1987 IIHF World Championship (WFAC)

1987 IIHF World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	6 – 22 February 1987
Teams	8
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (21st title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	284 (7.47 per match)
Attendance	444,976 (11,710 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Wayne Gretzky (21 points)
MVP	Wayne Gretzky
← 1986 1989 →

Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Larry Murphy celebrates Lemieux's game-winning overtime goal in the Gold Medal Game.

The 1987 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships was the 49th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament also doubled as the 60th European Championships. Teams participated at three levels of competition. It took place between 6 and 22 February 1987 in the Canadian cities of Hamilton, Toronto (both Ontario) and Montréal (Quebec). The three venues were the Copps Coliseum, Maple Leaf Gardens and the Montreal Forum. The Soviet Union was the defending champion, having won the previous championship.

The two games of the tournament between Canada and the Soviet Union is considered by many to be the best exhibition of hockey in history. In the final the Canadians got off to a slow start as the Soviets scored three times in the first eight minutes to take a 3–0 lead. Mario Lemieux scored twice, assisted each time by Wayne Gretzky, and with Canada's grinders taking over after that (particularly Rick Tocchet, Brent Sutter and Dale Hawerchuk), they pulled Canada into a 5–4 lead after two periods. The Soviets tied it back up in the third and forced the game into overtime again with Valeri Kamensky's goal with 1:04 remaining in regulation time. In the overtime period, Canada coach Mike Keenan, who had been juggling lines all series, sent the trio of Gretzky, Lemieux and Hawerchuk out to play with a faceoff in Canada's end. After the faceoff, Gretzky, Lemieux and Larry Murphy rushed up the ice. Soviet defenseman Sergei Starikov was the only man back and he fell down to block a pass across but Gretzky fed the puck back to Lemieux, who fired a shot over the glove of goaltender Evgeny Belosheikin at 10:07 of the overtime period. It was the third assist for Gretzky on the night and completed a hat trick for Lemieux, and the Gretzky to Lemieux play is considered one of the most memorable plays in Canadian sports history.

Sweden won against Czechoslovakia 4–3 for the bronze medal. Wayne Gretzky was the leading scorer and was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Promotion and relegation was effective for 1989 as the IIHF did not run a championship in Olympic years. This tournament also determined the countries’ qualification for the Olympic ice hockey tournament in Calgary for the 1988 Winter Olympics. Nations that did not participate in the Calgary Olympics were invited to compete in the Thayer Tutt Trophy.

Venues

Ontario, Canada – Hamilton
Copps Coliseum Capacity: 17,383
Ontario, Canada – Toronto
Maple Leaf Gardens Capacity: 16,382
Québec, Canada – Montréal
Montreal Forum Capacity: 17,959

Qualified teams

The seven teams of the 1986 was automatically qualified for the tournament, along with the 1986 Pool B winner Switzerland were also qualified for the 1987 Pool A tournament.

	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Ranked 1−7 at the 1986 IIHF World Championship	7 – 23 February 1986	Soviet Union	7	Canada Czechoslovakia Finland Template:Country data Germany West Germany Soviet Union Sweden United States
Promoted from the 1986 IIHF World Championship Pool B	17 – 26 April 1986	Netherlands	1	Switzerland
Total			8

Referees

Referees
Canada	Kerry Fraser Don Koharski
Czechoslovakia	Vladimír Šubrt
Finland	Jarmo Jalarvo
Soviet Union	Yuri Karandin Nikolai Morozov
Sweden	Ulf Lindgren
United States	Paul Stewart

Linesmen
Canada	John D'Amico
Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Lipina
Finland	Lasse Vanhanen
Template:Country data Germany West Germany	Uwe van de Fenn
Switzerland	Bernhard Kunz
Soviet Union	Kirill Gerasimov Igor Prusov
Sweden	Sven-Olof Lundström
United States	Gord Broseker Kevin Collins

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−05:00).

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
Canada	7	5	2	0	31	16	+15	12	Advances to the semifinals
Soviet Union	7	5	1	1	42	18	+24	11
Sweden	7	5	0	2	32	15	+17	10
Czechoslovakia	7	4	1	2	22	19	+3	9
United States	7	4	0	3	25	21	+4	8	Consolation round
Template:Country data Germany West Germany	7	2	0	5	15	31	–16	4
Finland	7	1	0	6	13	28	–15	2
Switzerland	7	0	0	7	17	49	–32	0

6 February 1987 10:00

Soviet Union

13 – 5 (6–1, 3–2, 4–2)

