Ice hockey at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

Ice hockey at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival comprised two ice hockey tournaments in the under-17 competition class – a boys' tournament and a girls' tournament – during the Vuokatti 2022 edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF). The boys' tournament was held from 13 to 17 December 2021 and, following the postponement of the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the girls' tournament was played from 21 to 25 March 2022.^[1] Both tournaments were played at the Kajaanin jäähalli in Kajaani, Finland.^[2] The girls' tournament marked the first time women's ice hockey was included in the programme of a European Youth Olympic Festival.^[3]

Ice hockey at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Venue	Kajaanin jäähalli
Date	13–17 December 2021 21–25 March 2022
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Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Finland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland*	1	0	1	2
2	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
3	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
5	Russia	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys	Finland	Belarus	Russia
Girls	Czech Republic	Sweden	Finland

Boys' tournament

2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival – Boys' tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	13–17 December 2021
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Finland (3rd title)
Runner-up	Belarus
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	58 (5.8 per game)
Attendance	3,402 (340 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Eduard Šalé (8 points)

Played during 13 to 17 December 2021, the boys' ice hockey tournament was the first event contested as part of the EYOF Vuokatti 2022.^[4][5] The five participating teams played a single round-robin of ten games and ranking was determined by a standard point system: three points were awarded for a win, two points for an overtime win, one point for an overtime loss, and no points were awarded for a loss in regulation.^[6]

Hosts Finland were victorious in each of their four games, successfully sweeping the tournament and winning their third EYOF gold medal. Belarus took home silver after beating bronze medalists Russia by just one point in the points tally – the result of their overtime win over Russia in game four. Despite ranking second in goals scored, the Czech Republic took fourth place in the final rankings and Latvia rounded out the table in fifth place.

The Czech team featured the top three point scorers of the tournament: scoring leader Eduard Šalé, who scored 2 goals and 6 assists for 8 points; second ranked Šimon Slavíček, who scored 4 goals and 2 assists for 6 points; and third ranked Adam Dvořák, who scored 4 goals and an assist for 5 points. Four Finns tied for fourth in scoring with 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points each: Jere Lassila, Lenni Hämeenaho, Aleksanteri Kaskimäki, and Oskari Vuorio. The goal scoring table was topped by a three-player tie between the Czech Republic's Slavíček and Dvořák and Nikolai Tishkevich of Belarus, all of whom tallied 4 goals apiece.

The leading scorer of those teams not represented in the top-five on the points table were: Nikolai Tishkevich (4+0) for Belarus, Artem Duda (0+4) for Russia, and Emīls Veckaktiņš (2+1) for Latvia.^[7]

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Finland (H)	4	4	0	0	0	18	8	+10	12
	Belarus	4	2	1	0	1	8	9	−1	8
	Russia	4	2	0	1	1	11	8	+3	7
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	0	3	16	14	+2	3
5	Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	5	19	−14	0

Source: leijonat.fi
(H) Host

Games

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 December 2021 15:00

Russia

4–2 (2–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 225

Game reference
	Egor Zavragin	Goalies	Štěpán Vopravil	Referees:   Niilo-Kustaa Määttä   Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen Linesmen:   Jonne Juvonen   Oskari Saarimäki
	Nedopekin (Dolzhenkov) – 02:48 1–0 Rogovski (Duda, Nedopekin) (PP) – 13:26 2–0 2–1 22:04 – Prčík (Šalé, Petr) (PP) Kvochko (PS) – 48:49 3–1 Dolzhenkov (Mukhanov, Duda) (PP) – 51:21 4–1 4–2 54:02 – Šalé (Čech, Prčík) (EA)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	24

13 December 2021 18:30

Finland

5–1 (3–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Latvia

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 725

Game reference
	Topias Leinonen	Goalies	Deivs Deivids Rolovs Kārlis Beķeris-Brīvkalns	Referees:   Aleksanteri Palo   Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen:   Kevin Karenius   Luka Mäkinen
	Vuorio (Laakso, Lundell) – 01:59 1–0 Vuorio (Kulonummi) – 04:16 2–0 Nyman (Rönni, Hämeenaho) – 07:02 3–0 Kulonummi (Kaskimäki, Lassila) (PP) – 44:43 4–0 Nyman (Rönni, Laakso) – 47:39 5–0 5–1 59:10 – Veckaktiņš (Strādnieks, Krūklītis)
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	11

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14 December 2021 15:30

Czech Republic

9–3 (3–1, 3–0, 3–2)

Latvia

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 241

Game reference
	Jak Špunar	Goalies	Kārlis Beķeris-Brīvkalns Deivs Deivids Rolovs	Referees:   Aleksanteri Palo   Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen:   Kevin Karenius   Luka Mäkinen
	Slavíček (Prčík, Šalé) – 01:35 1–0 1–1 09:34 – Bukarts (Veckaktiņš, Bulāns) (PP) Slavíček (Krajčík, Šalé) – 13:07 2–1 Slavíček (Šalé, Petr) (PP) – 19:30 3–1 Dvořák (Soukup, Becher) – 29:45 4–1 Formánek (Šmajda) – 30:16 5–1 Formánek (Soukup, Čech) (PP) – 31:55 6–1 Petr (Hamara, Slavíček) (PP) – 40:31 7–1 Dvořák (Soukup, Hebek) (SH) – 42:31 8–1 8–2 43:26 – Veckaktiņš (Bulāns, Rullers) (PP) Slavíček (Hamara, Šalé) (PP) – 49:05 9–2 9–3 57:06 – Krūklītis (Strazdiņš, Mateiko)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	14

14 December 2021 18:30

Russia

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Belarus

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 279

Game reference
	Sergei Murashov	Goalies	Yan Shostak	Referees:   Niilo-Kustaa Määttä   Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen Linesmen:   Jonne Juvonen   Oskari Saarimäki
	0–1 30:49 – M. Marshchanok (Omelyusik, Shatilo) Zaitsev (Rimashevskiy, Maksimov) – 42:39 1–1 1–2 64:18 – Tishkevich
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	20

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15 December 2021 15:00

Latvia

0–3 (0–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Russia

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 157

Game reference
	Deivs Deivids Rolovs	Goalies	Egor Zavragin	Referees:   Aleksanteri Palo   Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen:   Kevin Karenius   Luka Mäkinen
	0–1 27:52 – Dolzhenkov (Pelevin) 0–2 34:30 – Rogovski (Barabosha) 0–3 35:54 – Mukhanov (Demidov, Karpov)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	8	Shots	40

15 December 2021 18:30

Belarus

1–5 (0–0, 0–3, 1–2)

Finland

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Lorens Zinaddin	Goalies	Eemil Vinni	Referees:   Niilo-Kustaa Määttä   Ville-Veikko Väkeväinen Linesmen:   Jonne Juvonen   Oskari Saarimäki
	0–1 27:20 – Minkkinen (Lassila) 0–2 33:15 – Lundell (Kulonummi, Vuorio) 0–3 38:36 – Kaskimäki (Halttunen, Vuorinen) S. Marshchanok (Anoshko, Muromtsev) (PP) – 43:54 1–3 1–4 55:47 – Hämeenaho (Rönni, Nyman) 1–5 58:52 – Lassila (SH, ENG)
	29 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	36

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16 December 2021 15:00

Latvia

1–2 (1–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Belarus

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Kārlis Beķeris-Brīvkalns	Goalies	Yan Shostak	Referees:   Toni Hyvärinen   Henri Neva Linesmen:   Petteri Niemelä   Santeri Orava
	Bulāns (Strazdiņš, Bukarts) – 19:55 1–0 1–1 49:24 – Kovgorenya (Pashuto, Kamko) 1–2 53:33 – Tishkevich (Bulgakov, Tukach)
	8 min	Penalties	0 min
	10	Shots	39

16 December 2021 18:30

Czech Republic

3–4 (1–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Finland

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 364

Game reference
	Štěpán Vopravil	Goalies	Topias Leinonen	Referees:   Jonne Mäkisalo   Mikael Vihriälä Linesmen:   Teo Mäkinen   Santeri Puhakka
	Šalé (Slavíček, Prčík) – 15:33 1–0 1–1 17:37 – Hokkanen (Nyman, Rönni) 1–2 28:53 – Kaskimäki (Raiman) (PP) 1–3 37:33 – Hämeenaho (Kaskimäki) Dvořák (Formánek, Vovsík) – 41:42 2–3 2–4 47:57 – Lundell (Lassila, Kulonummi) (PP) Dvořák (Polák) – 51:11 3–4
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	23

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17 December 2021 14:30

Belarus

3–2 (1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 154

Game reference
	Yan Shostak	Goalies	Jak Špunar	Referees:   Jonne Mäkisalo   Mikael Vihriälä Linesmen:   Teo Mäkinen   Santeri Puhakka
	0–1 15:20 – Čech (Soukup, Dvořák) S. Marshchanok (Ladutko) – 16:35 1–1 Tishkevich (Bulgakov) – 28:42 2–1 2–2 33:44 – Bareš (Šalé, Hamara) (PP) Tishkevich (SH) – 50:37 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	38

17 December 2021 18:00

Finland

4–3 (2–1, 2–0, 0–1)

Russia

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 847

Game reference
	Topias Leinonen	Goalies	Egor Zavragin Sergei Murashov	Referees:   Toni Hyvärinen   Henri Neva Linesmen:   Petteri Niemelä   Santeri Orava
	0–1 02:37 – Rykov (Duda, Barabosha) Lundell (Halttunen, Kaskimäki) (PP) – 08:16 1–1 Hokkanen (Vuorio) (SH) – 14:31 2–1 2–2 23:08 – Polyakov (Duda, Kvochko) Hakala (Hämeenaho, Laakso) (PP) – 32:03 3–2 Lassila (Hämeenaho, Vuorio) – 32:36 4–2 4–3 43:31 – Demidov (Mukhanov)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	35

Girls' tournament

2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival – Girls' tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	21–25 March 2022
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (1st title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played	9
Attendance	1,140 (127 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Pauliina Salonen (6 points)

The girls' tournament was played in two stages, a preliminary round followed by the finals, a different format than was used for the boys' single pool tournament. In the preliminary round, the six participating teams were separated into two groups of three and played a single round-robin of three games per group. Ranking from the preliminary round established placement for the finals.

The Czech Republic and Sweden, winners of Group A and B respectively, faced off in the gold medal game. After sixty minutes of play, the match was tied 1–1, with a Czech goal from Adéla Šapovalivová and the Swedish goal from Olivia Sohrner. The tie was maintained through an overtime period and held steady until the fourth round of the shootout, when the Czech Republic's Zikmunda Mazancová scored what would stand as the only goal registered by any of the ten shooters and the Czechs won the inaugural gold medal in girls' ice hockey at a European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.^[8][3]

Finland claimed victory over Switzerland with a 5–1 score in the bronze medal game and Slovakia held Hungary scoreless to take fifth place.^[9]

The girls' ice hockey tournament was the third-most viewed event of the EYOF Vuokatti 2022 in terms of streaming, with 13,624 viewers.^[10]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Final
2	Switzerland	2	1	0	0	1	6	4	+2	3	Bronze medal game
3	Hungary	2	0	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0	Fifth place game

Source: Finnish Ice Hockey Association

21 March 2022 18:30

Switzerland

5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Hungary

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 62

Game reference
	Talina Bender Margaux Favre	Goalies	Zsuzsa Révész
	Eggli – 05:13 1–0 Büchi (Wey) – 24:26 2–0 Eggli (Gaberell, Baechler) (PP) – 26:25 3–0 Rossel (Aymon, Peter) – 33:03 4–0 Eggli (Gaberell, Büchi) – 44:02 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	11

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22 March 2022 15:00

Czech Republic

4–1 (0–0, 0–1, 4–0)

Switzerland

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 16

Game reference
	Michaela Hesová	Goalies	Margaux Favre
	0–1 22:12 – Gaberell (Baechler) (PP) Slavíčková (Brichová) – 44:15 1–1 Pištěková (Malicka, Příhodová) – 45:48 2–1 Mazancová – 55:49 3–1 Juříčková (Plosová) – 56:11 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	15

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23 March 2022 15:00

Hungary

0–4 (0–3, 0–1, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 15

Game reference
	Bianka Bogáti	Goalies	Barbora Dalecká
	0–1 06:32 – Šapovalivová (Malicka, Slavíčková) 0–2 16:14 – Hotová (Narovcová, Plosová) (PP) 0–3 17:20 – Slavíčková (Šapovalivová, Vaníčková) 0–4 21:05 – Vaníčková (Šapovalivová)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	31

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	2	1	1	0	0	7	4	+3	5	Final
2	Finland (H)	2	1	0	1	0	6	6	0	4	Bronze medal game
3	Slovakia	2	0	0	0	2	3	6	−3	0	Fifth place game

Source: Finnish Ice Hockey Association
(H) Host

21 March 2022 12:30

Slovakia

2–3 (0–0, 2–2, 0–1)

