Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Rosters

The ice hockey team rosters at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of the following players:
==Czechoslovakia==
Head coach: Vladimír Kostka
Assistant coach: Jaroslav Pitner
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1 	G 	Vladimír Dzurilla 	 	 	 	HC Slovan Bratislava
2 	G 	Jiří Holeček 	 	 	 	HC Košice
3 	D 	Josef Horešovský 	 	 	 	TJ Sparta Praha
4 	D 	Oldřich Machač 	 	 	 	TJ Brno
5 	F 	Jaroslav Holík 	 	 	 	ASD Dukla Jihlava
6 	D 	Rudolf Tajcnár 	 	 	 	HC Slovan Bratislava
7 	D 	František Pospíšil (C)	 	 	 	TJ Kladno
8 	F 	Jiří Kochta 	 	 	 	TJ Sparta Praha
9 	D 	Karel Vohralík 	 	 	 	TJ Pardubice
10 	F 	Vladimír Martinec 	 	 	 	TJ Pardubice
11 	F 	Richard Farda 	 	 	 	TJ Brno
12 	F 	Bohuslav Šťastný 	 	 	 	TJ Pardubice
14 	F 	Václav Nedomanský 	 	 	 	HC Slovan Bratislava
15 	F 	Josef Černý 	 	 	 	TJ Brno
16 	F 	Jan Havel 	 	 	 	TJ Sparta Praha
17 	D 	Miroslav Danek 	- 	- 	 	TJ Litvinov
18 	F 	Eduard Novak 	 	 	 	TJ Kladno
19 	D 	Vladimír Bednář 	 	 	 	TJ Plzeň
20 	F 	Jiří Holík 	 	 	 	ASD Dukla Jihlava
21 	F 	Ivan Hlinka 	 	 	 	TJ Litvinov
==Finland==
Head coach: Seppo Liitsola
Assistant coach: Rauli Virtanen
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1 	G 	Jorma Valtonen 	 	 	 	Ässät
2 	D 	Ilpo Koskela 	 	 	 	Jokerit
3 	D 	Seppo Lindström 	 	 	 	TuTo
4 	D 	Juha Rantasila 	 	 	 	HIFK
5 	D 	Heikki Riihiranta	 	 	 	HIFK
6 	D 	Heikki Järn 	 	 	 	HJK
7 	D 	Pekka Marjamäki 	 	 	 	Tappara
8 	F 	Jorma Vehmanen 	 	 	 	HJK
9 	F 	Veli-Pekka Ketola	 	 	 	Ässät
10 	F 	Matti Keinonen 	 	 	 	HJK
11 	F 	Harri Linnonmaa 	 	 	 	HIFK
12 	F 	Matti Murto 	 	 	 	HIFK
13 	F 	Juhani Tamminen 	 	 	 	HJK
14 	F 	Lasse Oksanen (C)	 	 	 	Ilves
15 	F 	Jorma Peltonen 	 	 	 	Ilves
16 	F 	Esa Peltonen 	 	 	 	HJK
17 	F 	Seppo Repo 	 	 	 	Karhu-Kissat
18 	F 	Lauri Mononen 	 	 	 	Karhu-Kissat
19 	F 	Timo Turunen 	 	 	 	Jokerit
20 	G 	Stig Wetzell 	 	 	 	HJK
==Japan==
Head coach: Nikolai Karpov
Assistant coach: Masami Tanabu
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
- 	F 	Takeshi Akiba 	 	 	 	Iwakura Tomakomai
- 	F 	Tsutomu Hanzawa 	 	 	 	Seibu Railway Team
- 	F 	Takao Hikigi 	 	 	 	Oji Seishi
- 	F 	Teruyasu Honma 	 	 	 	Oji Seishi
- 	D 	Hiroshi Hori 	 	 	 	Seibu Railway Team
- 	F 	Yoshio Hoshino 	 	 	 	Meiji University
- 	F 	Minoru Ito 	 	 	 	Iwakura Tomakomai
- 	F 	Koji Iwamoto (C) 	 	 	 	Iwakura Tomakomai
- 	F/D 	Isao Kakihara 	 	 	 	Seibu Railway Team
- 	F 	Hideaki Kurokawa 	 	 	 	Oji Seishi
- 	G 	Minoru Misawa 	 	 	 	Seibu Railway Team
- 	D 	Iwao Nakayama 	 	 	 	Seibu Railway Team
- 	F 	Toru Okajima 	 	 	 	Iwakura Tomakomai
- 	G 	Toshimitsu Otsubo	 	 	 	Oji Seishi
- 	F 	Hideo Suzuki 	 	 	 	Seibu Railway Team
- 	F 	Yasushio Tanaka 	 	 	 	Seibu Railway Team
- 	D 	Takashi Tsuburai 	 	 	 	Oji Seishi
- 	F 	Herb Wakabayashi 	 	 	 	Seibu Railway Team
- 	D 	Fumio Yamazaki 	 	 	 	Seibu Railway Team
==Norway==
