East Germany 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 was won by West Germany. East Germany hosted a tournament for non-qualified teams, often referred to as World Championships Pool B, between GDR, Norway and Belgium in Berlin.[2]
The Soviets won all their games to claim their first Olympic title, their second World title, and their third European title. Canada, represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, won its eighth consecutive Olympic ice hockey medal, and first bronze medal.
The first place team, the Soviet Union, won the gold medal; the silver medal was won by the United States, and the bronze medal was won by Canada.
Coming into the final game of the tournament (Soviet Union vs Canada), the Soviets and Americans both had eight points while Canada had six points. A Canadian win would have created a three-way tie at eight points, to be broken by goal ratio. Canada (23/9=2.556) needed a victory by three or more to pass the Soviets (23/5=4.600). The Soviets would remain ahead of Canada with a win, a draw, or a loss by one or two.
The Americans (26/12=2.167) still had a chance at all three medal places due to the possibility of the goal ratios of Canada and/or the Soviets being sufficiently reduced according to the score of the final game.[3][4]
Gold medalists team USSR was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 29 years and 11 months. Team USA was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 22 years and 5 months. Tournament average was 26 years and 7 months.[5]
^"Team Canada - Olympics - Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 - Player Stats". QuantHockey. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
Referencesedit
Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN0-8362-7114-9.
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 25–6, 30, 107–8.
Jeux Olympiques d'Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
October 31, 2023
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The men s ice hockey tournament at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d Ampezzo Italy was the eighth Olympic Championship also serving as the 23rd World Championships and the 34th European Championships The tournament was held at the Olympic Ice Stadium and the Apollonio Stadium 1 Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter OlympicsTournament detailsHost country ItalyDates26 January 4 February 1956Teams10Final positionsChampions Soviet Union 1st title Runner up United StatesThird place CanadaFourth place SwedenTournament statisticsGames played33Goals scored262 7 94 per game Attendance122 230 3 704 per match Scoring leader s James Logan 15 points 1955 or1952 Olympics1957 or1960 Olympics Trophy awarded for the 1956 World ChampionshipsEast Germany 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 was won by West Germany East Germany hosted a tournament for non qualified teams often referred to as World Championships Pool B between GDR Norway and Belgium in Berlin 2 The Soviets won all their games to claim their first Olympic title their second World title and their third European title Canada represented by the Kitchener Waterloo Dutchmen won its eighth consecutive Olympic ice hockey medal and first bronze medal Contents 1 Medalists 2 Participating nations 3 World Championship Group A Italy 3 1 Qualification 3 2 First round 3 2 1 Group A 3 2 2 Group B 3 2 3 Group C 3 3 Final round 3 4 Consolation round 4 World Championship Group B East Germany 4 1 Final Round 5 Statistics 5 1 Average age 5 2 Leading scorers 5 3 Tournament awards 6 Final ranking 7 European Championship final ranking 8 Citations 9 ReferencesMedalists editGold Silver Bronze nbsp Soviet Union Nikolai Puchkov Grigory Mkrtychan Nikolai 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 nbsp 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 nbsp Canada Denis Brodeur Keith Woodall Floyd Martin Howie LeeArt Hurst Jack McKenzie James Logan Paul Knox Donald Rope Byrle Klinck Bill Colvin Gerard Theberge Alfred Horne Charlie Brooker George Scholes Bob White Ken LaufmanParticipating nations editSee also Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics Rosters nbsp Canada 17 nbsp Soviet Union 17 nbsp Sweden 17 nbsp United States 16 World Championship Group A Italy editQualification edit November 16 1955 East Germany 3 7 West GermanyFirst round edit Top two teams shaded ones from each group earned a right to play for 1st 6th