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2012 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host countries  Finland
  Sweden
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates4–20 May
Opened by Sauli Niinistö and Carl XVI Gustaf
Teams16
Final positions
Champions    Russia (4th title)
Runner-up    Slovakia
Third place    Czech Republic
Fourth place  Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played64
Goals scored376 (5.88 per game)
Attendance451,054 (7,048 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Russia Evgeni Malkin
(19 points)
MVP Russia Evgeni Malkin
←  2011
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HockeyBird, the tournament's mascot.

The 2012 IIHF World Championship was the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 4–20 May 2012 in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. This tournament determined the countries' seeding for the men's Olympic Ice Hockey tournament in Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and for all countries participating in the qualification program leading up to the Olympics. [1]

Russia won the tournament by defeating Slovakia 6–2 in the Final game; the Russians finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 10–0–0, becoming the first team to win every game in regulation since the Soviet Union in the 1989 World Championships. [2] The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating co-host Finland 3–2 in the bronze medal game. [3] The tournament's top scorer, Russia's Evgeni Malkin, was named the most valuable player of the tournament. [4]

Host selection

At the IIHF congress in Moscow in 2007 four nations submitted bids to host the 2012 World Championship: Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The Hungarian and Czech bids were withdrawn before the vote, which was then contested by Finland and Sweden. Finland won with 64 votes to Sweden's 35. [5] Sweden later won the vote to host the 2013 World Championship. At the congress in Bern in 2009, it was announced that Finland and Sweden would instead co-host both the 2012 and 2013 tournaments. [6]

Kimmo Leinonen served as the general secretary of the jointly-hosted events. [7]

Voting results

Country Votes
  Finland 64
  Sweden 35

Venues

Group A preliminary round and quarterfinals were played in Hartwall Areena, Helsinki. Group B preliminary round and quarterfinals were played in Ericsson Globe, Stockholm. All semifinal and medal games were played at the Hartwall Areena.

Hartwall Areena
Capacity: 13,506
Ericsson Globe
Capacity: 13,850
  Finland – Helsinki   Sweden – Stockholm

Format

For the first time since 2000, a new format was adopted in the IIHF World Hockey Championships. The preliminary round and qualification round were merged into one (two pools of eight teams), with the top four teams from each pool advancing to the quarterfinals. [8]

Rosters

Each team's roster for the 2012 IIHF World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters ( forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. [9] All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting.

Summary

Preliminary round

Group H (Helsinki)

This group saw the three favourites, Canada, the United States and Finland advance pretty easily. All three teams advanced a day before the group play was done. Canada lost just one game, their second game, against the Americans in overtime. [10] The Americans themselves needed to win their last game against Switzerland to capture the second place in the group ahead of Finland and did so with the result being 5–2. [11] For the final spot of advancing, Slovakia and France played in a "final", where France needed a win to advance to the quarterfinals. The game was close throughout, tied the whole way until it was 4–4, this is when Slovakia scored the final and decisive goal to win 5–4 and get to the fourth spot in the group. [12] France, Switzerland were eliminated alongside Belarus, with Kazakhstan finishing in the last spot and being relegated. [13] They ended the tournament with one point, by losing to the United States in overtime. [14] Canada faced Slovakia, and the United States played against Finland in the quarterfinals.

Group S (Stockholm)

Russia went through the group undefeated by winning all seven games. Co-host Sweden captured the second place, after falling short to Russia. [15] Czech Republic rounded up the third place and advanced to the quarterfinals. Norway, Latvia and Germany all fought for the last spot in the next round but Germany was eliminated after failing miserably 4–12 to Norway. [16] Latvia lost to Denmark and was eliminated, [17] which meant that Norway advanced. Italy finished last and was relegated to Division I. [18] In the quarterfinals, Russia took on Norway, while Sweden battled the Czech Republic.

Quarterfinals

Canada vs. Slovakia

The Slovak team was the underdog going against Team Canada who had lost just one game so far. But the game started with a surprising strong start by Slovakia, who scored twice in the first 10 minutes to get a 2–0 lead. Evander Kane was able to cut into the lead before going into the first break. [19] In the second period Canada scored twice and got the lead and Slovakia was down by one going into the last period. With just 6 and a half minutes to go Milan Bartovič tied the game before Michal Handzuš even took the lead with a bit over two minutes to go. Canada pulled the goalie but was not able to connect against and lost 3–4. [20] The crowd was stunned and the surprise perfect, Slovakia advanced to the semifinals while Canada was eliminated. [21]

Russia vs. Norway

The undefeated Russian team added Alexander Semin and Alexander Ovechkin to their roster before the quarterfinals. Ovechkin went right away and scored the equalizer after Per-Åge Skrøder gave Norway the lead. After Russia took the lead, Patrick Thoresen made it a tied game just 28 seconds after the second period started, with his 18th point of the tournament.[ citation needed] The game went into the last period tied, 2–2. Not even one minute into the third period, Alexei Emelin gave Russia the lead. [22] After Russia raised the lead to two, Ilya Nikulin finished Norway off by making it a 5–2 lead with just five minutes to go. Norway was outshot 45–21 and eliminated. [23]

United States vs. Finland

Co-Host Finland tried to advance against the US-team who they lost to in the preliminary round. The first period ended scoreless, before Jesse Joensuu broke the tie, just to be answered 21 seconds later by Kyle Palmieri. With the game going 1–1 into the last period, the United States took the lead with under two minutes played. [24] Mikko Koivu tied the game seven minutes before the end of the game. With everyone expecting an overtime, Jesse Joensuu struck again, just nine seconds before the end. [25] The US pulled the goalie but never had another chance and were eliminated. [26]

Sweden vs. Czech Republic

The last quarterfinals saw Co-host Sweden going up against the Czech team. The first period ended in a 2–1 lead for the Czech Republic after Sweden took the lead early on. Martin Erat scored and gave the Czechs a two-goal lead before Henrik Zetterberg cut into the lead 45 seconds before the end of the second period. [27] Jonathan Ericsson continued the Swedish way of climbing back by tying the game just 45 seconds into the last period. Both teams had their chance in the next few minutes, Sweden hit the post and the Czechs failed to score against Viktor Fasth. [28] 29 seconds before the end, Michálek took the puck away from a Swedish defender and scored. Sweden pulled the goalie and had one last chance but it was missed and the Czech advanced to the semifinals. The Czechs became the first team since Finland in 2000 to eliminate Sweden in a World Championship quarterfinal. [29]

Semifinals

Russia vs. Finland

Seven minutes into the game, Janne Niskala gave Finland the lead. Two goals from Evgeni Malkin brought Russia back into the game going into the first intermission. [30] In the second period Alexander Ovechkin increased the lead to 3–1; a while later Malkin would increase Russia's lead to 4–1. Denis Kokarev then scored another goal and with Russia in control of the game, yet another after that. [31] Four minutes before the end of the game Mikael Granlund scored the last goal of the game, as it ended 6–2 in favour of Russia although they were out-shot 23 to 31. Malkin was the player of the game with scoring a hat trick to give him 18 points for the tournament. Russia advanced to the final to try to win their twenty-sixth title, while Finland will battle for bronze. [32]

Czech Republic vs. Slovakia

The Slovak team tried to continue their ride at this championship by advancing to the final even though the Czech team was the favorite before the game started. The game started slow, but Miroslav Šatan broke the tie 15 minutes into the game to give Slovakia the lead. Another 15 minutes in, this time the second period, Michael Frolík made it a 1–1 game going into the last period. [33] The third period was not more than one minute old, when Šatan struck again with his second goal, despite Slovakia being shorthanded. Libor Hudáček then gave Slovakia a two-goal lead four minutes later. The Czech team had 15 minutes to turn the game around but did not create enough opportunities. They pulled their goaltender with two minutes to go, but Slovakia kept up their defense well enough not to concede another goal. [34] Slovakia finished off another upset and advanced to the final, while the Czech Republic plays in the bronze medal game. Slovakia had no penalties but was outshot by nine. [35]

Bronze medal game

The bronze medal game featured Finland and the Czech Republic. The Czechs took the lead in the first period before Finland tied the game at one, three minutes before the first break. Jiří Novotný and David Krejčí raised the lead to two goals, being 3–1 at the first intermission. [36] The second period went scoreless before the Finnish team got new hope when Jussi Jokinen scored a goal ten minutes before the end of the game. But they did not score again, and the Czech team captured the bronze medal and Finland ended the tournament in fourth place. [3]

Gold medal game

The gold medal game featured Russia and Slovakia. Slovakia played in the World Championship final game for the first time since 2002, while Russia advanced to their fourth gold medal game in the last five years. Russia defeated Slovakia 6–2 to take home the gold medal from the tournament. The Russian team went through the tournament undefeated. [2]

Nations

The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. 13 nations from Europe, 2 nations from North America and 1 nation from Asia are represented. [37]

Participating Nations of 2012 IIHF World Championship
Asia
Europe
North America
  1. ^ a b Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2011 IIHF World Championship
  3. ^ Qualified as hosts (and as automatic qualifier)

Officials

The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2012 IIHF World Championship. They were the following: [38]

Referees
Linesmen
  • Switzerland Roger Arm
  • Czech Republic Petr Blumel
  • Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
  • Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
  • France Pierre Dehaen
  • Canada François Dussureault
  • Norway Jon Killian
  • United States Jonathan Morisson
  • Finland Masi Puolakka
  • Germany Andre Schrader
  • Germany Sirko Schulz
  • Estonia Anton Semionov
  • Russia Sergei Shelyanin
  • Finland Sakari Suominen
  • Slovakia Miroslav Valach
  • Canada Jesse Wilmot

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2011 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding world ranking): [39]

Preliminary round

The top four teams in each group moved to the quarterfinals where the group winner met the fourth place, and the group runner-up met the third place within the same group. The last placed team in each group was relegated to Division I, Group A. [40]

Group H

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
  Canada 7 6 0 1 0 35 15 +20 19 Playoff Round
  United States 7 4 2 0 1 32 17 +15 16
  Finland 7 5 0 0 2 21 14 +7 15
  Slovakia 7 5 0 0 2 21 13 +8 15
  France 7 3 0 0 4 21 32 −11 9
   Switzerland 7 2 0 0 5 16 21 −5 6
  Belarus 7 1 0 0 6 11 23 −12 3
  Kazakhstan 7 0 0 1 6 11 33 −22 1 Relegated to Division I A
Source:[ citation needed]

All times are local ( UTC+3).

