Ice hockey at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

2016 Winter Youth Olympics –
Boys' tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–21 February
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	14
Goals scored	97 (6.93 per game)
Attendance	20,103 (1,436 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Andrei Svechnikov (10 points)
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The boys' ice hockey tournament at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was held from 12 to 21 February at the Kristins Hall and the Youth Hall in Lillehammer, Norway.^[1]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	18	7	+11	9[a]	Semifinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	18	7	+11	9[a]
3	Russia	4	2	1	0	1	21	9	+12	8
4	Finland	4	1	0	1	2	14	11	+3	4
5	Norway (H)	4	0	0	0	4	1	38	−37	0

12 February 2016 14:00

Finland

11–0 (5–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Norway

Youth Hall Attendance: 550

Game reference
	Justus Annunen	Goalies	Kristian Hovik	Referee: Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Danny Beresford Aleh Kliashcheunikau
	Moilanen (Maki, Salonen) – 05:53 1–0 Maki (Salonen, Kupari) – 08:38 2–0 Nordgren (Matikainen, Moilanen) –09:56 3–0 Nevasaari (Kotkaniemi, Moilanen) – 11:02 4–0 Utunen (Kotkaniemi, Moilanen) (PP) – 12:59 5–0 Maki (Hirvonen) – 22:17 6–0 Nevasaari (Moilanen) – 25:24 7–0 Nordgren (Matikainen) (SH) – 35:28 8–0 Nordgren (Hirvonen, Rannisto) – 38:38 9–0 Kukkonen (Utunen, Nordgren) – 38:59 10–0 Nordgren (Ruikka) – 39:56 11–0
	12 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	36	Shots	3

13 February 2016 17:00

Canada

3–4 (0–2, 1–0, 2–2)

Russia

Kristins Hall Attendance: 1,755

Game reference
	Olivier Rodrigue	Goalies	Amir Miftakhov	Referee: Lars Johan Gossas Linesmen: Niclas Lundsgaard Thomas Nordberg Pettersen
	0–1 02:04 – Sokolov (Svechnikov, Kotkov) (PP) 0-2 05:20 – Svechnikov (Khovanov, Kotkov) Smith (Dudas) (PP) – 27:37 1–2 1–3 30:37 – Kotkov (Svechnikov, Khovanov) 1–4 34:39 – Khovanov McShane – 44:12 2–4 Burzan (EA) – 44:55 3–4
	3 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	40	Shots	21

13 February 2016 20:00

United States

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall Attendance: 890

Game reference
	Todd Scott	Goalies	Jimi Uusitalo	Referee: Alex DiPietro Linesmen: Clément Goncalves Tobias Nordlander
	0–1 02:36 – Salonen (Maki) Wise (DeBoer, Krygier) – 08:39 1–1 Walsh (Emberson) – 13:10 2–1 Krygier (MacKinnon) – 20:25 3–1 Weiss (PS) – 42:12 4–1
	4.5 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	24	Shots	22

14 February 2016 20:00

Norway

0–8 (0–3, 0–4, 0–1)

United States

Kristins Hall Attendance: 2,094

Game reference
	Theo Rooseboom de Vries	Goalies	Drew DeRidder	Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Niclas Lundsgaard
	0–1 06:48 – Wahlstrom (Weiss, DeBoer) (PP) 0–2 11:09 – Wahlstrom (Weiss, Wise) 0–3 11:49 – Pivonka (Middendorf, Emberson) 0–4 17:09 – Pivonka (Walsh, M. Samuelsson) (PP) 0–5 21:35 – Middendorf (Krygier, Pivonka) (SH) 0–6 23:04 – Pivonka (Middendorf, Semik) 0–7 24:48 – DeBoer (Wise, Weiss) 0–8 30:31 – Wahlstrom (Wise, Weiss)
	7.5 min	Penalties	6 min
	11	Shots	35

15 February 2016 17:00

Canada

5–1 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall Attendance: 950

Game reference
	Alexis Gravel	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referee: Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Danny Beresford Thomas Nordberg Pettersen
	Dudas (Focht) (PP) – 01:46 1–0 Roberts (McShane, Burzan) – 02:20 2–0 2–1 12:03 – Utunen (Kotkaniemi) (PP2) Burzan – 16:03 3–1 Groulx (SH) – 30:50 4–1 Smith (PP) – 38:52 5–1
	20.5 min	Penalties	9 min
	28	Shots	25

15 February 2016 20:00

Russia

13–1 (4–0, 3–0, 6–1)

Norway

Kristins Hall Attendance: 1,198

Game reference
	Georgi Dubrovski	Goalies	Kristian Hovik	Referee: Alex DiPietro Linesmen: Clément Goncalves Tobias Nordlander
	Zhabreyev (Denisenko) – 03:17 1–0 Zhabreyev (Kupchikhin, Nizhnikov) – 11:01 2–0 Svechnikov (Khovanov, Zhilyakov) – 11:27 3–0 Svechnikov (Sitdikov) – 13:43 4–0 Zhabreyev (Svechnikov) (SH) – 21:01 5–0 Denezhkin (Sokolov) – 24:45 6–0 Svechnikov (Zhabreyev) – 29:59 7–0 7–1 30:42 – Pettersen (Beier Jensen, Skramo) Khovanov (Svechnikov) – 31:55 8–1 Nizhnikov (Denisenko) – 33:48 9–1 Nizhnikov (Denisenko, Zhabreyev) – 37:05 10–1 Svechnikov (Khovanov, Sokolov) (PP) – 38:34 11–1 Sokolov (Rotenberg) – 42:41 12–1 Denisenko (Zhuravlyov, Zhabreyev) – 43:36 13–1
	19 min	Penalties	6 min
	51	Shots	10

