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Ice Hockey, Men

Date	19 – 28 February 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Blyth Memorial Arena, Squaw Valley, California / Eastern Rink, Squaw Valley, California
Participants	152 from 9 countries
Format	Round-robin pools, followed by medal and consolation rounds.

Many people look back at the 1960 Winter Olympic ice hockey event, and assume the Soviet Union was a heavy favorite. But that belied recent tournament history. Sweden had won the 1957 World Championship, with the USSR second. Canada had won the 1958 and 1959 World Championships. With Czechoslovakia, it was thought that any one of four teams could have won the 1960 Olympic ice hockey gold medal. The Canadian team was again the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen as the Allan Cup champions, the Whitby Dunlops, declined the invitation to skate in the Olympics.

The United States was represented by a young team of players from Boston and Minnesota and was not expected to challenge for the gold medal. They played an 18-game tour prior to the Squaw Valley Games, winning 10, tying 4, and losing 4 games, hardly scaring anyone. But in their first Olympic match, they upset Czechoslovakia, 7-5, and advanced to the medal round. On February 27, the Americans faced the Soviets, and prevailed 3-2, led by the goaltending of Jack McCartan. The next day the Americans again met the Czechoslovak team, and trailed 4-3, after two periods. In the US locker room between periods, Soviet player Nikolay Sologubov came in and showed the US players that they should take oxygen to give them more stamina for the final period. They did so, and trounced the Czechs in the 3rd period, winning 7-5.

