1957 World Ice Hockey Championships

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1957 World Ice Hockey Championships
Game at the Central Lenin Stadium
Tournament details
Host nation  Soviet Union
Dates 24 February–5 March
Teams 8
Venue(s) Luzhniki Palace of Sports (in host cities)
Champions  Sweden (2 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 28
Goals scored 300  (10.71 per game)
Attendance 223,700  (7,989 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Soviet Union Konstantin Loktev 18 points

The 1957 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between 24 February and 5 March 1957 at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, USSR.

Trophy awarded for the 1957 World Championships

This was the last World Championships played on natural ice; and were the first World Championships held in the USSR and they are remembered for the political circumstances surrounding the games. Hungary had been recently occupied by the Soviet Army (to suppress a revolution in October and November 1956), and as a result, the United States and Canada boycotted the World Championships in protest. Joining them were Norway, West Germany, Italy and Switzerland. East Germany participated at the top level for the first time.

Competition

With the boycott, the home team USSR was heavily favoured to win the tournament, but Sweden surprised the world by pulling off an upset. The first step was taken in their third game, when they beat Czechoslovakia 2-0. This important victory was saved by the head of Leksands IF defenseman Vilgot Larsson. He literally headed the puck away from the Swedish net to save a goal, and in the days before mandatory helmets, received several stitches for his heroics. In the final game, Sweden opened with two goals, but the dynamic Soviets responded with 4 goals of their own. Down by two in the third period, goals by Eilert Määttä and Erling Lindström tied the game, and the goaltending of Thord Flodqvist and play of Sven "Tumba" Johansson guaranteed the final draw. The USSR had previously only tied Czechoslovakia, so all Sweden needed was one point, or a tie, for gold.

Karel Straka, of Czechoslovakia, was named best goaltender. Nikolaï Sologubov, of the USSR was best defenceman, and Sven "Tumba" Johansson of Sweden was best forward. Konstantin Loktev, of the USSR, led all scorers with 18 points (on 11 goals and 7 assists), followed by Nils Nilsson and Ronald Pettersson of Sweden, both with 16 points. Vsevolod Bobrov, of the USSR, led all scorers with 13 goals. Japan, competed for the first time since 1930, and finished last with one point in the standings.

Standings

Place Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Gold  Sweden 7 6 0 1 62 11 13
Silver  Soviet Union 7 5 0 2 77 9 12
Bronze  Czechoslovakia 7 5 1 1 66 9 11
4th  Finland 7 4 3 0 28 33 8
5th  East Germany 7 3 4 0 23 48 6
6th  Poland 7 2 5 0 25 45 4
7th  Austria 7 0 6 1 8 61 1
8th  Japan 7 0 6 1 11 84 1

Final round

24 February Finland  5–3
 Poland
24 February Soviet Union  16–0
 Japan
24 February Sweden  11–1
 East Germany
24 February Czechoslovakia  9–0
 Austria
25 February Soviet Union  11–1
 Finland
25 February Czechoslovakia  15–1
 East Germany
25 February Sweden  8–3
 Poland
26 February Austria  3–3
 Japan
27 February Sweden  2–0
 Czechoslovakia
27 February Poland  8–3
 Japan
27 February Soviet Union  22–1
 Austria
27 February Finland  5–3
 East Germany
28 February Czechoslovakia  3–0
 Finland
28 February Soviet Union  10–1
 Poland
1 March Sweden  10–0
 Austria
1 March East Germany  9–2
 Japan
2 March Finland  9-2
 Austria
2 March Soviet Union  2–2
 Czechoslovakia
2 March East Germany  6-2
 Poland
2 March Sweden  18–0
 Japan
3 March Poland  5-1
 Austria
4 March Czechoslovakia  25-1
 Japan
4 March Sweden  9-3
 Finland
4 March East Germany  0-12
 Soviet Union
5 March East Germany  3–1
 Austria
5 March Finland  5-2
 Japan
5 March Czechoslovakia  12-3
 Poland
5 March Soviet Union  4-4
 Sweden

Attendance record

The final game (USSR versus Sweden for the championship) was played on the football field of the Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Stadium. It is reputed that over 50,000 fans (or 55,000, depending on sources) fans saw the game, the most ever for an international hockey game.