Head coach: Åke Brask
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
- 	D 	Rune Molberg 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	D 	Nils Nilsen 	 	 	 	Frisk Asker
1 	G 	Kåre Østensen 	 	 	 	Frisk Asker
2 	D 	Thor Martinsen 	 	 	 	Frisk Asker
3 	D 	Øivind Berg 	 	 	 	Frisk Asker
4 	D/F 	Terje Steen 	 	 	 	Vålerenge
5 	D 	Svein Norman Hasen	 	 	 	Vålerenge
7 	F 	Bjørn Andressen 	 	 	 	Jar IL
8 	F 	Steinar Bjølbakk 	 	 	 	Vålerenge
10 	F 	Bjørn Johansen 	 	 	 	Hasle-Løren
11 	F 	Morten Sethereng 	 	 	 	Frisk Asker
12 	D 	Birger Jansen 	 	 	 	Jar IL
13 	F 	Tom Røymark 	 	 	 	Frisk Asker
14 	F 	Terje Thoen 	 	 	 	Hasle-Løren
15 	F 	Roy Jansen 	 	 	 	Vålerenge
16 	F 	Tom Christensen 	 	 	 	Vålerenge
17 	G 	Thore Wålberg 	 	 	 	Frisk Asker
18 	F 	Arne Mikkelsen 	 	 	 	Vålerenge
19 	F 	Svein Haagensen 	 	 	 	Hasle-Løren
20 	D 	Jan Kinder 	 	 	 	Hasle-Løren
==Poland==
Head coach: Anatoli Yegorov
Assistant coach: Mieczysław Chmura
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1 	G 	Andrzej Tkacz 	 	 	 	GKS Katowice
2 	D 	Ludwik Czachowski 	 	 	 	Pomorzanin Torun
3 	F 	Feliks Góralczyk 	 	 	 	Baildon Katowice
4 	D/F 	Robert Góralczyk 	 	 	 	Baildon Katowice
5 	D 	Andrzej Szczepaniec 	 	 	 	Podhale Nowy Targ
6 	F 	Józef Słowakiewicz 	 	 	 	Podhale Nowy Targ
7 	F 	Tadeusz Kacik 	 	 	 	Podhale Nowy Targ
8 	F 	Walenty Ziętara 	 	 	 	Podhale Nowy Targ
9 	F 	Tadeusz Obłój 	 	 	 	Baildon Katowice
10 	F 	Krzysztof Birula-Białynicki	 	 	 	ŁKS Łódź
11 	D/F 	Stanisław Fryźlewicz 	 	 	 	Podhale Nowy Targ
12 	F 	Adam Kopczyński 	 	 	 	ŁKS Łódź
13 	F 	Marian Feter (C) 	 	 	 	Polonia Bydgoszcz
14 	F 	Wiesław Tokarz 	 	 	 	Podhale Nowy Targ
15 	D 	Jerzy Potz 	 	 	 	ŁKS Łódź
16 	F 	Stefan Chowaniec 	 	 	 	Podhale Nowy Targ
17 	F 	Józef Batkiewicz 	 	 	 	Podhale Nowy Targ
18 	F 	Leszek Tokarz 	 	 	 	Podhale Nowy Targ
20 	G 	Walery Kosyl 	 	 	 	ŁKS Łódź
==Soviet Union==
Head coach: Arkadi Chernyshyev
Assistant coach: Anatoly Tarasov, Boris Kulagin
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1 	G 	Alexander Pashkov 	 	 	 	Dynamo Moskva
2 	D 	Vitali Davydov 	 	 	 	Dynamo Moskva
3 	D 	Vladimir Lutchenko	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
4 	D 	Viktor Kuzkin (C) 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
5 	D 	Alexander Ragulin 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
6 	D 	Igor Romishevsky 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
7 	D 	Gennady Tsygankov 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
8 	D 	Valeri Vasiliev 	 	 	 	Dynamo Moskva
9 	F 	Yuri Blinov 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
10 	F 	Alexander Maltsev 	 	 	 	Dynamo Moskva
11 	F 	Anatoli Firsov 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
12 	F 	Yevgeni Mishakov 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
13 	F 	Boris Mikhailov 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
14 	F 	Yevgeni Zimin 	 	 	 	Spartak Moskva