	Pos	Number	Team	NOC	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	Penalties in Minutes (PIM)	Saves	Save%	Goals Against Average	Minutes Played
1	–	United States	👁 Image USA	7	48	52	100	52	190	91.8%	2.43	–	Gold
Goalkeeper	2	Jack McCartan	7	0	0	0	0	189	91.7%	2.44	418:00
Goalkeeper	1	Larry Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0%	0.00	2:00
Defense	5	Bob Owen	7	1	2	3	4	–	–	–	–
Defense	3	Jack Kirrane, Jr.	7	1	3	4	2	–	–	–	–
Defense	4	John Mayasich	7	7	5	12	2	–	–	–	–
Defense	9	Rod Paavola	7	0	1	1	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	17	Dick Rodenhiser	5	1	1	2	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	15	Paul Johnson	7	5	3	8	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	16	Weldy Olson	7	2	0	2	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	10	Rog Christian	6	8	3	11	12	–	–	–	–
Forward	6	Billy Christian	7	2	11	13	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	12	Tom Williams	7	4	6	10	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	11	Gene Grazia	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	18	Dick Meredith	2	2	2	4	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	7	Bill Cleary, Jr.	7	7	7	14	0	–	–	–	–
Defense	14	Bobby Cleary	7	6	4	10	6	–	–	–	–
Forward	8	Bob McVey	6	2	4	6	12	–	–	–	–
Coach	Jack Riley, Jr.
2	–	Canada	👁 Image CAN	7	55	69	124	81	175	92.1%	2.14	–	Silver
Goalkeeper	1	Boat Hurley	2	0	0	0	0	39	90.7%	3.53	85:00
Goalkeeper	1	Don Head	6	0	0	0	0	136	92.5%	1.79	335:00
Defense	2	Harry Sinden	7	4	5	9	6	–	–	–	–
Defense	5	Jack Douglas	7	3	2	5	6	–	–	–	–
Defense	4	Darryl Sly	7	1	1	2	9	–	–	–	–
Defense	6	Moe Benoit	7	1	3	4	18	–	–	–	–
Forward	10	George Samolenko	7	8	4	12	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	7	Bob Attersley	7	6	12	18	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	14	Fred Etcher	7	9	12	21	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	8	Cliff Pennington	4	0	2	2	6	–	–	–	–
Forward	9	Bob Forhan	6	1	5	6	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	12	Bob McKnight	2	2	2	4	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	15	Butch Martin	7	6	6	12	14	–	–	–	–
Forward	17	Ken Laufman	4	0	4	4	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	16	Don Rope	7	4	4	8	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	18	Jim Connelly	7	5	3	8	14	–	–	–	–
Forward	20	Bobby Rousseau	7	5	4	9	2	–	–	–	–
Coach	Bobby Bauer
3	–	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	7	40	50	90	78	190	89.2%	3.29	–	Bronze
Goalkeeper	1	Nikolay Puchkov	5	0	0	0	0	150	88.8%	4.07	280:00
Goalkeeper	1	Yevgeny Yorkin	3	0	0	0	0	40	90.9%	1.71	140:00
Forward	2	Nikolay Sologubov	5	1	8	9	2	–	–	–	–
Defense	4	Yury Baulin	6	1	2	3	10	–	–	–	–
Defense	3	Nikolay Karpov	3	1	2	3	2	–	–	–	–
Defense	5	Genrikh Sidorenkov	7	1	2	3	8	–	–	–	–
Defense	6	Alfred Kuchevsky	7	0	3	3	8	–	–	–	–
Forward	8	Veniamin Aleksandrov	7	7	6	13	16	–	–	–	–
Forward	9	Aleksandr Almetov	7	2	3	5	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	7	Konstantin Loktev	6	6	2	8	8	–	–	–	–
Forward	10	Mikhail Bychkov	7	1	3	4	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	11	Vladimir Grebennikov	7	4	4	8	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	12	Yury Tsitsinov	7	5	4	9	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	16	Stanislav Petukhov	6	4	4	8	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	15	Yevgeny Groshev	7	4	3	7	6	–	–	–	–
Forward	14	Viktor Yakushev	7	1	4	5	0	–	–	–	–
19	Viktor Pryazhnikov	3	2	0	2	0	–	–	–	–
Coach	Anatoly Tarasov
4	–	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	7	44	49	93	52	193	86.2%	4.43	–
Forward	12	Vlastimil Bubník	7	5	4	9	6	–	–	–	–
Forward	15	Josef Černý	7	4	3	7	6	–	–	–	–
Forward	6	Bronislav Danda	4	0	2	2	0	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	17	Vladimír Dvořáček	2	0	0	0	0	20	87.0%	3.64	49:29
Forward	19	Jozef Golonka	7	5	4	9	4	–	–	–	–
2	Karel Gut	6	1	6	7	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	16	Jaroslav Jiřík	4	1	3	4	2	–	–	–	–
Defense	4	Jan Kasper	7	1	3	4	8	–	–	–	–
20	František Mašlán	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	1	Vladimír Nadrchal	7	0	0	0	0	173	86.1%	4.53	370:31
Forward	11	Václav Pantůček	7	7	5	12	0	–	–	–	–
Defense	5	Rudolf Potsch	7	3	3	6	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	8	Jano Starší	7	4	5	9	6	–	–	–	–
Defense	3	František Tikal	6	1	2	3	6	–	–	–	–
Forward	9	František Vaněk	5	3	3	6	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	7	Miroslav Vlach	7	8	3	11	6	–	–	–	–
Forward	13	Jaroslav Volf	6	1	3	4	0	–	–	–	–
Coach	Eduard Farda
5	–	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	7	40	37	77	48	202	89.4%	3.43	–
Forward	–	Anders Andersson	6	3	4	7	2	–	–	–	–
Defense	–	Lars Björn	1	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–
Defense	–	Gert Blomé	6	4	1	5	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Sigurd Bröms	7	1	1	2	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Einar Granath	5	1	2	3	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Sven Johansson	6	6	1	7	5	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	–	Bengt Lindqvist	3	0	0	0	0	35	89.7%	2.96	81:00
