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)

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

Source: IIHF
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Canada 4–2 United States

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

Lillehammer 2016 winners

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

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	A	United States	6	5	0	0	1	26	9	+17	15
2	B	Canada	6	3	1	0	2	24	15	+9	11
3	A	Russia	6	3	1	0	2	27	14	+13	11
4	B	Finland	6	1	0	2	3	19	21	−2	5
5	B	Norway (H)	4	0	0	0	4	1	38	−37	0

Source: Lillehammer 2016
(H) Host

References

1. "Information". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2023.