Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

2020 Winter Youth Olympics –
Boys' tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–22 January
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	72 (7.2 per game)
Attendance	68,800 (6,880 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Matvei Michkov (14 points)
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The boys' ice hockey tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics was held from 18 to 22 January at the Vaudoise Aréna in Lausanne, Switzerland.^[1]

The Russian team won its first Youth Olympics gold medal, outscoring its opponents 29–3 throughout the tournament.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	0	15	7	+8	6	Semifinals
2	Finland	2	1	0	0	1	7	8	−1	3
3	Switzerland (H)	2	0	0	0	2	3	10	−7	0

18 January 2020 20:00

United States

7–5 (3–1, 2–1, 2–3)

Finland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Dylan Silverstein	Goalies	Topias Leinonen	Referees: Jan Jaroš Igor Prusov Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Ilia Kolyasnikov
	Stramel (McGroarty, Snuggerud) – 00:29 1–0 Brindley (Nazar) – 01:10 2–0 Howard (Duke, Lucius) – 06:22 3–0 3–1 10:31 – Laakso (Lassila) Nazar – 19:02 4–1 4–2 20:26 – Sulku (Laakso, Lassila) (PP) Howard (Fleming) – 25:25 5–2 5–3 32:24 – Sulku (Lassila, Kaskimäki) (PP) Howard – 37:44 6–3 Stramel (Duke, Borgesi) (PP) – 40:10 7–3 7–4 41:15 – Lassila (Hokkanen, Nyman) 7–5 41:42 – Sulku (Lassila, Kemell)
	16.5 min	Penalties	19 min
	32	Shots	28

19 January 2020 20:00

Switzerland

2–8 (1–3, 0–1, 1–4)

United States

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 7,800

Game reference
	Alessio Beglieri Valentino Zaetta	Goalies		Referees: Filip Eriksson Jan Jaroš Linesmen: Ilia Kolyasnikov Juraj Konc
	Greuter (Taibel) – 00:29 1–0 1–1 02:44 – Howard (Lucius, Duke) (PP) 1–2 05:30 – Howard (Brzustewicz, Hutson) (PP) 1–3 10:24 – Hutson (PS) 1–4 15:41 – Nazar (Chesley, Brindley) 1–5 31:24 – Gauthier (Nazar, Brzustewicz) 1–6 34:18 – McGroarty (Chesley) Füllemann (Comolli, Reinhard) (PP) – 40:57 2–6 2–7 41:48 – Howard (Fleming) 2–8 42:48 – Chesley (McGroarty, Snuggerud)
	6 min	Penalties	19 min
	19	Shots	39

20 January 2020 20:00

Finland

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 8,200

Game reference
	Topias Leinonen	Goalies	Alessio Beglieri	Referees: Zsombor Pálkövi Igor Prusov Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Ilia Kolyasnikov
	Rönni (Nyman, Hynninen) (PP) – 14:35 1–0 1–1 33:45 – Füllemann (Comolli, Offner) (PP) Männistö (Salin) – 44:00 2–1
	80.5 min	Penalties	94 min
	35	Shots	18

• 
  Team Finland
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  Team United States
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  Team Switzerland
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  Game-winning goal of Team United States in the match versus Team Finland
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  Game-winning penalty shot goal by Lane Hutson, USA, against Switzerland
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  Moved net in the game between Finland and Switzerland

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	2	2	0	0	0	15	2	+13	6	Semifinals
2	Canada	2	1	0	0	1	8	6	+2	3
3	Denmark	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	−15	0

18 January 2020 14:00

Canada

2–6 (0–4, 2–1, 0–1)

Russia

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Vincent Filion Dylan Ernst	Goalies	Sergei Ivanov	Referees: David Good Zsombor Pálkövi Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Juraj Konc
	0–1 06:43 – Michkov (Kvochko, Duda) (PP) 0–2 08:12 – Gazizov (Miroshnichenko) (SH) 0–3 11:21 – Michkov (Duda, Miroshnichenko) (PP) 0–4 12:53 – Malov (Gazizov, Ryzhov) 0–5 18:28 – Kvochko (Michkov) (PP) Fantilli (Ludwinski) – 19:35 1–5 Mateychuk (Fimis) – 24:33 2–5 2–6 43:17 – Malov
	19 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	17	Shots	22

19 January 2020 14:00

Denmark

0–6 (0–4, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 7,200

Game reference
	Mathias Petersen	Goalies	Vincent Filion	Referees: David Good Igor Prusov Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Shane Gustafson
	0–1 05:00 – Côté (Lindgren) 0–2 09:23 – Fantilli (Savoie, Danielson) 0–3 11:45 – Verreault (Luneau) (PP) 0–4 13:12 – Savoie (Mateychuk) (SH) 0–5 26:32 – Guindon (Verreault, Lindgren) 0–6 35:03 – Verreault (Guindon)
	4.5 min	Penalties	6 min
	8	Shots	44

