1960 Winter Olympics

1960 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host nation	USA
Dates	19–28 February
Teams	9
Champions	United States (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	334  (11.13 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Fred Etcher 21 points

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States, was the 9th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 27th World Championships and the 38th European Championships. The United States won its first Olympic gold medal and second World Championship. Canada, represented for the second time by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, won the silver and its ninth consecutive Olympic ice hockey medal (a feat not matched until the Soviet Union won its ninth consecutive medal in 1988). Highest finishing European team Soviet Union won the bronze medal and its sixth European Championship. The tournament was held at the Blyth Arena.

Canada, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Sweden were the top four teams heading into the Games. All four were defeated by the American team, which won all seven games it played. On the 50th anniversary of these Games, a documentary entitled Forgotten Miracle was produced by Northland Films, making reference to the more famous 1980 gold medal known as the Miracle on Ice; these are the only two Olympic gold medals won by USA men's ice hockey.

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 Bob 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 Yuri Tsitsinov Vladimir Grebennikov Mikhail Bychkov Viktor Pryazhnikov Nikolai Karpov Nikolai Puchkov Yevgeny Groshev Viktor Yakushev Stanislav Petukhov Yevgeny Yorkin Nikolai Sologubov Yuri Baulin Aleksandr Almetov Konstantin Loktev Veniamin Alexandrov Genrikh Sidorenkov Alfred Kuchevski

Qualification

The two German nations play a qualification round to determine which team will participate at the Olympics.

December 9, 1959

West Germany

5–2 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0)

East Germany

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany

Game reference

December 12, 1959

East Germany

3–5 (1–2, 2–0, 0–3)

West Germany

Weißwasser, East Germany

Game reference

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

Final ranking

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

Team rosters

Place	Team	Player
4	Czechoslovakia	Goaltenders: Vladimír Nadrchal, Vladimír Dvořáček. Defensemen: Karel Gut, Rudolf Potsch, Jan Kasper, František Tikal, František Mašláň. Forwards: Václav Pantůček, Miroslav Vlach, Vlastimil Bubník, Jozef Golonka, Ján Starší, Josef Černý, František Vaněk, Jaroslav Volf, Jaroslav Jiřík, Bronislav Danda. Coaches: Eduard Farda, Ladislav Horský.
5	Sweden	Goaltenders: Bengt Lindqvist, Kjell Svensson. Defensemen: Gert Blomé, Bert-Olov Nordlander, Roland Stoltz, Hans Svedberg. Forwards: Anders Andersson, Sigurd Bröms, Einar Granath, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Nils Nilsson, Ronald Pettersson, Ulf Sterner, Sven "Tumba" Johansson, Sune Wretling, Carl-Göran Öberg. Coaches: Ed Reigle, Pelle Bergström.
6	Germany	Goaltenders: Michael Hobelsberger, Ulrich Jansen. Defensemen: Paul Ambros, Ernst Eggerbauer, Hans Huber, Leonhard Waitl, Fprwards: Markus Egen, Hans Rampf, Xaver Unsinn, Kurt Sepp, Ernst Trautwein, Georg Eberl, Horst Franz Schuldes, Siegried Schubert, Josef Reif, Otto Schneitberger. Coach: Karl Wild
7	Finland	Goaltenders: Juhani Lahtinen, Esko Niemi. Defensmeen: Kalevi Numminen, Yrjö Hakala, Matti Lampainen, Erkki Koiso. Forwards: Raimo Kilpiö, Esko Luostarinen, Heino Pulli, Jouni Seistamo, Juhani Wahlsten, Pertti Nieminen, Kalevi Rassa, Teppo Rastio, Jorma Salmi, Voitto Soini, Seppo Vainio. Coaches: Joe Wirkkunen, Aarne Honkavaara.
8	Japan	Players: Shikashi Akazawa, Shinichi Honma, Toshiei Honma, Hidenori Inatsu, Atsuo Irie, Yuji Iwaoka, Takashi Kakihara, Yoshihiro Miyazaki, Masao Murano, Isao Ono, Akiyoshi Segawa, Shigeru Shimada, Kunito Takagi, Mamoru Takashima, Masami Tanabu, Shoichi Tomita, Toshihiko Yamada
9	Australia	Goaltenders: Robert Reid, Noel McLoughlin. Defensemen: Basil Hansen, Kenneth Wellman, John Nicholas, Victor Ekberg. Forwards: Russel Jones, Ivan Veselý, John Thomas, Clive Hitch, Noel Derrick, David Cunningham, Peter Parrott, Ben Acton, Kenneth Pawsey, Ron Amess, Zdeněk (Steve) Tikal, Rob Dewhurst. Coach: William McEachern.

Team Photos

Australia

Canada

Czechoslovakia

Japan

United States

References

• Jeux Olympiques 1960