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Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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1998 Winter Olympics
Men's Ice Hockey
Team Czech Republic defeats Team Russia, 1–0, in the final game
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Venue(s)Big Hat
Aqua Wing Arena
Dates7–22 February
Teams14
Final positions
Champions  Czech Republic (1st title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played35
Goals scored210 (6 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Teemu Selänne (10 points)
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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was the 19th Olympic Championship. The Czech Republic, which emerged from the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, won its first winter gold medal, becoming only the seventh nation to win Olympic ice hockey gold. The tournament, held from February 7 to February 22, was played at the Big Hat and Aqua Wing arenas.

This was the first Olympics in which the National Hockey League (NHL) took a break (17 days, from February 8 to February 24) allowing national teams to include NHL players from each country.[1][2] Unlike basketball's Dream Team in 1992, where the players stayed in a hotel in Barcelona due to security concerns,[3] NHL players stayed in the Olympic Village due to improved security measures.[4]

The Canadian team, despite a strong start in the round robin, lost their semifinal match against the Czech Republic in a shootout. Team Finland defeated Canada in the bronze medal game. In the final, the Czech Republic beat Russia 1–0 to win the gold medal, as goaltender Dominik Hašek shutout the Russian squad.[5]

Rosters

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Qualification

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Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 14 11 +3 5 First Round
2  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 9 9 0 3
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 11 11 0 2
4  Austria 3 0 2 1 9 12 −3 2
Source: Olympedia
7 February 1998
16:00
Italy 3–5
(3–1, 0–1, 0–3)
 KazakhstanThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,634
Mike RosatiGoaliesVitali Yeremeyev
Alexander Shimin
Referee:
Germany Gerhard Müller
Linesmen:
Finland Janne Rautavuori
Sweden Ulf Rönnmark
0–112:11 − Tregubov (Zavyalov, Pchelyakov) (PP)
Zarrillo (Orlando)− 13:041–1
Felicetti (Figliuzzi) − 14:222–1
Zarrillo (Nardella, Orlando) (PP) − 19:553–1
3–225:49 − Borodulin (Glovatsky)
3–341:42 − Dudarev (Savenkov)
3–447:44 − Borodulin (A. Koreshkov, Zemlyanoy) (PP)
3–556:01 − Kamentsev (Dudarev) (SH)
12 minPenalties10 min
18Shots21
7 February 1998
16:00
Austria 2–2
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
 SlovakiaAqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 4,315
Claus DalpiazGoaliesIgor MurínReferee:
Finland Pekka Haajanen
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Poliakov
Germany Thomas Schurr
Lavoie (Ulrich) (PP) − 07:161–0
Perthaler (Schaden) − 23:302–0
2–126:35 − Cíger
2–233:52 − Petrovický (Kontšek, Sekeráš) (PP)
12 minPenalties22 min
12Shots38

8 February 1998
14:00
Austria 5–5
(2–2, 2–1, 1–2)
 KazakhstanThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,410
Claus DalpiazGoaliesAlexander Shimin
Vitali Yeremeyev
Referee:
Russia Leonid Vaisfeld
Linesmen:
Canada Kenneth Sartison
United States Timothy Kotyra
Puschnik (Nasheim) − 00:331–0
1–107:12 − Pchelyakov (Zavyalov) (SH)
1–213:09 − Shafranov
Lavoie − 15:372–2
Pusnik (Searle) (PP) − 31:163–2
Lavoie (Perthaler) − 34:204–2
4–339:46 − Y. Koreshkov (Zemlyanoy, A. Koreshkov) (PP)
4–453:30 − Sokolov (Shafranov, A. Koreshkov)
4–558:08 − A. Koreshkov (Shafranov)
Pusnik (Lavoie) (PP) − 58:515–5
20 minPenalties38 min
25Shots23
8 February 1998
18:00
Slovakia 4–3
(1–2, 3–1, 0–0)
 ItalyThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,620
Igor MurínGoaliesMario BrunettaReferee:
Sweden Bengt Andersson
Linesmen:
Germany Thomas Schurr
Japan Hirokazu Takahashi
Plavucha (Sekeráš) − 06:411–0
1–108:50 − Figliuzzi (Insam) (PP)
1–211:56 − Felicetti (Mansi, De Angelis)
Plavucha (Daňo) − 21:232–2
Petrovický − 22:003–2
Plavucha (Sekeráš, Cíger) − 23:364–2
4–339:13 − Chitaroni (Ramoser)
12 minPenalties20 min
22Shots28

10 February 1998
14:00
Slovakia 3–4
(1–1, 1–0, 1–3)
 KazakhstanAqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,659
Igor MurínGoaliesVitali YeremeyevReferee:
Germany Gerhard Müller
Linesmen:
Finland Janne Rautavuori
Sweden Ulf Rönnmark
Plavucha (Daňo) − 05:421–0
1–109:07 − Y. Koreshkov (Sokolov) (PP)
Jánoš (Petrovický) − 28:032–1
2–242:55 − Borodulin (Zavyalov)
2–347:04 − Shafranov (A. Koreshkov, Y. Koreshkov)
Bondra (Švehla) (PP) − 52:163–3
3–458:39 − A. Koreshkov (Zemlyanoy)
8 minPenalties8 min
32Shots25
10 February 1998
18:00
Italy 5–2
(2–0, 2–0, 1–2)
 AustriaThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,473
Mike RosatiGoaliesClaus DalpiazReferee:
United States Brad Meier
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Václav Český
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
Figliuzzi (Biafore) − 05:181–0
Figliuzzi − 12:412–0
Chitaroni (De Angelis, Busillo) (PP) − 27:493–0
Ramoser (Nardella) − 36:574–0
4–143:41 − Ressmann (Pusnik)
Zarrillo (Topatigh) − 50:395–1
5–253:27 − Kromp (Searle)
20 minPenalties16 min
33Shots22

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus 3 2 1 0 14 4 +10 5 First Round
2  Germany 3 2 0 1 7 9 −2 4
3  France 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 2
4  Japan 3 0 1 2 5 10 −5 1
Source: Olympedia
7 February 1998
20:00
Germany 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
 JapanThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,861
Josef HeißGoaliesShinichi IwasakiReferee:
United States Donald Adam
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Václav Český
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
Hecht (Wieland) – 37:031–0
1–143:50 – Sugisawa (Otomo)
Kunce (Wieland) – 51:242–1
Benda (MacKay) – 55:053–1
22 minPenalties16 min
33Shots21
7 February 1998
20:00
France 0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)
 BelarusAqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,419
Cristobal HuetGoaliesAndrey MezinReferee:
United States Brad Meier
Linesmen:
Canada Kenneth Sartison
United States Timothy Kotyra
0–115:06 – Karachun (Romanov)
0–238:52 – Bekbulatov
0–346:21 – Kalyuzhny (Karachun, Antonenko)
0–453:10 – Skabelka (Andriyevsky) (PP)
26 minPenalties14 min
18Shots36

9 February 1998
14:00
Germany 2–8
(0–2, 2–3, 0–3)
 BelarusThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,063
Klaus MerkGoaliesAndrey Mezin
Aleksandr Shumidub
Referee:
Finland Pekka Haajanen
Linesmen:
Sweden Ulf Gerhard Rönnmark
Finland Janne Rautavuori
0–18:23 – Antonenko (Stas)
0–214:51 – Salei (Khmyl) (PP)
Hegen (Bergen, MacKay) (PP) – 23:391–2
1–328:05 – Andriyevsky (Matushkin, Romanov) (PP)
1–428:37 – Kovalyov (Roshchin, Lozhkin)
Bergen (Brandl) (PP) – 38:392–4
2–539:49 – Skabelka (Bekbulatov)
2–643:38 – Galchenyuk (Alekseyev)
2–746:35 – Aliakseyev (Kovalyov)
2–857:17 – Yerkovich (Galchenyuk) (PP)
14 minPenalties22 min
28Shots31
9 February 1998
18:00
Japan 2–5
(2–1, 0–1, 0–3)
 FranceThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,930
Dusty ImooGoaliesFrançois GravelReferee:
Germany Gerhard Müller
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Václav Český
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
Fujita (Sakai, Kudo) – 7:361–0
1–114:42 – Bozon (SH)
Kuwabara (Sugisawa, Yahata) (PP) – 15:322–1
2–223:51 – Barin (Mortas, Ouellet)
2–357:05 – Pouget (Poudrier, Bozon) (PP)
2–459:08 – Bozon (Poudrier) (SH, EN)
2–559:37 – Poudrier (Lemoine) (SH, EN)
18 minPenalties41 min
21Shots25

