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Ice Hockey, Men

Date3 – 14 February 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiaeisstadion, Innsbruck / Kunsteisbahn, Messehalle, Innsbruck
Participants217 from 12 countries
FormatQualifying round placed teams into final and consolation round-robin pools.

Seven months after the 1972 Winter Olympics, the world got the chance to see if the Soviet ice hockey leviathan was the equal of the best NHL teams. Canada and the Soviet Union played a summit series of eight games, four in Canada, and four in Moscow. After five games, the Canadian NHL stars were trailing, with only one win and one tie. To pull out the series they had to win the final three games in the Soviet’s rink. All Canadians from that era know where they were on September 28, 1972, when Paul Henderson scored the final goal of the eighth game, to allow Canada to defeat the USSR in the game, and the series.

But the IOC still did not allow professionals to compete and Canada again eschewed sending a team to the Innsbruck Winter Olympics. Led by forwards Valery Kharlamov and Aleksandr Yakushev, goalie Vladislav Tretyak, and the huge defenseman, Boris Mikhaylov, the Soviets again won the gold medal, defeating Czechoslovakia, 4-3, in the final game.

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoalsGPMPGLSSOGASSPTS+/-PIMSVSSV%GAA
1Soviet UnionURS6001256–14Gold
2CzechoslovakiaTCH401831–11Silver
3West GermanyFRG303626–25Bronze
4FinlandFIN303630–20
5United StatesUSA303623–25
6PolandPOL104216–41
7RomaniaROU402827–22
8AustriaAUT303621–30
9JapanJPN303622–29
10YugoslaviaYUG303626–27
11SwitzerlandSUI204425–27
12BulgariaBUL006020–52

Qualifying Round (3 – 4 February 1976)

Winners advanced to final round, losers to consolation round.

Match #1 03 FebPOL 7 – 4ROU
Match #2 03 FebTCH 14 – 1BUL
Match #3 03 FebFRG 5 – 1SUI
Match #4 04 FebFIN 11 – 2JPN
Match #5 04 FebUSA 8 – 4YUG
Match #6 04 FebURS 16 – 3AUT

Consolation Round (5 – 13 February 1976)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1ROU401823–15
2AUT302618–14
3JPN302620–18
4YUG302622–19
5SUI203424–22
6BUL005019–38

Match #1 05 Feb 14:00YUG 6 – 4SUI
Match #2 05 Feb 17:00ROU 3 – 1JPN
Match #3 05 Feb 20:00AUT 6 – 2BUL
Match #4 07 Feb 14:00YUG 4 – 3ROU
Match #5 07 Feb 17:00SUI 8 – 3BUL
Match #6 07 Feb 20:00AUT 3 – 2JPN
Match #7 09 Feb 14:00YUG 8 – 5BUL
Match #8 09 Feb 17:00JPN 6 – 4SUI
Match #9 09 Feb 20:00ROU 4 – 3AUT
Match #10 11 Feb 14:00ROU 9 – 4BUL
Match #11 11 Feb 17:00JPN 4 – 3YUG
Match #12 11 Feb 20:00SUI 5 – 3AUT
Match #13 13 Feb 14:00JPN 7 – 5BUL
Match #14 13 Feb 17:00ROU 4 – 3SUI
Match #15 13 Feb 20:00AUT 3 – 1YUG

Final Round (6 – 14 February 1976)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1URS5001040–11
2TCH301617–109
3FRG203421–24
4FIN203419–18
5USA203415–21
6POL00409–37

Match #1 06 Feb 13:00FRG 7 – 4POL
Match #2 06 Feb 16:00URS 6 – 2USA
Match #3 06 Feb 20:00TCH 2 – 1FIN
Match #4 08 Feb 13:00URS 16 – 1POL
Match #5 08 Feb 16:00FIN 5 – 3FRG
Match #6 08 Feb 20:00TCH 5 – 0USA
Match #7 10 Feb 13:00USA 5 – 4FIN
Match #8 1010 Feb 16:00POL 1 – 7TCH
Match #9 10 Feb 20:00URS 7 – 3FRG
Match #10 12 Feb 13:00USA 7 – 2POL
Match #11 12 Feb 16:00TCH 7 – 4FRG
Match #12 12 Feb 20:00URS 7 – 2FIN
Match #13 14 Feb 13:00FRG 4 – 1USA
Match #14 14 Feb 16:00FIN 7 – 1POL
Match #15 14 Feb 20:00URS 4 – 3TCH

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