Izvestia Cup 1973

Izvestia Cup
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Winner:	Soviet Union

The Izvestia Cup 1973 ( Russian Турнир на приз газеты Известия , tournament for the prize of the newspaper " Известия " ” , German Izvestia , i.e. news ) was the 7th edition of the international ice hockey tournament , which took place from 16 to 21 this year. December took place in Moscow . In addition to the Soviet national selection , the national teams of Finland , Sweden , Czechoslovakia and Poland took part again.

Games

16th December 1973

Czechoslovakia Jiří Kochta (2nd) Karel Ruml (11th) Vladimír Veith (28th) Václav Nedomanský (36th) Josef Horešovský (41st) Richard Farda (43rd) Vladimír Martinec (51st)

7: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 3: 1) game report

Finland Jorma Kallio (60.)

Luzhniki Sports Palace , Moscow Spectators: 14,000 (sold out)

16th December 1973

USSR Valery Kharlamov (7th) Boris Mikhailov (10th) Alexander Bodunov (13th) Alexander Gussew (35th) Valeri Wassiljew (37th) Boris Mikhailov (45th) Boris Mikhailov (48th) Alexander Woltschkow (55th)

8: 3 (3: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1) game report

Sweden Arne Carlsson (1st) Kjell-Rune Milton (24th) Anders Hedberg (42nd)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000 (sold out)

17th December 1973

Finland Timo Sutinen (22nd) Timo Sutinen (34th) Pekka Marjamäki (38th) Seppo Suoraniemi (58th) Seppo Ahokainen (58th)

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

Sweden Anders Hedberg (42.) Thommy Abrahamsson (48.)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 06,000

17th December 1973

USSR Alexander Malzew (3) Yuri Lebedew (2) Alexander Jakuschew Vladimir Petrov Boris Michailow Valeri Kharlamov Alexander Martynjuk

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

Poland Walenty Ziętara

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000 (sold out)

18th December 1973

Czechoslovakia Václav Nedomanský Jiří Holík Jan Faith Oldřich Machač Bohuslav Šťastný Jiří Kochta Vladimir Veith Jaroslav Mec Ivan Hlinka

9: 1 (3: 0, 3: 0, 3: 1) game report

Poland Adam Kopczynski

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 5,000

19th December 1973

Czechoslovakia Jiří Bubla (25th) Ivan Hlinka (32nd)

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

Sweden Kjell-Rune Milton (20th) Dan Laabraten (23rd) Bo Berggren (27th) Björn Palmqvist (36th)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000 (sold out)

19th December 1973

USSR Vyacheslav Anissin (2) Alexander Jakuschew (2) Alexander Wolchkov Vladimir Luttschenko Alexander Bodunow

7: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0) game report

Finland

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000 (sold out)

20th December 1973

Poland Jan Pecko (6th) Mieczysław Jaskierski (36th) Walenty Ziętara (40th)

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

Sweden Stefan Karlsson (57.) Björn Palmqvist (60.)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 3,000

December 21, 1973

Finland Lasse Oksanen (3rd)

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

Poland Stefan Chowaniec (54th)

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 2,500

December 21, 1973

USSR Vladimir Petrov (3) Valery Kharlamov Valery Vasilyev Yuri Lebedev Alexander Malzew

7: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 4: 0) game report

Czechoslovakia Milan Kužela

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 14,000 (sold out)

Closing table

space	team	Games	S.	U	N	T	P
	USSR	4th	4th	0	0	32: 05	8th
	Czechoslovakia	4th	2	0	2	19:13	4th
	Finland [1]	4th	1	1	2	07:17	3
4th	Poland [1]	4th	1	1	2	06:22	3
5.	Sweden	4th	1	0	3	11:18	2
[1] The goal difference decided on the placement due to the tie in the direct encounter

The best players

The best players of the tournament:

goalkeeper	Jiří Holeček
defender	Alexander Gusew
striker	Valery Kharlamov

The best scorer was Boris Michailow with 9 points (4 goals, 5 assists )

Web links

• Izvestia Cup 1973 on hockeyarchives.info
• Izvestia Cup 1973 on SFRP's Hockey Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jaroslav Staněk: Naše technika a kolektivní pojetí hry na finy platily - Cena Izvestijí zahájena. In: Rudé právo. December 17, 1973, accessed on December 6, 2012 (Czech, From the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature ).  
2. ^ ^{A b} Jaroslav Staněk: Skandinávské hokejové derby - Nečekaný vítěz. In: Rudé právo. December 18, 1973, accessed on December 6, 2012 (Czech, from the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature).  
3. ↑ Jaroslav Staněk: Volba padla na kaleviho numinena - Finsko touží po medaili. In: Rudé právo. December 19, 1973, accessed on December 7, 2012 (Czech, From the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature).  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Jaroslav Staněk: První porásž čs. hokejistů na turnaji Izvestijí - Švédové jako vymĕnĕní. In: Rudé právo. December 20, 1973, accessed on December 7, 2012 (Czech, from the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature).  
5. ↑ Jaroslav Staněk: Bobrov: Bude vždy nejtěžší hrát proti týmu ČSSR - Dnes s mistry světy. In: Rudé právo. December 21, 1973, accessed on December 7, 2012 (Czech, From the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature).  
6. ↑ ^{a b} Jaroslav Staněk: Druhé místo čs. hokejistů na turnaj Izvestijí - Stačili jsme jen třetinu. In: Rudé právo. December 22, 1973, accessed on December 7, 2012 (Czech, From the archive of Ústav pro českou literaturu - Institute of Czech Literature).