Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was the 19th Olympic Championship. The Czech Republic, which emerged from the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, won its first winter gold medal, becoming only the seventh nation to win Olympic ice hockey gold. The tournament, held from February 7 to February 22, was played at the Big Hat and Aqua Wing arenas.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | |
Dates | 7–22 February |
Teams | 14 |
Venue(s) | Big Hat, Aqua Wing Arena (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runner-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 35 |
Goals scored | 210 (6 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | (10 points) |
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Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
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Tournament | ||
men | women | |
Rosters | ||
men | women | |
This was the first Olympics in which the National Hockey League (NHL) took a break (17 days, from February 8 to February 24) allowing national teams to include NHL players from each country.[1] Unlike basketball's Dream Team, where the players stayed in a five-star hotel in Barcelona, NHL players were required to stay in the Olympic Village like other athletes.
The Canadian team, despite a strong start in the round robin, lost their semifinal match against the Czech Republic in a shootout, and played a lackluster bronze medal game, disappointing Canadians who wished for Wayne Gretzky to get an Olympic medal. In the final match, the Czech Republic shut-out Russia to win the gold medal.
Qualification
Preliminary round
Group A
Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 5 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 2 |
All times are local (UTC+9).
7 February 1998 16:00 | Italy | 3–5 (3–1, 0–1, 0–3) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,634 |
Mike Rosati | Goalies | Vitali Yeremeyev Alexander Shimin | Referee: Linesmen: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Shots | 21 |
7 February 1998 16:00 | Austria | 2–2 (1–0, 1–2, 0–0) | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 4,315 |
Claus Dalpiaz | Goalies | Igor Murín | Referee: Linesmen: | |||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||||||||||||
12 | Shots | 38 |
8 February 1998 14:00 | Austria | 5–5 (2–2, 2–1, 1–2) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,410 |
Claus Dalpiaz | Goalies | Alexander Shimin Vitali Yeremeyev | Referee: Linesmen: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 min | Penalties | 38 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 23 |
8 February 1998 18:00 | Slovakia | 4–3 (1–2, 3–1, 0–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,620 |
10 February 1998 14:00 | Slovakia | 3–4 (1–1, 1–0, 1–3) | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,659 |
10 February 1998 18:00 | Italy | 5–2 (2–0, 2–0, 1–2) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,473 |
Group B
Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 5 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC+9).
7 February 1998 | France | 0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2) | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,419 |
7 February 1998 | Germany | 3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,861 |
9 February 1998 | Germany | 2–8 (0–2, 2–3, 0–3) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,063 |
9 February 1998 | Japan | 2–5 (2–1, 0–1, 0–3) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,930 |
10 February 1998 | Japan | 2–2 (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,659 |
10 February 1998 | France | 0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1) | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,916 |
Consolation round
13th place match
All times are local (UTC+9).
12 February 1998 | Japan | 4 – 3 (SO) (1–2, 1–0, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,495 |
11th place match
All times are local (UTC+9).
12 February 1998 | France | 5–1 (1–0, 0–0, 4–1) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,854 |
9th place match
All times are local (UTC+9).
12 February 1998 | Germany | 4–2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,670 |
First round
Group C
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+9).
13 February 1998 14:45 | Czech Republic | 3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,050 |
Dominik Hašek | Goalies | Jarmo Myllys | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
29 | Shots | 17 |
13 February 1998 18:45 | Russia | 9–2 (2–1, 5–0, 2–1) | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,752 |
Andrei Trefilov | Goalies | Vitali Yeremeyev Alexander Shimin | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 18 |
15 February 1998 13:45 | Russia | 4–3 (1–2, 2–1, 1–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,894 |
Andrei Trefilov | Goalies | Jarmo Myllys | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||||||||
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24 min | Penalties | 22 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 33 |
15 February 1998 18:45 | Czech Republic | 8–2 (1–0, 3–2, 4–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,975 |
Dominik Hašek | Goalies | Vitali Yeremeyev Alexander Shimin | Referee: Linesmen: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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43 min | Penalties | 41 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Shots | 23 |
16 February 1998 15:45 | Finland | 8–2 (3–1, 1–0, 4–1) | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,544 |
Ari Sulander | Goalies | Vitali Yeremeyev Alexander Shimin | Referee: Linesmen: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 15 |
16 February 1998 18:45 | Czech Republic | 1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,847 |
Dominik Hašek | Goalies | Mikhail Shtalenkov | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
24 | Shots | 31 |
Group D
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+9).
