1970 World Championship The 1970 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 37th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships . The tourmanent was held in Stockholm , Sweden from March 14 to March 30 , 1970 . For the eighth straight year , the Soviet Union won the tournament . Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in Montreal and Winnipeg in Canada . However , after a dispute over allowing professional players in international tournaments , the Canadian team withdrew from hosting and competing in international hockey . They would not return to international play until 1977 . This tournament was also the first one to make helmets mandatory for all skaters . World Championship Group A ( Sweden ) . Czechoslovakia – Poland 6 : 3 ( 2 : 1 , 3 : 1 , 1 : 1 ) 14 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Machač , Martinec , Suchý , Haas , Kochta , Nedomanský – Czachowski , Goralczyk , Kacik . 14 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Maltsev , Petrov - Leimu . 14 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Stig - Göran Johansson 2 , Svedberg , Sjöbrg , Stefan Karlsson , Wickberg – Bielas . 15 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Leimu 3 , Murto 2 , Ketola , Jorma Peltonen , Mononen , Vehmanen – Goralczyk . 15 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Maltsev 4 , Mišakov 3 , Firsov , Vikulov , Charlamov , Staršinov , Petrov – Joachim Ziesche . 15 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Suchý 2 , Machač , Kochta – N . Johansson , Abrahamsson , Nilsson , S . G . Johansson , Hedberg . Referees : Sillankorva ( FIN ) , Karandin ( URS ) 16 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorer : Jorma Peltonen . 17 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Haas 2 , Nedomanský , Suchý – Karrenbauer . 17 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Vikulov 3 , Maltsev 2 , Michajlov , Firsov . 17 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Stefan Karlsson – Linnonmaa , Rantasila , Keinonen . 18 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Kochta – Maltsev , Vikulov , Nikitin . Referees : Dahlberg ( SWE ) , Sillankorva ( FIN ) 19 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Hans Lindberg 3 , Palmqvist 2 , Tord Lundström 2 , Abrahamsson , Stefan Karlsson , Sterner , Lars - Göran Nilsson . 20 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Suchý 3 , Nedomanský 3 , Ševčík , Jar . Holík , Haas – Keinonen . 20 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Arne Carlsson , Lundström , Palmqvist , Lars - Göran Nilsson - Charlamov , Staršinov . 21 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Helmut Novy , Noack - Migacz , Bialynicki . 22 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Michajlov 3 , Charlamov 3 , Maltsev 2 , Alexandr Jakušev 2 , Firsov 2 , Petrov , Vikulov , Polupanov , Staršinov - Keinonen . 22 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Martinec 2 , Jiří Holík 2 , Nedomanský , Haas , Ševčík , Pospíšil , Suchý , Jar . Holík – Bialynicki 2 . 23 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Lars - Göran Nilsson 2 , Stefan Karlsson , Lundström , Lindberg , Hedberg - Dietmar Peters , Plotka . 24 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Michajlov , Charlamov , Firsov , Staršinov , Alexandr Jakušev , Mišakov 2 - Slapke . 24 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Murto 2 , Oksanen , Ketola . 24 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Prýl , Hrbatý – Palmqvist , S . G . Johansson . Referees : Karandin ( URS ) , Wycisk ( POL ) 25 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Nedomanský 3 , Jiří Holík 2 , Ševčík , Pospíšil – Joachim Ziesche , Bielas , Fuchs . 25 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Maltsev 4 , Michajlov 2 , Polupanov 2 , Charlamov , Mišakov , Šadrin . 