Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

1992 Winter Olympics
Ice Hockey

Tournament details
Host country	France
Venue(s)	Méribel Ice Palace
Dates	9–23 February
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Unified Team (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	46
Goals scored	316 (6.87 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Joe Juneau 15 points

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, was the 17th Olympic Championship. The games were played at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel, about 45 km from host city Albertville. The competition, held from 9 to 23 February, was won by the Unified Team in its only appearance. The team was composed of some newly emerged nations from the former Soviet Union, which had dissolved just weeks before the Games began. Canada won the silver medal, its first hockey medal since 1968 and 11th Olympic ice hockey medal.

Medalists

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Rosters

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Unified Team (EUN) Sergei Bautin Igor Boldin Nikolai Borschevsky Vyacheslav Butsayev Vyacheslav Bykov Evgeni Davydov Alexei Zhitnik Darius Kasparaitis Nikolai Khabibulin Yuri Khmylev Andrei Khomutov Andrei Kovalenko Alexei Kovalev Igor Kravchuk Vladimir Malakhov Dmitri Mironov Sergei Petrenko Vitali Prokhorov Mikhail Shtalenkov Andrei Trefilov Dmitri Yushkevich Alexei Zhamnov Sergei Zubov	Canada (CAN) Dave Archibald Todd Brost Sean Burke Kevin Dahl Curt Giles David Hannan Gordon Hynes Fabian Joseph Joe Juneau Trevor Kidd Patrick Lebeau Chris Lindberg Eric Lindros Kent Manderville Adrien Plavsic Dan Ratushny Sam Saint-Laurent Brad Schlegel Wallace Schreiber Randy Smith David Tippett Brian Tutt Jason Woolley	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Patrik Augusta Petr Bříza Jaromír Dragan Leo Gudas Miloslav Hořava Petr Hrbek Otakar Janecký Tomáš Jelínek Drahomír Kadlec Kamil Kašťák Robert Lang Igor Liba Ladislav Lubina František Procházka Petr Rosol Bedřich Ščerban Jiří Šlégr Richard Šmehlík Róbert Švehla Oldřich Svoboda Radek Ťoupal Peter Veselovský Richard Žemlička

Qualification

The Olympic tournament was to be contested by twelve nations. The top eleven nations from the 1991 World Championships (eight from pool A, top three from pool B) qualified directly, while the twelfth ranked nation had to play off against the winner of that year's pool C.

14 April 1991

Denmark

4–6 (0–5, 2–1, 2–0)

Poland

Copenhagen

16 April 1991

Poland

9–5 (4–2, 2–2, 3–1)

Denmark

Oświęcim

Poland qualified in final tournament

First round

Twelve participating teams were placed in 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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	4	1	0	18	7	+11	9	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	5	3	2	0	22	11	+11	8
3	Finland	5	3	1	1	22	11	+11	7
4	Germany	5	2	0	3	11	12	−1	4
5	Italy	5	1	0	4	18	24	−6	2	consolation round
6	Poland	5	0	0	5	4	30	−26	0

Source: Olympedia

All times are local (UTC+1).

9 February 1992 13:00

Sweden

7–2 (2–1, 3–0, 2–1)

Poland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 1,978

	Tommy Söderström	Goalies	Gabriel Samolej	Referee: Christian Frey Linesmen: Thomas Gasser Shamil Sharikov
	L. Edström – 1:41 1–0 P. Erickson (P. Kjellberg) – 7:40 2–0 2–1 19:12 — J. Hajnos (K. Bujar) H. Loob (T. Rundqvist) – 20:18 3—1 C. Berglund (B. Salming) — 38:06 4—1 H. Loob (T. Rundqvist, P. Andersson) — 20:18 5—1 5—2 44:42 — W. Klisiak (M. Tomasis, J. Hajnos) T. Sjödin (M. Johansson) — 45:50 6—2 L. Edström (P. Carnbäck) — 52:28 7–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	42	Shots	9

9 February 1992 16:30

Finland

5–1 (1–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Germany

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 4,410

	Markus Ketterer	Goalies	Karl Friesen	Referee: Donald Adam Linesmen: Jean-Christophe Benoist Erik Larssen
	M. Nieminen (H. Järvenpää) — 3:08 1–0 H. Järvenpää (A. Ruotanen) — 33:50 2–0 H. Järvenpää (M. Nieminen, T. Selänne) — 36:43 3—0 3—1 44:19 — A. Brockmann (M. Heidt) (PP) T. Selänne (H. Järvenpää) — 45:47 4—1 T. Selänne (H. Järvenpää, M. Nieminen) — 51:43 5—1
	14 min	Penalties	22 min
	33	Shots	16

9 February 1992 20:15

United States

6–3 (2–1, 0–2, 4–0)

