ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...
United States
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World Championships
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United States
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won its first Olympic gold medal and second World Championship.
Canada
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, represented for the second time by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, won the silver and Canada's ninth consecutive Olympic ice hockey medal (a feat not matched until the
Soviet Union
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won its ninth consecutive medal in
1988
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). The Soviet Union (the highest finishing European team) won the bronze medal and its sixth European Championship. The tournament was held at the
Blyth Arena
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, under the supervision of
George Dudley
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on behalf of the
International Ice Hockey Federation
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and Sweden were the top four teams heading into the Games. All four were defeated by the American team, which won all seven games it played. On the 50th anniversary of these Games, a documentary entitled ''Forgotten Miracle'' was produced by
Northland Films
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, making reference to the more famous 1980 gold medal known as the Miracle on Ice; these are the only two Olympic gold medals won by USA men's ice hockey.
Herb Brooks
Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. (August 5, 1937 – August 11, 2003) was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team at Lake Placid. At the Games, Brooks' ...
, the coach of the 1980 US team, was the last player cut from the 1960 team by coach Jack Riley.
This was the first and last time Australia participated in an Olympic men's ice hockey tournament.
Medalists
Qualification
The two German teams played a qualification round to determine which team would participate at the Olympics.
West Germany
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won both games.
First round
Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Consolation round
Teams that didn't qualify for the final round played here. Sources differ on which Finland-Japan game took place on the 23rd, and which game took place on the 26th.
Final round
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
Statistics
Average age
Team Australia was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 28 years and 5 months. Team Finland was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 23 years and 11 months. Gold medalists Team USA averaged 24 years and 6 months. Tournament average was 25 years and 7 months.
* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best
Goaltender
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Jack McCartan
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McCartan was born in Saint Paul, ...
** Best
Defenceman
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Ice
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Oly
Oly may refer to:
* Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States
* OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics
People with the name
* Oly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and musician
* Oly Hicks (born 1968 ...