4 May 2012
12:15
United States 7–2
(1-1, 3–1, 3–0)
  France Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,402
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoalies Cristobal HuetReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Germany Andre Schrader
0–112:17 – N. Besch ( L. Meunier, Y. Auvitu)
K. Okposo ( A. Goligoski, J. Faulk) – 16:521–1
J. Johnson ( R. Lasch, J. Faulk) (PP) – 23:562–1
B. Ryan ( M. Pacioretty, P. Stastny) (PP) – 29:153–1
3–233:17 – P. Bellemare ( S. Treille) (EA)
M. Pacioretty (P. Stastny, A. Goligoski) – 39:384–2
J. Slater ( K. Palmieri) – 45:385–2
K. Okposo ( C. Fowler, J. Faulk) – 51:006–2
J. Petry (M. Pacioretty, P. Stastny) (EA) – 57:417–2
6 minPenalties12 min
35Shots23
4 May 2012
16:15
Canada 3–2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–1)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,400
Game reference
Cam WardGoalies Peter HamerlíkReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Germany Georg Jablukov
Linesmen:
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
J. Benn ( R. Getzlaf, D. Keith) – 14:211–0
1–121:58 – T. Tatar ( J. Mikúš)
J. Eberle ( E. Kane) – 32:302–1
A. Ladd ( R. O'Reilly, T. Purcell) – 35:213–1
3–242:59 – M. Bartovič ( M. Bližňák, M. Haščák)
2 minPenalties4 min
30Shots22
4 May 2012
20:15
Belarus 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,354
Game reference
Vitali KovalGoalies Kari LehtonenReferees:
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Germany Sirko Schulz
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–119:18 – J. Niskala ( M. Koivu, M. Granlund)
14 minPenalties8 min
21Shots38
5 May 2012
15:00
Switzerland 5–1
(2–0, 3–1, 0–0)
  Kazakhstan Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,221
Game reference
Reto BerraGoalies Vitaly Kolesnik
Alexei Ivanov
Referees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killan
Germany Andre Schrader
I. Rüthemann ( D. Hollenstein) – 09:481–0
M. Streit ( R. Wick, S. Blindenbacher) (PP) – 11:042–0
2–121:36 – R. Savchenko ( R. Starchenko)
M. Streit (S. Blindenbacher) (PP2) – 24:043–1
I. Rüthemann (D. Hollenstein, M. Streit) (PP) – 32:084–1
F. Du Bois (I. Rüthemann, M. Bieber) – 36:535–1
8 minPenalties14 min
48Shots20
5 May 2012
19:00
Canada 4–5 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 2–2)
( OT 0–1)
  United States Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,842
Game reference
Cam WardGoalies Jimmy HowardReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–101:10 – J. Slater ( R. Lasch)
J. Tavares ( D. Keith) – 06:381–1
J. Skinner (J. Tavares, J. Bouwmeester) – 27:342–1
2–233:54 – J. Johnson ( M. Pacioretty, B. Ryan) (PP)
2–346:43 – P. Dwyer (SH)
E. Kane – 49:513–3
3–456:19 – N. Thompson ( J. Crabb, P. Dwyer)
D. Keith – 58:214–4
4–561:47 – J. Johnson
8 minPenalties6 min
34Shots46
6 May 2012
12:15
France 6–3
(3–1, 1–1, 2–1)
  Kazakhstan Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,673
Game reference
Cristobal HuetGoalies Alexei Ivanov
Vitaliy Yeremeyev
Referees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killan
Germany Sirko Schulz
K. Hecquefeuille ( L. Meunier, J. Desrosiers) – 08:591–0
N. Besch (L. Meunier) – 11:272–0
S. Treille ( S. Da Costa, P. Bellemare) – 14:533–0
3–117:13 – V. Krasnoslobodtsev ( D. Dudarev, R. Starchenko)
J. Desrosiers ( Y. Treille, L. Meunier) – 27:494–1
4–233:16 – F. Polishchuk ( A. Troschinsky, R. Savchenko)
4–340:42 – T. Zhailauov (D. Dudarev, V. Novopashin)
P. Bellemare ( A. Guttig, S. Da Costa) – 51:025–3
K. Hecquefeuille (J. Desrosiers, Y. Auvitu) – 56:146–3
39 minPenalties24 min
41Shots23
6 May 2012
16:15
Finland 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,855
Game reference
Petri VehanenGoalies Ján LacoReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
Canada Jesse Wilmot
J. Pesonen ( M. Granlund, J. Immonen) (EA) – 07:321–0
4 minPenalties10 min
22Shots26
6 May 2012
20:15
Switzerland 3–2
(2–1, 0–1, 1–0)
  Belarus Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,249
Game reference
Tobias StephanGoalies Vitali KovalReferees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Finland Masi Puolakka
Germany Andre Schrader
S. Moser ( F. Du Bois) – 06:551–0
1–110:26 – A. Ugarov ( A. Stepanov, V. Denisov)
S. Moser ( K. Romy, D. Brunner) – 11:572–1
2–221:34 – K. Koltsov ( D. Korobov, A. Kalyuzhny)
K. Romy (D. Brunner) – 47:483–2
6 minPenalties6 min
35Shots21
7 May 2012
16:15
France 2–7
(1–4, 1–1, 0–2)
  Canada Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,415
Game reference
Fabrice LhenryGoalies Devan DubnykReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Germany Georg Jablukov
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
0–101:59 – R. Nugent-Hopkins ( P. Sharp, J. Benn)
0–209:56 – P. Sharp ( J. Tavares, R. Nugent-Hopkins) (PP)
0–313:54 – J. Benn (P. Sharp, L. Schenn)
0–417:21 – J. Benn ( C. Perry)
B. Henderson – 19:221–4
1–533:19 – J. Eberle (P. Sharp, D. Keith (PP)
A. Rouleau ( A. Roussel) – 33:492–5
2–649:56 – R. Nugent-Hopkins (P. Sharp, M. Methot)
2–752:19 – C. Perry ( R. Getzlaf, E. Kane)
6 minPenalties4 min
21Shots37
7 May 2012
20:15
United States 2–4
(1–3, 1–0, 0–1)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,948
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoalies Ján LacoReferees:
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Finland Masi Puolakka
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–100:47 – D. Graňák ( L. Hudáček)
0–215:04 – B. Radivojevič ( T. Kopecký, M. Handzuš)
J. Faulk ( K. Okposo, J. Slater) – 15:411–2
1–319:54 – A. Sekera ( M. Bližňák)
P. Stastny ( M. Pacioretty, C. Fowler) (PP2) – 38:472–3
2–459:23 – M. Šatan (ENG)
6 minPenalties6 min
20Shots32
8 May 2012
16:15
Belarus 3–2
(0–1, 3–1, 0–0)
  Kazakhstan Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,221
Game reference
Andrei MezinGoalies Vitaliy YeremeyevReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Finland Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–102:32 – V. Krasnoslobodtsev
0–227:42 – V. Krasnoslobodtsev ( D. Dudarev, V. Yeremeyev)
K. Koltsov (SH) – 28:481–2
M. Grabovski ( R. Graborenko) – 33:372–2
E. Kovyrshin – 33:523–2
12 minPenalties6 min
32Shots30
8 May 2012
20:15
Finland 5–2
(1–0, 2–2, 2–0)
   Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,448
Game reference
Kari LehtonenGoalies Reto BerraReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Canada David Lewis
Linesmen:
Germany Andre Schrader
Germany Sirko Schulz
J. Immonen ( J. Niskala, A. Salmela) (PP) – 06:301–0
1–125:44 – A. Ambühl ( L. Sbisa)
L. Komarov ( J. Järvinen, J. Joensuu) – 26:052–1
J. Immonen ( J. Pesonen, M. Granlund) – 36:453–1
3–237:44 – R. Wick ( M. Streit) (PP)
V. Filppula ( J. Jokinen, J. Hietanen (PP) – 49:464–2
V. Filppula ( O. Väänänen, J. Jokinen) – 51.565–2
18 minPenalties10 min
26Shots28
9 May 2012
16:15
Slovakia 4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1)
  Kazakhstan Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,706
Game reference
Ján LacoGoalies Vitali YeremeyevReferees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
D. Graňák ( M. Šatan, L. Hudáček) – 01:081–0
1–111:18 – Y. Rymarev ( V. Novopashin, D. Shemelin)
L.Hudáček (D. Graňák, Z. Chára)(PP) – 37:492–1
2–243:15 – K. Pushkarev ( T. Zhailauov, D. Upper)
T. Kopecký ( I. Baranka, A. Sekera) – 48:183–2
T. Kopecký ( M. Handzuš, B. Radivojevič)(PP) – 59:464–2
4 minPenalties8 min
33Shots22
9 May 2012
20:15
Canada 3–2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)
   Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,829
Game reference
Cam WardGoalies Tobias StephanReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Finland Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Finland Masi Puolakka
0–101:40 – D. Brunner ( G. Bezina, K. Romy)
J. Tavares ( J. Eberle, J. Skinner) – 20:351–1
J. Eberle (J. Tavares) – 40:412–1
2–243:49 – G. Bezina (K. Romy, D. Brunner) (PP)
R. Getzlaf ( C. Ward) – 48:023–2
6 minPenalties8 min
30Shots30
10 May 2012
16:15
United States 5–3
(2–1, 1–1, 2–1)
  Belarus Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,441
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoalies Andrei Mezin
Vitali Koval
Referees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
Canada David Lewis
Linesmen:
Germany Sirko Schulz
Canada Jesse Wilmot
J. Abdelkader ( J. T. Brown, J. Petry) – 01:391–0
J. Atkinson (J. Abdelkader) – 06:312–0
2–116:15 – A. Kalyuzhny ( D. Korobov, M. Grabovski)
2–222:50 – A. Ugarov (M. Grabovski, E. Kovyrshin) (PP)
N. Thompson ( P. Dwyer, J. Crabb) – 38:213–2
B. Ryan ( M. Pacioretty, C. Fowler) – 52:104–2
P. Stastny (M. Pacioretty, J. Johnson) – 55:345–2
5–359:50 – E. Kovyrshin (M. Grabovski, A. Kalyuzhny) (PP2, EA)
22 minPenalties16 min
36Shots26
10 May 2012
20:15
France 1–7
(0–1, 0–4, 1–2)
  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,957
Game reference
Fabrice LhenryGoalies Petri VehanenReferees:
United States Steve Patafie
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Germany Andre Schrader
0–110:12 – J. Immonen ( J. Pesonen, M. Granlund) (PP)
0–230:00 – M. Koivu ( J. Hietanen, V. Filppula)
0–333:49 – J. Jokinen ( M. Mäenpää, M. Koivu) (PP)
0–437:12 – J. Niskala ( J. Joensuu, V. Filppula)
0–538:08 – N. Kapanen ( J. Tuppurainen)
A. Guttig ( S. Da Costa, T. Da Costa) (PP) – 43:341–5
1–644:01 – J. Jokinen (M. Koivu, V. Filppula) (PP)
1–750:00 – J. Hietanen (M. Mäenpää, M. Koivu) (PP)
14 minPenalties12 min
18Shots37
11 May 2012
16:15
Kazakhstan 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
( OT 0–1)
  United States Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,856
Game reference
Vitaly KolesnikGoalies Richard BachmanReferees:
Finland Jari Levonen
Canada David Lewis
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Germany Andre Schrader
0–134:12 – J. Brown ( J. Abdelkader)
K. Pushkarev ( T. Zhailauov, D. Upper) – 38:171–1
1–244:58 – J. Faulk ( A. Goligoski)
T. Zhailauov (K. Pushkarev, V. Novopashin) – 55:542–2
2–364:38 – J. Faulk ( M. Pacioretty, P. Stastny)
2 minPenalties4 min
19Shots50
11 May 2012
20:15
Finland 3–5
(2–0, 1–3, 0–2)
  Canada Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,059
Game reference
Kari LehtonenGoalies Cam WardReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
A. Pihlström ( N. Kapanen) – 05:531–0
M. Koivu ( J. Jokinen) (PP) – 10:312–0
2–125:34 – A. Burrows ( R. O'Reilly, M. Methot)
J. Jokinen ( A. Salmela) (PP) – 27:363–1
3–234:31 – J. Tavares ( J. Skinner, K. Russell)
3–338:18 – J. Skinner ( R. Nugent-Hopkins, D. Keith)
3–446:04 – E. Kane ( C. Perry)
3–559:36 – J. Eberle (J. Tavares, D. Keith) (ENG)
4 minPenalties12 min
38Shots26
12 May 2012
12:15
Slovakia 5–1
(1–0, 4–1, 0–0)
  Belarus Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,032
Game reference
Ján LacoGoalies Vitali KovalReferees:
Finland Jari Levonen
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Finland Masi Puolakka
A. Sekera ( I. Baranka, M. Handzuš) – 06:451–0
B. Radivojevič (A. Sekera) – 23:162–0
M. Miklík ( J. Mikúš, T. Tatar) – 24:583–0
T. Kopecký (B. Radivojevič) – 25:484–0
J. Mikúš (T. Tatar, M. Miklík) – 26:565–0
5–134:56 – A. Kalyuzhny ( A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn) (PP)
18 minPenalties8 min
40Shots31
12 May 2012
16:15
Switzerland 2–4
(0–1, 2–1, 0–2)
  France Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,155
Game reference
Tobias StephanGoalies Cristobal HuetReferees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–117:11 – Y. Auvitu ( K. Hecquefeuille, L. Meunier) (PP)
0–232:44 – T. Da Costa ( C. Bertrand, A. Roussel)
D. Brunner ( P. Furrer, S. Blindenbacher) – 33:141–2
D. Brunner ( K. Romy) – 35:042–2
2–346:21 – L. Meunier (PP)
2–447:05 – S. Da Costa ( P. Bellemare, B. Amar) (PP)
31 minPenalties10 min
43Shots27
12 May 2012
20:15
Kazakhstan 0–8
(0–1, 0–2, 0–5)
  Canada Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,151
Game reference
Vitaly Kolesnik
Vitaliy Yeremeyev
Goalies Devan DubnykReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
Germany Sirko Schulz
0–115:45 – D. Phaneuf ( R. Getzlaf) (PP)
0–232:05 – C. Perry ( D. Keith, J. Bouwmeester)
0–337:03 – A. Burrows ( J. Eberle, D. Keith) (SH)
0–442:57 – E. Kane (C. Perry, R. Getzlaf)
0–543:39 – J. Tavares (J. Eberle, K. Russell)
0–643:47 – T. Purcell ( J. Benn)
0–745:53 – D. Phaneuf (R. Getzlaf, D. Keith)
0–856:13 – R. Nugent-Hopkins ( P. Sharp, A. Ladd)
8 minPenalties10 min
24Shots58
13 May 2012
16:15
Finland 0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)
  United States Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,652
Game reference
Kari LehtonenGoalies Jimmy HowardReferees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–116:19 – M. Pacioretty
0–235:33 – K. Palmieri ( C. Atkinson, C. Butler)
0–337:56 – J. Faulk ( A. Goligoski, M. Pacioretty) (PP)
0–442:12 – C. Butler ( J. Petry, C. Atkinson)
0–544:08 – B. Ryan ( C. Smith)
39 minPenalties6 min
18Shots31
13 May 2012
20:15
Switzerland 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,257
Game reference
Reto BerraGoalies Ján LacoReferees:
Canada David Lewis
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
Finland Masi Puolakka
Germany Andre Schrader
0–118:13 – T. Tatar ( J. Mikúš, M. Miklík)
4 minPenalties2 min
21Shots30
14 May 2012
16:15
Belarus 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
  France Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,583
Game reference
Vitali Koval
Dmitri Milchakov
Goalies Cristobal HuetReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Finland Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Germany Sirko Schulz
A. Kalyuzhny ( A. Ugarov, D. Korobov) – 08:151–0
1–137:57 – K. Hecquefeuille ( V. Bachet, P. Bellemare)
1–258:43 – Y. Auvitu (P. Bellemare, S. Da Costa)
6 minPenalties10 min
22Shots32
14 May 2012
20:15
Kazakhstan 1–4
(0–0, 0–3, 1–1)
  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,443
Game reference
Vitaly KolesnikGoalies Petri VehanenReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
0–124:02 – J. Jokinen ( M. Mäenpää, V. Filppula) (PP)
0–231:38 – M. Mäenpää ( J. Hietanen, V. Filppula) (PP2)
0–337:43 – V. Filppula ( T. Kiiskinen, M. Koivu)
0–441:15 – V. Filppula (M. Koivu, J. Hietanen) (PP)
K. Pushkarev ( D. Upper, V. Novopashin) (PP) – 49:031–4
18 minPenalties10 min
18Shots48
15 May 2012
12:15
Canada 5–1
(1–1, 3–0, 1–0)
  Belarus Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,140
Game reference
Cam WardGoalies Dmitri MilchakovReferees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
Finland Masi Puolakka
Germany Andre Schrader
R. O'Reilly ( A. Ladd, D. Keith) – 02:161–0
1–114:25 – S. Kostitsyn ( E. Kovyrshin, A. Kostitsyn)
C. Perry ( R. Getzlaf, D. Keith) – 29:102–1
R. Getzlaf ( E. Kane, C. Perry) – 32:463–1
R. Nugent-Hopkins ( J. Tavares, P. Sharp) – 34:114–1
R. O'Reilly (A. Ladd) – 48:165–1
58 minPenalties45 min
28Shots18
15 May 2012
15:15
Slovakia 5–4
(2–2, 1–1, 2–1)
  France Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,481
Game reference
Ján LacoGoalies Cristobal HuetReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Germany Sirko Schulz
Canada Jesse Wilmot
M. Bartovič ( M. Bližňák, A. Sekera) – 02:361–0
T. Kopecký ( B. Radivojevič) – 06:502–0
2–107:11 – Y. Treille ( A. Rouleau, J. Desrosiers)
2–215:00 – T. Da Costa
M. Handzuš ( Z. Chára, A. Sekera) (PP) – 35:263–2
3–339:21 – D. Fleury ( L. Meunier)
B. Radivojevič – 40:394–3
4–445:17 – A. Roussel ( S. Da Costa)
B. Radivojevič (A. Sekera) (PP) – 50:275–4
4 minPenalties20 min
29Shots28
15 May 2012
20:15
United States 5–2
(0–0, 2–1, 3–1)
   Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,212
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoalies Reto BerraReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–120:21 – I. Rüthemann ( D. Brunner, K. Romy)
B. Ryan ( M. Pacioretty, C. Fowler) – 22:391–1
C. Fowler ( P. Stastny) – 36:522–1
P. Stastny (B. Ryan, M. Pacioretty) (PP) – 45:223–1
A. Goligoski ( J. Abdelkader, K. Palmieri) – 26:044–1
4–254:43 – M. Trachsler ( B. Plüss, R. Josi)
J. Petry (P. Stastny) – 54:595–2
10 minPenalties8 min
24Shots27

Group S

Game between Sweden and Norway at Ericsson Globe.
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
  Russia 7 7 0 0 0 27 8 +19 21 Playoff Round
  Sweden 7 6 0 0 1 29 15 +14 18
  Czech Republic 7 4 1 0 2 24 11 +13 14
  Norway 7 4 0 1 2 33 19 +14 13
  Latvia 7 2 0 0 5 11 19 −8 6
  Germany 7 2 0 0 5 14 31 −17 6
  Denmark 7 1 0 1 5 13 23 −10 4
  Italy 7 0 1 0 6 6 31 −25 2 Relegated to Division I A
Source:[ citation needed]

All times are local ( UTC+2).