places Group A edit Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts1 nbsp Canada 3 3 0 0 30 1 29 62 nbsp Germany 3 1 1 1 9 6 3 33 nbsp Italy 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 24 nbsp Austria 3 0 2 1 2 32 30 1Source citation needed 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 CanadaGroup B edit Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts1 nbsp Czechoslovakia 2 2 0 0 12 6 6 42 nbsp United States 2 1 1 0 7 4 3 23 nbsp Poland 2 0 2 0 3 12 9 0Source citation needed January 27 Czechoslovakia 4 3 USA January 28 USA 4 0 Poland January 29 Czechoslovakia 8 3 PolandGroup C edit Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts1 nbsp Soviet Union 2 2 0 0 15 4 11 42 nbsp Sweden 2 1 1 0 7 10 3 23 nbsp Switzerland 2 0 2 0 8 16 8 0Source citation needed January 27 USSR 5 1 Sweden January 28 Sweden 6 5 Switzerland January 29 USSR 10 3 SwitzerlandFinal round edit nbsp Vsevolod Bobrov holding the championship trophy The first place team the Soviet Union won the gold medal the silver medal was won by the United States and the bronze medal was won by Canada Coming into the final game of the tournament Soviet Union vs Canada the Soviets and Americans both had eight points while Canada had six points A Canadian win would have created a three way tie at eight points to be broken by goal ratio Canada 23 9 2 556 needed a victory by three or more to pass the Soviets 23 5 4 600 The Soviets would remain ahead of Canada with a win a draw or a loss by one or two The Americans 26 12 2 167 still had a chance at all three medal places due to the possibility of the goal ratios of Canada and or the Soviets being sufficiently reduced according to the score of the final game 3 4 Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts1 nbsp Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 25 5 20 102 nbsp United States 5 4 1 0 26 12 14 83 nbsp Canada 5 3 2 0 23 11 12 64 nbsp Sweden 5 1 3 1 10 17 7 35 nbsp Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 0 20 30 10 26 nbsp Germany 5 0 4 1 6 35 29 1Source citation needed 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 CzechoslovakiaConsolation round edit Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts7 nbsp Italy 3 3 0 0 21 7 14 68 nbsp Poland 3 2 1 0 12 10 2 49 nbsp Switzerland 3 1 2 0 12 18 6 210 nbsp Austria 3 0 3 0 9 19 10 0Source citation needed 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 PolandWorld Championship Group B East Germany editFinal Round edit Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts11 nbsp East Germany 2 2 0 0 18 8 10 412 nbsp Norway 2 1 1 0 8 9 1 213 nbsp Belgium 2 0 2 0 12 21 9 0Source citation needed March 8 East Germany 4 1 Norway March 9 East Germany 14 7 Belgium March 10 Norway 7 5 BelgiumStatistics editAverage age edit Gold medalists team USSR was the oldest team in the tournament averaging 29 years and 11 months Team USA was the youngest team in the tournament averaging 22 years and 5 months Tournament average was 26 years and 7 months 5 Leading scorers edit Rk Team GP G A Pts1 nbsp James Logan 8 7 8 152 nbsp Paul Knox 8 7 7 143 nbsp Vsevolod Bobrov 7 9 3 124 nbsp Jack McKenzie 8 7 5 125 nbsp Gerry Theberge 8 9 2 116 nbsp Alexei Guryshev 7 8 3 117 nbsp John Mayasich 7 6 4 108 nbsp George Scholes 8 5 5 109 nbsp Ken Laufman 8 1 8 910 nbsp Gordon Christian 6 5 3 8Tournament awards edit Best players selected by the directorate Best Goaltender nbsp Willard Ikola Best Defenceman nbsp Nikolai Sologubov Best Forward nbsp Jack McKenzieFinal ranking edit nbsp Soviet Union nbsp United States nbsp Canada nbsp Sweden nbsp Czechoslovakia nbsp Germany nbsp Italy nbsp Poland nbsp Switzerland nbsp AustriaEuropean Championship final ranking edit nbsp Soviet Union nbsp Sweden nbsp Czechoslovakia nbsp West Germany nbsp Italy nbsp Poland nbsp Switzerland nbsp AustriaCitations edit Ice Hockey at the 1956 Cortina d Ampezzo Winter Games Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 13 May 2019 World B Jeux Olympiques de Cortina d Ampezzo 1956 Hockey sur Glace Official Report p 676 Team Canada Olympics Cortina d Ampezzo 1956 Player Stats QuantHockey Retrieved 23 April 2020 References editDuplacey 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 amp Record Book 2011 Moydart Press pp 25 6 30 107 8 Jeux Olympiques d Cortina d Ampezzo 1956 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics amp oldid 1172318438, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
