Izvestia Cup 1971

Izvestia Cup
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Winner:	Soviet Union

The Izvestia Cup 1971 ( 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 this year on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Soviet ice hockey took place in Moscow from December 17-20, 1971 . In addition to the Soviet national selection , the national teams of Finland , Sweden and Czechoslovakia took part, with the Swedes only sending a B team, which was overrun by the competition. The Canadian team did not accept the invitation, as did the US team, which initially canceled due to scheduling, but ultimately for financial reasons.

Games

17th December 1971

USSR Vladimir Wikulov (28th) Vladimir Wikulov (39th)

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

Finland Juhani Tamminen (3rd) Matti Murto (9th) Juhani Tamminen (18th) Juha Rantasila (47th)

Luzhniki Sports Palace , Moscow Spectators: 14,000

17th December 1971

Czechoslovakia Vladimír Bednář (2nd) Richard Farda (10th) Jiří Bubla (15th) Ivan Hlinka (16th) Jiří Kochta (30th) Richard Farda (47th) Eduard Novák (52nd) Rudolf Tajcnár

8: 1 (4: 1, 1: 0, 3: 0)

Sweden Dick Yderström (2nd)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 13,800

18th December 1971

USSR Anatoly Firsov Vladimir Wikulov Valery Kharlamov Yuri Blinov Alexander Malzew

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

Czechoslovakia Jiří Holík Ivan Hlinka

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000

18th December 1971

Finland Jorma Peltonen (9th) Seppo Lindström (35th) Ilpo Koskela (55th) Jorma Peltonen (57th)

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

Sweden Bo Berggren (13th)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 9,500

20th December 1971

USSR Vladimir Wikulov (2) Valeri Kharlamov (2) Boris Mikhailov (2) Alexander Martynjuk (2) Vladimir Petrow Yuri Blinov Yuri Lyapkin Alexander Malzew

12: 1 (4: 0, 5: 0, 3: 1)

Sweden Hans Jax (52.)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000

20th December 1971

Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Holík (8th)

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

Finland

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 8,000

Closing table

space	team	Games	S.	U	N	T	P
	USSR	3	2	0	1	19: 07	4th
	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	11: 06	4th
	Finland	3	2	0	1	08: 04	4th
4th	Sweden B	3	0	0	3	03:24	2

The best players

The best players of the tournament:

goalkeeper	Jorma Valtonen
defender	František Pospíšil
striker	Vladimir Wikulov

The best scorer was also Vladimir Wikulow with 6 points (5 goals, 1 assist )

Web links

• Izvestia Cup 1971 at hockeyarchives.info
• Izvestia Cup 1971 at SFRp's Hockey Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Josef Davídek: První překvapení na turnají Izvestijí - Podle očekávání. In: Rudé právo. December 18, 1971, accessed on December 6, 2012 (from the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature ). 
2. ^ ^{A b} Josef Davídek: Turnaj Izvestijí v Moskvě: Jedině Finové bez porážky. In: Rudé právo. December 20, 1971, accessed on December 6, 2012 (from the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Josef Davídek: Únava našich hráčů přinesla hubené vítězství. In: Rudé právo. December 21, 1971, accessed on December 6, 2012 (from the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature).