🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia 8-3 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Preliminary Round
Sportovní Hala, Prague 🇨🇿
Tuesday, 02 May 1978
BOXSCORE
1st Period
none
2nd Period
21:17 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Richter (Hlinka)
23:58 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Richter (Bubla)
25:54 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Zajíček (M. Šťastný)
3rd Period
43:46 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Bennett (Johnson)
48:43 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Zajíček (Richter)
51:01 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Pouzar (Hlinka)
51:30 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Bennett (Debol)
52:16 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Nový (Zajíček)
53:48 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Eaves (Collyard)
56:43 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Černík (M. Šťastný)
57:37 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Pouzar (Hlinka)
GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇿 Holeček (20-23)
L: 🇺🇸 Warden (37-45)
SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇿 16+16+13 = 45
🇺🇸 7+8+8 = 23
ROSTERS
🇨🇿 Goaltenders: Jiří Crha, Jiří Holeček. Defence: Jiří Bubla, Milan Chalupa, Miroslav Dvořák, František Kaberle, Milan Kajkl, Oldřich Machač, Jan Zajíček. Forwards: Josef Augusta, František Černík, Bohuslav Ebermann, Ivan Hlinka, Vladimír Martinec, Jiří Novák, Milan Nový, Jaroslav Pouzar, Pavel Richter, Marián Šťastný, Peter Šťastný.
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Pete LoPresti, James Warden. Defence: Don Jackson, Dick Lamby, Ken Morrow, Craig Norwich, Glenn Patrick, Pat Westrum. Forwards: Steve Alley, Curt Bennett, Harvey Bennett, Bob Collyard, Dave Debol, Mike Eaves, Mike Fidler, Bill Gilligan, Steve Jensen, Mark Johnson, Jim Warner, Tom Younghans.
| 🇨🇿 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (C) | vs. | UNITED STATES 🇺🇸 |
| current champion (since 28 Apr 1978) |
Last Title |
12 Apr 1976 |
| 84 | All-Time Wins |
20 |
| 9 wins | Head-To-Head |
2 wins |
| First IHLC Meeting (TCH vs. USA) 🇨🇿 TCH 4-3 USA 🇺🇸 – 08 Feb 1948 – OG – St. Moritz 🇨🇭 |
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| Previous IHLC Meeting (TCH vs. USA) 🇨🇿 TCH 7-1 USA 🇺🇸 – 14 Apr 1977 – EX – Prague 🇨🇿 |
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| Last IHLC Game 🇨🇿 TCH 8-2 FRG 🇩🇪 – 29 Apr 1978 – WC – Prague 🇨🇿 |
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| Next IHLC Game 🇨🇿 TCH 5-0 CAN 🇨🇦 – 04 May 1978 – WC – Prague 🇨🇿 |
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