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

1998 Winter Olympics
Men's Ice Hockey

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	7–22 February
Teams	14
Venue(s)	Big Hat, Aqua Wing Arena (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Czech Republic (1st title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	210 (6 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Teemu Selänne (10 points)
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Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Qualification
	men
Tournament
	men	women
Rosters
	men	women
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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, and played a lackluster bronze medal game, disappointing Canadians who wished for Wayne Gretzky to get an Olympic medal. In the final match, the Czech Republic shut-out Russia to win the gold medal, in large part due to a sterling performance by Dominik Hašek.^[5]

Qualification[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	14	11	+3	5
Slovakia	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	3
Italy	3	1	2	0	11	11	0	2
Austria	3	0	1	2	9	12	−3	2

All times are local (UTC+9).

7 February 1998 16:00

Italy

3–5 (3–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,634

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	Mike Rosati	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev Alexander Shimin	Referee: Gerhard Müller Linesmen: Janne Rautavuori Ulf Rönnmark
	0–1 12:11 − Tregubov (Zavyalov, Pchelyakov) (PP) Zarrillo (Orlando)− 13:04 1–1 Felicetti (Figliuzzi) − 14:22 2–1 Zarrillo (Nardella, Orlando) (PP) − 19:55 3–1 3–2 25:49 − Borodulin (Glovatsky) 3–3 41:42 − Dudarev (Savenkov) 3–4 47:44 − Borodulin (A. Koreshkov, Zemlyanoy) (PP) 3–5 56:01 − Kamentsev (Dudarev) (SH)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	21

7 February 1998 16:00

Austria

2–2 (1–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Slovakia

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 4,315

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	Claus Dalpiaz	Goalies	Igor Murín	Referee: Pekka Haajanen Linesmen: Alexander Poliakov Thomas Schurr
	Lavoie (Ulrich) (PP) − 07:16 1–0 Perthaler (Schaden) − 23:30 2–0 2–1 26:35 − Cíger 2–2 33:52 − Petrovický (Kontšek, Sekeráš) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	12	Shots	38

8 February 1998 14:00

Austria

5–5 (2–2, 2–1, 1–2)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,410

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	Claus Dalpiaz	Goalies	Alexander Shimin Vitali Yeremeyev	Referee: Leonid Vaisfeld Linesmen: Kenneth Sartison Timothy Kotyra
	Puschnik (Nasheim) − 00:33 1–0 1–1 07:12 − Pchelyakov (Zavyalov) (SH) 1–2 13:09 − Shafranov Lavoie − 15:37 2–2 Pusnik (Searle) (PP) − 31:16 3–2 Lavoie (Perthaler) − 34:20 4–2 4–3 39:46 − Y. Koreshkov (Zemlyanoy, A. Koreshkov) (PP) 4–4 53:30 − Sokolov (Shafranov, A. Koreshkov) 4–5 58:08 − A. Koreshkov (Shafranov) Pusnik (Lavoie) (PP) − 58:51 5–5
	20 min	Penalties	38 min
	25	Shots	23

8 February 1998 18:00

Slovakia

4–3 (1–2, 3–1, 0–0)

Italy

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,620

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	Igor Murín	Goalies	Mario Brunetta	Referee: Bengt Andersson Linesmen: Thomas Schurr Hirokazu Takahashi
	Plavucha (Sekeráš) − 06:41 1–0 1–1 08:50 − Figliuzzi (Insam) (PP) 1–2 11:56 − Felicetti (Mansi, De Angelis) Plavucha (Daňo) − 21:23 2–2 Petrovický − 22:00 3–2 Plavucha (Sekeráš, Cíger) − 23:36 4–2 4–3 39:13 − Chitaroni (Ramoser)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	22	Shots	28

10 February 1998 14:00

Slovakia

3–4 (1–1, 1–0, 1–3)

Kazakhstan

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,659

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	Igor Murín	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev	Referee: Gerhard Müller Linesmen: Janne Rautavuori Ulf Rönnmark
	Plavucha (Daňo) − 05:42 1–0 1–1 09:07 − Y. Koreshkov (Sokolov) (PP) Jánoš (Petrovický) − 28:03 2–1 2–2 42:55 − Borodulin (Zavyalov) 2–3 47:04 − Shafranov (A. Koreshkov, Y. Koreshkov) Bondra (Švehla) (PP) − 52:16 3–3 3–4 58:39 − A. Koreshkov (Zemlyanoy)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	25

10 February 1998 18:00

Italy

5–2 (2–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Austria

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,473

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	Mike Rosati	Goalies	Claus Dalpiaz	Referee: Brad Meier Linesmen: Václav Český Rudolf Lauff
	Figliuzzi (Biafore) − 05:18 1–0 Figliuzzi − 12:41 2–0 Chitaroni (De Angelis, Busillo) (PP) − 27:49 3–0 Ramoser (Nardella) − 36:57 4–0 4–1 43:41 − Ressmann (Pusnik) Zarrillo (Topatigh) − 50:39 5–1 5–2 53:27 − Kromp (Searle)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	22

Group B[]

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belarus	3	2	0	1	14	4	+10	5
Germany	3	2	1	0	7	9	−2	4
France	3	1	2	0	5	8	−3	2
Japan	3	0	2	1	5	10	−5	1

All times are local (UTC+9).

