Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men ' s tournament The men ' s tournament in ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Sochi , Russia between 12 – 23 February 2014 . For the fifth consecutive Olympics , players from the National Hockey League participated . Twelve countries qualified for the tournament ; nine of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation , while the three others took part in a qualification tournament . Canada won the tournament , defeating Sweden 3 – 0 in the gold medal match , and avenging their 1994 gold medal loss . Finland finished with the bronze medal , defeating USA 5 - 0 , and captain Teemu Selänne was awarded MVP of the tournament , scoring 2 goals in the bronze medal game . With the gold medal , Canada became the first men ' s team to successfully defend an Olympic title since the Soviet Union in 1988 and the first team to finish the tournament undefeated since 1984 . Canada surrendered only 3 goals in six games , the fewest allowed by a gold medallist since 1928 when Canada completely shut out the opposition in a 3 - game tournament . Canada also scored only 17 goals , the fewest by a gold medal - winning team in Olympic history , although Great Britain averaged fewer goals per game at the 1936 Winter Olympics ( 19 goals in 8 games ) . Qualification . Canada , Czech Republic , Finland , Norway , Russia , Slovakia , Sweden , Switzerland , and the United States qualified as the top nine teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2012 . Austria , Latvia , and Slovenia qualified by winning the qualification tournament . Officials . The IIHF selected 14 referees and 14 linesmen to work the 2014 Winter Olympics . They were the following : Preliminary round . Tiebreak criteria . In each group , teams will be ranked according to the following criteria : Playoff round . Following the completion of the preliminary round , all teams were ranked 1D through 12D . To determine this ranking , the following criteria were used in the order presented : Qualification playoffs . The top four ranked teams ( 1D – 4D ) received byes and were deemed the home team in the quarterfinals as they are seeded to advance , with the remaining eight teams ( 5D – 12D ) playing qualification playoff games as follows . Quarterfinals . Teams seeded D1 to D4 are the home teams . Following the quarterfinal games , the winning teams will be re - ranked F1 through F4 , with the winner of 1D vs . E4 re - ranked as F1 , the winner of 2D vs . E3 re - ranked as F2 , the winner of 3D vs . E2 re - ranked as F3 , and the winner of 4D vs . E1 re - ranked as F4 . The losers of the quarterfinal round games will receive a final ranking of 5 through 8 based on their preliminary round ranking . Gold medal game . Canada won the game 3 - 0 with goals from Jonathan Toews , Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz , each scoring their first goal of the tournament . Canada shut Sweden out with an overpowering defense limiting them to 24 shots , and Canada ' s goalkeeper Carey Price played well when needed . The Canadian team ' s executive director Steve Yzerman called the performance in Sochi the finest defensive effort ever for a Canadian team . Canada shut out its opponents in semifinals and the final and allowed only three goals in 6 games . It was also the first time since 1928 that a Canadian team had gone undefeated . The win represented Canada ' s second consecutive men ' s gold in ice hockey , and the third time in four Olympics that Canada won both men ' s and women ' s gold in hockey . Canada had not won back - to - back men ' s golds since 1948 and 1952 , and no nation had done it since the Soviet Union in 1984 and 1988 . The game was a national phenomenon in Canada , with more 15 million Canadians watching at least part of the game . Several provinces and cities relaxed their liquor laws to allow bars to open as early as 4am . Final rankings . The final standings of the tournament according to the IIHF . : Statistics . Leading scorers . " Rankings based upon points , and sorted by goals . " Hat trick scorers Leading goaltenders . " Goalkeepers with 40 % or more of their team ' s total minutes , ranked by save percentage . " Shutout posters