Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	February 12–24, 1980
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Olympic Fieldhouse, Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	35
Goals scored	308 (8.8 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Milan Nový (15 points)
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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States, was the 14th Olympic Championship. Twelve teams competed in the tournament, which was held from February 12 to 24, 1980. The United States won its second gold medal, including a win over the heavily favored Soviet Union that became known as the "Miracle on Ice". ^{[1] [2]} Games were held at the Olympic Fieldhouse (8,000) and the Olympic Arena (2,500). ^[3]

Format

The IIHF ceased running a World championship in Olympic years. Nations that did not participate in the Lake Placid Olympics were invited to compete in the inaugural Thayer Tutt Trophy in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.

Going into the games, the teams were ranked and divided into two groups. Teams were ranked based on performance during the 1979 World Ice Hockey Championships. Included were the eight teams in the 1979 top Championship Division (Pool "A") as well as the top four teams in the 1979, second-tier, "B" Pool tournament. While Poland finished 8th place in Pool A, the Netherlands, winners of Pool B, were ranked 8th while Poland was ranked 9th going into the Olympics. The total ranking was: Soviet Union (1), Czechoslovakia (2), Sweden (3), Canada (4), Finland (5), West Germany (6), United States (7), Netherlands (8), Poland (9), Romania (10), Norway (11), Japan (12). East Germany was originally ranked tenth, but declined to participate, with Japan filling their spot.

Overview

United States vs Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The Soviet Union had won the gold medal in five of the six previous Winter Olympic Games, and were the favorites to win once more in Lake Placid. The team consisted primarily of professional players with significant experience in international play. By contrast, the United States' team—led by head coach Herb Brooks—consisted exclusively of amateur players, and was the youngest team in the tournament and in U.S. national team history. In the group stage, both the Soviet and U.S. teams were unbeaten; the U.S. achieved several notable results, including a 2–2 draw against Sweden, and a 7–3 upset victory over second-place favorites Czechoslovakia. ^[4]

For the first game in the medal round, the United States played the Soviets. Finishing the first period tied at 2–2, and the Soviets leading 3–2 following the second, the U.S. team scored two more goals to take their first lead during the third and final period, winning the game 4–3. Following the game, the U.S. went on to clinch the gold medal by beating Finland in their last game. The Soviet Union took the silver medal by beating Sweden.

The victory became one of the most iconic moments of the Games and in U.S. sports. Equally well-known was the television call of the final seconds of the game by Al Michaels for ABC, in which he declared: "Do you believe in miracles?! YES!" In 1999, Sports Illustrated named the "Miracle on Ice" the top sports moment of the 20th century. ^[5] As part of its centennial celebration in 2008, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) named the "Miracle on Ice" as the best international ice hockey story of the past 100 years. ^[6]

Medalists

A postage stamp issued by the Soviet Post Office for the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games. The Soviet Union had won the previous four Olympic ice hockey tournaments between 1964 and 1976.

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Rosters

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States  (USA) Bill Baker Neal Broten Dave Christian Steve Christoff Jim Craig Mike Eruzione John Harrington Steve Janaszak Mark Johnson Rob McClanahan Ken Morrow Jack O'Callahan Mark Pavelich Mike Ramsey Buzz Schneider Dave Silk Eric Strobel Bob Suter Phil Verchota Mark Wells	Soviet Union  (URS) Helmuts Balderis Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Viacheslav Fetisov Alexander Golikov Vladimir Golikov Alexei Kasatonov Valeri Kharlamov Vladimir Krutov Yuri Lebedev Sergei Makarov Alexander Maltsev Boris Mikhailov Vladimir Myshkin Vasili Pervukhin Vladimir Petrov Alexander Skvortsov Sergei Starikov Vladislav Tretiak Valeri Vasiliev Viktor Zhluktov	Sweden  (SWE) Mats Åhlberg Sture Andersson Bo Berglund Håkan Eriksson Jan Eriksson Thomas Eriksson Leif Holmgren Tomas Jonsson Pelle Lindbergh William Löfqvist Harald Lückner Bengt Lundholm Per Lundqvist Lars Molin Mats Näslund Lennart Norberg Tommy Samuelsson Dan Söderström Mats Waltin Ulf Weinstock

First round

Blue Division

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	5	4	0	1	26	7	+19	9	Advanced to the final round
United States	5	4	0	1	25	10	+15	9
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	34	16	+18	6	Advanced to the consolation round
Romania	5	1	3	1	13	29	−16	3
West Germany	5	1	4	0	21	30	−9	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	9	36	−27	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

All times are local (UTC–5).