Switzerland

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 6,944

	Evgeny Belosheikin	Goalies	Renato Tosio (00:00–20:00) Richard Bucher (20:00–60:00)	Referee: Don Koharski (Canada) Linesmen: Miroslav Lipina (Czechoslovakia) Template:Country data Germany Uwe van de Fenn (West Germany)
	Bykov – 01:41 Kamensky (Makarov, Larionov) – 10:07 Kamensky (Kasatonov) – 11:13 Khomutov (Bykov, Kamensky) – 16:07 Semak (Fetisov, Kasatonov) – 17:40 Krutov (Larionov) – 18:04 Krutov (SH1) – 23:11 Khomutov (Bykov, Kamensky) – 29:09 Kamensky (Khomutov, Fetisov) (PP1) – 34:44 Starikov (Vasiliev) – 48:00 Krutov (Makarov) – 50:10 Makarov (Fetisov) – 54:39 Gusarov (Khomutov) (SH1) – 59:35	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 6 – 1 7 – 1 7 – 2 8 – 2 8 – 3 9 – 3 9 – 4 10 – 4 11 – 4 11 – 5 12 – 5 13 – 5	07:22 – Schlagenhauf (E. Bertaggia) 27:08 – Dekumbis (Celio) 29:39 – Jaks (M. Müller) 44:33 – Dekumbis 52:13 – Rogger (S. Bertaggia) (PP1)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	63	Shots	36

6 February 1987 13:00

United States

5 – 2 (1–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 10,474

	John Vanbiesbrouck	Goalies	Peter Lindmark	Referee: Jarmo Jalarvo (Finland) Linesmen: John D'Amico (Canada) Bernhard Kunz (Switzerland)
	Carpenter (Otto, Olczyk) – 03:38 Olczyk (Otto, Carpenter) – 22:54 Nilan (Christian, Housley) – 26:15 A. Broten (Howe) – 32:51 Mullen (N. Broten, Johnson) – 42:13	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 4 – 1 4 – 2 5 – 2	35:55 – Gustafsson (Näslund, Eldebrink) 47:34 – Näslund (Eldebrink, K. Nilsson)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	28

6 February 1987 16:00

Finland

2 – 5 (0–2, 0–2, 2–1)

Czechoslovakia

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 13,224

	Kari Takko (00:00–40:00) Jarmo Myllys (40:00–60:00)	Goalies	Dominik Hašek	Referee: Paul Stewart (United States) Linesmen: Sven-Olof Lundström (Sweden) Kirill Gerasimov (Soviet Union)
	Hagman (Kyllönen, Tikkanen) – 53:54 Kurri (Skriko) – 56:58	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 1 – 5 2 – 5	04:55 – Ihnačák (Čajka, Klíma) 09:40 – Volek (Pašek, Hořava) (PP1) 32:22 – Svoboda (Lubina, Božík) 36:57 – Růžička 47:29 – Hrdina (Čajka)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	35

6 February 1987 19:30

West Germany Template:Country data Germany

2 – 7 (0–3, 1–2, 1–2)

Canada

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 16,203

	Karl Friesen	Goalies	Grant Fuhr	Referee: Vladimír Šubrt (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Gord Broseker (United States) Lasse Vanhanen (Finland)
	Sikora (Steiger, Truntschka) (PP1) – 38:28 Höfner (Ahne) – 40:31	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 1 – 5 2 – 5 2 – 6 2 – 7	04:05 – Gilmour (Propp) 06:21 – Dineen (Hawerchuk) 10:47 – Dineen 25:42 – Gartner (Gilmour) 35:23 – M. Lemieux (Goulet, Gretzky) (PP1) 44:29 – M. Lemieux (C. Lemieux) 54:28 – Gretzky (Lemieux)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	57

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7 February 1987 13:00

Finland

3 – 2 (1–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 11,078

	Kari Takko	Goalies	Olivier Anken	Referee: Paul Stewart (United States) Linesmen: Gord Broseker (United States) Kevin Collins (United States)
	Summanen (Numminen, Jutila) (PP1) – 05:49 Seppo (Kyllönen) – 26:55 Tikkanen (Virta, Hagman) (PP1) – 35:13	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2	02:38 – Boucher (Jaks) 29:35 – Jaks (Kölliker, Boucher) (PP1)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	84	Shots	29

7 February 1987 16:00

United States

2 – 3 (1–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Canada

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 17,026

	John Vanbiesbrouck	Goalies	Grant Fuhr	Referee: Jarmo Jalarvo (Finland) Linesmen: Lasse Vanhanen (Finland) Bernhard Kunz (Switzerland)
	LaFontaine – 10:40 N. Broten (Suter, Chelios) – 56:60	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3	25:57 – M. Lemieux (Hartsburg) 39:57 – M. Lemieux (Gretzky, Messier) (PP1) 45:59 – M. Lemieux (Gretzky, Messier) (PP1)
	28 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	40

7 February 1987 16:00

West Germany Template:Country data Germany

0 – 7 (0–0, 0–3, 0–4)