Italy

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 5,445

	Ray LeBlanc	Goalies	David Delfino	Referee: Seppo Makela Linesmen: Jean-Phillippe Ollier Richard Schutz
	M. Mantha (S. Heinze, C. J. Young) — 2:31 1–0 J. Johansson (T. Drury, K. Tkachuk) — 7:18 2–0 2—1 18:12 — B. Zarrillo (B. Stewart) (PP) 2—2 38:45 — J. Foglietta (M. De Angelis, T. Circelli) 2—3 C. Donatelli (T. Sweeney) — 41:41 3—3 S. Heinze (T. Donato) — 47:02 4—3 T. Sweeney — 48:37 5—3 C. J. Young (T. Sweeney) (PP) — 53:41 6—3
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	37	Shots	23

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11 February 1992 13:00

Finland

9–1 (4–0, 1–0, 4–1)

Poland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 2,953

	Jukka Tammi	Goalies	Marek Batkiewicz	Referee: Bernhard Schneider Linesmen: Miloš Benek Jean-Phillippe Ollier
	T. Jutila (S. Saarinen, M. Mäkelä) (PP) — 2:41 1–0 R. Helminen (P. Skriko, M. Mäkelä) (PP) — 15:20 2–0 R. Summanen (J. Lindroos, P. Tuomisto) — 17:28 3—0 M. Mäkelä (J. Laukkanen, T. Jutila) — 18:36 4—0 H. Järvenpää (V. Sirén, M. Nieminen) — 37:32 5—0 M. Mäkelä (M. Nieminen, H. Järvenpää) (PP) — 45:32 6—0 6—1 54:46 — M. Puzio (A. Świstak, R. Sroka) T. Selänne (H. Järvenpää, M. Nieminen) (PP) — 56:09 7—1 P. Tuomisto (J. Lindroos) — 56:57 8—1 T. Selänne (A. Ruotanen, M. Nieminen) — 59:19 9—1
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	16

11 February 1992 16:30

United States

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Germany

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 6,063

	Ray LeBlanc	Goalies	Helmut de Raaf	Referee: Nikolay Morozov Linesmen: Janne Rautavuori Johan Enestedt
	M. McInnis (M. Mantha) (PP) — 25:25 1–0 T. Donato (PP) — 51:58 2–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	46

11 February 1992 20:15

Sweden

7–3 (2–0, 4–1, 1–2)

Italy

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 3,215

	Tommy Söderström	Goalies	Michael Zanier	Referee: Jiří Lipa Linesmen: Jean-Christophe Benoist Jim Carmen
	H. Loob (B. Salming, T. Rundqvist) — 3:38 1–0 T. Sjödin (J. Viktorsson) — 6:10 2–0 L. Edström (B.-A. Gustafsson, P. Ottosson) — 21:14 3—0 P. Kjellberg (P. Andersson, H. Loob) — 29:11 4—0 4—1 35:13 — E. Iovio B. Salming (P. Erickson, M. Näslund) (PP) — 37:06 5—1 B. Salming (P. Ottosson) (PP) — 38:27 6—1 D. Rydmark (M. Näslund) — 44:08 7—1 7—2 48:34 — B. Ginnetti (B. Manno, J. Camazzola) (PP) 7—3 59:19 — R. Morocco (F. Nigro, I. Zanatta)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	13

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13 February 1992 13:00

Italy

7–1 (5–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Poland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 2,390

	David Delfino	Goalies	Gabriel Samolej Marek Batkiewicz	Referee: Sven-Erik Sold Linesmen: John Malinovski Erik Larssen
	B. Zarrillo (R. Oberrauch, B. Stewart) — 3:05 1–0 E. Iovio (F. Nigro) — 4:09 2–0 J. Foglietta (S. Pellegrino) (PP) — 11:43 3—0 L. Topatigh — 15:42 4—0 4—1 16:00 — R. Szopiński (W. Tkacz) S. Pellegrino (I. Zanatta) — 16:31 5—1 B. Zarrillo (L. Topatigh, T. Circelli) — 24:09 6—1 B. Ginnetti (B. Zarrillo) 7—1
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	33

11 February 1992 16:30

United States

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Finland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 6,100

	Ray LeBlanc	Goalies	Markus Ketterer	Referee: Christian Frey Linesmen: Jim Carmen Shamil Sharikov
	C. J. Young (J. Sacco) — 18:44 1–0 1—1 29:42 — M. Mäkelä (P. Skriko) T. Sweeney (C. J. Young, C. Donatelli) — 33:55 2—1 S. Hill (C. J. Young) (PP) — 49:52 3—1 C. J. Young (SH) — 53:08 4—1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	30

