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Ice Hockey, Men1

Date3 – 13 February 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationMakomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo / Tsukisaumu Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo
Participants205 from 11 countries
FormatQualifying round placed teams into final and consolation round-robin pools.

By 1972, Canadian ice hockey authorities were becoming more upset by the stringent amateur rules. Most of their best players either played in the NHL or played in high-level minor leagues, but were considered professionals. The Soviet Union players, however, skated year-round for a national team, and were allowed to compete as amateurs. After several years of fighting the authorities, Canada withdrew from international amateur ice hockey and did not compete at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics. Sweden manage a 3-3 tie against the Soviets, but the USSR defeated their other rivals, the United States, 5-1, and Czechoslovakia, 5-2, and won another gold medal. The United States won the silver medal, their first Olympic ice hockey medal since their upset gold in 1960. The Soviet team was led by forwards Valery Kharlamov and Aleksandr Yakushev, considered by many hockey experts to be the equal of any players in the NHL. Their top player may have been their goaltender, Vladislav Tretyak, considered to be the best goalie in the world.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1Soviet UnionURSGold
Goalkeeper20Vladislav Tretyak
Goalkeeper1Aleksandr Pashkov
Defense2Vitaly Davydov
Defense4Viktor Kuzkin
Defense5Aleksandr Ragulin
Defense7Gennady Tsygankov
Defense3Vladimir Lutchenko
Defense8Valery Vasilyev
Defense6Igor Romishevsky
Forward12Yevgeny Mishakov
Forward10Aleksandr Maltsev
Forward15Aleksandr Yakushev
Forward18Vladimir Vikulov
Forward11Anatoly Firsov
Forward17Valery Kharlamov
Forward9Yury Blinov
Forward13Boris Mikhaylov
Forward16Vladimir Petrov
Forward19Vladimir Shadrin
Forward14Yevgeny Zimin
CoachAnatoly Tarasov
2United StatesUSASilver
Goalkeeper30Mike Curran
Defense3Wally Olds
Defense4Tom Mellor
Defense9Frank Sanders, Jr.
Defense2Jim McElmury
Defense5Charles Brown
Defense20Dick McGlynn
Forward18Ron Naslund
Forward11Robbie Ftorek
Forward19Stu Irving
Forward16Kevin Ahearn
Forward10Henry Boucha
Forward17Craig Sarner
Forward15Tim Sheehy
Forward8Keith Christiansen
Forward23Mark Howe
Goalkeeper1Pete Sears DNS2
DefenseBruce McIntosh DNS
ForwardLarry Bader DNS
GoalkeeperTim Regan DNS
CoachMurray Williamson
3CzechoslovakiaTCHBronze
Goalkeeper1Vladimír Dzurilla
Goalkeeper2Jiří Holeček
Defense19Vladimír Bednář
Defense6Rudy Tajcnár
Defense4Oldřich Macháč
Forward7František Pospíšil
Defense3Josef Horešovský
Defense9Karel Vohralík
Forward14Václav Nedomanský
Forward20Jiří Holík
Forward5Jaroslav Holík
Forward8Jiří Kochta
Forward18Eduard Novák
Forward11Richard Farda
Forward15Josef Černý
Forward10Vladimír Martinec
Forward21Ivan Hlinka
Forward12Bohuslav Šťastný
DefenseMiroslav Daněk DNS
Josef Paleček DNS
ForwardJan Havel DNS
CoachJaroslav Pitner
4SwedenSWE
Goalkeeper1Leif Holmqvist
Goalkeeper2Christer Abrahamsson
Forward6Thommy Abrahamsson
Defense7Lars-Eric Sjöberg
Defense8Kjell-Rune Milton
Defense4Stig Östling
Defense5Bert-Ola Nordlander
Defense9Kenneth Ekman
Forward11Tord Lundström
Forward15Lars-Göran Nilsson
Forward21Håkan Pettersson
Forward10Håkan Wickberg
Forward16Mats Åhlberg
Forward18Björn Palmqvist
Forward14Hans Hansson
Forward19Inge Hammarström
Forward23Hans Lindberg