4 May 2012
12:15
Germany 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  Italy Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,033
Game reference
Dennis EndrasGoalies Daniel BellissimoReferees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
Canada François Dussureault
C. Schubert ( C. Ullmann) – 16:161–0
P. Reimer (C. Ullmann, P. Gogulla) – 22:422–0
C. Fischer (P. Gogulla, C. Ullmann) (PP) – 45:113–0
6 minPenalties10 min
46Shots22
4 May 2012
16:15
Czech Republic 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  Denmark Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,610
Game reference
Jakub KovářGoalies Frederik AndersenReferees:
United States Keith Kaval
Canada David Lewis
Linesmen:
United States Jonathan Morisson
Finland Sakari Suominen
A. Hemský ( P. Nedvěd, T. Plekanec) – 39:551–0
P. Tenkrát ( M. Frolík, T. Plekanec) – 57:212–0
8 minPenalties8 min
24Shots26
4 May 2012
20:15
Sweden 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
  Norway Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,770
Game reference
Jhonas EnrothGoalies Lars HaugenReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Estonia Anton Semionov
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
J. Silfverberg ( E. Karlsson, C. Järnkrok) (PP) – 16:481–0
1–120:20 – M. Hansen ( P.-Å. Skrøder)
M. Krüger ( N. Hjalmarsson, D. Alfredsson) – 22:292–1
L. Eriksson ( H. Zetterberg, D. Alfredsson) – 44:183–1
18 minPenalties16 min
44Shots20
5 May 2012
16:15
Latvia 2–5
(1–0, 0–2, 1–3)
  Russia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,219
Game reference
Edgars MasaļskisGoalies Semyon VarlamovReferees:
United States Keith Kaval
Canada David Lewis
Linesmen:
Canada François Dussureault
Finland Sakari Suominen
M. Indrašis ( G. Galviņš, J. Sprukts) – 11:321–0
1–133:45 – I. Nikulin ( A. Perezhogin, E. Malkin) (PP)
1–236:29 – E. Malkin (I. Nikulin) (PP)
1–345:03 – E. Malkin ( A. Popov)
1–450:53 – A. Popov (A. Perezhogin, I. Nikulin)
M. Cipulis ( G. Pujacs, O. Bārtulis) – 55:212–4
2–556:53 – E. Kuznetsov ( N. Kulemin)
6 minPenalties8 min
26Shots40
5 May 2012
20:15
Sweden 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
  Czech Republic Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 10,076
Game reference
Viktor FasthGoalies Jakub ŠtěpánekReferees:
Finland Antti Boman
Finland Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
J. Franzén ( L. Eriksson, H. Zetterberg) – 02:421–0
N. Kronwall (H. Zetterberg) – 20:502–0
2–143:44 – J. Petružálek ( A. Hemský)
J. Lundqvist ( N. Persson, J. Larsson) – 50:243–1
N. Persson ( V. Hedman, J. Lundqvist) (ENG) – 58:044–1
8 minPenalties6 min
20Shots17
6 May 2012
12:15
Denmark 3–4 OT
(0–2, 3–1, 0–0)
( OT 0–1)
  Italy Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,878
Game reference
Frederik AndersenGoalies Daniel BellissimoReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Finland Antti Boman
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
0–114:12 – L. Ansoldi ( G. Scandella)
0–214:30 – M. de Marchi ( N. Fontanive)
L. Eller ( F. Nielsen, J. Jensen) – 20:141–2
J. Jensen ( M. Green, D. Nielsen) – 24:422–2
J. Jensen – 31:533–2
3–333:56 – M. de Marchi (G. Scandella, N. Plastino)
3–460:52 – G. Scandella
6 minPenalties8 min
35Shots24
6 May 2012
16:15
Russia 4–2
(0–0, 3–2, 1–0)
  Norway Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,438
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Lars VoldenReferees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
United States Jonathan Morisson
E. Kuznetsov ( D. Kalinin, A. Emelin) (PP) – 21:211–0
D. Denisov ( Y. Medvedev, E. Kuznetsov) – 27:012–0
2–130:34 – M. Ask ( J. Holøs, P. Thoresen) (PP2)
N. Kulemin ( E. Malkin) – 32:463–1
3–235:52 – M. Holtet ( P. Skrøder, J. Holøs) (PP)
A. Perezhogin (E. Malkin) – 40:404–2
8 minPenalties10 min
46Shots21
6 May 2012
20:15
Germany 2–3
(0–1, 2–1, 0–1)
  Latvia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,162
Game reference
Dennis EndrasGoalies Edgars MasaļskisReferees:
Finland Jari Levonen
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
Estonia Anton Semionov
0–111:09 – M. Indrašis ( J. Sprukts, G. Galviņš)
0–223:10 – M. Rēdlihs (J. Sprukts, M. Indrašis)
J. Tripp ( K. Hospelt, K. Lavallee) – 24:581–2
K. Hospelt ( P. Reimer, P. Gogulla) – 32:032–2
2–352:15 – A. Širokovs ( K. Daugaviņš) (PP)
6 minPenalties0 min
37Shots27
7 May 2012
16:15
Czech Republic 4–3 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
( OT 0–0)
( SO: 1–0)
  Norway Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,383
Game reference
Jakub KovářGoalies Lars HaugenReferees:
Canada David Lewis
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
Canada François Dussureault
0–111:16 – M. Olimb ( J. Holøs, M. Ask) (PP2)
A. Hemský ( P. Nedvěd) – 16:411–1
1–221:39 – L. Spets ( A. Bastiansen, M. Olimb)
D. Krejčí ( P. Tenkrát) – 37:042–2
M. Frolík ( T. Plekanec, M. Michálek) – 47:563–2
3–350:51 – J. Holøs ( A. Bonsaksen, P. Thoresen)
A. Hemský GOAL
P. Nedvěd MISS
D. Krejčí MISS
Shootout MISS P. Skrøder
MISS P. Thoresen
MISS M. Ask
8 minPenalties4 min
31Shots31
7 May 2012
20:15
Denmark 4–6
(1–4, 1–2, 2–0)
  Sweden Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 8,119
Game reference
Frederik AndersenGoalies Jhonas EnrothReferees:
United States Keith Kaval
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
0–102:06 – V. Stålberg ( M. Krüger, N. Hjalmarsson)
0–206:06 – L. Eriksson ( J. Franzén) (PP)
0–311:05 – L. Eriksson ( H. Zetterberg, J. Franzén) (PP)
0–411:43 – V. Stålberg (M. Krüger, G. Landeskog)
N. Hardt ( J. Hansen, P. Larsen) (PP2) – 18:271–4
1–520:43 – D. Alfredsson (L. Eriksson, S. Kronwall)
1–629:16 – H. Zetterberg (S. Kronwall, J. Franzén)
N. Hardt ( F. Nielsen, L. Eller) (PP) – 38:472–6
L. Eller (N. Hardt, F. Nielsen) – 40:213–6
M. Green (J. Hansen, D. Nielsen) – 51:274–6
10 minPenalties12 min
18Shots42
8 May 2012
16:15
Latvia 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
  Italy Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,785
Game reference
Edgars MasaļskisGoalies Daniel Bellissimo
Thomas Tragust
Referees:
United States Keith Kaval
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
United States Jonathan Morisson
Finland Sakari Suominen
R. Ķēniņš ( A. Bērziņš) – 18:241–0
G. Meija (R. Ķēniņš, O. Bārtulis) – 24:162–0
O. Bārtulis ( M. Cipulis) – 37:543–0
M. Indrašis ( J. Sprukts, G. Galviņš) – 40:434–0
K. Rēdlihs (PP) – 42:315–0
4 minPenalties14 min
35Shots23
8 May 2012
20:15
Russia 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  Germany Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,897
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Dimitri KotschnewReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Finland Antti Boman
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
Canada François Dussureault
N. Zherdev ( Y. Medvedev, Y. Malkin) – 19:511–0
A. Tereshchenko ( S. Shirokov, N. Zherdev) – 50:352–0
10 minPenalties10 min
26Shots30
9 May 2012
16:15
Norway 6–2
(2–1, 2–1, 2–0)
  Italy Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,357
Game reference
Lars HaugenGoalies Daniel BellissimoReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Estonia Anton Semionov
M. Trygg ( M. Olimb) – 03:061–0
1–105:11 – L. Ansoldi ( D. Tudin)
P. Thoresen ( P. Skrøder, A. Bastiansen) – 16:512–1
M. Holtet (P. Skrøder, P. Thoresen) (PP) – 24:273–1
A. Bastiansen (M. Olimb, L. Spets) – 30:354–1
4–232:35 – A. Egger ( T. Larkin, V. Rocco) (PP)
M. Trygg ( L. Haugen) (SH) – 48:115–2
P. Skrøder (P. Thoresen, M. Holtet) (PP) – 54:496–2
24 minPenalties14 min
39Shots18
9 May 2012
20:15
Sweden 5–2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0)
  Germany Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 11,500
Game reference
Viktor FasthGoalies Dennis EndrasReferees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
M. Krüger ( G. Landeskog, V. Hedman) – 01:171–0
1–119:59 – P. Gogulla ( K. Hospelt)
V. Stålberg ( N. Hjalmarsson) – 26:382–1
E. Karlsson ( H. Zetterberg, L. Eriksson) (PP) – 28:143–1
3–236:58 – P. Reimer ( C. Fischer, P. Gogulla)
N. Persson ( J. Larsson) – 42:304–2
J. Franzén (H. Zetterberg) – 48:325–2
2 minPenalties6 min
45Shots17
10 May 2012
16:15
Denmark 1–3
(1–2, 0–1, 0–0)
  Russia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,117
Game reference
Simon NielsenGoalies Konstantin BarulinReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–102:08 – Y. Medvedev ( S. Shirokov, N. Zherdev)
L. Eller – 04:111–1
1–213:35 – E. Malkin ( A. Perezhogin, I. Nikulin)
1–326:32 – D. Kalinin ( E. Kuznetsov, S. Shirokov)
6 minPenalties2 min
36Shots52
10 May 2012
20:15
Czech Republic 3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)
  Latvia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,570
Game reference
Jakub KovářGoalies Edgars MasaļskisReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
United States Jonathan Morisson
0–123:55 – A. Bērziņš ( R. Ķēniņš)
M. Michálek ( J. Nakládal, T. Plekanec) – 28:581–1
P. Nedvěd ( O. Němec, P. Čáslava) – 50:502–1
T. Plekanec ( M. Blaťák) (PP) – 53:223–1
12 minPenalties10 min
34Shots26
11 May 2012
16:15
Italy 0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)
  Czech Republic Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,753
Game reference
Thomas TragustGoalies Jakub ŠtěpánekReferees:
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Estonia Anton Semionov
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
0–105:56 – P. Nedvěd ( D. Krejčí, J. Nakládal) (PP)
0–212:45 – J. Novotný ( J. Petružálek)
0–327:15 – P. Čáslava ( P. Tenkrát) (SH)
0–431:45 – A. Hemský ( M. Erat) (PP)
0–532:45 – P. Čáslava (J. Petružálek, P. Koukal)
0–654:29 – M. Erat ( L. Krajíček) (PP)
12 minPenalties8 min
20Shots41
11 May 2012
20:15
Russia 7–3
(1–2, 2–1, 4–0)
  Sweden Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 11,500
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Viktor FasthReferees:
Finland Antti Boman
United States Keith Kaval
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Canada François Dussureault
0–105:57 – E. Karlsson ( V. Stålberg, D. Alfredsson) (PP)
A. Popov ( E. Malkin) – 10:271–1
1–214:33 – H. Zetterberg (D. Alfredsson, L. Eriksson) (PP)
1–329:36 – J. Franzén (L. Eriksson, H. Zetterberg) (PP)
E. Malkin ( E. Biryukov, E. Kuznetsov) (PP) – 36:002–3
A. Emelin ( P. Datsyuk, D. Kalinin) (PP2) – 38:273–3
A. Perezhogin ( Y. Medvedev) – 40:154–3
E. Malkin (A. Popov) – 42:405–3
E. Malkin (A. Popov) – 51:086–3
D. Denisov (E. Malkin, A. Popov) – 59:067–3
37 minPenalties10 min
36Shots46
12 May 2012
12:15
Norway 3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)
  Latvia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,332
Game reference
Lars HaugenGoalies Edgars MasaļskisReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
J. Holøs – 12:431–0
A. Martinsen ( M. Trygg, M. Ask) – 25:542–0
P. Thoresen ( M. Hansen, P. Skrøder) – 38:433–0
8 minPenalties22 min
30Shots25
12 May 2012
16:15
Germany 2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)
  Denmark Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,107
Game reference
Dennis EndrasGoalies Frederik AndersenReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
0–121:35 – M. Green
T. Greilinger ( C. Fischer, E. Kaufmann) – 37:101–1
P. Gogulla ( P. Reimer, C. Ullmann) – 48:242–1
6 minPenalties2 min
27Shots28
12 May 2012
20:15
Italy 0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)
  Sweden Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 8,979
Game reference
Daniel Bellissimo
Thomas Tragust
Goalies Viktor FasthReferees:
Finland Antti Boman
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
United States Jonathan Morisson
Estonia Anton Semionov
0–105:13 – M. Krüger ( E. Karlsson, D. Alfredsson)
0–219:12 – S. Kronwall ( G. Landeskog)
0–325:45 – E. Karlsson ( H. Zetterberg) (PP2)
0–441:45 – G. Landeskog ( L. Eriksson, H. Zetterberg)
16 minPenalties6 min
19Shots42
13 May 2012
16:15
Russia 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  Czech Republic Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,341
Game reference
Konstantin BarulinGoalies Jakub KovářReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Canada François Dussureault
United States Jonathan Morisson
A. Perezhogin ( I. Nikulin) – 00:241–0
E. Malkin ( A. Popov) (PP) – 40:442–0
8 minPenalties8 min
23Shots30
13 May 2012
20:15
Germany 4–12
(0–3, 1–6, 3–3)
  Norway Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,462
Game reference
Dennis Endras
Dimitri Kotschnew
Goalies Lars HaugenReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
United States Keith Kaval
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
France Pierre Dehaen
0–100:20 – P. Thoresen ( M. Hansen, P. Skrøder)
0–201:28 – P. Thoresen ( M. Holtet) (PP)
0–305:07 – M. Røymark (M. Holtet)
0–423:16 – L. Spets ( M. Olimb, A. Bastiansen)
0–524:12 – J. Kaunismäki ( M. Ask, K. Olimb)
0–627:52 – J. Holøs (P. Thoresen, M. Ask) (PP)
0–732:07 – P. Thoresen (M. Ask, H. Solberg)
0–833:24 – P. Skrøder (M. Olimb, M. Ask) (PP)
0–934:07 – M. Trygg (P. Thoresen, M. Hansen) (PP)
P. Reimer ( P. Gogulla, C. Schubert) – 38:251–9
1–1040:44 – P. Skrøder (P. Thoresen, M. Hansen)
J. Krueger (P. Gogulla) – 41:012–10
2–1143:15 – M. Hansen (A. Bastiansen, J. Kaunismäki)
M. Kink ( K. Lavallée) – 46:273–11
3–1252:05 – M. Trygg (M. Hansen)
C. Fischer ( K. Hospelt, P. Gogulla) (PP2) – 57:174–12
26 minPenalties12 min
29Shots32
14 May 2012
16:15
Latvia 0–2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0)
  Denmark Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,197
Game reference
Edgars Masaļskis
Māris Jučers
Goalies Frederik AndersenReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
0–124:48 – M. Green ( N. Hardt)
0–235:23 – M. Madsen ( L. Eller)
10 minPenalties22 min
35Shots28
14 May 2012
20:15
Italy 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
  Russia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,336
Game reference
Thomas TragustGoalies Semyon Varlamov
Mikhail Biryukov
Referees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Linesmen:
Estonia Anton Semionov
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
0–110:35 – P. Datsyuk ( E. Kuznetsov)
0–224:28 – E. Kuznetsov ( N. Kulemin, N. Nikitin)
0–328:07 – A. Popov ( E. Biryukov, E. Malkin)
0–453:38 – A. Popov ( A. Perezhogin)
4 minPenalties2 min
29Shots40
15 May 2012
12:15
Norway 6–2
(0–0, 5–0, 1–2)
  Denmark Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,054
Game reference
Lars HaugenGoalies Frederik AndersenReferees:
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
Estonia Anton Semionov
L. Spets ( M. Ask, M. Olimb) (EA) – 26:121–0
M. Ask ( K. Olimb, A. Martinsen) – 27:292–0
P. Skrøder ( P. Thoresen) – 35:353–0
J. Holøs (P. Thoresen, M. Hansen) (PP) – 37:534–0
P. Thoresen (A. Martinsen, J. Holøs) (PP) – 39:395–0
5–143:03 – M. Madsen ( P. Hersby)
5–247:50 – M. Poulsen ( P. Larsen)
M. Trygg (P. Thoresen, P. Skrøder) – 55:396–2
22 minPenalties45 min
27Shots28
15 May 2012
16:15
Czech Republic 8–1
(3–1, 3–0, 2–0)
  Germany Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,114
Game reference
Jakub Štěpánek
Petr Mrázek
Goalies Dennis EndrasReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Finland Sakari Suominen
A. Hemský ( P. Průcha) – 01:581–0
1–107:36 – T. Greilinger ( C. Schubert, C. Ullmann) (PP)
L. Krajíček ( M. Vondrka, J. Novotný) – 10:342–1
M. Erat ( J. Nakládal, D. Krejčí) (PP) – 16:053–1
P. Koukal (L. Krajíček, P. Čáslava) (PP) – 25:014–1
D. Krejčí ( P. Tenkrát) (SH) – 29:555–1
J. Novotný ( J. Petružálek) – 34:226–1
P. Koukal (D. Krejčí, T. Plekanec) (PP) – 44:347–1
M. Blaťák (D. Krejčí, T. Plekanec) (PP) – 46:428–1
4 minPenalties14 min
39Shots18
15 May 2012
20:15
Sweden 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  Latvia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,358
Game reference
Viktor FasthGoalies Māris JučersReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
United States Jonathan Morisson
L. Eriksson ( H. Zetterberg, J. Franzén) – 04:391–0
J. Silfverberg ( E. Karlsson, N. Bäckström) (PP) – 14:402–0
H. Zetterberg ( D. Alfredsson) (PP) – 33:453–0
J. Franzén (H. Zetterberg, E. Karlsson) (PP) – 52:184–0
6 minPenalties33 min
44Shots22

