Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, was the 17th Olympic Championship. The games were played at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel, about 45 km from host city Albertville. The competition, held from 8 to 23 February, was won by the Unified Team in its only appearance. The team was composed of some newly emerged nations from the former Soviet Union, which had dissolved just weeks before the Games began. Canada won the silver medal, its first hockey medal since 1968 and 11th Olympic ice hockey medal.[1]

1992 Winter Olympics
Ice Hockey
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates8–23 February
Teams12
Venue(s)Méribel Ice Palace
Final positions
Champions  Unified Team (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Czechoslovakia
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Goals scored316 (6.87 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Joe Juneau 15 points
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Medalists
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Rosters
Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 Unified Team (EUN)

Sergei Bautin
Igor Boldin
Nikolai Borschevsky
Vyacheslav Butsayev
Vyacheslav Bykov
Evgeni Davydov
Alexei Zhitnik
Darius Kasparaitis
Nikolai Khabibulin
Yuri Khmylev
Andrei Khomutov
Andrei Kovalenko
Alexei Kovalev
Igor Kravchuk
Vladimir Malakhov
Dmitri Mironov
Sergei Petrenko
Vitali Prokhorov
Mikhail Shtalenkov
Andrei Trefilov
Dmitri Yushkevich
Alexei Zhamnov
Sergei Zubov

  Canada (CAN)

Dave Archibald
Todd Brost
Sean Burke
Kevin Dahl
Curt Giles
David Hannan
Gordon Hynes
Fabian Joseph
Joe Juneau
Trevor Kidd
Patrick Lebeau
Chris Lindberg
Eric Lindros
Kent Manderville
Adrien Plavsic
Dan Ratushny
Sam Saint-Laurent
Brad Schlegel
Wallace Schreiber
Randy Smith
David Tippett
Brian Tutt
Jason Woolley

  Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Patrik Augusta
Petr Bříza
Jaromír Dragan
Leo Gudas
Miloslav Hořava
Petr Hrbek
Otakar Janecký
Tomáš Jelínek
Drahomír Kadlec
Kamil Kašťák
Robert Lang
Igor Liba
Ladislav Lubina
František Procházka
Petr Rosol
Bedřich Ščerban
Jiří Šlégr
Richard Šmehlík
Róbert Švehla
Oldřich Svoboda
Radek Ťoupal
Peter Veselovský
Richard Žemlička

Qualification

The Olympic tournament was to be contested by twelve nations. The top eleven nations from the 1991 World Championships (eight from pool A, top three from pool B) qualified directly, while the twelfth ranked nation had to play off against the winner of that year's pool C.[2]

14 April 1991Denmark 4–6
(0–5, 2–1, 2–0)		 PolandCopenhagen
16 April 1991Poland 9–5
(4–2, 2–2, 3–1)		 DenmarkOświęcim

Poland qualified in final tournament

First round

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 4 1 0 18 7 +11 9 Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 5 3 2 0 22 11 +11 8
3  Finland 5 3 1 1 22 11 +11 7
4  Germany 5 2 0 3 11 12 −1 4
5  Italy 5 1 0 4 18 24 −6 2 Consolation round
6  Poland 5 0 0 5 4 30 −26 0
Source:
9 February 1992Sweden 7–2
(2–1, 3–0, 2–1)		 PolandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
9 February 1992Finland 5–1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1)		 GermanyMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
9 February 1992United States 6–3
(2–1, 0–2, 4–0)		 ItalyMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
11 February 1992Finland 9–1
(4–0, 1–0, 4–1)		 PolandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
11 February 1992United States 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 GermanyMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
11 February 1992Sweden 7–3
(2–0, 4–1, 1–2)		 ItalyMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
13 February 1992Italy 7–1
(5–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 PolandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
13 February 1992United States 4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 FinlandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
13 February 1992Sweden 3–1
(3–1, 0–0, 0–0)		 GermanyMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
15 February 1992Italy 2–5
(0–2, 2–0, 0–3)		 GermanyMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
15 February 1992Sweden 2–2
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 FinlandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
15 February 1992United States 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 PolandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
17 February 1992Germany 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 PolandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
17 February 1992Finland 5–3
(3–0, 0–1, 2–2)		 ItalyMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
17 February 1992Sweden 3–3
(0–1, 0–1, 3–1)		 United StatesMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 5 4 0 1 28 9 +19 8[lower-alpha 1] Quarterfinals
2 Unified Team 5 4 0 1 32 10 +22 8[lower-alpha 1]
3  Czechoslovakia 5 4 0 1 25 15 +10 8[lower-alpha 1]
4  France (H) 5 2 0 3 14 22 −8 4
5   Switzerland 5 1 0 4 13 25 −12 2 Consolation round
6  Norway 5 0 0 5 7 38 −31 0
Source:
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Canada 2 Pts, +3GD; United Team 2 Pts 0GD; Czechoslovakia 2 Pts, –3GD
8 February 1992Canada 3–2
(1–1, 2–0, 0–1)		 FranceMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
8 February 1992Czechoslovakia 10–1
(4–0, 5–1, 1–0)		 NorwayMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
8 February 1992Unified Team 8–1
(3–0, 3–0, 2–1)		  SwitzerlandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
10 February 1992Unified Team 8–1
(3–0, 2–0, 3–1)		 NorwayMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
10 February 1992Czechoslovakia 6–4
(0–2, 4–1, 2–1)		 FranceMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
10 February 1992Canada 6–1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)		  SwitzerlandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
12 February 1992Canada 10–0
(3–0, 3–0, 4–0)		 NorwayMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
12 February 1992Switzerland  3–4
(2–1, 1–2, 0–1)		 FranceMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
12 February 1992Unified Team 3–4
(1–2, 1–0, 1–2)		 CzechoslovakiaMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
14 February 1992Unified Team 8–0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 FranceMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
14 February 1992Switzerland  6–3
(0–1, 1–1, 5–1)		 NorwayMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
14 February 1992Canada 5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 CzechoslovakiaMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
16 February 1992Norway 2–4
(0–1, 0–0, 2–3)		 FranceMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
16 February 1992Czechoslovakia 4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
16 February 1992Canada 4–5
(2–3, 0–1, 2–1)		 Unified TeamMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel

Consolation round

Bracket
 
9–12th place semifinals9th place game
 
      
 
18 February
 
 
 Italy3
 
21 February
 
 Norway5
 
 Norway5
 
19 February
 
  Switzerland2
 
  Switzerland7
 
 
 Poland2
 
11th place game
 
 
20 February
 
 
 Italy1
 
 
 Poland4

9–12th place semifinals
18 February 1992Italy 3–5
(1–1, 1–2, 1–2)		 NorwayMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
19 February 1992Switzerland  7–2
(1–0, 2–2, 4–0)		 PolandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel

11th place game
20 February 1992Italy 1–4
(0–3, 1–0, 0–1)		 PolandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel

9th place game
21 February 1992Norway 5–2
(2–0, 0–1, 3–1)		  SwitzerlandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel

Final round

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal game
 
          
 
February 18
 
 
 Canada (GWS)4
 
February 21
 
 Germany3
 
 Canada4
 
February 18
 
 Czechoslovakia2
 
 Sweden1
 
February 23
 
 Czechoslovakia3
 
 Canada1
 
February 19
 
 Unified Team3
 
 Unified Team6
 
February 21
 
 Finland1
 
 Unified Team5
 
February 19
 
 United States2 Bronze medal game
 
 United States4
 
February 22
 
 France1
 
 United States1
 
 
 Czechoslovakia6
 
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
February 20
 
 
 Sweden3
 
February 22
 
 Finland2
 
 Sweden4
 
February 20
 
 Germany3
 
 Germany5
 
 
 France4
 
Seventh place game
 
 
February 22
 
 
 Finland4
 
 
 France1


Quarter-finals
February 18 Canada4–3 (GWS)
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 Germany
February 18 Sweden1–3
(1–1, 0–0, 0–2)		 Czechoslovakia
February 19 France1–4
(1–0, 0–3, 0–1)		 United States
February 19 Unified Team6–1
(2–1, 2–0, 2–0)		 Finland

5–8th place semifinals
February 20 Germany5–4
(1–0, 3–3, 1–1)		 France
February 20 Sweden3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)		 Finland

Semi-finals
February 21 Canada4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)		 Czechoslovakia
February 21 Unified Team5–2
(2–1, 0–1, 3–0)		 United States

Seventh place game
February 22 Finland4–1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–1)		 France

Fifth place game
February 22 Sweden4–3
(0–2, 1–0, 3–1)		 Germany

Bronze Medal Game
February 22 Czechoslovakia6–1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 United States

Gold Medal Game
February 23
14:15		 Canada1–3
(0–0, 0–0, 1–3)		 Unified TeamMéribel Ice Palace
Attendance: 6,100

Statistics

Average age

Team Germany was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 28 years and 6 months. Team USA was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 24 years. Gold medalists Unified Team averaged 24 years and 2 months. Tournament average was 26 years and 4 months.[3]

Leading scorers
Rk Name GP G A Pts
1 Joe Juneau 86915
2 Andrei Khomutov 87714
3 Robert Lang 85813
4 Teemu Selänne 87411
5 Eric Lindros 85611
Hannu Järvenpää 85611
7 Vyacheslav Bykov 84711
8 Yuri Khmylev 84610
Mika Nieminen 84610
10 Nikolai Borschevskiy 8729

Final Rankings
  1.  Unified Team
  2.  Canada
  3.  Czechoslovakia
  4.  United States
  5.  Sweden
  6.  Germany
  7.  Finland
  8.  France
  9.  Norway
  10.  Switzerland
  11.  Poland
  12.  Italy

Unified Medal controversy

Russian goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin was the third on the depth chart and never played when the Unified Team won gold in Albertville, France. Instead of giving the gold to someone who did not play, coach Viktor Tikhonov kept it. Only players are given Olympic medals; coaches and management are not. The medal was finally returned to Khabibulin in a private medal ceremony during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.[4]

References
  1. "Ice Hockey at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. 1992 olympic qualifier
  3. https://www.quanthockey.com/olympics/en/teams/team-canada-players-1992-olympics-stats.html
  4. Genessy, Jody; Buckley, Tim (February 16, 2002). "Russian goaltender gets his gold". Deseret News. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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