Season Description
The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy, from 15 to 26 February. Twelve teams competed, with Sweden winning the gold medal, Finland winning silver, and the Czech Republic winning bronze. It was the third Olympic tournament to feature National Hockey League (NHL) players and the tenth best-on-best hockey tournament in history. United States defenseman Chris Chelios set a standard for longest time between his first Olympic ice hockey tournament and his last—he had competed twenty-two years earlier at the 1984 Olympics. The old record was set by Swiss hockey player Bibi Torriani. who had played twenty years after his debut (1928 and 1948).
The tournament format was changed from the 1998 and 2002 tournaments to a format similar to the 1992 and 1994 tournaments. The number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12, which were split into two groups in the preliminary stage (which followed a round robin format). Each team played the other teams in their group once. The top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
The tournament is also notable for the lacklustre performance of defending champion Canada, which lost two group stage games (including a shock defeat to Switzerland) before being eliminated by Russia in the quarter-finals. There were allegations that Sweden intentionally lost their final group game against Slovakia to set up a quarterfinal against Switzerland.
In the semi-finals, Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 7–3, and Finland beat Russia 4–0. Sweden won its second ice hockey gold, and first in a best-on-best competition, over Finland 3–2 and the Czech Republic won the bronze medal. Three months later, Sweden won the 2006 World Championships and became the first team to win the Olympic and World Championship gold in the same year.
Event List
Round 1
Kazakhstan Ice Hockey vs Sweden Ice Hockey - 10:35:00

Italy Ice Hockey vs Canada Ice Hockey - 12:05:00

Switzerland Ice Hockey vs Finland Ice Hockey - 14:35:00

Round 2
Sweden Ice Hockey vs Russia Ice Hockey - 15:05:00

Germany Ice Hockey vs Czech Republic Ice Hockey - 16:05:00

Russia Ice Hockey vs Slovakia Ice Hockey - 19:05:00

Latvia Ice Hockey vs USA Ice Hockey - 20:05:00

Round 2
Finland Ice Hockey vs Italy Ice Hockey - 11:05:00

Czech Republic Ice Hockey vs Switzerland Ice Hockey - 12:05:00

Slovakia Ice Hockey vs Latvia Ice Hockey - 16:05:00

Canada Ice Hockey vs Germany Ice Hockey - 19:05:00

USA Ice Hockey vs Kazakhstan Ice Hockey - 20:05:00

Round 3
Kazakhstan Ice Hockey vs Russia Ice Hockey - 10:35:00

Italy Ice Hockey vs Germany Ice Hockey - 12:05:00

Canada Ice Hockey vs Switzerland Ice Hockey - 14:35:00

Sweden Ice Hockey vs Latvia Ice Hockey - 16:05:00

Slovakia Ice Hockey vs USA Ice Hockey - 19:05:00

Czech Republic Ice Hockey vs Finland Ice Hockey - 20:05:00

Round 4
Germany Ice Hockey vs Switzerland Ice Hockey - 11:05:00

Russia Ice Hockey vs Latvia Ice Hockey - 12:05:00

Slovakia Ice Hockey vs Kazakhstan Ice Hockey - 15:05:00

USA Ice Hockey vs Sweden Ice Hockey - 16:05:00

Czech Republic Ice Hockey vs Italy Ice Hockey - 19:05:00

Finland Ice Hockey vs Canada Ice Hockey - 20:05:00

Round 5
Latvia Ice Hockey vs Kazakhstan Ice Hockey - 10:35:00

Switzerland Ice Hockey vs Italy Ice Hockey - 11:35:00

Finland Ice Hockey vs Germany Ice Hockey - 14:35:00

Canada Ice Hockey vs Czech Republic Ice Hockey - 15:35:00

Sweden Ice Hockey vs Slovakia Ice Hockey - 19:05:00

USA Ice Hockey vs Russia Ice Hockey - 19:35:00

Round 125
Switzerland Ice Hockey vs Sweden Ice Hockey - 15:35:00

Finland Ice Hockey vs USA Ice Hockey - 16:35:00

Russia Ice Hockey vs Canada Ice Hockey - 19:35:00

Slovakia Ice Hockey vs Czech Republic Ice Hockey - 20:35:00

Round 150
Sweden Ice Hockey vs Czech Republic Ice Hockey - 15:35:00

Finland Ice Hockey vs Russia Ice Hockey - 20:05:00

Round 160
Russia Ice Hockey vs Czech Republic Ice Hockey - 19:35:00

Round 200
Finland Ice Hockey vs Sweden Ice Hockey - 13:05:00

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