Playoff round

Finland against Russia (19.5.2012)
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
H1   Canada 3
H4   Slovakia 4
WQF1   Slovakia 3
WQF2   Czech Republic 1
S2   Sweden 3
S3   Czech Republic 4
WSF1   Slovakia 2
WSF2   Russia 6
S1   Russia 5
S4   Norway 2
WQF3   Russia 6 Bronze medal game
WQF4   Finland 2
H2   United States 2 LSF1   Czech Republic 3
H3   Finland 3 LSF2   Finland 2

Quarterfinals

The games in Stockholm are UTC+2, while the games in Helsinki are UTC+3.

17 May 2012
13:00
Canada 3–4
(1–2, 2–0, 0–2)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 11,568
Game reference
Cam WardGoalies Ján LacoReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Germany Sirko Schulz
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–105:57 – T. Kopecký ( B. Radivojevič, M. Handzuš)
0–209:14 – M. Šatan ( L. Hudáček, T. Surový)
E. Kane ( R. Getzlaf) – 16:141–2
J. Skinner ( J. Eberle, P. Sharp) (PP) – 26:302–2
A. Burrows ( K. Russell, A. Ladd) – 37:433–2
3–353:25 – M. Bartovič ( T. Tatar)
3–457:32 – M. Handzuš ( A. Sekera) (PP)
31 minPenalties6 min
36Shots28
17 May 2012
14:45
Russia 5–2
(2–1, 0–1, 3–0)
  Norway Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,519
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Lars HaugenReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Estonia Anton Semionov
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–107:26 – P. Skrøder ( M. Hansen, P. Thoresen)
A. Ovechkin ( A. Semin) – 11:331–1
A. Popov ( A. Emelin, E. Ryasensky) – 14:092–1
2–220:28 – P. Thoresen ( M. Ask, J. Holøs) (PP)
A. Emelin ( P. Datsyuk, A. Semin) – 40:553–2
N. Zherdev ( E. Biryukov, A. Tereshchenko) – 50:434–2
I. Nikulin ( E. Malkin) (PP) – 54:525–2
2 minPenalties8 min
45Shots21
17 May 2012
18:30
United States 2–3
(0–0, 1–1, 1–2)
  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,426
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoalies Petri VehanenReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–133:27 – J. Joensuu ( A. Pihlström, L. Kukkonen)
K. Palmieri ( J. Petry, J. Crabb) – 33:481–1
B. Ryan ( J. Faulk, C. Smith) – 41:492–1
2–253:02 – M. Koivu ( J. Jokinen, V. Filppula)
2–359:51 – J. Joensuu ( P. Kontiola)
2 minPenalties0 min
26Shots31
17 May 2012
20:15
Sweden 3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)
  Czech Republic Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 10,397
Game reference
Viktor FasthGoalies Jakub KovářReferees:
Finland Jari Levonen
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Canada François Dussureault
United States Johnathan Morrison
L. Eriksson ( H. Zetterberg, J. Franzén) – 07:101–0
1–111:50 – P. Nedvěd ( J. Nakládal, O. Němec)
1–216:56 – J. Novotný ( M. Michálek)
1–330:27 – M. Erat ( D. Krejčí) (PP)
H. Zetterberg – 39:152–3
J. Ericsson (L. Eriksson, G. Landeskog) – 40:453–3
3–459:31 – M. Michálek
6 minPenalties2 min
39Shots32

Semifinals

All times are local ( UTC+3).

19 May 2012
14:30
Russia 6–2
(2–1, 2–0, 2–1)
  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,239
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Petri VehanenReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Canada François Dussureault
United States Jonathan Morisson
0–107:28 – J. Niskala ( P. Kontiola, J. Joensuu)
E. Malkin ( N. Nikitin, A. Popov) – 15:331–1
E. Malkin ( N. Zherdev, S. Shirokov) (PP) – 19:062–1
A. Ovechkin ( D. Denisov, A. Popov) – 29:473–1
E. Malkin ( I. Nikulin) (PP) – 37:464–1
D. Kokarev ( N. Kulemin) – 41:055–1
S. Shirokov ( E. Biryukov, N. Nikitin) (PP) – 48:416–1
6–256:04 – M. Granlund ( J. Järvinen, M. Koivu)
4 minPenalties8 min
23Shots31
19 May 2012
18:30
Czech Republic 1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,355
Game reference
Jakub Kovář
Jakub Štěpánek
Goalies Ján LacoReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Finland Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Germany Sirko Schulz
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–115:52 – M. Šatan ( A. Sekera, I. Baranka)
M. Frolík ( T. Plekanec) – 30:451–1
1–240:56 – M. Šatan ( M. Handzuš) (SH)
1–344:23 – L. Hudáček ( T. Surový)
0 minPenalties6 min
37Shots28

Bronze medal game

Time is local ( UTC+3).

20 May 2012
16:00
Finland 2–3
(1–3, 0–0, 1–0)
  Czech Republic Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,879
Game reference
Petri VehanenGoalies Jakub ŠtěpánekReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
0–112:17 – P. Průcha ( L. Krajíček, A. Hemský) (PP)
M. Pyörälä ( J. Immonen, J. Järvinen) – 16:531–1
1–217:22 – J. Novotný ( L. Kašpar)
1–319:07 – D. Krejčí (A. Hemský)
J. Jokinen ( M. Mäenpää, M. Koivu) (PP) – 49:012–3
8 minPenalties12 min
36Shots28

Gold medal game

Time is local ( UTC+3).

20 May 2012
20:30
Russia 6–2
(1–1, 3–0, 2–1)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,242
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Ján Laco
Peter Hamerlík
Referees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
0–101:06 – Z. Chára ( T. Surový)
A. Semin ( A. Ovechkin, P. Datsyuk) – 09:571–1
A. Perezhogin ( A. Popov) – 26:102–1
A. Tereshchenko ( S. Shirokov, N. Zherdev) – 33:313–1
A. Semin (P. Datsyuk) – 35:224–1
P. Datsyuk (A. Semin, A. Ovechkin) – 43:555–1
5–249:37 – Z. Chára (T. Surový, M. Šatan) (PP)
E. Malkin ( I. Nikulin, N. Nikitin) – 58:026–2
2 minPenalties4 min
42Shots31


 2012 IIHF World Championship winners 

Russia
4th/26th [41] title

Ranking and statistics

Tournament awards

Final standings

The official IIHF final standings of the tournament:

1st place, gold medalist(s)   Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Czech Republic
4   Finland
5   Canada
6   Sweden
7   United States
8   Norway
9   France
10   Latvia
11    Switzerland
12   Germany
13   Denmark
14   Belarus
15   Italy
16   Kazakhstan

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Russia Evgeni Malkin 10 11 8 19 +16 4 F
Norway Patrick Thoresen 8 7 11 18 +6 4 F
Sweden Henrik Zetterberg 8 3 12 15 +6 4 F
Sweden Loui Eriksson 8 5 8 13 +7 2 F
Norway Per-Åge Skrøder 8 5 7 12 +7 2 F
Russia Alexander Popov 10 4 8 12 +15 2 F
United States Max Pacioretty 8 2 10 12 +5 4 F
Finland Mikko Koivu 10 3 8 11 0 4 F
Canada Duncan Keith 8 1 10 11 +7 0 D
Finland Valtteri Filppula 10 4 6 10 +1 6 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top ten goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Russia Semyon Varlamov 440:00 13 1.77 214 93.93 1
Czech Republic Jakub Štěpánek 242:07 6 1.49 98 93.88 1
Czech Republic Jakub Kovář 351:14 12 2.05 166 92.77 1
Slovakia Ján Laco 524:10 19 2.17 250 92.40 1
Belarus Vitali Koval 266:26 13 2.93 163 92.02 0
Latvia Edgars Masalskis 340:00 15 2.65 187 91.98 1
United States Jimmy Howard 421:08 17 2.42 190 91.05 1
Norway Lars Haugen 424:53 20 2.82 220 90.91 1
Finland Petri Vehanen 366:43 13 2.13 140 90.71 1
Canada Cam Ward 360:32 17 2.83 181 90.61 0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

IIHF broadcasting rights

Over 100 countries broadcast the matches, live or near-live transmissions, of the 2012 tournament. [43]

Country Broadcaster
  Belarus BTRC
  Canada TSN
RDS
  Czech Republic ČT
  Denmark TV2 Sport
  Finland MTV3
Canal+
  France Sport+
  Germany SPORT1
  Hungary Sport 1
  Italy Sportitalia
  Kazakhstan KZ Sport 1
  Latvia Viasat
  Norway MAX
  Poland TVP
  Romania Sport 1
  Russia VGTRK
Channel One
  Serbia Arena Sport
  Slovakia RTVS
  Slovenia Šport TV 1
  Spain Sportmanía
  Sweden TV4
   Switzerland SRG SSR
  Turkey Sports TV
  Ukraine Hockey TV
  United States NBC Sports Network
International YouTube

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External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2012 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host countries  Finland
  Sweden
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates4–20 May
Opened by Sauli Niinistö and Carl XVI Gustaf
Teams16
Final positions
Champions    Russia (4th title)
Runner-up    Slovakia
Third place    Czech Republic
Fourth place  Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played64
Goals scored376 (5.88 per game)
Attendance451,054 (7,048 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Russia Evgeni Malkin
(19 points)
MVP Russia Evgeni Malkin
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HockeyBird, the tournament's mascot.