Defense3Thommie Bergman
Forward12Stig-Göran Johansson
Forward17Mats Lindh
CoachBilly Harris
5FinlandFIN
Goalkeeper1Jorma Valtonen
Defense2Ilpo Koskela
Defense3Seppo Lindström
Defense5Heikki Riihiranta
Defense6Heikki Järn
Defense4Juha Rantasila
Defense7Pekka Marjamäki
Forward8Jorma Vehmanen
Forward15Jorma Peltonen
Forward9Veli-Pekka Ketola
Forward12Matti Murto
Forward10Matti Keinonen
Forward11Harri Linnonmaa
Forward13Juhani Tamminen
Forward14Lasse Oksanen
Forward16Esa Peltonen
Forward17Seppo Repo
Forward18Lauri Mononen
Forward19Timo Turunen
Stig Wetzell DNS
CoachSeppo Liitsola
6PolandPOL
Goalkeeper1Andrzej Tkacz
Goalkeeper20Walery Kosyl
Defense2Ludwik Czachowski
Defense11Stanisław Fryźlewicz
Defense15Jerzy Potz
Defense13Marian Feter
Defense12Adam Kopczyński
Defense5Andrzej Szczepaniec
Forward3Feliks Góralczyk
Forward7Tadeusz Kacik
Forward10Krzysztof Birula-Białynicki
Forward6Józef Słowakiewicz
Forward18Leszek Tokarz
Forward14Wiesław Tokarz
Forward17Józef Batkiewicz
Forward9Tadeusz Obłój
Forward8Walenty Ziętara
Defense4Robert Góralczyk
Forward16Stefan Chowaniec
CoachAnatoly Yegorov
7West GermanyFRG
Goalkeeper1Toni Kehle
Defense7Heiko Antons
Defense16Georg Kink
Goalkeeper20Rainer Makatsch
Defense2Otto Schneitberger
Defense3Josef Völk
Defense6Werner Modes
Defense5Paul Langner
Defense4Rudi Thanner
Forward8Karl-Heinz Egger
Forward17Rainer Philipp
Forward18Bernd Kuhn
Forward12Reinhold Bauer
Forward19Hans Eimannsberger
Forward9Lorenz Funk
Forward14Erich Kühnhackl
Forward15Alois Schloder 3
Forward11Anton Hofherr
Forward10Hans Rothkirch
Forward21Martin Wild
CoachGerhard Kießling
8NorwayNOR
Goalkeeper1Kåre Østensen
Defense3Øivind Berg
Defense20Jan Kinder
Defense5Svein Norman Hansen
Defense4Terje Steen
Defense12Birger Jansen
Defense2Thor Martinsen
Forward13Tom Røymark
Forward16Tom Christensen
Forward8Steinar Bjølbakk
Forward19Svein Haagensen
Forward15Roy Jansen
Forward10Bjørn Johansen
Forward11Morten Sethereng
Forward14Terje Thoen
Forward7Bjørn Andressen
Forward18Arne Mikkelsen
Goalkeeper17Thore Wålberg DNS4
Rune Molberg DNS
Nils Nilsen DNS
CoachÅke Brask
9JapanJPN
Goalkeeper1Toshimitsu Otsubo
Forward16Tsutomu Hanzawa
Defense3Hiroshi Hori
Defense7Iwao Nakayama
Defense4Takeshi Akiba
Defense5Fumio Yamazaki
Defense8Takashi Tsuburai
Forward11Minoru Ito
Forward17Teruyasu Honma
Forward21Yasushio Tanaka
Forward9Hideaki Kurokawa
Forward12Takao Hikigi
Forward14Koji Iwamoto
Forward15Isao Kakihara
Forward10Toru Okajima
Forward13Yoshio Hoshino
Forward18Herb Wakabayashi
Forward20Hideo Suzuki
Goalkeeper2Minoru Misawa DNS5
Minoru Kawashima DNS
CoachNikolay Karpov
10SwitzerlandSUI
Goalkeeper1Gérald Rigolet
Goalkeeper22Alfio Molina
Defense11Marcel Sgualdo
Defense5Charles Henzen
Defense4Gaston Furrer
Defense2René Huguenin
Defense3Peter Aeschlimann
Forward6René Berra
Forward8Jacques Pousaz
Forward12Heini Jenni
Forward17Hans Keller
Forward10Michel Turler
Forward16Paul Probst
Forward19Gérard Dubi
Forward9Francis Reinhard
Forward7Toni Neininger
Forward13Guy Dubois
Defense14Peter Lehmann
Ueli Lüthy DNS
Bruno Wittwer DNS
CoachGaston Pelletier
11YugoslaviaYUG
Goalkeeper1Anton Jože Gale
Goalkeeper19Rudi Knez
Defense10Bogo Jan
Defense15Viktor Ravnik
Defense2Ivo Ratej
Defense5Drago Savić
Defense6Ivo Jan
Forward11Franci Žbontar
Forward13Rudi Hiti
Forward18Boris Renaud
Forward20Janez Puterle
Forward7Albin Felc
Forward14Roman Smolej
Forward16Silvo Poljanšek
Forward4Viktor Tišler
Forward12Slavko Beravs
Defense3Bojan Kumar
Forward8Božidar Beravs
Forward17Gorazd Hiti
Forward9Štefan Seme
CoachMiroslav Kluc

Qualifying Round

Date3 – 4 February 1972
FormatWinners advanced to final round, losers to consolation round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #103 Feb 16:00CzechoslovakiaTCH8 – 2JapanJPN
Match #203 Feb 19:30SwedenSWE8 – 1YugoslaviaYUG
Match #304 Feb 14:00United StatesUSA5 – 3SwitzerlandSUI
Match #404 Feb 19:00PolandPOL4 – 0West GermanyFRG
Match #504 Feb 19:00FinlandFIN13 – 1NorwayNOR
Match #6Soviet UnionURSbye

Consolation Round

Date6 – 12 February 1972
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1West GermanyFRG301622-10
2NorwayNOR301616-14
3JapanJPN211517-16
4SwitzerlandSUI02229-16
5YugoslaviaYUG01319-17
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Feb 12:30NorwayNOR5 – 2YugoslaviaYUG
Match #206 Feb 16:00West GermanyFRG5 – 0SwitzerlandSUI
Match #307 Feb 12:30West GermanyFRG6 – 2YugoslaviaYUG
Match #407 Feb 14:30JapanJPN3 – 3SwitzerlandSUI
Match #509 Feb 10:00JapanJPN3 – 2YugoslaviaYUG
Match #609 Feb 14:00West GermanyFRG5 – 1NorwayNOR
Match #710 Feb 10:00NorwayNOR5 – 4JapanJPN
Match #810 Feb 14:00SwitzerlandSUI3 – 3YugoslaviaYUG
Match #912 Feb 14:00NorwayNOR5 – 3SwitzerlandSUI
Match #1012 Feb 16:00JapanJPN7 – 6West GermanyFRG

Final Round

Date5 – 13 February 1972
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1Soviet UnionURS410933-13
2United StatesUSA302618-15
3CzechoslovakiaTCH302626-13
4SwedenSWE212517-13
5FinlandFIN203414-24
6PolandPOL00509-39
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 Feb 10:00SwedenSWE5 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #205 Feb 14:00CzechoslovakiaTCH14 – 1PolandPOL
Match #305 Feb 19:00Soviet UnionURS9 – 3FinlandFIN
Match #407 Feb 11:30SwedenSWE3 – 3Soviet UnionURS
Match #507 Feb 16:00United StatesUSA5 – 1CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #607 Feb 19:30FinlandFIN5 – 1PolandPOL
Match #708 Feb 14:00CzechoslovakiaTCH7 – 1FinlandFIN
Match #809 Feb 14:00SwedenSWE5 – 3PolandPOL
Match #909 Feb 19:00Soviet UnionURS7 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #1010 Feb 14:00Soviet UnionURS9 – 3PolandPOL
Match #1110 Feb 19:00United StatesUSA4 – 1FinlandFIN
Match #1210 Feb 19:00CzechoslovakiaTCH2 – 1SwedenSWE
Match #1312 Feb 19:30United StatesUSA6 – 1PolandPOL
Match #1413 Feb 9:00FinlandFIN4 – 3SwedenSWE
Match #1513 Feb 12:30Soviet UnionURS5 – 2CzechoslovakiaTCH