🇺🇸 United States 6-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Olympic Medal Round
Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹
Wednesday, 01 February 1956
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:24 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Matchefts
12:55 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Pettersson (Lassas, Lundvall)
2nd Period
29:42 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Matchefts
33:07 – 🇺🇸 SH GOAL – Olson
🇺🇸 PEN – Anderson
3rd Period
42:09 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Christian
54:51 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Cleary
59:45 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Olson (Matchefts)
🇺🇸 PEN – Campbell
🇺🇸 PEN – McKinnon
🇸🇪 PEN – Björn
GOALTENDERS
W: 🇺🇸 Rigazio (33-34)
L: 🇸🇪 Svensson (26-32)
SHOTS ON GOAL
🇺🇸 10+10+12 = 32
🇸🇪 12+13+9 = 34
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: Yngve Casslind, Lars Svensson. Defence: Lars Björn, Vilgot Larsson, Åke Lassas, Bertz Zetterberg. Forwards: Hans Andersson-Tvilling, Stig Andersson-Tvilling, Sigurd Bröms, Stig Carlsson, Sven Johansson, Lars-Eric Lundvall, Ronald Pettersson, Hans Öberg.
| 🇺🇸 UNITED STATES (C) | vs. | SWEDEN 🇸🇪 |
| current champion (since 31 Jan 1956) |
Last Title |
26 Feb 1955 |
| 14 | All-Time Wins |
17 |
| 4 wins | Head-To-Head | 1 wins |
| First IHLC Meeting (USA vs. SWE) 🇺🇸 USA 3-0 SWE 🇸🇪 – 11 Mar 1933 – EX – Berlin 🇩🇪 |
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| Previous IHLC Meeting (USA vs. SWE) 🇺🇸 USA 2-0 SWE 🇸🇪 – 06 Mar 1949 – EX – Stockholm 🇸🇪 |
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| Last IHLC Game 🇺🇸 USA 4-1 CAN 🇨🇦 – 31 Jan 1956 – OG – Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹 |
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| Next IHLC Game 🇷🇺 URS 4-0 USA 🇺🇸 – 03 Feb 1956 – OG – Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹 |
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 