| Date | 4 February 1956 — 19:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Stadio del Ghiaccio, Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Referee | Ed Reigle |  CAN |
| Referee | Art Bernhard |  SUI |
| Competitor | NOC | Goals | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |  USA | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
United States| Pos | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Saves | Save% | Minutes Played | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Johnny Matchefts | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Ken Purpur | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | John Mayasich | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Bill Cleary, Jr. | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Wendell Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Gene Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Gordy Christian | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Weldy Olson | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Jack Petroske | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | Dan McKinnon | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | Ed Sampson | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | Dick Meredith | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | Dick Dougherty | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | Don Rigazio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 87.5% | 60:00 | |||
| Team Totals | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Coach | John Mariucci | |||||||||
Czechoslovakia| Pos | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Saves | Save% | Minutes Played | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Slavomír Bartoň | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Vlastimil Bubník | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Bronislav Danda | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Zdeněk Návrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | František Vaněk | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Bohumil Prošek | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Stanislav Bacílek | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Vladimír Zábrodský | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | Václav Pantůček | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | Karel Gut | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | Jan Kasper | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | Václav Bubník | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | Jaromír Bünter | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | Ján Jendek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 72.2% | 44:20 | |||
| Goalkeeper | Jan Vodička | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 82.6% | 15:40 | |||
| Team Totals | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Coach | Vladimír Bouzek | |||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 (1) | Weldy Olson (Ken Purpur) | | 1-0 | EQ | |
| 20:30 (2) | Gordy Christian (Dan McKinnon) | | 2-0 | EQ | |
| 23:45 (2) | Slavomír Bartoň (Vlastimil Bubník) | | 2-1 | EQ | |
| 24:20 (2) | Gordy Christian (Bill Cleary, Jr.) | | 3-1 | SH | |
| 28:40 (2) | Vlastimil Bubník | | 3-2 | EQ | |
| 30:00 (2) | Bill Cleary, Jr. (Gordy Christian) | | 4-2 | EQ | |
| 44:20 (3) | Dick Dougherty (John Mayasich) | | 5-2 | EQ | |
| 49:35 (3) | Dick Dougherty | | 6-2 | SH | |
| 49:59 (3) | Dick Meredith (John Mayasich) | | 7-2 | SH | |
| 56:35 (3) | Karel Gut (Vlastimil Bubník) | | 7-3 | EQ | |
| 57:10 (3) | Dick Dougherty (John Mayasich, Dick Meredith) | | 8-3 | EQ | |
| 57:50 (3) | Dick Dougherty (John Mayasich) | | 9-3 | EQ | |
| 59:10 (3) | Vlastimil Bubník (František Vaněk) | | 9-4 | EQ |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | Don Rigazio | | In | ||
| 0:00 (1) | Ján Jendek | | In | ||
| 44:20 (3) | Jan Vodička | | In | ||
| 44:20 (3) | Ján Jendek | | Out | ||
| 60:00 (3) | Don Rigazio | | Out | ||
| 60:00 (3) | Jan Vodička | | Out |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? (1) | Dan McKinnon | | 2 | ||
| ? (2) | Weldy Olson | | 2 | ||
| ? (2) | Ed Sampson | | 2 | ||
| ? (3) | Bill Cleary, Jr. | | 2 |
