Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

2012 Winter Youth Olympics –
Boys' tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Dates	13–22 January
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Finland (1st title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	100 (7.14 per match)
Attendance	20,880 (1,491 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Ivan Nikolishin; (12 points)
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The boys' ice hockey tournament at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held from 13 to 22 January at the Tyrolean Ice Arena in Innsbruck, Austria.

Teams from five national hockey associations competed, in one single preliminary round group. The tournament consisted of 14 games: 10 in the preliminary round (teams played all other teams); 2 semifinal games; 1 bronze medal game; and 1 gold medal game.[1]

All games were played in three 15-minute periods, as opposed to the traditional 20-minute periods.[2]

Qualification

The top eight teams in the 2011 IIHF World Ranking will choose which tournament (either boys' or girls') they want to compete in. First priority is given to higher ranked nations.[3]

Rosters

Each country is allowed to enter 17 athletes each.[3]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	3	0	0	1	25	9	+16	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	4	2	1	0	1	20	7	+13	8
3	Finland	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	+2	7
4	United States	4	2	0	0	2	14	18	−4	6
5	Austria (H)	4	0	0	0	4	3	30	−27	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams.
(H) Host.

13 January
10:15

Austria

0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 520

Game reference

Thomas Stroj

Goalies

Juuso Kannel

Referee:

Simon Acher
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Benjamin Hoppe

	0–1	30:22 − Kapanen (Hopponen)
	0–2	32:05 − Hopponen (Honkanen, Kapanen)
	0–3	44:40 − Kiviranta (Sopanen, Kannel) (SH, ENG)

10 min

Penalties

2 min

8

Shots

43

13 January
14:45

Russia

4–3
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Canada

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 932

Game reference

Sergey Korobov

Goalies

Keven Bouchard

Referee:

Andreas Harnebring
Linesmen:

Daniel Persson

Martin Smeibidlo

Protapovich (Tsvetkov) – 05:08	1–0
	1–1	05:33 – Pilon (Hicketts, Gardiner)
Tsvetkov – 11:56	2–1
Lazarev (Nikolishin) (SH) – 18:58	3–1
	3–2	21:37 – Brooks (Carrick)
Vovchenko (Nikolishin) – 26:38	4–2
	4–3	42:05 – Gardiner (Hicketts)

2 min

Penalties

4 min

23

Shots

29

14 January
12:30

United States

7–2
(4–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,180

Game reference

Edwin Minney

Goalies

Stefan Müller

Referee:

Andris Ansons
Linesmen:

Tilen Pahor

Daniel Persson

Gersich (Godbout, Schmaltz) – 00:47	1–0
Wegwerth (Eichel, Clarke) – 01:13	2–0
MacInnis (Magyar, Baughman) (PP) – 09:02	3–0
Gersich (Eichel) (PP) – 12:03	4–0
	4–1	20:40 – Huber
Gersich (Billitier) – 23:37	5–1
	5–2	30:44 – Gaffal (Kraus, Huber)
MacInnis (Godbout, Jacobs) (SH) – 41:06	6–2
Godbout (Schmaltz) (SH) – 41:24	7–2

14 min

Penalties

10 min

42

Shots

16

15 January
13:30

Finland

4–3
(0–2, 3–0, 1–1)

Russia

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 783

Game reference

Kaapo Kähkönen

Goalies

Maxim Tretiak

Referee:

Stian Halm
Linesmen:

Benjamin Hoppe

Martin Smeibidlo

	0–1	03:32 – Sergeev (PP)
	0–2	14:56 – Nikolishin (Nasybullin, Lazarev) (PP2)
Honkanen (PS) – 25:04	1–2
Kapanen (Tuulola, Sopanen) (PP) – 27:08	2–2
Hopponen (Kapanen, Honkanen) (PP) – 29:33	3–2
Kapanen – 30:41	4–2
	4–3	35:31 – Nikolishin (Lazarev, Svechnikov)

