| Date | 9 February 1972 — 19:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Referee | Unto Wiitala |  FIN |
| Referee | Franz Baader |  FRG |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| – | United States |  USA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Saves | Save% | Minutes Played | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 12 | Yevgeny Mishakov | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Aleksandr Maltsev | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Aleksandr Yakushev | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | Vladimir Vikulov | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Anatoly Firsov | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Valery Kharlamov | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Yury Blinov | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Vladimir Petrov | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | Yevgeny Zimin | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Vitaly Davydov | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Viktor Kuzkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Aleksandr Ragulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 7 | Gennady Tsygankov | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Vladimir Lutchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Igor Romishevsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 20 | Vladislav Tretyak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 92.6% | 60:00 | |||
| Team Totals | 7 | – | – | 25 | 92.6% | – | |||||
| Coach | Anatoly Tarasov | ||||||||||
United States| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Saves | Save% | Minutes Played | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 18 | Ron Naslund | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Robbie Ftorek | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Kevin Ahearn | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Henry Boucha | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Craig Sarner | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Tim Sheehy | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 8 | Keith Christiansen | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 23 | Mark Howe | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Wally Olds | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Tom Mellor | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 9 | Frank Sanders, Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Jim McElmury | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Charles Brown | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 20 | Dick McGlynn | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 19 | Stu Irving | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 30 | Mike Curran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 86.0% | 60:00 | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | – | – | 43 | 86.0% | – | |||||
| Coach | Murray Williamson | ||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:17 (1) | Yury Blinov | | 1-0 | PP1 | |
| 15:26 (1) | Valery Kharlamov (Vladimir Vikulov) | | 2-0 | EQ | |
| 24:05 (2) | Aleksandr Maltsev (Aleksandr Yakushev) | | 3-0 | EQ | |
| 24:31 (2) | Vladimir Vikulov (Valery Kharlamov, Anatoly Firsov) | | 4-0 | EQ | |
| 28:50 (2) | Aleksandr Maltsev | | 5-0 | EQ | |
| 44:26 (3) | Frank Sanders, Jr. (Tim Sheehy) | | 5-1 | EQ | |
| 47:08 (3) | Yevgeny Zimin (Vladimir Petrov, Yury Blinov) | | 6-1 | EQ | |
| 48:57 (3) | Gennady Tsygankov (Valery Kharlamov, Vladimir Vikulov) | | 7-1 | EQ | |
| 56:01 (3) | Kevin Ahearn (Ron Naslund) | | 7-2 | EQ |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | Vladislav Tretyak | | In | ||
| 0:00 (1) | Mike Curran | | In | ||
| 60:00 (3) | Vladislav Tretyak | | Out | ||
| 60:00 (3) | Mike Curran | | Out |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:46 (1) | Dick McGlynn | | 2 | Too many players | |
| 26:49 (2) | Keith Christiansen | | 2 | Hooking | |
| 37:54 (2) | Aleksandr Yakushev | | 2 | Hooking | |
| 35:40 (2) | Charles Brown | | 2 | Holding | |
| 59:36 (3) | Charles Brown | | 2 | Holding |
