16 | January | 2010 | Russkiy Hockey

Host City: Salt Lake City, United States
February 15-24, 2002
RESULT: BRONZE MEDAL

Russia’s 2002 Olympic squad, one of the most star-studded Russian rosters ever, was coached by Vyacheslav Fetisov. With Nikolai Khabibulin in net, this team was expected to do better than in 1998, being one of the favourites to win gold. In the quarterfinal Russia pulled off a revenge victory against the Czechs, yet could not outmatch the Americans in the heart-stopping semifinal. After being dominated for two periods, Russia stormed out with two goals early in the third period, but a miracle saved the US from a tied game. Sergei Samsonov rang a shot right into the net, in which goalie Mike Richter’s glove was located. The puck then deflected off a post and out. The goal was not counted. It was a great game, with an unfortunate ending. Russia beat the surprising Belarusian team for the bronze medal, which was well deserved, but not enough to call the Olympics a true success for Russia.

Game 1: Russia 6 – Belarus 4
Goals: Samsonov (Kovalchuk, Fedorov), Zhamnov (P. Bure), Kovalchuk, Yashin, Mironov (Afinogenov), Fedorov (Afinogenov) – Antonenko (Pankov), Khmyl, Kaluzhny, Salei (Tsyplakov, Khmyl)
Shots: Russia 36 – Belarus 33
Saves: Khabibulin 29 – Shabanov, Mezin 30
PIM: Russia 8 – Belarus 10

Game 2: Russia 2 – United States 2
Goals: V. Bure (Malakhov), Fedorov (Kovalchuk, Samsonov) – Tkachuk (Leetch, Rafalski), Hull (Housley, Modano)
Shots: Russia 35 – United States 25
Saves: Khabibulin 23 – Richter 33
PIM: Russia 8 – United States 10

Game 3: Russia 1 – Finland 3
Goals: P. Bure (Kravchuk) – Selanne (Vaananen), Eloranta (Ylonen, Kapanen), Lehtinen (Kapanen, Nieminen)
Shots: Russia 26 – Finland 29
Saves: Khabibulin 26 – Hurme 25
PIM: Russia 10 – Finland 8

Quarterfinal: Russia 1 – Czech Republic 0
Goals: Afinogenov (Nikolishin, Malakhov)
Shots: Russia 27 – Czech Republic 41
Saves: Khabibulin 41 – Hasek 26
PIM: Russia 22 – Czech Republic 6

Semifinal: Russia 2 – United States 3
Goals: Kovalev (Markov, Tverdovsky), Malakhov – Guerin, Young (Housley, Leetch), Housley (Amonte)
Shots: Russia 30 – United States 49
Saves: Khabibulin 46 – Richter 28
PIM: Russia 12 – United States 8

Bronze Medal Final: Russia 7 – Belarus 2
Goals: Kovalev (Larionov), Kasparaitis (Larionov, Kovalev), Tverdovsky (Fedorov, Yashin), Datsyuk (Kravchuk), Kovalev (Datsyuk, Larionov), P. Bure (Datsyuk), Afinogenov (Samsonov, Malakhov) – Pankov (Tsyplakov), Dudik (Kopat)
Shots: Russia 45 – Belarus 23
Saves: Khabibulin 21 – Mezin, Shabanov 38
PIM: Russia 8 – Belarus 12

Roster:

Player	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
D #2 Boris Mironov	6	1	0	1	2
D #5 Daniil Markov	5	0	1	1	0
D #7 Oleg Tverdovsky	6	1	1	2	0
D #11 Darius Kasparaitis	6	1	0	1	4
D #23 Vladimir Malakhov	6	1	3	4	4
D #29 Igor Kravchuk	6	0	2	2	0
D #55 Sergei Gonchar	6	0	0	0	2
F #8 Igor Larionov	6	0	3	3	4
F #10 Pavel Bure	6	2	1	3	8
F #12 Oleg Kvasha	5	0	0	0	0
F #13 Alexei Zhamnov	6	1	0	1	4
F #14 Sergei Samsonov	6	1	2	3	4
F #20 Valeri Bure	6	1	0	1	2
F #26 Pavel Datsyuk	6	1	2	3	0
F #27 Alexei Kovalev	6	3	1	4	4
F #33 Andrei Nikolishin	6	0	1	1	6
F #61 Maxim Afinogenov	6	2	2	4	4
F #71 Ilya Kovalchuk	6	1	2	3	14
F #79 Alexei Yashin	6	1	1	2	0
F #91 Sergei Fedorov	6	2	2	4	4
Goaltender	GP	W	L	T	GAA	SO
G #30 Ilya Bryzgalov	0	0	0	0	0	0
G #31 Egor Podomatsky	0	0	0	0	0	0
G #35 Nikolai Khabibulin	6	3	2	1	2.34	1