7 February 1998

France

0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Belarus

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,419

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7 February 1998

Germany

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Japan

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,861

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9 February 1998

Germany

2–8 (0–2, 2–3, 0–3)

Belarus

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,063

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9 February 1998

Japan

2–5 (2–1, 0–1, 0–3)

France

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,930

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10 February 1998

Japan

2–2 (1–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Belarus

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,659

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10 February 1998

France

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Germany

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,916

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Consolation round[]

13th place match[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

12 February 1998

Japan

4 – 3 (SO) (1–2, 1–0, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Austria

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,495

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11th place match[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

12 February 1998

France

5–1 (1–0, 0–0, 4–1)

Italy

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,854

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9th place match[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

12 February 1998

Germany

4–2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Slovakia

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,670

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First round[]

Group C[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	4
Finland	3	1	2	0	11	9	+2	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	6	25	−19	0

All times are local (UTC+9).

13 February 1998 14:45

Czech Republic

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Finland

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,050

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	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Gord Broseker
	P. Patera (M. Ručínský) – 29:09 1–0 R. Reichel (R. Lang) – 44:54 2–0 V. Růžička (J. Jágr) – 48:40 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	17

13 February 1998 18:45

Russia

9–2 (2–1, 5–0, 2–1)

Kazakhstan

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,752

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	Andrei Trefilov	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev Alexander Shimin	Referee: Linesmen: Ray Scapinello
	S. Fedorov (A. Kovalenko) – 1:30 1–0 1–1 2:15 – Y. Sagymbayev (A. Pchelyakov) A. Yashin (S. Fedorov) – 8:15 2–1 A. Yashin (D. Kasparaitis) – 20:55 3–1 P. Bure (D. Mironov) – 27:34 4–1 P. Bure – 32:01 5–1 A. Kovalenko – 32:14 6–1 G. Titov (V. Kamensky, A. Morozov) – 38:39 7–1 A. Kovalenko (B. Mironov) – 45:09 8–1 V. Zelepukin (A. Morozov) – 55:46 9–1 9–2 57:40 – E. Koreshkov (K. Shafranov, A. Koreshkov)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	18

15 February 1998 13:45

Russia

4–3 (1–2, 2–1, 1–0)

Finland

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,894

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	Andrei Trefilov	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Gord Broseker
	0–1 6:11 – S. Koivu (J. Lehtinen, T. Selänne) (PP) 0–2 7:04 – J. Lehtinen (S. Koivu, T. Selänne) (PP) P. Bure (S. Fedorov, V. Kamensky) (PP) – 13:36 1–2 1–3 28:24 – J. Lehtinen (T. Selänne) S. Nemchinov (S. Gonchar, I. Kravchuk) – 29:31 2–3 A. Yashin (S. Fedorov, A. Zhitnik) (PP) – 35:03 3–3 A. Morozov (V. Zelepukin) – 56:43 4–3
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	28	Shots	33

15 February 1998 18:45

Czech Republic

8–2 (1–0, 3–2, 4–0)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,975

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	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev Alexander Shimin	Referee: Linesmen: Ray Scapinello
	M. Straka (J. Jágr) – 3:51 1–0 J. Beránek (D. Moravec, J. Dopita) – 23:22 2–0 2–1 27:13 – P. Kamentsev (V. Glovatsky, V. Antipin) M. Ručínský – 32:02 3–1 V. Růžička (J. Jágr) (PP) – 37:31 4–1 4–2 39:09 – A. Koreshkov M. Ručínský (R. Lang, P. Svoboda) – 41:00 5–2 P. Patera (SH) – 49:42 6–2 M. Procházka (PP) – 52:16 7–2 R. Hamrlík (M. Straka) – 57:06 8–2
	43 min	Penalties	41 min
	45	Shots	23

16 February 1998 15:45

Finland

8–2 (3–1, 1–0, 4–1)

