Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Men's tournament

2024 Winter Youth Olympics
men's ice hockey tournament

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27–31 January
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	70 (7 per game)
Attendance	35,746 (3,575 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Michael Berchild (9 points)

The men's ice hockey tournament was one of four ice hockey events contested as part of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. The tournament was held from 27 to 31 January at the Gangneung Hockey Centre. Teams comprising players born in 2008 and 2009 represented six nations in the tournament: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Slovakia, United States, and host South Korea.^[1][2]

Officials

Ten on-ice officials were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Referees Rasmus Ankersen Mathieu Boudreau Oskar Øvstedal Joseph Sewell Adler Steenstra

Linesmen Mitchell Gibbs Lim Jun-seo David Prokofyev David Thuma Niclas Vestman

International Ice Hockey Federation representative Raeto Raffainer of Switzerland was the tournament chairperson. Chinese speed skater and 2014 Olympic gold medalist Zhang Hong presented medals at the victory ceremony.^[4]

Teams

Canada	Goaltenders: Mateo Beites, Colin Ellsworth, Carter Esler Defensemen: David Croskery, Ryan Lin, Zachary Nyman, Cameron Chartrand, Daxon Rudolph, Keaton Verhoeff Forwards: Alessandro Di Iorio, Beckham Edwards, Tynan Lawrence, Aiden O'Donnell, Mathis Preston, Liam Ruck, Markus Ruck, Adam Valentini, Braidy Wassilyn
Czech Republic	Goaltenders: Jan Láryš, František Poletín, Martin Psohlavec Defensemen: Jakub Daněk, Lukáš Kachlíř, Václav Nedorost, Ben Reisnecker, Ondřej Ruml, Jakub Vaněček Forwards: Šimon Bělohorský, Petr Hanyš, David Huk, Šimon Katolický, Adam Klaus, Filip Novák, Tobiáš Sekanina, Petr Tomek, Matěj Weiss
Finland	Goaltenders: William Gammals, Pyry Lammi, Vili Varonen Defensemen: Samu Alalauri, Nooa Järvenpää, Juho Piiparinen, Lauri Rantanen, Julius Suominen, Eelis Uronen Forwards: Luka Arkko, Wilmer Kallio, Jiko Laitinen, Viljo Kähkönen, Matias Myllyniemi, Milo Nuutinen, Rasmus Rinne, Oliver Suvanto, Oliver Torkki
Slovakia	Goaltenders: Dávid Dvořák, Dominik Barčák, Samuel Hrenák Defensemen: Jakub Syrný, Marko Požgay, Adam Goljer, Roderik Černák, Filip Kovalčík, Matej Bereš Forwards: Juraj Rausa, Alexej Kubat, Kristian Macák, Timur Trebula, Michal Plančár, Matej Stankoven, Kristian Rezničák, Jonas Ďurčo, Ivan Matta
South Korea	Goaltenders: Song Geun-woo, Lee Dong-geun, Lim Jae-hun Defensemen: Kim San, Ahn Geon-u, Park Moo-jin, Lee Young-min, Lee Jee-ahn, Lee Hyeong-jin Forwards: Gong Si-wan, Ryu Hang-yul, Yeo Jun-soo, Lee Seung-jae, Kwak Kyeong-min, Kwak Woo-jin, Min Dong-wook, Cho Seung-hyun, Han Sang-yoon
United States	Goaltenders: Gavin Weeks, Xavier Wendt Defensemen: Abe Barnett, AJ Francisco, Logan Lutner, Jackson Marthaler, Tyler Martyniuk, Luke Schairer Forwards: Michael Berchild, Cole Bumgarner, Aurelio Garcia, Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll, JP Hurlbert, Logan Stuart, Spencer Thornborough, Zane Torre, Parker Trottier

Source: IOC^[5]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	2	1	1	0	0	9	7	+2	5	Semifinals
2	United States	2	0	1	1	0	10	10	0	3
3	Slovakia	2	0	0	1	1	6	8	−2	1

Source: Gangwon 2024

27 January 2024 14:00

Slovakia

4–5 GWS (1–1, 3–1, 0–2) (SO: 0–1)