13 February 1992 20:15

Sweden

3–1 (3–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Germany

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 5,528

	Roger Nordström	Goalies	Josef Heiß	Referee: Georg McCorry Linesmen: Miloš Benek Jean-Christophe Benoist
	B. Salming (M. Näslund) — 4:04 1–0 1—1 6:22 — M. Rumrich (R. Amann, G. Holzmann) (PP) M. Johansson (J. Viktorsson, C. Berglund — 18:14 2—1 P. Erickson (M. Näslund) — 18:59 3—1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	15

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15 February 1992 13:00

Italy

2–5 (0–2, 2–0, 0–3)

Germany

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 5,343

	David Delfino Michael Zanier	Goalies	Helmut de Raaf	Referee: Nikolay Morozov Linesmen: Jim Carmen Jean-Phillippe Ollier
	0–1 2:23 — M. Rumrich (G. Holzmann) 0—2 10:16 — M. Rumrich R. Morocco (J. Camazzola) — 30:04 1—2 S. Pellegrino — 33:11 2—2 2—3 49:50 — R. Fischer (G. Truntschka) 2—4 58:05 — M. Rumrich 2—5 59:54 — P. Draisaitl (D. Hegen) (EN, SH)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	28

15 February 1992 16:30

Sweden

2–2 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Finland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 6,100

	Tommy Söderström	Goalies	Jukka Tammi	Referee: Donald Adam Linesmen: John Malinovski Shamil Sharikov
	M. Näslund (D. Rydmark) — 3:32 1–0 1—1 21:34 — M. Nieminen (T. Selänne, P. Skriko) 1—2 42:27 — P. Skriko (M. Mäkelä, R. Helminen) T. Rundqvist (H. Loob) — 55:38 2—2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	18

15 February 1992 20:15

United States

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Poland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 6,100

	Ray LeBlanc	Goalies	Mariusz Kieca Marek Batkiewicz	Referee: Eric Malletroit Linesmen: Miloš Benek Jean-Christophe Benoist
	S. McEachern (S. Young, J. Sacco) — 34:37 1–0 T. Sweeney (S. Lachance) — 37:39 2—0 M. McInnis (S. Heinze) — 53:07 3—0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	24

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17 February 1992 13:00

Germany

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Poland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 6,100

	Helmut de Raaf	Goalies	Mariusz Kieca	Referee: Sven-Erik Sold Linesmen: Erik Larssen Thomas Gasser
	D. Hegen (G. Truntschka, A. Brockmann) — 4:04 1–0 E. Köpf, Jr. (G. Truntschka) — 27:31 2—0 E. Köpf, Jr. (R. Fischer, T. Brandl) (PP) — 49:55 3—0 A. Brockmann (D. Hegen, J. Mayr) — 51:44 4—0
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	21

17 February 1992 16:30

Finland

5–3 (3–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Italy

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 6,100

	Markus Ketterer	Goalies	Michael Zanier	Referee: Nikolay Morozov Linesmen: Shamil Sharikov Johan Enestedt
	T. Selänne (P. Skriko) — 3:57 1–0 H. Järvenpää (T. Jutila, R. Helminen) (PP) — 14:25 2—0 P. Tuomisto (K. Eloranta, J. Lindroos) — 15:24 3—0 3—1 28:58 — E. Iovio (R. Morocco, B. Zarrillo) (PP) T. Jutila (T. Selänne) (PP) — 40:24 4—1 4—2 42:21 — J. Foglietta (J. Vecchiarelli, R. Oberrauch R. Summanen — 54:24 5—2 5—3 54:24 — J. Foglietta (J. Vecchiarelli)
	20 min	Penalties	30 min
	28	Shots	39

17 February 1992 20:15

Sweden

3–3 (0–1, 0–1, 3–1)

United States

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel Attendance: 6,100

	Roger Nordström	Goalies	Ray LeBlanc	Referee: Seppo Makela Linesmen: Richard Schutz Jim Carmen
	0—1 46:21 — T. Sjödin (H. Loob) 0—2 53:25 — H. Loob (T. Rundqvist) 0—3 59:39 — M. Johansson C. Donatelli (T. Sweeney) — 0:36 1—3 T. Donato (T. Sweeney) — 27:18 2—3 M. McInnis (T. Donato) — 42:42 3—3
	31 min	Penalties	16 min
	48	Shots	19

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	5	4	0	1	28	9	+19	8	Quarterfinals
2	Unified Team	5	4	0	1	32	10	+22	8
3	Czechoslovakia	5	4	0	1	25	15	+10	8
4	France (H)	5	2	0	3	14	22	−8	4
5	Switzerland	5	1	0	4	13	25	−12	2	consolation round
6	Norway	5	0	0	5	7	38	−31	0

Source: HockeyCanada.ca
(H) Hosts
Notes:

8 February 1992

Canada

3–2 (1–1, 2–0, 0–1)

France

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

8 February 1992

Czechoslovakia

10–1 (4–0, 5–1, 1–0)