Soviet Union

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto Attendance: 8,151

	Karl Friesen	Goalies	Evgeny Belosheikin	Referee: Don Koharski (Canada) Linesmen: Miroslav Lipina (Czechoslovakia) Sven-Olof Lundström (Sweden)
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 0 – 7	22:35 – Starikov (Khomutov) (PP1) 35:32 – Bykov (Makarov, Kasatonov) (SH1) 38:52 – Larionov (Fetisov) (PP1) 18.52 49:39 – Khmylev (Gusarov) (PP1) 51:52 – Makarov (Fetisov) 55:17 – Larionov (Makarov, Krutov) 57:04 – Bykov (Bilyaletdinov)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	58

7 February 1987 19:30

Czechoslovakia

0 – 4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 13,215

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Peter Lindmark	Referee: Kerry Fraser (Canada) Linesmen: John D'Amico (Canada) Template:Country data Germany Uwe van de Fenn (West Germany)
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4	14:30 – Bergqvist (Södergren) 33:15 – Eldebrink (M. Andersson) 49:04 – Pettersson (M. Andersson, Thelvén) 57:40 – Sandström (Gustafsson, Loob)
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	26	Shots	28

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9 February 1987 13:00

Finland

1 – 3 (1–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Template:Country data Germany West Germany

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 7,888

	Kari Takko	Goalies	Helmut de Raaf	Referee: Nikolai Morozov (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Igor Prusov (Soviet Union) Kirill Gerasimov (Soviet Union)
	Skriko (Ruuttu) – 17:47	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3	26:02 – Sikora (Niederberger) 26:43 – Kießling (Truntschka) 37:42 – Steiger (Truntschka, Kießling)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	54	Shots	42

9 February 1987 16:00

Soviet Union

5 – 1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

United States

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 14,838

	Evgeny Belosheikin	Goalies	Tom Barrasso	Referee: Jarmo Jalarvo (Finland) Linesmen: Miroslav Lipina (Czechoslovakia) John D'Amico (Canada)
	Kamensky (Bykov) – 04:30 Makarov (Kasatonov, Krutov) (PP1) – 16:16 Svetlov (Priakhin) – 38:40 Krutov (Kasatonov, Makarov) – 54:31 Semenov (Svetlov) – 59:07	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1	30:28 – Mullen (Chelios)
	6 min	Penalties	19 min
	27	Shots	20

9 February 1987 16:00

Sweden

12 – 1 (5–0, 5–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto Attendance: 8,823

	Åke Lilljebjörn	Goalies	Renato Tosio (00:00–20:00) Olivier Anken (20:00–60:00)	Referee: Don Koharski (Canada) Linesmen: Gord Broseker (United States) Kevin Collins (United States)
	Sandström – 00:29 Södergren (Sandström) – 03:56 Pettersson (P. Andersson) – 10:49 M. Andersson (Loob) – 13:07 M. Andersson – 18:04 Carlsson (Bergqvist) – 21:28 Bergqvist (P. Andersson) – 28:00 Södergren (Gustafsson, Sandström) – 29:23 Södergren (Gustafsson) (SH1) – 32:56 Eldebrink (Carlsson, Eklund) – 36:40 Rundqvist (Näslund, Nilsson) – 54:25 Sandstrom (Gustafsson, Södergren) – 55:43	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 7 – 0 8 – 0 9 – 0 10 – 0 10 – 1 11 – 1 12 – 1	44:01 – Cunti (Celio, Roman Wäger)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	58	Shots	31

9 February 1987 19:30

Canada

4 – 4 (2–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Czechoslovakia

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 16,458

	Grant Fuhr	Goalies	Dominik Hašek	Referee: Ulf Lindgren (Sweden) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Uwe van de Fenn (West Germany) Sven-Olof Lundström (Sweden)
	Tocchet (Propp, Gretzky) – 05:57 Hawerchuk (Messier, Bourque) – 17:38 C. Lemieux (M. Lemieux, Dineen) – 28:33 Coffey (Gretzky, M. Lemieux) (PP1) – 42:06	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 3 4 – 3 4 – 4	10:22 – Ihnačák (Klíma, Volek) 12:18 – Hořava (A. Šťastný, Dudáček) 35:19 – Hrdina (Hořava, Čajka) 47:00 – A. Šťastný (P. Šťastný, Stavjaňa) (PP1)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	36

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10 February 1987 13:00

Sweden

3 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Template:Country data Germany West Germany

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 10,203

	Peter Lindmark	Goalies	Helmut de Raaf	Referee: Nikolai Morozov (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Igor Prusov (Soviet Union) Kirill Gerasimov (Soviet Union)
	Karlsson (Gustafsson) (PP1) – 05:14 Rundqvist (P. Andersson, Karlsson) – 19:22 Sundström (Pettersson) – 20:28
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	36

