| Tourney Name: | Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Country: | Austria |
| Dates: | 13–22 January |
| Num Teams: | 5 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Type: | other |
| Winners: |  Finland |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: |  Russia |
| Third: |  Canada |
| Fourth: |  United States |
| Games: | 14 |
| Goals: | 100 |
| Attendance: | 20880 |
| Scoring Leader: | Ivan Nikolishin |
| Points: | 12 |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
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.
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]
See main article: Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' team rosters. Each country is allowed to enter 17 athletes each.[3]
All times are local (UTC+1).
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