Kazakhstan

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,544

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	Ari Sulander	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev Alexander Shimin	Referee: Mark Faucette Linesmen: Gérard Gauthier
	0–1 4:25 – V. Antipin J. Lumme (T. Selänne, S. Koivu) – 12:53 1–1 R. Helminen (S. Kapanen, V. Peltonen) – 16:19 2–1 E. Tikkanen (J. Kurri, M. Nieminen) – 17:09 3–1 T. Numminen (J. Niinimaa, S. Koivu) – 36:26 4–1 J. Lehtinen (T. Selänne) – 50:52 5–1 V. Peltonen – 52:28 6–1 T. Selänne (J. Niinimaa, S. Koivu) – 54:33 7–1 7–2 56:43 – I. Nikitin (A. Trochshinsky) M. Nieminen (J. Niinimaa, J. Kurri) – 59:54 8–2
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	37	Shots	15

16 February 1998 18:45

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Russia

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,847

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	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Mikhail Shtalenkov	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Kevin Collins
	R. Reichel (P. Patera) – 31:53 1–0 1–1 43:27 – V. Bure (I. Kravchuk, S. Gonchar) 1–2 43:37 – A. Zhamnov (A. Gusarov, D. Mironov)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	31

Group D[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	11	7	+4	4
United States	3	1	2	0	8	10	−2	2
Belarus	3	0	3	0	4	15	−11	0

All times are local (UTC+9).

13 February 1998 14:45

Sweden

4–2 (1–2, 2–0, 1–0)

United States

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,985

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	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Mike Richter	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Gérard Gauthier
	0–1 11:10 – C. Chelios (B. Guerin, K. Tkachuk) D. Alfredsson (P. Forsberg) – 12:26 1–1 1–2 12:50 – M. Modano (B. Guerin) P. Kjellberg (M. Renberg, U. Samuelsson) – 21:50 2–2 D. Alfredsson (P. Forsberg) – 31:33 3–2 M. Sundin (M. Andersson) – 57:04 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	20	Shots	31

13 February 1998 18:45

Canada

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Belarus

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,960

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	Patrick Roy	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Mark Faucette Linesmen: Kevin Collins
	T. Fleury (K. Primeau) – 7:55 1–0 R. Bourque (R. Brind'Amour, S. Corson) – 14:34 2–0 A. MacInnis (J. Nieuwendyk) – 24:38 3–0 E. Lindros (R. Bourque) – 37:44 4–0 E. Lindros (R. Brind'Amour) – 52:57 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	18

14 February 1998 14:45

United States

5–2 (2–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Belarus

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,975

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	Mike Richter	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Gérard Gauthier
	C. Chelios (P. LaFontaine) – 9:06 1–0 P. LaFontaine (B. Leetch, K. Hatcher) – 10:31 2–0 2–1 18:02 – V. Karachun (A. Lozhkin, A. Galchenyuk) B. Leetch (J. LeClair, B. Hull) – 28:16 3–1 3–2 40:27 – V. Pankov (A. Skabelka, V. Bekbulatov) B. Hull (D. Weight, K. Hatcher) – 53:45 4–2 A. Deadmarsh (B. Guerin, J. Roenick) – 58:14 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	30

14 February 1998 18:45

Sweden

2–3 (1–0, 0–3, 1–0)

Canada

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,945

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	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Patrick Roy	Referee: Mark Faucette Linesmen: Kevin Collins
	N. Lidström (D. Alfredsson, M. Renberg) – 15:27 1–0 1–1 31:56 – J. Nieuwendyk (R. Blake, E. Lindros) 1–2 37:02 – A. MacInnis (J. Nieuwendyk) 1–3 39:53 – R. Blake (J. Nieuwendyk, T. Fleury) M. Sundin (N. Lidström, M. Norström) - 49:31 2–3
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	29

16 February 1998 13:45

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

United States

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 10,076

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	Patrick Roy	Goalies	Mike Richter	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Gord Broseker
	R. Zamuner (W. Gretzky, J. Sakic) – 16:30 1–0 K. Primeau (S. Yzerman) – 33:37 2–0 J. Sakic (T. Fleury) – 38:19 3–0 K. Primeau (M. Recchi, J. Sakic) – 46:00 4–0 4–1 54:04 – B. Hull (D. Weight)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	31

16 February 1998 18:45

Sweden

5–2 (2–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Belarus

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 4,235

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	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Linesmen: Ray Scapinello
	M. Andersson (N. Sundström, M. Ragnarsson) – 10:06 1–0 U. Dahlén (T. Sandström) – 11:22 2–0 N. Sundström (P. Forsberg, M. Öhlund) – 30:36 3–0 3–1 39:19 – I. Matushkin (V. Tsyplakov, A. Kovalev) M. Sundin (D. Alfredsson) – 50:19 4–1 4–2 53:44 – V. Tsyplakov (O. Romanov, A. Kovalev) M. Renberg (D. Alfredsson, P. Forsberg) – 54:36 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	23

Final round[]