10 February 1987 16:00

Finland

1 – 4 (0–0, 0–1, 1–3)

United States

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 8,508

	Kari Takko	Goalies	John Vanbiesbrouck	Referee: Don Koharski (Canada) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Uwe van de Fenn (West Germany) Miroslav Lipina (Czechoslovakia)
	Jutila (Helminen) – 58:29	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 1 – 4	29:17 – LaFontaine (N. Broten) 44:47 – LaFontaine (Suter, Housley) 47:31 – Presley (Suter) 57:49 – Mullen (Ramsey)
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	23	Shots	40

10 February 1987 16:00

Canada

6 – 1 (2–0, 0–1, 4–0)

Switzerland

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto Attendance: 10,823

	Ron Hextall	Goalies	Richard Bucher (00:00–50:16) Renato Tosio (50:16–60:00)	Referee: Yuri Karandin (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Sven-Olof Lundström (Sweden) Kevin Collins (United States)
	Rochefort (Tocchet) (PP1) – 08:54 Hawerchuk (Coffey) – 16:13 Tocchet (Gretzky) (PP1) – 40:47 M. Lemieux (Goulet, Gretzky) – 44:50 Tocchet (Hawerchuk) – 47:29 Sutter (Gretzky, Lemieux) (PP1) – 48:57	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 6 – 1	32:53 – Schlagenhauf
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	78	Shots	30

10 February 1987 19:30

Czechoslovakia

0 – 4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Soviet Union

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 14,477

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Evgeny Belosheikin	Referee: Paul Stewart (United States) Linesmen: Lasse Vanhanen (Finland) Bernhard Kunz (Switzerland)
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4	15:25 – Krutov (Makarov, Stelnov) 18:17 – Semak (Priakhin, Starikov) 26:27 – Stelnov (Starikov) 46:03 – Semenov (Priakhin, Fetisov)
	24 min	Penalties	19 min
	23	Shots	27

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12 February 1987 13:00

Soviet Union

7 – 4 (3–3, 3–0, 1–1)

Finland

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 10,262

	Evgeny Belosheikin	Goalies	Kari Takko	Referee: Vladimír Šubrt (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Sven-Olof Lundström (Sweden) Template:Country data Germany Uwe van de Fenn (West Germany)
	Kamensky (Khomutov, Starikov) (PP1) – 02:02 Svetlov (Semenov) – 02:51 Makarov (Krutov, Bykov) – 05:02 Lomakin (Svetlov, Pervukhin) – 22:03 Makarov (Stelnov, Larionov) – 23:45 Makarov (Larionov, Khmylev) – 39:24 Kamensky (Bykov, Starikov) – 42:28	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 4 – 3 5 – 3 6 – 3 7 – 3 7 – 4	03:59 – Numminen (Kurri, Ruutu) 13:14 – Summanen (Helminen) 14:05 – Seppo (Ojanen, Kyllönen) 55:47 – Mäkelä (Helminen, Summanen)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	22

12 February 1987 16:00

United States

6 – 4 (0–1, 4–0, 2–3)

Template:Country data Germany West Germany

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 10,510

	John Vanbiesbrouck	Goalies	Karl Friesen	Referee: Ulf Lindgren (Sweden) Linesmen: Miroslav Lipina (Czechoslovakia) Igor Prusov (Soviet Union)
	LaFontaine (Presley) – 22:51 Miller (A. Broten, Johnson) – 29:43 Langway (Presley) – 34:48 A. Broten (Johnson, Miller) (PP1) – 39:49 Presley (LaFontaine) – 42:11 N. Broten (Mullen) (PP1) – 53:09	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1 6 – 1 6 – 2 6 – 3 6 – 4	02:05 – Medicus (Wolf) 54:20 – Holzmann (Held) 57:27 – Kießling (PP1) 58:09 – Kießling (Höfner) (PP1)
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	60

12 February 1987 16:00

Switzerland

2 – 5 (0–0, 2–2, 0–3)

Czechoslovakia

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto Attendance: 8,641

	Olivier Anken	Goalies	Dominik Hašek	Referee: Jarmo Jalarvo (Finland) Linesmen: John D'Amico (Canada) Kevin Collins (United States)
	Vrabec (Rogger, Lüthi) (PP1) – 24:10 Boucher – 27:03	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5	27:28 – Rosol 28:58 – A. Šťastný 45:34 – Rosol 50:30 – Růžička (Hrdina, Liba) 57:23 – Liba (SH1)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	76

12 February 1987 19:30

Canada

5 – 3 (2–2, 1–0, 2–1)

