2012 IIHF World Championship

2012 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host nations	Finland / Sweden
Dates	4–20 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Russia (26th / 4 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	64
Goals scored	376  (5.88 per game)
Attendance	451,054  (7,048 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Evgeni Malkin (19 points)
MVP	Evgeni Malkin

HockeyBird, the tournament's mascot.

The 2012 IIHF World Championship was the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 4–20 May 2012 in Finland and Sweden. This tournament determined the countries’ seeding for the men’s Olympic Ice Hockey tournament in Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and for all countries participating in the qualification program leading up to the Olympics.

Russia won the tournament by defeating Slovakia 6–2 in the final game; the Russians finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 10–0–0, becoming the first team to win every game in regulation since the Soviet Union in the 1989 World Championships. The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating co-host Finland 3–2 in the bronze medal game. The tournament's top scorer, Russia's Evgeni Malkin, was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Host selection

At the IIHF congress in Moscow in 2007 four nations submitted bids to host the 2012 World Championship: Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The Hungarian and Czech bids were withdrawn before the vote, which was then contested by Finland and Sweden. Finland won with 64 votes to Sweden's 35. Sweden later won the vote to host the 2013 World Championship. At the congress in Bern in 2009, it was announced that Finland and Sweden would instead co-host both the 2012 and 2013 tournaments.

Voting results

Country	Votes
Finland	64
Sweden	35

Format

For the first time since 2000, a new format was adopted in the IIHF World Hockey Championships. The preliminary round and qualification round were merged into one (two pools of eight teams), with the top four teams from each pool advancing to the quarterfinals.

Summary

Preliminary round

Group H (Helsinki)

This group saw the three favourites, Canada, the United States and Finland advance pretty easily. All three teams advanced a day before the group play was done. Canada lost just one game, their second game, against the Americans in overtime. The Americans themselves needed to win their last game against Switzerland to capture the second place in the group ahead of Finland and did so with the result being 5–2. For the final spot of advancing, Slovakia and France played in a "final", where France needed a win to advance to the quarterfinals. The game was close throughout, tied the whole way until it was 4–4, this is when Slovakia scored the final and decisive goal to win 5–4 and get to the fourth spot in the group. France, Switzerland were eliminated alongside Belarus, with Kazakhstan finishing in the last spot and being relegated. They ended the tournament with one point, by losing to the United States in overtime. Canada faced Slovakia, and the United States played against Finland in the quarterfinals.

Group S (Stockholm)

Russia went through the group undefeated by winning all seven games. Co-host Sweden captured the second place, after falling short to Russia. Czech Republic rounded up the third place and advanced to the quarterfinals. Norway, Latvia and Germany all fought for the last spot in the next round but Germany was eliminated after failing miserably 4–12 to Norway. Latvia lost to Denmark and was eliminated, which meant that Norway advanced. Italy finished last and was relegated to Division I. In the quarterfinals, Russia took on Norway, while Sweden battled the Czech Republic.

Quarterfinals

Canada vs. Slovakia

The Slovak team was the underdog going against Team Canada who had lost just one game so far. But the game started with a surprising strong start by Slovakia, who scored twice in the first 10 minutes to get a 2–0 lead. Evander Kane was able to cut into the lead before going into the first break. In the second period Canada scored twice and got the lead and Slovakia was down by one going into the last period. With just 6 and a half minutes to go Milan Bartovič tied the game before Michal Handzus even took the lead with a bit over two minutes to go. Canada pulled the goalie but was not able to connect against and lost 3–4. The crowd was stunned and the surprise perfect, Slovakia advanced to the semifinals while Canada was eliminated.

Russia vs. Norway

The undefeated Russian team added Alexander Semin and Alexander Ovechkin to their roster before the quarterfinals. Ovechkin went right away and scored the equalizer after Per-Åge Skrøder gave Norway the lead. After Russia took the lead, Patrick Thoresen made it a tied game just 28 seconds after the second period started, with his 18th point of the tournament. The game went into the last period tied, 2–2. Not even one minute into the third period, Alexei Emelin gave Russia the lead. After Russia raised the lead to two, Ilya Nikulin finished Norway off by making it a 5–2 lead with just five minutes to go. Norway was outshot 45–21 and eliminated.