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10 February 1998
14:00
Japan 2–2
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 BelarusThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,659
Dusty ImooGoaliesAleksandr ShumidubReferee:
United States Donald Adam
Linesmen:
United States Timothy Kotyra
Canada Kenneth Sartison
0–112:36 – Romanov (Andriyevsky, Skabelka)
Kabayama (Fujita, Sakai) (PP) – 19:021–1
1–230:32 – Bekbulatov (Matushkin)
Kuwabara (Yahata, Sugisawa) (PP) – 34:232–2
16 minPenalties12 min
19Shots44
10 February 1998
18:00
France 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 GermanyAqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,916
François GravelGoaliesOlaf KolzigReferee:
Sweden Bengt Andersson
Linesmen:
Russia Aleksandr Polyakov
Japan Hirokazu Takahashi
0–127:46 – MacKay (Draisaitl, Lüdemann)
0–258:06 – Draisaitl (Krupp)
12 minPenalties16 min
25Shots31

Consolation round

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13th place match

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12 February 1998
12:00
Japan 4–3 SO
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 AustriaThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,495
Dusty ImooGoaliesReinhard DivisReferee:
United States Brad Meier
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Václav Český
Slovakia Rudolf Lauff
0–12:35 – Lavoie (Ulrich, Wheeldon) (PP)
Yahata (Yamanaka) (PP) – 9:221–1
1–218:17 – Ressmann (Pusnik, Kalt)
Sugisawa (Yamanaka, Yahata) (PP) – 28:342–2
2–343:04 – Lavoie (Ulrich) (PP)
Otomo – 46:353–3
Sugisawa GOAL
Yahata MISS
Tsujiura MISS
Fujita MISS
Sakai MISS
Sugisawa MISS
Kabayama GOAL
Yahata GOAL
ShootoutMISS Kromp
MISS Kalt
GOAL Nasheim
MISS Lavoie
MISS Wheeldon
MISS Kalt
GOAL Nasheim
MISS Wheeldon
18 minPenalties36 min
40Shots30

11th place match

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12 February 1998
16:00
France 5–1
(1–0, 0–0, 4–1)
 ItalyThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,854
Cristobal HuetGoaliesMike RosatiReferee:
Germany Gerhard Müller
Linesmen:
Germany Thomas Schurr
Japan Hirokazu Takahashi
Bozon (Dubois) – 9:391–0
Bozon (Poudrier, Pouget) – 40:562–0
Bozon (Pouget) – 47:313–0
Briand (Bozon, Poudrier) – 50:03 (PP)4–0
4–153:21 – Orlando (Topatigh, Bartolone) (PP)
Poudrier – 56:43 (PP)5–1
14 minPenalties18 min
22Shots31

9th place match

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12 February 1998
20:00
Germany 4–2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0)
 SlovakiaThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,670
Olaf KolzigGoaliesIgor MurínReferee:
United States Donald Adam
Linesmen:
Russia Aleksandr Polyakov
United States Timothy Kotyra
0–117:51 – Daňo
Draisaitl (Goldmann) (PP) – 21:301–1
1–238:03 – Pardavý (Sekeráš)
Benda (Brüggemann, MacKay) – 42:512–2
Benda (Krupp) – 46:593–2
Lüdemann (Draisaitl) – 49:584–2
29 minPenalties29 min
19Shots33