Forward	–	Lars-Eric Lundvall	7	8	4	12	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Nils Nilsson	7	7	5	12	4	–	–	–	–
Defense	–	Bert-Ola Nordlander	7	0	2	2	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Carl-Göran Öberg	6	4	4	8	6	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Ronald Pettersson	7	4	8	12	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Ulf Sterner	5	0	1	1	0	–	–	–	–
Defense	–	Roland Stoltz	7	0	2	2	7	–	–	–	–
Defense	–	Hans Svedberg	7	2	2	4	8	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	–	Kjell Svensson	6	0	0	0	0	167	89.3%	3.54	339:00
Forward	–	Sune Wretling	6	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–
Coach	Ed Reigle
6	–	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	7	9	8	17	75	227	80.8%	7.71	–
Forward	1	Paul Ambros	7	0	0	0	16	–	–	–	–
Forward	12	Georg Eberl	7	1	2	3	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	7	Markus Egen	5	1	1	2	8	–	–	–	–
Defense	2	Ernst Eggerbauer	7	0	0	0	4	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	1	Michael Hobelsberger	6	0	0	0	0	200	81.6%	7.50	360:00
Forward	3	Hans Huber	7	1	0	1	2	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	1	Ulli Jansen	1	0	0	0	0	27	75.0%	9.00	60:00
Forward	6	Hans Rampf	6	1	0	1	9	–	–	–	–
Forward	16	Sepp Reif	7	1	0	1	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	5	Otto Schneitberger	6	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	8	Siegfried Schubert	5	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	15	Horst Schuldes	7	1	1	2	6	–	–	–	–
Forward	9	Kurt Sepp	7	3	0	3	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	11	Ernst Trautwein	7	0	2	2	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	10	Xaver Unsinn	7	0	2	2	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	4	Leonhard Waitl	6	0	0	0	16	–	–	–	–
–	Horst Metzer DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach	Karl Wild
7	–	Finland	👁 Image FIN	6	55	30	85	65	135	85.4%	3.83	–
Defense	–	Yrjö Hakala	6	0	3	3	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Raimo Kilpiö	6	9	3	12	2	–	–	–	–
–	Erkki Koiso	5	0	2	2	11	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	–	Juhani Lahtinen	3	0	0	0	0	64	90.1%	2.33	180:00
Defense	–	Matti Lampainen	6	2	0	2	4	–	–	–	–
–	Esko Luostarinen	6	5	4	9	4	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	–	Esko Niemi	3	0	0	0	0	71	81.6%	5.33	180:00
Forward	–	Pertti Nieminen	6	8	2	10	8	–	–	–	–
Defense	–	Kalevi Numminen	6	5	1	6	12	–	–	–	–
–	Heino Pulli	6	6	4	10	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Kalevi Rassa	4	0	1	1	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Teppo Rastio	5	4	2	6	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Jorma Salmi	4	1	2	3	0	–	–	–	–
–	Jouni Seistamo	5	8	4	12	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Voitto Soini	4	3	0	3	6	–	–	–	–
–	Seppo Vainio	2	0	0	0	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	–	Juhani Wahlsten	6	4	2	6	6	–	–	–	–
Coach	Joe Wirkkunen
8	–	Japan	👁 Image JPN	6	32	27	59	80	236	79.7%	11.15	–
17	Shikashi Akazawa	2	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	10	Shinichi Honma	6	0	1	1	8	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	1	Toshiei Honma	6	0	0	0	0	200	80.0%	9.31	322:04
Forward	13	Hidenori Inatsu	5	2	0	2	8	–	–	–	–
Forward	6	Atsuo Irie	5	3	3	6	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	12	Yuji Iwaoka	4	3	0	3	0	–	–	–	–
Defense	4	Takashi Kakihara	6	3	1	4	12	–	–	–	–
Defense	3	Yoshihiro Miyazaki	6	2	1	3	10	–	–	–	–
Forward	9	Masao Murano	4	1	1	2	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	15	Isao Ono	6	6	2	8	10	–	–	–	–
Forward	8	Akiyoshi Segawa	6	2	8	10	2	–	–	–	–
Defense	11	Shigeru Shimada	6	0	1	1	0	–	–	–	–
Defense	16	Kunito Takagi	6	0	0	0	4	–	–	–	–
7	Mamoru Takashima	6	4	3	7	2	–	–	–	–
Defense	14	Masami Tanabu	6	1	4	5	12	–	–	–	–
Goalkeeper	2	Shoichi Tomita	2	0	0	0	0	36	78.3%	15.82	37:56
Forward	5	Toshihiko Yamada	6	5	2	7	2	–	–	–	–
Coach	Kiyoshi Yoshijima
9	–	Australia	👁 Image AUS	6	10	8	18	57	240	73.4%	14.50	–
Goalkeeper	1	Robert Reid	5	0	0	0	0	168	73.7%	16.36	220:00
Goalkeeper	18	Noel McLoughlin	4	0	0	0	0	72	72.7%	11.57	140:00
Defense	10	Basil Hansen	4	1	0	1	4	–	–	–	–
Defense	11	Ken Wellman	6	0	0	0	6	–	–	–	–
Defense	2	John Nicholas	6	0	0	0	16	–	–	–	–
Defense	3	Vic Ekberg	6	0	2	2	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	15	Russell Jones	6	2	3	5	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	9	Ivo Vesely	3	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	12	John Thomas	6	1	0	1	6	–	–	–	–
Forward	14	Clive Hitch	6	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	6	Noel Derrick	6	2	1	3	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	5	Dave Cunningham	6	4	2	6	4	–	–	–	–
Forward	16	Peter Parrott	4	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	8	Ben Acton	5	0	0	0	11	–	–	–	–
Forward	7	Ken Pawsey	3	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Forward	4	Ron Amess	5	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–
Forward	19	Steve Tikal	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Coach	Bud McEachern