13 February 1998 14:45 | Sweden | 4–2 (1–2, 2–0, 1–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,985 |
Tommy Salo | Goalies | Mike Richter | Referee: Linesmen: | |||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 31 |
13 February 1998 18:45 | Canada | 5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,960 |
Patrick Roy | Goalies | Andrei Mezin | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 18 |
14 February 1998 14:45 | United States | 5–2 (2–1, 1–0, 2–1) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,975 |
Mike Richter | Goalies | Andrei Mezin | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 30 |
14 February 1998 18:45 | Sweden | 2–3 (1–0, 0–3, 1–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,945 |
Tommy Salo | Goalies | Patrick Roy | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 29 |
16 February 1998 13:45 | Canada | 4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 10,076 |
Patrick Roy | Goalies | Mike Richter | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 31 |
16 February 1998 18:45 | Sweden | 5–2 (2–0, 1–1, 2–1) | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 4,235 |
Tommy Salo | Goalies | Andrei Mezin | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Shots | 23 |
Final round
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | |||||||||||
C1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
D4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
C1 | 7 | ||||||||||||
C3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
D2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
C3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
C1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
C2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
D1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
C4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
D1 | 1 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
C2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
C2 | 4 | D1 | 2 | ||||||||||
D3 | 1 | C3 | 3 |
Quarter-finals
All times are local (UTC+9).
18 February 1998 14:45 | Czech Republic | 4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,822 |
Dominik Hašek | Goalies | Mike Richter John Vanbiesbrouck | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
19 | Shots | 39 |
18 February 1998 14:45 | Russia | 4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1) | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 4,628 |
Mikhail Shtalenkov | Goalies | Andrei Mezin | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 26 |
18 February 1998 18:45 | Canada | 4–1 (2–1, 2–0, 0–0) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,602 |
Patrick Roy | Goalies | Vitali Yeremeyev | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 17 |
18 February 1998 18:45 | Sweden | 1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2) | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,044 |
Tommy Salo | Goalies | Jarmo Myllys | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||
17 | Shots | 19 |
Semi-finals
All times are local (UTC+9).
20 February 1998 14:45 | Canada | 1–2 SO (0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,854 |
Patrick Roy | Goalies | Dominik Hašek | Referee: Linesmen: | |||||
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T. Fleury R. Bourque J. Nieuwendyk E. Lindros B. Shanahan | Shootout | |||||||
2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||
30 | Shots | 31 |
20 February 1998 18:45 | Russia | 7–4 (2–0, 2–3, 3–1) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,640 |
Mikhail Shtalenkov | Goalies | Jarmo Myllys | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 31 |
Bronze medal game
All times are local (UTC+9).
21 February 1998 15:15 | Canada | 2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1) | | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,875 |
Patrick Roy | Goalies | Ari Sulander | Referee: Linesmen: | ||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 15 |
Gold medal game
All times are local (UTC+9).