15 	F 	Alexander Yakushev	 	 	 	Spartak Moskva
16 	F 	Vladimir Petrov 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
17 	F 	Valeri Kharlamov 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
18 	F 	Vladimir Vikulov 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
19 	F 	Vladimir Shadrin 	 	 	 	Spartak Moskva
20 	G 	Vladislav Tretiak 	 	 	 	CSKA Moskva
==Sweden==
Head coach: Billy Harris
Assistant coach: Björn Norell
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
- 	G 	Christer Andersson 	- 	- 	 	Tingsryds AIF
1 	G 	Leif Holmqvist 	 	 	 	AIK
2 	G 	Christer Abrahamsson	 	 	 	Leksands IF
3 	D 	Thommie Bergman 	 	 	 	Västra Frölunda IF
4 	D 	Stig Östling 	 	 	 	Brynäs IF
5 	D 	Bert-Ola Nordlander 	 	 	 	AIK
6 	D 	Thommy Abrahamsson 	 	 	 	Leksands IF
7 	D 	Lars-Erik Sjöberg 	 	 	 	Västra Frölunda IF
8 	D 	Kjell-Rune Milton 	 	 	 	Modo AIK
9 	D 	Kenneth Ekman 	 	 	 	Tingsryds AIF
10 	F 	Håkan Wickberg 	 	 	 	Brynäs IF
11 	F 	Tord Lundström 	 	 	 	Brynäs IF
12 	F 	Stig-Göran Johansson	 	 	 	Södertälje SK
14 	F 	Hans Hansson 	- 	- 	 	Mora IK
15 	F 	Lars-Göran Nilsson 	 	 	 	Brynäs IF
16 	F 	Mats Åhlberg 	 	 	 	Leksands IF
17 	F 	Mats Lindh 	 	 	 	Västra Frölunda IF
18 	F 	Björn Palmqvist 	 	 	 	Djurgårdens IF
19 	F 	Inge Hammarström 	 	 	 	Brynäs IF
21 	F 	Håkan Pettersson 	 	 	 	Timrå IK
23 	F 	Hans Lindberg 	 	 	 	Brynäs IF
==Switzerland==
Head coach: Gaston Pelletier
Assistant coach: Derek Holmes
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
- 	F 	Ueli Lüthi 	 	 	 	EHC Kloten
- 	F 	Bruno Wittwer 	 	 	 	N/A
1 	G 	Gérald Rigolet 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
2 	D 	René Huguenin (C)	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
3 	D 	Peter Aeschlimann	 	 	 	HC Lugano
4 	D 	Gaston Furrer 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
5 	D 	Charles Henzen 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
6 	F 	René Berra 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
7 	F 	Anton Neininger 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
8 	F 	Jacques Pousaz 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
9 	F 	Francis Reinhard 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
10 	F 	Michel Turler 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
11 	D 	Marcel Sgualdo 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
12 	F 	Heinz Jenni 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
13 	F/D 	Guy Dubois 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
14 	D 	Peter Lehmann 	 	 	 	SC Langau
16 	F 	Paul Probst 	 	 	 	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
17 	F 	Hans Keller 	 	 	 	Zürcher SC
19 	F 	Gérard Dubi 	 	 	 	Lausanne HC
22 	G 	Alfio Molina 	 	 	 	HC Lugano
==United States==
Head coach: Murray Williamson
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
- 	G 	Tim Regan 	 	 	 	Boston University Terriers
1 	G 	Pete Sears 	 	 	 	N/A
