Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Rosters
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The ice hockey team rosters at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of the following players:
Czechoslovakia
Head coach: Vladimír Kostka
Assistant coach: Jaroslav Pitner
Finland
Head coach: Seppo Liitsola
Assistant coach: Rauli Virtanen
Japan
Head coach: Nikolai Karpov
Assistant coach: Masami Tanabu
Norway
Head coach: Åke Brask
Poland
Head coach: Anatoli Yegorov
Assistant coach: Mieczysław Chmura
Soviet Union
Head coach: Arkadi Chernyshyev
Assistant coach: Anatoly Tarasov, Boris Kulagin
Sweden
Head coach: Billy Harris
Assistant coach: Björn Norell
Switzerland
Head coach: Gaston Pelletier
Assistant coach: Derek Holmes
United States
Head coach: Murray Williamson
West Germany
Head coach: Gerhard Kießling
Yugoslavia
Head coach: Miroslav Klůc
References
Sources
Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Pres.
Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1972 Olympics Archived 2017-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
Wallechinsky, David (1988). The Complete Book of the Olympics. Penguin Books.
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