First round

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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 0 15 6 +9 6 Quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 4
3  Finland 3 1 0 2 11 9 +2 2
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 6 25 −19 0
Source: Olympedia
13 February 1998
14:45
Czech Republic 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 FinlandAqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,050
Dominik HašekGoaliesJarmo MyllysReferee:
Canada Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
United States Gord Broseker
Sweden Ulf Rönnmark
Patera (Ručinský) (PP) – 29:091–0
Reichel (Lang) – 44:542–0
Růžička (Jágr) – 48:403–0
6 minPenalties6 min
29Shots17
13 February 1998
18:45
Russia 9–2
(2–1, 5–0, 2–1)
 KazakhstanAqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,752
Andrei TrefilovGoaliesVitali Yeremeyev
Alexander Shimin
Referee:
United States Don Adam
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Václav Český
Canada Ray Scapinello
Fedorov (Kovalenko) – 1:301–0
1–12:15 – Sagymbayev (Pchelyakov)
Yashin (Fedorov) – 8:152–1
Yashin (Kasparaitis) – 20:553–1
P. Bure (D. Mironov) – 27:344–1
P. Bure – 32:015–1
Kovalenko – 32:146–1
Titov (Kamensky, Morozov) – 38:397–1
Kovalenko (B. Mironov) – 45:098–1
Zelepukin (Morozov) – 55:469–1
9–257:40 – Y. Koreshkov (Shafranov, A. Koreshkov)
8 minPenalties6 min
31Shots18

15 February 1998
13:45
Russia 4–3
(1–2, 2–1, 1–0)
 FinlandThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,894
Andrei TrefilovGoaliesJarmo MyllysReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
United States Gord Broseker
Sweden Ulf Rönnmark
0–16:11 – Koivu (Lehtinen, Selänne) (PP)
0–27:04 – Lehtinen (Koivu, Selänne) (PP)
P. Bure (Fedorov, Kamensky) (PP) – 13:361–2
1–328:24 – Lehtinen (Selänne)
Nemchinov (Gonchar, Kravchuk) – 29:312–3
Yashin (Fedorov, Zhitnik) (PP) – 35:033–3
Morozov (Zelepukin) – 56:434–3
24 minPenalties22 min
28Shots33
15 February 1998
18:45
Czech Republic 8–2
(1–0, 3–2, 4–0)
 KazakhstanThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,975
Dominik HašekGoaliesVitali Yeremeyev
Alexander Shimin
Referee:
Finland Pekka Haajanen
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Poliakov
Canada Ray Scapinello
Straka (Jágr) – 3:511–0
Beránek (Moravec, Dopita) – 23:222–0
2–127:13 – Kamentsev (Glovatsky, Antipin) (PP)
M. Ručinský – 32:023–1
Růžička (Jágr) (PP) – 37:314–1
4–239:09 – A. Koreshkov
Ručinský (Lang, Svoboda) – 41:005–2
Patera (SH) – 49:426–2
M. Procházka (PP) – 52:167–2
Hamrlík (Straka) – 57:068–2
43 minPenalties41 min
45Shots23

16 February 1998
15:45
Finland 8–2
(3–1, 1–0, 4–1)
 KazakhstanAqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,544
Ari SulanderGoaliesVitali Yeremeyev
Alexander Shimin
Referee:
United States Mark Faucette
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Václav Český
Canada Gérard Gauthier
0–14:25 – Antipin (PP)
Lumme (Selänne, Koivu) (PP) – 12:531–1
Helminen (Kapanen, Peltonen) (PP) – 16:192–1
Tikkanen (Kurri, Nieminen) – 17:093–1
Numminen (Niinimaa, Koivu) (PP) – 36:264–1
Lehtinen (Selänne) – 50:525–1
Peltonen (SH) – 52:286–1
Selänne (Niinimaa, Koivu) (PP) – 54:337–1
7–256:43 – Nikitin (Trochshinsky) (PP)
Nieminen (Niinimaa, Kurri) (PP) – 59:548–2
24 minPenalties22 min
37Shots15
16 February 1998
18:45
Czech Republic 1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)
 RussiaThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,847
Dominik HašekGoaliesMikhail ShtalenkovReferee:
Canada Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
United States Kevin Collins
Finland Janne Rautavuori
Reichel (Patera) (PP) – 31:531–0
1–143:27 – V. Bure (Kravchuk, Gonchar)
1–243:37 – Zhamnov (Gusarov, D. Mironov)
14 minPenalties6 min
24Shots31

