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Ice Hockey At The 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was the 19th Olympic Championship. The Czech Republic, which emerged from the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, won its first winter gold medal, becoming only the seventh nation to win Olympic ice hockey gold. The tournament, held from February 7 to February 22, was played at the Big Hat and Aqua Wing arenas. This was the first Olympics in which the National Hockey League (NHL) took a break (17 days, from February 8 to February 24) allowing national teams to include NHL players from each country. Unlike basketball's Dream Team in 1992, where the players stayed in a hotel in Barcelona due to security concerns, NHL players stayed in the Olympic Village due to improved security measures. The Canadian team, despite a strong start in the round robin, lost their semifinal match against the Czech Republic in a shootout. Team Finland defeated Canada in the bronze medal game, disappointing Canadians wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Hat
is an indoor ice hockey arena in Nagano, Japan with a capacity of 10,104 seated spectators. Its official name is the ''Nagano Wakasato Tamokuteki Sports Arena''. The arena was completed and officially opened on December 10, 1995. Location Big Hat is the most central of the venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics that were constructed in the city of Nagano, approximately 2 km south of Nagano Station. White Ring, the venue for the figure skating and short track speed skating is a further 3.5 km south. Nagano Olympic Stadium, where the opening and closing ceremonies were held, is 8 km south of Big Hat. M-Wave, where the long-track speed skating events took place, is 5 km to the east. Finally, Aqua Wing Arena, which was the ice hockey B arena, is 5.3 km to the north of Big Hat. Events The ice hockey games from the 1998 Winter Olympics, including the men's and women's finals, were held at this arena. The rink still serves as the location of the Nagano Cup, an annual ice hockey tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland Men's National Ice Hockey Team
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, nickname ''Leijonat / Lejonen'' ("The Lions" in Finnish and Swedish), as it is called in Finland, is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called " Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the United States, the Czech Republic, Russia, and Sweden. Finland won the world championship in 2022, their fourth after 1995, 2011 and 2019. A duo of silver medals (1988, 2006) remained the country's best Olympic results until winning gold in 2022. At the Canada/World Cup, their best achievement is also a silver medal which they won in 2004. The Finns achieved a breakthrough in 2022, winning their first ever Olympic gold after defeating ROC. History Finland's first appearance in an elite ice hockey competition was at 1939 Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland. The result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitali Tregubov
Vitali Vladimirovich Tregubov (russian: Виталий Владимирович Трегубов; born January 28, 1974) is a retired Kazakh professional ice hockey defenceman. Tregubov played in the Russian Superleague for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, Severstal Cherepovets, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and Amur Khabarovsk. He was also member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team and played in the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 IIHF World Championship The 1998 IIHF World Championship was held in Switzerland from 1–17 May 1998. The format expanded to 16 teams for the first time. The teams were divided into four groups of four with the top two teams in each advancing to the next round. The .... Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links * 1974 births Living people Amur Khabarovsk players Barys Nur-Sultan players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Soviet ice hockey defencemen Kazakhstani ice hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Nardella
Robert Virgil Nardella III (born April 22, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League (AHL), while under contract with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Minor career Growing up, Nardella attended Rosemont Elementary School and East Leyden High School before graduating from East High School (Sioux City, Iowa). After his freshman year of high school, Nardella decided to drop baseball, basketball and golf to focus on hockey. Nardella played for the Chicago Mission Midget Minor during the 2011–12 season. He began the following season with the team but was unable to compete in the 2013 USA Hockey National Championships after suffering a knee injury in October. USHL Nardella was drafted eighth overall in the 2012 USHL Futures Draft by the Sioux City Musketeers. During his rookie season with the Musketeers, he recorded 13 points in 52 games. After impressing sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Figliuzzi
Stephan Figliuzzi (born 23 July 1968) is an Italian ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournaments at the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the .... References 1968 births Living people Olympic ice hockey players of Italy Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Montreal Saint-Jean Castors players Canadian people of Italian descent {{Italy-icehockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Felicetti