2 	D 	Jim McElmury 	 	 	 	N'A
3 	D 	Wally Olds 	 	 	 	N/A
4 	D 	Tom Mellor 	 	 	 	N/A
5 	D 	Charlie Brown 	 	 	 	N/A
7 	D 	Bruce McIntosh 	 	 	 	N/A
8 	F 	Keith Christiansen (C)	 	 	 	N/A
9 	D 	Frank Sanders 	 	 	 	N/A
10 	F 	Henry Boucha 	 	 	 	N/A
11 	F 	Robbie Ftorek 	 	 	 	N/A
15 	F 	Tim Sheehy (C) 	 	 	 	N/A
16 	F 	Kevin Ahearn 	 	 	 	N/A
17 	F/D 	Craig Sarner 	 	 	 	Oklahoma City Blazers
18 	F 	Ron Naslund 	 	 	 	N/A
19 	F 	Stu Irving 	 	 	 	N/A
20 	D 	Dick McGlynn 	 	 	 	N/A
21 	F 	Larry Bader 	 	 	 	N/A
23 	D 	Mark Howe 	 	 	 	Detroit Jr. Red Wings
30 	G 	Mike Curran 	 	 	 	Green Bay Bobcats
==West Germany==
Head coach: Gerhard Kießling
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1 	G 	Anton Kehle 	 	 	 	EV Füssen
2 	D 	Otto Schneitberger 	 	 	 	Düsseldorfer EG
3 	D 	Josef Völk 	 	 	 	EV Füssen
4 	D 	Rudolf Thanner 	 	 	 	EV Füssen
5 	D 	Paul Langner 	 	 	 	VfL Bad Nauheim
6 	D 	Werner Modes 	 	 	 	EV Füssen
7 	D 	Heiko Antons 	 	 	 	Düsseldorfer EG
8 	F/D 	Karl-Heinz Egger 	 	 	 	EV Füssen
9 	F 	Lorenz Funk 	 	 	 	EC Bad Tölz
10 	D 	Hans Rothkirch 	 	 	 	EC Bad Tölz
11 	F 	Anton Hofherr 	 	 	 	SC Riessersee
12 	F 	Reinhold Bauer 	 	 	 	Augsburger EV
14 	F 	Erich Kühnhackl 	 	 	 	EV Landshut
15 	F 	Alois Schloder (C) 	 	 	 	EV Landshut
16 	D 	Georg Kink 	 	 	 	Augsburger EV
17 	D/F 	Rainer Philipp 	 	 	 	VfL Bad Nauheim
18 	F 	Bernd Kuhn 	 	 	 	EV Füssen
19 	F 	Johann Eimansberger	 	 	 	EC Bad Tölz
20 	G 	Rainer Makatsch 	 	 	 	Düsseldorfer EG
21 	F 	Martin Wild 	 	 	 	SC Riessersee
==Yugoslavia==
Head coach: Miroslav Klůc
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
- 	F/D 	Božidar Beravs 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	F 	Slavko Beravs 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	F 	Albin Felc 	 	 	 	EHC Olten
- 	G 	Anton Jože Gale 	 	 	 	Olimpija Ljubljana
- 	F 	Gorazd Hiti 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	F 	Rudi Hiti 	 	 	 	Olimpija Ljubljana
- 	F/D 	Bogo Jan 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	D 	Ivo Jan 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	G 	Rudi Knez 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	D 	Bojan Kumar 	 	 	 	Olimpija Ljubljana
- 	F 	Silvo Poljanšek 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	F 	Janez Puterle 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	D 	Ivo Ratej 	 	 	 	Medveščak Zagreb
- 	D 	Viktor Ravnik (C)	 	 	 	N/A
- 	F 	Boris Renaud 	 	 	 	Medveščak Zagreb
- 	D 	Drago Savić 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	F 	Štefan Seme 	 	 	 	Olimpija Ljubljana
- 	F 	Roman Smolej 	 	 	 	N/A
- 	F 	Viktor Tišler 	 	 	 	Olimpija Ljubljana
- 	F 	Franci Žbontar 	 	 	 	N/A
==References==
==Sources==
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*Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1972 Olympics
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rosters
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