22 min

Penalties

10 min

21

Shots

32

15 January
18:00

Canada

5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,575

Game reference

Kevin Bouchard

Goalies

Edwin Minney
Logan Halladay

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Tilen Pahor

Cornel – 03:58	1–0
Gropp (Cornel) – 16:30	2–0
	2–1	17:39 – Clarke (Jacobs)
Duke (Brooks, Pilon) – 28:54	3–1
Brooks (Martin, Gardiner) (PP) – 43:21	4–1
Gropp (Cornel, Gardiner) (PP) – 44:06	5–1

2 min

Penalties

10 min

27

Shots

16

16 January
12:45

Russia

11–1
(0–1, 4–0, 7–0)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,274

Game reference

Sergey Korobov
Maxim Tretiak

Goalies

Thomas Stroj

Referee:

Andreas Harnebring
Linesmen:

Tilen Pahor

Daniel Persson

	0–1	12:30 – Gaffal (Kraus) (PP)
Kondratyev (Vovchenko, Tsvetkov) – 16:13	1–1
Svetlakov (Vovchenko) – 19:33	2–1
Nikolishin (Nekolenko) – 25:51	3–1
Protapovich (Lazarev) (PP) – 27:55	4–1
Zinovev (PP) – 31:23	5–1
Svechnikov (Protapovich) – 33:22	6–1
Nikolishin (Zinovev) – 33:32	7–1
Protapovich (Lazarev, Orlov) (PP) – 35:34	8–1
Mikulovich (Nikolishin, Sergeev) – 40:04	9–1
Svechnikov (Lazarev, Nasybullin) (PP) – 42:41	10–1
Nikolishin (Zinovev, Nekolenko) – 43:52	11–1

8 min

Penalties

16 min

53

Shots

12

17 January
11:15

Austria

0–9
(0–4, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 749

Game reference

Stefan Müller

Goalies

Sam Walsh

Referee:

Stian Halm
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Benjamin Hoppe

	0–1	00:40 – Brooks (Hébert, Martin)
	0–2	02:16 – Burton (Yetman, Crossman)
	0–3	06:15 – Gropp (Cornel) (PP)
	0–4	12:07 – Cornel (Gropp)
	0–5	16:42 – Gardiner (Gropp)
	0–6	24:35 – James
	0–7	38:31 – Duke (Martin, Brooks) (PP)
	0–8	40:14 – Pilon
	0–9	41:24 – Duke (Martin, Carrick)

10 min

Penalties

6 min

16

Shots

44

17 January
15:45

Finland

4–5
(1–0, 2–3, 1–2)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,824

Game reference

Jusso Kannel

Goalies

Edwin Minney

Referee:

Andris Ansons
Linesmen:

Tilen Pahor

Martin Smeibidlo

Kiviranta (Hopponen, Tuulola) – 12:16	1–0
	1–1	16:31 – Baughman (Schmaltz)
Tuulola (Kiviranta, Pitkänen) – 19:45	2–1
	2–2	23:10 – Glover (Bliss) (PP)
Kauppinen (Hopponen, Levänen) – 24:36	3–2
	3–3	27:47 – Clarke (Kerr)
	3–4	31:01 – Schmaltz (Bliss, Fiegl)
	3–5	32:15 – MacInnis (Gersich, Magyar)
Kapanen (Haapanen) – 41:45	4–5

10 min

Penalties

26 min

29

Shots

32

18 January
11:45

Canada

3–2 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,261

Game reference

Kevin Bouchard

Goalies

Kaapo Kähkönen

Referee:

Andreas Harnebring
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Martin Smeibidlo

Brooks (Duke) – 15:11	1–0
	1–1	21:05 – Kiviranta (Pitkänen)
Cornel (Gropp, Hicketts) – 22:01	2–1
	2–2	36:42 – Kiviranta (Pitkänen, Nieminen)

Cornel

Gropp

Gardiner

Shootout

Kiviranta

Kapanen

Honkanen

6 min

Penalties

8 min

27

Shots

25

18 January
16:15

United States

1–7
(0–2, 0–3, 1–2)

