| | Top level | Event type
Ice Hockey, Men – Final Round, Match #5
| Date | 7 February 1972 — 16:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Tsukisaumu Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Referee | Heinrich Ehrensperger |  SUI |
| Referee | Bob Nadin |  CAN |
Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |  USA | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goals
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:32 (1) | 0 – 1 | | Eduard Novák (František Pospíšil) | Power play (1) | |
| 16:47 (1) | 1 – 1 | | Keith Christiansen | Power play (2) | |
| 25:07 (2) | 2 – 1 | | Kevin Ahearn (Craig Sarner) | Equal-handed | |
| 32:40 (2) | 3 – 1 | | Craig Sarner (Jim McElmury) | Equal-handed | |
| 39:19 (2) | 4 – 1 | | Frank Sanders, Jr. (Keith Christiansen) | Power play (1) | |
| 53:12 (3) | 5 – 1 | | Ron Naslund | Equal-handed |
Penalties
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:14 (1) | 2 | | Jim McElmury | Hooking | |
| 8:27 (1) | 2 | | Jim McElmury | Interference | |
| 9:33 (1) | 2 | | František Pospíšil | Interference | |
| 10:00 (1) | 2 | | Keith Christiansen | High sticking | |
| 10:00 (1) | 2 | | Ivan Hlinka | High sticking | |
| 15:09 (1) | 2 | | Karel Vohralík | Cross-checking | |
| 15:37 (1) | 2 | | Rudy Tajcnár | Interference | |
| 19:38 (1) | 2 | | Henry Boucha | Excessive roughness | |
| 25:07 (2) | 2 | | Charles Brown | Tripping | |
| 36:07 (2) | 2 | | Keith Christiansen | Slashing | |
| 38:14 (2) | 2 | | Rudy Tajcnár | High sticking | |
| 45:16 (3) | 2 | | Stu Irving | Hooking | |
| 48:28 (3) | 2 | | Ron Naslund | Cross-checking | |
| 49:22 (3) | 2 | | Bohuslav Šťastný | Hooking |
Goalkeepers
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | | Mike Curran | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | | Jiří Holeček | Goalkeeper In |
| 40:00 (3) | | Vladimír Dzurilla | Goalkeeper In |
| 40:00 (3) | | Jiří Holeček | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | | Mike Curran | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | | Vladimír Dzurilla | Goalkeeper Out |
United States
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 18 | Ron Naslund | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| 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 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Tim Sheehy | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Keith Christiansen | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | |||||
| 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. | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Jim McElmury | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Charles Brown | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 20 | Dick McGlynn | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 30 | Mike Curran | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 51 | 98.1% | |||||
| Coach | Murray Williamson |
Czechoslovakia
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 14 | Václav Nedomanský | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 20 | Jiří Holík | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Jiří Kochta | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Eduard Novák | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Richard Farda | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Josef Černý | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Vladimír Martinec | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Ivan Hlinka | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Bohuslav Šťastný | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 19 | Vladimír Bednář | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Rudy Tajcnár | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Oldřich Macháč | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | František Pospíšil | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Josef Horešovský | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Karel Vohralík | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 1 | Vladimír Dzurilla | – | 20:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | 90.0% | |||||
| GK | 2 | Jiří Holeček | – | 40:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | 69.2% | |||||
| Coach | Jaroslav Pitner |