Preliminary Round

Date	19 – 21 February 1960

Group A

Date	19 – 21 February 1960
Format	Round-robin pool. First two qualified for final round, other teams to consolation round.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Canada	👁 Image CAN	2	0	4	24-3
2	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	1	1	2	21-5
3	Japan	👁 Image JPN	0	2	0	1-38

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Feb	Canada	👁 Image CAN	5 – 2	Sweden	👁 Image SWE
Match #2	20 Feb	Canada	👁 Image CAN	19 – 1	Japan	👁 Image JPN
Match #3	21 Feb	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	19 – 0	Japan	👁 Image JPN

Group B

Date	19 – 21 February 1960
Format	Round-robin pool. First two qualified for final round, other teams to consolation round.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	2	0	4	16-4
2	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	1	1	2	4-9
3	Finland	👁 Image FIN	0	2	0	5-12

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Feb	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	8 – 0	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Match #2	20 Feb	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	8 – 4	Finland	👁 Image FIN
Match #3	21 Feb	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	4 – 1	Finland	👁 Image FIN

Group C

Date	19 – 21 February 1960
Format	Round-robin pool. First two qualified for final round, other teams to consolation round.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	United States	👁 Image USA	2	0	4	19-6
2	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	1	1	2	23-8
3	Australia	👁 Image AUS	0	2	0	2-30

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Feb	United States	👁 Image USA	7 – 5	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH
Match #2	20 Feb	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	18 – 1	Australia	👁 Image AUS
Match #3	21 Feb	United States	👁 Image USA	12 – 1	Australia	👁 Image AUS

Consolation Round

Date	22 – 27 February 1960
Format	Double round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Finland	👁 Image FIN	3	1	0	7	50-11
2	Japan	👁 Image JPN	2	1	1	5	32-22
3	Australia	👁 Image AUS	0	0	4	0	8-57

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	22 Feb 11:00	Finland	👁 Image FIN	14 – 1	Australia	👁 Image AUS
Match #2	23 Feb 11:00	Finland	👁 Image FIN	11 – 2	Japan	👁 Image JPN
Match #3	24 Feb 11:00	Japan	👁 Image JPN	13 – 2	Australia	👁 Image AUS
Match #4	25 Feb 11:00	Finland	👁 Image FIN	19 – 2	Australia	👁 Image AUS
Match #5	26 Feb 11:00	Finland	👁 Image FIN	6 – 6	Japan	👁 Image JPN
Match #6	27 Feb 11:00	Japan	👁 Image JPN	11 – 3	Australia	👁 Image AUS

Final Round

Date	22 – 28 February 1960
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	United States	👁 Image USA	5	0	0	10	29-11
2	Canada	👁 Image CAN	4	0	1	8	31-12
3	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	2	1	2	5	24-19
4	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	2	0	3	4	21-23
5	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	1	1	3	3	19-19
6	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	0	0	5	0	5-45

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	22 Feb 13:00	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	8 – 5	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH
Match #2	22 Feb 15:30	United States	👁 Image USA	6 – 3	Sweden	👁 Image SWE
Match #3	22 Feb 18:00	Canada	👁 Image CAN	12 – 0	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Match #4	24 Feb 13:00	United States	👁 Image USA	9 – 1	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Match #5	24 Feb 15:30	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	2 – 2	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS
Match #6	24 Feb 18:00	Canada	👁 Image CAN	4 – 0	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH
Match #7	25 Feb 13:00	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	7 – 1	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Match #8	25 Feb 15:30	United States	👁 Image USA	2 – 1	Canada	👁 Image CAN
Match #9	25 Feb 18:00	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	3 – 1	Sweden	👁 Image SWE
Match #10	27 Feb 11:00	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	9 – 1	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Match #11	27 Feb 13:30	United States	👁 Image USA	3 – 2	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS
Match #12	27 Feb 16:00	Canada	👁 Image CAN	6 – 5	Sweden	👁 Image SWE
Match #13	28 Feb 8:00	United States	👁 Image USA	9 – 4	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH
Match #14	28 Feb 10:30	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	8 – 2	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Match #15	28 Feb 13:30	Canada	👁 Image CAN	8 – 5	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/20243