Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Italy |
Dates | 26 January–4 February |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Soviet Union (1st title) |
Runner-up | United States |
Third place | Canada |
Fourth place | Sweden |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 33 |
Goals scored | 262 (7.94 per match) |
Attendance | 122,230 (3,704 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | James Logan 15 points |
The ice hockey competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy was held at the Olympic Ice Stadium and the Apollonio Stadium. This tournament was also counted for the IIHF World Championships and the IIHF European Championships. East and West Germany could not come to an agreement over how to formulate a combined team, so they played a qualification game against each other, which the west won. The east hosted a tournament for non qualified teams, often referred to as World Championships Pool B, between GDR, Norway and Belgium in Berlin.[1]
The Soviets won all their games to claim their first Olympic title, their second World title, and their third European title. The Canadian representative, the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen suffered losses to both the USSR and the USA, claiming bronze.
Medalists
Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
Soviet Union Nikolai Puchkov Grigory Mkrtychan Nikolaï Sologubov Dmitry Ukolov Ivan Tregubov Genrikh Sidorenkov Alfred Kuchevsky Yevgeny Babich Viktor Shuvalov Vsevolod Bobrov Yuri Krylov Aleksandr Uvarov Valentin Kuzin Yuri Pantjukhov Aleksey Guryshev Nikolay Khlystov Viktor Nikiforov |
United States Willard Ikola Don Rigazio Richard Rodenheiser Daniel McKinnon Ed Sampson John Matchefts Richard Meredith Dick Dougherty Ken Purpur John Mayasich Bill Cleary Wellington Burtnett Wendell Anderson Gene Campbell Gordon Christian Weldon Olson John Petroske |
Canada Denis Brodeur Keith Woodall Floyd Martin Howie Lee Art Hurst Jack McKenzie James Logan Paul Knox Donald Rope Byrle Klinck Bill Colvin Gerry Théberge Alfred Horne Charlie Brooker George Scholes Bob White Ken Laufman |
World Championship Group A (Italy)
Qualification
- November 16, 1955
- East Germany 3-7 West Germany
First round
Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group earned a right to play for 1st-6th places.
Group A
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
- January 26
- Canada 4-0 Germany (UTG)
- Italy 2-2 Austria
- January 27
- Italy 2-2 Germany (UTG)
- Canada 23-0 Austria
- January 28
- Germany (UTG) 7-0 Austria
- Italy 1-3 Canada
Group B
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
3 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
- January 27
- Czechoslovakia 4-3 USA
- January 28
- USA 4-0 Poland
- January 29
- Czechoslovakia 8-3 Poland
Group C
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
3 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
- January 27
- USSR 5-1 Sweden
- January 28
- Sweden 6-5 Switzerland
- January 29
- USSR 10-3 Switzerland
Final round
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 |
2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 8 |
3 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
4 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
5 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 2 |
6 | Germany | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 |
- January 30
- USA 7-2 Germany (UTG)
- Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
- USSR 4-1 Sweden
- January 31
- USSR 8-0 Germany (UTG)
- Sweden 5-0 Czechoslovakia
- USA 4-1 Canada
- February 1
- USA 6-1 Sweden
- February 2
- Canada 10-0 Germany (UTG)
- USSR 7-4 Czechoslovakia
- February 3
- Czechoslovakia 9-3 Germany (UTG)
- Canada 6-2 Sweden
- USSR 4-0 USA
- February 4
- USSR 2-0 Canada
- Germany (UTG) 1-1 Sweden
- USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia
Consolation round
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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7 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 |
8 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
9 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
10 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
- January 31
- Switzerland 7-4 Austria
- February 1
- Poland 6-2 Switzerland
- Italy 8-2 Austria
- February 2
- Italy 8-3 Switzerland
- Poland 4-3 Austria
- February 3
- Italy 5-2 Poland
World Championship Group B (East Germany)
Final Round
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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11 | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 4 |
12 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
13 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 0 |
- March 8
- East Germany 4-1 Norway
- March 9
- East Germany 14-7 Belgium
- March 10
- Norway 7-5 Belgium
Leading scorers
Rk | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
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1 | James Logan | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
2 | Paul Knox | 8 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
3 | Vsevolod Bobrov | 7 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
4 | Jack McKenzie | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
5 | Gerry Theberge | 8 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
6 | Alexei Guryshev | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
7 | John Mayasich | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
8 | George Scholes | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
9 | Ken Laufman | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
10 | Gordon Christian | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Tournament awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goalkeeper: Willard Ikola
- Best Defenseman: Nikolai Sologubov
- Best Forward: Jack McKenzie
Final ranking
European Championship final ranking
Citations
References
- Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 25–6, 30, 107–8.
- Jeux Olympiques d'Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
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