United States

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,056

Game reference
	Samuel Hrenák	Goalies	Xavier Wendt	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Joseph Sewell Linesmen: Mitchell Gibbs Lim Jun-seo
	0–1 01:37 – Torre (Schairer, Garcia) Syrný (Kubat) – 11:36 1–1 1–2 18:43 – Hurlbert (Francisco, Berchild) (PP) Ďurčo (Rausa, Goljer) (PP) – 22:10 2–2 Rezničák – 24:15 3–2 Rezničák (Stankoven) – 29:14 4–2 4–3 36:57 – Bumgarner (Stuart, Marthaler) 4–4 44:06 – Torre (Trottier, Berchild) (PP, EA)
	Ďurčo Goljer	Shootout	Hurlbert Berchild Francisco
	7.5 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	20	Shots	39

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28 January 2024 14:00

Czech Republic

3–2 (0–0, 0–0, 3–2)

Slovakia

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 3,830

Game reference
	Jan Láryš	Goalies	Dávid Dvořák	Referees: Mathieu Boudreau Oskar Øvstedal Linesmen: Mitchell Gibbs David Prokofyev
	0–1 33:09 – Kubat (Plančár) Katolický (Kachlíř, Novák) (PP) – 36:08 1–1 Katolický (Novák) – 37:06 2–1 Tomek (ENG) – 44:17 3–1 3–2 44:34 – Kovalčík (Macák)
	4.5 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	36	Shots	24

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29 January 2024 14:00

United States

5–6 GWS (3–1, 2–2, 0–2) (SO: 0–1)

Czech Republic

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 3,203

Game reference
	Gavin Weeks	Goalies	Jan Láryš	Referees: Mathieu Boudreau Adler Steenstra Linesmen: Mitchell Gibbs David Prokofyev
	Barnett (Francisco, Marthaler) – 05:48 1–0 1–1 08:39 – Katolický (Kachlíř, Tomek) (PP) Berchild (Trottier) – 09:30 2–1 Stuart (Barnett) – 14:59 3–1 Schairer (Hurlbert, Berchild) – 20:45 4–1 4–2 22:29 – Katolický (Tomek) 4–3 25:57 – Ruml (Nedorost, Hanyš) (PP) Hurlbert – 27:18 5–3 5–4 37:26 – Novák (SH) 5–5 42:49 – Novák (Tomek)
	Hurlbert Berchild Francisco Stuart Bumgarner Torre	Shootout	Katolický Huk Novák Tomek Kachlíř Nedorost
	7.5 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	35	Shots	19

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	0	12	1	+11	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	2	1	0	0	1	4	5	−1	3
3	South Korea (H)	2	0	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0

Source: Gangwon 2024
(H) Host

27 January 2024 20:00

South Korea

0–8 (0–3, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 3,877

Game reference
	Lim Jae-hun	Goalies	Carter Esler Colin Ellsworth	Referees: Oskar Øvstedal Adler Steenstra Linesmen: David Prokofyev Niclas Westman
	0–1 01:38 – Preston (M. Ruck, Lin) (PP) 0–2 03:03 – L. Ruck (Preston) (PP) 0–3 11:32 – L. Ruck (M. Ruck, Verhoeff) 0–4 15:09 – Di Iorio 0–5 21:34 – L. Ruck (M. Ruck) (SH) 0–6 35:32 – Lawrence (O'Donnell) 0–7 38:25 – O'Donnell (Di Iorio) (SH) 0–8 44:52 – Valentini
	6 min	Penalties	3 min
	6	Shots	53

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28 January 2024 20:00

Finland

3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 3,713

Game reference
	William Gammals	Goalies	Lim Jae-hun	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Joseph Sewell Linesmen: David Thuma Niclas Westman
	0–1 01:01 – Gong (Lee S.) Arkko (Alalauri, Kähkönen) – 11:05 1–1 Myllyniemi – 24:31 2–1 Torkki (Järvenpää, Kähkönen) – 28:53 3–1
	1.5 min	Penalties	1.5 min
	46	Shots	8

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29 January 2024 20:00

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Finland

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 2,083

Game reference
	Carter Esler	Goalies	Pyry Lammi	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Oskar Øvstedal Linesmen: Lim Jun-seo David Thuma
	Di Iorio (Edwards) – 11:40 1–0 Di Iorio (Chartrand) – 35:03 2–0 Lin (SH2) – 37:52 3–0 3–1 38:32 – Alalauri (Piiparinen, Suvanto) (PP2) Di Iorio (O'Donnell) (ENG) – 43:20 4–1
	9 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	39	Shots	19

