| Date | 9 February 1998 — 18:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Big Hat, Nagano | |
| Referee | Gerhard Müller |  GER |
| Linesman | Václav Český |  CZE |
| Linesman | Rudolf Lauff |  SVK |
| Attendance | 9,930 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Period #1 | Period #2 | Period #3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | France |  FRA | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| – | Japan |  JPN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
France| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | +/- | Saves | Save % | Shift # | Shots-on-Goal | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 36 | Richard Aimonetto | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Pierre Allard | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 7 | Stéphane Barin | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | – | – | – | 4 | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Philippe Bozon | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | |||
| Forward | 8 | Arnaud Briand | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 28 | Roger Dubé | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 40 | Laurent Gras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 22 | Anthony Mortas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 19 | Robert Ouellet | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| Forward | 26 | Christian Pouget | 1 | 0 | 2 | +2 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | François Rozenthal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Maurice Rozenthal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 42 | Jonathan Zwikel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 13 | Karl DeWolf | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Serge Djelloul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Defense | 43 | Gregory Dubois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 34 | Jean-Christophe Filippin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 16 | Jean-Philippe Lemoine | 0 | 1 | 2 | +2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |||
| Defense | 24 | Denis Perez | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 27 | Serge Poudrier | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | – | – | 1 | 5 | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 29 | François Gravel | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 19 | 90.5% | 1 | 0 | 59:32 | |||
| Team Totals | 5 | – | – | – | 19 | 90.5% | – | – | – | |||||
| Coach | James Tibbetts | |||||||||||||
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Assists | Penalties in Minutes (PIM) | +/- | Saves | Save % | Shift # | Shots-on-Goal | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 40 | Kiyoshi Fujita | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | – | – | – | 6 | – | |||
| Forward | 23 | Yuji Iga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 47 | Matthew Kabayama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 22 | Makoto Kawahira | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 71 | Ryan Kuwabara | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | |||
| Forward | 31 | Hiroshi Matsuura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 13 | Akihito Sugisawa | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Tsutsumi Otomo | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Toshiyuki Sakai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | – | |||
| Forward | 24 | Kunihiko Sakurai | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Steven Tsujiura | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 30 | Shin Yahata | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 75 | Chris Yule | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 9 | Tatsuki Katayama | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 11 | Yutaka Kawaguchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| Defense | 7 | Takayuki Kobori | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Atsuo Kudo | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Hiroyuki Miura | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 36 | Takayuki Miura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Takeshi Yamanaka | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 70 | Dusty Imoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 80.0% | 1 | 0 | 59:08 | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | – | – | – | 20 | 80.0% | – | – | – | |||||
| Coach | Björn Kinding | |||||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:36 (1) | Kiyoshi Fujita (Toshiyuki Sakai, Atsuo Kudo) | | 0-1 | EQ | |
| 14:42 (1) | Philippe Bozon | | 1-1 | SH | |
| 15:32 (1) | Ryan Kuwabara (Akihito Sugisawa, Shin Yahata) | | 1-2 | PP1 | |
| 23:51 (2) | Stéphane Barin (Anthony Mortas, Robert Ouellet) | | 2-2 | EQ | |
| 57:05 (3) | Christian Pouget (Serge Poudrier, Philippe Bozon) | | 3-2 | PP1 | |
| 59:08 (3) | Philippe Bozon (Serge Poudrier) | | 4-2 | SH | |
| 59:37 (3) | Serge Poudrier (Jean-Philippe Lemoine) | | 5-2 | SH |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | François Gravel | | In | ||
| 0:00 (1) | Dusty Imoo | | In | ||
| 59:08 (3) | Dusty Imoo | | Out | ||
| 59:32 (3) | François Gravel | | Out |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:36 (1) | Christian Pouget | | 2 | Roughing | |
| 4:36 (1) | Tsutsumi Otomo | | 2 | Roughing | |
| 4:36 (1) | Tsutsumi Otomo | | 2 | Roughing | |
| 5:33 (1) | Arnaud Briand | | 2 | Charging | |
| 8:16 (1) | Yuji Iga | | 2 | Hooking | |
| 10:46 (1) | Roger Dubé | | 20 | Game misconduct | |
| 10:46 (1) | Roger Dubé | | 5 | Slashing | |
| 12:12 (1) | François Gravel | | 2 | Delay of game | |
| 16:53 (1) | Jean-Philippe Lemoine | | 2 | Unsportsmanlike conduct | |
| 17:36 (1) | Takayuki Kobori | | 2 | Interference | |
| 21:28 (2) | Tatsuki Katayama | | 2 | Hooking | |
| 24:16 (2) | Akihito Sugisawa | | 2 | Hooking | |
| 24:49 (2) | Pierre Allard | | 2 | Interference | |
| 31:59 (2) | Takeshi Yamanaka | | 2 | Holding | |
| 35:22 (2) | Tatsuki Katayama | | 2 | Tripping | |
| 36:08 (2) | Pierre Allard | | 2 | High sticking | |
| 54:31 (3) | Maurice Rozenthal | | 2 | Boarding | |
| 55:57 (3) | Takeshi Yamanaka | | 2 | Interference | |
| 58:28 (3) | Karl DeWolf | | 2 | Holding |
