Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States, was the 9th Olympic Championship, also serving as the 27th World Championships and the 38th European Championships. The United States won its first Olympic gold medal and second World Championship. Canada, represented for the second time by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, won the silver and Canada's ninth consecutive Olympic ice hockey medal (a feat not matched until the Soviet Union won its ninth consecutive medal in 1988). The Soviet Union (the highest finishing European team) won the bronze medal and its sixth European Championship.[1] The tournament was held at the Blyth Arena, under the supervision of George Dudley on behalf of the International Ice Hockey Federation.[2]

Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates19–28 February
Teams9
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Soviet Union
Fourth place Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored334 (11.13 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Fred Etcher (21 points)

Canada, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Sweden were the top four teams heading into the Games. All four were defeated by the American team, which won all seven games it played.[3] On the 50th anniversary of these Games, a documentary entitled Forgotten Miracle was produced by Northland Films, making reference to the more famous 1980 gold medal known as the Miracle on Ice; these are the only two Olympic gold medals won by USA men's ice hockey.[4] Herb Brooks, the coach of the 1980 US team, was the last player cut from the 1960 team by coach Jack Riley.[5]

This was the first and last time Australia participated in an Olympic men's ice hockey tournament.[6]

Medalists
See also: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Rosters
Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 United States
Jack McCartan
John Mayasich
John Kirrane
Paul Johnson
Weldon Olson
Eugene Grazia
Richard Rodenheiser
Edwyn Owen
Rodney Paavola
Richard Meredith
William Christian
Tommy Williams
Roger Christian
Robert McVey
Lawrence Palmer
Bill Cleary
Bob Cleary
  Canada
Harold Hurley
Harry Sinden
Jack Douglas
Bob Attersley
Fred Etcher
George Samolenko
Donald Charles Head
Darryl Sly
Ken Laufman
Floyd Martin
James Connelly
Robert Forhan
Donald Rope
Maurice Benoit
Bobby Rousseau
Cliff Pennington
Robert McKnight		  Soviet Union
Yuri Tsitsinov
Vladimir Grebennikov
Mikhail Bychkov
Viktor Pryazhnikov
Nikolai Karpov
Nikolai Puchkov
Yevgeni Groshev
Viktor Yakushev
Stanislav Petukhov
Yevgeny Yorkin
Nikolai Sologubov
Yuri Baulin
Aleksandr Almetov
Konstantin Loktev
Veniamin Alexandrov
Genrikh Sidorenkov
Alfred Kuchevsky

Qualification

The two German teams played a qualification round to determine which team would participate at the Olympics. West Germany won both games.

December 9, 1959West Germany 5–2
(2–1, 1–1, 2–0)		 East GermanyGarmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
December 12, 1959East Germany 3–5
(1–2, 2–0, 0–3)		 West GermanyWeißwasser, East Germany

First round

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

Group A
Team G W D L GF GA Pts
1  Canada 22002434
2  Sweden 21102152
3  Japan 20201380
February 19, 1960.Canada 5–2
(2–1, 1–1, 2–0)		 Sweden
February 20, 1960.Canada 19–1
(5–0, 7–1, 7–0)		 Japan
February 21, 1960.Sweden 19–0
(8–0, 5–0, 6–0)		 Japan

Group B
Team G W D L GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 22001644
2  Germany 2110492
3  Finland 20205120
February 19, 1960.Soviet Union 8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 Germany
February 20, 1960.Soviet Union 8–4
(2–1, 4–0, 2–3)		 Finland
February 21, 1960Germany 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 Finland

Group C
Team G W D L GF GA Pts
1  United States 22001964
2  Czechoslovakia 21102382
3  Australia 20202300
February 19, 1960.United States 7–5
(2–1, 1–3, 4–1)		 Czechoslovakia
February 20, 1960.Czechoslovakia 18–1
(7–1, 3–0, 8–0)		 Australia
February 21, 1960.United States 12–1
(6–0, 3–0, 3–1)		 Australia

Consolation round

Teams that didn't qualify for the final round played here. Sources differ on which Finland-Japan game took place on the 23rd, and which game took place on the 26th.

Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Finland 430150117
 Japan 421132225
 Australia 40408570
February 22, 1960Australia 1–14
(1–8, 0–4, 0–2)		 Finland
February 23, 1960Finland 6–6
(2–1, 3–2, 1–3)		 Japan
February 24, 1960Australia 2–13
(0–3, 0–4, 2–6)		 Japan
February 25, 1960Australia 2–19
(6–1, 5–1, 8–0)		 Finland
February 26, 1960Finland 11–2
(2–1, 6–0, 3–1)		 Japan
February 27, 1960Japan 11–3
(6–0, 2–1, 3–2)		 Australia

Final round
Match between the United States and Soviet Union. The United States won the game, 3–2.

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

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  United States 5500291110
2  Canada 541031128
3  Soviet Union 522124195
4  Czechoslovakia 523021234
5  Sweden 513119193
6  Germany 50505450
February 22, 1960Soviet Union 8–5
(3–2, 2–1, 3–2)		 Czechoslovakia
February 22, 1960United States 6–3
(4–0, 1–2, 1–1)		 Sweden
February 22, 1960Canada 12–0
(6–0, 1–0, 5–0)		 Germany
February 24, 1960United States 9–1
(2–0, 3–1, 4–0)		 Germany
February 24, 1960Soviet Union 2–2
(0–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 Sweden
February 24, 1960Canada 4–0
(3–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 Czechoslovakia
February 25, 1960Soviet Union 7–1
(0–1, 4–0, 3–0)		 Germany
February 25, 1960United States 2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 Canada
February 25, 1960Czechoslovakia 3–1
(3–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 Sweden
February 27, 1960Czechoslovakia 9–1
(3–1, 4–0, 2–0)		 Germany
February 27, 1960United States 3–2
(1–2, 1–0, 1–0)		 Soviet Union
February 27, 1960Canada 6–5
(1–4, 1–0, 4–1)		 Sweden
February 28, 1960United States 9–4
(3–3, 0–1, 6–0)		 Czechoslovakia
February 28, 1960Sweden 8–2
(2–0, 2–2, 4–0)		 Germany
February 28, 1960Canada 8–5
(3–0, 1–3, 4–2)		 Soviet Union

Statistics

Average age

Team Australia was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 28 years and 5 months. Team Finland was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 23 years and 11 months. Gold medalists Team USA averaged 24 years and 6 months. Tournament average was 25 years and 7 months.[7]

Leading scorers

Statistics:[8]

Rk Team GP G A Pts
1 Fred Etcher 791221
2 Bob Attersley 761218
3 Bill Cleary 77714
4 Veniamin Aleksandrov 77613
5 Bill Christian 721113
6 Raimo Kilpiö 69312
7 Jouni Seistamo 58412
T8 George Samolenko 78412
T8 Lars-Eric Lundvall 78412
T10 Václav Pantůček 77512
T10 John Mayasich 77512
T10 Nisse Nilsson 77512

Tournament awards

Final ranking
  1.  United States
  2.  Canada
  3.  Soviet Union
  4.  Czechoslovakia
  5.  Sweden
  6.  Germany
  7.  Finland
  8.  Japan
  9.  Australia

European Championship final ranking
  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Czechoslovakia
  3.  Sweden
  4.  Germany
  5.  Finland

References
  1. "Ice Hockey at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. "Dudley, George – Biography – Honoured Builder". Legends of Hockey. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  3. Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew (2008). "Story #16–USA's original but unheralded "Miracle on Ice"". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  4. "Forgotten Miracle". 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  5. Calio, Jim (3 October 1980). "A Solitary Soul on Ice, Coach Herb Brooks Drove His Young Olympians to Glory : People.com". People. People Magazine. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  6. Saltau, Chloe (21 February 2010). "The rink outsiders who made the big time". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  7. https://www.quanthockey.com/olympics/en/teams/team-canada-players-1960-olympics-stats.html
  8. Leading scorers
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