| | Top level | Event type
Ice Hockey, Men – Final Round, Match #9
| Date | 9 February 1972 — 19:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Referee | Unto Wiitala |  FIN |
| Referee | Franz Baader |  FRG |
Score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union |  URS | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| United States |  USA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Goals
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:17 (1) | 1 – 0 | | Yury Blinov | Power play (1) | |
| 15:26 (1) | 2 – 0 | | Valery Kharlamov (Vladimir Vikulov) | Equal-handed | |
| 24:05 (2) | 3 – 0 | | Aleksandr Maltsev (Aleksandr Yakushev) | Equal-handed | |
| 24:31 (2) | 4 – 0 | | Vladimir Vikulov (Valery Kharlamov, Anatoly Firsov) | Equal-handed | |
| 28:50 (2) | 5 – 0 | | Aleksandr Maltsev | Equal-handed | |
| 44:26 (3) | 5 – 1 | | Frank Sanders, Jr. (Tim Sheehy) | Equal-handed | |
| 47:08 (3) | 6 – 1 | | Yevgeny Zimin (Vladimir Petrov, Yury Blinov) | Equal-handed | |
| 48:57 (3) | 7 – 1 | | Gennady Tsygankov (Valery Kharlamov, Vladimir Vikulov) | Equal-handed | |
| 56:01 (3) | 7 – 2 | | Kevin Ahearn (Ron Naslund) | Equal-handed |
Penalties
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:46 (1) | 2 | | Dick McGlynn | Too many players | |
| 26:49 (2) | 2 | | Keith Christiansen | Hooking | |
| 37:54 (2) | 2 | | Aleksandr Yakushev | Hooking | |
| 35:40 (2) | 2 | | Charles Brown | Holding | |
| 59:36 (3) | 2 | | Charles Brown | Holding |
Goalkeepers
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | | Vladislav Tretyak | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | | Mike Curran | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | | Vladislav Tretyak | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | | Mike Curran | Goalkeeper Out |
Soviet Union
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 12 | Yevgeny Mishakov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Aleksandr Maltsev | – | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Aleksandr Yakushev | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Vladimir Vikulov | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Anatoly Firsov | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Valery Kharlamov | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Yury Blinov | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Vladimir Petrov | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Yevgeny Zimin | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Vitaly Davydov | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Viktor Kuzkin | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Aleksandr Ragulin | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 7 | Gennady Tsygankov | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Vladimir Lutchenko | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Igor Romishevsky | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 20 | Vladislav Tretyak | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 25 | 92.6% | |||||
| Coach | Anatoly Tarasov |
United States
| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 18 | Ron Naslund | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Robbie Ftorek | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Kevin Ahearn | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Henry Boucha | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Craig Sarner | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Tim Sheehy | – | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Keith Christiansen | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | |||||
| 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 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Charles Brown | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | – | |||||
| D | 20 | Dick McGlynn | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 19 | Stu Irving | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 30 | Mike Curran | – | 60:00 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 43 | 86.0% | |||||
| Coach | Murray Williamson |