United States vs. Finland

Co-Host Finland tried to advance against the US-team who they lost to in the preliminary round. The first period ended scoreless, before Jesse Joensu] broke the tie, just to be answered 21 seconds later by Kyle Palmieri. With the game going 1–1 into the last period, the United States took the lead with under two minutes played. Mikko Koivu tied the game seven minutes before the end of the game. With everyone expecting an overtime, Jesse Joensuu struck again, just nine seconds before the end. The US pulled the goalie but never had another chance and were eliminated.

Sweden vs. Czech Republic

The last quarterfinals saw Co-host Sweden going up against the Czech team. The first period ended in a 2–1 lead for the Czech Republic after Sweden took the lead early on. Martin Erat scored and gave the Czechs a two-goal lead before Henrik Zetterberg cut into the lead 45 seconds before the end of the second period. Jonathan Ericsson continued the Swedish way of climbing back by tying the game just 45 seconds into the last period. Both teams had their chance in the next few minutes, Sweden hit the post and the Czechs failed to score against Viktor Fasth. 29 seconds before the end, Michálek took the puck away from a Swedish defender and scored. Sweden pulled the goalie and had one last chance but it was missed and the Czech advanced to the semifinals. The Czechs became the first team since Finland in 2000 to eliminate Sweden in a World Championship quarterfinal.

Semifinals

Russia vs. Finland

Seven minutes into the game, Janne Niskala gave Finland the lead. Two goals from Evgeni Malkin brought Russia back into the game going into the first intermission. In the second period Alexander Ovechkin increased the lead to 3–1; a while later Malkin would increase Russia's lead to 4–1. Denis Kokarev then scored another goal and with Russia in control of the game, yet another after that. Four minutes before the end of the game Mikael Granlund scored the last goal of the game, as it ended 6–2 in favour of Russia although they were out-shot 23 to 31. Malkin was the player of the game with scoring a hatrick to give him 18 points for the tournament. Russia advanced to the final to try to win their twenty-sixth title, while Finland will battle for bronze.

Czech Republic vs. Slovakia

The Slovak team tried to continue their ride at this championship by advancing to the final even though the Czech team was the favorite before the game started. The game started slow, but Miroslav Šatan broke the tie 15 minutes into the game to give Slovakia the lead. Another 15 minutes in, this time the second period, Michael Frolík made it a 1–1 game going into the last period. The third period was not more than one minute old, when Šatan struck again with his second goal, despite Slovakia being shorthanded. Libor Hudáček then gave Slovakia a two-goal lead four minutes later. The Czech team had 15 minutes to turn the game around but did not create enough opportunities. They pulled their goaltender with two minutes to go, but Slovakia kept up their defense well enough not to concede another goal. Slovakia finished off another upset and advanced to the final, while the Czech Republic plays in the bronze medal game. Slovakia had no penalties but was outshot by nine.

Bronze medal game

The bronze medal game featured Finland and the Czech Republic. The Czechs took the lead in the first period before Finland tied the game at one, three minutes before the first break. Jiří Novotný and David Krejčí raised the lead to two goals, being 3–1 at the first intermission. The second period went scoreless before the Finnish team got new hope when Jussi Jokinen scored a goal ten minutes before the end of the game. But they did not score again, and the Czech team captured the bronze medal and Finland ended the tournament in fourth place.

Gold medal game

The gold medal game featured Russia and Slovakia. Slovakia played in the World Championship final game for the first time since 2002, while Russia advanced to their fourth gold medal game in the last five years. Russia defeated Slovakia 6–2 to take home the gold medal from the tournament. The Russian team went through the tournament undefeated.

Nations

The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. 13 nations from Europe, 2 nations from North America and 1 nation from Asia are represented.

Asia Kazakhstan^ Europe Belarus* Czech Republic* Denmark* Finland† France* Germany* Italy^

Latvia* Norway* Russia* Slovakia* Sweden† Switzerland* North America Canada* United States*

* = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2011 IIHF World Championship

^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I

^† = Qualified as hosts (and as automatic qualifier)

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2011 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding (in parenthesis is the corresponding world ranking):

Group H (Helsinki) Finland (2) Canada (4) United States (6) Switzerland (7) Slovakia (10) Belarus (11) France (14) Kazakhstan (16)

Group S (Stockholm) Russia (1) Sweden (3) Czech Republic (5) Germany (8) Norway (9) Latvia (12) Denmark (13) Italy (17)

Preliminary round

The top four teams in each group moved to the quarterfinals where the group winner met the fourth place, and the group runner-up met the third place within the same group. The last placed team in each group was relegated to Division I, Group A.

