| | Top level | Event type
Ice Hockey, Men – Final Round, Match #1
| Date | 5 February 1972 — 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Referee | Unto Wiitala |  FIN |
| Referee | Jan Wycisk |  POL |
Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden |  SWE | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| United States |  USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goals
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:32 (1) | 1 – 0 | | Lars-Göran Nilsson | Equal-handed | |
| 6:28 (1) | 2 – 0 | | Thommy Abrahamsson (Björn Palmqvist) | Equal-handed | |
| 8:04 (1) | 2 – 1 | | Kevin Ahearn (Craig Sarner) | Equal-handed | |
| 27:27 (2) | 3 – 1 | | Tord Lundström | Equal-handed | |
| 46:12 (3) | 4 – 1 | | Thommie Bergman (Bert-Ola Nordlander) | Equal-handed | |
| 49:25 (3) | 5 – 1 | | Inge Hammarström | Equal-handed |
Penalties
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:02 (1) | 2 | | Stu Irving | Slashing | |
| 12:27 (1) | 2 | | Henry Boucha | Interference |
Goalkeepers
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | | Leif Holmqvist | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | | Mike Curran | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | | Leif Holmqvist | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | | Mike Curran | Goalkeeper Out |
Sweden
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 11 | Tord Lundström | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Lars-Göran Nilsson | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Håkan Pettersson | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Håkan Wickberg | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Björn Palmqvist | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Inge Hammarström | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 23 | Hans Lindberg | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Stig-Göran Johansson | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Mats Lindh | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Thommy Abrahamsson | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Lars-Eric Sjöberg | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Stig Östling | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Bert-Ola Nordlander | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Kenneth Ekman | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Thommie Bergman | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 1 | Leif Holmqvist | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 24 | 96.0% | |||||
| Coach | Billy Harris |
United States
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 18 | Ron Naslund | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Robbie Ftorek | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Stu Irving | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Kevin Ahearn | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Henry Boucha | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Craig Sarner | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Tim Sheehy | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Keith Christiansen | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 23 | Mark Howe | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Wally Olds | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Tom Mellor | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Frank Sanders, Jr. | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Jim McElmury | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Charles Brown | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 20 | Dick McGlynn | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 30 | Mike Curran | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 37 | 88.1% | |||||
| Coach | Murray Williamson |