Sweden

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 12,360

	Grant Fuhr	Goalies	Peter Lindmark	Referee: Paul Stewart (United States) Linesmen: Jarmo Jalarvo (Finland) Bernhard Kunz (Switzerland)
	Gretzky (Bourque, Coffey) (PP1) – 01:55 M. Lemieux (Gretzky, Coffey) (PP1) – 17:10 Gartner – 38:23 M. Lemieux (Gretzky) – 45:40 Goulet (Gretzky, Patrick) – 51:20	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 3 4 – 3 5 – 3	10:01 – Gustafsson (Sandström) 11:26 – Pettersson (Albelin, M. Andersson) 42:12 – M. Andersson (Eklund)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	22

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13 February 1987 16:00

Finland

1 – 4 (0–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Canada

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 10,624

	Kari Takko	Goalies	Grant Fuhr	Referee: Nikolai Morozov (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Uwe van de Fenn (West Germany) Sven-Olof Lundström (Sweden)
	Ruutu (Mäkelä, Virta) (PP1) – 27:22	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 4	03:12 – Hawerchuk (Dineen, Propp) 04:50 – Tocchet 22:49 – Dineen (Murphy) 33:15 – Messier (C. Lemieux, Bourque)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	54

13 February 1987 19:30

Sweden

5 – 3 (3–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Soviet Union

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 14,055

	Peter Lindmark	Goalies	Evgeny Belosheikin	Referee: Kerry Fraser (Canada) Linesmen: Bernhard Kunz (Switzerland) Lasse Vanhanen (Finland)
	Gustafsson (Thelvén, Näslund) – 05:50 Albelin (Eldebrink, Nilsson) – 06:38 Carlsson (Jonsson, Karlsson) (PP1) – 07:37 Karlsson – 36:09 Sundström (Nilsson) – 59:29	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 4 – 3 5 – 3	02:07 – Kamensky (Bykov, Stelnov) 31:49 – Krutov (SH1) 35:14 – Khomutov
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	14

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14 February 1987 16:00

Switzerland

3 – 6 (0–2, 1–1, 2–3)

United States

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 9,291

	Olivier Anken	Goalies	Tom Barrasso	Referee: Ulf Lindgren (Sweden) Linesmen: Sven-Olof Lundström (Sweden) Miroslav Lipina (Czechoslovakia)
	Kölliker (Jaks) (PP1) – 34:07 Lüthi (Schlagenhauf) – 45:15 Dekumbis (Boucher) – 58:54	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 2 – 5 2 – 6 3 – 6	06:37 – Mullen (N. Broten, Carpenter) 10:22 – Christian (LaFontaine) 32:53 – Miller (Johnson) 43:29 – Christian (Suter) 44:36 – Johnson (Presley) 51:02 – N. Broten
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	53

14 February 1987 19:30

West Germany Template:Country data Germany

2 – 5 (0–1, 2–1, 0–3)

Czechoslovakia

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 12,968

	Helmut de Raaf	Goalies	Jaromír Šindel	Referee: Kerry Fraser (Canada) Linesmen: Igor Prusov (Soviet Union) Kirill Gerasimov (Soviet Union)
	Truntschka (Kießling) – 30:19 Wolf (Holzmann, Held) – 33:18	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5	02:48 – Růžička (Volek, Ščerban) 21:57 – Klíma (Růžička) 51:19 – Pašek (Benák, Liba) 51:36 – Dudáček (A. Šťastný, P. Šťastný) 54:49 – P. Šťastný (Liba, Dudáček) (PP1)
	10 min	Penalties	9 min
	45	Shots	55

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15 February 1987 16:00

Sweden

3 – 1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Finland

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 12,500

	Peter Lindmark	Goalies	Kari Takko	Referee: Vladimír Šubrt (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Miroslav Lipina (Czechoslovakia) Igor Prusov (Soviet Union)
	Jonsson (Näslund, Thelvén) (PP1) – 10:38 (Nilsson, Rundqvist) Albelin – 38:04 Sandström – 48:53	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1	50:17 – Ruutu
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	23

15 February 1987 19:30

Soviet Union

3 – 3 (0–1, 3–1, 0–1)

Canada

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 17,773

	Evgeny Belosheikin	Goalies	Grant Fuhr	Referee: Paul Stewart (United States) Linesmen: Lasse Vanhanen (Finland) Bernhard Kunz (Switzerland)
	Svetlov (Semenov, Priakhin) – 21:32 Krutov (Makarov, Stelnov) – 23:27 Svetlov (Fetisov, Semenov) (SH1) – 28:15	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3	05:37 – Anderson (M. Lemieux) 31:16 – Bourque (Gretzky, Messier) (PP1) 57:33 – Gretzky (Messier, Anderson)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	30

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16 February 1987 16:00

Switzerland

3 – 4 (1–1, 2–2, 0–1)

