| Date | 12 February 1998 — 12:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Big Hat, Nagano | |
| Referee | Brad Meier | USA |
| Linesman | Václav Český | CZE |
| Linesman | Rudolf Lauff | SVK |
| Attendance | 9,495 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | JPN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Austria | AUT | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
After Extra Time, Japan won 3-2 after penalty shots
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:35 (1) | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Dominic Lavoie (Martin Ulrich, Simon Wheeldon) | Power play (1) | |
| 9:22 (1) | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Shin Yahata (Takeshi Yamanaka) | Power play (1) | |
| 18:17 (1) | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Gerald Ressmann (Andreas Pusnik, Dieter Kalt, Jr.) | Equal-handed | |
| 28:34 (2) | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Akihito Sugisawa (Takeshi Yamanaka, Shin Yahata) | Power play (1) | |
| 43:04 (3) | 2 – 3 | ![]() | Dominic Lavoie (Martin Ulrich) | Power play (1) | |
| 46:35 (3) | 3 – 3 | ![]() | Tsutsumi Otomo | Equal-handed |
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:03 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Kunihiko Sakurai | Hooking | |
| 8:05 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Dominic Lavoie | Cross-checking | |
| 15:53 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Andreas Pusnik | Roughing | |
| 15:53 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Tsutsumi Otomo | Roughing | |
| 16:16 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Steven Tsujiura | Interference | |
| 21:56 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Michael Lampert | Interference | |
| 22:39 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Toshiyuki Sakai | High sticking | |
| 22:39 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Gerhard Unterluggauer | Roughing | |
| 24:07 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Wolfgang Kromp | Too many players | |
| 27:40 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Gerhard Pusnik | Tripping | |
| 29:19 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Tsutsumi Otomo | Charging | |
| 31:28 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Martin Hohenberger | Elbowing | |
| 34:57 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Dominic Lavoie | Hooking | |
| 37:39 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Tsutsumi Otomo | Interference | |
| 42:54 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Hiroyuki Miura | Tripping | |
| 43:40 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Wolfgang Kromp | Roughing | |
| 47:13 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Mario Schaden | Interference | |
| 51:27 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Shin Yahata | Hooking | |
| 52:17 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Gerhard Pusnik | Too many players | |
| 61:17 (4) | 2 | ![]() | Gerald Ressmann | Roughing | |
| 61:17 (4) | 2 | ![]() | Hiroyuki Miura | Roughing | |
| 67:49 (4) | 2 | ![]() | Gerhard Pusnik | Checking from behind | |
| 67:49 (4) | 10 | ![]() | Gerhard Pusnik | Checking from behind |
| Score | Nat | Player | Shot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 – 0 | ![]() | Wolfgang Kromp | Missed | |
| 1 – 0 | ![]() | Akihito Sugisawa | Scored | |
| 1 – 1 | ![]() | Dieter Kalt, Jr. | Scored | |
| 1 – 1 | ![]() | Shin Yahata | Missed | |
| 1 – 1 | ![]() | Rick Nasheim | Missed | |
| 1 – 1 | ![]() | Steven Tsujiura | Missed | |
| 1 – 1 | ![]() | Dominic Lavoie | Missed | |
| 1 – 1 | ![]() | Kiyoshi Fujita | Missed | |
| 1 – 1 | ![]() | Simon Wheeldon | Missed | |
| 1 – 1 | ![]() | Toshiyuki Sakai | Missed | |
| 1 – 1 | ![]() | Dieter Kalt, Jr. | Missed | |
| 1 – 1 | ![]() | Akihito Sugisawa | Missed | |
| 1 – 2 | ![]() | Rick Nasheim | Scored | |
| 2 – 2 | ![]() | Matthew Kabayama | Scored | |
| 2 – 2 | ![]() | Simon Wheeldon | Missed | |
| 3 – 2 | ![]() | Shin Yahata | Scored |
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Reinhard Divis | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Dusty Imoo | Goalkeeper In |
| 70:00 (4) | ![]() | Reinhard Divis | Goalkeeper Out |
| 70:00 (4) | ![]() | Dusty Imoo | Goalkeeper Out |
Japan| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 40 | Kiyoshi Fujita | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 23 | Yuji Iga | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 47 | Matthew Kabayama | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Makoto Kawahira | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 71 | Ryan Kuwabara | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 31 | Hiroshi Matsuura | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Akihito Sugisawa | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Tsutsumi Otomo | – | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Toshiyuki Sakai | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 24 | Kunihiko Sakurai | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Steven Tsujiura | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 30 | Shin Yahata | – | – | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 75 | Chris Yule | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Tatsuki Katayama | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 11 | Yutaka Kawaguchi | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Takayuki Kobori | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Atsuo Kudo | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Hiroyuki Miura | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| D | 36 | Takayuki Miura | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Takeshi Yamanaka | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 70 | Dusty Imoo | 1 | 70:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 37 | 92.5% | |||||
| Coach | Björn Kinding |
Austria| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 10 | Christoph Brandner | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Martin Hohenberger | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 74 | Dieter Kalt, Jr. | – | – | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 27 | Wolfgang Kromp | – | – | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Norm Krumpschmid | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Rick Nasheim | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 29 | Christian Perthaler | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 20 | Patrick Pilloni | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 7 | Andreas Pusnik | – | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Gerhard Pusnik | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 14 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Gerald Ressmann | – | – | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Mario Schaden | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 26 | Simon Wheeldon | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 30 | Herbert Hohenberger | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Michael Lampert | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Dominic Lavoie | – | – | 2 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| D | 14 | Engelbert Linder | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Tom Searle | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 47 | Martin Ulrich | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Gerhard Unterluggauer | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 25 | Reinhard Divis | 1 | 70:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 27 | 87.1% | |||||
| Coach | Ron Kennedy |