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 12 3 +9 6 Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 11 7 +4 4
3  United States 3 1 0 2 8 10 −2 2
4  Belarus 3 0 0 3 4 15 −11 0
Source: Olympedia
13 February 1998
14:45
Sweden 4–2
(1–2, 2–0, 1–0)
 United StatesThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,985
Tommy SaloGoaliesMike RichterReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Canada Gérard Gauthier
Canada Troy Sartison
0–111:10 – Chelios (Guerin, Tkachuk)
Alfredsson (Forsberg) (PP) – 12:261–1
1–212:50 – Modano (Guerin)
Kjellberg (Renberg, Samuelsson) – 21:502–2
Alfredsson (Forsberg) – 31:333–2
Sundin (Andersson) – 57:044–2
16 minPenalties20 min
20Shots31
13 February 1998
18:45
Canada 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 BelarusThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,960
Patrick RoyGoaliesAndrei MezinReferee:
United States Mark Faucette
Linesmen:
United States Kevin Collins
Finland Janne Rautavuori
Fleury (Primeau) (SH) – 7:551–0
Bourque (Brind'Amour, Corson) – 14:342–0
MacInnis (Nieuwendyk) (PP) – 24:383–0
Lindros (Bourque) – 37:444–0
Lindros (Brind'Amour) – 52:575–0
10 minPenalties6 min
31Shots18

14 February 1998
14:45
United States 5–2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–1)
 BelarusThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,975
Mike RichterGoaliesAndrei MezinReferee:
Canada Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
Canada Gérard Gauthier
Canada Troy Sartison
Chelios (LaFontaine) (PP) – 9:061–0
LaFontaine (Leetch, K. Hatcher) (PP) – 10:312–0
2–118:02 – Karachun (Lozhkin, Galchenyuk)
Leetch (LeClair, Hull) (PP) – 28:163–1
3–240:27 – Pankov (Skabelka, Bekbulatov)
Hull (Weight, K. Hatcher) (PP) – 53:454–2
Deadmarsh (Guerin, Roenick) – 58:145–2
14 minPenalties16 min
31Shots30
14 February 1998
18:45
Sweden 2–3
(1–0, 0–3, 1–0)
 CanadaThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,945
Tommy SaloGoaliesPatrick RoyReferee:
United States Mark Faucette
Linesmen:
United States Kevin Collins
Finland Janne Rautavuori
Lidström (Alfredsson, Renberg) (PP) – 15:271–0
1–131:56 – Nieuwendyk (Blake, Lindros)
1–237:02 – MacInnis (Nieuwendyk) (PP)
1–339:53 – Blake (Nieuwendyk, Fleury)
Sundin (Lidström, Norström) – 49:312–3
14 minPenalties14 min
30Shots29

16 February 1998
13:45
Canada 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 United StatesThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 10,076
Patrick RoyGoaliesMike RichterReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
United States Gord Broseker
Canada Troy Sartison
Zamuner (Gretzky, Sakic) – 16:301–0
Primeau (Yzerman) (SH) – 33:372–0
Sakic (Fleury) – 38:193–0
Primeau (Recchi, Sakic) – 46:004–0
4–154:04 – Hull (Weight)
12 minPenalties6 min
25Shots31
16 February 1998
18:45
Sweden 5–2
(2–0, 1–1, 2–1)
 BelarusAqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 4,235
Tommy SaloGoaliesAndrei MezinReferee:
Germany Gerhard Müller
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Poliakov
Canada Ray Scapinello
Andersson (Sundström, Ragnarsson) – 10:061–0
Dahlén (Sandström) – 11:222–0
Sundström (Forsberg, Öhlund) – 30:363–0
3–139:19 – Matushkin (Tsyplakov, Kovalev) (PP)
Sundin (Alfredsson) – 50:194–1
4–253:44 – Tsyplakov (Romanov, Kovalev) (PP)
Renberg (Alfredsson, Forsberg) – 54:365–2
14 minPenalties8 min
38Shots23

