Izvestia Cup 1970

Izvestia Cup
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Winner:	Czechoslovakia

The Izvestia Cup 1970 ( 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 that took place from December 6th to 13th, 1970 in Moscow . In addition to the Soviet national selection , the national teams of Finland , Sweden and Czechoslovakia took part. Although the GDR team had also been invited to participate, the DELV waived due to the competitive sport decision and instead the Polish national ice hockey team took part in the tournament. The Canadians were not participating in any international competitions at the time due to a dispute in the IIHF over the participation of professional players in world championships.

Games

December 6, 1970

Czechoslovakia

10: 1 (3: 0, 1: 1, 6: 0)

Poland

Luzhniki Sports Palace , Moscow Spectators: 14,000

December 6, 1970

USSR Anatoly Belonoshkin Yuri Chichurin Anatoly Firsow Alexander Malzew (2) Vladimir Wikulow (2) Yevgeny Simin

8: 3 (2: 0, 3: 1, 3: 2)

Finland Seppo Repo (2) Lauri Mononen

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 6,000

7th December 1970

Poland

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

Sweden

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 2,300

December 8, 1970

Finland

1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0)

Sweden

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow

December 9, 1970

USSR Vladimir Petrov (1st)

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

Czechoslovakia Ivan Hlinka (2nd) Josef Horešovský (10th) Eduard Novák (24th)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000

December 10, 1970

USSR Valery Kharlamov (2) Viktor Polupanow Igor Romischewski Wladimir Wikulow Yevgeny Simin (2)

7: 1 (5: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1) game report

Poland Tadeusz Obloj

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 8,000

December 11, 1970

Czechoslovakia Jiří Holík (8th) Ivan Hlinka (35th) Richard Farda (50th)

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

Sweden Anders Hedberg (6th) Tommi Abrahamsson (23rd)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000

December 11, 1970

Finland

8: 3 (3: 2, 0: 0, 5: 1)

Poland

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 1,800

December 13, 1970

Czechoslovakia

7: 3 (1: 0, 4: 1, 2: 2)

Finland

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 4,500

December 13, 1970

USSR Anatoly Firsov (24th) Vladimir Wikulov (34th) Anatoly Firsov (38th) Vladimir Petrov (52nd)

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

Sweden

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000

Closing table

space	team	Games	S.	U	N	T	P
	Czechoslovakia	4th	4th	0	0	23: 07	8th
	USSR	4th	3	0	1	20: 07	6th
	Sweden	4th	1	0	3	07:12	2
4th	Finland	4th	1	0	3	15:20	2
5.	Poland	4th	1	0	3	09:28	2

The best players

The best players of the tournament:

goalkeeper	Andrzej Tkacz
defender	František Pospíšil
striker	Vladimir Wikulov

The best scorer was also Vladimir Wikulow with 6 points (4 goals, 2 assists )

Web links

• Izvestia Cup 1970 at hockeyarchives.info (note: the result of the FIN-SWE game is reversed)
• Izvestia Cup 1970 at SFRp's Hockey Archive

Individual proof

1. ↑ Briefly reported. In: New Germany . Berlin State Library, December 14, 1969, accessed on March 15, 2013 : “ The Soviet newspaper“ Izvestia ”, organizer of the great Moscow ice hockey tournament, has already invited all six teams that took part in the event to the 1970 tournament. It should take place again in early December in Moscow. "