| Date | 12 February 1972 — 19:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Referee | Bob Nadin | CAN |
| Referee | Franz Baader | FRG |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Poland | POL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:57 (1) | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Tim Sheehy (Robbie Ftorek, Stu Irving) | Equal-handed | |
| 14:41 (1) | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Craig Sarner (Henry Boucha, Kevin Ahearn) | Equal-handed | |
| 26:08 (2) | 3 – 0 | ![]() | Henry Boucha (Kevin Ahearn, Craig Sarner) | Equal-handed | |
| 34:53 (2) | 4 – 0 | ![]() | Stu Irving | Equal-handed | |
| 42:40 (3) | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Tadeusz Obłój | Equal-handed | |
| 51:05 (3) | 5 – 1 | ![]() | Craig Sarner (Kevin Ahearn) | Equal-handed | |
| 51:33 (3) | 6 – 1 | ![]() | Tim Sheehy | Equal-handed |
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:10 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Stu Irving | Slashing | |
| 43:50 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Dick McGlynn | Holding | |
| 46:08 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Adam Kopczyński | Too many players |
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Mike Curran | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Walery Kosyl | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Mike Curran | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Walery Kosyl | Goalkeeper Out |
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 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Stu Irving | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Kevin Ahearn | – | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Henry Boucha | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Craig Sarner | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Tim Sheehy | – | – | 2 | – | 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 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 30 | Mike Curran | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 28 | 96.6% | |||||
| Coach | Murray Williamson |
Poland| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 3 | Feliks Góralczyk | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 7 | Tadeusz Kacik | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Krzysztof Birula-Białynicki | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 6 | Józef Słowakiewicz | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Leszek Tokarz | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Wiesław Tokarz | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Józef Batkiewicz | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Tadeusz Obłój | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Walenty Ziętara | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Ludwik Czachowski | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 11 | Stanisław Fryźlewicz | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 15 | Jerzy Potz | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 12 | Adam Kopczyński | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Andrzej Szczepaniec | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Robert Góralczyk | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 20 | Walery Kosyl | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 23 | 79.3% | |||||
| Coach | Anatoly Yegorov |