Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	USA
Dates	February 12–24
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Olympic Arena, Olympic Fieldhouse Lake Placid, New York
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	308 (8.8 per match)
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, U.S.A., was the 14th Olympic Championship. Twelve teams competed in the tournament, which was held from February 12 to 24. 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 Arena and the Olympic Fieldhouse.

Background

The Olympics came at a difficult time for Soviet–U.S. relations, as they were deep in the Cold War. Only months before the games began, the USSR had invaded Afghanistan, and there was speculation that the Soviet Union might not be allowed to compete in these Olympics.^[3][4] The Soviet Union did compete in the Lake Placid games, but the United States and 65 other nations boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow later that year.^[5]

The Soviets, who had won every Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament since the United States took gold at the 1960 Olympics, were well-seasoned "amateurs" who were employed by industrial firms or military organizations for the sole purpose of playing hockey on their organization's team. Many players on the Soviet team had participated in the 1976 Canada Cup – although the Soviets only finished third in that tournament, they dominated a U.S. national team comprising the country's top professionals, winning 5–0 at the Philadelphia Spectrum.

In contrast to the professionals who represented the U.S. in September 1976, the 1980 American team was a collection of amateur college students, most from the rival schools of University of Minnesota and Boston University. The U.S. team did however, feature several highly promising players who went on to successful careers in the National Hockey League in the 1980s.^[6]

Three days before the Olympics, Coach Herb Brooks scheduled an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden in New York City against the Soviet team. The Americans lost 10–3,^[7] and defenseman Jack O'Callahan pulled a ligament in his knee, though he returned for the medal round of the Olympic tournament. Coach Brooks gave only a few interviews after the game, but blamed his early conservative strategy as a factor.^[7]

Despite these setbacks, Brooks managed to unify his players. He enjoyed one key advantage in contrast to the hastily-assembled Canada Cup teams in that he was able to train them for a year (the core of the team had been assembled since the 1979 World Ice Hockey Championships in Moscow), and lead them to victory.

The IIHF ceased running a 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.

Highlights

The "Miracle on Ice" on a Paraguayan stamp

The format for the medal round meant that the United States and Sweden carried the result of their 2–2 preliminary round game into the medal round, where they would each play the Soviet Union and Finland to determine the final rankings.^[8] The United States vs USSR game, called the "Miracle on Ice" in the United States, is the best-remembered game of the tournament.^[9] The United States was down by a goal entering the third period then scored two to win 4–3.^[2][10]

Their 4–2 victory over Finland, in the penultimate game of the tournament, earned the United States the gold medal. Due to the format, had Finland defeated the United States, then the Soviet Union would have earned the Gold Medal, with Finland earning the Silver and the United States earning the Bronze. Had the United States and Finland tied, then the United States and the Soviet Union would have tied in points, and the tiebreaker of goal differential would have given the Gold medal to the Soviet Union.

Final ranking

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 Aleksandr Golikov Vladimir Golikov Alexei Kasatonov Valeri Kharlamov Vladimir Krutov Yuri Lebedev Sergei Makarov Aleksandr Maltsev Boris Mikhailov Vladimir Myshkin Vasili Pervukhin Vladimir Petrov Aleksandr 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

4	Finland
5	Czechoslovakia
6	Canada
7	Poland
8	Romania
9	Netherlands
10	West Germany
11	Norway
12	Japan

First round

Blue Division

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team advanced to Consolation Round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	5	4	0	1	26	7	9
United States	5	4	0	1	25	10	9
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	34	16	6
Romania	5	1	3	1	13	29	3
West Germany	5	1	4	0	21	30	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	9	36	1

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: Neagles
	Costea (Moroşan) (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 (Gall, Costea) – 37:46 3 – 4 Tureanu (Costea) – 44:12 4 – 4 Tureanu (Gall) – 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: 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: 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) Falk 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: 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 (Halauca, 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 (Gall) – 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: 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: 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 – Halauca (Moroşan) 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, Falk Nilsen) (PP) – 00:56 1 – 0 1 – 1 05:10 – Costea (E. Antal, Tureanu) 1 – 2 31:27 – Gall (E. Antal, Axinte) 1 – 3 52:43 – Tureanu (Gall) Sethereng (Falk 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: 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 advanced to the Final Round
	Team advanced to Consolation Round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	51	11	10
Finland	5	3	2	0	26	18	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	28	12	6
Poland	5	2	3	0	15	23	4
Netherlands	5	1	3	1	16	43	3
Japan	5	0	4	1	7	36	1

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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, Czechoslovakia and Canada, 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

Final round

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	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	10	7	5
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	16	8	4
Sweden	3	0	1	2	7	14	2
Finland	3	0	2	1	7	11	1

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

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

Carried over group matches:

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

Statistics

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)

References

External links

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