Posted AT 6:21 AM EDT on 26/02/06
No goals, and no medal for Russians
Turin — Russia left the Olympics with no goals in two straight games, and no medals for only the second time in 50 years.
The Russians were the quickest, highest scoring team in men's Olympic hockey through the sixth game, a historic 2-0 victory over Canada in the quarter-finals. That made them favourites going into the final four.
Then the goals vanished.
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Medal Standings
| Country |  |
 |
 |
T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GER | 11 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | USA | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | AUT | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | RUS | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | CAN | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | SWE | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | KOR | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | CHE | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | ITA | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | FRA | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
In pictures
- Canada's medalists
- A look back at the stars of the Turin Games
Postcards from Turin
Earlier discussion
- Men's Olympic hockey woes
- Gary Mason on the failure in Turin
Turin 2006
- Olympic hockey page
- Follow the national men's and women's teams' quest to repeat
Business of the Games
- Olympic hockey loss misses the net for CBC ratings
- Shot at gold would have helped viewership
Commentary
- Eric Duhatschek
Following a familiar winning script
- Gary Mason
Vancouver's quadriplegic mayor in spotlight
- Roy MacGregor
This story had everything – except Canada
- William Houston
CBC's blanket coverage beginning to wear thin
- Stephen Brunt
It could have been Grandi
- Allan Maki
A heartbeat away
