2006 Sweden men's national ice hockey team

The Swedish men's team suffered an early setback when it lost 5-0 to Russia, but wins over Kazakhstan, Latvia and the United States meant that the team was guaranteed a quarterfinal spot entering the final round-robin game with Slovakia. This game stirred up controversy, with head coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson suggesting that the team might not play for a win, in order to set-up a quarterfinal matchup with underdog Switzerland. Ultimately, the Swedes did lose the game, though the IIHF supervisor "didn't see anything special".[12] The team then picked up comfortable wins in the medal round, beating the Swiss 5-2 and the Czech Republic 7-3, setting up a gold medal final with local rivals Finland.[13] The Swedes fell behind after the first period, but a pair of goals in the second left the game tied going into the final 20 minutes. Nicklas Lidström then scored early in the third, giving the Swedes a 3-2 lead that would hold, and giving the country its first Olympic hockey title since 1994.[14] Thousands of fans greeted the victorious team upon their return from Turin, with many of the NHL players stopping in Stockholm before returning to their club teams.
;Roster
;Results
;Round-robin
15 February 2006 v
11:35	Kazakhstan	2 – 7
(0–3, 1–4, 1–0)	Sweden	Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,200
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 	Vitaly Yeremeyev 	Goalies 	Stefan Liv 	Referee:
 Vladimir Sindler
 	
Y. Koreshkov - 20:17 (SH)
Antipin (Upper) - 48:33	0 – 1
0 – 2
0 – 3
1 – 3
1 – 4
1 – 5
1 – 6
1 – 7
2 – 7	7:45 - Tjärnqvist (J. Jönsson, Holmström)
10:46 - Alfredsson (PP)
16:06 - H. Sedin (Samuelsson, D. Sedin)
28:47 - Axelsson (Påhlsson, Öhlund)
31:08 - M. Sundin (Bäckman, Modin) (PP)
35:31 - D. Sedin (Öhlund, H. Sedin)
36:21 - Tjärnqvist (Axelsson, Påhlsson)	Referee:
 Vladimir Sindler
 	18 min 	Penalties 	6 min 	Referee:
 Vladimir Sindler
 	14 	Shots 	34 	Referee:
 Vladimir Sindler
16 February 2006 v
16:05	Sweden	0 – 5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)	Russia	Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,545
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 	Henrik Lundqvist 	Goalies 	Evgeni Nabokov 	Referee:
 Don Van Massenhoven
 	 	0 – 1
0 – 2
0 – 3
0 – 4
0 – 5	27:13 - Kovalev (A. Markov) (PP)
28:05 - Ovechkin (Yashin)
38:58 - Sushinsky (Malkin, Zhukov)
50:31 - Kozlov (Frolov, Korolyuk)
54:04 - Afinogenov (Datsyuk)	Referee:
 Don Van Massenhoven
 	20 min 	Penalties 	16 min 	Referee:
 Don Van Massenhoven
 	24 	Shots 	32 	Referee:
 Don Van Massenhoven
18 February 2006 v
17:05	Sweden	6 – 1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)	Latvia	Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,795
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 	Henrik Lundqvist 	Goalies 	Sergejs Naumovs 	Referee:
 Paul Devorski
 	Påhlsson (Forsberg) - 14:20
Lidström (Zetterberg) (PP) - 22:22
Alfredsson (K. Jönsson) (PP) - 24:59
Axelsson (Forsberg) (PP) - 25:17
Zetterberg (Holmström) - 27:58
Alfredsson (M. Sundin, Lidström) - 44:48	1 – 0
2 – 0
3 – 0
4 – 0
5 – 0
6 – 0
6 – 1	
49:10 - Ziediņš (Ņiživijs, Ozoliņš)	Referee:
 Paul Devorski
 	6 min 	Penalties 	14 min 	Referee:
 Paul Devorski
 	40 	Shots 	14 	Referee:
 Paul Devorski
19 February 2006 v
17:05	United States	1 – 2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)	Sweden	Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,450
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 	Rick DiPietro 	Goalies 	Henrik Lundqvist 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	
Modano (Conroy, Chelios) - 17:31	0 – 1
1 – 1
1 – 2 	7:05 - Alfredsson (K. Jönsson, M. Sundin)
44:22 - Samuelsson (Alfredsson, M. Sundin) (PP)	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	14 min 	Penalties 	12 min 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	25 	Shots 	26 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
21 February 2006 v
20:05	Sweden	0 – 3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)	Slovakia	Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,250
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;Standings
Team 	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia 	5 	5	0	0	18	8 	10
Russia 	5 	4	1	0	23	11	8
Sweden 	5 	3	2	0	15	12	6
United States	5 	1	3	1	13	13	3
Kazakhstan 	5 	1	4	0	9 	16	2
Latvia 	5 	0	4	1	11	29	1
;Medal round
;Quarterfinal
22 February 2006
16:35	Switzerland	2 – 6
(1-2, 0-3, 1-1)	Sweden	Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2970
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 	Martin Gerber 	Goalies 	Henrik Lundqvist 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	
Streit (Della Rossa, Plüss) - 8:37
Lemm (Rüthemann) - 40:49	0 - 1
1 - 1
1 - 2
1 - 3
1 - 4
1 - 5
2 - 5
2 - 6	3:06 - H. Sedin (D. Sedin, Lidström)
13:49 - Modin (Forsberg, Alfredsson)
22:17 - Zetterberg (Holmström, K. Jönsson)
29:07 - M. Sundin (Lidström, Alfredsson) (PP)
M. Sundin (Forsberg, Tjärnqvist)
48:36 - Påhlsson (Alfredsson, Axelsson)	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	8 min 	Penalties 	2 min 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	29 	Shots 	27 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
;Semifinal
24 February 2006
16:35	Sweden	7 – 3
(2-1, 4-2, 1-0)	Czech Republic	Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8071
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 	Henrik Lundqvist 	Goalies 	Milan Hnilička (out 27:54)
Tomáš Vokoun (in 27:54)	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	Modin (Sundin, Forsberg) - 0:34
Axelsson (Lidström, Kronvall) - 13:37
H. Sedin (D. Sedin) - 21:16
Bäckman (Alfredsson) - 23:54
J. Jönsson (K. Jönsson, Samuelsson) - 27:54
Alfredsson (Axelsson) - 39:00
Holmström (Zetterberg) - 56:05	1 - 0
1 - 1
2 - 1
3 - 1
4 - 1
5 - 1
5 - 2
5 - 3
6 - 3
7 - 3	
3:11 - Kuba (Straka, Prospal)
30:40 - Hemský (Jágr, Židlický) (PP)
31:25 - Prospal (Výborný)	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	8 min 	Penalties 	6 min 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	32 	Shots 	24 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
;Final
26 February 2006
14:05	Finland	2 – 3
(1-0, 1-2, 0-1)	Sweden	Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8274
Category:2006 in hockey
Category:National team seasons