Final round

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

Quarterfinals

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18 February 1998
14:45
Czech Republic 4–1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0)
 United StatesThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,822
Dominik HašekGoaliesMike Richter / John VanbiesbrouckReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Poliakov
Canada Ray Scapinello
0–116:12 – Modano (Amonte, Tkachuk)
Růžička (Jágr, Straka) – 28:211–1
Jágr (Dopita) – 29:192–1
Ručinský (Lang, Šmehlík) – 36:353–1
Dopita – 59:214–1
6 minPenalties8 min
19Shots39
18 February 1998
14:45
Russia 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
 BelarusAqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 4,628
Mikhail ShtalenkovGoaliesAndrei MezinReferee:
United States Mark Faucette
Linesmen:
United States Gord Broseker
Sweden Ulf Rönnmark
Kamensky (Yashin) – 19:001–0
Kovalenko (Fedorov, Yashin) – 21:312–0
P. Bure – 42:383–0
Morozov (Zelepukin, Kasparaitis) – 43:194–0
4–144:18 – Yerkovich (Khmyl, Roshchin)
14 minPenalties10 min
35Shots26
18 February 1998
18:45
Canada 4–1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)
 KazakhstanThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,602
Patrick RoyGoaliesVitali YeremeyevReferee:
United States Don Adam
Linesmen:
United States Kevin Collins
Finland Janne Rautavuori
Nieuwendyk (Fleury, Roy) – 1:311–0
Corson (Lindros) – 2:132–0
2–13:46 – Shafranov (Koreshkov)
Shanahan (Gretzky, Bourque) – 36:293–1
Yzerman (Gretzky) – 37:014–1
14 minPenalties12 min
37Shots17
18 February 1998
18:45
Sweden 1–2
(0–0, 0–0, 1–2)
 FinlandAqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 5,044
Tommy SaloGoaliesJarmo MyllysReferee:
Canada Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Václav Český
Canada Gérard Gauthier
0–144:12 – Selänne (Numminen)
0–252:43 – Selänne (Koivu, Lehtinen) (PP)
Forsberg – 59:481–2
12 minPenalties12 min
17Shots19

Semi-finals

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20 February 1998
14:45
Canada 1–2 SO
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 Czech RepublicThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,854
Patrick RoyGoaliesDominik HašekReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
United States Kevin Collins
Finland Janne Rautavuori
0–149:46 – Šlégr (Patera)
Linden (Lindros) – 58:571–1
Fleury MISS
Bourque MISS
Nieuwendyk MISS
Lindros MISS
Shanahan MISS
ShootoutGOAL Reichel
MISS Ručinský
MISS Patera
MISS Jágr
2 minPenalties4 min
30Shots31
20 February 1998
18:45
Russia 7–4
(2–0, 2–3, 3–1)
 FinlandThe Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,640
Mikhail ShtalenkovGoaliesJarmo MyllysReferee:
Canada Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
Canada Gérard Gauthier
Canada Troy Sartison
P. Bure (Zhamnov) (PP) – 9:511–0
P. Bure (Mironov) – 17:282–0
P. Bure – 20:593–0
3–123:28 – Helminen (Lind)
3–224:59 – Rintanen (Kurri, Timonen)
3–334:07 – Selänne (Koivu, Kurri) (PP2)
Zhamnov (Zhitnik) (PP) – 37:264–3
4–445:15 – Koivu (Selänne)
Kovalenko (Fedorov) – 46:335–4
P. Bure – 55:586–4
P. Bure (Yashin, Mironov) (EN) – 59:557–4
12 minPenalties6 min
21Shots31

