1958 Ice Hockey World Championships

1958 Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 February – 9 March
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (17th title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	257 (9.18 per game)
Attendance	73,786 (2,635 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Connie Broden (19 points)

Trophy awarded for the 1958 World Championships

The 1958 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 28 and March 9, 1958, in Oslo, Norway at the Jordal Amfi arena. The Whitby Dunlops represented Canada, winning the World Championship for the 17th time. The Soviets lost the final game to the Canadians 4–2, settling for both silver and their fourth European Championship. Scoring leader Connie Broden is the only player to win the Stanley Cup and the World Championship in the same year, having played on the Montreal Canadiens' championship team.^[1][2]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	7	7	0	0	82	6	+76	14
2	Soviet Union	7	5	1	1	44	15	+29	11
3	Sweden	7	5	0	2	46	22	+24	10
4	Czechoslovakia	7	3	2	2	21	21	0	8
5	United States	7	3	1	3	29	33	−4	7
6	Finland	7	1	1	5	9	51	−42	3
7	Norway	7	1	0	6	12	44	−32	2
8	Poland	7	0	1	6	14	65	−51	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

28 February

United States

12–4

Poland

28 February

Czechoslovakia

5–1

Finland

28 February

Norway

0–9

Sweden

1 March

Sweden

5–2

Finland

1 March

Norway

2–10

Soviet Union

1 March

Canada

14–1

Poland

2 March

Soviet Union

10–0

Finland

2 March

Norway

0–12

Canada

3 March

Czechoslovakia

7–1

Poland

3 March

Canada

24–0

Finland

4 March

Soviet Union

4–4

Czechoslovakia

4 March

Sweden

8–3

United States

5 March

Norway

1–6

United States

5 March

Finland

2–2

Poland

6 March

Canada

10–2

Sweden

6 March

Czechoslovakia

2–2

United States

6 March

Soviet Union

10–1

Poland

6 March

Norway

1–2

Finland

7 March

Canada

6–0

Czechoslovakia

7 March

Sweden

12–2

Poland

7 March

Soviet Union

4–1

United States

8 March

Norway

0–2

Czechoslovakia

8 March

Soviet Union

4–3

Sweden

8 March

Canada

12–1

United States

9 March

United States

4–2

Finland

9 March

Sweden

7–1

Czechoslovakia

9 March

Norway

8–3

Poland

9 March

Canada

4–2

Soviet Union

European Championship medal table

	Soviet Union
	Sweden
	Czechoslovakia
4	Finland
5	Norway
6	Poland

Tournament awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Vladimír Nadrchal
  • Best Defenceman: Ivan Tregubov
  • Best Forward: Charlie Burns

Citations

1. Duplacey p.504
2. Broden passes away

References

• Championnat du monde 1958 (Archived 2009-05-04) sur hockeyarchives.info (in French)
• Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 135–6.