Sweden 3-1 United States 
World Championship Preliminary Round
Elysée Arena, Turku 
Saturday, May 3, 1997
BOXSCORE
1st Period
18:09 – GOAL – Höglund (Nilsson, Arvedson)
2nd Period
28:41 – PEN – Donato, unsportsmanlike conduct
28:41 – PEN – Norström, unsportsmanlike conduct
29:39 – PEN – Krygier, roughing
29:39 – PEN – Svensson, holding
30:40 – PEN – Hedican, hooking
35:19 – PEN – Svensson, hooking
3rd Period
40:44 – GOAL – Donato (Brashear, Weinrich)
43:25 – PEN – team, too many players
56:16 – GOAL – Arvedson (Andersson, Svartvadet)
59:21 – GOAL – Öhlund (Jönsson, Thuresson)
GOALTENDERS
W: Salo
L: Terreri
ROSTERS
Goaltenders: Johan Hedberg, Tommy Salo. Defence: Tommy Albelin, Mattias Norström, Marcus Ragnarsson, Ronnie Sundin, Magnus Svensson, Mattias Öhlund. Forwards: Niklas Andersson, Magnus Arvedson, Andreas Carlsson, Per Eklund, Nichlas Falk, Jonas Höglund, Jörgen Jönsson, Johan Lindbom, Stefan Nilsson, Michael Nylander, Niklas Sundblad, Per Svartvadet, Marcus Thuresson.
Goaltenders: Tom Askey, Chris Terreri. Defence: Bob Beers, Bret Hedican, Ken Klee, Scott Lachance, Matt Martin, Jon Rohloff, Eric Weinrich. Forwards: Donald Brashear, James Campbell, Ted Donato, Chris Drury, Darby Hendrickson, Todd Krygier, Chris Marinucci, Marty McInnis, Dan Plante, Paul Ranheim, Michael Sullivan, Chris Tancill.
| SWEDEN (C) |
vs. | UNITED STATES |
| current champion (since 04/27/1997) |
Last Title |
04/19/1997 |
| 112 | All-Time Wins |
46 |
| 7 wins | Head-To-Head (+ 3 ties) |
8 wins |
First IHLC Meeting (SWE vs. USA) USA 3-0 SWE – 03/11/1933 – EX – Berlin  |
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| Previous IHLC Meeting (SWE vs. USA) USA 2-2 SWE – 04/28/1995 – WC – Stockholm |
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Last IHLC Game SWE 1-1 LAT  – 05/02/1997 – WC – Turku |
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Next IHLC Game RUS 4-1 SWE – 05/05/1997 – WC – Helsinki |
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