Russia

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,124

Game reference

Edwin Minney
Logan Halladay

Goalies

Sergey Korobov

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Benjamin Hoppe

Daniel Persson

	0–1	01:43 – Orlov (Svechnikov, Protapovich (PP)
	0–2	06:47 – Mikulovich (Nikolishin, Sergeev) (PP)
	0–3	16:24 – Kondratyev (Svetlakov)
	0–4	19:32 – Svechnikov (Lazarev, Protapovich) (PP)
	0–5	21:58 – Lazarev (Svechnikov)
Fiegl (MacInnis, Wegwerth) – 38:17	1–5
	1–6	40:30 – Lazarev (Svechnikov)
	1–7	43:32 – Nasybullin (Orlov, Protapovich) (PP)

16 min

Penalties

4 min

15

Shots

30

Playoffs

Semifinals			Gold medal game

1	Russia	5
4	United States	2
			1	Russia	1
			3	Finland (GWS)	2
2	Canada	1
3	Finland	2	Bronze medal game

			2	Canada	7
			4	United States	5

Semifinals

20 January
14:15

Russia

5–2
(1–0, 1–0, 3–2)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,632

Game reference

Sergey Korobov

Goalies

Logan Halladay

Referee:

Andreas Harnebring
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Daniel Persson

Orlov (Nasybullin, Protapovich) (PP) – 02:06	1–0
Nikolishin (Nekolenko) – 28:01	2–0
Zinovev (Mikulovich, Nikolishin) – 31:03	3–0
Nekolenko (Nikolishin, Sergeev) – 32:49	4–0
	4–1	40:06 – Wegwerth (Eichel)
	4–2	41:22 – Eichel (Glover) (PP, EA)
Svechnikov (ENG) – 44:37	5–2

14 min

Penalties

8 min

16

Shots

32

20 January
18:45

Canada

1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,426

Game reference

Keven Bouchard

Goalies

Kaapo Kähkönen

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Benjamin Hoppe

Tilen Pahor

Carrick (Gardiner, Cornel) (PP) – 04:17	1–0
	1–1	11:29 – Nieminen (Kiviranta, Pitkänen)
	1–2	40:26 – Sopanen (Nieminen, Pitkänen) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

17

Shots

19

Bronze medal game

21 January
14:45

Canada

7–5
(3–1, 4–1, 0–3)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,592

Game reference

Keven Bouchard

Goalies

Logan Halladay

Referee:

Stian Halm
Linesmen:

Benjamin Hoppe

Martin Smeibidlo

Cornel (Gardiner, Hicketts) (PP) – 04:19	1–0
Pilon (Gardiner, Cornel) – 06:58	2–0
Gropp (Gardiner, Pilon) (PP) – 13:22	3–0
	3–1	14:53 – Billitier (Baughman)
	3–2	19:40 – MacInnis (Eichel)
Brooks (Duke, Martin) – 21:27	4–2
Gardiner (Hicketts) – 22:35	5–2
Gropp – 23:10	6–2
Gropp (Gardiner) – 25:40	7–2
	7–3	31:44 – Eichel (Schmaltz)
	7–4	38:54 – Magyar (Jacobs, Wegwerth)
	7–5	40:10 – Schmaltz (MacInnis, Godbout) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

12 min

19

Shots

40

Gold medal game

22 January
12:15

Russia

1–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 3,008

Game reference

Sergey Korobov

Goalies

Kaapo Kähkönen

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Daniel Persson

Zinovev – 08:35	1–0
	1–1	43:58 – Hopponen (EA)

Lazarev

Nikolishin

Shootout

Honkanen

Kapanen

24 min

Penalties

26 min

28

Shots

25

References

"2012 Winter Youth Olympics schedule". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
"Ice hockey sport guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
Qualification system

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[Format-1] "2012 Winter Youth Olympics schedule". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved December 16, 2011.

[2] "Ice hockey sport guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-01-21.

[a-3] Qualification system