Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics
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The men's ice hockey tournament 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 tournament, held from 12 February to 27 February, was played at the Fjellhallen in Gjøvik and the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer. There was no women's tournament at the Olympics until 1998.[1]
Medalists
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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.[2]
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Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
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Group B
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Consolation round
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9–12th place semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Playoff round
Bracket
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Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
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.[3]
Commemorative Swedish stamp
In 1995, the Swedish postal service memorialized Forsberg's game winning shootout goal by issuing a commemorative stamp. Because goaltender Corey 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.[4]
Final ranking
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "sort". | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
| 4 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| 5 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| 6 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
| 7 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
| 8 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| 9 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| 10 | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 11 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway |
| 12 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria |
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Statistics and awards
Average age
Team France was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 28 years. Team USA was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 22 years and 11 months. Gold medalists team Sweden averaged 26 years and 6 months. Tournament average was 26 years and 3 months.[5]
Leading scorers
| # | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | POS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Žigmund Pálffy | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | F |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Miroslav Šatan | 8 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | F |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Peter Šťastný | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | F |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Håkan Loob | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | F |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Gaetano Orlando | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | F |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Patrik Juhlin | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 16 | F |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Jiří Kučera | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | F |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Marty Dallman | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | F |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Mika Nieminen | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | F |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon David Sacco | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: eliteprospects.com
Media All-Stars
- Goaltender: Template:Flagicon Tommy Salo
- Defencemen: Template:Flagicon Brad Werenka, Template:Flagicon Timo Jutila
- Forwards: Template:Flagicon Mats Näslund, Template:Flagicon Peter Šťastný, Template:Flagicon Patrik Juhlin
References
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External links
- Jeux Olympiques 1994
- The 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer – Chronological List of Events Template:Webarchive
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