The 2012 IIHF World Championship was the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 4–20 May 2012 in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. This tournament determined the countries' seeding for the men's Olympic Ice Hockey tournament in Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and for all countries participating in the qualification program leading up to the Olympics. [1]

Russia won the tournament by defeating Slovakia 6–2 in the Final game; the Russians finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 10–0–0, becoming the first team to win every game in regulation since the Soviet Union in the 1989 World Championships. [2] The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating co-host Finland 3–2 in the bronze medal game. [3] The tournament's top scorer, Russia's Evgeni Malkin, was named the most valuable player of the tournament. [4]

Host selection

At the IIHF congress in Moscow in 2007 four nations submitted bids to host the 2012 World Championship: Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The Hungarian and Czech bids were withdrawn before the vote, which was then contested by Finland and Sweden. Finland won with 64 votes to Sweden's 35. [5] Sweden later won the vote to host the 2013 World Championship. At the congress in Bern in 2009, it was announced that Finland and Sweden would instead co-host both the 2012 and 2013 tournaments. [6]

Kimmo Leinonen served as the general secretary of the jointly-hosted events. [7]

Voting results

Country Votes
  Finland 64
  Sweden 35

Venues

Group A preliminary round and quarterfinals were played in Hartwall Areena, Helsinki. Group B preliminary round and quarterfinals were played in Ericsson Globe, Stockholm. All semifinal and medal games were played at the Hartwall Areena.

Hartwall Areena
Capacity: 13,506
Ericsson Globe
Capacity: 13,850
  Finland – Helsinki   Sweden – Stockholm

Format

For the first time since 2000, a new format was adopted in the IIHF World Hockey Championships. The preliminary round and qualification round were merged into one (two pools of eight teams), with the top four teams from each pool advancing to the quarterfinals. [8]

Rosters

Each team's roster for the 2012 IIHF World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters ( forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. [9] All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting.

Summary

Preliminary round

Group H (Helsinki)

This group saw the three favourites, Canada, the United States and Finland advance pretty easily. All three teams advanced a day before the group play was done. Canada lost just one game, their second game, against the Americans in overtime. [10] The Americans themselves needed to win their last game against Switzerland to capture the second place in the group ahead of Finland and did so with the result being 5–2. [11] For the final spot of advancing, Slovakia and France played in a "final", where France needed a win to advance to the quarterfinals. The game was close throughout, tied the whole way until it was 4–4, this is when Slovakia scored the final and decisive goal to win 5–4 and get to the fourth spot in the group. [12] France, Switzerland were eliminated alongside Belarus, with Kazakhstan finishing in the last spot and being relegated. [13] They ended the tournament with one point, by losing to the United States in overtime. [14] Canada faced Slovakia, and the United States played against Finland in the quarterfinals.

Group S (Stockholm)

Russia went through the group undefeated by winning all seven games. Co-host Sweden captured the second place, after falling short to Russia. [15] Czech Republic rounded up the third place and advanced to the quarterfinals. Norway, Latvia and Germany all fought for the last spot in the next round but Germany was eliminated after failing miserably 4–12 to Norway. [16] Latvia lost to Denmark and was eliminated, [17] which meant that Norway advanced. Italy finished last and was relegated to Division I. [18] In the quarterfinals, Russia took on Norway, while Sweden battled the Czech Republic.

Quarterfinals

Canada vs. Slovakia

The Slovak team was the underdog going against Team Canada who had lost just one game so far. But the game started with a surprising strong start by Slovakia, who scored twice in the first 10 minutes to get a 2–0 lead. Evander Kane was able to cut into the lead before going into the first break. [19] In the second period Canada scored twice and got the lead and Slovakia was down by one going into the last period. With just 6 and a half minutes to go Milan Bartovič tied the game before Michal Handzuš even took the lead with a bit over two minutes to go. Canada pulled the goalie but was not able to connect against and lost 3–4. [20] The crowd was stunned and the surprise perfect, Slovakia advanced to the semifinals while Canada was eliminated. [21]

Russia vs. Norway

The undefeated Russian team added Alexander Semin and Alexander Ovechkin to their roster before the quarterfinals. Ovechkin went right away and scored the equalizer after Per-Åge Skrøder gave Norway the lead. After Russia took the lead, Patrick Thoresen made it a tied game just 28 seconds after the second period started, with his 18th point of the tournament.[ citation needed] The game went into the last period tied, 2–2. Not even one minute into the third period, Alexei Emelin gave Russia the lead. [22] After Russia raised the lead to two, Ilya Nikulin finished Norway off by making it a 5–2 lead with just five minutes to go. Norway was outshot 45–21 and eliminated. [23]

United States vs. Finland

Co-Host Finland tried to advance against the US-team who they lost to in the preliminary round. The first period ended scoreless, before Jesse Joensuu broke the tie, just to be answered 21 seconds later by Kyle Palmieri. With the game going 1–1 into the last period, the United States took the lead with under two minutes played. [24] Mikko Koivu tied the game seven minutes before the end of the game. With everyone expecting an overtime, Jesse Joensuu struck again, just nine seconds before the end. [25] The US pulled the goalie but never had another chance and were eliminated. [26]

Sweden vs. Czech Republic

The last quarterfinals saw Co-host Sweden going up against the Czech team. The first period ended in a 2–1 lead for the Czech Republic after Sweden took the lead early on. Martin Erat scored and gave the Czechs a two-goal lead before Henrik Zetterberg cut into the lead 45 seconds before the end of the second period. [27] Jonathan Ericsson continued the Swedish way of climbing back by tying the game just 45 seconds into the last period. Both teams had their chance in the next few minutes, Sweden hit the post and the Czechs failed to score against Viktor Fasth. [28] 29 seconds before the end, Michálek took the puck away from a Swedish defender and scored. Sweden pulled the goalie and had one last chance but it was missed and the Czech advanced to the semifinals. The Czechs became the first team since Finland in 2000 to eliminate Sweden in a World Championship quarterfinal. [29]

Semifinals

Russia vs. Finland

Seven minutes into the game, Janne Niskala gave Finland the lead. Two goals from Evgeni Malkin brought Russia back into the game going into the first intermission. [30] In the second period Alexander Ovechkin increased the lead to 3–1; a while later Malkin would increase Russia's lead to 4–1. Denis Kokarev then scored another goal and with Russia in control of the game, yet another after that. [31] Four minutes before the end of the game Mikael Granlund scored the last goal of the game, as it ended 6–2 in favour of Russia although they were out-shot 23 to 31. Malkin was the player of the game with scoring a hat trick to give him 18 points for the tournament. Russia advanced to the final to try to win their twenty-sixth title, while Finland will battle for bronze. [32]

Czech Republic vs. Slovakia

The Slovak team tried to continue their ride at this championship by advancing to the final even though the Czech team was the favorite before the game started. The game started slow, but Miroslav Šatan broke the tie 15 minutes into the game to give Slovakia the lead. Another 15 minutes in, this time the second period, Michael Frolík made it a 1–1 game going into the last period. [33] The third period was not more than one minute old, when Šatan struck again with his second goal, despite Slovakia being shorthanded. Libor Hudáček then gave Slovakia a two-goal lead four minutes later. The Czech team had 15 minutes to turn the game around but did not create enough opportunities. They pulled their goaltender with two minutes to go, but Slovakia kept up their defense well enough not to concede another goal. [34] Slovakia finished off another upset and advanced to the final, while the Czech Republic plays in the bronze medal game. Slovakia had no penalties but was outshot by nine. [35]

Bronze medal game

The bronze medal game featured Finland and the Czech Republic. The Czechs took the lead in the first period before Finland tied the game at one, three minutes before the first break. Jiří Novotný and David Krejčí raised the lead to two goals, being 3–1 at the first intermission. [36] The second period went scoreless before the Finnish team got new hope when Jussi Jokinen scored a goal ten minutes before the end of the game. But they did not score again, and the Czech team captured the bronze medal and Finland ended the tournament in fourth place. [3]

Gold medal game

The gold medal game featured Russia and Slovakia. Slovakia played in the World Championship final game for the first time since 2002, while Russia advanced to their fourth gold medal game in the last five years. Russia defeated Slovakia 6–2 to take home the gold medal from the tournament. The Russian team went through the tournament undefeated. [2]

Nations

The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. 13 nations from Europe, 2 nations from North America and 1 nation from Asia are represented. [37]

Participating Nations of 2012 IIHF World Championship
Asia
Europe
North America
  1. ^ a b Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division I
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2011 IIHF World Championship
  3. ^ Qualified as hosts (and as automatic qualifier)

Officials

The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2012 IIHF World Championship. They were the following: [38]

Referees
Linesmen
  • Switzerland Roger Arm
  • Czech Republic Petr Blumel
  • Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
  • Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
  • France Pierre Dehaen
  • Canada François Dussureault
  • Norway Jon Killian
  • United States Jonathan Morisson
  • Finland Masi Puolakka
  • Germany Andre Schrader
  • Germany Sirko Schulz
  • Estonia Anton Semionov
  • Russia Sergei Shelyanin
  • Finland Sakari Suominen
  • Slovakia Miroslav Valach
  • Canada Jesse Wilmot

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2011 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding world ranking): [39]

Preliminary round

The top four teams in each group moved to the quarterfinals where the group winner met the fourth place, and the group runner-up met the third place within the same group. The last placed team in each group was relegated to Division I, Group A. [40]

Group H

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
  Canada 7 6 0 1 0 35 15 +20 19 Playoff Round
  United States 7 4 2 0 1 32 17 +15 16
  Finland 7 5 0 0 2 21 14 +7 15
  Slovakia 7 5 0 0 2 21 13 +8 15
  France 7 3 0 0 4 21 32 −11 9
   Switzerland 7 2 0 0 5 16 21 −5 6
  Belarus 7 1 0 0 6 11 23 −12 3
  Kazakhstan 7 0 0 1 6 11 33 −22 1 Relegated to Division I A
Source:[ citation needed]

All times are local ( UTC+3).