February 12, 1980 13:16

Czechoslovakia

11–0 (0–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Norway

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	Pouzar (Lukáč, Fryčer) – 25:33 1 – 0 Nový (Lukáč, Chalupa) – 31:11 2 – 0 M. Šťastný (P. Šťastný) – 33:00 3 – 0 Martinec (Chalupa, Novák) – 34:13 4 – 0 Ebermann (Novák, Chalupa) (PP) – 38:01 5 – 0 Pouzar (Nový, Lukáč) – 42:13 6 – 0 A. Šťastný (P. Šťastný, Ďuriš) – 43:16 7 – 0 Ebermann (Dvořák, Martinec) (PP) – 45:54 8 – 0 P. Šťastný (Bubla, M. Šťastný) – 48:33 9 – 0 Nový (Kadlec, Lukáč) – 52:51 10 – 0 P. Šťastný (M. Šťastný) – 54:47 11 – 0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	10

February 12, 1980 16:30

Romania

6–4 (1–1, 2–3, 3–0)

West Germany

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Jim Neagles
	Costea (Moroșan) (PP) – 5:15 1 – 0 1 – 1 11:50 – Vacatko (Philipp, Krüll) 1 – 2 22:37 – Truntschka (Egen, Kiessling) Costea (E. Antal, Tureanu) (PP) – 24:46 2 – 2 2 – 3 26:13 – Vacatko (Kuhl, Philipp) 2 – 4 35:34 – Egen (Scharf) (PP) Tureanu (Gal, Costea) – 37:46 3 – 4 Tureanu (Costea) – 44:12 4 – 4 Tureanu (Gal) – 46:30 5 – 4 Olenici – 53:17 6 – 4
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	53

February 12, 1980 17:21

Sweden

2–2 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1)

United States

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Viktor Dombrovski
	Andersson (Molin, Lundqvist) – 11:04 1 – 0 1 – 1 39:32 – Silk (Ramsey, Johnson) T. Eriksson (Lückner) – 44:45 2 – 1 2 – 2 59:33 – Baker (Pavelich, Schneider)(EA)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	29

February 14, 1980 13:00

Romania

0–8 (0–3, 0–4, 0–1)

Sweden

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	0 – 1 00:40 – Åhlberg (Näslund) 0 – 2 05:59 – Lundqvist (Samuelsson, Berglund) 0 – 3 07:42 – J. Eriksson (Waltin) 0 – 4 21:50 – T. Eriksson (Söderström, Molin) (PP) 0 – 5 28:05 – Molin 0 – 6 32:31 – Molin (Berglund) 0 – 7 37:17 – Lundholm (H. Eriksson) 0 – 8 50:18 – Jonsson (Holmgren)
	26 min	Penalties	15 min
	19	Shots	44

February 14, 1980 13:30

Norway

4–10 (2–5, 1–3, 1–2)

West Germany

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Viktor Dombrovski
	Andresen (M. Johansen) – 6:03 1 – 0 1 – 1 07:51 – Vacatko (Kuhl, Reil) 1 – 2 08:49 – Kiessling (Truntschka, Meitinger) 1 – 3 09:08 – Zach (Scharf, M. Hinterstocker) 1 – 4 09:33 – Kretschmer (M. Hinterstocker, H. Hinterstocker) 1 – 5 10:18 – Höfner (Reindl) Falch Nilsen (Myhre) – 12:13 2 – 5 V. Johansen (Myhre) – 25:26 3 – 5 3 – 6 30:52 – Truntschka (Krüll, Kiessling) 3 – 7 34:01 – Vacatko (Philipp, Kuhl) 3 – 8 39:53 – Truntschka (Egen, Meitinger) 3 – 9 40:42 – Kuhl (Vacatko, Krüll) 3 – 10 50:49 – Kretschmer (Wild, Scharf) Sethereng (M. Johansen, Lundenes) – 52:41 4 – 10
	13 min	Penalties	15 min
	20	Shots	51

