Men's Olympic Hockey Medal Round

The Men's hockey tournament in the 2006 Winter Olympics concluded today. To look back at the results, look here for the semifinals, the quarterfinals are here and the round robin is here. These are the medal round results:

Bronze - 4th game : Czech Republic 3 Russia 0 Tomas Vokoun played a strong game fof the Czechs stopping 28 Russian shots for a shutout. Martin Erat lead the way for the Czech team with a goal and an assist. Robert Lang scored two assists and Marek Zidlicky and Martin Straka also scored. The Czechs win bronze.

Gold - Silver game : Sweden 3 Finland 2 This was a very good gold medal game. It was a strong two way battle. Sweden's offence was lead by Henrik Zetterberg who scored a goal and an assist. Nicklas Lidstrom scored the gold medal winning goal and Niklas Kronwall the other Swedish goal. The Finnish goals were scored by Kimmo Timonen and Ville Peltonen. Sweden wins gold. Finland wins silver.

The tournament had individual awards as well. The tournament all star team included Finns Antero Niittymaki, Kimmo Timonen, Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu. Swedish defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom and Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin also made the team. Niitymaki was chose as tournament MVP for his three shutouts.

Here are the results of the women's tournament.