Playoff round

	Semifinals				Final
	30 January
	Czech Republic	3
					31 January
	Finland	1
					Czech Republic	0
	30 January
					United States	4
	Canada	5
	United States (GWS)	6
					Third place
					31 January
					Canada	4
					Finland (GWS)	5

Semifinals

30 January 2024 14:00

Czech Republic

3–1 (0–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Finland

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 3,448

Game reference
	Jan Láryš Martin Psohlavec	Goalies	Pyry Lammi	Referees: Mathieu Boudreau Adler Steenstra Linesmen: Lim Jun-seo David Prokofyev
	Nedorost (Ruml, Bělohorský) (PP2) – 17:14 1–0 Bělohorský (Reisnecker) – 19:06 2–0 Novák (Vaněček, Katolický) – 29:11 3–0 3–1 34:32 – Kähkönen (Arkko, Torkki)
	4.5 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	33	Shots	25

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30 January 2024 20:00

Canada

5–6 GWS (0–0, 2–3, 3–2) (SO: 0–1)

United States

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 2,238

Game reference
	Carter Esler Mateo Beites	Goalies	Xavier Wendt	Referees: Oskar Øvstedal Joseph Sewell Linesmen: David Thuma Niclas Westman
	0–1 16:39 – Trottier Di Iorio – 17:19 1–1 1–2 17:58 – Hurlbert (Stuart) 1–3 19:44 – Gordon-Carroll (Torre) Nyman (Lin, Preston) (PP2) – 22:38 2–3 Preston – 30:29 3–3 3–4 32:22 – Trottier (Berchild) Preston (Lawrence) – 38:31 4–4 4–5 39:59 – Trottier (Martyniuk, Schairer) Nyman (Verhoeff, Lawrence) – 42:54 5–5
	Di Iorio Preston Nyman	Shootout	Hurlbert Berchild Francisco
	1.5 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	17

Bronze medal game

31 January 2024 13:00

Canada

4–5 GWS (3–2, 0–2, 1–0) (SO: 0–1)

Finland

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,652

Game reference
	Carter Esler	Goalies	William Gammals Pyry Lammi	Referees: Oskar Øvstedal Joseph Sewell Linesmen: Lim Jun-seo Niclas Westman
	Di Iorio (Edwards) – 06:15 1–0 Lawrence (Lin, O'Donnell) – 06:46 2–0 Verhoeff (Wassilyn) – 06:58 3–0 3–1 07:27 – Laitinen (Myllyniemi, Rinne) 3–2 08:20 – Arkko (Kähkönen, Kallio) (PP) 3–3 25:34 – Kallio (Nuutinen, Suvanto) 3–4 27:18 – Kähkönen (Arkko, Piiparinen) (PP) Preston (Lin) – 38:58 4–4
	Preston Valentini	Shootout	Uronen Myllyniemi
	7.5 min	Penalties	1.5 min
	36	Shots	37

Gold medal game

31 January 2024 20:00

Czech Republic

0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

United States

Gangneung Hockey Centre Attendance: 4,646

Game reference
	Jan Láryš	Goalies	Xavier Wendt	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Mathieu Boudreau Linesmen: Mitchell Gibbs David Thuma
	0–1 08:39 – Berchild (Francisco, Torre) (PP) 0–2 21:04 – Hurlbert (Stuart) 0–3 40:09 – Berchild (Trottier, Hurlbert) 0–4 43:25 – Torre (Berchild, Hurlbert) (PP)
	4.5 min	Penalties	1.5 min
	29	Shots	23

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	A	United States	4	1	2	1	0	20	15	+5	8
2	A	Czech Republic	4	2	1	0	1	12	12	0	8
3	B	Finland	4	1	1	0	2	10	12	−2	5
4	B	Canada	4	2	0	2	0	21	12	+9	8
5	A	Slovakia	2	0	0	1	1	6	8	−2	1
6	B	South Korea (H)	2	0	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0

Source: Gangwon 2024
(H) Host

References

1. "Youth Olympic Games". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
2. "Gangwon 2024 competition schedule" (PDF). Olympics.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
3. "Ice Hockey, Men's 6-Team Tournament – Competition Officials" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
4. "Ice Hockey, Men's 6-Team Tournament – Victory Ceremony Presenters" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
5. "Sports Entries Ice Hockey". International Olympic Committee. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

External links

• Official website at Olympics.com