February 14, 1980 20:30

United States

7–3 (2–2, 2–0, 3–1)

Czechoslovakia

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Ulf Lindgren
	0 – 1 02:23 – Pouzar (Kaberle, Nový) Eruzione (Broten) – 4:39 1 – 1 Pavelich (Schneider, Harrington) – 5:45 2 – 1 2 – 2 12:07 – M. Šťastný (P. Šťastný) Schneider (Pavelich) – 24:33 3 – 2 Johnson (McClanahan) – 35:28 4 – 2 Verchota (Christian) – 42:59 5 – 2 Schneider (Harrington) – 43:59 6 – 2 6 – 3 45:36 – Novák (Lukáč) McClanahan (Johnson) – 50:54 7 – 3
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	31

February 16, 1980 13:00

United States

5–1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Norway

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	0 – 1 04:19 – Myhre (Løsåmoen) Eruzione (PP) – 20:41 1 – 1 Johnson (Christian, McClanahan) – 24:51 2 – 1 Silk (Pavelich, Morrow) – 33:31 3 – 1 Wells (Silk, Verchota) – 44:28 4 – 1 Morrow (McClanahan, Strobel) – 51:29 5 – 1
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	43	Shots	22

February 16, 1980 13:00

Romania

2–7 (0–2, 1–3, 1–2)

Czechoslovakia

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Josef Kompalla
	0 – 1 13:35 – P. Šťastný (Bubla, A. Šťastný) 0 – 2 19:00 – Lukáč (Nový, Pouzar) Cazacu (Hălăucă, Sólyom) – 21:39 1 – 2 1 – 3 26:07 – Kadlec 1 – 4 28:43 – Nový (Pouzar, Kaberle) 1 – 5 33:41 – P. Šťastný 1 – 6 41:46 – Lukáč (Neliba) Cazacu (Gal) – 44:08 2 – 6 2 – 7 45:46 – Pouzar (Lukáč, Nový)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	45

February 16, 1980 20:00

Sweden

5–2 (1–0, 4–1, 0–1)

West Germany

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Viktor Dombrovski
	Berglund (Molin, Lundqvist) – 09:52 1 – 0 Näslund (Åhlberg) – 26:50 2 – 0 Lundqvist (Berglund, Samuelsson) – 28:35 3 – 0 Söderström (Åhlberg) – 32:36 4 – 0 Söderström (H. Eriksson) (PP) – 36:03 5 – 0 5 – 1 37:06 – Egen (Truntschka) 5 – 2 56:43 – Reil (SH)
	24 min	Penalties	31 min
	33	Shots	25

February 18, 1980 13:30

Norway

1–7 (0–2, 0–4, 1–1)

Sweden

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Vladimir Šubrt
	0 – 1 14:03 – Åhlberg (Näslund) 0 – 2 16:20 – Åhlberg (Näslund, Holmgren) 0 – 3 23:48 – Åhlberg (Jonsson) (PP) 0 – 4 34:08 – Lundqvist (Lückner, Molin) 0 – 5 36:40 – Norberg (H. Eriksson, Waltin) 0 – 6 37:09 – Andersson (Lundqvist, Molin) 0 – 7 43:24 – Näslund (Åhlberg, Weinstock) (PP) Abrahamsen (Molberg, Foyn) – 51:08 1 – 7
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	12	Shots	43

February 18, 1980 20:00

West Germany

3–11 (1–5, 0–5, 2–1)

Czechoslovakia

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	0 – 1 01:33 – Nový (Ebermann) (PP) 0 – 2 02:28 – P. Šťastný (A. Šťastný, M. Šťastný) 0 – 3 05:45 – P. Šťastný (M. Šťastný) (SH) Krüll (Truntschka, Kretschmer) – 19:04 1 – 3 1 – 4 19:32 – Pouzar (Kaberle, Nový) 1 – 5 19:49 – A. Šťastný (P. Šťastný) 1 – 6 22:17 – Nový (Lukáč) 1 – 7 27:10 – Pouzar (Fryčer, Nový) 1 – 8 33:30 – Pouzar 1 – 9 38:36 – Ebermann (Novák) 1 – 10 39:22 – Nový (Pouzar) M. Hinterstocker (Zach, Auhuber) – 46:28 2 – 10 Höfner (Kuhl, Philipp) – 48:36 3 – 10 3 – 11 50:22 – P. Šťastný (M. Šťastný)
	20 min	Penalties	19 min
	22	Shots	39