26 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Stefan Karlsson 2 , Wickberg , Stig - Göran Johansson - Linnonmaa , Leimu , Mononen . 27 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Hrbatý – Vikulov 2 , Staršinov , Petrov , Firsov . Referees : Sillankorva ( FIN ) , Wycisk ( POL ) 28 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Dietmar Peters , Prusa , Joachim Ziesche , Braun - Mononen , Oksanen , Ketola . 28 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Olsson 2 , Abrahamsson , Wickberg , Lundström – Migacz . 28 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Prusa , Nickel , Plotka , Hiller 2 - Bialynicki , Goralczyk . 30 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Nedomanský , Ševčík , R . Farda – Keinonen , Ketola , Murto , Rantasila , Jorma Peltonen . 30 . March 1970 – Stockholm Goalscorers : : Wickberg - Vikulov , Petrov , Maltsev . Pool A Statistics and Team Line - Ups . All Stars Team Rosters 1 . USSR Goaltenders : Viktor Konovalenko , Vladislav Treťjak . Defencemen : Vitalij Davidov , Valerij Vasiljev , Alexander Ragulin , Vladimir Lutčenko , Igor Romiševskij , Jevgenij Paladjev , Valerij Nikitin . Forwards : Boris Michajlov , Vladimir Petrov , Valerij Charlamov , Vladimir Vikulov , Viktor Populanov , Anatoli Firsov , Alexander Maltsev , Vjačeslav Staršinov , Jevgenij Mišakov , Alexandr Jakušev , Vladimir Šadrin , Vladimir Šapovalov . Coaches : Arkadij Černyšev , Anatolij Tarasov . 2 . SWEDEN Goaltenders : Leif Holmqvist , Gunnar Bäckman . Defencemen : Thommy Abrahamsson , Arne Carlsson , Anders Hagström , Nils Johansson , Kjell - Rune Milton , Lars - Erik Sjöberg , Lennart Svedberg . Forwards : Anders Hedberg , Stig - Göran Johansson , Stefan Karlsson , Hans Lindberg , Tord Lundström , Lars - Göran Nilsson , Anders Nordin , Roger Olsson , Björn Palmqvist , Ulf Sterner , Håkan Wickberg . Coach : Arne Strömberg . 3 . CZECHOSLOVAKIA Goaltenders : Vladimír Dzurilla , Miroslav Lacký . Defencemen : Jan Suchý , Josef Horešovský , Oldřich Machač , František Pospíšil , Vladimír Bednář , Lubomír Ujváry . Forwards : Vladimír Martinec , Richard Farda , Josef Černý , Jan Hrbatý , Jaroslav Holík , Jiří Holík , Július Haas , Václav Nedomanský , Jiří Kochta , František Ševčík , Ivan Hlinka , Stanislav Prýl . Coaches : Jaroslav Pitner , Vladimír Kostka . 4 . FINLAND Goaltenders : Urpo Ylönen , Jorma Valtonen . Defencemen and Forwards : Seppo Lindström , Ilpo Koskela , Juha Rantasila , Heikki Riihiranta , Pekka Marjamäki , Lalli Partinen , Pekka Leimu , Jorma Peltonen , Lasse Oksanen , Jorma Vehmanen , Veli - Pekka Ketola , Matti Keinonen , Väinö Kalkka , Matti Murto , Esa Peltonen , Juhani Tamminen , Harri Linnonmaa , E . Ryiharta , Lauri Mononen . Coaches : Seppo Liitsola , Matias Helenius . 5 . EAST GERMANY Goaltenders : Claus Hirsche , Dieter Pürschel . Defencemen and Forwards : Dietmar Peters , Frank Braun , Wolfgang Plotka , Peter Slapke , Bernd Karrenbauer , Dieter Dewitz , Rüdiger Noack , Hartmut Nickel , Joachim Ziesche , Wilfried Rohrbach , Rainer Patschinski , Bernd Hiller , Lothar Fuchs , Reinhard Karger , Dieter Röhl , Helmut Nowy , Rolf Bielas , Peter Prusa . Coach : Rudi Schmiede . 6 . POLAND Goaltenders : Walery Kosyl , Andrzej Tkacz . Defencemen and Forwards : Andrzej Slowakiewicz , Ludwik Czachowski , Robert Goralczyk , Marian Feter , Walenty Zietara , J . Stefaniak , Tadeusz Kacik , M . Kajzerek , K . Bialynicki , Tadeusz Obloj , Wlodzimirz Komorski , Feliks Goralzcyk , Bogdan Migacz , J . Modzelewski , St . Szewczyk , Czyslaw Ruchala , Mieczyslaw Jaskierski , Tadeusz Malicki , Stanislaw Fryzlewicz . Coach : A . Jegorov . All Stars World Championship Group B ( Romania ) . Yugoslavia – West Germany 3 : 6 ( 1 : 1 , 1 : 2 , 1 : 3 ) 24 . February 1970 – Bucharest 24 . February 1970 – Bucharest 24 . 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