Finland

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Laura Medviďová	Goalies	Lilia Huovinen
	Donovalová (Beňáková) – 23:16 1–0 1–1 26:41 – Keränen 1–2 28:22 – Kitula (Keränen) Blichová (Beňáková, Donovalová) – 28:36 2–2 2–3 59:41 – Salonen (Kokora)
	6 min	Penalties	0 min
	13	Shots	35

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22 March 2022 18:30

Sweden

3–1 (3–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 48

Game reference
	Felicia Frank	Goalies	Lívia Debnárová
	Hedqvist (Hallin, Sohrner) (PP) – 08:57 1–0 Bergeby Hallbeck (Hedqvist) – 11:56 2–0 Hallin (Hedqvist) – 12:23 3–0 3–1 39:35 – Blichová (Donovalová)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	21

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23 March 2022 18:30

Finland

3–4 OT (1–1, 0–0, 2–2) (OT: 0–1)

Sweden

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 219

Game reference
	Lilia Huovinen	Goalies	Felicia Frank
	0–1 05:21 – Sohrner (Rehn) Salonen (Varjonen) – 09:50 1–1 Salonen (Keränen) (PP) – 44:56 2–1 Vanhanen (Berg, Keränen) – 46:23 3–1 3–2 48:33 – Hedqvist (Leijonhielm) 3–3 54:35 – Gustafsson (Ålenius, Andersson) (PP) 3–4 61:11 – Andersson (Gustafsson)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	27

Final round

Fifth place game

24 March 2022 15:00

Hungary

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Slovakia

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 15

Game reference
	Zsuzsa Révész	Goalies	Laura Medviďová
	0–1 02:33 – Stern (Mateičková) 0–2 20:58 – Dobiášová (Paulínyová) 0–3 52:02 – Blichová (Dobiášová)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	12	Shots	29

Bronze medal game

24 March 2022 18:30

Switzerland

1–5 (0–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Finland

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 70

Game reference
	Margaux Favre Talina Benderer	Goalies	Ronja Pätsi
	0–1 09:44 – Lappalainen (Salonen) 0–2 11:13 – Salonen (Vanhanen, Keränen) (PP) Wey (Büchi, Eggli) (PP) – 21:05 1–2 1–3 23:13 – Keränen (Vanhanen, Salonen) (PP) 1–4 31:16 – Krook 1–5 58:03 – Vanhanen (Kokora) (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	28

Final

25 March 2022 13:00

Czech Republic

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

Sweden

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 195

Game reference
	Michaela Hesová	Goalies	Felicia Frank
	Šapovalivová – 13:53 1–0 1–1 50:04 – Sohrner (Ålenius, Hallin) (PP)
	Šapovalivová   Brichová   Pištěková   Mazancová   Juříčková	Shootout	Sohrner   Hallin   Rehn   Hedqvist   Andersson
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	26

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD
	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	0	10	2	+8
	Sweden	3	1	1	1	0	8	6	+2
	Finland (H)	3	2	0	1	0	11	7	+4
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	7	9	–2
5	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	6	6	0
6	Hungary	3	0	0	0	3	0	12	–12

Source:Finnish Ice Hockey Association
(H) Host

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Rank	Nat	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1		Pauliina Salonen	3	4	2	6	+3	0	F
2		Tilli Keränen	3	2	4	6	+2	0	F
3		Chiara Eggli	3	3	1	4	±0	2	F
4		Sanni Vanhanen	2	2	2	4	+3	2	F
5		Adéla Šapovalivová	3	2	2	4	+5	0	F
5		Ebba Hedqvist	3	2	2	4	+1	2	F
7		Tatiana Blichová	3	3	0	3	+4	0	F
8		Klaudie Slavíčková	3	2	1	3	+5	0	D
8		Olivia Sohrner	3	2	1	3	+3	2	D
10		Emma Donovalová	3	1	2	3	+3	0	F
10		Mira Hallin	3	1	2	3	±0	0	F
10		Annic Büchi	3	1	2	3	–1	2	F
10		Elena Gaberell	3	1	2	3	–2	4	D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: Finnish Ice Hockey Association

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least one third of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Rank	Nat	Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1		Barbora Dalecká	60:00	0	0.00	14	100.0	1
2		Michaela Hesová	140:00	2	0.86	39	95.1	0
3		Ronja Pätsi	60:00	1	1.00	19	95.0	0
4		Laura Medviďová	120:00	3	1.50	44	93.6	1
5		Felicia Frank	201:11	6	1.79	60	90.9	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Finnish Ice Hockey Association

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