24 Feb, 2010
Feb. 24, 1960 – USA romps to 9-1 win over Germany
Posted by: Forgotten Miracle In: Blog
This Day in 1960 US Olympic Hockey
Feb. 24, 1960 – Squaw Valley, CA – Team USA runs their Olympic record to 4-0 with a 9-1 win over Germany. In the victory, Bill Cleary netted 4 goals and an assist and John Mayasich added two tallies. The US scored their first two goals on a Power Play after an interference penalty on Germany. The rules in international competition in 1960 required the player to serve the full two minutes of a minor penalty, even if a goal was scored. This allowed the US to capitalize twice on the same power play.
The win also kept the US in a first place medal round tie with a 2-0 record. Still, the US now faced their toughest competition with three games in four days against the best remaining teams in the tournament, Canada, the USSR and Czechoslovakia. The real competition would begin the following day, Feb. 25 when the US faced Canada.
Box Score
USA vs Germany | February 24, 1960
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Scoring
| Period 1 | ||
| USA | 12:37 | W. Cleary (McVey) PP |
| USA | 13:29 | R. Cleary (W. Cleary) PP |
| Period 2 | ||
| USA | 0:55 | Williams (W. Christian, Kirrane) |
| USA | 2:57 | W. Cleary (unassisted) PP |
| GER | 5:42 | Sapp (Unsinn) PP |
| USA | 9:52 | W. Cleary (unassisted) |
| Period 3 | ||
| USA | 5:09 | Johnson (Kirrane) PP |
| USA | 6:02 | Mayasich (Johnson, Meredith) PP |
| USA | 17:58 | W. Cleary (unassisted) |
| USA | 18:49 | Mayasich (W. Cleary, R. Cleary) |
Goalie Saves
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| USA, McCartan | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| GER, Habelsberger | 6 | 13 | 19 | 38 |
