# Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics

The men's ice hockey tournament 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 tournament, held from 12 February to 27 February, was played at the Fjellhallen in Gjøvik and the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer. There was no women's tournament at the Olympics until 1998.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Sweden (SWE)Håkan Algotsson Charles Berglund Jonas Bergqvist Andreas Dackell Christian Due-Boje Niklas Eriksson Peter Forsberg Roger Hansson Roger Johansson Jörgen Jönsson Kenny Jönsson Tomas Jonsson Patrik Juhlin Patric Kjellberg Håkan Loob Mats Näslund Stefan Örnskog Leif Rohlin Daniel Rydmark Tommy Salo Fredrik Stillman Michael Sundlöv Magnus Svensson | Canada (CAN)Mark Astley Adrian Aucoin David Harlock Corey Hirsch Todd Hlushko Greg Johnson Fabian Joseph Paul Kariya Chris Kontos Manny Legace Ken Lovsin Derek Mayer Petr Nedvěd Dwayne Norris Greg Parks Allain Roy Jean-Yves Roy Brian Savage Brad Schlegel Wally Schreiber Chris Therien Todd Warriner Brad Werenka | Finland (FIN)Mika Alatalo Erik Hämäläinen Raimo Helminen Timo Jutila Sami Kapanen Esa Keskinen Marko Kiprusoff Saku Koivu Pasi Kuivalainen Janne Laukkanen Tero Lehterä Jere Lehtinen Mikko Mäkelä Jarmo Myllys Mika Nieminen Janne Ojanen Marko Palo Ville Peltonen Pasi Sormunen Mika Strömberg Jukka Tammi Petri Varis Hannu Virta |

## 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 7 | 1994 Winter Olympics |
| 2 | Latvia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Poland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 2 | |
| 5 | Great Britain (H) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 1 | |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Finland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 2 | 9–12th place semifinals |
| 6 | Norway (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | 9–12th place semifinals |
* 1 2 3 Germany 2 points, +1 goal difference; Czech Republic 2 points, 0 goal difference; Russia 2 points, –1 goal difference.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 2 | 9–12th place semifinals |
| 6 | France | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 1 | 9–12th place semifinals |
* 1 2 Sweden 2–3 Canada

## Consolation round

| 9–12th place semifinals | 9–12th place semifinals | Ninth place game | Ninth place game |
| 22 February | 22 February |
| Austria | 4 |
| Austria | 4 | 24 February | 24 February |
| France (GWS) | 5 | 24 February | 24 February |
| France (GWS) | 5 | France | 2 |
| 22 February | 22 February | | France | 2 |
| 22 February | 22 February | Italy | 3 |
| Italy | 6 | Italy | 3 |
| Norway | 3 | | |
| Norway | 3 | Eleventh place game | Eleventh place game |
| | | 24 February | 24 February |
| | | Norway | 3 |
| | | Austria | 1 |

### Ninth place game
## Playoff round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| 23 February | 23 February | | | |
| Finland | 6 | | | |
| Finland | 6 | 25 February | 25 February | | |
| United States | 1 | 25 February | 25 February | |
| United States | 1 | Finland | 3 | |
| 23 February | 23 February | | Finland | 3 | |
| 23 February | 23 February | Canada | 5 | |
| Canada (OT) | 3 | Canada | 5 | |
| Canada (OT) | 3 | | | | 27 February | 27 February |
| Czech Republic | 2 | | | | 27 February | 27 February |
| Czech Republic | 2 | | | | Canada | 2 |
| 23 February | 23 February | | | | | Canada | 2 |
| 23 February | 23 February | | | | Sweden (GWS) | 3 |
| Slovakia | 2 | | | | Sweden (GWS) | 3 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 25 February | 25 February | | | |
| Russia (OT) | 3 | 25 February | 25 February | | | |
| Russia (OT) | 3 | Russia | 3 | | | |
| 23 February | 23 February | | Russia | 3 | | | |
| 23 February | 23 February | Sweden | 4 | | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| Germany | 0 | Sweden | 4 | | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| Germany | 0 | | | | 26 February | 26 February |
| Sweden | 3 | | | | 26 February | 26 February |
| Sweden | 3 | | | | Russia | 0 |
| | | | | | Finland | 4 |
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| 24 February | 24 February |
| Czech Republic | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 26 February | 26 February |
| United States | 3 | 26 February | 26 February |
| United States | 3 | Czech Republic | 7 |
| 24 February | 24 February | | Czech Republic | 7 |
| 24 February | 24 February | Slovakia | 1 |
| Germany | 5 | Slovakia | 1 |
| Slovakia (OT) | 6 | | |
| Slovakia (OT) | 6 | Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| | | 26 February | 26 February |
| | | Germany | 4 |
| | | United States | 3 |

### Gold medal game
## 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 by issuing a commemorative stamp. Because goaltender Corey 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.

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Sweden |
| | Canada |
| | Finland |
| 4 | Russia |
| 5 | Czech Republic |
| 6 | Slovakia |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | United States |
| 9 | Italy |
| 10 | France |
| 11 | Norway |
| 12 | Austria |

## Statistics and awards
### Average age

Team France was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 28 years. Team USA was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 22 years and 11 months. Gold medalists team Sweden averaged 26 years and 6 months. Tournament average was 26 years and 3 months.

### Leading scorers

| # | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | POS |
| 1 | Žigmund Pálffy | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | F |
| 2 | Miroslav Šatan | 8 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | F |
| 3 | Peter Šťastný | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | F |
| 4 | Håkan Loob | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | F |
| 5 | Gaetano Orlando | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | F |
| 6 | Patrik Juhlin | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 16 | F |
| 7 | Jiří Kučera | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | F |
| 8 | Marty Dallman | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | F |
| 9 | Mika Nieminen | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | F |
| 9 | David Sacco | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: eliteprospects.com

### Media All-Stars

* Goaltender: Tommy Salo
* Defencemen: Brad Werenka, Timo Jutila
* Forwards: Mats Näslund, Peter Šťastný, Patrik Juhlin