Template:Country data Germany West Germany

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 8,811

	Richard Bucher	Goalies	Helmut de Raaf	Referee: Jarmo Jalarvo (Finland) Linesmen: John D'Amico (Canada) Kirill Gerasimov (Soviet Union)
	Boucher (Jaks) – 14:56 Lüthi (Rogger) (PP1) – 22:34 Celio (Cunti) – 25:10	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2 3 – 3 3 – 4	02:31 – Kießling (Steiger) (PP1) 25:00 – Hegen (Truntschka) 28:06 – Rödger (Holzmann) 41:16 – Steiger (SH1)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	56

16 February 1987 19:30

Czechoslovakia

3 – 1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

United States

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 12,982

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	John Vanbiesbrouck	Referee: Ulf Lindgren (Sweden) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Uwe van de Fenn (West Germany) Sven-Olof Lundström (Sweden)
	Růžička (Rosol) – 13:38 Pašek (Benák, Božík) (PP1) – 34:12 Hrdina (Čajka) (SH1) – 56:04	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 3 – 1	22:29 – Nilan
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	37

Consolation round

All times are local (UTC−05:00).

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
United States	10	6	0	4	42	34	+8	12
Template:Country data Germany West Germany	10	3	1	6	28	40	–12	7 A
Finland	10	3	1	6	28	38	–10	7 A
Switzerland	10	0	0	10	26	71	–45	0	Relegation to Pool B

^A West Germany 3 Pts, Finland 1 Pts.

17 February 1987 16:00

West Germany Template:Country data Germany

8 – 1 (4–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 8,938

	Karl Friesen	Goalies	Olivier Anken (00:00–40:00) Richard Bucher (40:00–60:00)	Referee: Nikolai Morozov (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Kirill Gerasimov (Soviet Union) Lasse Vanhanen (Finland)
	Truntschka (Hegen, Steiger) – 00:29 Hegen (Niederberger) – 03:25 Hegen (Truntschka) (SH1) – 08:28 Rödger (Wolf) – 13:44 Steiger (Truntschka, Niederberger) – 31:47 Ahne – 39:29 Rödger (Reil, Wolf) (PP1) – 43:19 Kießling (Steiger) (PP1) – 58:49	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 7 – 0 7 – 1 8 – 1	54:40 – Rogger (Lüthi)
	20 min	Penalties	24 min
	50	Shots	38

17 February 1987 19:30

Finland

6 – 4 (1–2, 4–2, 1–0)

United States

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 12,899

	Kari Takko	Goalies	John Vanbiesbrouck	Referee: Vladimír Šubrt (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Miroslav Lipina (Czechoslovakia) John D'Amico (Canada)
	Tikkanen (Sirén) – 04:19 Skriko (Virta, Jutila) – 22:03 Kurri (Hagman) – 29:34 Numminen (Mäkelä) – 29:51 Seppo (Ojanen) – 31:52 Mäkelä (Ruuttu) (ENG) – 59:41	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 4 – 2 5 – 2 5 – 3 5 – 4 6 – 4	02:18 – LaFontaine (Christian) 12:24 – Hatcher (Olczyk) 34:56 – Chelios (Miller) 38:21 – Presley (Hatcher)
	19 min	Penalties	14 min
	46	Shots	43

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19 February 1987 16:00

Finland

7 – 4 (1–1, 4–3, 2–0)

Switzerland

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 9,786

	Jarmo Myllys	Goalies	Olivier Anken	Referee: Paul Stewart (United States) Linesmen: Gord Broseker (United States) Kirill Gerasimov (Soviet Union)
	Skriko (Ruuttu) – 15:41 Järvi (Ruuttu) – 23:23 Ruuttu (Skriko) – 30:09 Summanen (Mäkelä, Ojanen) – 30:31 Numminen (Skriko, Blomqvist) – 39:44 Seppo (Kyllönen, Ojanen) – 46:00 Järvi – 47:22	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 3 4 – 3 4 – 4 5 – 4 6 – 4 7 – 4	13:30 – Cunti (Dekumbis, Jaks) 26:06 – Jaks (Cunti, Dekumbis) 26:19 – Lüthi (Eberle) 38:16 – Wäger
	72 min	Penalties	30 min
	8	Shots	10

19 February 1987 19:30

United States

6 – 3 (2–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Template:Country data Germany West Germany

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 10,549

	John Vanbiesbrouck	Goalies	Helmut de Raaf	Referee: Vladimír Šubrt (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Miroslav Lipina (Czechoslovakia) Igor Prusov (Soviet Union)
	A. Broten (Ramsey) (PP1) – 01:47 Miller – 17:56 N. Broten (Johnson) – 25:22 A. Broten (Howe, Johnson) (PP1) – 26:13 Carpenter (A. Broten, Johnson) – 44:09 Olczyk (SH1) – 50:14	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 3 – 2 4 – 2 5 – 2 6 – 2 6 – 3	05:15 – Truntschka (Schuster) 23:00 – Steiger (Truntschka) 55:24 – Rödger (Held)
	27 min	Penalties	15 min
	40	Shots	48