22 February 1998 13:45 | 0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 10,010 |
Mikhail Shtalenkov | Goalies | Dominik Hašek | Referee: Linesmen: | ||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||
20 | Shots | 21 |
Statistics
Average age
Team Canada was the oldest team in the tournament, with an average age of 30 years. Team Kazakhstan was the youngest, averaging 26 years and 11 months. The gold medal-winning Czech Republic team averaged 27 years and 2 months. The tournament average was 28 years and 1 month.[2]
Leading scorers
Rank | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | |
2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | |
3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |
5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |
11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
Medal-winning rosters
Source:
- Gold – "Team members CZECH REPUBLIC". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- Silver – "Team members Russia". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- Bronze – "Team members Finland". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
Roster notes
Several of general manager Bobby Clarke's selections for Team Canada were controversial. Eric Lindros was named captain over longtime leaders such as Wayne Gretzky, Steve Yzerman, and Ray Bourque (Clarke at the time was general manager of Lindros's NHL team, the Philadelphia Flyers).[3] Rob Zamuner was a surprise pick, while Mark Messier and Scott Niedermayer were omitted.[4] Japanese fans were disappointed when their adopted hero, Paul Kariya, a Canadian of Japanese heritage and one of Canada's best stars, failed to make the Games due to a head injury sustained from a crosscheck by Gary Suter during regular season NHL play.[5][6][7]
Memorably, during the shootout in their semifinal match against the Czech Republic, Canadian coach Marc Crawford opted to have defenceman Ray Bourque shoot in the shootout instead of high-scoring forwards Wayne Gretzky and Steve Yzerman. Hockey commentators alternatively criticized Crawford's decision (Bourque, like the other four Canadian shooters, failed to score) or praised it on the grounds that Bourque was one of hockey's most accurate shooters at the time and Gretzky had always been surprisingly mediocre on breakaways.
Controversy
Swedish player Ulf Samuelsson was discovered to have applied for American citizenship. Under Swedish law at the time, when one acquires a foreign passport, their citizenship is annulled. Samuelsson was ejected after having played the first game against Belarus, although Sweden kept their points from the win. The Czech National Olympic Committee felt that Sweden should lose the points and filed a protest with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which was rejected.[8]
The United States team, loaded with 17 NHL stars, was eliminated in the first game of the knockout round, and responded by trashing their rooms in the Olympic Village. Three apartments were vandalized, ten chairs were broken and three fire extinguishers were emptied. Six of those chairs and one fire extinguisher were thrown down five stories into a courtyard.[9][10]
Final rankings
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These standings are presented as the IIHF has them,[11] however both the NHL an IOC maintain that all quarterfinal losers are ranked equal at 5th.[12][13]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics. |
- https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1998_games.html
- https://www.quanthockey.com/olympics/en/teams/team-canada-players-1998-olympics-stats.html
- MacGregor, Roy (1998-02-04). "All eyes on Eric: Is 24-year-old Eric Lindros ready to carry Canada's hockey hopes?".
- Willes, Ed (1997-11-30). "HOCKEY; Gretzky In, Messier Out As Canada Picks Team". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
- "Gary Suter hangs up skates". CBC News. September 10, 2002.
- http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1998/Czechs-Win-Hockey-Gold/id-1b8a324826480f0298c434dd488e0645
- "Winter Sports / Road To Nagano – Street Crashes, Expected To Be OK For Olympics – Binding Problem At 75 Mph Leaves Her With Concussion". The Seattle Times. 1 February 1998.
- Podnieks & Szemberg 2008 , Story #72–Reporter's scoop reveals that Samuelsson is not a Swede in Nagano-98.
- Boyd, William (2006). All Roads Lead to Hockey. U of Nebraska Press. p. 82. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- Robinson, Alan (20 February 1998). "Angry US Hockey Players Trash Rooms". Associated Press. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- IIHF Media Guide and Record Book (2011) p. 118
- National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book (2002) p.13
- LA84 foundation Official Report of the XVIII Olympic Winter Games p.168
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120613015209/http://hokej.snt.cz/oh/oh1998.html (in English)
- http://www.hockeyarchives.info/JO1998.htm (in French)
- Hockey Nut – 1998 Olympic Hockey (in English)
- Marcolympics – Ice Hockey 1998 (in English)
- IIHF: Nagano 1998 in Web Archive (in English)
- la84 foundation – Nagano 1998 Official Report (171–180) (in English)