February 18, 1980 20:30

United States

7–2 (2–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Romania

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Viktor Dombrovski
	Schneider (Pavelich, Harrington) – 12:03 1 – 0 Strobel (Schneider, Ramesy) – 15:52 2 – 0 Wells (Verchota, Morrow) – 29:34 3 – 0 3 – 1 33:40 – Tureanu (Nistor) (PP) Schneider (Harrington) – 37:05 4 – 1 Christoff (O'Callahan) (PP) – 43:14 5 – 1 5 – 2 52:48 – Hălăucă (Moroșan) Broten (Eruzione) – 56:12 6 – 2 McClanahan (Johnson) – 58:09 7 – 2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	51	Shots	21

February 20, 1980 13:00

Norway

3–3 (1–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Romania

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Vladimir Šubrt
	Foyn (Myhre, Falch Nilsen) (PP) – 00:56 1 – 0 1 – 1 05:10 – Costea (E. Antal, Tureanu) 1 – 2 31:27 – Gal (E. Antal, Axinte) 1 – 3 52:43 – Tureanu (Gal) Sethereng (Falch Nilsen, Molberg) (PP) – 58:39 2 – 3 Molberg (Myhre, Nilsen) – 59:31 3 – 3
	26 min	Penalties	18 min
	24	Shots	29

February 20, 1980 13:30

Czechoslovakia

2–4 (0–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Sweden

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	0 – 1 09:18 – Åhlberg (Näslund, Holmgren) (PP) 0 – 2 10:55 – Holmgren (Näslund, Weinstock) 0 – 3 36:02 – Näslund (Söderström) (PP) Nový (Pouzar) – 52:05 1 – 3 1 – 4 57:00 – Lundqvist (Näslund, Jonsson) Pouzar (Nový, Kadlec) (PP) – 59:22 2 – 4
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	26

February 20, 1980 20:30

West Germany

2–4 (2–0, 0–2, 0–2)

United States

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Bernie Haley
	Kretschmer – 01:50 1 – 0 Kiessling (Höfner, Kretschmer) (PP) – 19:45 2 – 0 2 – 1 27:40 – McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) 2 – 2 38:31 – Broten (Strobel, Eruzione) 2 – 3 41:17 – McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) 2 – 4 44:17 – Verchota (Christian, Wells)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	26	Shots	32

Red Division

Canada vs. the Netherlands

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	51	11	+40	10	Advanced to the final round
Finland	5	3	2	0	26	18	+8	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	28	12	+16	6	Advanced to the consolation round
Poland	5	2	3	0	15	23	−8	4
Netherlands	5	1	3	1	16	43	−27	3
Japan	5	0	4	1	7	36	−29	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

All times are local (UTC–5).

February 12, 1980 13:30

Netherlands

1–10 (1–2, 0–2, 0–6)

Canada

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Ulf Lindgren
	de Graauw (de Cloe) (SH)–01:56 1–0 1–1 04:04–Primeau (Devaney) 1–2 11:40–Berry (Maxwell, O'Malley) 1–3 26:52–D'Alvise (O'Malley) 1–4 35:02–Hindmarch (Devaney) (PP) 1–5 43:31–G. Anderson (Davidson, Nill) 1–6 44:14–D'Alvise (Zupancich, Pirie) 1–7 50:35–Devaney (Primeau, Hindmarch) (PP) 1–8 51:11–Berry (Watters, Maxwell) 1–9 52:22–Berry (Maxwell, MacLean) 1–10 58:11–Hindmarch (MacLean, Davidson)
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	20	Shots	40

February 12, 1980 20:00

Poland

5–4 (1–0, 4–3, 0–1)

