| Date | 12 February 1972 — 16:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink, Sapporo | |
| Referee | Åke Hanqvist |  SWE |
| Referee | Yury Karandin |  URS |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Japan |  JPN | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| – | West Germany |  FRG | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Saves | Save% | Minutes Played | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 11 | Minoru Ito | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Teruyasu Honma | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 21 | Yasushio Tanaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Hideaki Kurokawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Takao Hikigi | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | Koji Iwamoto | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Isao Kakihara | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Toru Okajima | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 13 | Yoshio Hoshino | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | Herb Wakabayashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 20 | Hideo Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Hiroshi Hori | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 7 | Iwao Nakayama | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Takeshi Akiba | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 8 | Takashi Tsuburai | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Toshimitsu Otsubo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 85.4% | 60:00 | |||
| Team Totals | 7 | – | – | 35 | 85.4% | – | |||||
| Coach | Nikolay Karpov | ||||||||||
West Germany| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | Saves | Save% | Minutes Played | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 8 | Karl-Heinz Egger | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | Bernd Kuhn | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Reinhold Bauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 19 | Hans Eimannsberger | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Lorenz Funk | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | Erich Kühnhackl | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Anton Hofherr | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Hans Rothkirch | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 21 | Martin Wild | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 16 | Georg Kink | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Otto Schneitberger | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Josef Völk | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Werner Modes | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Paul Langner | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Rudi Thanner | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Toni Kehle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 77.4% | 60:00 | |||
| Team Totals | 6 | – | – | 24 | 77.4% | – | |||||
| Coach | Gerhard Kießling | ||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:23 (1) | Yoshio Hoshino | | 1-0 | EQ |
| 5:54 (1) | Toru Okajima | | 2-0 | EQ |
| 10:09 (1) | Takao Hikigi | | 3-0 | EQ |
| 12:22 (1) | Rudi Thanner (Erich Kühnhackl) | | 3-1 | EQ |
| 23:38 (2) | Rudi Thanner (Paul Langner) | | 3-2 | PP1 |
| 25:16 (2) | Anton Hofherr (Rudi Thanner) | | 3-3 | EQ |
| 39:48 (2) | Toru Okajima (Teruyasu Honma) | | 4-3 | EQ |
| 42:23 (3) | Minoru Ito | | 5-3 | EQ |
| 44:07 (3) | Lorenz Funk (Anton Hofherr) | | 5-4 | EQ |
| 50:21 (3) | Herb Wakabayashi | | 6-4 | EQ |
| 54:56 (3) | Rudi Thanner (Anton Hofherr) | | 6-5 | EQ |
| 56:02 (3) | Josef Völk | | 6-6 | EQ |
| 59:29 (3) | Koji Iwamoto (Hiroshi Hori) | | 7-6 | EQ |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:25 (1) | Yoshio Hoshino | | 2 | Hooking |
| 12:09 (1) | Takashi Tsuburai | | 2 | Slashing |
| 12:09 (1) | Bernd Kuhn | | 2 | Slashing |
| 13:10 (1) | Anton Hofherr | | 2 | Hooking |
| 22:07 (2) | Takashi Tsuburai | | 2 | Cross-checking |
| 30:20 (2) | Paul Langner | | 2 | Delay of game |
| 47:36 (3) | Bernd Kuhn | | 2 | Charging |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | Toshimitsu Otsubo | | In | |
| 0:00 (1) | Toni Kehle | | In | |
| 60:00 (3) | Toshimitsu Otsubo | | Out | |
| 60:00 (3) | Toni Kehle | | Out |