4 May 2012
12:15
United States 7–2
(1-1, 3–1, 3–0)
  France Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,402
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoalies Cristobal HuetReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Germany Andre Schrader
0–112:17 – N. Besch ( L. Meunier, Y. Auvitu)
K. Okposo ( A. Goligoski, J. Faulk) – 16:521–1
J. Johnson ( R. Lasch, J. Faulk) (PP) – 23:562–1
B. Ryan ( M. Pacioretty, P. Stastny) (PP) – 29:153–1
3–233:17 – P. Bellemare ( S. Treille) (EA)
M. Pacioretty (P. Stastny, A. Goligoski) – 39:384–2
J. Slater ( K. Palmieri) – 45:385–2
K. Okposo ( C. Fowler, J. Faulk) – 51:006–2
J. Petry (M. Pacioretty, P. Stastny) (EA) – 57:417–2
6 minPenalties12 min
35Shots23
4 May 2012
16:15
Canada 3–2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–1)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,400
Game reference
Cam WardGoalies Peter HamerlíkReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Germany Georg Jablukov
Linesmen:
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
J. Benn ( R. Getzlaf, D. Keith) – 14:211–0
1–121:58 – T. Tatar ( J. Mikúš)
J. Eberle ( E. Kane) – 32:302–1
A. Ladd ( R. O'Reilly, T. Purcell) – 35:213–1
3–242:59 – M. Bartovič ( M. Bližňák, M. Haščák)
2 minPenalties4 min
30Shots22
4 May 2012
20:15
Belarus 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,354
Game reference
Vitali KovalGoalies Kari LehtonenReferees:
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Germany Sirko Schulz
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–119:18 – J. Niskala ( M. Koivu, M. Granlund)
14 minPenalties8 min
21Shots38
5 May 2012
15:00
Switzerland 5–1
(2–0, 3–1, 0–0)
  Kazakhstan Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,221
Game reference
Reto BerraGoalies Vitaly Kolesnik
Alexei Ivanov
Referees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killan
Germany Andre Schrader
I. Rüthemann ( D. Hollenstein) – 09:481–0
M. Streit ( R. Wick, S. Blindenbacher) (PP) – 11:042–0
2–121:36 – R. Savchenko ( R. Starchenko)
M. Streit (S. Blindenbacher) (PP2) – 24:043–1
I. Rüthemann (D. Hollenstein, M. Streit) (PP) – 32:084–1
F. Du Bois (I. Rüthemann, M. Bieber) – 36:535–1
8 minPenalties14 min
48Shots20
5 May 2012
19:00
Canada 4–5 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 2–2)
( OT 0–1)
  United States Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,842
Game reference
Cam WardGoalies Jimmy HowardReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–101:10 – J. Slater ( R. Lasch)
J. Tavares ( D. Keith) – 06:381–1
J. Skinner (J. Tavares, J. Bouwmeester) – 27:342–1
2–233:54 – J. Johnson ( M. Pacioretty, B. Ryan) (PP)
2–346:43 – P. Dwyer (SH)
E. Kane – 49:513–3
3–456:19 – N. Thompson ( J. Crabb, P. Dwyer)
D. Keith – 58:214–4
4–561:47 – J. Johnson
8 minPenalties6 min
34Shots46
6 May 2012
12:15
France 6–3
(3–1, 1–1, 2–1)
  Kazakhstan Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,673
Game reference
Cristobal HuetGoalies Alexei Ivanov
Vitaliy Yeremeyev
Referees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killan
Germany Sirko Schulz
K. Hecquefeuille ( L. Meunier, J. Desrosiers) – 08:591–0
N. Besch (L. Meunier) – 11:272–0
S. Treille ( S. Da Costa, P. Bellemare) – 14:533–0
3–117:13 – V. Krasnoslobodtsev ( D. Dudarev, R. Starchenko)
J. Desrosiers ( Y. Treille, L. Meunier) – 27:494–1
4–233:16 – F. Polishchuk ( A. Troschinsky, R. Savchenko)
4–340:42 – T. Zhailauov (D. Dudarev, V. Novopashin)
P. Bellemare ( A. Guttig, S. Da Costa) – 51:025–3
K. Hecquefeuille (J. Desrosiers, Y. Auvitu) – 56:146–3
39 minPenalties24 min
41Shots23
6 May 2012
16:15
Finland 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,855
Game reference
Petri VehanenGoalies Ján LacoReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
Canada Jesse Wilmot
J. Pesonen ( M. Granlund, J. Immonen) (EA) – 07:321–0
4 minPenalties10 min
22Shots26
6 May 2012
20:15
Switzerland 3–2
(2–1, 0–1, 1–0)
  Belarus Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,249
Game reference
Tobias StephanGoalies Vitali KovalReferees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Finland Masi Puolakka
Germany Andre Schrader
S. Moser ( F. Du Bois) – 06:551–0
1–110:26 – A. Ugarov ( A. Stepanov, V. Denisov)
S. Moser ( K. Romy, D. Brunner) – 11:572–1
2–221:34 – K. Koltsov ( D. Korobov, A. Kalyuzhny)
K. Romy (D. Brunner) – 47:483–2
6 minPenalties6 min
35Shots21
7 May 2012
16:15
France 2–7
(1–4, 1–1, 0–2)
  Canada Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,415
Game reference
Fabrice LhenryGoalies Devan DubnykReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Germany Georg Jablukov
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
0–101:59 – R. Nugent-Hopkins ( P. Sharp, J. Benn)
0–209:56 – P. Sharp ( J. Tavares, R. Nugent-Hopkins) (PP)
0–313:54 – J. Benn (P. Sharp, L. Schenn)
0–417:21 – J. Benn ( C. Perry)
B. Henderson – 19:221–4
1–533:19 – J. Eberle (P. Sharp, D. Keith (PP)
A. Rouleau ( A. Roussel) – 33:492–5
2–649:56 – R. Nugent-Hopkins (P. Sharp, M. Methot)
2–752:19 – C. Perry ( R. Getzlaf, E. Kane)
6 minPenalties4 min
21Shots37
7 May 2012
20:15
United States 2–4
(1–3, 1–0, 0–1)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,948
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoalies Ján LacoReferees:
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Finland Masi Puolakka
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–100:47 – D. Graňák ( L. Hudáček)
0–215:04 – B. Radivojevič ( T. Kopecký, M. Handzuš)
J. Faulk ( K. Okposo, J. Slater) – 15:411–2
1–319:54 – A. Sekera ( M. Bližňák)
P. Stastny ( M. Pacioretty, C. Fowler) (PP2) – 38:472–3
2–459:23 – M. Šatan (ENG)
6 minPenalties6 min
20Shots32
8 May 2012
16:15
Belarus 3–2
(0–1, 3–1, 0–0)
  Kazakhstan Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,221
Game reference
Andrei MezinGoalies Vitaliy YeremeyevReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Finland Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–102:32 – V. Krasnoslobodtsev
0–227:42 – V. Krasnoslobodtsev ( D. Dudarev, V. Yeremeyev)
K. Koltsov (SH) – 28:481–2
M. Grabovski ( R. Graborenko) – 33:372–2
E. Kovyrshin – 33:523–2
12 minPenalties6 min
32Shots30
8 May 2012
20:15
Finland 5–2
(1–0, 2–2, 2–0)
   Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,448
Game reference
Kari LehtonenGoalies Reto BerraReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Canada David Lewis
Linesmen:
Germany Andre Schrader
Germany Sirko Schulz
J. Immonen ( J. Niskala, A. Salmela) (PP) – 06:301–0
1–125:44 – A. Ambühl ( L. Sbisa)
L. Komarov ( J. Järvinen, J. Joensuu) – 26:052–1
J. Immonen ( J. Pesonen, M. Granlund) – 36:453–1
3–237:44 – R. Wick ( M. Streit) (PP)
V. Filppula ( J. Jokinen, J. Hietanen (PP) – 49:464–2
V. Filppula ( O. Väänänen, J. Jokinen) – 51.565–2
18 minPenalties10 min
26Shots28
9 May 2012
16:15
Slovakia 4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1)
  Kazakhstan Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,706
Game reference
Ján LacoGoalies Vitali YeremeyevReferees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
D. Graňák ( M. Šatan, L. Hudáček) – 01:081–0
1–111:18 – Y. Rymarev ( V. Novopashin, D. Shemelin)
L.Hudáček (D. Graňák, Z. Chára)(PP) – 37:492–1
2–243:15 – K. Pushkarev ( T. Zhailauov, D. Upper)
T. Kopecký ( I. Baranka, A. Sekera) – 48:183–2
T. Kopecký ( M. Handzuš, B. Radivojevič)(PP) – 59:464–2
4 minPenalties8 min
33Shots22
9 May 2012
20:15
Canada 3–2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)
   Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,829
Game reference
Cam WardGoalies Tobias StephanReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Finland Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Finland Masi Puolakka
0–101:40 – D. Brunner ( G. Bezina, K. Romy)
J. Tavares ( J. Eberle, J. Skinner) – 20:351–1
J. Eberle (J. Tavares) – 40:412–1
2–243:49 – G. Bezina (K. Romy, D. Brunner) (PP)
R. Getzlaf ( C. Ward) – 48:023–2
6 minPenalties8 min
30Shots30
10 May 2012
16:15
United States 5–3
(2–1, 1–1, 2–1)
  Belarus Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,441
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoalies Andrei Mezin
Vitali Koval
Referees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
Canada David Lewis
Linesmen:
Germany Sirko Schulz
Canada Jesse Wilmot
J. Abdelkader ( J. T. Brown, J. Petry) – 01:391–0
J. Atkinson (J. Abdelkader) – 06:312–0
2–116:15 – A. Kalyuzhny ( D. Korobov, M. Grabovski)
2–222:50 – A. Ugarov (M. Grabovski, E. Kovyrshin) (PP)
N. Thompson ( P. Dwyer, J. Crabb) – 38:213–2
B. Ryan ( M. Pacioretty, C. Fowler) – 52:104–2
P. Stastny (M. Pacioretty, J. Johnson) – 55:345–2
5–359:50 – E. Kovyrshin (M. Grabovski, A. Kalyuzhny) (PP2, EA)
22 minPenalties16 min
36Shots26
10 May 2012
20:15
France 1–7
(0–1, 0–4, 1–2)
  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,957
Game reference
Fabrice LhenryGoalies Petri VehanenReferees:
United States Steve Patafie
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Germany Andre Schrader
0–110:12 – J. Immonen ( J. Pesonen, M. Granlund) (PP)
0–230:00 – M. Koivu ( J. Hietanen, V. Filppula)
0–333:49 – J. Jokinen ( M. Mäenpää, M. Koivu) (PP)
0–437:12 – J. Niskala ( J. Joensuu, V. Filppula)
0–538:08 – N. Kapanen ( J. Tuppurainen)
A. Guttig ( S. Da Costa, T. Da Costa) (PP) – 43:341–5
1–644:01 – J. Jokinen (M. Koivu, V. Filppula) (PP)
1–750:00 – J. Hietanen (M. Mäenpää, M. Koivu) (PP)
14 minPenalties12 min
18Shots37
11 May 2012
16:15
Kazakhstan 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
( OT 0–1)
  United States Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,856
Game reference
Vitaly KolesnikGoalies Richard BachmanReferees:
Finland Jari Levonen
Canada David Lewis
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Germany Andre Schrader
0–134:12 – J. Brown ( J. Abdelkader)
K. Pushkarev ( T. Zhailauov, D. Upper) – 38:171–1
1–244:58 – J. Faulk ( A. Goligoski)
T. Zhailauov (K. Pushkarev, V. Novopashin) – 55:542–2
2–364:38 – J. Faulk ( M. Pacioretty, P. Stastny)
2 minPenalties4 min
19Shots50
11 May 2012
20:15
Finland 3–5
(2–0, 1–3, 0–2)
  Canada Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,059
Game reference
Kari LehtonenGoalies Cam WardReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
A. Pihlström ( N. Kapanen) – 05:531–0
M. Koivu ( J. Jokinen) (PP) – 10:312–0
2–125:34 – A. Burrows ( R. O'Reilly, M. Methot)
J. Jokinen ( A. Salmela) (PP) – 27:363–1
3–234:31 – J. Tavares ( J. Skinner, K. Russell)
3–338:18 – J. Skinner ( R. Nugent-Hopkins, D. Keith)
3–446:04 – E. Kane ( C. Perry)
3–559:36 – J. Eberle (J. Tavares, D. Keith) (ENG)
4 minPenalties12 min
38Shots26
12 May 2012
12:15
Slovakia 5–1
(1–0, 4–1, 0–0)
  Belarus Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,032
Game reference
Ján LacoGoalies Vitali KovalReferees:
Finland Jari Levonen
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Finland Masi Puolakka
A. Sekera ( I. Baranka, M. Handzuš) – 06:451–0
B. Radivojevič (A. Sekera) – 23:162–0
M. Miklík ( J. Mikúš, T. Tatar) – 24:583–0
T. Kopecký (B. Radivojevič) – 25:484–0
J. Mikúš (T. Tatar, M. Miklík) – 26:565–0
5–134:56 – A. Kalyuzhny ( A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn) (PP)
18 minPenalties8 min
40Shots31
12 May 2012
16:15
Switzerland 2–4
(0–1, 2–1, 0–2)
  France Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,155
Game reference
Tobias StephanGoalies Cristobal HuetReferees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–117:11 – Y. Auvitu ( K. Hecquefeuille, L. Meunier) (PP)
0–232:44 – T. Da Costa ( C. Bertrand, A. Roussel)
D. Brunner ( P. Furrer, S. Blindenbacher) – 33:141–2
D. Brunner ( K. Romy) – 35:042–2
2–346:21 – L. Meunier (PP)
2–447:05 – S. Da Costa ( P. Bellemare, B. Amar) (PP)
31 minPenalties10 min
43Shots27
12 May 2012
20:15
Kazakhstan 0–8
(0–1, 0–2, 0–5)
  Canada Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,151
Game reference
Vitaly Kolesnik
Vitaliy Yeremeyev
Goalies Devan DubnykReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
Germany Sirko Schulz
0–115:45 – D. Phaneuf ( R. Getzlaf) (PP)
0–232:05 – C. Perry ( D. Keith, J. Bouwmeester)
0–337:03 – A. Burrows ( J. Eberle, D. Keith) (SH)
0–442:57 – E. Kane (C. Perry, R. Getzlaf)
0–543:39 – J. Tavares (J. Eberle, K. Russell)
0–643:47 – T. Purcell ( J. Benn)
0–745:53 – D. Phaneuf (R. Getzlaf, D. Keith)
0–856:13 – R. Nugent-Hopkins ( P. Sharp, A. Ladd)
8 minPenalties10 min
24Shots58
13 May 2012
16:15
Finland 0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)
  United States Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,652
Game reference
Kari LehtonenGoalies Jimmy HowardReferees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–116:19 – M. Pacioretty
0–235:33 – K. Palmieri ( C. Atkinson, C. Butler)
0–337:56 – J. Faulk ( A. Goligoski, M. Pacioretty) (PP)
0–442:12 – C. Butler ( J. Petry, C. Atkinson)
0–544:08 – B. Ryan ( C. Smith)
39 minPenalties6 min
18Shots31
13 May 2012
20:15
Switzerland 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,257
Game reference
Reto BerraGoalies Ján LacoReferees:
Canada David Lewis
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
Finland Masi Puolakka
Germany Andre Schrader
0–118:13 – T. Tatar ( J. Mikúš, M. Miklík)
4 minPenalties2 min
21Shots30
14 May 2012
16:15
Belarus 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
  France Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,583
Game reference
Vitali Koval
Dmitri Milchakov
Goalies Cristobal HuetReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Finland Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Germany Sirko Schulz
A. Kalyuzhny ( A. Ugarov, D. Korobov) – 08:151–0
1–137:57 – K. Hecquefeuille ( V. Bachet, P. Bellemare)
1–258:43 – Y. Auvitu (P. Bellemare, S. Da Costa)
6 minPenalties10 min
22Shots32
14 May 2012
20:15
Kazakhstan 1–4
(0–0, 0–3, 1–1)
  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,443
Game reference
Vitaly KolesnikGoalies Petri VehanenReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
0–124:02 – J. Jokinen ( M. Mäenpää, V. Filppula) (PP)
0–231:38 – M. Mäenpää ( J. Hietanen, V. Filppula) (PP2)
0–337:43 – V. Filppula ( T. Kiiskinen, M. Koivu)
0–441:15 – V. Filppula (M. Koivu, J. Hietanen) (PP)
K. Pushkarev ( D. Upper, V. Novopashin) (PP) – 49:031–4
18 minPenalties10 min
18Shots48
15 May 2012
12:15
Canada 5–1
(1–1, 3–0, 1–0)
  Belarus Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,140
Game reference
Cam WardGoalies Dmitri MilchakovReferees:
Germany Georg Jablukov
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
Finland Masi Puolakka
Germany Andre Schrader
R. O'Reilly ( A. Ladd, D. Keith) – 02:161–0
1–114:25 – S. Kostitsyn ( E. Kovyrshin, A. Kostitsyn)
C. Perry ( R. Getzlaf, D. Keith) – 29:102–1
R. Getzlaf ( E. Kane, C. Perry) – 32:463–1
R. Nugent-Hopkins ( J. Tavares, P. Sharp) – 34:114–1
R. O'Reilly (A. Ladd) – 48:165–1
58 minPenalties45 min
28Shots18
15 May 2012
15:15
Slovakia 5–4
(2–2, 1–1, 2–1)
  France Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,481
Game reference
Ján LacoGoalies Cristobal HuetReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Germany Sirko Schulz
Canada Jesse Wilmot
M. Bartovič ( M. Bližňák, A. Sekera) – 02:361–0
T. Kopecký ( B. Radivojevič) – 06:502–0
2–107:11 – Y. Treille ( A. Rouleau, J. Desrosiers)
2–215:00 – T. Da Costa
M. Handzuš ( Z. Chára, A. Sekera) (PP) – 35:263–2
3–339:21 – D. Fleury ( L. Meunier)
B. Radivojevič – 40:394–3
4–445:17 – A. Roussel ( S. Da Costa)
B. Radivojevič (A. Sekera) (PP) – 50:275–4
4 minPenalties20 min
29Shots28
15 May 2012
20:15
United States 5–2
(0–0, 2–1, 3–1)
   Switzerland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 9,212
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoalies Reto BerraReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Sweden Christer Lärking
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–120:21 – I. Rüthemann ( D. Brunner, K. Romy)
B. Ryan ( M. Pacioretty, C. Fowler) – 22:391–1
C. Fowler ( P. Stastny) – 36:522–1
P. Stastny (B. Ryan, M. Pacioretty) (PP) – 45:223–1
A. Goligoski ( J. Abdelkader, K. Palmieri) – 26:044–1
4–254:43 – M. Trachsler ( B. Plüss, R. Josi)
J. Petry (P. Stastny) – 54:595–2
10 minPenalties8 min
24Shots27

Group S

Game between Sweden and Norway at Ericsson Globe.
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
  Russia 7 7 0 0 0 27 8 +19 21 Playoff Round
  Sweden 7 6 0 0 1 29 15 +14 18
  Czech Republic 7 4 1 0 2 24 11 +13 14
  Norway 7 4 0 1 2 33 19 +14 13
  Latvia 7 2 0 0 5 11 19 −8 6
  Germany 7 2 0 0 5 14 31 −17 6
  Denmark 7 1 0 1 5 13 23 −10 4
  Italy 7 0 1 0 6 6 31 −25 2 Relegated to Division I A
Source:[ citation needed]

All times are local ( UTC+2).

