🇺🇸 United States 4-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Olympic Medal Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Tuesday, 31 January 1956
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:58 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Mayasich
04:15 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hurst
06:35 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Meredith
19:23 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Mayasich (Dougherty)
2nd Period
20:09 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hurst
33:00 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – McKenzie (Knox, Logan)
3rd Period
43:56 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Mayasich
47:40 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Olson (Matchefts)
54:58 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Purpur, fighting major
54:58 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Brooker, fighting major
GOALTENDERS
W: 🇺🇸 Ikola (47-48)
L: 🇨🇦 Brodeur (25-29)
SHOTS ON GOAL
🇺🇸 9+6+14 = 29
🇨🇦 19+16+13 = 48
ROSTERS
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Willard Ikola, Donald Rigazio. Defence: Richard Dougherty, Daniel McKinnon, Richard Meredith, Edward Sampson. Forwards: Wendell Anderson, Eugene Campbell, Gordon Christian, William Cleary, John Matchefts, John Mayasich, Weldon Olson, John Pettroske, Kenneth Purpur.
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Denis Brodeur, Keith Woodall. Defence: Arthur Hurst, Howard Lee, Floyd Martin, Jack McKenzie. Forwards: Charles Brooker, Byrle Klinck, Paul Knox, Ken Laufman, James Logan, S. Donald Rope, George Scholes, Gerry Théberge, Robert White.
| 🇺🇸 UNITED STATES | vs. | CANADA (C) 🇨🇦 |
| new champion (previous 05 Feb 1951) |
Last Title |
reign ends (since 06 Mar 1955) |
| 13 | All-Time Wins |
127 |
| 3 wins | Head-To-Head (+ 2 ties) |
13 wins |
| First IHLC Meeting (USA vs. CAN) 🇨🇦 CAN 2-0 USA 🇺🇸 – 25 Apr 1920 – OG – Antwerp 🇧🇪 |
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| Previous IHLC Meeting (USA vs. CAN) 🇨🇦 CAN 7-1 USA 🇺🇸 – 28 Feb 1952 – AC – Stockholm 🇸🇪 |
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| Last IHLC Game 🇨🇦 CAN 6-3 TCH 🇨🇿 – 30 Jan 1956 – OG – Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹 |
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| Next IHLC Game 🇺🇸 USA 6-1 SWE 🇸🇪 – 01 Feb 1956 – OG – Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹 |
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 