Finland

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Bernie Haley
	Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak) (PP)–14:48 1–0 1–1 21:16–Levo (Litma, Hakulinen) (PP) Zabawa (Jobczyk, Małysiak)–27:13 2–1 Kokoszka (Chowaniec)–29:52 3–1 3–2 30:27–Porvari (Leinonen, Suoraniemi) Jobczyk (Małysiak, Zabawa)–33:08 4–2 Kokoszka (Dziubiński, Marcinczak)–34:40 5–2 5–3 36:57–Leinonen (Kiimalainen, Porvari) 5–4 46:05–Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	49

February 12, 1980 20:40

Japan

0–16 (0–8, 0–5, 0–3)

Soviet Union

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Josef Kompalla
	0–1 03:42–Starikov (Petrov, Mikhailov) 0–2 07:55–Kharlamov (Mikhailov) 0–3 09:47–A. Golikov (Makarov, Starikov) 0–4 12:19–Fetisov (Petrov, Kharlamov) 0–5 14:59–A. Golikov (Makarov) 0–6 17:30–Balderis (Starikov, Zhluktov) 0–7 19:00–V. Golikov (Makarov) 0–8 19:27–V. Golikov (Fetisov, A. Golikov) 0–9 20:06–Petrov (Kasatonov) 0–10 21:20–Kasatonov (Mikhailov, Balderis) 0–11 24:20–Makarov (V. Golikov, Vasiliev) 0–12 26:33–Mikhailov (Starikov, Kharlamov) 0–13 38:06–Fetisov (Mikhailov, Kharlamov) 0–14 46:26–Zhluktov (Balderis, Skvortsov) 0–15 51:21–Petrov (Pervukhin, Kharlamov) 0–16 54:49–A. Golikov (Makarov, V. Golikov)
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	67

February 14, 1980 16:30

Netherlands

4–17 (1–8, 1–7, 2–2)

Soviet Union

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Vladimir Šubrt
	0–1 04:24–Fetisov (Krutov, Maltsev) 0–2 04:43–Krutov (Lebedev, Kasatonov) 0–3 09:59–Vasiliev (Lebedev, Starikov) (SH) 0–4 10:12–Petrov (Pervukhin) (SH) 0–5 11:43–Kharlamov (Mikhailov, Pervukhin) (SH) Hille (van Wieren, de Heer) (PP)–11:51 1–5 1–6 14:41–Lebedev (Maltsev) 1–7 16:41–Maltsev (Zhluktov) 1–8 19:19–Lebedev (Fetisov, Maltsev) 1–9 21:14–Zhluktov (Bilyaletdinov) 1–10 22:02–Lebedev (Zhluktov, Skvortsov) 1–11 24:32–A. Golikov (V. Golikov) 1–12 30:21–A. Golikov 1–13 31:07–Krutov (Maltsev, Pervukhin) 1–14 36:09–Krutov (Lebedev, Kasatonov) deGraauw (Klooster, de Cloe)–36:49 2–14 2–15 39:14–Maltsev (Krutov) de Cloe–41:52 3–15 3–16 47:12–Makarov (V. Golikov, Starikov) deGraauw (Klooster)–56:14 4–16 4–17 56:12–Makarov (V. Golikov, A. Golikov)
	14 min	Penalties	13 min
	26	Shots	49

February 14, 1980 17:00

Poland

1–5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Canada

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Josef Kompalla
	0–1 03:17–Zupancich (Pirie, D'Alvise) Jobczyk (Zabawa)–23:17 1–1 1–2 30:56–Watters (G. Anderson, Spring) 1–3 32:06–Berry (Maxwell, MacLean) 1–4 47:42–Devaney (Hindmarch, Gregg) 1–5 53:29–Primeau
	0 min	Penalties	0 min
	25	Shots	36

February 14, 1980 20:00

Japan

3–6 (0–2, 2–2, 1–2)

Finland

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Bernie Haley
	0–1 02:02–Hakulinen (Peltonen) (PP) 0–2 05:43–Leinonen (Kiimalainen) 0–3 22:47–Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo) 0–4 33:36–Leinonen (Leinonen, Porvari) S. Misawa (Hori, Hanzawa)–37:57 1–4 Honma (Hori, S. Misawa) (PP)–39:59 2–4 2–5 43:34–Kiimalainen Azuma (Matsuda)–47:38 3–5 3–6 51:11–Leppänen (Levo, Peltonen)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	51