4 May 2012
12:15
Germany 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  Italy Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,033
Game reference
Dennis EndrasGoalies Daniel BellissimoReferees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
Canada François Dussureault
C. Schubert ( C. Ullmann) – 16:161–0
P. Reimer (C. Ullmann, P. Gogulla) – 22:422–0
C. Fischer (P. Gogulla, C. Ullmann) (PP) – 45:113–0
6 minPenalties10 min
46Shots22
4 May 2012
16:15
Czech Republic 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  Denmark Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,610
Game reference
Jakub KovářGoalies Frederik AndersenReferees:
United States Keith Kaval
Canada David Lewis
Linesmen:
United States Jonathan Morisson
Finland Sakari Suominen
A. Hemský ( P. Nedvěd, T. Plekanec) – 39:551–0
P. Tenkrát ( M. Frolík, T. Plekanec) – 57:212–0
8 minPenalties8 min
24Shots26
4 May 2012
20:15
Sweden 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
  Norway Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,770
Game reference
Jhonas EnrothGoalies Lars HaugenReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Estonia Anton Semionov
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
J. Silfverberg ( E. Karlsson, C. Järnkrok) (PP) – 16:481–0
1–120:20 – M. Hansen ( P.-Å. Skrøder)
M. Krüger ( N. Hjalmarsson, D. Alfredsson) – 22:292–1
L. Eriksson ( H. Zetterberg, D. Alfredsson) – 44:183–1
18 minPenalties16 min
44Shots20
5 May 2012
16:15
Latvia 2–5
(1–0, 0–2, 1–3)
  Russia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,219
Game reference
Edgars MasaļskisGoalies Semyon VarlamovReferees:
United States Keith Kaval
Canada David Lewis
Linesmen:
Canada François Dussureault
Finland Sakari Suominen
M. Indrašis ( G. Galviņš, J. Sprukts) – 11:321–0
1–133:45 – I. Nikulin ( A. Perezhogin, E. Malkin) (PP)
1–236:29 – E. Malkin (I. Nikulin) (PP)
1–345:03 – E. Malkin ( A. Popov)
1–450:53 – A. Popov (A. Perezhogin, I. Nikulin)
M. Cipulis ( G. Pujacs, O. Bārtulis) – 55:212–4
2–556:53 – E. Kuznetsov ( N. Kulemin)
6 minPenalties8 min
26Shots40
5 May 2012
20:15
Sweden 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
  Czech Republic Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 10,076
Game reference
Viktor FasthGoalies Jakub ŠtěpánekReferees:
Finland Antti Boman
Finland Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
J. Franzén ( L. Eriksson, H. Zetterberg) – 02:421–0
N. Kronwall (H. Zetterberg) – 20:502–0
2–143:44 – J. Petružálek ( A. Hemský)
J. Lundqvist ( N. Persson, J. Larsson) – 50:243–1
N. Persson ( V. Hedman, J. Lundqvist) (ENG) – 58:044–1
8 minPenalties6 min
20Shots17
6 May 2012
12:15
Denmark 3–4 OT
(0–2, 3–1, 0–0)
( OT 0–1)
  Italy Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,878
Game reference
Frederik AndersenGoalies Daniel BellissimoReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Finland Antti Boman
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
0–114:12 – L. Ansoldi ( G. Scandella)
0–214:30 – M. de Marchi ( N. Fontanive)
L. Eller ( F. Nielsen, J. Jensen) – 20:141–2
J. Jensen ( M. Green, D. Nielsen) – 24:422–2
J. Jensen – 31:533–2
3–333:56 – M. de Marchi (G. Scandella, N. Plastino)
3–460:52 – G. Scandella
6 minPenalties8 min
35Shots24
6 May 2012
16:15
Russia 4–2
(0–0, 3–2, 1–0)
  Norway Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,438
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Lars VoldenReferees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
United States Jonathan Morisson
E. Kuznetsov ( D. Kalinin, A. Emelin) (PP) – 21:211–0
D. Denisov ( Y. Medvedev, E. Kuznetsov) – 27:012–0
2–130:34 – M. Ask ( J. Holøs, P. Thoresen) (PP2)
N. Kulemin ( E. Malkin) – 32:463–1
3–235:52 – M. Holtet ( P. Skrøder, J. Holøs) (PP)
A. Perezhogin (E. Malkin) – 40:404–2
8 minPenalties10 min
46Shots21
6 May 2012
20:15
Germany 2–3
(0–1, 2–1, 0–1)
  Latvia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,162
Game reference
Dennis EndrasGoalies Edgars MasaļskisReferees:
Finland Jari Levonen
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
Estonia Anton Semionov
0–111:09 – M. Indrašis ( J. Sprukts, G. Galviņš)
0–223:10 – M. Rēdlihs (J. Sprukts, M. Indrašis)
J. Tripp ( K. Hospelt, K. Lavallee) – 24:581–2
K. Hospelt ( P. Reimer, P. Gogulla) – 32:032–2
2–352:15 – A. Širokovs ( K. Daugaviņš) (PP)
6 minPenalties0 min
37Shots27
7 May 2012
16:15
Czech Republic 4–3 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
( OT 0–0)
( SO: 1–0)
  Norway Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,383
Game reference
Jakub KovářGoalies Lars HaugenReferees:
Canada David Lewis
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
Canada François Dussureault
0–111:16 – M. Olimb ( J. Holøs, M. Ask) (PP2)
A. Hemský ( P. Nedvěd) – 16:411–1
1–221:39 – L. Spets ( A. Bastiansen, M. Olimb)
D. Krejčí ( P. Tenkrát) – 37:042–2
M. Frolík ( T. Plekanec, M. Michálek) – 47:563–2
3–350:51 – J. Holøs ( A. Bonsaksen, P. Thoresen)
A. Hemský GOAL
P. Nedvěd MISS
D. Krejčí MISS
Shootout MISS P. Skrøder
MISS P. Thoresen
MISS M. Ask
8 minPenalties4 min
31Shots31
7 May 2012
20:15
Denmark 4–6
(1–4, 1–2, 2–0)
  Sweden Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 8,119
Game reference
Frederik AndersenGoalies Jhonas EnrothReferees:
United States Keith Kaval
United States Steve Patafie
Linesmen:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
0–102:06 – V. Stålberg ( M. Krüger, N. Hjalmarsson)
0–206:06 – L. Eriksson ( J. Franzén) (PP)
0–311:05 – L. Eriksson ( H. Zetterberg, J. Franzén) (PP)
0–411:43 – V. Stålberg (M. Krüger, G. Landeskog)
N. Hardt ( J. Hansen, P. Larsen) (PP2) – 18:271–4
1–520:43 – D. Alfredsson (L. Eriksson, S. Kronwall)
1–629:16 – H. Zetterberg (S. Kronwall, J. Franzén)
N. Hardt ( F. Nielsen, L. Eller) (PP) – 38:472–6
L. Eller (N. Hardt, F. Nielsen) – 40:213–6
M. Green (J. Hansen, D. Nielsen) – 51:274–6
10 minPenalties12 min
18Shots42
8 May 2012
16:15
Latvia 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
  Italy Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,785
Game reference
Edgars MasaļskisGoalies Daniel Bellissimo
Thomas Tragust
Referees:
United States Keith Kaval
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
United States Jonathan Morisson
Finland Sakari Suominen
R. Ķēniņš ( A. Bērziņš) – 18:241–0
G. Meija (R. Ķēniņš, O. Bārtulis) – 24:162–0
O. Bārtulis ( M. Cipulis) – 37:543–0
M. Indrašis ( J. Sprukts, G. Galviņš) – 40:434–0
K. Rēdlihs (PP) – 42:315–0
4 minPenalties14 min
35Shots23
8 May 2012
20:15
Russia 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  Germany Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,897
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Dimitri KotschnewReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Finland Antti Boman
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
Canada François Dussureault
N. Zherdev ( Y. Medvedev, Y. Malkin) – 19:511–0
A. Tereshchenko ( S. Shirokov, N. Zherdev) – 50:352–0
10 minPenalties10 min
26Shots30
9 May 2012
16:15
Norway 6–2
(2–1, 2–1, 2–0)
  Italy Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,357
Game reference
Lars HaugenGoalies Daniel BellissimoReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Estonia Anton Semionov
M. Trygg ( M. Olimb) – 03:061–0
1–105:11 – L. Ansoldi ( D. Tudin)
P. Thoresen ( P. Skrøder, A. Bastiansen) – 16:512–1
M. Holtet (P. Skrøder, P. Thoresen) (PP) – 24:273–1
A. Bastiansen (M. Olimb, L. Spets) – 30:354–1
4–232:35 – A. Egger ( T. Larkin, V. Rocco) (PP)
M. Trygg ( L. Haugen) (SH) – 48:115–2
P. Skrøder (P. Thoresen, M. Holtet) (PP) – 54:496–2
24 minPenalties14 min
39Shots18
9 May 2012
20:15
Sweden 5–2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0)
  Germany Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 11,500
Game reference
Viktor FasthGoalies Dennis EndrasReferees:
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
M. Krüger ( G. Landeskog, V. Hedman) – 01:171–0
1–119:59 – P. Gogulla ( K. Hospelt)
V. Stålberg ( N. Hjalmarsson) – 26:382–1
E. Karlsson ( H. Zetterberg, L. Eriksson) (PP) – 28:143–1
3–236:58 – P. Reimer ( C. Fischer, P. Gogulla)
N. Persson ( J. Larsson) – 42:304–2
J. Franzén (H. Zetterberg) – 48:325–2
2 minPenalties6 min
45Shots17
10 May 2012
16:15
Denmark 1–3
(1–2, 0–1, 0–0)
  Russia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,117
Game reference
Simon NielsenGoalies Konstantin BarulinReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–102:08 – Y. Medvedev ( S. Shirokov, N. Zherdev)
L. Eller – 04:111–1
1–213:35 – E. Malkin ( A. Perezhogin, I. Nikulin)
1–326:32 – D. Kalinin ( E. Kuznetsov, S. Shirokov)
6 minPenalties2 min
36Shots52
10 May 2012
20:15
Czech Republic 3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)
  Latvia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,570
Game reference
Jakub KovářGoalies Edgars MasaļskisReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
United States Jonathan Morisson
0–123:55 – A. Bērziņš ( R. Ķēniņš)
M. Michálek ( J. Nakládal, T. Plekanec) – 28:581–1
P. Nedvěd ( O. Němec, P. Čáslava) – 50:502–1
T. Plekanec ( M. Blaťák) (PP) – 53:223–1
12 minPenalties10 min
34Shots26
11 May 2012
16:15
Italy 0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)
  Czech Republic Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,753
Game reference
Thomas TragustGoalies Jakub ŠtěpánekReferees:
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Estonia Anton Semionov
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
0–105:56 – P. Nedvěd ( D. Krejčí, J. Nakládal) (PP)
0–212:45 – J. Novotný ( J. Petružálek)
0–327:15 – P. Čáslava ( P. Tenkrát) (SH)
0–431:45 – A. Hemský ( M. Erat) (PP)
0–532:45 – P. Čáslava (J. Petružálek, P. Koukal)
0–654:29 – M. Erat ( L. Krajíček) (PP)
12 minPenalties8 min
20Shots41
11 May 2012
20:15
Russia 7–3
(1–2, 2–1, 4–0)
  Sweden Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 11,500
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Viktor FasthReferees:
Finland Antti Boman
United States Keith Kaval
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Canada François Dussureault
0–105:57 – E. Karlsson ( V. Stålberg, D. Alfredsson) (PP)
A. Popov ( E. Malkin) – 10:271–1
1–214:33 – H. Zetterberg (D. Alfredsson, L. Eriksson) (PP)
1–329:36 – J. Franzén (L. Eriksson, H. Zetterberg) (PP)
E. Malkin ( E. Biryukov, E. Kuznetsov) (PP) – 36:002–3
A. Emelin ( P. Datsyuk, D. Kalinin) (PP2) – 38:273–3
A. Perezhogin ( Y. Medvedev) – 40:154–3
E. Malkin (A. Popov) – 42:405–3
E. Malkin (A. Popov) – 51:086–3
D. Denisov (E. Malkin, A. Popov) – 59:067–3
37 minPenalties10 min
36Shots46
12 May 2012
12:15
Norway 3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)
  Latvia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,332
Game reference
Lars HaugenGoalies Edgars MasaļskisReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
J. Holøs – 12:431–0
A. Martinsen ( M. Trygg, M. Ask) – 25:542–0
P. Thoresen ( M. Hansen, P. Skrøder) – 38:433–0
8 minPenalties22 min
30Shots25
12 May 2012
16:15
Germany 2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)
  Denmark Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,107
Game reference
Dennis EndrasGoalies Frederik AndersenReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
0–121:35 – M. Green
T. Greilinger ( C. Fischer, E. Kaufmann) – 37:101–1
P. Gogulla ( P. Reimer, C. Ullmann) – 48:242–1
6 minPenalties2 min
27Shots28
12 May 2012
20:15
Italy 0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)
  Sweden Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 8,979
Game reference
Daniel Bellissimo
Thomas Tragust
Goalies Viktor FasthReferees:
Finland Antti Boman
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
United States Jonathan Morisson
Estonia Anton Semionov
0–105:13 – M. Krüger ( E. Karlsson, D. Alfredsson)
0–219:12 – S. Kronwall ( G. Landeskog)
0–325:45 – E. Karlsson ( H. Zetterberg) (PP2)
0–441:45 – G. Landeskog ( L. Eriksson, H. Zetterberg)
16 minPenalties6 min
19Shots42
13 May 2012
16:15
Russia 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  Czech Republic Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,341
Game reference
Konstantin BarulinGoalies Jakub KovářReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Canada François Dussureault
United States Jonathan Morisson
A. Perezhogin ( I. Nikulin) – 00:241–0
E. Malkin ( A. Popov) (PP) – 40:442–0
8 minPenalties8 min
23Shots30
13 May 2012
20:15
Germany 4–12
(0–3, 1–6, 3–3)
  Norway Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,462
Game reference
Dennis Endras
Dimitri Kotschnew
Goalies Lars HaugenReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
United States Keith Kaval
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
France Pierre Dehaen
0–100:20 – P. Thoresen ( M. Hansen, P. Skrøder)
0–201:28 – P. Thoresen ( M. Holtet) (PP)
0–305:07 – M. Røymark (M. Holtet)
0–423:16 – L. Spets ( M. Olimb, A. Bastiansen)
0–524:12 – J. Kaunismäki ( M. Ask, K. Olimb)
0–627:52 – J. Holøs (P. Thoresen, M. Ask) (PP)
0–732:07 – P. Thoresen (M. Ask, H. Solberg)
0–833:24 – P. Skrøder (M. Olimb, M. Ask) (PP)
0–934:07 – M. Trygg (P. Thoresen, M. Hansen) (PP)
P. Reimer ( P. Gogulla, C. Schubert) – 38:251–9
1–1040:44 – P. Skrøder (P. Thoresen, M. Hansen)
J. Krueger (P. Gogulla) – 41:012–10
2–1143:15 – M. Hansen (A. Bastiansen, J. Kaunismäki)
M. Kink ( K. Lavallée) – 46:273–11
3–1252:05 – M. Trygg (M. Hansen)
C. Fischer ( K. Hospelt, P. Gogulla) (PP2) – 57:174–12
26 minPenalties12 min
29Shots32
14 May 2012
16:15
Latvia 0–2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0)
  Denmark Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,197
Game reference
Edgars Masaļskis
Māris Jučers
Goalies Frederik AndersenReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
0–124:48 – M. Green ( N. Hardt)
0–235:23 – M. Madsen ( L. Eller)
10 minPenalties22 min
35Shots28
14 May 2012
20:15
Italy 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
  Russia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,336
Game reference
Thomas TragustGoalies Semyon Varlamov
Mikhail Biryukov
Referees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Linesmen:
Estonia Anton Semionov
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
0–110:35 – P. Datsyuk ( E. Kuznetsov)
0–224:28 – E. Kuznetsov ( N. Kulemin, N. Nikitin)
0–328:07 – A. Popov ( E. Biryukov, E. Malkin)
0–453:38 – A. Popov ( A. Perezhogin)
4 minPenalties2 min
29Shots40
15 May 2012
12:15
Norway 6–2
(0–0, 5–0, 1–2)
  Denmark Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,054
Game reference
Lars HaugenGoalies Frederik AndersenReferees:
Sweden Morgan Johansson
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Belarus Ivan Dedioulia
Estonia Anton Semionov
L. Spets ( M. Ask, M. Olimb) (EA) – 26:121–0
M. Ask ( K. Olimb, A. Martinsen) – 27:292–0
P. Skrøder ( P. Thoresen) – 35:353–0
J. Holøs (P. Thoresen, M. Hansen) (PP) – 37:534–0
P. Thoresen (A. Martinsen, J. Holøs) (PP) – 39:395–0
5–143:03 – M. Madsen ( P. Hersby)
5–247:50 – M. Poulsen ( P. Larsen)
M. Trygg (P. Thoresen, P. Skrøder) – 55:396–2
22 minPenalties45 min
27Shots28
15 May 2012
16:15
Czech Republic 8–1
(3–1, 3–0, 2–0)
  Germany Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,114
Game reference
Jakub Štěpánek
Petr Mrázek
Goalies Dennis EndrasReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Finland Sakari Suominen
A. Hemský ( P. Průcha) – 01:581–0
1–107:36 – T. Greilinger ( C. Schubert, C. Ullmann) (PP)
L. Krajíček ( M. Vondrka, J. Novotný) – 10:342–1
M. Erat ( J. Nakládal, D. Krejčí) (PP) – 16:053–1
P. Koukal (L. Krajíček, P. Čáslava) (PP) – 25:014–1
D. Krejčí ( P. Tenkrát) (SH) – 29:555–1
J. Novotný ( J. Petružálek) – 34:226–1
P. Koukal (D. Krejčí, T. Plekanec) (PP) – 44:347–1
M. Blaťák (D. Krejčí, T. Plekanec) (PP) – 46:428–1
4 minPenalties14 min
39Shots18
15 May 2012
20:15
Sweden 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  Latvia Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,358
Game reference
Viktor FasthGoalies Māris JučersReferees:
Slovakia Vladimír Baluška
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Linesmen:
France Pierre Dehaen
United States Jonathan Morisson
L. Eriksson ( H. Zetterberg, J. Franzén) – 04:391–0
J. Silfverberg ( E. Karlsson, N. Bäckström) (PP) – 14:402–0
H. Zetterberg ( D. Alfredsson) (PP) – 33:453–0
J. Franzén (H. Zetterberg, E. Karlsson) (PP) – 52:184–0
6 minPenalties33 min
44Shots22