	Team advanced to the Playoff Round
	Team was relegated to Division I A

Group H

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	7	6	0	1	0	35	15	+20	19
United States	7	4	2	0	1	32	17	+15	16
Finland	7	5	0	0	2	21	14	+7	15
Slovakia	7	5	0	0	2	21	13	+8	15
France	7	3	0	0	4	21	32	−11	9
Switzerland	7	2	0	0	5	16	21	−5	6
Belarus	7	1	0	0	6	11	23	−12	3
Kazakhstan	7	0	0	1	6	11	33	−22	1

All times are local (UTC+3).

4 May 2012 12:15

United States

7–2 (1-1, 3–1, 3–0)

France

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 8,402

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	23

4 May 2012 16:15

Canada

3–2 (1–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Slovakia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,400

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	22

4 May 2012 20:15

Belarus

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Finland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,354

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	38

5 May 2012 15:00

Switzerland

5–1 (2–0, 3–1, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 7,221

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	48	Shots	20

5 May 2012 19:00

Canada

4–5 OT (1–1, 1–1, 2–2) (OT 0–1)

United States

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,842

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	46

6 May 2012 12:15

France

6–3 (3–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Kazakhstan

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 8,673

Game reference
	39 min	Penalties	24 min
	41	Shots	23

6 May 2012 16:15

Finland

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,855

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	26

6 May 2012 20:15

Switzerland

3–2 (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Belarus

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,249

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	21

7 May 2012 16:15

France

2–7 (1–4, 1–1, 0–2)

Canada

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,415

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	37

7 May 2012 20:15

United States

2–4 (1–3, 1–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,948

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	32

8 May 2012 16:15

Belarus

3–2 (0–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,221

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	30

8 May 2012 20:15

Finland

5–2 (1–0, 2–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,448

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	28

9 May 2012 16:15

Slovakia

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Kazakhstan

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,706

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	22

9 May 2012 20:15

Canada

3–2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,829

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	30

10 May 2012 16:15

United States

5–3 (2–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Belarus

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 7,441

Game reference
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	36	Shots	26

10 May 2012 20:15

France

1–7 (0–1, 0–4, 1–2)

Finland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,957

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	37

11 May 2012 16:15

Kazakhstan

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–1)

United States

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 9,856

Game reference
		0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	50

11 May 2012 20:15

Finland

3–5 (2–0, 1–3, 0–2)

Canada

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 13,059

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	26

12 May 2012 12:15

Slovakia

5–1 (1–0, 4–1, 0–0)

Belarus

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 9,032

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	31

12 May 2012 16:15

Switzerland

2–4 (0–1, 2–1, 0–2)

France

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 9,155

Game reference
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	27

12 May 2012 20:15

Kazakhstan

0–8 (0–1, 0–2, 0–5)

Canada

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,151

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	58

13 May 2012 16:15

Finland

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

United States

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,652

Game reference
	39 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	31

13 May 2012 20:15

Switzerland

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,257

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	30

14 May 2012 16:15

Belarus

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

France

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,583

Game reference
		1–0 1–1 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	32

14 May 2012 20:15

Kazakhstan

1–4 (0–0, 0–3, 1–1)

Finland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,443

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	48

15 May 2012 12:15

Canada

5–1 (1–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 9,140

Game reference
	58 min	Penalties	45 min
	28	Shots	18

15 May 2012 15:15

Slovakia

5–4 (2–2, 1–1, 2–1)

France

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 7,481

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	20 min
	29	Shots	28

15 May 2012 20:15

United States

5–2 (0–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Switzerland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 9,212

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	27

Group S

Game between Sweden and Norway at Ericsson Globe.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Russia	7	7	0	0	0	27	8	+19	21
Sweden	7	6	0	0	1	29	15	+14	18
Czech Republic	7	4	1	0	2	24	11	+13	14
Norway	7	4	0	1	2	33	19	+14	13
Latvia	7	2	0	0	5	11	19	−8	6
Germany	7	2	0	0	5	14	31	−17	6
Denmark	7	1	0	1	5	13	23	−10	4
Italy	7	0	1	0	6	6	31	−25	2

All times are local (UTC+2).

