1969 World Championship The 1969 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 36th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships , which also doubled as the 47th European ice hockey championships . For the first time the Pool A , B and C tournaments were hosted by different nations : A total of 20 nations participated in the tournament . The Pool A team featured only the top six nations , now playing a double round - robin tournament for the amateur world championship . Teams # 7 - # 14 contested the Pool B championship with the winner qualifying for the 1970 Pool A championship , while the bottom six participated in the Pool C tournament . World Championship Group A ( Sweden ) . For the seventh straight year , the Soviet Union won the Pool A tournament . Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in Czechoslovakia , but due to the Soviet invasion of the country , they declined to host . In the two games the Czechoslovak and Soviet teams played against each other , the Czechoslovak team won both times , becoming the first team to beat the Soviet Union twice in the same international tournament . For the first time in international ice hockey , body - checking was allowed in all three zones of the ice . . Team USA was demoted to Pool - B after losing all ten games . 15 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Suchý 2 , Nedomanský , Jiří Holík , Ševčík , Horešovský – King . Referees : Wiking , Dahlberg ( SWE ) 15 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Lundström 2 , Henriksson 2 , Sterner , Nilsson - J . Peltonen , Keinonen , Isaksson . 15 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Starshinov 4 , Firsov 4 , Mikhailov 3 , Yurzinov 2 , Paladiev , Maltsev , Petrov , Mishakov - Lackey 2 . 16 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Caffery 2 , Pinder , Bourbonnais , Huck - Keinonen . 16 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Nilsson , Johansson – Starshinov , Maltsev , Mikhailov , Kharlamov . 16 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Nedomanský 2 , Jar . Holík 2 , Farda , Suchý , Hrbatý , Golonka – Lackey , Christiansen , Stordahl . Referees : Dahlberg ( SWE ) , Vaillancourt ( CAN ) 18 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Machač 3 , Nedomanský 2 , Suchý , Jiří Holík – Rantasila 2 , Partinen , Mononen . Referees : Joyal , Villancourt ( CAN ) 18 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Sterner 2 , Carlsson , Milton , Karlsson , Johansson , Lundström , Olsson - Markle , Pleau . 18 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Vikulov 2 , Firsov 2 , Kharlamov 2 , Yakushev - Pinder . 19 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Petrov 2 , Paladiev , Maltsev , Firsov , Kharlamov - Oksanen . 19 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Palmqvist , Nilsson . Referees : Trumble ( USA ) , Joyal ( CAN ) 20 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Hargreaves , Caffery , Bayes , King , Huck . 21 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Lundström 2 , Svedberg , Sjöberg , Johansson - Caffery . 21 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : 33 . Suchý , 47 . Černý . Referees : Dahlberg ( SWE ) , Vaillancourt ( CAN ) 22 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : E . Peltonen 2 , Leimu , Wahlsten - Pleau , Mayasich , Sheehy . 23 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Mayasich 2 , Skime , Naslund - Mishakov 2 , Paladiev , Firsov , Mikhailov , Petrov , Kharlamov , Yurzinov . 23 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Karlsson 3 , Sjöberg , Johansson . 23 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Golomka , Hrbatý , Jar . Holík – Heindl , Bayes . Referees : Dahlberg ( SWE ) , Trumble ( USA ) 24 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Sjöberg , Nygren - Mikhailov 2 , Petrov . 