Playoff round

Finland against Russia (19.5.2012)
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
H1   Canada 3
H4   Slovakia 4
WQF1   Slovakia 3
WQF2   Czech Republic 1
S2   Sweden 3
S3   Czech Republic 4
WSF1   Slovakia 2
WSF2   Russia 6
S1   Russia 5
S4   Norway 2
WQF3   Russia 6 Bronze medal game
WQF4   Finland 2
H2   United States 2 LSF1   Czech Republic 3
H3   Finland 3 LSF2   Finland 2

Quarterfinals

The games in Stockholm are UTC+2, while the games in Helsinki are UTC+3.

17 May 2012
13:00
Canada 3–4
(1–2, 2–0, 0–2)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 11,568
Game reference
Cam WardGoalies Ján LacoReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Germany Sirko Schulz
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–105:57 – T. Kopecký ( B. Radivojevič, M. Handzuš)
0–209:14 – M. Šatan ( L. Hudáček, T. Surový)
E. Kane ( R. Getzlaf) – 16:141–2
J. Skinner ( J. Eberle, P. Sharp) (PP) – 26:302–2
A. Burrows ( K. Russell, A. Ladd) – 37:433–2
3–353:25 – M. Bartovič ( T. Tatar)
3–457:32 – M. Handzuš ( A. Sekera) (PP)
31 minPenalties6 min
36Shots28
17 May 2012
14:45
Russia 5–2
(2–1, 0–1, 3–0)
  Norway Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,519
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Lars HaugenReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Estonia Anton Semionov
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–107:26 – P. Skrøder ( M. Hansen, P. Thoresen)
A. Ovechkin ( A. Semin) – 11:331–1
A. Popov ( A. Emelin, E. Ryasensky) – 14:092–1
2–220:28 – P. Thoresen ( M. Ask, J. Holøs) (PP)
A. Emelin ( P. Datsyuk, A. Semin) – 40:553–2
N. Zherdev ( E. Biryukov, A. Tereshchenko) – 50:434–2
I. Nikulin ( E. Malkin) (PP) – 54:525–2
2 minPenalties8 min
45Shots21
17 May 2012
18:30
United States 2–3
(0–0, 1–1, 1–2)
  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,426
Game reference
Jimmy HowardGoalies Petri VehanenReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–133:27 – J. Joensuu ( A. Pihlström, L. Kukkonen)
K. Palmieri ( J. Petry, J. Crabb) – 33:481–1
B. Ryan ( J. Faulk, C. Smith) – 41:492–1
2–253:02 – M. Koivu ( J. Jokinen, V. Filppula)
2–359:51 – J. Joensuu ( P. Kontiola)
2 minPenalties0 min
26Shots31
17 May 2012
20:15
Sweden 3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)
  Czech Republic Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 10,397
Game reference
Viktor FasthGoalies Jakub KovářReferees:
Finland Jari Levonen
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Canada François Dussureault
United States Johnathan Morrison
L. Eriksson ( H. Zetterberg, J. Franzén) – 07:101–0
1–111:50 – P. Nedvěd ( J. Nakládal, O. Němec)
1–216:56 – J. Novotný ( M. Michálek)
1–330:27 – M. Erat ( D. Krejčí) (PP)
H. Zetterberg – 39:152–3
J. Ericsson (L. Eriksson, G. Landeskog) – 40:453–3
3–459:31 – M. Michálek
6 minPenalties2 min
39Shots32

Semifinals

All times are local ( UTC+3).

19 May 2012
14:30
Russia 6–2
(2–1, 2–0, 2–1)
  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,239
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Petri VehanenReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Canada François Dussureault
United States Jonathan Morisson
0–107:28 – J. Niskala ( P. Kontiola, J. Joensuu)
E. Malkin ( N. Nikitin, A. Popov) – 15:331–1
E. Malkin ( N. Zherdev, S. Shirokov) (PP) – 19:062–1
A. Ovechkin ( D. Denisov, A. Popov) – 29:473–1
E. Malkin ( I. Nikulin) (PP) – 37:464–1
D. Kokarev ( N. Kulemin) – 41:055–1
S. Shirokov ( E. Biryukov, N. Nikitin) (PP) – 48:416–1
6–256:04 – M. Granlund ( J. Järvinen, M. Koivu)
4 minPenalties8 min
23Shots31
19 May 2012
18:30
Czech Republic 1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,355
Game reference
Jakub Kovář
Jakub Štěpánek
Goalies Ján LacoReferees:
Germany Lars Brüggemann
Finland Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Germany Sirko Schulz
Canada Jesse Wilmot
0–115:52 – M. Šatan ( A. Sekera, I. Baranka)
M. Frolík ( T. Plekanec) – 30:451–1
1–240:56 – M. Šatan ( M. Handzuš) (SH)
1–344:23 – L. Hudáček ( T. Surový)
0 minPenalties6 min
37Shots28

Bronze medal game

Time is local ( UTC+3).

20 May 2012
16:00
Finland 2–3
(1–3, 0–0, 1–0)
  Czech Republic Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,879
Game reference
Petri VehanenGoalies Jakub ŠtěpánekReferees:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Switzerland Danny Kurmann
Linesmen:
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
Slovakia Miroslav Valach
0–112:17 – P. Průcha ( L. Krajíček, A. Hemský) (PP)
M. Pyörälä ( J. Immonen, J. Järvinen) – 16:531–1
1–217:22 – J. Novotný ( L. Kašpar)
1–319:07 – D. Krejčí (A. Hemský)
J. Jokinen ( M. Mäenpää, M. Koivu) (PP) – 49:012–3
8 minPenalties12 min
36Shots28

Gold medal game

Time is local ( UTC+3).

20 May 2012
20:30
Russia 6–2
(1–1, 3–0, 2–1)
  Slovakia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,242
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoalies Ján Laco
Peter Hamerlík
Referees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Czech Republic Petr Blumel
0–101:06 – Z. Chára ( T. Surový)
A. Semin ( A. Ovechkin, P. Datsyuk) – 09:571–1
A. Perezhogin ( A. Popov) – 26:102–1
A. Tereshchenko ( S. Shirokov, N. Zherdev) – 33:313–1
A. Semin (P. Datsyuk) – 35:224–1
P. Datsyuk (A. Semin, A. Ovechkin) – 43:555–1
5–249:37 – Z. Chára (T. Surový, M. Šatan) (PP)
E. Malkin ( I. Nikulin, N. Nikitin) – 58:026–2
2 minPenalties4 min
42Shots31


 2012 IIHF World Championship winners 

Russia
4th/26th [41] title

Ranking and statistics

Tournament awards

Final standings

The official IIHF final standings of the tournament:

1st place, gold medalist(s)   Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Czech Republic
4   Finland
5   Canada
6   Sweden
7   United States
8   Norway
9   France
10   Latvia
11    Switzerland
12   Germany
13   Denmark
14   Belarus
15   Italy
16   Kazakhstan

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Russia Evgeni Malkin 10 11 8 19 +16 4 F
Norway Patrick Thoresen 8 7 11 18 +6 4 F
Sweden Henrik Zetterberg 8 3 12 15 +6 4 F
Sweden Loui Eriksson 8 5 8 13 +7 2 F
Norway Per-Åge Skrøder 8 5 7 12 +7 2 F
Russia Alexander Popov 10 4 8 12 +15 2 F
United States Max Pacioretty 8 2 10 12 +5 4 F
Finland Mikko Koivu 10 3 8 11 0 4 F
Canada Duncan Keith 8 1 10 11 +7 0 D
Finland Valtteri Filppula 10 4 6 10 +1 6 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top ten goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Russia Semyon Varlamov 440:00 13 1.77 214 93.93 1
Czech Republic Jakub Štěpánek 242:07 6 1.49 98 93.88 1
Czech Republic Jakub Kovář 351:14 12 2.05 166 92.77 1
Slovakia Ján Laco 524:10 19 2.17 250 92.40 1
Belarus Vitali Koval 266:26 13 2.93 163 92.02 0
Latvia Edgars Masalskis 340:00 15 2.65 187 91.98 1
United States Jimmy Howard 421:08 17 2.42 190 91.05 1
Norway Lars Haugen 424:53 20 2.82 220 90.91 1
Finland Petri Vehanen 366:43 13 2.13 140 90.71 1
Canada Cam Ward 360:32 17 2.83 181 90.61 0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

IIHF broadcasting rights

Over 100 countries broadcast the matches, live or near-live transmissions, of the 2012 tournament. [43]

Country Broadcaster
  Belarus BTRC
  Canada TSN
RDS
  Czech Republic ČT
  Denmark TV2 Sport
  Finland MTV3
Canal+
  France Sport+
  Germany SPORT1
  Hungary Sport 1
  Italy Sportitalia
  Kazakhstan KZ Sport 1
  Latvia Viasat
  Norway MAX
  Poland TVP
  Romania Sport 1
  Russia VGTRK
Channel One
  Serbia Arena Sport
  Slovakia RTVS
  Slovenia Šport TV 1
  Spain Sportmanía
  Sweden TV4
   Switzerland SRG SSR
  Turkey Sports TV
  Ukraine Hockey TV
  United States NBC Sports Network
International YouTube

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