The boys' ice hockey tournament at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held from 13 to 22 January at the Tyrolean Ice Arena in Innsbruck, Austria.

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2012 Winter Youth Olympics –
Boys' tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–22 January
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Finland (1st title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	14
Goals scored	100 (7.14 per game)
Attendance	20,880 (1,491 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ivan Nikolishin (12 points)
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Teams from five national hockey associations competed, in one single preliminary round group. The tournament consisted of 14 games: 10 in the preliminary round (teams played all other teams); 2 semifinal games; 1 bronze medal game; and 1 gold medal game.^[1]

All games were played in three 15-minute periods, as opposed to the traditional 20-minute periods.^[2]

The top eight teams in the 2011 IIHF World Ranking will choose which tournament (either boys' or girls') they want to compete in. First priority is given to higher ranked nations.^[3]

Each country is allowed to enter 17 athletes each.^[3]

All times are local (UTC+1).

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	3	0	0	1	25	9	+16	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	4	2	1	0	1	20	7	+13	8
3	Finland	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	+2	7
4	United States	4	2	0	0	2	14	18	−4	6
5	Austria (H)	4	0	0	0	4	3	30	−27	0

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13 January 2012 10:15

Austria

0–3 (0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 520

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	Thomas Stroj	Goalies	Juuso Kannel	Referee: Simon Acher Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Benjamin Hoppe
	0–1 30:22 − Kapanen (Hopponen) 0–2 32:05 − Hopponen (Honkanen, Kapanen) 0–3 44:40 − Kiviranta (Sopanen, Kannel) (SH, ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	8	Shots	43

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13 January 2012 14:45

Russia

4–3 (2–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Canada

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 932

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	Sergey Korobov	Goalies	Keven Bouchard	Referee: Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Daniel Persson Martin Smeibidlo
	Protapovich (Tsvetkov) – 05:08 1–0 1–1 05:33 – Pilon (Hicketts, Gardiner) Tsvetkov – 11:56 2–1 Lazarev (Nikolishin) (SH) – 18:58 3–1 3–2 21:37 – Brooks (Carrick) Vovchenko (Nikolishin) – 26:38 4–2 4–3 42:05 – Gardiner (Hicketts)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	29

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14 January 2012 12:30

United States

7–2 (4–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,180

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	Edwin Minney	Goalies	Stefan Müller	Referee: Andris Ansons Linesmen: Tilen Pahor Daniel Persson
	Gersich (Godbout, Schmaltz) – 00:47 1–0 Wegwerth (Eichel, Clarke) – 01:13 2–0 MacInnis (Magyar, Baughman) (PP) – 09:02 3–0 Gersich (Eichel) (PP) – 12:03 4–0 4–1 20:40 – Huber Gersich (Billitier) – 23:37 5–1 5–2 30:44 – Gaffal (Kraus, Huber) MacInnis (Godbout, Jacobs) (SH) – 41:06 6–2 Godbout (Schmaltz) (SH) – 41:24 7–2
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	16

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15 January 2012 13:30

Finland

4–3 (0–2, 3–0, 1–1)

Russia

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 783

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	Kaapo Kähkönen	Goalies	Maxim Tretiak	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Benjamin Hoppe Martin Smeibidlo
	0–1 03:32 – Sergeev (PP) 0–2 14:56 – Nikolishin (Nasybullin, Lazarev) (PP2) Honkanen (PS) – 25:04 1–2 Kapanen (Tuulola, Sopanen) (PP) – 27:08 2–2 Hopponen (Kapanen, Honkanen) (PP) – 29:33 3–2 Kapanen – 30:41 4–2 4–3 35:31 – Nikolishin (Lazarev, Svechnikov)
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	32

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15 January 2012 18:00

Canada

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 2,575

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	Kevin Bouchard	Goalies	Edwin Minney Logan Halladay	Referee: Simon Aicher Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Tilen Pahor
	Cornel – 03:58 1–0 Gropp (Cornel) – 16:30 2–0 2–1 17:39 – Clarke (Jacobs) Duke (Brooks, Pilon) – 28:54 3–1 Brooks (Martin, Gardiner) (PP) – 43:21 4–1 Gropp (Cornel, Gardiner) (PP) – 44:06 5–1
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	16

