The 1957 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 24 and March 5, 1957 in Moscow, USSR. The Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ... Position of Moscow in Europe Coordinates: , Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Government  - Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Area  - City 1,081 km²  (417. ...

Standings

Games

February 24
Finland 5 - 3 Poland
Czechoslovakia 9 - 0 Austria
Sweden 11 - 1 East Germany
USSR 16 - 0 Japan

February 25
Czechoslovakia 15 - 1 East Germany
Sweden 8 - 3 Poland
USSR 11 - 1 Finland

February 26
Austria 3 - 3 Japan

February 27
Poland 8 - 3 Japan
Finland 5 - 3 East Germany
USSR 22 - 1 Austria
Sweden 2 - 0 Czechoslovakia

February 28
Czechoslovakia 3 - 0 Finland
USSR 10 - 1 Poland

March 1
East Germany 9 - 2 Japan
Sweden 10 - 0 Austria

March 2
Finland 9 - 2 Austria
East Germany 6 - 2 Poland
Sweden 18 - 0 Japan
USSR 2 - 2 Czechoslovakia

March 3
Poland 5 - 1 Austria

March 4
Czechoslovakia 25 - 1 Japan
Sweden 9 - 3 Finland
USSR 12 - 0 East Germany

March 5
East Germany 3 - 1 Austria
Finland 5 - 2 Japan
Czechoslovakia 12 - 3 Poland
USSR 4 -4 Sweden

Trivia

These were the first Ice Hockey World Championships held in the USSR and they are remembered for the political circumstances surrounding the games. Hungary had been recently occupied by the Soviet Army (to suppress a revolution in October and November of 1956,) and as a result, the United States and Canada boycotted the World Championships in protest. Joining them were Norway, West Germany, Italy and Switzerland. The Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ... This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ...

East Germany was participating for the first time. GDR redirects here. ...

The final game (USSR versus Sweden for the championship) was played on the football field of the Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Stadium. It is reputed that over 50,000 fans (or 55,000, depending on sources) fans saw the game, the most ever for an international hockey game. (57,000 plus fans saw the Montreal Canadiens play the Edmonton Oilers outdoors at Commonwealth Stadium on November 22, 2003, and 74,544 fans saw Michigan State University and the University of Michigan play outdoors on Saturday October 6, 2001.) The Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex (Большая спортивная арена Олимпийского комплекса Лужники) in Moscow, or briefly Luzhniki Stadium (Стадион Лужники), is the biggest sports stadium in Russia. ... The Montreal Canadiens (French: ) are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... Commonwealth Stadium is the name of two stadiums: Commonwealth Stadium - Edmonton, Alberta Commonwealth Stadium - University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Michigan State University (MSU) is a co-educational public research university in East Lansing, Michigan USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (UM, U of M or U-M) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Michigan, and one of the foremost universities in the United States. ...

This was the last World Championships played on natural ice.

With the boycott, the home team USSR was heavily favoured to win the tournament, but Sweden surprised the world by pulling off an upset. The first step was taken in their third game, when they beat Czechoslovakia 2-0. This important victory was saved by the head of Leksands IF Stars defenseman Vilgot Larsson. He literally headed the puck away from the Swedish net to save a goal, and in the days before mandatory helmets, received several stitches for his heroics. In the final game, Sweden opened with two goals, but the dynamic Soviets reponded with 4 goals of their own. Down by two in the third period, goals by Eilert Määttä and Erling Lindström tied the game, and the goaltending of Thord Flodqvist and play of Sven Johansson guaranteed the final draw. The USSR had previously only tied Czechoslovakia, so all Sweden needed was one point, or a tie, for gold. Leksands Idrotts Förening is a Swedish sports team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. ...

Karel Straka, of Czechoslovakia, was named best goalie. Nikolaï Sologubov, of the USSR was best defenseman, and Sven Tumba Johansson of Sweden was best forward. Konstantin Loktev, of the USSR, led all scorers with 18 points (on 11 goals and 7 assists,) followed by Nils Nilsson and Roland Petersson of Sweden, both with 16 points. Vsevolod Bobrov, of the USSR, led all scorers with 13 goals. Nils J. Nilsson is one of the founding researchers in the discipline of Artificial intelligence. ... Vsevolod Bobrov (Всеволод Михайлович Бобров, born December 1, 1922 in Morshansk; died July 1, 1979 in Moscow) is a former Soviet athlete, who excelled in both football (soccer) and ice hockey. ...