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21 February 1987 16:00

Switzerland

4 – 7 (0–2, 3–2, 1–3)

United States

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 9,603

	Richard Bucher (00:00–40:00) Olivier Anken (40:00–60:00)	Goalies	Tom Barrasso	Referee: Jarmo Jalarvo (Finland) Linesmen: Kirill Gerasimov (Soviet Union) Template:Country data Germany Uwe van de Fenn (West Germany)
	Ritsch (Montandon) – 21:17 Ritsch (Celio, Wäger) – 24:48 M. Müller – 34:15 Schlagenhauf – 49:24	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 3 – 3 3 – 4 3 – 5 3 – 6 4 – 6 4 – 7	07:22 – Chelios (Suter) (PP1) 14:58 – A. Broten (N. Broten, Housley) 30:33 – Johnson (Olczyk) 39:24 – Chelios (Suter, Mullen) (PP1) 47:17 – Suter (Christian) 48:39 – Mullen (A. Broten, Johnson) 53:52 – Mullen
	11 min	Penalties	15 min
	38	Shots	60

21 February 1987 19:30

West Germany Template:Country data Germany

2 – 2 (2–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Finland

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 13,392

	Karl Friesen	Goalies	Jarmo Myllys	Referee: Kerry Fraser (Canada) Linesmen: Miroslav Lipina (Czechoslovakia) Igor Prusov (Soviet Union)
	Hegen (Steiger, Niederberger) (PP1) – 12:01 Hegen (Kießling, Truntschka) – 14:11	1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2	13:26 – Helminen (Kurri, Numminen) (PP1) 23:04 – Summanen (Numminen)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	41

Playoff round

All times are local (UTC−05:00).

	Semifinal
	1	Canada	5
	4	Czechoslovakia	3			Final
						1	Canada	6
	Semifinal				2	Soviet Union	5
	2	Soviet Union	4
	3	Sweden	2			Bronze Medal Game
						4	Czechoslovakia	3
						3	Sweden	4

Semifinals

20 February 1987 16:00

Soviet Union

4 – 2 (1–0, 2–1 ,1–1)

Sweden

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 12,051

	Evgeny Belosheikin	Goalies	Peter Lindmark	Referee: Don Koharski (Canada) Linesmen: John D'Amico (Canada) Kevin Collins (United States)
	Krutov (Makarov, Kasatonov) (PP1) – 01:09 Bykov (Krutov) – 27:29 Larionov (Makarov, Fetisov) (PP1) – 28:37 Makarov (Fetisov, Krutov) – 47:42	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1 4 – 2	34:39 – Bergqvist (Södergren, P. Andersson) 53:47 – P. Andersson (M. Andersson, Rundqvist)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	26

20 February 1987 19:30

Canada

5 – 3 (0–2, 3–0, 2–1)

Czechoslovakia

Montreal Forum, Montréal Attendance: 16,262

	Grant Fuhr	Goalies	Dominik Hašek	Referee: Nikolai Morozov (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Uwe van de Fenn (West Germany) Sven-Olof Lundström (Sweden)
	Hawerchuk (Murphy, Goulet) – 30:43 M. Lemieux (Goulet) – 31:25 M. Lemieux (Bourque, Gretzky) (PP1) – 33:08 Goulet (Gretzky, Sutter) – 48:16 Propp (M. Lemieux, Sutter) – 57:56	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 2 4 – 2 4 – 3 5 – 3	08:06 – Pašek (Liba, Lubina) 13:41 – Benák (Liba, Lubina) 55:26 – A. Šťastný (P. Šťastný, Svoboda)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	24

Bronze medal game

22 February 1987 15:00

Sweden

4 – 3 (1–3, 1–0, 1–1)

Czechoslovakia

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 14,360

	Peter Lindmark	Goalies	Dominik Hašek	Referee: Don Koharski (Canada) Linesmen: Lasse Vanhanen (Finland) Bernhard Kunz (Switzerland)
	Loob (Gustafsson) – 09:44 Loob (Sandström, Albelin) – 20:12 Sandström (Loob) – 46:37 Loob (Gustafsson) (PP1) – 59:21	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 4 – 3	02:11 – Rosol (Růžička, Liba) 05:36 – A. Šťastný (Dudáček, P. Šťastný) 19:46 – Pašek (Liba, Klíma) (PP1)
	18 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	36

Gold medal game

22 February 1987 19:30

Canada

6 – 5 OT (2–4, 3–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Soviet Union