4 May 2012 12:15

Germany

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Italy

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 1,033

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	22

4 May 2012 16:15

Czech Republic

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 1,610

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	26

4 May 2012 20:15

Sweden

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Norway

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 7,770

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	20

5 May 2012 16:15

Latvia

2–5 (1–0, 0–2, 1–3)

Russia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 5,219

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	40

5 May 2012 20:15

Sweden

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 10,076

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	17

6 May 2012 12:15

Denmark

3–4 OT (0–2, 3–1, 0–0) (OT 0–1)

Italy

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,878

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	24

6 May 2012 16:15

Russia

4–2 (0–0, 3–2, 1–0)

Norway

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 4,438

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	21

6 May 2012 20:15

Germany

2–3 (0–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Latvia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 4,162

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	0 min
	37	Shots	27

7 May 2012 16:15

Czech Republic

4–3 SO (1–1, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Norway

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 3,383

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	31

7 May 2012 20:15

Denmark

4–6 (1–4, 1–2, 2–0)

Sweden

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 8,119

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	42

8 May 2012 16:15

Latvia

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Italy

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,785

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	23

8 May 2012 20:15

Russia

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,897

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	30

9 May 2012 16:15

Norway

6–2 (2–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Italy

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 1,357

Game reference
	24 min	Penalties	14 min
	39	Shots	18

9 May 2012 20:15

Sweden

5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Germany

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 11,500

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	45	Shots	17

10 May 2012 16:15

Denmark

1–3 (1–2, 0–1, 0–0)

Russia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,117

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	36	Shots	52

10 May 2012 20:15

Czech Republic

3–1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Latvia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,570

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	26

11 May 2012 16:15

Italy

0–6 (0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,753

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	41

11 May 2012 20:15

Russia

7–3 (1–2, 2–1, 4–0)

Sweden

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 11,500

Game reference
	37 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	46

12 May 2012 12:15

Norway

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 5,332

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	30	Shots	25

12 May 2012 16:15

Germany

2–1 (0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Denmark

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 5,107

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	28

12 May 2012 20:15

Italy

0–4 (0-2, 0-1, 0-1)

Sweden

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 8,979

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	42

13 May 2012 16:15

Russia

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 5,341

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	30

13 May 2012 20:15

Germany

4–12 (0–3, 1–6, 3–3)

Norway

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,462

Game reference
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	32

14 May 2012 16:15

Latvia

0–2 (0–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Denmark

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,197

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	35	Shots	28

14 May 2012 20:15

Italy

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Russia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,336

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	40

15 May 2012 12:15

Norway

6–2 (0–0, 5–0, 1–2)

Denmark

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,054

Game reference
	22 min	Penalties	45 min
	27	Shots	28

15 May 2012 16:15

Czech Republic

8–1 (3–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Germany

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 2,114

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	39	Shots	18

15 May 2012 20:15

Sweden

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 9,358

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	33 min
	44	Shots	22

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

The games in Stockholm are UTC+2, while the games in Helsinki are UTC+3.

17 May 2012 13:00

Canada

3–4 (1–2, 2–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 11,568

Game reference
	31 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	28

17 May 2012 14:45

Russia

5–2 (2–1, 0–1, 3–0)

Norway

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 7,519

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	21

17 May 2012 18:30

United States

2–3 (0–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Finland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,426

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	26	Shots	31

17 May 2012 20:15

Sweden

3–4 (1–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Ericsson Globe, Stockholm Attendance: 10,397272360_74_3_0.pdf

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	39	Shots	32

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+3).

19 May 2012 14:30

Russia

6–2 (2–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Finland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 13,239272261_74_3_0.pdf

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	31

19 May 2012 18:30

Czech Republic

1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,355

Game reference
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	28

Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+3).

20 May 2012 16:00

Finland

2–3 (1–3, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,879

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	28

Gold medal game

Time is local (UTC+3).

20 May 2012 20:30

Russia

6–2 (1–1, 3–0, 2–1)

Slovakia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 13,242

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	42	Shots	31

Ranking and statistics

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