1960 Olympics

At the 1960 Olympics' held in Squaw Valley, California, United States, one ice hockey event was held: men's Ice Hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. Games were held at Blyth Arena.

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States Jack McCartan John Mayasich John Kirrane Paul Johnson Weldon Olson Eugene Grazia Richard Rodenheiser Edwyn Owen Rodney Paavola Richard Meredith Bill Christian Tommy Williams Roger Christian Robert McVey Lawrence Palmer Bill Cleary Bob Cleary	Canada Harold Hurley Harry Sinden Jack Douglas Robert Attersley Fred Etcher George Samolenko Donald Charles Head Darryl Sly Ken Laufman Floyd Martin James Connelly Robert Forhan Donald Rope Maurice Benoit Bobby Rousseau Cliff Pennington Robert McKnight	Soviet Union Yury Tsitsinov Vladimir Grebennikov Mikhail Bychkov Viktor Pryazhnikov Nikolay Karpov Nikolai Puchkov Yevgeny Groshev Victor Yakushev Stanislav Petukhov Yevgeny Yorkin Nikolai Sologubov Yuri Baulin Aleksandr Almetov Konstantin Loktev Veniamin Alexandrov Genrikh Sidorenkov Alfred Kuchevsky

Preliminary round

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

Group A

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	24	3	4
2	Sweden	2	1	1	0	21	5	2
3	Japan	2	0	2	0	1	38	0

February 19

• Canada 5-2 Sweden

February 20

• Canada 19-1 Japan

February 21

• Sweden 19-0 Japan

Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	2	2	0	0	16	4	4
2	Germany	2	1	1	0	4	9	2
3	Finland	2	0	2	0	5	12	0

February 19

• USSR 8-0 Germany (UTG)

February 20

• USSR 8-4 Finland

February 21

• Germany (UTG) 4-1 Finland

Group C

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	United States	2	2	0	0	19	6	4
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	0	23	8	2
3	Australia	2	0	2	0	2	30	0

February 19

• USA 7-5 Czechoslovakia

February 20

• Czechoslovakia 18-1 Australia

February 21

• USA 12-1 Australia

Consolation round

Teams, which didn't qualify for the final round, played here.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	4	3	0	1	50	11	7
Japan	4	2	1	1	32	22	5
Australia	4	0	4	0	8	57	0

February 22

• Finland 14-1 Australia

February 23

• Finland 6-6 Japan

February 24

• Japan 13-2 Australia

February 25

• Finland 19-2 Australia

February 26

• Finland 11-2 Japan

February 27

• Japan 11-3 Australia

Final round

First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	United States	5	5	0	0	29	11	10
2	Canada	5	4	1	0	31	12	8
3	Soviet Union	5	2	2	1	24	19	5
4	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	0	21	23	4
5	Sweden	5	1	3	1	19	19	3
6	Germany	5	0	5	0	5	45	0

February 22

• USSR 8-5 Czechoslovakia
• USA 6-3 Sweden
• Canada 12-0 Germany (UTG)

February 24

• USA 9-1 Germany (UTG)
• USSR 2-2 Sweden
• Canada 4-0 Czechoslovakia

February 25

• USSR 7-1 Germany (UTG)
• USA 2-1 Canada
• Czechoslovakia 3-1 Sweden

February 27

• Czechoslovakia 9-1 Germany (UTG)
• USA 3-2 USSR
• Canada 6-5 Sweden

February 28

• USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia
• Sweden 8-2 Germany (UTG)
• Canada 8-5 USSR

Leading Players

• Top Goaltender: Jack McCartan, United States
• Top Defenceman: Nikolai Sologubov, Soviet Union
• Top Forward: Nisse Nilsson, Sweden

Leading scorers

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Fred Etcher	7	9	12	21
2	Robert Attersley	7	6	12	18
3	Bill Cleary	7	7	7	14
4	Bill Christian	7	2	11	13
5	George Samolenko	7	8	4	12
5	Lars-Eric Lundvall	7	8	4	12
7	Vaclav Panucek	7	7	5	12
7	John Mayasich	7	7	5	12
7	Nisse Nilsson	7	7	5	12
7	Veniamin Alexandrov	7	7	5	12
11	Floyd Martin	7	6	6	12
12	Ronald Petersson	7	4	8	12

Final ranking

1. United States
2. Canada
3. Soviet Union
4. Czechoslovakia
5. Sweden
6. Germany
7. Finland
8. Japan
9. Australia

Team Photos

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References

• Jeux Olympiques 1960