Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics took place in Beijing, China between 9 and 20 February 2022. Twelve countries qualified for the tournament; eight of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, China, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament.

The Olympic Athletes from Russia team won the gold medal in 2018. The Russian Olympic Committee, representing Russia at the 2022 Games, were thus the defending champions.The team competed under the name of the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) in 2018 and under the name of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in 2022.

Finland won its first-ever ice hockey Olympic gold medal after going undefeated and beating the Russian Olympic Committee in the final.

Slovakia claimed its first-ever ice hockey medal at the Olympics after defeating Sweden 4–0 and finishing third.

For the first time in history, the Czech Republic did not qualify for the quarterfinals and finished in ninth place, their worst placement in history.

Venues Beijing National Indoor StadiumCapacity: 19,418 Wukesong ArenaCapacity: 15,384 Beijing Beijing

Qualified teams

Format The twelve teams were split into three groups of four teams each, in which they played against each team once. The top team of each group and the best second-ranked team advanced to the quarterfinals, while all other teams played a qualification round. A knockout system was used after the group stage.

Rosters

Due to the lack of ice hockey talent in China, players had to be recruited from abroad. The Chinese men's hockey team was composed of eleven Canadians, six Chinese, seven Americans, and a Russian. Neither the Chinese Olympic Committee, International Ice Hockey Federation nor the IOC commented on how it was possible for foreign players to compete for China, as the Olympic Charter requires competitors to be citizens of the country they represent. According to the nationality law of China, anyone who were naturalized as Chinese citizens, or those who resumed their Chinese nationality, must renounce all the other nationalities, as China does not recognize dual-nationality. The IOC Executive Board has the authority to make certain exceptions of a "general or individual nature", though it is unclear whether this was the case. When asked whether he had naturalized as a Chinese citizen, athlete Jake Chelios refused to comment, though he confirmed that he still has his American passport.

NHL participation On 10 July 2020, the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) and National Hockey League agreed to a renewed collective bargaining agreement, which includes a provision opening the possibility for the NHL to explore participation at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics. On 22 July 2021, the NHL released a 2021–22 schedule that included an Olympic break, but the league also announced that a final agreement had not yet been reached regarding Olympic participation of NHL players in 2022. On 3 September 2021, an agreement was made to allow NHL players to compete.

On 22 December 2021, the NHL and the NHLPA announced that NHL players would not be participating in the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Games. COVID-19 had forced a change in the NHL schedule; with approximately 50 games postponed, the NHL was to use the Olympic break to make up its own postponed games rather than have the players compete in the Olympics.

Officials 15 referees and 12 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Maxim Sidorenko Michael Campbell Oliver Gouin Martin Fraňo Mikko Kaukokari Kristian Vikman André Schrader Andris Ansons Roman Gofman Evgenii Romasko Tobias Björk Mikael Nord Michael Tscherrig Andrew Bruggeman Stephen Reneau

Linesmen Dustin McCrank Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček Lauri Nikulainen Gleb Lazarev Nikita Shalagin Dmitry Shishlo Ludvig Lundgren Andreas Malmqvist David Obwegeser William Hancock Brian Oliver

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+8).

Tiebreak criteria In each group, teams were ranked according to the following criteria: Number of points (three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for an overtime or shootout defeat, no points for a regulation-time defeat); In case two teams were tied on points, the result of their head-to-head game determined the ranking; In case three or four teams were tied on points, the following criteria applied (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remained tied, the result of their head-to-head game determined their ranking): Points obtained in head-to-head games between the teams concerned; Goal differential in head-to-head games between the teams concerned; Number of goals scored in head-to-head games between the teams concerned; If three teams remained tied, result of head-to-head games between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored); Pre-tournament seeding, which is the 2019 IIHF World Ranking.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Ranking after group stage Following the completion of the preliminary round, all teams were ranked 1D through 12D. The semifinals were then reseeded according to this ranking. To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented: higher position in the group higher number of points better goal difference higher number of goals scored for better 2020 IIHF World Ranking.

Team advanced directly to quarterfinalsTeam participated in playoffs Rank Team Group 1D A 1 3 9 +11 15 4 2D C 1 3 8 +7 13 2 3D B 1 3 7 +2 8 3 4D C 2 3 7 +3 10 7 5D A 2 3 6 +7 12 1 6D B 2 3 6 +1 7 12 7D B 3 3 4 +1 9 6 8D C 3 3 3 −4 8 9 9D A 3 3 3 −4 6 5 10D B 4 3 1 −4 4 8 11D C 4 3 0 −6 5 10 12D A 4 3 0 −14 2 32

Playoff round Bracket Teams were reseeded based on the preliminary round ranking after the quarterfinals.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking The places five to twelve were ranked by their preliminary round group placement and then points and goal difference.

Statistics Scoring leaders The list shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Juraj Slafkovský 7 7 0 7 +5 0 F Sakari Manninen 6 4 3 7 +7 0 F Adam Tambellini 5 3 4 7 –1 0 F Teemu Hartikainen 6 2 5 7 +8 0 F Sean Farrell 4 3 3 6 +4 0 F Nikita Gusev 6 0 6 6 +3 2 F Lucas Wallmark 6 5 0 5 –1 10 F Anton Lander 6 4 1 5 +2 4 F Jordan Weal 5 3 2 5 0 6 F Roman Červenka 4 2 3 5 –1 0 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders The list shows the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes. Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Patrik Rybár 347:07 5 0.86 146 96.58 2 Drew Commesso 120:00 2 1.00 55 96.36 1 Matt Tomkins 178:06 3 1.01 80 96.25 1 Harri Säteri 300:00 5 1.00 132 96.21 1 Leonardo Genoni 159:45 3 1.13 77 96.10 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

Awards The all-star team was announced on 20 February 2022.

Position Player Goaltender Patrik Rybár Defenceman Mikko Lehtonen Egor Yakovlev Forward Juraj Slafkovský Sakari Manninen Lucas Wallmark MVP Juraj Slafkovský

Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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