Ice Hockey World Championship 1954

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	Winner: Soviet Union

Game between Canada and the Soviet Union, March 7, 1954

The 21st Ice Hockey World Championship and 32nd Ice Hockey European Championship took place from February 26 to March 7, 1954 in Stockholm , Sweden . The USSR won the title straight away when it participated in the World Cup for the first time. The victory of the Soviet team marked the beginning of a changing of the guard in global ice hockey, in which the Canadians, who had dominated until then, were gradually to lose their supremacy.

The USSR , which had been a member of the IIHF for two years , provided a team whose playful roots were traditionally in bandy . In addition, some of the Soviet ice hockey players were also successful as soccer players. Due to convincing performances in the run-up to teams like Finland and Czechoslovakia, who were definitely among the group of medal contenders, the clear victory in the decisive game against record world and Olympic champions Canada was one of the surprises of the tournament. The team suffered the only point loss the day before in the 1-1 draw against the Swedish hosts in pouring rain and during the final third in heavy snowfall.

Eight teams took part in the World Cup and, unlike last year, the strongest ice hockey nations (with the exception of the USA ) took part this year. A B-WM was not played this season.

Opening ceremony of the world championship

Men's A World Championship (in Stockholm, Sweden)

Games

February 26, 1954	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	Switzerland		7: 1 (3: 1.1: 0.3: 0)
February 26, 1954	Stockholm	USSR	-	Finland		7: 1 (2: 0.3: 1.2: 0)
February 26, 1954	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Norway		10: 1 (3: 0.4: 1.3: 0)
February 27, 1954	Stockholm	Canada	-	Switzerland		8: 1 (3: 0.2: 0.3: 1)
February 27, 1954	Stockholm	USSR	-	Norway		7: 0 (2: 0.4: 0.1: 0)
February 27, 1954	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	BR Germany		9: 4 (2: 0.4: 0.3: 4)
February 28, 1954	Stockholm	Canada	-	Norway		8: 0 (4: 0.2: 0.2: 0)
February 28, 1954	Stockholm	Switzerland	-	BR Germany		3: 3 (2: 3.1: 0.0: 0)
February 28, 1954	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Finland		5: 3 (0: 0.2: 2.3: 1)
March 1, 1954	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland		12: 1 (3: 0.4: 1.5: 0)
March 1, 1954	Stockholm	USSR	-	BR Germany		6: 2 (1: 0.1: 1.4: 1)
March 1, 1954	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Canada		0: 8 (0: 3.0: 3.0: 2)
March 2, 1954	Stockholm	Finland	-	Norway		2: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
March 2, 1954	Stockholm	USSR	-	Czechoslovakia		5: 2 (1: 1.2: 1.2: 0)
March 2, 1954	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Switzerland		6: 3 (3: 1.3: 2.0: 0)
March 3, 1954	Stockholm	Czechoslovakia	-	Norway		7: 1 (4: 0.0: 0.3: 1)
March 3, 1954	Stockholm	Canada	-	BR Germany		8: 1 (2: 0.2: 0.4: 1)
March 3, 1954	Stockholm	USSR	-	Switzerland		4: 2 (0: 0.2: 1.2: 1)
March 4th 1954	Stockholm	Switzerland	-	Norway		2: 3 (0: 1.1: 0.1: 2)
March 4th 1954	Stockholm	Canada	-	Finland		20: 1 (7: 0.8: 1.5: 0)
March 4th 1954	Stockholm	Sweden	-	BR Germany		4: 0 (1: 0.3: 0.0: 0)
March 5, 1954	Stockholm	BR Germany	-	Finland		5: 1 (2: 0.1: 0.2: 1)
March 5, 1954	Stockholm	Canada	-	Czechoslovakia		5: 2 (3: 1.0: 1.2: 0)
March 5, 1954	Stockholm	Sweden	-	USSR		1: 1 (0: 0.0: 0.1: 1)
March 6, 1954	Stockholm	Finland	-	Switzerland		3: 3 (1: 1.0: 2.2: 0)
March 6, 1954	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia		4: 2 (1: 2.2: 0.1: 0)
March 7, 1954	Stockholm	BR Germany	-	Norway		7: 1 (3: 0.2: 0.2: 1)
March 7, 1954	Stockholm	USSR	-	Canada		7: 2 (4: 0.3: 1.0: 1)

Final table of the world championship

Helge Berglund with King Gustav VI. Adolf and his grandson, Carl XVI. Gustaf

Pl	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Pt.
1	Soviet Union	7th	6th	1	0	37:10	+27	13: 1
2	Canada	7th	6th	0	1	59:12	+47	12: 2
3	Sweden	7th	5	1	1	30:18	+12	11: 3
4th	Czechoslovakia	7th	4th	0	3	41:21	+20	08: 6
5	BR Germany	7th	2	1	4th	22:32	−10	05: 9
6th	Finland	7th	1	1	5	12:52	−40	03:11
7th	Switzerland	7th	0	2	5	15:34	−19	02:12
8th	Norway	7th	1	0	6th	06:43	−37	02:12

Champions team

World Champion USSR	Nikolai Putschkow , Grigori Mkrtychan ; Alfred Kutschewski , Dmitri Ukolow , Alexander Winogradow , Pawel Schiburtowitsch , Genrich Sidorenkow ; Vsevolod Bobrov , Viktor Shuvalov , Alexei Guryschew , Yuri Krylow , Mikhail Bychkov , Alexander Uvarow , Valentin Kusin , Evgeni Babitsch , Nikolai Chlystow , Alexander Komarov Trainer: Arkady Chernyshev
Silver Canada	East York Lyndhursts: Don Lockhardt , Gavin Linsday - Russel Robertson , Harold Fiskari , Douglas Chapman , Thomas Campbell , Tom Jamieson - William Shill , Eric Unger , William Sluce , Maurice Galand , Norman Gray , Earl Clemens , John Scott , Robert Kennedy , John Petro , George Sayliss Trainer : Gregory Currie
Bronze Sweden	Hans Isaksson , Tord Flodqvist - Åke Andersson , Göte Almqvist , Åke Lassas , Sven Thunman , Lars Björn - Holger Nurmela , Stig Carlsson , Erik Johansson , Stig Tvilling , Gösta Johansson , Sven Johansson , Rolf Petersson , Hans Öberg , Göte Blomqvist Trainer : Folke Jansson

statistics

Surname	Gates	Assists	Points
Maurice Galan	16	4th	20th
Eric Unger	8th	9	17th
Vlastimil Bubník	11	4th	15th
Bronislav Danda	8th	5	13
Markus Egen	10	0	10

Awards

Surname	position
Don Lockhardt	Best goalkeeper
Lars Bjorn	Best defender
Vsevolod Bobrov	Best striker

Final placement of the European Championship

Pl	team
1	Soviet Union
2	Sweden
3	Czechoslovakia
4th	BR Germany
5	Finland
6th	Switzerland
7th	Norway

Web links

• Russian team taught Canada a lesson in stick-handling

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Canada is hard to beat. Sweden - Soviet Union 1: 1 / Tomorrow the decision about the ice hockey world championship title will be made . In: BZ in the evening . March 6, 1954.