European Championship medal table

Gold medal icon.png  Sweden
Silver medal icon.png  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.png  Czechoslovakia
4  Finland
5  East Germany
6  Poland
7  Austria

Team rosters

Place Team Player
1  Sweden Goaltenders: Thord Flodqvist, Yngve Casslind. Defensemen: Lars Björn, Vilgot Larsson, Roland Stoltz, Hans Svedberg. Forwards: Anders Andersson, Sigurd Bröms, Hans Eriksson, Erling Lindström, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Eilert Määttä, Nisse Nilsson, Ronald Pettersson, Sven Tumba Johansson, Valter Åhlén, Hans Öberg. Coach: Folke Jansson.
2  Soviet Union Goaltenders: Nikolai Puchkov, Yevgeni Yerkin. Defensemen: Nikolay Sologubov, Ivan Tregubov, Pavel Zhiburtovich, Henrich Sidorenko. Forwards: Alexander Uvarov, Vladimir Grebennikov, Vitaly Kostarev, Yuri Pantyukhov, Alexei Guryshev. Nikolay Khlystov, Konstantin Loktev, Veniamin Alexandrov, Alexander Cherepanov, Vsevolod Bobrov, Yevgeni Babich. Coaches: Arkady Chernyshev, Vladimír Yegorov.
3  Czechoslovakia Goaltenders: Karel Straka, Jiří Kulíček. Defensemen: Karel Gut, František Tikal, Jan Kasper, Stanislav Sventek, Stanislav Bacílek. Forwards: Slavomír Bartoň, František Vaněk, Miroslav Vlach, Jiří Pokorný, Václav Pantůček, Ladislav Grabovský, Miloslav Šašek, Miloš Vinš, Vilém Václav, Bohumil Prošek. Coaches: Vladimír Kostka, Bohumil Rejda.
4  Finland Goaltenders: Esko Niemi, Unto Wiitala. Defensemen: Mauno Nurmi, Matti Lampainen, Olli Knuutinen, Erkki Koiso, Aki Salonen. Forwards: Yrjö Hakala, Teppo Rastio, Jorma Salmi, Voitto Soini, Matti Sundelin, Erkki Hytönen, Risto Aaltonen, Esko Luostarinen, Raimo Kilpiö, Pertti Nieminen. Coach: Aarne Honkavaara.
5  West Germany Goaltenders: Günther Katzur, Hans Mack. Defensemen: Werner Heinicke, Lothar Zoller, Heinz Kuczera, Helmut Senftleben, Günther Schischefski. Forwards: Manfred Buder, Wolfgang Nickel, Erich Novy, Wolfgang Blümel, Joachim Rudert, Kurt Stürmer, Werner Künstler, Kurt Jablonski, Hans Frenzel, Herbert Hönig. Coach: Gerhard Kiessling
6  Poland Goaltenders: Józef Waclaw, Wladyslaw Pabisz. Defensemen: Janusz Zawadski, Kazimierz Chodakowski, Stefan Csorich, Stanislaw Rozanski, Mieczyslaw Chmura. Forwards: Szymon Janiczko, Zdzislaw Nowak, Kazimierz Bryniarski, Bronislaw Gosztyla, Rudolf Czech, Józef Kurek, Roman Pawelczyk, Sylvester Wilczek, Stanislaw Jonczyk, Werner Kadow. Coach: Antonín Haukvic.
7  Austria Goaltenders: Wolfgang Gerl, Robert Nusser. Defensemen: Adolf Bachura, Hermann Knoll, Franz Potucek, Rudolf Wurmbrand. Forwards: Rudolf Monitzer, Konrad Staudinger, Wolfgang Jöchl, Hans Zollner, Othmar Steiner, Walter Znenahlik, Kurt Kurz, Hans Wagner, Gerhard Springer, Gustav Tischer, Herbert Föderl. Coach: Udo Holfeld.
8  Japan Goaltenders: Jasumoto Takagi, Tošio Sato. Defensmen: Naruhiro Mijazaki, Takeši Kikuči, Juzo Kaneda, Masami Tanabu. Forwards: Šiniči Honma, Isao Ono, Kazuo Watanabe, Jin Sakurai, Teruo Sakurai, Masahiro Sato, Mičio Sugawara, Tošiniko Jamada, Tošihiko Emori, Akria Monji, Jun Fujimori, Jošijaki Segawa, Cukasa Kawaniši. Coach: Kijoteru Nišiura.

Citations

References

  • Complete results
  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 135. 

See also

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