Dino Felicetti (born December 12, 1970) is an Italian-Canadian retired professional ice hockey winger. Achievements *2005 – Scoring leader in the 2005 Division IB world championship. *2006 - Serie A Champion with HC Milano International play Dino Felicetti played in the Olympics in 1998. Additionally he represented Italy in the World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ... six times. References External links * 1970 births Living people Canadian ice hockey forwards Canadian people of Italian descent Hamilton Dukes players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Italy Sportspeople from Burlington, Ontario Ice hockey people from Ontario Italian ice hockey players SHC Fassa players Canadian expatriat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetano Orlando
Gaetano "Gates" Orlando (born November 13, 1962) is a Canadian-born Italian former ice hockey centre and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres between 1984 and 1987. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 1999, was mainly spent in the Italian Serie A and Swiss Nationalliga A. Internationally Orlando played for the Italian national team at several World Championships and at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. He later coached in the minor leagues for a few years, and also worked as a scout for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. His father's ancestry hails from Agnone, Isernia, Molise, Italy. International play By virtue of his Italian ancestry and playing in Italy, Orlando acquired Italian citizenship and was eligible for the Italian national ice hockey team. He participated in the following tournaments: * 8 A-World Championships: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 * 2 B-World Championships: 1990, 1991 * 2 Olympic Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Zarrillo
Bruno Zarrillo (born September 5, 1966) is an Italian-Canadian retired professional ice hockey winger. Achievements *1987 - Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League Champion with River East Royal Knights *1988 - Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League Champion with River East Royal Knights *1990 - Serie A Champion with HC Bolzano *1995 - Serie A Champion with HC Bolzano *1997 - NLA Champion with SC Bern *2004 - Serie A Champion with HC Milano Vipers International play Bruno Zarrillo played in the Olympics in 1992, 1994, 1998. Additionally he represented Italy in the World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ... ten times. External links Eurohockey Stats* Bruno Zarrillo's Youth Hockey AcademyRoyal Knights home pageElite prospects 1966 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Shimin
Alexander Nikolayevich Shimin (russian: Александр Николаевич Шимин; born 2 January 1970) is a Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...i former ice hockey goaltender and coach. He played for several teams during his career, mainly with Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk in his hometown. Shimin also played for the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team, Kazakhstani national team, including at the 1998 Winter Olympics. After he retired from playing he turned to coaching, initially with Torpedo. References External links * 1970 births Asian Games medalists in ice hockey Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Barys Nur-Sultan players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Kazakh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitali Yeremeyev
Vitali Mikhailovich Yeremeyev (russian: Виталий Михайлович Еремееев; born September 23, 1975) is a Kazakhstani former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 4 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 2000–01 NHL season, 2000–01 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2014, was spent in the Russian Superleague and Kontinental Hockey League. Internationally Yeremeyev played for the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team, Kazakhstani national team at several Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championships and the 1998 Winter Olympics, 1998 and 2006 Winter Olympics. Playing career Yeremeyev was drafted the 9th round (209th overall) in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers after his third season with Kazzinc-Torpedo, Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk in which he won the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship's award for best goalie. He then played three seasons with HC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow, postin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Rosati
Michael Anthony Rosati (born January 7, 1968) is a Canadians, Canadian-born Italy, Italian former professional ice hockey player. Rosati became the third Italian player to play in a game in the National Hockey League, NHL after earning an Italian passport and playing for Italy men's national ice hockey team, Italy, after Bob Manno and Roberto Romano. Early years As a youth, Rosati played in the 1981 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Wexford, Toronto. Rosati started his career by playing in the Ontario Hockey League and was soon drafted by the New York Rangers in 1988 NHL Entry Draft (#131 pick). Rosati was initially placed in the ECHL, but after a disappointing season, decided to play in Italy. Rosati would find much more success there, and played for the Hockey Club Bolzano. In the 1990s Rosati would lead Bolzano to two Serie A (ice hockey), Italian Hockey Championships, and would earn himself the place of goaltender for the Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Round
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