25 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Jiřík 2 , Jiří Holík , Nedomanský – Keinonen , Isaksson . Referees : Wiking ( SWE ) , Trumble ( USA ) 25 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorer : Mott . 26 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Leimu , Isaksson , Oksanen – Paladiev , Zimin , Starshinov , Maltsev , Petrov , Firsov , Mishakov 26 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Nedomanský 2 , Černý 2 , Pospíšil , Machač – Pieau , Skime . Referees : Sillankorva ( FIN ) , Vaillancourt ( CAN ) 27 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Sterner 2 , Johansson , Håkan Nygren – Pinder , Heindl . 28 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : 15 . Jiří Holík , 20 . Nedomanský , 49 . Horešovský , 51 . Jar . Holík – 22 . Kharlamov , 33 . Firsov , 58 . Ragulin . Referees : Dahlberg ( SWE ) , Vaillancourt ( CAN ) 29 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Mononen - King , Stephanson , Heindl , Begg , Mott , Huck . 29 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Milton 3 , Nilsson 3 , Karlsson , Johansson , Nygren , Olsson - Lackey , Pleau , Stordahl , Gambucci . 30 . March 1969 - Stockholm Goalscorers : Pleau , Stordahl , Christiansen - Rantasila 2 , J . Peltonen 2 , Leimu , Harju , E . Peltonen . 30 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorer : 18 . Olsson . Referees : Trumble ( USA ) , Vaillancourt ( CAN ) 30 . March 1969 – Stockholm Goalscorers : Demarco , Heindl - Mikhailov 2 , Romishevsky , Maltsev . Pool A Statistics . Awards and Team Rosters . IIHF Awards All Stars 1 . Goaltenders : Viktor Zinger , Viktor Puchkov . Defencemen : Vitali Davydov , Igor Romishevsky , Alexander Ragulin , Vladimir Lutchenko , Yevgeni Paladiev , Viktor Kuzkin . Forwards : Vladimir Vikulov , Alexander Maltsev , Anatoli Firsov , Boris Mikhailov , Vladimir Petrov , Valeri Kharlamov , Yevgeni Zimin , Viacheslav Starshinov , Alexander Yakushev , Yevgeni Mishakov , Vladimir Yurzinov . Coaches : Arkady Chernyshev , Anatoli Tarasov . 2 . Goaltenders : Leif Holmqvist , Gunnar Bäckman . Defencemen : Lennart Svedberg , Arne Carlsson , Bert - Olov Nordlander , Lars - Erik Sjöberg , Nils Johansson , Kjell - Rune Milton . Forwards : Stig - Göran Johansson , Stefan Karlsson , Tord Lundström , Ulf Sterner , Lars - Göran Nilsson , Björn Palmqvist , Håkan Nygren , Mats Hysing , Dick Yderström , Roger Olsson , Leif Henriksson . Coach : Arne Strömberg . 3 . Goaltenders : Vladimír Dzurilla , Miroslav Lacký . Defencemen : Jan Suchý , Josef Horešovský , Oldřich Machač , František Pospíšil , Vladimír Bednář . Forwards : František Ševčík , Jozef Golonka , Jaroslav Jiřík , Jan Hrbatý , Jaroslav Holík , Jiří Holík , Richard Farda , Václav Nedomanský , Josef Černý , Jan Klapáč , Jan Havel , Josef Augusta . Coaches : Jaroslav Pitner , Vladimír Kostka . 4 . Goaltenders : Wayne Stephenson , Steve Rexe . Defencemen : Gary Begg , Terry O ' Malley , Ken Stephanson , Jack Bownass , Bob Murdoch , Ab DeMarco , Jr . Forwards : Gerry Pinder , Fran Huck , Morris Mott , Richie Bayes , Terry Caffery , Steve King , Chuck Lefley , Roger Bourbonnais , Ted Hargreaves , Bill Heindl , Danny O ' Shea Coach : Jackie McLeod . 5 . Goaltenders : Urpo Ylönen , Lasse Kiili . Defencemen : Seppo Lindström , Lalli Partinen , Juha Rantasila , Ilpo Koskela , Pekka Marjamäki . Forwards : Lasse Oksanen , Juhani Wahlsten , Matti Keinonen , Esa Peltonen , Jorma Peltonen , Pekka Leimu , Lauri Mononen , Esa Isaksson , Juhani Jylhä , Veli - Pekka Ketola , Matti Harju , Kari Johansson . Coaches : Gustav Bubnik and Seppo Liitsola . 6 . Goaltenders : Mike Curran , John Lothrop . Defencemen : Bruce Riutta , Carl Lackey , Jim Branch , Bob Paradise , John Mayasich . Forwards : Ron Nasland , Paul Coppo , Larry Pleau , Larry Stordahl , Bill Reichert , Gary Gambucci , Tim Sheehy , Keith Christiansen , Pete Markle , Jerry Lackey , Larry Skime . Coach : John Mayasich ( player - coach ) . 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