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16 January 2012 12:45

Russia

11–1 (0–1, 4–0, 7–0)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,274

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	Sergey Korobov Maxim Tretiak	Goalies	Thomas Stroj	Referee: Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Tilen Pahor Daniel Persson
	0–1 12:30 – Gaffal (Kraus) (PP) Kondratyev (Vovchenko, Tsvetkov) – 16:13 1–1 Svetlakov (Vovchenko) – 19:33 2–1 Nikolishin (Nekolenko) – 25:51 3–1 Protapovich (Lazarev) (PP) – 27:55 4–1 Zinovev (PP) – 31:23 5–1 Svechnikov (Protapovich) – 33:22 6–1 Nikolishin (Zinovev) – 33:32 7–1 Protapovich (Lazarev, Orlov) (PP) – 35:34 8–1 Mikulovich (Nikolishin, Sergeev) – 40:04 9–1 Svechnikov (Lazarev, Nasybullin) (PP) – 42:41 10–1 Nikolishin (Zinovev, Nekolenko) – 43:52 11–1
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	53	Shots	12

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17 January 2012 11:15

Austria

0–9 (0–4, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 749

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	Stefan Müller	Goalies	Sam Walsh	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Benjamin Hoppe
	0–1 00:40 – Brooks (Hébert, Martin) 0–2 02:16 – Burton (Yetman, Crossman) 0–3 06:15 – Gropp (Cornel) (PP) 0–4 12:07 – Cornel (Gropp) 0–5 16:42 – Gardiner (Gropp) 0–6 24:35 – James 0–7 38:31 – Duke (Martin, Brooks) (PP) 0–8 40:14 – Pilon 0–9 41:24 – Duke (Martin, Carrick)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	44

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17 January 2012 15:45

Finland

4–5 (1–0, 2–3, 1–2)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,824

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	Jusso Kannel	Goalies	Edwin Minney	Referee: Andris Ansons Linesmen: Tilen Pahor Martin Smeibidlo
	Kiviranta (Hopponen, Tuulola) – 12:16 1–0 1–1 16:31 – Baughman (Schmaltz) Tuulola (Kiviranta, Pitkänen) – 19:45 2–1 2–2 23:10 – Glover (Bliss) (PP) Kauppinen (Hopponen, Levänen) – 24:36 3–2 3–3 27:47 – Clarke (Kerr) 3–4 31:01 – Schmaltz (Bliss, Fiegl) 3–5 32:15 – MacInnis (Gersich, Magyar) Kapanen (Haapanen) – 41:45 4–5
	10 min	Penalties	26 min
	29	Shots	32

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18 January 2012 11:45

Canada

3–2 GWS (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Finland

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 1,261

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	Kevin Bouchard	Goalies	Kaapo Kähkönen	Referee: Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Andrei Haurylenka Martin Smeibidlo
	Brooks (Duke) – 15:11 1–0 1–1 21:05 – Kiviranta (Pitkänen) Cornel (Gropp, Hicketts) – 22:01 2–1 2–2 36:42 – Kiviranta (Pitkänen, Nieminen)
	Cornel Gropp Gardiner	Shootout	Kiviranta Kapanen Honkanen
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	25

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18 January 2012 16:15

United States

1–7 (0–2, 0–3, 1–2)

Russia

Tyrolean Ice Arena Attendance: 2,124

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	Edwin Minney Logan Halladay	Goalies	Sergey Korobov	Referee: Simon Aicher Linesmen: Benjamin Hoppe Daniel Persson
	0–1 01:43 – Orlov (Svechnikov, Protapovich (PP) 0–2 06:47 – Mikulovich (Nikolishin, Sergeev) (PP) 0–3 16:24 – Kondratyev (Svetlakov) 0–4 19:32 – Svechnikov (Lazarev, Protapovich) (PP) 0–5 21:58 – Lazarev (Svechnikov) Fiegl (MacInnis, Wegwerth) – 38:17 1–5 1–6 40:30 – Lazarev (Svechnikov) 1–7 43:32 – Nasybullin (Orlov, Protapovich) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	30

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