2006 Slovakia men's national ice hockey team

The Slovak team finished atop its round-robin group, going undefeated through the opening round, including a 3-0 win over eventual gold medal winners Sweden. In the quarterfinals, however, the team fell to rivals Czech Republic 3-1, failing to advance to a medal game.
===Men's===
;Players
Position	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace 	2005–06 team
G 	Peter Budaj 	183 	91 	09/18/82 	Banská Bystrica 	Colorado Avalanche
G 	Karol Križan 	178 	84 	06/05/80 	Žilina 	Modo Hockey
G 	Ján Lašák 	183 	93 	04/10/79 	Zvolen 	Pardubice HC
D 	Zdeno Chára 	205 	118 	03/18/77 	Trenčín 	Boston Bruins
D 	Milan Jurčina 	195 	101 	06/07/83 	Liptovský Mikuláš	Boston Bruins
D 	Ivan Majeský 	194 	104 	09/02/76 	Banská Bystrica 	Washington Capitals
D 	Andrej Meszároš 	182 	82 	10/13/85 	Považská Bystrica	Ottawa Senators
D 	Martin Štrbák 	191 	96 	01/15/75 	Prešov 	CSKA Moscow
D 	Ľubomír Višňovský 	177 	85 	08/11/76 	Topoľčany 	Los Angeles Kings
F 	Ľuboš Bartečko 	180 	92 	07/14/76 	Kežmarok 	Luleå HF
F 	Peter Bondra - A 	183 	92 	02/07/68 	Lutsk, Ukraine 	Atlanta Thrashers
F 	Pavol Demitra - C 	182 	93 	11/29/74 	Dubnica nad Váhom	Los Angeles Kings
F 	Marián Gáborík 	186 	87 	02/14/82 	Trenčín 	Minnesota Wild
F 	Marcel Hossa 	187 	100 	10/12/81 	Ilava 	New York Rangers
F 	Marián Hossa 	186 	94 	01/12/79 	Stará Ľubovňa 	Atlanta Thrashers
F 	Richard Kapuš 	182 	92 	02/09/73 	Bratislava 	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
F 	Ronald Petrovický 	182 	88 	02/15/77 	Žilina 	Atlanta Thrashers
F 	Tomáš Surový 	183 	87 	09/24/81 	Banská Bystrica 	Pittsburgh Penguins
F 	Miroslav Šatan - A	188 	89 	10/22/74 	Topoľčany 	New York Islanders
F 	Jozef Stümpel 	190 	100 	07/20/72 	Nitra 	Florida Panthers
F 	Marek Svatoš 	180 	82 	06/17/82 	Košice 	Colorado Avalanche
F 	Richard Zedník 	186 	87 	01/06/76 	Banská Bystrica 	Montreal Canadiens
;Results
;Round-robin
15 February 2006 v
20:05	Russia	3 – 5
(2–1, 1–2, 0–2)	Slovakia	Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 3,800
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 	Ilya Bryzgalov 	Goalies 	Peter Budaj 	Referee:
 Paul Devorski
 	
Datsyuk (D. Markov) - 10:00
Kovalev (Datsyuk, Kovalchuk) - 12:38
Ovechkin (Gonchar, Tyutin) (PP) - 30:03	0 – 1
1 – 1
2 – 1
2 – 2
3 – 2
3 – 3
3 – 4
3 – 5	9:07 - Demitra (Mari. Hossa, Suchý)
25:51 - Višňovský (Demitra) (PP)
33:05 - Bondra (Meszároš, Chára) (PP)
56:32 - Gáborík
59:31 - Gáborík	Referee:
 Paul Devorski
 	16 min 	Penalties 	10 min 	Referee:
 Paul Devorski
 	23 	Shots 	36 	Referee:
 Paul Devorski
16 February 2006 v
17:05	Slovakia	6 – 3
(4–1, 1–2, 0–1)	Latvia	Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,960
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 	Ján Lašák 	Goalies 	Artūrs Irbe 	Referee:
 Danny Kurmann
 	Zedník (Višňovský) - 5:23
Petrovický (Surový, Meszároš) - 5:43
Demitra (Mari. Hossa) (SH) - 7:54
Mari. Hossa - 13:17
Chára (Mari. Hossa) - 33:49
Mari. Hossa - 49:04 (Gáborík)	1 – 0
2 – 0
2 – 1
3 – 1
4 – 1
4 – 2
4 – 3
5 – 3
6 – 3	
6:27 - Ozoliņš (Cipulis, Panteļejevs)
20:54 - Cipulis (Cipruss, Panteļejevs)
26:51 - Ņiživijs (Skrastiņš)	Referee:
 Danny Kurmann
 	12 min 	Penalties 	8 min 	Referee:
 Danny Kurmann
 	25 	Shots 	28 	Referee:
 Danny Kurmann
18 February 2006 v
20:05	Slovakia	2 – 1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)	United States	Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 4,697
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 	Peter Budaj 	Goalies 	Rick DiPietro 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Gáborík) (PP) - 34:20
Bondra (Šatan, Kapuš) - 41:48	1 – 0
1 – 1
2 – 1 	
38:24 - Rolston (Rafalski, Gomez) (PP)	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	8 min 	Penalties 	16 min 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
 	21 	Shots 	30 	Referee:
 Dan Marouelli
19 February 2006 v
16:05	Slovakia	2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)	Kazakhstan	Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 9,160
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 	Karol Križan 	Goalies 	Vitaliy Kolesnik 	Referee:
 Danny Kurmann
 	
Bondra (Kapuš, Jurčina) (PP) - 39:50
Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Gáborík) - 48:09	0 – 1
1 – 1
2 – 1 	16:16 - Y. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov, Savenkov) (PP)	Referee:
 Danny Kurmann
 	12 min 	Penalties 	20 min 	Referee:
 Danny Kurmann
 	27 	Shots 	19 	Referee:
 Danny Kurmann
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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 	Mikael Tellqvist 	Goalies 	Karol Križan 	Referee:
 Timo Favorin
 	 	0 – 1
0 – 2
0 – 3 	15:51 - Bondra (Šatan)
46:16 - Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Gáborík)
58:58 - Suchý (Demitra, Mari. Hossa)	Referee:
 Timo Favorin
 	14 min 	Penalties 	10 min 	Referee:
 Timo Favorin
 	17 	Shots 	31 	Referee:
 Timo Favorin
;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
21:35	Slovakia	1 – 3
(0-1, 0-1, 1-1)	Czech Republic	Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 6893
Category:2006 in hockey
Category:National team seasons