Izvestia Cup 1969

Izvestia Cup
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Winner:	USSR

The Izvestia Cup 1969 ( Russian Турнир на приз газеты Известия , German: tournament for the prize of the newspaper “ Известия ” , German Izvestia , i.e. news ) was an ice hockey tournament , which took place from December 1 to 8, 1969 in Moscow . In addition to the Soviet national selection , the national teams of Finland , Canada , Sweden , the GDR and Czechoslovakia took part. Since this year, at the suggestion of sports commentator Boris Fedosov, the editorial team of the Soviet daily "Известия" has been sponsoring this sporting event. The event also got a mascot, a snowman with an ice hockey stick - also one of Fedossov's ideas. The teams in the top three positions received samovars in sizes of 20, 40 and 60 liters as an honorary prize . At least some of the games were also shown on GDR television.

Games

1st December 1969

Czechoslovakia Richard Farda (29th) Josef Černý (32nd) Július Haas (37th) Václav Nedomanský (59th)

4: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0) game report

Canada

1st December 1969

Soviet Union Alexander Martynjuk (3rd) Igor Grigoryev (23rd) Jewgeni Paladjew (35th)

4: 3 (1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 1) game report

GDR Hartmut Nickel (9th) Wolfgang Plotka (27th) Lothar Fuchs (46th)

Spectators: 9,000

2nd December 1969

Sweden Lungström (2) Palmqvist (2) Vikberg Abrahamsson Lind

7: 5 (3: 1, 3: 2, 1: 2) game report

Finland Pekka Leimu (2) Matti Keinonen Veli-Pekka Ketola Matti Murto

2nd December 1969

Canada Heindl (1st) Adams (2nd) Heindl (20th) Huck Stephansson

5: 4 (3: 0, 1: 4, 1: 0) game report

GDR Lothar Fuchs (28th) Schlapke (29th) Lothar Fuchs (39th) Manfred Buder

3rd December 1969

Sweden

4: 3 (2: 0, 0: 1, 2: 2)

Czechoslovakia

3rd December 1969

Soviet Union Vitaly Davydov Valery Kharlamov Vladimir Petrov (2) Vladimir Wikulov

5: 1 (3: 0, 2: 1, 0: 0)

Finland Lauri Mononen

4th December 1969

Czechoslovakia Václav Nedomanský (1st) Richard Farda (12th), (17th) Jiří Kochta (23rd) Josef Černý (23rd) Ivan Hlinka (28th) František Pospíšil (34th) Jiří Novák (37th) Richard Farda (45.) Jiří Novák (55.)

10: 2 (3: 0, 5: 0, 2: 2) game report

GDR Wilfried Rohrbach (45th, 60th)

4th December 1969

Soviet Union Alexander Martynjuk (11th) Alexander Jakuschew (35th)

2: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Canada Billy Harris (15th) Lafley (45th)

5th December 1969

GDR Robach (33rd) Wolfgang Plotka (37th) Lothar Fuchs (40th) Prusas (48th) Wolfgang Plotka (53rd)

5: 3 (0: 0, 3: 3, 2: 0) game report

Sweden Lundström (22nd) S. Karlsson (24th) A. Karlsson (31st)

Spectators: 8,000

5th December 1969

Canada

10: 1 (1: 0, 4: 0, 5: 1)

Finland

Spectators: 7,000

December 6, 1969 4:00 p.m.

Soviet Union Valeri Kharlamov Yuri Lyapkin Alexander Malzew Boris Mikhailov Vladimir Petrov (2) Viktor Polupanow Vyacheslav Starschinow

8: 2 (1: 1, 3: 1, 4: 0) match report

Czechoslovakia Josef Horešovský Jiří Holík

December 7, 1969 12:00 p.m.

Canada McMillan (17th) Huck (29th) Harris (30th) McKenzie (40th) Leflay (44th)

5: 2 (1: 0, 3: 1, 1: 1) game report

Sweden Tord Lundström (24.) Hedlund (50.)

December 7, 1969 12:00 p.m.

Finland Jorma Peltonen (10th) Matti Keinonen (12th) Lindström (16th) Lasse Oksanen (18th) Jorma Peltonen (22nd) Lalli Partinen (27th) Lauri Mononen (34th) Jorma Vehmanen (58th) Lasse Oksanen (60.)

9: 3 (4: 0, 3: 0, 2: 3) game report

GDR Wilfried Rohrbach (48th) Joachim Ziesche (50th, 58th)

December 8, 1969

Czechoslovakia Oldřich Machač (1st) Richard Farda (14th) Jiří Holík (16th) Josef Horešovský (24th) Ivan Hlinka (39th) Václav Nedomanský (50th) Oldřich Machač (51st) Jaroslav Holík (56th) Václav Nedomanský (56th) Hlinka (57th)

10: 3 (3: 1, 2: 1, 5: 1) game report

Finland Veli-Pekka Ketola (5th) Jouni Samuli (29th) Matti Keinonen (50th)

December 8, 1969

Soviet Union Boris Michailow (18th, 21st, 26th) Alexander Malzew (36th) Viktor Kuskin (38th) Alexander Gusew (57th)

6: 2 (1: 0, 4: 1, 1: 1) game report

Sweden Svante Granholm (34.) Lennart Svedberg (45.)

Closing table

space	team	Games	S.	U	N	T	P
	USSR	5	4th	1	0	25:10	9
	Canada	5	3	1	1	22:13	7th
	Czechoslovakia	5	3	0	2	29:17	6th
4th	Sweden	5	2	0	3	18:24	4th
5.	Finland	5	1	0	4th	19:35	2
6th	GDR	5	1	0	4th	17:31	2

The best players

The best players of the tournament:

goalkeeper	Wayne Stephenson
defender	František Pospíšil
striker	Boris Mikhailov

Individual evidence

1. ↑ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ ТУРНИР НА ПРИЗ ГАЗЕТЫ «ИЗВЕСТИЯ». In: Энциклопедический словарь. 2009, Retrieved November 26, 2012 (Russian). 
2. ^ Entry on Fedossow, Boris Alexandrowitsch. (No longer available online.) In: Яндекс ( http://slovari.yandex.ru ). Archived from the original on November 8, 2012 ; Retrieved November 26, 2012 (Russian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Heinz Stern: Three "giant" samovars from Tula. In: New Germany . Berlin State Library, December 1, 1969, accessed on March 14, 2013 . 
4. ^ TV today and on Sunday. In: New Germany. Berlin State Library, December 6, 1969, accessed on March 14, 2013 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Klaus Ullrich: At the beginning a respectable success - bravely fighting GDR team defied 3: 4 / CSSR Canada 4: 0 in the Moscow ice hockey tournament against the USSR . In: Neues Deutschland. Berlin State Library, December 1, 1969, accessed on March 14, 2013 . 
6. ^ National ice hockey tournament in Moscow - GDR team lost 2:10 to CSSR. In: Neues Deutschland. Berlin State Library, December 4, 1969, accessed on March 14, 2013 . 
7. Jump up ↑ National ice hockey tournament in Moscow - Dramatic 2: 2 USSR-Canada. In: New Germany. Berlin State Library, December 4, 1969, accessed on March 22, 2013 . 
8. ^ National ice hockey tournament in Moscow - the largest samovar stayed in Moscow. In: New Germany . Berlin State Library, December 9, 1969, accessed on March 14, 2013 . 

Web links

• Izvestia Cup 1969 at hockeyarchives.info
• Izvestia Cup 1969 at SFRF's Hockey Archive