February 16, 1980 16:30

Japan

3–3 (3–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Netherlands

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Vladimir Šubrt
	Sakurai–14:22 1–0 Urabe–14:41 2–0 Urabe (Honma)–18:01 3–0 3–1 18:43–van Gog (deGraauw) 3–2 33:39–de Cloe (deGraauw, Peternousek) 3–3 57:15–de Cloe (deGraauw, van Gog)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	27

February 16, 1980 16:30

Soviet Union

8–1 (5–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Poland

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Jim Neagles
	Skvortsov (Zhluktov)–01:53 1–0 Balderis (Zhluktov, Skvortsov)–10:27 2–0 Balderis (Zhluktov)–10:36 3–0 Mikhailov (Fetisov, Kharlamov)–13:37 4–0 4–1 17:15–Małysiak (Jobczyk) (PP) Balderis (Pervukhin, Bilyaletdinov)–23:12 5–1 Kharlamov–25:19 6–1 Bilyaletdinov (Kharlamov) (PP)–43:41 7–1 Maltsev (Fetisov)–48:58 8–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	60	Shots	19

February 16, 1980 20:30

Canada

3–4 (1–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Finland

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Ulf Lindgren
	0–1 04:03–Peltonen (Suoraniemi) MacLean (Berry, O'Malley)–14:22 1–1 1–2 19:51–Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo) 1–3 37:07–Koskilahti G. Anderson (Nill, Davidson)–46:47 2–3 2–4 56:55–Suoraniemi (Leppänen) (SH) Primeau (Hindmarch, Devaney)–57:09 3–4
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	26

February 18, 1980 13:00

Canada

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Japan

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Jim Neagles
	Devaney (Zupancich, D'Alvise) (PP)–09:36 1–0 Primeau–14:35 2–0 MacLean (Maxwell)–23:17 3–0 Davidson–26:19 4–0 W. Anderson–41:27 5–0 Hindmarch–50:22 6–0
	14 min	Penalties	22 min
	48	Shots	13

February 18, 1980 16:30

Netherlands

5–3 (3–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Poland

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Josef Kompalla
	Klooster (van Gog, Pluymers)–01:39 1–0 1–1 05:51–Janiszewski (Zabawa) (PP) de Heer (Peternousek, Janssen) (PP)–08:18 2–1 de Heer (van Wieren, Janssen)–13:58 3–1 3–2 21:37–Jobczyk (Małysiak, Janiszewski) Klooster (van Gog, deGraauw)–24:42 4–2 de Heer (van Wieren)–36:05 5–2 5–3 47:36–Kokoszka (Potz)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	30

February 18, 1980 17:00

Finland

2–4 (1–0, 0–1, 1–3)

Soviet Union

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Bernie Haley
	Porvari (Suoraniemi)–17:44 1–0 1–1 36:01–Fetisov (Makarov, A. Golikov) Porvari (SH)–42:38 2–1 2–2 54:59–Krutov (Lebedev) 2–3 56:07–Maltsev (Krutov, Lebedev) 2–4 56:18–Mikhailov (Kasatonov)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	48

February 20, 1980 16:30

Poland

5–1 (3–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Japan

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Ulf Lindgren
	Zabawa (Małysiak, Janiszewski)–03:03 1–0 Dziubiński (Kokoszka, Chowaniec)–04:20 2–0 Małysiak (Jobczyk, Zabawa)–11:37 3–0 Jobczyk (Małysiak, Zabawa)–26:05 4–0 Pytel (Marcinczak, Ujwary) (PP)–43:57 5–0 5–1 54:50–Fujii (Misawa, Hanzawa)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	12

February 20, 1980 17:00

Soviet Union

6–4 (1–1, 1–2, 4–1)

Canada

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Jim Neagles
	0–1 01:35–Nill (Davidson, G. Anderson) Balderis (Skvortsov, Zhluktov)–13:42 1–1 1–2 20:19–Gregg 1–3 22:38–Pirie (Zupancich, D'Alvise) Kasatonov (Krutov)–39:47 2–3 Mikhailov (A. Golikov)–41:53 3–3 A. Golikov (Makarov)–42:05 4–3 4–4 43:05–D'Alvise Mikhailov (Starikov)–48:41 5–4 A. Golikov–56:51 6–4
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	26

