Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics

The ice hockey competitions of the 2014 Winter Olympics were played at two venues, located 300 meters from the other, within the Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia. The Bolshoy Ice Dome, which seats 12,000, resembles a Fabergé egg.[1] The Shayba Arena, seating 7,000, was supposed to be a moveable structure but eventually stayed in Sochi.[2] Both venues are international sized (60 meters by 30 meters).[3]

Ice hockey
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenuesBolshoy Ice Dome
Shayba Arena
Dates8–23 February 2014
Competitors468 from 14 nations
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Men's ice hockey
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Finland
Women's ice hockey
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland

The men's tournament had twelve teams competing and the women's tournament had eight teams: tournament play began on 8 February 2014. The women's concluded on 20 February and the men's on 23 February.

Canada men's and Canada women's national teams went through the tournament undefeated repeating its gold medalist achievements at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada2002
2  Sweden0101
  United States0101
4  Finland0011
  Switzerland0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
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  Canada (CAN)
Jamie Benn
Patrice Bergeron
Jay Bouwmeester
Jeff Carter
Sidney Crosby
Drew Doughty
Matt Duchene
Ryan Getzlaf
Dan Hamhuis
Duncan Keith
Chris Kunitz
Roberto Luongo
Patrick Marleau
Rick Nash
Corey Perry
Alex Pietrangelo
Carey Price
Patrick Sharp
Mike Smith
Martin St. Louis
P. K. Subban
John Tavares
Jonathan Toews
Marc-Édouard Vlasic
Shea Weber
  Sweden (SWE)
Daniel Alfredsson
Nicklas Bäckström
Patrik Berglund
Alexander Edler
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jhonas Enroth
Jimmie Ericsson
Jonathan Ericsson
Loui Eriksson
Jonas Gustavsson
Carl Hagelin
Niklas Hjalmarsson
Marcus Johansson
Erik Karlsson
Niklas Kronwall
Marcus Krüger
Gabriel Landeskog
Henrik Lundqvist
Gustav Nyquist
Johnny Oduya
Daniel Sedin
Jakob Silfverberg
Alexander Steen
Henrik Tallinder
Henrik Zetterberg
  Finland (FIN)
Juhamatti Aaltonen
Aleksander Barkov
Mikael Granlund
Juuso Hietanen
Jarkko Immonen
Jussi Jokinen
Olli Jokinen
Leo Komarov
Sami Lepistö
Petri Kontiola
Lauri Korpikoski
Lasse Kukkonen
Jori Lehterä
Kari Lehtonen
Olli Määttä
Antti Niemi
Antti Pihlström
Tuukka Rask
Tuomo Ruutu
Sakari Salminen
Sami Salo
Teemu Selänne
Kimmo Timonen
Ossi Väänänen
Sami Vatanen
Women's
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  Canada (CAN)
Meghan Agosta-Marciano
Gillian Apps
Mélodie Daoust
Laura Fortino
Jayna Hefford
Haley Irwin
Brianne Jenner
Rebecca Johnston
Charline Labonté
Geneviève Lacasse
Jocelyne Larocque
Meaghan Mikkelson
Caroline Ouellette
Marie-Philip Poulin
Lauriane Rougeau
Natalie Spooner
Shannon Szabados
Jenn Wakefield
Catherine Ward
Tara Watchorn
Hayley Wickenheiser
  United States (USA)
Kacey Bellamy
Megan Bozek
Alex Carpenter
Julie Chu
Kendall Coyne
Brianna Decker
Meghan Duggan
Lyndsey Fry
Amanda Kessel
Hilary Knight
Jocelyne Lamoureux
Monique Lamoureux
Gisele Marvin
Brianne McLaughlin
Michelle Picard
Josephine Pucci
Molly Schaus
Anne Schleper
Kelli Stack
Lee Stecklein
Jessie Vetter
  Switzerland (SUI)
Janine Alder
Livia Altmann
Sophie Anthamatten
Laura Benz
Sara Benz
Nicole Bullo
Romy Eggimann
Sarah Forster
Angela Frautschi
Jessica Lutz
Julia Marty
Stefanie Marty
Alina Müller
Katrin Nabholz
Evelina Raselli
Florence Schelling
Lara Stalder
Phoebe Stanz
Anja Stiefel
Nina Waidacher

Teemu Selänne accomplished several feats. As part of Team Finland's bronze achievement, he is the eldest ice hockey player Olympic medalist, at age 43 years and 234 days. He increased the Olympic record for total ice hockey points, to 43.[4] He shares the record for most appearances in ice hockey at the Olympics, 2014 was his 6th Olympiad.[5]

Nicklas Bäckström's "A-sample" Olympic drug test detected the regulated drug pseudoephedrine; he was prevented from playing in the final. His after final "B-sample" detected a value that exceeded the limit.[6]

Men's tournament

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The tournament featured 12 countries, 9 qualifying through the IIHF World Ranking, and 3 through subsequent qualifying tournaments.[3] The format was the same as 2010; there were three groups of 4 to determine seeding, with four rounds of elimination games. Each group winner received a bye into the second round, along with the best second place team while the remaining eight teams played a qualification game. Each quarter-final winner advanced to the semis with the winners playing for the gold medal, and the losers the bronze.[7]

Qualification

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Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The top nine teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, while all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics.

Participating nations

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The twelve nations played in three pools.

Group A Group B Group C

Women's tournament

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The women's tournament ran from 8 to 20 February. Eight nations contested the gold. A new format was introduced, with the top 4 ranked teams in group A, with the next four in group B. The bottom two group A teams played the top 2 teams in group B in the quarter-finals, where the winners played either the first or second place team in group A.[8]

Qualification

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Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championships. The top five teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, Russia gained direct entry by being host and all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining two spots in the Olympics.[3]

Participating nations

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The eight nations played in two groups.

On 6 December 2017 six Russian ice hockey players were disqualified for doping violations; the team was disqualified.[9] Tatiana Burina and Anna Shukina would be disqualified ten days later.[10]

Group A Group B

References

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  1. ^ "Bolshoy Ice Dome – Venues – Sochi 2014 Olympics". Sochi2014.com. 21 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Shayba Arena – Venues – Sochi 2014 Olympics". Sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Big ice in Sochi 2014". Iihf.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  4. ^ Kevin Oklobzija (22 February 2014). "Teemu Selanne ends Olympic career a medalist". USA Today. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  5. ^ Dave Lozo (22 February 2014). "Olympic Hockey 2014: Finnish Flash Teemu Selanne Cements His Legacy". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Nicklas Backstrom drops Olympic doping appeal". CBC.ca. CBC/Radio-Canada. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Olympics". Iihf.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  8. ^ "27 events in IIHF program". Iihf.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  9. ^ "IOC sanctions six Russian athletes and closes one case as part of the Oswald Commission findings". olympic.org. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  10. ^ "IOC sanctions 11 Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings". International Olympic Committee. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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