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

Quarter-finals[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

18 February 1998 14:45

Czech Republic

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

United States

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,822

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	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Mike Richter John Vanbiesbrouck	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Ray Scapinello
	0–1 16:12 – M. Modano (T. Amonte, K. Tkachuk) V. Růžička (J. Jágr, M. Straka) – 28:21 1–1 J. Jágr (J. Dopita) – 29:19 2–1 M. Ručínský (R. Lang, R. Šmehlík) – 36:35 3–1 J. Dopita – 59:21 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	39

18 February 1998 14:45

Russia

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Belarus

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 4,628

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	Mikhail Shtalenkov	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Mark Faucette Linesmen: Gord Broseker
	V. Kamensky (A. Yashin) – 19:00 1–0 A. Kovalenko (S. Fedorov, A. Yashin) – 21:31 2–0 P. Bure – 42:38 3–0 A. Morozov (V. Zelepukin, D. Kasparaitis) – 43:19 4–0 4–1 44:18 – S. Yerkovich (O. Khmyl, E. Roshchin)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	26

18 February 1998 18:45

Canada

4–1 (2–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,602

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	Patrick Roy	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev	Referee: Linesmen: Kevin Collins
	J. Nieuwendyk (T. Fleury, P. Roy) – 1:31 1–0 S. Corson (E. Lindros) – 2:13 2–0 2–1 3:46 – K. Shafranov (A. Koreshkov) B. Shanahan (W. Gretzky, R. Bourque) – 36:29 3–1 S. Yzerman (W. Gretzky) – 37:01 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	17

18 February 1998 18:45

Sweden

1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Finland

Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,044

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	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Gérard Gauthier
	0–1 44:12 – T. Selänne (T. Numminen) 0–2 52:43 – T. Selänne (S. Koivu, J. Lehtinen) (PP) P. Forsberg – 59:48 1–2
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	19

Semi-finals[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

20 February 1998 14:45

Canada

1–2 SO (0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Czech Republic

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,854

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	Patrick Roy	Goalies	Dominik Hašek	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Kevin Collins
	0–1 49:46 – J. Šlégr (P. Patera) T. Linden (E. Lindros) – 58:57 1–1
	T. Fleury R. Bourque J. Nieuwendyk E. Lindros B. Shanahan	Shootout	R. Reichel M. Ručinský P. Patera J. Jágr
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	31

20 February 1998 18:45

Russia

7–4 (2–0, 2–3, 3–1)

Finland

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,640

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	Mikhail Shtalenkov	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Gérard Gauthier
	P. Bure (A. Zhamnov) (PP) – 9:51 1–0 P. Bure (D. Mironov) – 17:28 2–0 P. Bure – 20:59 3–0 3–1 23:28 – R. Helminen (J. Lind) 3–2 24:59 – K. Rintanen (J. Kurri, K. Timonen) 3–3 34:07 – T. Selänne (S. Koivu, J. Kurri) (PP2) A. Zhamnov (A. Zhitnik) (PP) – 37:26 4–3 4–4 45:15 – S. Koivu (T. Selänne) A. Kovalenko (S. Fedorov) – 46:33 5–4 P. Bure – 55:58 6–4 P. Bure (A. Yashin, B. Mironov) (EN) – 59:55 7–4
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	31

Bronze medal game[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

21 February 1998 15:15

Canada

2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Finland

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,875

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	Patrick Roy	Goalies	Ari Sulander	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Gord Broseker
	0–1 03:33 – J. Kurri (E. Tikkanen, M. Nieminen) (PP) R. Brind'Amour (A. Foote) – 16:50 1–1 1–2 17:23 – J. Lehtinen (S. Koivu) B. Shanahan (W. Gretzky, M. Recchi) (PP) – 22:47 2–2 2–3 40:17 – V. Peltonen (S. Koivu) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	15

Gold medal game[]

All times are local (UTC+9).

22 February 1998 13:45

Russia

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 10,010

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	Mikhail Shtalenkov	Goalies	Dominik Hašek	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Ray Scapinello
	0–1 48:08 − P. Svoboda (P. Patera, M. Procházka)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	21

Statistics[]

Average age[]

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[]

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[]

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 Ručínský 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[]

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[]

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]

Final rankings[]

	Team
	Czech Republic
	Russia
	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,^[16] however both the NHL and IOC maintain that all quarterfinal losers are ranked equal at 5th.^[17][18]

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

External links[]

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120613015209/http://hokej.snt.cz/oh/oh1998.html (in English)
• http://www.hockeyarchives.info/JO1998.htm (in French)
• Hockey Nut – 1998 Olympic Hockey (in English)
• Marcolympics – Ice Hockey 1998 (in English)
• IIHF: Nagano 1998 in Web Archive (in English)
• la84 foundation – Nagano 1998 Official Report (171–180) (in English)