20 January 2020 14:00

Russia

9–0 (3–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Denmark

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 4,300

Game reference
	Sergei Murashov	Goalies	Magnus Mortensen	Referees: Filip Eriksson David Good Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Juraj Konc
	Miroshnichenko (Michkov, Kudryavtsev) – 00:25 1–0 Michkov (Miroshnichenko, Malyavin) – 03:18 2–0 Miroshnichenko (Michkov, Safin) – 12:36 3–0 Michkov (Rogovski, Duda) (PP2) – 17:30 4–0 Kvochko (Kudryavtsev) – 20:29 5–0 Michkov (Kvochko, Kudryavtsev) – 23:29 6–0 Michkov (Kvochko) – 35:19 7–0 Miroshnichenko (Kudryavtsev) – 39:30 8–0 Dolzhenkov (Safin, Gulyayev) – 44:01 9–0
	1.5 min	Penalties	17.5 min
	41	Shots	5

Playoff round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	21 January
	Russia	10
					22 January
	Finland	1
					Russia	4
	21 January
					United States	0
	United States	2
	Canada	1
					Third place
					22 January
					Canada	4
					Finland	2

Semifinals

21 January 2020 11:00

United States

2–1 (0–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Canada

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 8,400

Game reference
	Dylan Silverstein	Goalies	Vincent Filion	Referees: Jan Jaroš Zsombor Pálkövi Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Eric Cattaneo
	Nazar (PS) – 17:59 1–0 Howard (Lucius, Brzustewicz) (PP) – 20:13 2–0 2–1 33:42 – Danielson (Fantilli, Savoie)
	7.5 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	23

21 January 2020 14:00

Russia

10–1 (3–0, 3–1, 4–0)

Finland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 7,700

Game reference
	Sergei Ivanov Sergei Murashov	Goalies	Topias Leinonen Niklas Kokko	Referees: Filip Eriksson David Good Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Juraj Konc
	Rogovski (Kvochko) – 03:48 1–0 Gazizov (Ryzhov, Malov) – 09:06 2–0 Miroshnichenko (SH) – 14:17 3–0 Michkov (Kvochko) (PP) – 15:45 4–0 4–1 19:04 – Kemell (Lassila, Kulonummi) Kvochko (Dolzhenkov, Miroshnichenko) – 21:41 5–1 Miroshnichenko (Kvochko) – 26:48 6–1 Miroshnichenko – 30:11 7–1 Gazizov (Michkov, Kvochko) (PP) – 34:42 8–1 Sapunov (Dolzhenkov, Grigoriev) (PP) – 37:59 9–1 Rogovski (Dolzhenkov) (PP) – 39:21 10–1
	17.5 min	Penalties	39.5 min
	40	Shots	21

Bronze medal game

22 January 2020 12:00

Canada

4–2 (3–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Finland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 3,600

Game reference
	Vincent Filion	Goalies	Topias Leinonen	Referees: Filip Eriksson Igor Prusov Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Ilia Kolyasnikov
	Verreault – 01:45 1–0 Danielson (Luneau) – 02:48 2–0 Guindon (Verreault, Ludwinski) – 09:40 3–0 3–1 14:17 – Laakso (Sulku) (PP2) 3–2 37:16 – Laakso (Lassila, Kemell) (PP) Guindon (Ludwinski) (ENG) – 44:28 4–2
	22 min	Penalties	20.5 min
	28	Shots	20

Gold medal game

22 January 2020 15:00

Russia

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

United States

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 8,600

Game reference
	Sergei Ivanov	Goalies	Dylan Silverstein	Referees: Jan Jaroš Zsombor Pálkövi Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Eric Cattaneo
	Michkov (Kvochko, Miroshnichenko) (PP) – 01:59 1–0 Michkov (Miroshnichenko) – 14:27 2–0 Gazizov (Michkov, Duda) (PP) – 21:46 3–0 Malov (Safin, Grigoriev) – 35:13 4–0
	1.5 min	Penalties	9 min
	26	Shots	15

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	B	Russia	4	4	0	0	0	29	3	+26	12
2	A	United States	4	3	0	0	1	17	12	+5	9
3	B	Canada	4	2	0	0	2	13	10	+3	6
4	A	Finland	4	1	0	0	3	10	22	−12	3
5	A	Switzerland (H)	2	0	0	0	2	3	10	−7	0
6	B	Denmark	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	−15	0

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament.

1. ^ "Ice Hockey – 6-Team Tournament, Men – Competition Schedule" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.