February 20, 1980 20:00

Finland

10–3 (2–1, 2–1, 6–1)

Netherlands

Olympic Arena, Lake Placid

				Referee: Josef Kompalla
	Porvari–10:41 1–0 1–1 18:13–van Wieren (de Heer) Leppänen (Litma, Eloranta)–18:28 2–1 2–2 30:25–Klooster (deGraauw) Villa (Koskinen, Saarinen)–33:07 3–2 Porvari (Leinonen)–34:12 4–2 Kurri (Litma, Leppänen) (PP2)–42:35 5–2 Peltonen (Leppänen, Kurri) (PP)–43:44 6–2 Koskinen (Eloranta) (PP)–44:34 7–2 Hakulinen (Peltonen, Leppänen)–46:10 8–2 Kurri (Eloranta, Hakulinen) (PP2)–48:16 9–2 Haapalainen (Leinonen, Kiimalainen)–51:03 10–2 10–3 53:04–Peternousek (de Heer, van Wieren)
	4 min	Penalties	22 min
	42	Shots	16

Consolation round

The third-placed teams in each division played each other to determine fifth place.

February 22, 1980 13:30

Czechoslovakia

6–1 (5–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Canada

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Viktor Dombrovski
	Fryčer (Nový, Pouzar) – 01:38 1 – 0 A. Šťastný – 02:14 2 – 0 M. Šťastný (Bubla, A. Šťastný) – 07:16 3 – 0 A. Šťastný (M. Šťastný, P. Šťastný) – 12:47 4 – 0 M. Šťastný (A. Šťastný, P. Šťastný) – 13:19 5 – 0 5 – 1 28:01 – Devaney (Grant, Hindmarch) M. Šťastný (P. Šťastný) – 57:18 6 – 1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	21

Final round

Main article: Miracle on Ice

The top two teams from each group play the top two teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over, excluding teams who failed to make the medal round. First place team wins gold, second silver, and third bronze.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	5
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	16	8	+8	4
Sweden	3	0	1	2	7	14	−7	2
Finland	3	0	2	1	7	11	−4	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Head-to-head results carried forward from group matches:

• February 12: Sweden 2–2 USA
• February 18: Finland 2–4 USSR

Final round matches:

February 22, 1980 17:00

United States

4–3 (2–2, 0–1, 2–0)

Soviet Union

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	0 – 1 09:12 – Krutov (Kasatonov) Schneider (Pavelich) – 14:03 1 – 1 1 – 2 17:34 – Makarov (A. Golikov) Johnson (Christian, Silk) – 19:59 2 – 2 2 – 3 22:18 – Maltsev (Krutov) (PP) Johnson (Silk) (PP) – 48:39 3 – 3 Eruzione (Pavelich, Harrington) – 50:00 4 – 3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	39

February 22, 1980 20:42

Finland

3–3 (1–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Sweden

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Jim Neagles
	Leinonen (Porvari, Kiimalainen) – 03:00 1 – 0 Porvari (Eloranta) – 27:06 2 – 0 2 – 1 30:25 – Weinstock 2 – 2 45:24 – Jonsson (Åhlberg, Holmgren) 2 – 3 46:14 – Waltin (Norberg) Leinonen (Porvari) – 47:59 3 – 3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	30

February 24, 1980 11:00

United States

4–2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Finland

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Vladimir Šubrt
	0 – 1 09:20 – Porvari (Leinonen, Litma) Christoff – 24:39 1 – 1 1 – 2 26:30 – Leinonen (Haapalainen, Kiimalainen) (PP) Verchota (Christian) – 42:25 2 – 2 McClanahan (Johnson, Christian) – 46:05 3 – 2 Johnson (Christoff) (SH) – 56:25 4 – 2
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	23

February 24, 1980 14:30

Sweden

2–9 (0–4, 0–5, 2–0)

