Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Dates2–14 February 1976
Teams12
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (5th title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Fourth placeFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played36
Goals scored323 (8.97 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Shadrin (14 points)
  1972
1980  

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was the 13th Olympic Championship. The Soviet Union won its fifth gold medal. Games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck. [1]

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Highlights

The main rivalry in the tournament was between the USSR and Czechoslovak national teams. The Czechoslovak team suffered from influenza throughout the tournament, and they finished the game against Poland with only twelve players on the bench. A doping test of one of the players was positive and a loss was recorded for the Czechoslovak team, although Poland did not receive points.

In the deciding game, Czechoslovakia was up 2–0 after the first period. In the second, the score was tied by Vladimir Shadrin and Vladimir Petrov. Eight minutes before the end of the game Eduard Novák scored the third goal for the Czechoslovak team. But subsequent goals by Aleksandr Yakushev and one minute later by Valeri Kharlamov led to the victory of the USSR, 4–3. The Soviet team won their fourth consecutive gold medal and fifth title overall.

Heralded as one of the great moments in German ice hockey, the West German team won a surprising bronze. After beating the Americans on the final day the German team celebrated what they believed to be a fourth place finish. While in the locker room they were informed that they had actually come third. [2] [3] [4] The three-way tie was broken by first comparing the teams' head-to-head goal differential, then the remaining tied teams' goal ratio.

Sweden, having several of their top players now playing in the NHL and WHA, chose to join Canada in protesting the amateur rules and boycotted the games. They were also dissatisfied with the fact that the Soviet and Czechoslovak state-funded players who were de facto professionals were allowed to participate, meaning that Eastern Bloc countries did have an ability to send their best players, but the Western nations did not. [5] [6] [7]

Medalists

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A Soviet postage stamp
GoldSilverBronze
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Vladislav Tretiak
Aleksandr Sidelnikov
Aleksandr Gusev
Vladimir Lutchenko
Sergei Babinov
Yury Lyapkin
Gennadiy Tsygankov
Sergey Kapustin
Aleksandr Maltsev
Boris Aleksandrov
Boris Mikhailov
Alexander Yakushev
Vladimir Petrov
Valeri Kharlamov
Vladimir Shadrin
Valeri Vasiliev
Viktor Shalimov
Viktor Zhluktov
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Jiří Holík
Oldřich Machač
František Pospíšil
Jiří Holeček
Bohuslav Šťastný
Ivan Hlinka
Vladimír Martinec
Eduard Novák
Josef Augusta
Jiří Bubla
Milan Chalupa
Jiří Crha
Miroslav Dvořák
Bohuslav Ebermann
Milan Kajkl
Jiří Novák
Milan Nový
Jaroslav Pouzar
Pavol Svitana
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Lorenz Funk
Ernst Köpf
Alois Schloder
Rudolf Thanner
Josef Völk
Anton Kehle
Erich Kühnhackl
Rainer Philipp
Klaus Auhuber
Ignaz Berndaner
Wolfgang Boos
Martin Hinterstocker
Udo Kiessling
Walter Köberle
Stefan Metz
Franz Reindl
Ferenc Vozar
Erich Weishaupt

First round

In the first round teams were seeded according to their placement in the 1975 World Championships. Winners of this round qualified for Group A to play for 1st–6th places, while the losers competed in Group B for 7th–12th places. [8] Qualifiers from East Germany and Norway chose not to play. [9] 1975 ranking appears in parentheses.

Final round

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

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55004011+2910
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 53201710+76
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 5230212434
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 52301918+14
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5230152164
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland [lower-alpha 1] 5140937280
Source: [ citation needed ]

Notes:

  1. 1 2 The score after the Czechoslovakia vs Poland match was 7–1, but due to the positive doping test of one of the Czechoslovak players, the team was recorded a 0–1 loss. Poland didn't receive any points.

Consolation round

Teams that lost their games in the qualification round played in this group.

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPts
7Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 54102315+88
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53201814+46
9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 53202018+26
10Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 53202219+36
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 52302422+24
12Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 50501938190
Source: [ citation needed ]

Statistics

Average age

Team Bulgaria was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 27 years and 9 months. Team USA was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 22 years and 4 months. Gold medalists team USSR averaged 26 years and 4 months. Tournament average was 25 years and 7 months. [10]

Leading scorers

RkPlayerGPGAPts
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Shadrin 610414
T2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Maltsev 67714
T2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Shalimov 67714
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Yakushev 64913
5 Flag of Germany.svg Erich Kühnhackl 66511
6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Petrov 6639
T7 Flag of Germany.svg Lorenz Funk 6459
T7 Flag of Germany.svg Ernst Köpf 6459
9 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeri Kharlamov 5369
10 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Dobek 6358

Final ranking

  1. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  2. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
  3. Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
  4. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  5. Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  6. Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  7. Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
  8. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  9. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  10. Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
  11. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
  12. Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria

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