🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Final Round
Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva 🇨🇭
Thursday, March 2, 1961
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:21 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Fletcher
13:26 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Sly
13:26 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Mild
13:26 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Nordlander
14:13 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – McLeod (Jones)
14:24 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Mild (Sandberg)
14:29 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Fletcher (Legace)
15:41 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Blome
16:42 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Hockley (Ferguson)
2nd Period
22:33 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Rusnell
30:47 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hockley
3rd Period
45:59 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Legace
52:45 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Öberg
54:50 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – McLeod (Jones)
55:23 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Nordlander
55:26 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Peacosh (Rusnell)
GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 Martin (24-25)
L: 🇸🇪 Svensson (13-19)
SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 8+5+6= 19
🇸🇪 8+13+4 = 25
ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Seth Martin. Defence: George Ferguson, Don Fletcher, Darryl Sly, Harry Smith. Forwards: Cal Hockley, Harold Jones, Mike Legace, Norm Lenardon, Hugh McIntyre, Jack McLeod, Walt Peacosh, David Rusnell, Adolphe Tambellini.
🇸🇪 Goaltenders: Kjell Svensson. Defence: Lars Björn, Gert Blomе, Bert-Ola Nordlander, Roland Stoltz. Forwards: Аnders Andersson, Sigurd Bröms, Per-Olov Härdin, Sven Johansson, Hans Mild, Ake Rydberg, Gosta Sandberg, Ulf Sterner, Carl-Goran Öberg.
| 🇨🇦 CANADA (C) | vs. | SWEDEN 🇸🇪 |
| current champion (since 02/26/1961) |
Last Title |
11/26/1959 |
| 148 | All-Time Wins |
19 |
| 19 wins | Head-To-Head (+ 3 ties) |
3 wins |
| First IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. SWE) 🇨🇦 CAN 12-1 SWE 🇸🇪 – 04/26/1920 – OG – Antwerp 🇧🇪 🏅 |
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| Previous IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. SWE) 🇨🇦 CAN 5-0 SWE 🇸🇪 – 03/12/1959 – WC – Prague 🇨🇿 |
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| Last IHLC Game 🇨🇦 CAN 9-2 ITA 🇮🇹 – 02/28/1961 – EX – Cortina d’Ampezzo 🇮🇹 |
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| Next IHLC Game 🇨🇦 CAN 9-1 FRG 🇩🇪 – 03/04/1961 – WC – Lausanne 🇨🇭 |
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