Izvestia Cup 1972

Izvestia Cup
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Winner:	Soviet Union

The Izvestia Cup 1972 ( Russian Турнир на приз газеты Известия , German: tournament for the prize of the newspaper " Известия " , German Izvestia , i.e. news ) was the 6th staging of the international ice hockey tournament , which this year on the occasion of the 50th ice hockey tournament . The anniversary of the establishment of the Soviet Union took place from December 16 to 23, 1972 in Moscow . In addition to the Soviet national selection , the national teams of Finland , Sweden , Czechoslovakia and Poland took part.

Games

December 16, 1972

Finland Jukka Alkula (52nd)

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

Sweden Arne Carlsson (33.) Björn Johansson (42.) Karl-Johan Sundqvist (48.)

Luzhniki Sports Palace , Moscow Spectators: 11,000

17th December 1972

USSR Vyacheslav Anissin (4th) Alexander Malzew (14th) Vladimir Petrov (31st) Alexander Bodunov (36th) Vladimir Petrov (60th)

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

Poland Mieczysław Jaskierski (16.)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000

18th December 1972

Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Pouzar (14th) Jiří Kochta (28).

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

Sweden Dan Söderström (12th) Ulf Sterner (18).

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000

18th December 1972

USSR Valeri Kharlamov (3) Vladimir Petrov (2) Alexander Malzew Vladimir Shadrin Valeri Wassiljew Alexander Jakuschew Boris Michailow

11: 3 (6: 0, 3: 1, 2: 2) game report

Finland Jorma Vehmanen Matti Murto Timo Turunen

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000

December 19, 1972

Finland Juhani Tamminen (18th) Seppo Suoraniemi (28th) Jukka Alkula (51st)

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

Poland Robert Góralczyk (38th) Tadeusz Obłój (56th)

CSKA Ice Sports Palace , Moscow Spectators: 1,500

December 20, 1972

Czechoslovakia Václav Nedomanský (39:56) Richard Farda (54th) Eduard Novák (57th)

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

Poland

CSKA Ice Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 2,800

December 21, 1972

Finland Jukka Alkula (14.)

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

Czechoslovakia Bedřich Brunclík (8th)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 13,500

December 21, 1972

USSR Valery Vasilyev (9th) Alexander Bodunow (14th) Boris Michailow (15th) Boris Michailow (16th) Alexander Malzew (18th) Alexander Malzew (25th) Alexander Malzew (33rd) Vladimir Shadrin (42nd) Alexander Malzew (47.) Alexander Jakuschew (59.)

10: 2 (5: 1, 2: 0, 3: 1) game report

Sweden Dan Söderström (14th) Thommy Abrahamsson (54th)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 12,500

December 22, 1972

Sweden Mats Åhlberg (37.) Inge Hammarström (47.)

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

Poland Wiesław Tokarz (9th) Tadeusz Kacik (14th)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 3,500

December 23, 1972

USSR Alexander Gusew (13th) Valery Kharlamov (22nd) Alexander Jakuschew (27th) Alexander Jakuschew (30th) Valeri Kharlamov (39th) Vyacheslav Anissin (47th) Alexander Malzew (49th) Vladimir Petrov (54th)

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

Czechoslovakia Jiří Novák (16th) Jaroslav Pouzar (22nd) Jiří Kochta (32nd) Milan Kužela (40th)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 12,500

Closing table

space	team	Games	S.	U	N	T	P
	USSR	4th	4th	0	0	34:10	8th
	Czechoslovakia	4th	1	2	1	10:11	4th
	Sweden [1]	4th	1	1	2	09:15	3
4th	Finland [1]	4th	1	1	2	08:17	3
5.	Poland	4th	0	1	3	05:13	1
[1] on the placement decided the game against each other

The best players

The best players of the tournament:

goalkeeper	Walery Kosyl
defender	Oldřich Machač
striker	Vladimir Petrov

The best scorer was also Vladimir Petrov with 12 points (5 goals, 7 assists )

Web links

• Izvestia Cup 1972 at hockeyarchives.info
• Izvestia Cup 1972 at SFRp's Hockey Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jaroslav Staněk: Druhé místo čs. hokejistů na turnaj Izvestijí - Porážka, nejlepší výkon. In: Rudé právo. December 23, 1972, accessed on December 6, 2012 (Czech, from the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature). 
2. ^ ^{A b} Jaroslav Staněk: Turnaj o cenu Izvestijí po dvou dnech - Poláci proháněli sbornou. In: Rudé právo. December 18, 1972, accessed on December 6, 2012 (Czech, From the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature ). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Jaroslav Staněk: Čs. hokejisté zahájili na turnaji Izvestijí remízou - Měli jsme blíže vítězství. In: Rudé právo. December 19, 1972, accessed on December 6, 2012 (Czech, From the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature). 
4. ↑ Jaroslav Staněk: Turnaj Izvestijí v poločase. In: Rudé právo. December 20, 1972, accessed on December 6, 2012 (Czech, from the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature). 
5. ↑ Jaroslav Staněk: Turnaj Izvestijí vstoupil do druhé poloviny - Naši hokejisté nenadchli. In: Rudé právo. December 21, 1972, accessed on December 6, 2012 (Czech, From the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Jaroslav Staněk: Tým Tre kronor zůstal hudné dlužen své pověsti - Předčasná nadílka. In: Rudé právo. December 22, 1972, accessed on December 6, 2012 (Czech, From the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature). 
7. ↑ Jaroslav Staněk: Cena Izvestijí generálkou na mistrovství světa - Příště už s Kanadou? In: Rudé právo. December 23, 1972, accessed on December 6, 2012 (Czech, from the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature).