The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, was the 18th Olympic Championship. Sweden won its first gold medal. The tournament, held from 12 February to 27 February, was played at Fjellhallen in Gjøvik and the Håkons Hall in Lillehammer. This was the last Olympic ice hockey competition with no women's tournament as it debuted in 1998.
Medalists
Men'sHåkan AlgotssonCharles BerglundJonas BergqvistAndreas DackellChristian Due-BojeNiklas ErikssonPeter ForsbergRoger HanssonRoger JohanssonJörgen JönssonKenny JönssonTomas JonssonPatrik JuhlinPatric KjellbergHåkan LoobMats NäslundStefan ÖrnskogLeif RohlinDaniel RydmarkTommy SaloFredrik StillmanMichael SundlövMagnus SvenssonMark AstleyAdrian AucoinDavid HarlockCorey HirschTodd HlushkoGreg JohnsonFabian JosephPaul KariyaChris KontosManny LegaceKen LovsinDerek MayerPetr NedvědDwayne NorrisGreg ParksAllain RoyJean-Yves RoyBrian SavageBrad SchlegelWally SchreiberChris TherienTodd WarrinerBrad WerenkaMika AlataloErik HämäläinenRaimo HelminenTimo JutilaSami KapanenEsa KeskinenMarko KiprusoffSaku KoivuPasi KuivalainenJanne LaukkanenTero LehteräJere LehtinenMikko MäkeläJarmo MyllysMika NieminenJanne OjanenMarko PaloVille PeltonenPasi SormunenMika StrömbergJukka TammiPetri VarisHannu Virta
Qualification The top eleven nations from the 1993 World Championships qualified directly. To fill the twelfth spot, five nations were selected to compete: The top two from Group B (Great Britain and Poland), the top nation from Group C (Latvia), the best Asian nation (Japan), and Slovakia. This was the first IIHF event for Slovakia.Qualifying tournament at passionhockey.com
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Consolation round
9–12th place semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Playoff round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Gold medal game An exciting gold medal game saw Sweden force overtime by tying the score with less than two minutes to go. After a scoreless overtime, the winner was determined by a shootout. The first five rounds saw two players for each side make their penalty shots (Nedved and Kariya for Canada and Forsberg and Svensson for Sweden). In the sixth round, both Nedved and Svensson missed their shots. Forsberg then scored on Canadian goaltender Hirsch to start the seventh round. Kariya took Canada's seventh round shot and was stopped by Swedish goaltender Salo—giving the Swedes the gold medal.
Commemorative Swedish stamp In 1995, the Swedish postal service memorialized Forsberg's game winning shootout goal by issuing a commemorative stamp. Because goaltender Corey Hirsch would not grant permission for his likeness to be used on the stamp, he was 'disguised' by means of changing the color of his sweater and his player number.
Final ranking
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Statistics and awards
Average age Team France was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 28 years. Team USA was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 22 years and 11 months. Gold medalists Team Sweden averaged 26 years and 6 months. Tournament average was 26 years and 3 months.
Leading scorers # Player GP G A Pts PIM POS1 Žigmund Pálffy 837108F2 Miroslav Šatan 89090F3 Peter Šťastný 85499F4 Håkan Loob 84592F5 Gaetano Orlando 73694F6 Patrik Juhlin 871816F7 Jiří Kučera 86284F8 Marty Dallman 74488F9 Mika Nieminen 83580F David Sacco 835812F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: eliteprospects.com
Media All-Stars Goaltender: Tommy Salo Defencemen: Brad Werenka, Timo Jutila Forwards: Mats Näslund, Peter Šťastný, Patrik Juhlin
References
External links Jeux Olympiques 1994 The 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer – Chronological List of Events