Soviet Union

Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid

				Referee: Bernie Haley
	0 – 1 00:36 – Petrov (Kharlamov) 0 – 2 05:52 – Makarov (A. Golikov) 0 – 3 10:31 – Maltsev (Bilyaletdinov, Pervukhin) 0 – 4 17:38 – Mikhailov (Kharlamov, Pervukhin) 0 – 5 20:33 – Vasiliev 0 – 6 27:18 – Krutov (Pervukhin) 0 – 7 28:14 – Skvortsov (Balderis, Pervukhin) 0 – 8 34:51 – Zhluktov (Balderis, Skvortsov) 0 – 9 35:02 – Fetisov Åhlberg (Weinstock, Holmgren) – 49:17 1 – 9 Holmgren (Näslund) – 54:21 2 – 9
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	28

Statistics

Average age

Team Japan was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 30 years. Gold medalists team USA was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 22 years and 5 months. Silver medalists team USSR averaged 26 years and 5 months. Tournament average was 25 years and 5 months. ^[7]

Leading scorers

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Milan Nový	6	7	8	15
2	Peter Šťastný	6	7	7	14
3	Jaroslav Pouzar	6	8	5	13
4	Aleksandr Golikov	7	7	6	13
5	Jukka Porvari	7	7	4	11
6	Boris Mikhailov	7	6	5	11
6	Vladimir Krutov	7	6	5	11
8	Marián Šťastný	6	5	6	11
9	Sergei Makarov	7	5	6	11
9	Mark Johnson	7	5	6	11

Hat trick scorers

•   Ken Berry  (CAN) (vs. Netherlands)
•   Jaroslav Pouzar  (TCH) (vs. West Germany)
•   Milan Nový  (TCH) (vs. West Germany)
•   Marián Šťastný  (TCH) (vs. Canada)
•   Peter Šťastný  (TCH) (vs. West Germany)
•   Jack de Heer  (NED) (vs. Poland)
•   Doru Tureanu  (ROU) (vs. West Germany)
•   Helmuts Balderis  (URS) (vs. Poland)
•   Aleksandr Golikov  (URS) (vs. Japan)
•   Vladimir Krutov  (URS) (vs. Netherlands)
•   Yuri Lebedev  (URS) (vs. Netherlands)
•   Mats Åhlberg  (SWE) (vs. Norway)

Leading goaltenders

Goaltenders with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.

Rank	Goaltender	TOI	GA	SV	GAA	SV%
1	Jim Craig  (USA)	419:36	15	163	2.14	91.57
2	Antero Kivelä  (FIN)	180:00	10	90	3.33	90.00
3	Vladimir Myshkin  (URS)	260:00	9	77	2.08	89.53
4	Paul Pageau  (CAN)	236:50	11	82	2.79	88.17
5	Pelle Lindbergh  (SWE)	300:00	18	124	3.60	87.32

Shutouts

•   Paul Pageau  (CAN) (vs. Japan)
•   Jiří Králík  (TCH) (vs. Norway)
•   William Löfqvist  (SWE) (vs. Romania)
•   Vladislav Tretiak  (URS) (vs. Japan)

Final ranking

1	United States
2	Soviet Union
3	Sweden
4	Finland
5	Czechoslovakia
6	Canada
7	Poland
8	Romania
9	Netherlands
10	West Germany
11	Norway
12	Japan

These standings are presented as the IIHF has them; ^[8] however, the IOC maintains that Poland and Romania tied for 7th, the Netherlands and West Germany tied for 9th, and Norway and Japan tied for 11th. ^[9]

References

1. Brown, Frank (February 11, 1990). "Debacle on ice: Lake Placid ghosts still haunt Soviets". Beaver County Times. (New York Daily News). p. C14.
2. Swift, E.M. (March 3, 1980). "The Golden Goal". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
3. "Ice Hockey at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
4. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/268221813.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
5. "The 20th Century Awards: Sports Illustrated honors world's greatest athletes". Sports Illustrated . December 3, 1999. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
6. "Top Story of the Century". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
7. "Team Canada - Olympics - Lake Placid 1980 - Player Stats". QuantHockey.
8. IIHF Media Guide and Record Book (2011) p. 113
9. IOC database of results

External links

• Official Report
• Washington Post article
• Montreal Gazette article about the Dutch team