Norway

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

8 February 1992

Unified Team

8–1 (3–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

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10 February 1992

Unified Team

8–1 (3–0, 2–0, 3–1)

Norway

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

10 February 1992

Czechoslovakia

6–4 (0–2, 4–1, 2–1)

France

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

10 February 1992

Canada

6–1 (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

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12 February 1992

Canada

10–0 (3–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Norway

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

12 February 1992

Switzerland

3–4 (2–1, 1–2, 0–1)

France

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

12 February 1992

Unified Team

3–4 (1–2, 1–0, 1–2)

Czechoslovakia

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

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14 February 1992

Unified Team

8–0 (2–0, 4–0, 2–0)

France

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

14 February 1992

Switzerland

6–3 (0–1, 1–1, 5–1)

Norway

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

14 February 1992

Canada

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Czechoslovakia

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

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16 February 1992

Norway

2–4 (0–1, 0–0, 2–3)

France

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

16 February 1992

Czechoslovakia

4–2 (1–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Switzerland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

16 February 1992

Canada

4–5 (2–3, 0–1, 2–1)

Unified Team

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

Consolation round

Bracket

	9–12th-place semifinals				9th-place game
	18 February
	Italy	3
					21 February
	Norway	5
					Norway	5
	19 February
					Switzerland	2
	Switzerland	7
	Poland	2
					11th-place game
					20 February
					Italy	1
					Poland	4

9–12th-place semifinals

18 February 1992

Italy

3–5 (1–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Norway

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

19 February 1992

Switzerland

7–2 (1–0, 2–2, 4–0)

Poland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

11th-place game

20 February 1992

Italy

1–4 (0–3, 1–0, 0–1)

Poland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

9th-place game

21 February 1992

Norway

5–2 (2–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Switzerland

Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel

Final round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold-medal game
	February 18
	Canada (GWS)	4
					February 21
	Germany	3
					Canada	4
	February 18
					Czechoslovakia	2
	Sweden	1
									February 23
	Czechoslovakia	3
									Canada	1
	February 19
									Unified Team	3
	Unified Team	6
					February 21
	Finland	1
					Unified Team	5
	February 19
					United States	2			Bronze-medal game
	United States	4
									February 22
	France	1
									United States	1
									Czechoslovakia	6

	5–8th-place semifinals				Fifth-place game
	February 20
	Sweden	3
					February 22
	Finland	2
					Sweden	4
	February 20
					Germany	3
	Germany	5
	France	4
					Seventh-place game
					February 22
					Finland	4
					France	1

Quarter-finals

18 February 1992

Canada

4–3 (GWS) (1–2, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Germany

18 February 1992

Sweden

1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Czechoslovakia

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19 February 1992

France

1–4 (1–0, 0–3, 0–1)

United States

19 February 1992

Unified Team

6–1 (2–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Finland

5–8th-place semifinals

20 February 1992

Germany

5–4 (1–0, 3–3, 1–1)

France

20 February 1992

Sweden

3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Finland

Semi-finals

21 February 1992

Canada

4–2 (2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Czechoslovakia

21 February 1992

Unified Team

5–2 (2–1, 0–1, 3–0)

United States

Seventh-place game

22 February 1992

Finland

4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

France

Fifth-place game

22 February 1992

Sweden

4–3 (0–2, 1–0, 3–1)

Germany

Bronze-medal game

22 February 1992

Czechoslovakia

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

United States

Gold-medal game

23 February 1992 14:15

Canada

1–3 (0–0, 0–0, 1–3)

Unified Team

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 6,100

Statistics

Average age

Team Germany was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 28 years and 6 months. Team USA was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 24 years. Gold medalists Unified Team averaged 24 years and 2 months. Tournament average was 26 years and 4 months.

Leading scorers

Rk	Name	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Joe Juneau	8	6	9	15
2	Andrei Khomutov	8	7	7	14
3	Robert Lang	8	5	8	13
4	Teemu Selänne	8	7	4	11
5	Eric Lindros	8	5	6	11
	Hannu Järvenpää	8	5	6	11
7	Vyacheslav Bykov	8	4	7	11
8	Yuri Khmylev	8	4	6	10
	Mika Nieminen	8	4	6	10
10	Nikolai Borschevskiy	8	7	2	9

Final rankings

1.  Unified Team
2.  Canada
3.  Czechoslovakia
4.  United States
5.  Sweden
6.  Germany
7.  Finland
8.  France
9.  Norway
10.  Switzerland
11.  Poland
12.  Italy

Unified Medal controversy

Russian goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin was the third on the depth chart and never played when the Unified Team won gold in Albertville, France. Instead of giving the gold to someone who did not play, coach Viktor Tikhonov kept it. Only players are given Olympic medals; coaches and management are not. The medal was returned to Khabibulin in a private medal ceremony during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

External links

• Jeux Olympiques 1992