie one". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  10. ^ IIHF Media Guide and Record Book (2011), p. 119.
  11. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book (2006), p. 15.
  12. ^ LA84 foundation Ice Hockey Men Official Report of the XIX Olympic Winter Games, p. 323.
  13. ^ "Team Canada - Olympics - Salt Lake City 2002 - Player Stats".
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