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Ice Hockey, Men

Date4 – 17 February 1968
StatusOlympic
LocationPatinoire Municipale, Grenoble / Stade de Glace, Grenoble
Participants250 from 14 countries
FormatQualifying round placed teams into final and consolation round-robin pools.

The USSR had won the 1965, 1966, and 1967 World Championships and had not lost an international game since 1963. They won their first five Olympic games handily, but then lost to Czechoslovakia, 5-4. Going into the final series of games, they had identical 5-1 records, and if they both won their final game, Czechoslovakia would win the gold medal, based on the head-to-head victory. But Sweden pulled out a tie against the Czechs. This left the gold medal in the Soviet’s hands and they easily defeated Canada, 5-0, in the final game, to defend their Olympic title. The USSR was led by Anatoly Firsov, considered by many the greatest Russian ice hockey player ever. A winger with great speed, he was an outstanding athlete who once scored 6 goals in a game against the Canadian national team. He led the 1968 Olympic scorers with 12 goals.

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoalsGPMPGLSSOGASSPTS+/-PIMSVSSV%GAA
1Soviet UnionURS6011248–10Gold
2CzechoslovakiaTCH5111133–17Silver
3CanadaCAN5021028–15Bronze
4SwedenSWE412923–18
5FinlandFIN413928–25
6United StatesUSA214523–28
7West GermanyFRG206420–39
8East GermanyGDR107216–49
9YugoslaviaYUG5011035–20
10JapanJPN401827–12
11NorwayNOR303616–18
12RomaniaROU204422–30
13AustriaAUT104212–27
14FranceFRA00509–32

Qualifying Round (4 February 1968)

Winners advanced to final round, losers to consolation round. Soviet Union, Sweden, Canada, Czechoslovakia and United States (1967 World Championships top 5) were directly qualified for the final round. France, Austria and Japan were directly placed for the consolation round.

Match #1 04 FebGDR 3 – 1NOR
Match #2 04 FebFRG 7 – 0ROU
Match #3 04 FebFIN 11 – 2YUG

Consolation Round (7 – 17 February 1968)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1YUG5001033–9
2JPN401827–12
3NOR302615–15
4ROU203422–23
5AUT104212–27
6FRA00509–32

Match #1 07 Feb 16:45YUG 5 – 1JPN
Match #2 07 Feb 20:30ROU 3 – 2AUT
Match #3 08 Feb 20:30NOR 4 – 1FRA
Match #4 09 Feb 16:45ROU 7 – 3FRA
Match #5 09 Feb 20:30YUG 6 – 0AUT
Match #6 10 Feb 20:30JPN 4 – 0NOR
Match #7 11 Feb 20:30AUT 5 – 2FRA
Match #8 12 Feb 16:45JPN 5 – 4ROU
Match #9 12 Feb 20:30NOR 5 – 4AUT
Match #10 13 Feb 20:30YUG 10 – 1FRA
Match #11 14 Feb 20:30NOR 4 – 3ROU
Match #12 15 Feb 20:30JPN 11 – 1AUT
Match #13 16 Feb 20:30YUG 9 – 5ROU
Match #14 17 Feb 16:45JPN 6 – 2FRA
Match #15 17 Feb 20:30YUG 3 – 2NOR

Final Round (6 – 17 February 1968)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1URS6011248–10
2TCH5111133–17
3CAN5021028–15
4SWE412923–18
5FIN313717–23
6USA214523–28
7FRG106213–39
8GDR007013–48

Match #1 06 Feb 17:30TCH 5 – 1USA
Match #2 06 Feb 21:00URS 8 – 0FIN
Match #3 06 Feb 21:00CAN 6 – 1FRG
Match #4 07 Feb 17:00SWE 4 – 3USA
Match #5 07 Feb 21:00URS 9 – 0GDR
Match #6 08 Feb 17:00TCH 5 – 1FRG
Match #7 08 Feb 21:00FIN 5 – 2CAN
Match #8 09 Feb 13:00CAN 11 – 0GDR
Match #9 09 Feb 13:00SWE 5 – 4FRG
Match #10 09 Feb 16:30URS 10 – 2USA
Match #11 10 Feb 12:00TCH 4 – 3FIN
Match #12 10 Feb 15:30SWE 5 – 2GDR
Match #13 11 Feb 16:30CAN 3 – 2USA
Match #14 11 Feb 21:00URS 9 – 1FRG
Match #15 12 Feb 13:00TCH 10 – 3GDR
Match #16 12 Feb 16:30SWE 5 – 1FIN
Match #17 12 Feb 21:00USA 8 – 1FRG
Match #18 13 Feb 17:00URS 3 – 2SWE
Match #19 13 Feb 21:00CAN 3 – 2TCH
Match #20 14 Feb 16:00FIN 3 – 2GDR
Match #21 15 Feb 13:00USA 6 – 4GDR
Match #22 15 Feb 16:30CAN 3 – 0SWE
Match #23 15 Feb 21:00TCH 5 – 4URS
Match #24 16 Feb 15:30FIN 4 – 1FRG
Match #25 17 Feb 10:30FRG 4 – 2GDR
Match #26 17 Feb 14:00FIN 1 – 1USA
Match #27 17 Feb 17:30SWE 2 – 2TCH
Match #28 17 Feb 21:00URS 5 – 0CAN

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