Izvestia Cup 1978

Izvestia Cup
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Winner:	Soviet Union

The Izvestia Cup 1978 ( Russian Турнир на приз газеты Известия , German: tournament for the prize of the newspaper “ Известия ” , German Izvestia , i.e. news ) was the 12th edition of the international ice hockey tournament , which this year took place from the 16th to the on Dec. 22 took place the 1978th In addition to the Soviet Sbornaja , the national teams of Finland , Sweden and Czechoslovakia took part again. Also this year, a selection of Canadian players took part in the tournament under the name NHL Future Stars . The team from the USSR was able to win the tournament after the better goal difference against Czechoslovakia.

Games

December 16, 1978

NHL Future Stars Jean Savard (21st) Doug Halward (25th) Normand Dupont (50th)

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

Finland Pekka Rautakallio (18th) Antero Lehtonen (25th) Antero Lehtonen (35th)

Luzhniki Sports Palace , Moscow Spectators: 12,000

December 16, 1978

USSR Viktor Schluktow (1st) Mikhail Shostak (11th) Valeri Kharlamov (21st) Viktor Schluktow (31st) Viktor Schluktow (36th) Sergei Kapustin (42nd)

6: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0)

Sweden

Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators: 12,000

December 18, 1978

Czechoslovakia Marián Šťastný Jiří Bubla Anton Šťastný Jaroslav Pouzar

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

NHL Future Stars Tom Gorence

Moscow

December 18, 1978

USSR Alexander Golikow (2) Helmuts Balderis Boris Michailow

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

Finland Pertti Koivulahti

Moscow

December 19, 1978

Sweden Leif Holmgren (2) Per-Arne Alexandersson

3: 6 (0: 2, 3: 3, 0: 1)

Czechoslovakia Bohuslav Ebermann (2) Peter Šťastný (2) Milan Chalupa Vítězslav Ďuriš

Moscow

December 19, 1978

USSR Boris Michailow (2) Helmuts Balderis (2) Viktor Schluktow Alexei Frolikow Sergei Kapustin Vladimir Petrow Sergei Makarow

9: 3 (4: 1, 3: 1, 2: 1)

NHL Future Stars Normand Dupont Gene Carr Tom Gorence

Moscow

December 20, 1978

Czechoslovakia Milan Nový (3) Marián Šťastný Peter Šťastný

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

Finland Jukka Porvari (2) Antero Lehtonen Pertti Koivulahti

Moscow

December 21, 1978

NHL Future Stars Bobby Simpson (3) Lorne Stamler (2)

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

Sweden Leif Holmgren (2) Göran Lindblom

Moscow

December 22, 1978

USSR Sergei Makarow Boris Michailow Valeri Vasiljew

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

Czechoslovakia Bohuslav Ebermann Jiří Bubla Peter Šťastný

Moscow

December 22, 1978

Sweden Mats Ulander Peter Wallin Göran Lindblom Lars Molin

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

Finland Jukka Porvari

Moscow

Closing table

space	team	Games	Victories	draw	Defeats	Gates	Points
	USSR	4th	3	1	0	22: 07	7th
	Czechoslovakia	4th	3	1	0	18:11	7th
	NHL Future Stars	4th	1	1	2	12:18	3
4th	Sweden	4th	1	0	3	09:18	2
5.	Finland	4th	0	1	3	09:16	1

Awards

• The best scorer was Antero Lehtonen with 7 points (3 goals and 4 assists).

Best players

goalkeeper	Vladislav Tretyak
defender	Jiří Bubla
striker	Sergei Kapustin

Web links

• ТУРНИР ПРИЗ ГАЗЕТЫ «ИЗВЕСТИЯ» 1978 on hockeyarchives.ru (Russian)
• Izvestia Cup 1978 on hockeyarchives.info
• Izvestia Cup 1978 on SFRP's Hockey Archive