1994 Winter Olympics

1994 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey
Tournament details
Host nation	Norway
Dates	12–27 February
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Fjellhallen Håkons Hall (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Sweden (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	46
Goals scored	308  (6.7 per game)
Attendance	334,373  (7,269 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Zigmund Palffy 10 points

The men's ice hockey tournament (women's was added in 1998) 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 silver medal win by Canada extended its all-time Olympic ice hockey lead to 12 medals (extended to 15 medals, for the men's team, as of the 2014 Winter Olympics). The tournament, held from February 12 to February 27, was played at the Fjellhallen in Gjøvik and the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer.

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.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	4	3	0	1	25	8	7
Latvia	4	3	1	0	22	14	6
Poland	4	1	1	2	14	16	4
Japan	4	1	3	0	11	22	2
Great Britain	4	0	3	1	9	21	1

• August 28, 1993, Great Britain

Great Britain

2:2

Poland

• August 29, 1993, Great Britain

Slovakia

7:2

Japan

• August 30, 1993, Great Britain

Latvia	6:2	Poland
Great Britain	2:4	Japan

• September 1, 1993, Great Britain

Slovakia	4:4	Poland
Great Britain	4:8	Latvia

• September 2, 1993, Great Britain

Latvia	1:7	Slovakia
Poland	6:4	Japan

• September 4, 1993, Great Britain

Japan	1:7	Latvia
Great Britain	1:7	Slovakia

First round

Twelve participating teams were placed in the two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	5	5	0	0	25	4	10
Germany	5	3	2	0	11	14	6
Czech Republic	5	3	2	0	16	11	6
Russia	5	3	2	0	20	14	6
Austria	5	1	4	0	13	28	2
Norway	5	0	5	0	5	19	0

• February 12

Finland	3:1	Czech Republic
Norway	1:5	Russia
Germany	4:3	Austria

• February 14

Norway	1:2	Germany
Czech Republic	7:3	Austria
Finland	5:0	Russia

• February 16

Czech Republic	1:0	Germany
Russia	9:1	Austria
Norway	0:4	Finland

• February 18

Germany	4:2	Russia
Finland	6:2	Austria
Norway	1:4	Czech Republic

• February 20

Norway	2:4	Austria
Finland	7:1	Germany
Russia	4:3	Czech Republic

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	5	3	0	2	26	14	8
Canada	5	3	1	1	17	11	7
Sweden	5	3	1	1	23	13	7
United States	5	1	1	3	21	17	5
Italy	5	1	4	0	15	31	2
France	5	0	4	1	11	27	1

• February 13

Sweden	4:4	Slovakia
Canada	7:2	Italy
United States	4:4	France

• February 15

Sweden	4:1	Italy
Canada	3:1	France
United States	3:3	Slovakia

• February 17

Sweden	7:1	France
Slovakia	10:4	Italy
United States	3:3	Canada

• February 19

Slovakia	3:1	Canada
Sweden	6:4	United States
Italy	7:3	France

• February 21

United States	7:1	Italy
Canada	3:2	Sweden
Slovakia	6:2	France

Consolation Round (9th to 12th places)

• France 5 - Austria 4
• Italy 6 - Norway 3

11th place game

• Norway 3 - Austria 1

9th place game

• Italy 3 - France 2

Final round

All times are local.

Quarter-finals

February 23 15:00

Canada

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1 (OT 1–0)

Czech Republic

Gjøvik, Fjellhallen Attendance: 3,500

Game reference

February 23 16:30

Finland

6–1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

United States

Lillehammer, Håkons Hall Attendance: 8,585

Game reference

February 23 19:30

Germany

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Gjøvik, Fjellhallen Attendance: 4,500

Game reference

February 23 21:00

Slovakia

2–3 OT (2–1, 0–1, 0–0) (OT 0–1)

Russia

Lillehammer, Håkons Hall Attendance: 9,400

Game reference

Semi-finals

February 25 19:30

Finland

3–5 (0–0, 2–2, 1–3)

Canada

Gjøvik, Fjellhallen Attendance: 5,237

Game reference

February 25 21:00

Sweden

4–3 (2–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Russia

Håkons Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 8,528

Game reference

Bronze Medal Game

February 26 21:00

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Russia

Håkons Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 9,215

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	4 min

Gold Medal Game

February 27 15:15

Sweden

3–2 SO (1–0, 0–0, 1–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Canada

Håkons Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 9,187

	10 min	Penalties	10 min

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.

Commemorative Swedish Stamp

In 1995, the Swedish postal service memorialized Forsberg's game winning shootout goal. Because 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.

Consolation Round (5th to 8th places)

• Czech Republic 5 - United States 3
• Slovakia 6 - Germany 5

7th place game

• Germany 4 - United States 3

5th place game

• Czech Republic 7 - Slovakia 1

References

• Jeux Olympiques 1994
• Results
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 25–6, 117–8. 

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