Bronze medal game

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21 February 1998
15:15
Canada 2–3
(1–2, 1–0, 0–1)
 Finland 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,875
Patrick RoyGoaliesAri SulanderReferee:
Canada Kerry Fraser
Linesmen:
United States Gord Broseker
Russia Alexander Poliakov
0–103:33 – Kurri (Tikkanen, Nieminen) (PP)
Brind'Amour (Foote) – 16:501–1
1–217:23 – Lehtinen (Koivu)
Shanahan (Gretzky, Recchi) (PP) – 22:472–2
2–340:17 – Peltonen (Koivu) (PP)
12 minPenalties12 min
34Shots15

Gold medal game

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22 February 1998
13:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
 Czech Republic 1st place, gold medalist(s)The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 10,010
Mikhail ShtalenkovGoaliesDominik HašekReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Linesmen:
Sweden Ulf Rönnmark
Canada Ray Scapinello
0–148:08 − Svoboda (Patera, M. Procházka)
4 minPenalties8 min
20Shots21

Statistics

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Average age

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Team Canada was the oldest team in the tournament, with an average age of 30 years. Team Kazakhstan was the youngest, averaging 26 years and 11 months. The gold medal-winning Czech Republic team averaged 27 years and 2 months. The tournament average was 28 years and 1 month.[6]

Leading scorers

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Rank Player GP G A Pts PIM
1  Teemu Selänne (FIN) 5 4 6 10 8
2  Saku Koivu (FIN) 6 2 8 10 4
3  Pavel Bure (RUS) 6 9 0 9 2
4  Aleksandr Koreshkov (KAZ) 7 3 6 9 2
5  Philippe Bozon (FRA) 4 5 2 7 4
6  Konstantin Shafranov (KAZ) 7 4 3 7 6
7  Dominic Lavoie (AUT) 4 5 1 6 8
8  Jere Lehtinen (FIN) 6 4 2 6 2
9  Alexei Yashin (RUS) 6 3 3 6 0
10  Serge Poudrier (FRA) 6 2 4 6 4
11  Sergei Fedorov (RUS) 6 1 5 6 8

Medal-winning rosters

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Gold Silver Bronze
 Czech Republic (CZE)
Josef Beránek
Jan Čaloun
Roman Čechmánek
Jiří Dopita
Roman Hamrlík
Dominik Hašek
Milan Hejduk
Milan Hnilička
Jaromír Jágr
František Kučera
Robert Lang
David Moravec
Pavel Patera
Libor Procházka
Martin Procházka
Robert Reichel
Martin Ručinský
Vladimír Růžička-C
Jiří Šlégr
Richard Šmehlík
Jaroslav Špaček
Martin Straka
Petr Svoboda
 Russia (RUS)
Pavel Bure-C
Valeri Bure
Oleg Chevtsov
Sergei Fedorov
Sergei Gonchar
Alexei Gusarov
Valeri Kamensky
Darius Kasparaitis
Andrei Kovalenko
Igor Kravchuk
Sergei Krivokrasov
Boris Mironov
Dmitri Mironov
Alexei Morozov
Sergei Nemchinov
Mikhail Shtalenkov
German Titov
Andrei Trefilov
Alexei Yashin
Dmitri Yushkevich
Valeri Zelepukin
Alexei Zhitnik
Alexei Zhamnov
 Finland (FIN)
Aki-Petteri Berg
Tuomas Grönman
Raimo Helminen
Sami Kapanen
Saku Koivu-C
Jari Kurri
Janne Laukkanen
Jere Lehtinen
Juha Lind
Jyrki Lumme
Jarmo Myllys
Mika Nieminen
Janne Niinimaa
Teppo Numminen
Ville Peltonen
Kimmo Rintanen
Teemu Selänne
Ari Sulander
Jukka Tammi
Esa Tikkanen
Kimmo Timonen
Antti Törmänen
Juha Ylönen

Source:

  • Gold – "Team members CZECH REPUBLIC". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  • Silver – "Team members Russia". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  • Bronze – "Team members Finland". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.

