1978 Ice Hockey World Championship

1978 Ice Hockey World and European Championships
1978 Ice Hockey World and European Championships
Tournament Details
Country	Czechoslovakia
City of	Prague
Time spending	April 26 - May 14
Number of teams	eight
Top places
Champion	the USSR; (15th title)
Second place	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	322 (8.05 per game)
Bombardier (s)	Kunhakl - 16 (8 + 8)

The 45th World Cup was held in Czechoslovakia ( Prague ). Competitions in group B were held from March 17 to 26 in Belgrade ( Yugoslavia ). Group C - in Spain ( Las Palmas ) from March 10 to 19.

The teams played in two circles.

Content

Match Results

M	Teams	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	W	ABOUT
	the USSR	•	4: 6 3: 1	4: 2 5: 1	6: 1 7: 1	7: 4	9: 5	6: 3	10: 2	61-26	18
	Czechoslovakia	6: 4 1: 3	•	5: 0 3: 2	3: 2 6: 1	8: 2	8: 3	6: 4	8: 0	54-21	18
	Canada	2: 4 1: 5	0: 5 2: 3	•	7: 5 3: 2	6: 2	7: 2	4: 6	6: 2	38-36	ten
four	Sweden	1: 6 1: 7	2: 3 1: 6	5: 7 2: 3	•	6: 2	5: 1	6: 1	10: 1	39-37	eight
five	Germany	4: 7	2: 8	2: 6	2: 6	•	7: 4 8: 4	5: 3 4: 4	1: 1 0: 0	35-43	9
6	USA	5: 9	3: 8	2: 7	1: 5	4: 7 4: 8	•	3: 3 4: 3	7: 3 5: 5	38-58	6
7	Finland	3: 6	4: 6	6: 4	1: 6	3: 5 4: 4	3: 3 3: 4	•	3: 4 7: 2	37-44	6
eight	GDR	2:10	0: 8	2: 6	1:10	1: 1 0: 0	3: 7 5: 5	4: 3 2: 7	•	20-57	five

Statistics

Top Players

Player	Position
Jiri Golecek	Goalkeeper
Vyacheslav Fetisov	Defender
Marcel Dionne	Attack

Most Successful Players

Player	Result
Erich Kunhakl	16 (8 + 8)
Ivan Glinka	14 (4 + 10)
Alexander Maltsev	13 (5 + 8)
Marcel Dionne	12 (9 + 3)
Boris Mikhailov	12 (9 + 3)
Bohuslav Ebermann	12 (7 + 5)

Symbolic Team

Goalkeeper: Jiri Golecek
Defenders: Jiri Bubla - Vyacheslav Fetisov
Forwards: Ivan Glinka - Alexander Maltsev - Sergey Kapustin

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Gold

the USSR

Goalkeepers	AND	PSh	BW
Vladislav Tretyak	eight	21	0
Alexander Pashkov	2	five	0
Defenders	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Vyacheslav Fetisov	ten	four	6	ten	eleven
Valery Vasiliev	ten	3	3	6	6
Vladimir Lutchenko	ten	one	2	3	2
Vasily Pervukhin	ten	one	2	3	2
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov	ten	0	one	one	17
Gennady Tsygankov	6	0	2	2	6
Yuri Fedorov	6	0	one	one	7
Forwards	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Alexander Maltsev	ten	five	eight	13	0
Boris Mikhailov	ten	9	3	12	6
Helmut Balderis	ten	9	2	eleven	eight
Sergey Kapustin	ten	6	five	eleven	ten
Vladimir Golikov	ten	7	3	ten	6
Valery Kharlamov	ten	four	five	9	four
Sergey Makarov	ten	3	2	five	five
Victor Zhluktov	9	3	five	eight	6
Yuri Lebedev	9	0	one	one	0
Alexander Golikov	eight	3	3	6	four
Vladimir Petrov	eight	3	one	four	14

Trainers : Victor Tikhonov , Vladimir Yurzinov

Silver

Czechoslovakia

Goalkeepers	AND	PSh	BW
Jiri Golecek	9	nineteen	0
Jiri Tsrga	one	2	0
Defenders	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Jan Zajichek	ten	2	2	four	eleven
Miroslav Dvorak	ten	0	3	3	four
Milan Cycle	ten	one	one	2	6
Frantisek Kaberle	ten	one	0	one	four
Jiri Bubla	9	one	2	3	eight
Oldrich Mahach	9	one	0	one	2
Milan Chalupa	3	one	0	one	0
Forwards	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Ivan Glinka	ten	four	ten	14	four
Bohuslav Ebermann	ten	7	five	12	four
Peter Shtastny	ten	five	6	eleven	7
Yaroslav Pouzar	ten	7	one	eight	four
Vladimir Martinets	ten	four	four	eight	0
Jiri Novak	ten	four	3	7	2
Marian Shtastny	9	four	five	9	four
Milan Nowy	9	four	one	five	2
Pavel Richter	9	2	3	five	6
Joseph Augusta	9	0	2	2	four
Frantisek Blueberry	eight	7	0	7	2

Trainers : Karel Gut, Jan Starshi

Bronze

Canada

Goalkeepers	AND	PSh	BW
Dan bouchard	6	24	12
Danny erron	five	12	0
Defenders	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Brad Maxwell	ten	2	one	3	12
Robert picard	ten	one	2	3	four
Dave Shand	ten	0	3	3	6
Dennis Cairns	ten	0	one	one	14
Pat Ribble	ten	0	0	0	15
Rick Hampton	ten	0	0	0	9
Forwards	AND	G	P	ABOUT	BW
Marcel Dionne	ten	9	3	12	2
Dennis Maruk	ten	6	one	7	2
Wilf Payman	ten	five	one	6	four
Pat hickey	ten	five	one	6	four
Jean Pronovo	ten	2	3	five	0
Mike Murphy	ten	one	four	five	sixteen
Robert Macmillan	ten	0	3	3	6
Harry Anger	ten	0	0	0	thirty
Don Lever	9	four	3	7	four
Glen Sharpley	9	one	3	four	sixteen
Guy Sharron	9	one	0	one	0
Tom Laisyak	7	one	2	four

Trainers : Harry Howell, Marshall Johnston

1978 Ice Hockey World Champion
the USSR fifteenth title

1978 European Ice Hockey Champion
the USSR eighteenth title

Interesting Facts

The first championship when the new head coach - Viktor Tikhonov became the head of the Soviet team.
The tournament in Prague was farewell for two prominent Czechoslovak masters - Jiri Goleček and Oldřich Maháč (both are three-time world champions).
The late start of the championship allowed the Canadian national team to wait for professional players to drop out of the first stage of the Stanley Cup . This contributed to the conquest of the first World Cup medals after 1968.
The Czechoslovakian national team played at home and over the final two rounds had an advantage both in the total difference of the pucks and in person (2 pucks of advantage). But in the penultimate round, the USSR team won by a large margin, and the Czechoslovak team won with only one goal, so it was enough for the USSR team to defeat rivals in the final match with a difference of 2 goals. That the USSR team did (3: 1), regaining the championship title after 3 years.

Sources

Hockey: Small Encyclopedia of Sports / Comp. Brusovansky A.M., Lukashin Yu.S., Ryzhkov D.L. - M .: Physical education and sport, 1990. - 685 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-278-00153-4 .

Golden book of the USSR national hockey team / S. Vaykhansky - St. Petersburg: Publishing House "Neva". M: "Olma - Press", 2002 - 303 p. - ISBN 5-7654-1720-5 .