This Day in 1960 US Olympic Hockey

Feb. 16, 1960 – Squaw Valley, CA – Skating again on the outdoor rink, the US hockey team wins 10-0 over an overmatched Japanese hockey team. The scrimmage was also a chance for coach Jack Riley to have some more fun with the press and the opponents.

In the book, Squaw Valley Gold Bill Christian recalls “at the end, he wanted us to stage a donnybrook. Riley’s big thing was playing games with the press.” The Americans fought amongst themselves, trying to play up their internal strife. “We just put our sticks up and kind of bumped around. They (the Japanese) didn’t know what was going on. Riley thought he was going to fool the press, but it didn’t work out.”