Impressions

Team USSR at the World Championship 1972
Prague, Czechoslovakia, April 7-22, 1972
Source: Hockey Reference Book* (Russia, 1977)

::: Final Standings

Prague 1972

#

Team

GP

W

L

T

PTS

GF

GA

1

Czechoslovakia

10

9

0

1

19

72

16

2

USSR

10

7

1

2

16

78

17

3

Sweden

10

5

4

1

11

49

33

4

Finland

10

4

6

0

8

47

48

5

Germany

10

2

8

0

4

21

76

6

Switzerland

10

1

0

9

2

19

96

----- WC 1972 Awards -----

::: 1972 Best Players


Maltsev

Goalie: Valtonen (FIN)
Defense: Pospisil (CZE) & Koskela (FIN)
Forward: Maltsev (URS)

::: WC 1972 All Stars

Maltsev

Vikulov

Kharlamov

Goalie:
Holecek
CZE
Defense:
Machac
CZE - Pospisil CZE
Forwards:
Maltsev URS - Vikulov URS - Kharlamov URS

::: WC 1972 Scoring Leaders

Maltsev

Vikulov

Yakushev

1. Maltsev (URS) - 22 (10+12)
2. Vikulov (URS) - 16 (12+4)
3. Yakushev (URS) - 15 (11+4)
4. Klapac (CZE), Nedomansky (CZE),
    Mononen (FIN) - 15 (9+6),
7. Jar. Holik (CZE) - 15 (8+7)

::: USSR Roster
Tretiak, Shepovalov - Ragulin, Tsygankov, Gusev, Kuzkin, Romishevsky, Lutchenko, Vasiliev - Vikulov, Blinov, Mikhailov, Petrov, Kharlamov, Maltsev, Mishakov, Yakushev, Shadrin, Solodukhin, Anisin
Coaches: Vsevolod Bobrov, Nikolai Puchkov

Notes:
* The names of the Team USSR 1972 players are linked to their bios, stats and the Summit performance reviews.