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Attendance: 17,026

	Grant Fuhr	Goalies	Evgeny Belosheikin	Referee: Paul Stewart (United States) Linesmen: Gord Broseker (United States) Sven-Olof Lundström (Sweden)
	Tocchet (Goulet, Murphy) (PP1) – 09:50 M. Lemieux (Gretzky) – 15:23 M. Lemieux (Gretzky) (PP1) – 29:30 Sutter (Hawerchuk, Crossman) – 31:06 Hawerchuk (Murphy, Propp) – 35:32 M. Lemieux (Gretzky) – 70:07	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 4 3 – 4 4 – 4 5 – 4 5 – 5 6 – 5	00:26 – Makarov (Krutov) 07:04 – Gusarov 08:00 – Fetisov (Makarov) 19:32 – Khomutov 58:56 – Kamensky (Bykov, Pervukhin)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	46	Shots	33

Final ranking

The official final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Canada
	Soviet Union
	Sweden
4	Czechoslovakia
5	United States
6	Template:Country data Germany West Germany
7	Finland
8	Switzerland

1987 IIHF World Champions Canada 21st title Players: Grant Fuhr, Kelly Hrudey, Ron Hextall – Raymond Bourque, Paul Coffey, Doug Crossman, Craig Hartsburg, Larry Murphy, James Patrick, Normand Rochefort – Glenn Anderson, Kevin Dineen, Doug Gilmour, Michel Goulet, Mike Gartner, Wayne Gretzky, Dale Hawerchuk, Claude Lemieux, Mario Lemieux, Mark Messier, Brian Propp, Brent Sutter, Rick Tocchet. Coaches: Mike Keenan, John Muckler, Jean Perron, Tom Watt.

European championships final standings

The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:

	Soviet Union
	Sweden
	Czechoslovakia
4	Template:Country data Germany West Germany
5	Finland
6	Switzerland

1987 IIHF European Champions Soviet Union 22nd title Players: Evgeny Belosheikin, Sergei Mylnikov, Vitālijs Samoilovs – Alexei Kasatonov, Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Gusarov, Vasily Pervukhin, Igor Stelnov, Sergei Starikov, Mikhail Tatarinov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov – Vyacheslav Bykov, Valeri Kamensky, Andrei Khomutov, Yuri Khmylev,Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, Sergei Makarov, Sergei Pryakhin, Mikhail Vasiliev, Alexander Semak, Anatoly Semenov, Sergei Svetlov. Coaches: Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dmitriev

Statistics

Scoring leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	Pos.
1	Wayne Gretzky	9	3	17	20	2	FW
2	Mario Lemieux	9	13	5	18	8	FW
3	Sergei Makarov	9	8	10	18	8	FW
4	Vladimir Krutov	9	7	7	14	4	FW
5	Vyacheslav Bykov	9	4	7	11	4	FW
6	Template:Country data Germany Gerd Truntschka	10	3	8	11	13	FW
7	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	9	3	7	10	4	FW
8	Mark Johnson	10	2	8	10	8	FW
9	Viacheslav Fetisov	9	1	9	10	2	D
10	Valeri Kamensky	9	7	2	9	6	FW

Goaltending leaders

#	Player	GP	MIN	SOG	GA	SVS%	GAA	SO
1	Grant Fuhr	8	490:07	300	24	92.00%	2.93	0
2	John Vanbiesbrouck	7	420:00	270	22	91.85%	3.14	0
3	Dominik Hašek	9	539:39	293	28	90.44%	3.11	0
4	Peter Lindmark	8	480:00	212	21	90.09%	2.63	2
5	Evgeny Belosheikin	9	540:00	251	26	89.64%	2.89	2

Awards

Directorate awards

Best players selected by the IIHF directorate:

Best Goaltender	Best Defenceman	Best Forward
Grant Fuhr (CAN)	Viacheslav Fetisov (URS)	Wayne Gretzky (CAN)

All-Star team

The tournament All-Star team voted by the media:

Goaltender	Defencemen	Forwards	Tournament MVP
Grant Fuhr (CAN)	Udo Kießling (FRG) Viacheslav Fetisov (URS)	Mario Lemieux (CAN) Wayne Gretzky (CAN) Vladimir Krutov (URS)	Wayne Gretzky (CAN)

Best players of each team selected by coaches

Team	Player
Canada	Grant Fuhr Wayne Gretzky Mario Lemieux
Czechoslovakia	Dominik Hašek Jiří Hrdina Anton Šťastný
Finland	Jari Kurri Teppo Numminen Petri Skriko
Template:Country data Germany West Germany	Helmut de Raaf Udo Kießling Gerd Truntschka
Soviet Union	Evgeny Belosheikin Viacheslav Fetisov Sergei Makarov
Sweden	Anders Eldebrink Bengt-Åke Gustafsson Peter Lindmark
Switzerland	Gaëtan Boucher Jakob Kölliker Bruno Rogger
United States	Mark Johnson Gary Suter John Vanbiesbrouck

See also

• IIHF World Championships