Ice Hockey World Championship 1951

	Ice Hockey World Championship
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	Winner: Canada

	European ice hockey championship
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	Winner: Sweden

The 18th ice hockey world championship and 29th ice hockey European championship took place from March 9 to 17, 1951 in Paris , France . With 13 teams there was a new registration record for the post-war period. For the first time, the field of participants was therefore divided according to performance level. The seven more powerful teams played the world champions in a league round, the six less powerful teams - including host France - played a separate tournament (also in Paris) called the “Criterium Européen”. From this tournament the later B group or today's Division I should develop.

Canada once again defended its title with great ease and was the 14th ice hockey world champion ahead of Sweden , which won its third silver medal after 1928 and 1947 and was European champion for the fifth time.

A world championship

Games

March 9, 1951	Vélodrome d'Hiver , Paris	United States	-	Norway	0: 3 (0: 0.0: 1.0: 2)
March 10, 1951	Paris	Canada	-	Finland	11: 1 (4: 0.4: 0.3: 1)
March 10, 1951	Paris	Sweden	-	Great Britain	5: 1 (0: 1.1: 0.4: 0)
March 10, 1951	Paris	Switzerland	-	Norway	8: 1 (4: 1.3: 0.1: 0)
March 11, 1951	Paris	Sweden	-	United States	8: 0 (4: 0.1: 0.3: 0)
March 11, 1951	Paris	Canada	-	Norway	8: 0 (3: 0.1: 0.4: 0)
March 12, 1951	Paris	Switzerland	-	Great Britain	7: 1 (2: 0.4: 1.1: 0)
March 12, 1951	Paris	United States	-	Finland	5: 4 (1: 0.1: 3.3: 1)
March 13, 1951	Paris	Sweden	-	Norway	5: 2 (1: 0.4: 1.0: 1)
March 13, 1951	Paris	Switzerland	-	Finland	4: 1 (1: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
March 13, 1951	Paris	Canada	-	Great Britain	17: 1 (0: 1.7: 0.10: 0)
March 14, 1951	Paris	Sweden	-	Switzerland	3: 3 (2: 1.1: 1.0: 1)
March 15, 1951	Paris	Norway	-	Great Britain	4: 3 (0: 0.1: 2.3: 1)
March 15, 1951	Paris	Sweden	-	Finland	11: 3 (5: 0.1: 1.5: 2)
March 15, 1951	Paris	Canada	-	United States	16: 2 (5: 0.6: 2.5: 0)
March 16, 1951	Paris	Norway	-	Finland	0: 3 (0: 1.0: 0.0: 2)
March 16, 1951	Paris	Canada	-	Switzerland	5: 1 (0: 1.3: 0.2: 0)
March 16, 1951	Paris	United States	-	Great Britain	6: 6 (1: 4.2: 1.3: 1)
March 17, 1951	Paris	Great Britain	-	Finland	6: 3 (2: 0.0: 3.4: 0)
March 17, 1951	Paris	Switzerland	-	United States	5: 1 (3: 0.1: 1.1: 0)
March 17, 1951	Paris	Canada	-	Sweden	5: 1 (1: 0.2: 0.2: 1)

Final table of the world championship

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Canada	6th	6th	0	0	62: 6	+56	12: 0
2	Sweden	6th	4th	1	1	33:14	+19	9: 3
3	Switzerland	6th	4th	1	1	28:12	+16	9: 3
4th	Norway	6th	2	0	4th	10:27	−17	4: 8
5	Great Britain	6th	1	1	4th	18:42	−24	3: 9
6th	United States	6th	1	1	4th	14:42	−28	3: 9
7th	Finland	6th	1	0	5	15:37	−22	2:10

Master teams

World Champion Canada	Mallie Hughes , Carl Sorokoski , Jim "Shorty" Malacko , Don Vogan , Walter "Whitey" Rimstad , William Gibson , Don McLean , Hector Negrello (C), Stan Obodiac , Tom Wood , Bill Chandler , Bert Knibbs , Andrew "Nap" Milroy , Lou Siray , Denny Flannigan , Bill Flick , Mickey Roth , Dick Gray ; Trainer: Dick Gray
Silver Sweden	Arne Johansson , Lars Åke Svensson - Åke Andersson , Rune Johansson , Åke Lassas , Börje Löfgren , Sven Thunman - Hans Tvilling , Stig Tvilling , Stig Carlsson , Rolf Eriksson-Hemlin , Gösta Johansson , Yngve Karlsson , Bengt Larsson , Lars Pettersson
Bronze Switzerland	Hans Bänninger , Jean Ayer - Emil Handschin , Hanggi Boller , Reto Delnon , Hans Heierling - Gebhard Poltera , Ulrich Poltera , Hans-Martin Trepp , Walter Dürst , Otto Schläpfer , Alfred Bieler , Wilhelm Pfister

Final placement of the European Championship

RF	team
1	Sweden
2	Switzerland
3	Norway
4th	Great Britain
5	Finland

1951 European ice hockey champion Sweden

Criterium Européen

(future B World Championship) men (in Paris, France)

Games

March 10, 1951	Paris	France	-	Italy	1: 4 (0: 1.0: 2.1: 1)
March 11, 1951	Paris	Belgium	-	Yugoslavia	13: 3 (5: 0.3: 0.5: 3)
March 11, 1951	Paris	Italy	-	Netherlands	3: 1 (0: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
March 11, 1951	Paris	France	-	Austria	7: 3 (1: 0.1: 0.5: 3)
March 12, 1951	Paris	Netherlands	-	Yugoslavia	5: 2 (0: 0.4: 1.1: 1)
March 12, 1951	Paris	Austria	-	Belgium	5: 3 (0: 1.3: 1.2: 1)
March 13, 1951	Paris	Italy	-	Belgium	7: 3 (0: 1.2: 0.5: 2)
March 14, 1951	Paris	Netherlands	-	Austria	4: 3 (1: 1.2: 1.1: 1)
March 14, 1951	Paris	France	-	Yugoslavia	10: 3 (3: 2.3: 1.4: 0)
March 15, 1951	Paris	Italy	-	Yugoslavia	6: 1 (1: 0.4: 1.1: 0)
March 15, 1951	Paris	France	-	Belgium	10: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.5: 0)
March 16, 1951	Paris	Italy	-	Austria	7: 2 (1: 1.3: 0.3: 1)
March 16, 1951	Paris	Netherlands	-	Belgium	2: 1 (2: 0.0: 1.0: 0)
March 17, 1951	Paris	Austria	-	Yugoslavia	3: 4 (1: 1.1: 0.1: 3)
March 17, 1951	Paris	France	-	Netherlands	7: 5 (1: 2.3: 1.3: 2)

Final table of the "Criterium Européen"

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Italy	5	5	0	0	27: 8	+19	10-0
2	France	5	4th	0	1	35:15	+20	8: 2
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	17:16	+1	6: 4
4th	Belgium	5	1	0	4th	20:27	−7	2: 8
5	Austria	5	1	0	4th	16:25	−9	2: 8
6th	Yugoslavia	5	1	0	4th	13:37	−24	2: 8

Winner of the “Criterium Européen” 1951 Italy