16 February 2016 14:00

United States

2–4 (2–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Canada

Kristins Hall Attendance: 1,745

Game reference
	Todd Scott	Goalies	Alexis Gravel	Referee: Lars Johan Gossas Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Tobias Nordlander
	0–1 02:45 – McShane (McIsaac) Weiss (Semik, Wise) (PP) – 09:40 1–1 Wise (Walsh, DeBoer) – 14:36 2–1 2–2 21:52 – Fortier (Roberts, McShane) 2–3 26:42 – Roberts (Focht, MacDonald) 2–4 38:09 – Burzan (Dudas)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	20

16 February 2016 17:00

Finland

1–2 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Russia

Kristins Hall Attendance: 653

Game reference
	Jimi Uusitalo	Goalies	Amir Miftakhov	Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Niclas Lundgaard Thomas Nordberg Pettersen
	0–1 02:11 – Svechnikov (Khovanov) Kotkaniemi (Utunen, Nevasaari) – 26:26 1–1
	Salonen Kotkaniemi Maki Nevasaari Nevasaari Ruikka	Shootout	Khovanov Svechnikov Zhabreyev Khovanov Denezhkin Khovanov
	9 min	Penalties	9 min
	21	Shots	16

18 February 2016 17:00

Norway

0–6 (0–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

Kristins Hall Attendance: 2,250

Game reference
	Theo Rooseboom de Vries	Goalies	Olivier Rodrigue	Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Danny Beresford Clément Goncalves
	0–1 06:02 – Roberts (Burzan, McIsaac) (PP) 0–2 18:32 – Focht (Nielsen, Smith) 0–3 25:19 – Burzan (Chisholm) 0–4 25:57 – McIsaac (Fortier) (SH) 0–5 30:29 – McShane (Smith, Busby) 0–6 44:43 – Groulx (Chisholm, McIsaac) (PP)
	9 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	2	Shots	37

18 February 2016 17:00

Russia

2–4 (0–2, 1–0, 1–2)

United States

Youth Hall Attendance: 564

Game reference
	Amir Miftakhov	Goalies	Drew DeRidder	Referee: Alex DiPietro Linesmen: Niclas Lundgaard Tobias Nordlander
	0–1 04:16 – Weiss (Wahlstrom) 0–2 12:25 – DeBoer (Wise, Walsh) Zhabreyev (Babintsev, Denisenko) – 22:38 1–2 1–3 31:25 – Pivonka (Weiss) 1–4 39:06 – Gruden (MacKinnon, Middendorf) Nizhnikov (Denezhkin) – 42:46 2–4
	26.5 min	Penalties	10.5 min
	24	Shots	20

Playoff round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	19 February
	Canada (GWS)	4
					21 February
	Finland	3
					Canada	2
	19 February
					United States	5
	United States	3
	Russia	0
					Third place
					20 February
					Russia	6
					Finland	2

Semifinals

19 February 2016 17:00

Canada

4–3 GWS (0–1, 2–1, 1–1) (SO: 1–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall Attendance: 1,472

Game reference
	Alexis Gravel	Goalies	Jimi Uusitalo	Referee: Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Clément Goncalves Aleh Kliashcheunikau
	0–1 14:53 – Utunen (Kotkaniemi, Nordgren) (PP2) 0–2 15:30 – Moilanen (Nordgren, Utunen) (PP2) Focht (Groulx, Merkley) (SH) – 18:59 1–2 MacDonald (Merkley, Burzan) – 21:22 2–2 2–3 39:10 – Kotkaniemi (Rannisto, Nordgren) Groulx (Merkley, Focht) (PP) – 41:32 3–3
	Groulx MacDonald Merkley	Shootout	Nordgren Nevasaari
	23.5 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	21	Shots	29

19 February 2016 20:00

United States

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Russia

Kristins Hall Attendance: 1,902

Game reference
	Drew DeRidder	Goalies	Amir Miftakhov	Referee: Lars Johan Gossas Linesmen: Danny Beresford Thomas Nordberg Pettersen
	Pivonka (Middendorf, Savage) – 19:41 1–0 Wise (Gruden) (SH, EN) – 43:18 2–0 Walsh (Wise) – 44:30 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	13 min
	23	Shots	19

Bronze medal game

20 February 2016 20:00

Russia

6–2 (1–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Finland

Kristins Hall Attendance: 1,652

Game reference
	Amir Miftakhov	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Thomas Nordberg Pettersen
	0–1 00:30 – Kupari (Nevasaari) Zhuravlyov (Denisenko, Zhabreyev) (PP) – 08:28 1–1 Nizhnikov (Babintsev, Denisenko) – 16:00 2–1 2–2 24:15 – Kotkaniemi (Akerman) (PP) Sokolov (Zhilyakov) – 28:45 3–2 Denisenko (Zhilyakov, Zhabreyev) – 29:43 4–2 Kotkov (Khovanov) – 30:16 5–2 Khovanov (Kotkov) (EA) – 42:21 6–2
	12 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	19	Shots	20

Gold medal game

21 February 2016 15:00

Canada

2–5 (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

United States

Kristins Hall Attendance: 2,428

Game reference
	Alexis Gravel Olivier Rodrigue	Goalies	Drew DeRidder	Referee: Alex DiPietro Linesmen: Niclas Lundgaard Tobias Nordlander
	0–1 08:00 – Walsh (Gruden, DeBoer) 0–2 17:56 – DeBoer (Pivonka, Semik) (PP) Merkley (Focht) (PP) – 24:32 1–2 1–3 26:25 – Krygier (MacKinnon, Gruden) McShane (Busby, Smith) – 41:11 2–3 2–4 44:04 – Weiss (EN) 2–5 44:41 – Wise (Pivonka) (PP, EN)
	7.5 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	25	Shots	23

References