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The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia. It will be the fith olympic men tournament to feature National Hockey League players.

Qualification
Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States qualified as the top nine teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2012. Austria, Latvia, and Slovenia qualified via the qualification tournament.

Officials
The IIHF selected 14 referees and linesmen to work the 2014 Winter Olympics. They were the following:


 * Referees
 * 🇩🇪 Lars Brüggemann
 * 🇺🇸 Dave Jackson
 * 🇨🇿 Antonín Jeřábek
 * 🇨🇦 Mike Leggo
 * 🇺🇸 Brad Meier
 * 🇷🇺 Konstantin Olenin
 * 🇨🇦 Tim Peel


 * Referees
 * 🇩🇪 Daniel Piechaczek
 * 🇨🇦 Kevin Pollock
 * 🇫🇮 Jyri Rönn
 * 🇨🇿 Vladimír Šindler
 * 🇨🇦 Kelly Sutherland
 * 🇸🇪 Marcus Vinnerborg
 * 🇺🇸 Ian Walsh


 * Linesmen
 * 🇨🇦 Derek Amell
 * 🇨🇦 Lonnie Cameron
 * 🇨🇦 Chris Carlson
 * 🇧🇾 Ivan Dedioulia
 * 🇨🇦 Greg Devorski
 * 🇺🇸 Tommy George
 * 🇨🇦 Brad Kovachik


 * Linesmen
 * 🇺🇸 Andy McElman
 * 🇩🇪 André Schrader
 * 🇫🇮 Sakari Suominen
 * 🇸🇰 Miroslav Valach
 * 🇨🇦 Mark Wheler
 * 🇨🇦 Jesse Wilmot
 * 🇺🇸 Christopher Woodworth

Tiebreak criteria
In each group, teams will be ranked according to the following criteria:
 * number of points (3 points for a regulation time win, 2 points for an overtime or shootout win, 1 point for an overtime or shootout defeat, 0 points for a regulation time defeat);
 * in case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking;
 * in case three or four teams are tied on points, the following criteria will apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remain tied, the result of their head-to-head match will determine their ranking):
 * points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
 * goal difference in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
 * number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
 * if three teams remain tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
 * place in 2012 IIHF World Ranking.

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A
A Russian goal scored late in the third period, which would have given the team a 3-2 lead, was disallowed after referees ruled that the net was moved when the goal was scored. The decision resulted in the score remaining 2-2. USA went on to win the game in a shootout, which resulted in Russia playing a playoff qualification game while USA received a bye to the quarterfinals. The decision was criticized by many Russian politicians, TV hosts and commentators. Following the game, protesters led by the Kremlin party's youth group held a demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to protest the decision. In response to the controversy, Konstantin Komissarov, the referee supervisor of International Ice Hockey Federation, officially confirmed that the decision by the referee was correct, citing the appropriate use of video review in assessing the play.

Playoff round
Following the completion of the preliminary round, all teams will be ranked 1D through 12D. To determine this ranking, the following criteria will be used in the order presented:


 * higher position in the group
 * higher number of points
 * better goal difference
 * higher number of goals scored for
 * better 2013 IIHF World Ranking.

Bracket

 *  † Indicates overtime victory
 *  ‡ Indicates shootout victory

Qualification playoffs
The top four ranked teams (D1–D4) received byes and were deemed the home team in the quarterfinals as they are seeded to advance, with the remaining eight teams (5D–12D) playing qualification playoff games as follows.

Quarterfinals
Teams seeded D1 to D4 are the home teams.

Following the quarterfinal games, the winning teams will be re-ranked F1 through F4, with the winner of 1D vs. E4 re-ranked as F1, the winner of 2D vs. E3 re-ranked as F2, the winner of 3D vs. E2 re-ranked as F3, and the winner of 4D vs. E1 re-ranked as F4. The losers of the quarterfinal round games will receive a final ranking of 5 through 8 based on their preliminary round ranking.