Roster notes

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Several of general manager Bobby Clarke's selections for Team Canada were controversial. Eric Lindros was named captain over longtime leaders such as Wayne Gretzky, Steve Yzerman, and Ray Bourque (Clarke at the time was general manager of Lindros's NHL team, the Philadelphia Flyers).[7] Rob Zamuner was a surprise pick, while Mark Messier, Adam Oates, Ron Francis, Doug Gilmour and Scott Niedermayer were omitted.[8] Japanese fans were disappointed when their adopted hero, Paul Kariya, a Canadian of Japanese heritage and one of Canada's best stars, failed to make the Games due to a head injury sustained from a crosscheck by Gary Suter during regular season NHL play.[9][10][11]

Memorably, during the shootout in their semifinal match against the Czech Republic, Canadian coach Marc Crawford opted to have defenceman Ray Bourque shoot in the shootout instead of high-scoring forwards Wayne Gretzky and Steve Yzerman. Hockey commentators alternatively criticized Crawford's decision (Bourque, like the other four Canadian shooters, failed to score) or praised it on the grounds that Bourque was one of hockey's most accurate shooters at the time and Gretzky had always been surprisingly mediocre on breakaways.[12][13]

Controversy

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Swedish player Ulf Samuelsson was discovered to have applied for American citizenship. Under Swedish law at the time, when one acquires a foreign passport, their citizenship is annulled. Samuelsson was ejected after having played the first game against Belarus, although Sweden kept their points from the win. The Czech National Olympic Committee felt that Sweden should lose the points and filed a protest with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which was rejected.[14][15]

The United States team, loaded with 17 NHL stars, was eliminated in the first game of the knockout round, and responded by trashing their rooms in the Olympic Village.[12] Three apartments were vandalized, ten chairs were broken and three fire extinguishers were emptied. Six of those chairs and one fire extinguisher were thrown down five stories into a courtyard.[16][12]

Final rankings

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

These standings are presented as the IIHF has them,[17] however both the NHL and IOC maintain that all quarterfinal losers are ranked equal at 5th.[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ "Olympedia – Ice Hockey, Men".
  2. ^ "1997-98 NHL Schedule and Results".
  3. ^ Richardson, Steve (26 July 1992). "Dream Team Besieged by Everyone, Defends Staying Outside Village". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ Wilbon, Michael (13 February 1998). "There Are Many Teams in This Dream". Washington Post. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ Jason Pirodsky (February 28, 2018). "New Doc Recounts Czech Republic's 1998 Olympic Hockey Gold in Nagano". The Prague Reporter.
  6. ^ "Team Canada - Olympics - Nagano 1998 - Player Stats".
  7. ^ MacGregor, Roy (1998-02-04). "All eyes on Eric: Is 24-year-old Eric Lindros ready to carry Canada's hockey hopes?". Archived from the original on January 11, 2013.
  8. ^ Willes, Ed (1997-11-30). "HOCKEY; Gretzky In, Messier Out As Canada Picks Team". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  9. ^ "Gary Suter hangs up skates". CBC News. September 10, 2002.
  10. ^ "Czechs Win Hockey Gold".
  11. ^ "Winter Sports / Road To Nagano – Street Crashes, Expected To Be OK For Olympics – Binding Problem At 75 Mph Leaves Her With Concussion". The Seattle Times. 1 February 1998.
  12. ^ a b c Robinson, Alan (20 February 1998). "Angry US Hockey Players Trash Rooms". Associated Press. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  13. ^ Mike Brophy (February 3, 2017). "'98 problems: How it all went wrong for Canada's Olympic hockey team in Nagano". CBC Sports.
  14. ^ Podnieks & Szemberg 2008, Story #72–Reporter's scoop reveals that Samuelsson is not a Swede in Nagano-98.
  15. ^ Boyd, William (2006). All Roads Lead to Hockey. U of Nebraska Press. p. 82. ISBN 0803262523. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  16. ^ Boyd, William (2006). All Roads Lead to Hockey. U of Nebraska Press. p. 82. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  17. ^ IIHF Media Guide and Record Book (2011) p. 118
  18. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book (2002) p.13
  19. ^ LA84 foundation Official Report of the XVIII Olympic Winter Games p.168
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